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Jacob (Instrumental)
02:56
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Lifesize
03:59
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paint me a picture
a picture of love
where black lines a blue heart
and rouge for the blood
and make it life-size
abstract and confused
the colours that bleed from your eyes
is a song called the blues
and so stands a statue
a soldier unknown
whose pain lies forgotten
yet remembered in stone
and it stands life-size
abstract and confused
and the rain that will fall from its eyes
is a song called the blues
so make it life-size
abstract and confused
the colours that fall from this rhyme
is a song called the blues
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Colours In A Lovers Eyes
03:18
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tulle she came
stepping shyly down from the train
beret and coat in hand
a freckled face from a sunny land
so pretty her dress
all flowers and summeryness
a rainbow in a pinstriped city
colourful and very pretty
and she said
ive been a good girl
for all of my life she said
ive been a good girl
but being good is stopping tonight
ill watch the sun come rising
putting colours in my lovers eyes
ill watch the sun come rising
and chase the moon from your skies
so together we drove
through a valley that was ladbroke grove
she told me all she had seen and done
about spanish poets sangria and sun
and all of her words
they flew around me like tiny birds
she reached out and touched this man
in a way only love can
and i said
ive been a bad boy
for all of my life i said
ive been a bad boy
but being bad is stopping tonight
ill watch the sun come rising
putting colours in my lovers eyes
i'll watch the sun come rising
and chase the moon from your skies
we'll watch the sun come rising
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4. |
Wasa Dawn (Instrumental)
01:19
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Southern Skies
04:45
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two o'clock in the morning crawling on her knees
vixen jail bait steals her fathers keys
we roll his old truck down the back track
through the rusting gate
she slipped the key in the slot
when she felt it was safe
i felt the engine come alive
and drove on
beneath those southern skies
barefoot she led me to a secret creek
dived in naked silent and sleek
i watched her long limbs wet and glistening
as through the shadows she swims
i heard her voice in the dark call out
it's really nice when your in
so i dived deep towards her cries
and surfaced
beneath those southern skies
I surfaced.....
but the hands of time they race across this face on my wrist
and soon you'll go i know before it's late and your missed
and i will always remember the girl i met
she gave me something this heart can't forget
by the blue light of a new day
we drove on home
took the long way past the places
of where she had grown
down the avenues past the old school
i was being led
as the small town stirred
the sky was glowing red
i kissed the tears from her eyes
and left her beneath those southern
i kissed the tears from her eyes
and left her beneath those southern skies
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6. |
Eight Down (One To Go)
02:24
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The Tomcat on the garden wall
Starts up his nightly call
Silhouetted by the moon
He prowls and growls
And howls his tune
But it's eight down one to go
His lives are slipping fast
While the night seems so slow
Without you
Dog-eared tattered and torn
He prowls the night until the dawn
Searching for a lover tonight
To hold him tight
Who might just keep him warm
But it's eight down one to go
The hours are slipping fast
While the night seems so slow
So baby open your eyes
And drawer those blinds
Cause outside you'll find
That we're cold and lonely
Out on the limb
So open your heart
And let us in.
The Tomcat on the garden wall
Starts up his nightly call.
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Sunflower
04:03
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Well its sad to see you so low
Thinking how you used to grow
As you tried to touch the sky
Well you failed but still the same
I never find any blame
'Cos I know how hard you tried.
The growing season is so short
But those that stand out
Are first to be caught
But I never thought i'd see
All your beauty gone to seed
Like a Sunflower
Like a Sunflower
You were some flower
You were some flower
And how each day I feel such guilt
I have to say I watched you wilt
Full knowing what it means
But who knows what we'll find
When we leave our roots behind
And fall victim to all our dreams
You lived a life of pleasure and pain
You had your face in the sun
But your roots in the rain
But I'd never thought I'd see
All your beauty gone to seed
Like a Sunflower
Like a Sunflower
You were some flower
You were some flower
Yes you were
You grew for me
A little too fast
Wild and free
Sunflower
Sunflower
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Scarecrow Heart
04:40
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here i stand high on the brow
protecting land turned by the plough
the scattered seed black with the crows
the driven rain on an east wind blows
arms outstretched empty and torn
the hollow man waits for the dawn
and all the straw lain at my feet
was once my heart that fell from my sleeve
but time is the giver
the taker and the thief
times the colours
falling with the leaves
and is there someone out there
with some love they could share
to mend this scarecrows heart
for with each lonely day
i start to decay
i feel like i'm falling apart
is there someone out there
with some love they can share
and i have watched the thistles and the thorns
devour the names on a church yards fallen stones
the weather vane once free in the wind
now stuck fast with the rust in it's hinge
and time are the hands
waving from the dial
and time is the crying
of a new-born child
and is there someone out there
with some love they could share
to mend this scarecrows heart
for with each lonely day
i start to decay
i feel like i'm falling apart
is there someone out there
with some love
they can share
with a scarecrow heart
with a scarecrow heart
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10. |
Answers On A Postcard
01:57
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send me your postcards
full colour views
send me your postcards
biro kisses blue
and they fall like butterflies
on my floor i keep them all
such pretty things
i pin their wings to my wall
but all they say to me
is this girl
is happy being free
send me your postcards full colour views
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11. |
Souvenir
03:38
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i used to write love songs but not anymore
the rhymes and the reasons paper on the floor
and all of those pages that i've tried to turn
cast shadows on my wall as they burn
so cold the flames of yesteryear
i used to take pictures and put them in a book
so if i got lonely i'd only need to take one look
but all of those memories they're fading away
as the colours of spring fade to grey
and my only souvenir
my lonely souvenir
is this song you will never hear
i used to write love songs a long time gone
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12. |
Clown
04:16
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Pat Orchard England, UK
Newborn. Africa. Child. Rebelled.
Exmouth. School. Fool. Expelled.
Homeless.
Drifter. Dole. Broke.
Guitar. Busker. Dreamer. Hope.
Support. Headline. MTV.
Touted. Guest list. VIP.
No Deal - Big Deal. Life's a Song.
My Voice. My Choice. Moving On.
Goodbye Smoke. Westward Bound.
Devon. Heaven. Ancient Ground.
Builder. Home. Catherine. Wife.
Fern. Dylan. Father. Life
... more
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