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I have lost my spark
I don't know where it's gone
Tomorrow and today
Nothing much to say
And no-one listens anyway
So tell me what's the point?
To work, to toil
Who takes the spoils?
Not you, not me
And no-one listens anyway
No-one listens anyway
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I kill my friends so they don’t kill me first
It’s so cold up here; don’t even know what time it is
You’re wonderful; you remember everything that happens
Away for fifteen years; don’t even know what time it is
So so long kid
I went back to the cellar of the house, I felt sick as the rain began to fall
My room was locked; couldn’t find the key, slept outside the door at the end of the hall
You woke me up when you came back in, my head was sore, my eyes were black
I saw the flash and I heard the crack, knew there and then there was no way back
So so long kid
I never wanted it to be like this, all I wanted was a your loving kiss
You’re lying on the floor, can’t get by to the door
I hear them coming and I want to hide
No single soul will be on my side
So so long kid
You’re wonderful; you remember everything that happens
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A big shiny car, and everything’s safer now for you
It’s all taken care of now for you
Born under a star, and only the best will ever do
It’s all taken care of now for you
You’re always surrounded now by loving arms
There’s no way you’ll ever come to any harm
Cos they can’t see you
And they can’t touch you
And they can’t feel you at all
Now you’re kept away from everyone
And out of sight of everything
And you don’t know anything about anything at all
But you’re still so very small
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When I lie alone in my little bed at night,
I try and try so hard but I can’t forget the sight
Of little socks and shoes lying piled up in the corner,
I wish the hammering would stop, I can’t stand it any longer
Thoughts of monsters flying in and out my head,
I laugh I cry I watch TV but inside I am dead
Still I hear them calling, Still I hear them calling, me
When I lie alone in my little bed at night
I cover up my face and I hold my teddy tight
Thoughts of monsters flying in and out my head
I can’t believe that all my friends are dead
Still I hear them calling, Still I hear them calling, me
Now I’ve lines on my face and my back’s not quite so straight
I’ve lived a full and varied life I’ve travelled all around the world
But thoughts of monsters still fly in and out my head
I laugh I cry but I’m living a lie cos inside I am dead
Still I hear them calling, Still I hear them calling, me
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I signed your contract without much time to think
But if you take the time to look again you’ll see
I signed your contract with vanishing ink
Now your grip is fading, you no longer have a hold on me
So don’t put all your eggs into one frying pan
Don’t count your goose until it’s cooked
I may have promised you everything I am
But now I realise, this deal is not what I was looking for
Now everything is falling into place
I’m falling in love instead of falling flat on my face
I’ve found the missing piece; I’ve found the finishing touch
Surely to ask you to let me leave isn’t asking you too much
Your contract offered me everything
You even threw in the kitchen sink
Now here comes the sting in the tail
I’m not as attached to you as you would like me to think
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Now the play is over and the actor leaves the stage
Catches his face in the mirror and now he looks his age
He wipes away the make up and he walks out the door
He knows inside he’s finished he can’t take anymore
The audience has disappeared and he’s all on his own
Not a single message or missed call on his phone
He used to wake up in the morning so glad to be alive
Jump into his very nice car and take it for a drive
Somehow now the thrill has gone and he’s hurting inside
Put out the light and put out the light there’s nowhere to hide
The audience has disappeared and he’s all on his own
Not a single message or missed call on his phone
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In my life I try, to be the best I can be
I’ll provide for you and keep you safe
You’re the reason I feel the way I feel
It seems like yesterday, when you came into this world
You took a breath your first taste of air
And a baby blue eyed stare taking in everywhere
So welcome to this world
I’m your father pleased to meet you
I’ll try to give you everything the way you give to me
And for that I thank you
You are the reason I find, a smile upon my face
Laugh and cry make me feel complete
You made me find a love I never knew I had
In this mixed up world, dog eat dog each day
You’re the one thing that makes perfect sense
If we could all only try to live with some of your innocence
Because I saw you run before you walk
And I heard you laugh before you talk
The changes I see bring about so many changes in me
And I held you tight when you were scared
You came to me when you felt no-one cared
And I know this world is now a better place
To have you right here beside me
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Never mind television, she can’t even afford a radio
I gave her money on her birthday; I tried to make a difference
She fell over in the street, and she just lay there, she just lay there
I tried to help her to her feet but she just lay there
She fell over in the street, and she just lay there, she just lay there
I tried to help her to her feet but she just lay there
She keeps some boxes in the fridge, there’s nothing in there, nothing in there
Her window overlooks the car park, there’s nothing in there, nothing in there
She’s drunker every night and we just lay there, we just lay there
Her heart beats in the night and we just we lay there, we just lay there
She fell over in the street, and she just lay there, she just lay there
Her heart beats in the night, there’s nothing in there
There’s nothing in there
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When you leave me every night
You take away a little part of me
One day there’ll be nothing left to take
One day at last I’ll be free
But it’s still the biggest fall for the longest time
Well nothing ever seems to go right these days
And I’m finding it so much harder to write these days
You are my saviour my salvation
My only source of excitation
The biggest fall
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The poppies in the fields of France are still as red
Everybody knows we’re all going to wind up dead
So where’s the point in striving in trying to go on
Where’s the point in anything where’s the point in any of these songs
It’s getting hard to keep heart and soul together
It’s getting hard to tell life and death apart
You keep saying nothing lasts forever
But if one thing will it’s the hope in my heart
Hardly a day goes by without you on my mind
Hardly a night goes by without you in my dreams
I wake up sometimes screaming not knowing what I’ll find
Is this a love song or a stab in the back?
Is this affection or a heart attack?
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I feel so funny, I feel funny inside, I want out but I still have to hide
It took me all I had to get this far, all alone in the back of my car
Hanging here with this thorn in my side, can’t help feeling I’ve lost all my pride
I’d ask my friends to come and carry me away
But they’re all caught up in those games people play
Nothing’s going to last forever, this could be a great adventure
Funny funny, I feel funny inside, I want out but I still have to hide
Oh so funny the joke you pulled you took it too far and made me a fool
You stand there crying with your head in your hands
You watch me dying in some far off land
I’d ask my friends to come and carry me away
But they’re all caught up in those Games people play
Nothing’s going to last forever, this could be a great adventure
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I see your reflection on my TV screen
I hear what you say but I don’t see what you mean
I used to know you once when I was young
You used to speak to me till I got a tongue
And I sense say what do you mean
And I know say what is the scene
I used to have my dreams if you know what I mean
You used to think of me till I thought for myself
But all you could see was myself in yourself
I feel my ambition rise up in me
I feel my heart beat but I know I’m not free
I’ve got my own opinions locked up inside
But what’s an opinion if it can’t take sides
I know I’m old enough to be my own boss
But what good’s a life if you can’t give it what it wants
Walk a little talk a little make some conversation
Walk a little talk a little be a congregation
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On the south, overlooked
The ruins of a castle
Counts of Vendôme, Holy Trinity
A fine façade
Stone steeple
Isolated, vanished church
The old gate, the river front
Ancient hospital, chapel preserved
In the garden, a library
Stone steeple
A statue of the poet
A statue of the poet
A tear shed by Jesus
At the tomb of Lazarus
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As I walk out in the night
The stars shine up above
Then blink out one by one
And it’s suddenly so quiet
And I can’t see where I am
And once they were so bright
They lit up my whole life
Now they blink out one by one
And I’m feeling so alone
And I can’t see where I am
And then I’m out
Overlooking the whole town
Looks so small as I look down
And the streetlights give me hope
That I haven’t lost it all
And somehow I’ll find your love
On the street that we call home
The fire burns brightly in our hearth
Our love burns brightly in our hearts
We keep the darkness from our door
And we’ll always be in love
And I’ll never leave your side
And you never will leave mine
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The sun shines on the hillside, and the breeze blows through the trees
I’m upstairs in the bedroom, you’re outside on your knees
We moved here fifteen years ago, we left the past behind
We brought our little cat with us, she’d never been outside
Now we’ve known our neighbours’ children, since they were five or six
And the new boy thinks we’re old folks, but we wrote all his tricks
The garden gate is open, as we pull up in the car
The bolt we put up yesterday, hasn’t got us far
There’s a dead bird in the garden, that may have been a cat
But not ours, cos she’s gone
Everyday a little more paranoid, what’s that on the lawn
Everyday a little older, a little slower, a little colder
Everyday more suspicious, looking over your shoulder
And time is going faster, faster everyday
Another year is over, another happy day
Soon come celebration, soon come happy day
The hours, the days, the weeks, the months, the years, spreading out behind us
Soon come it’s all over, soon come dust to dust
And if I dwell on that stuff, my motivation’s crushed
And time is going faster, faster everyday
Another year is over, another happy day
We keep you in a little box, set down by the bed
The picture hanging on the wall, helps to dull the pain
We fill our days with nonsense, and forget what happens next
TV, fun and happy days, and friends all sending texts
Soon come it’s all over, soon come dust to dust
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You die for yourself
But you live for everybody else
And they’ve pulled the plug on all your dreams
Watch the river flow away, or say goodbye to everybody else today
You care for them all
But they just make you feel so small
And they’ve pulled the plug on all your dreams
Let’s just get up and go
You know I love you so
And they’ve pulled the plug on all our dreams
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There was I happy keeping the faith
When all along you were cheating and I believed you cared
How could I, oh no, How could I have been so wrong
And to find out like this
Is the bitterest blow
Black and blue your heart beats me black and blue
I love you but your heart beats me
Your heart beats me black and blue
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The door opens and two men walk in, they sit at the counter
“What will you have?” the busboy asks
“What will you have this evening?”
Outside, it’s getting dark, and the streetlight lights up
The killers at the counter, read the menu
And the clock strikes eight and it’s getting late
And the day has flown, the day has flown
Give me the gun, give me the gun, give me the gun, give me the gun
Everytime, everytime you drink you want to kill someone
Give me the gun, give me the gun, give me the gun, give me the gun
He’s down on his knees, he’s begging them please
Everytime, everytime we drink we want to kill someone
Give me the gun, give me the gun, give me the gun, give me the gun
He’s down on his knees, he’s begging them please
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I still write you letters I just don’t send them anymore
And in the dark of my room they lie on the floor
And one day I’ll collect them and I’ll unlock my door
And I’ll go to the mailbox and I’ll mail them for sure
And you’ll learn what I’ve thought for so many years
That you hammered me down with the nails of your tears
But I don’t want you back cos I think I’ve moved on
Cos I rent someone’s flat and I own my own gun
What’s there left to say, I’ll never get away, from all the pain inside
I know where you live but I won’t come around
Cos I can’t take the pain of hearing the sound
Of your voice as you say “Hey you’re looking fine
Have you moved on in your life cos I’ve moved on in mine”
What’s there left to say, I’ll never get away
From all the pain inside, there’s nowhere I can hide
The world is cold and dark, I’ll ever get that spark, the one that lights my fire
Well maybe you were good for me or maybe it was fantasy
But you made me feel like my world was for real
And you took me away from the Play for Today
And you put them all down without making a sound
Maybe it was fantasy or maybe it was jealousy
But you went away despite all I could say
And the world seems so dark without you and your spark
That lit up my life for so long
So I’ll keep adding letters to that pile on the floor
Till I’ve lost all the truth of what happened before
And you’ve changed in my head to something so blurred
That I don’t need to write one more useless word
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Why do I feel like it’s the end of my world?
Whenever you look like the most wonderful girl in the world
When I walk with you, when I talk with you
Everything else, everything else just seems to fade from view
And there’s nothing, there’s nothing left to believe in
If I just had something, anything to believe in
But I always get caught up on the burden of proof
I always get caught up on the burden of proof
Why must my heart be ruled by the burden of proof?
We might be dancing, we might be holding
But still doesn’t feel, quite right
We might be touching, we might be loving
On our own, in the dark, in the night
But there’s nothing, there’s nothing left to believe in
If I just had something, anything to believe in
But I always get caught up on the burden of proof
I always get caught up on the burden of proof
Why must my heart be ruled by the burden of proof?
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All the things I wish I’d said, I never got round to it
And now I find it’s just to late, I wish I’d got round to it
All the things I wish I’d done, I let them slip through my fingers
And now I find all that’s left is only the memory, only the memory
Somewhere along the line, I think I lost my way
I know somehow, someday, some way, I’ve got to come back again
But before I bring it back, I have to face the truth,
I know I will have to say the things I cannot name
All the things I should’ve said but never had the courage to
All the things I should’ve done but never had the courage to
I cannot look you in the eye, I think you know the reason why
Still I know, I have to say the things I cannot name
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This is just the beginning and you’re getting it wrong time and time again
Ask yourself can it get any worse, tell yourself, of course it can, of course it can
Get up, get off of your knees, get your head up and out of the sand
This is just the beginning and you’re getting it wrong time and time again
Lift your face up don’t drop yur face down, put on a smile and wipe a way that frown
You’re sitting in the lap of luxury and you’ve no reason to feel guilty
Please help me I’m so hungry, some people find that joke funny,
But Jesus, Cindy, Candy, Honey, which one gets your money
You’re sitting in the lap of luxury and you’ve no reason to feel guilty
I’m sitting in the lap of luxury and you cannot make me guilty
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Lying in my bed, don’t want to get up
Feeling like I’m dead, cos my time’s up with you
You’ve gone away, you’ve really done it this time
I thought that you’d stay but you’ve really done it this time
And it’s just another day, and the world turns on
Am I the only one who cares, that you’ve gone, you’ve left
You’ve gone away, you’ve really done it this time
I thought that you’d stay but you’ve really done it this time
I see you on the street, you’re with another guy
And I wonder where you meet, and I look to the sky and think
You’ve gone away, you’ve really done it this time
I thought that you’d stay but you’ve really done it this time
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He lived alone above the grocery store
With his memories and his lies
And every night he’d make his way downtown
Where he’d meet up with his boys
They broke the door down, they broke the door down
And they found him lying on the floor
When he emerged from the dimly lit room
And the lights shone in his face
They took him down with such heavy handed force
That his blood was all over the place
They broke the door down, they broke the door down
And they found him lying on the floor
The sky was dark and the clouds were grey
When he took the long last walk
The children played with a hop skip and jump
On the sidewalk marked with chalk
They broke the door down, they broke the door down
And they found him lying on the floor
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They took my car away today
They took my home to make me pay
For all the times I’d had I shouldn’t have
I had a promising career
In a little town 10 miles away
I never thought that I would stay so long
And if I’d known what I know now
That everything is up for grabs
And nothing is beyond our grasp at all
And we can reach right out and touch the stars
Clean up the mess and heal the scars
And feel again
I ended up behind this bar
Without my house without my car
I never thought that you would leave me too
And now there’s little left to say
They’re taking me away today
I never thought that I could stay so long
And if I’d known what I know now
That everything is up for grabs
And nothing is beyond our grasp at all
And we can reach right out and touch the stars
Clean up the mess and heal the scars
And feel again
And if I’d known what I know now
Then I would not have let you go
And everything could have been good again
And I could reach right out and heal your scars
Clean up the mess and feel the stars...and breathe again
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Excuse my happy heart, my smiling way
Excuse my laughing out loud, I hope you stay
I didn’t mean to make you nervous
It’s just my way of getting through another lonely day without you
Sometimes you take me to the moon and Mars
Sometimes I talk to you of galaxies and stars
I didn’t mean to leave you stranded
On the shore beside the dunes with nothing in your head but thoughts of me
I found my voice somewhere in your eyes
I found myself awakening in paradise
I didn’t mean to freak you out
I didn’t think you’d want to hang around with someone going silently insane
This might be a stupid song, it might be true
Might be a lot of things, might be about you
I didn’t mean to take things seriously
I only want to get things done in my time before the setting of the sun
It doesn’t have to mean a thing, It doesn’t have to be the way
You don’t have to listen, it’s all just words upon a page
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When you’re looking at someone straight into their eyes
It’s still so hard to tell if they’re lying
But if you’ve let yourself be fooled by their offers of paradise
Don’t be surprised if you end up crying
You’ll be walking in the rain, trying to hide the pain
Whilst inside your heart is aching
But you’ve got to hold on, you’ve got to keep on holding on
Don’t believe that your life is breaking down
And although you may think that they are whiter than white
If it’s the truth that you want, then they are black, as black as night
And they’ll take you and they’ll use you for all their stupid schemes
And they’ll promise they will help you, whilst destroying all your dreams
Ask yourself is it possible to sacrifice your life to the state
Live your life for yourself, think, be proud, create
How can you claim self-esteem, if in helping someone else
You throw your own life a way, destroy your mental health
Oh so many atrocities in the name of God
Oh so many atrocities in the name of good
Oh so many atrocities in the name of Christ
Oh so many atrocities for the public good
Compromise between life and death and death will always win
Compromise between good and evil and evil will always win
Reason to rationality, self-esteem to pride
Purpose to productivity, self-esteem to pride
So pick yourself up and dust yourself down
It’s up to you to give your cloud a silver lining
You’ll never take the chance to make something of your life
If you’re just going to sit there pining
For days that are past and hopes that were dashed
So many, many, many, many, many, many, many years ago
Reason leads to rationality, purpose leads to productivity and self esteem to pride
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We shout at each other from time to time
Nothing serious it’s always the same
And then when it’s over I may want to talk
But to clear your head you go for a walk
You were out walking
I was just sleeping
And I was dreaming
We were love-making
You know I’ll be waiting for you at the door
Anticipating it’s always the same
You look in my eyes I look in your eyes
We know what will happen it’s always the same
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Ten years later I’m all on my own
Thinking about nothing, sitting by the phone
But he never ever calls and he never ever writes
I find my mind is drifting to what happened that night
I looked out of my window and what did I see
A little old man staring back at me
The Stars and Stripes upon his arm
Looking pretty much like he’s about to buy the farm
I looked a little closer and nothing was clear
Perhaps he was an actor and someone sent him here
Perhaps this was a message perhaps it was a dream
In life we have to learn not everything is as it seems
He was a burnt out astronaut returned from the stars
Checking his reflection in the windows of the cars
Sitting in my kitchen in his astronaut suit
And then I realised he’s on a mission to recruit
He wants to take me away and show me his life
And nicely introduce me to his very nice wife
His big TV and his very nice car
And buy me lots of drinks at a very nice bar
I explain I can’t go, I’ve got so much to do
He says “work work work that’s all you ever do
Why don’t you take a little break and come along with me
There’s so much to learn, there’s so much to see”
So I put my little hand in his astronaut glove
And stepped outside my house into his great big world of love
And he took me away and he showed me his life
And he nicely introduced me to his very nice wife
I watched his big TV and drove his very nice car
And every night we drank at a very nice bar
And he always had a story and he told them very well
And if you listen very closely you can hear them all as well
And so the actor takes the stage...
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Keep your feet on the ground
Don’t think out loud
Play dead when you fall
Don’t answer their call
Keep yourself to yourself
Do nothing at all
I walked through the silence and the colour and the heat
And in the twilight saw his fingers play the barrel of his gun
The silence is chilling
Then it starts again
The voice comes from nowhere
And then I see the radio
We curve round and down and off the bridge
The big sign with the stars over looking the falls
When he comes into the room
One thing that strikes me is the tune
They think they know, they don’t know anything at all
And when the telephone does ring
When you are walking through the rain
And then you know that there is someone after all
Play dead when you fall
Do nothing at all
Keep your feet on the ground
Blend in with the crowd
Blend
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On a day half a lifetime away
I recall like it was just yesterday
I walked down to the town
All my friends were hanging around
Not a single shop was open
And the weather forecast predicted oven-like conditions
But we’d secured our supplies the day before
From the drummer’s mother’s shop, the grocery store
As we made our way to the top of the hill
I remember thinking to myself
This is a day I won’t easily forget
This is the way I want to remember them
Now the friends I once knew all but one are gone
Just a memory from half a lifetime away
As we sat around the smouldering fire
In the woods at the top of the hill
Drinking beer and shouting at the top of our voices
We were so young and so full of hope
We made our way back down to the town
Messed around on the banks of the river
Running with the trains on the railway tracks
Then over the bridge to the May Day Fair
That was a day I won’t easily forget
This is the way I want to remember them
The friends I once knew now all but one are gone
A memory from half a lifetime away
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I have no concrete idea of what my life is all about
I drift along without a care
Why am I here, what’s it all for, what is the purpose of my life
I drift along without a care
I see the trees, I see the sky, I love the sea I wonder why
Why is it that we are all here
It cannot be that this is chance there must surely be a truth
Behind the wonders that we see
If there’s a God somewhere above, why does he not proclaim his love
Are we alone spinning in space, the lonely know this is the place
The place we’re born and where we’ll die
Why am I here, what’s it all for, what is the purpose of my life
Can there just be no reason why
Day by day I make my way towards the ashes in the vase
I drift along without a care
Why am I here, what’s it all for, what is the purpose of my life
I drift along without a care
If there’s a God somewhere above, why does he not proclaim his love
Can it be true there’s nothing more, why then do we exist at all
To struggle here upon the earth knowing we’ll never leave this berth
To live and die under the sun no holy father no holy one
There is no God up there above we only live to give our love
I have no concrete idea of what my life is all about
I drift along without a care
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I re-arranged the house, on the day you came to stay
I put a lot of work in to it, but now you’ve gone away
Oh oh, hey hey hey, now you’ve gone away
I threw all of your stuff away, when you said you couldn’t stay
And now I wish I had it back, to look through every day
Cos it’s not the same, now you’ve gone away
But in the picture frame, it’s just like yesterday, yesterday
I put up brand new wallpaper and then I tore it down
I couldn’t stand old friends coming round
I’d find myself shopping for nothing in aisle after aisle
I suppose I was looking for something that might just make me smile
Here I Sit, all alone, I can’t believe, that you have gone
I see your space, I see your face, I hear your voice, all over the place
I can’t let go, I know you know, life is cruel, that’s just the way it goes
If I could only see you now just one last time, I’d say goodbye
I re-arranged the house, on the day you went away
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It’s a nice job in a small town, When everybody knows your name
And at the end of the day when the whistle blows
You make your way to your favourite bar
It’s a nice job in a small town, When everybody knows your name
Well respected, looked up to, And everybody knows your name
And at the end of the day when the whistle blows
You make your way to your favourite bar
You drink your life away, You piss your life away
There’s nothing left to say, Except “goodbye” today
It’s a nice job in a small town, When everybody knows your name
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She was forced into acts of depravity
By circumstances beyond her control
She has looked into the heart of humanity
She has seen the blackness of our souls
And she can’t sleep anymore
For they have her in her dreams
Just one more time
They have her
And she’s up against the wall
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Krebs went to war from the college door, he lay flat, he shivered and he prayed
“Dear Jesus please please get me out, keep me from death and I’ll do anything you say
I believe in you, I believe in you” and in the morning the sun came up
And the day was hot and the day was quiet, and he lived
Krebs went to war from the college door, he never told anyone he loved Christ
Now here’s a picture of his graduation, here’s another of humiliation
From ugly girls along the Rhine, back to small town Oklahoma
Years beyond the war being over, back he came but it was much too late
He didn’t want to talk about it; people didn’t want to hear about it
He lied to please, came to him with ease, the more he lied, the more he’d freeze
Took on the roles of others, till the memories were set in stone
Chains and guns in the forest, deep down he knew everything was wrong
Krebs went to war from the college door, he never told anyone he loved Christ
Late summer days spent sleeping late, bored in the bookstore, bored with the town
Nothing had changed as he looked around, he walked up Main Street, he walked back down
He liked to watch, didn’t like to talk, his family loved him; he drove dad’s car
Krebs went to war from the college door, he never told anyone he loved Christ
There was nothing he could change; his experience was out of range
He was no hero inside his head; inside his head he was already dead
He read his books, he read the papers, still liked his sisters, broke his mother’s heart
I don’t believe in you, I don’t believe in you, and in the morning the sun came up
And the day was hot and the day was quiet, and he lived
He abandoned Jesus, he abandoned God, still prayed with his mother, she kept him safe
Krebs went to war from the college door - he lost everything
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And when it all collapsed I was underneath
In three weeks time a soldier came and pulled me from beneath
And I looked so pathetic, my body burned and broken
As the cameras were watching me, I heard your words so softly spoken
“You are the luckiest man, the luckiest man alive
You’re going to live every day from now, like the last day of your life
And you’ll be so glad to have me here, to have me by your side
And even though you’re broken in two, you’ll have no reason to hide”
Then you said “I won’t go away and I’ll be with you every day
I’ll always be right by your side until the day you die...”
You walked into my life like you had always been around
I’d never seen your face before even in amongst the crowd
And as you came towards me slowly I saw that look within your eyes
The one that said you wanted me and there could be no compromise
I was shocked that this could be I did not represent a prize
That did not seem to bother you as you gazed into my eyes
And you took my hand and you led me down into the blackness of your soul
It was far too late to turn around when I realised your goal
When you said “I have come to take you and you will not get away
You are mine and what is yours is mine today and everyday”
“I have come to take you and you will not get away
You are mine and what is yours is mine today and everyday”
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I can’t deny it’s true when I say I really love you
Though tend to drink far too much these days
So maybe it’s drink talking but I wish we could be walking down
Upon the sand and around the bay
With the starlight in your eyes and the moonlight on your hair
Although my speech is slurred I promise that I care
So let’s go out tonight to where the lights are shining brightly and
Take our little car down to the beach
Never thought I’d ever find you lying here with me
Always thought that you were simply out of reach
With the starlight in your eyes and the moonlight on your hair
Although my speech is slurred I promise that I care
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If you’re feeling blue if you’re feeling down
Just reach for me and I’ll bring you round
I can make you high, I can make you smile
But I can only stay for a little while
Your friends will tell you lies about me
But you know I can set you free
So open up your arms and let me through
I am an angel and my eyes are blue
Push me in, I’l go around, I’ll be your friend tonight
I promise you my eyes are blue, your angel’s here tonight
If you’re feeling blue if you’re feeling down
Just reach for me and I’ll bring you round
I’ll be inside your head to give you advice
I can make it so good I can make it so nice
Darkness will cover my intentions true
I will always seem so right for you
Just open up your veins and let me through
I promise I’m an angel & my eyes are blue
If you need some cash if you need a car
You’ll find everything you want at my favourite bar
I can make all your dreams come true
And I know you’ll do anything I ask you to
But I crawl on my belly when the earth is cold
Starring role in the greatest story ever told
Your friends will raise their shields it’s true
But I’m a black angel and I’ll still get through
So just push me I’ll go around and around and I’ll be your friend tonight
Your angel’s here with a cure for you and I’ll be your friend tonight
Would I lie to you, you know it’s true, your only friend tonight
I’m just a fiend tonight, your angel’s her tonight, this could be the end tonight
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The sound of a train on a railway bridge in the summertime
The sun in the sky and the wind in her hair
She looks down the line to the tunnel
Where the summertime and her life disappear
I never wanted any of this,
I never wanted to be here with you
But you can take me now, be done with it,
I never looked on us as a long term thing
And I never promised I’d always love you
And I never wanted any of this at all
She says she doesn’t want his money
She just wants to be free from it all and jumps
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DDHR - In D (1977)**
02:03
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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK
A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more
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