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We've come this far, from just one dance
Now here we are should we take a chance
You're oh so close, you're perfume sweet,
I let it wash all over me
And knowing faces staring from the midnight train
I wonder if they know our fate
And who's to say if we will ever meet again
Come on baby lets not wait
Baby don't stop now, Baby don't walk away
Oh my head's full of words but I can't think of one to say
Baby just give in, don't give up on us now
'Cause it's getting late and we're getting on so well
I'm like a dog I need someone
I'm like a dog I need a home
I'm like a dog I feel the pain
I'm like a dog out in the rain
Your perfume's sweet, my blood's so red
I feel it pumping round my head
The talk is deep but the wine was cheap
I feel it running away with me
The stars are spinning now they're spelling out your name
I wonder if they know our fate
And who's to know if we will ever meet again
Come on baby lets not wait
baby don't stop now ....
A million people have all stood like we are now
Let destiny decree their fate
And who's to know if we will get this chance again
Come on babe it's not too late
Baby don't stop now ....
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When I'm tired and vulnerable
Feeling low, climbing the walls
I sit and watch the letters fall
And write away the blues
When I'm down and in despair
I turn for help there's no one there
I find my friend my old guitar
And play away the blues
I just close my eyes - the muse it hits me
Picking me up when I'm on the floor
The more I play the more it's with me
Writing songs and writing scores
Lord you know, I'm innocent
If i'd done wrong there was no intent
If I caused you pain, it was never meant
Didn't mean to cause the blues
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Crazy Fool
04:48
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The light burns brighter in your eyes
You somehow seem much more alive
And rumour says that some guy
Has come and set your heart on fire
And who am I to tell you what is right or wrong
I'm just some old friend from way back when
And this old friend will surely miss you when you're gone
Please think before you take off, with some handsome stranger on your arm
You've fallen in love, you crazy fool
Didn't I tell ya it's against the rules
Who's gonna pick up the pieces when they fall (you know they will)
Who's gonna be there for you when your world stands still
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Little Georgey junior was his daddies favourite son
He followed in to politics for president he ran
And after some shenanigans the election it was won
He vowed to spread democracy at the barrel of a gun
Wise men'll tell ya fools go rushing in
And fools'll tell ya wise men made them do it
And a this world goes spinning to an end
The wise men wring their hands and say they knew it
And we're the fools 'cause we let 'em do it
Samir's teacher told him "son if you give up your life
You can live forever up with God in paradise
With all those extra virgin's you won't ever need a wife"
And so the verging on ridiculous was planted in his mind
Wise men'll tell ya fools go rushing in ....
Teflon Tony was a man of principles they said
But these were soon diluted by the voices in his head
The voices came from foreign shores with Georgey at the helm
Lets go to war lets bring that old bugger Saddam down
Georgey, Tony, Samir, people can't you see
All of our blood's red when it's set free
All of our blood's red when it's set free
Jackie was a soldier, was a top man in his day
When civilians were collateral and just got in the way
And though the war was over he still taught his sons to hate
And so for some the war ain't done
It'll never go away
Wise men'll tell ya fools go rushing in...
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I've been bouncing thoughts off satellites in the hope that I might reach Your mind to find out why it was you left me
And I've been bending light round corners of the universe in the hope
That I might find out where it is you went to
When you ran (ran free) you put a hex on me
When you ran (ran free) I can hardly breathe
I can't breathe, I can't think, I can't sleep, smoke, eat or drink
I can't even watch my favourite TV show
When you ran (ran free) you put a hex on me
And I ain't got no better place to go
I've been staring out of dirty windows down at crowds
In the hope that I might see a face that looks just like yours
And I've been calling names out in my sleep in the hope
That I might somehow tap into your subconscious
When you ran (ran free) ........
Run free, what ya gonna do now
Run free what you gonna do now
Bet you got the weight of your shoulders on the world
Run free, what ya gonna do now
Run free what you gonna do now
I bet you got the weight of your shoulders holding up the world
My Psychiatrist says I'm much better now
And maybe I might get out soon
And then I'll come and find you .......
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There's beauty in the sad old words
That lay on pages seldom heard
That fall like rain on parchment earth
They wait a while and roll in balls of dust
And when you wrote your mind was free
You were at last who you you were meant to be
Rejecting rules and sobriety
Free from canary cages spawning rust
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack be nimble Jack be quick
And everyone that walks alone were woken by those words you done
Inspired by freedom that they brung
They found in you a soulmate to believe
Yeah every man a rolling stone and those without a house or home
Were changed by magic in your tome
No longer bums but angels wandering free
Jack be nimble ....
Jack the world is waiting out
Jack the world sure needs you now
Jack it was the saddest thing
When you took off on angels wings
And moved on up into another world
Where every man and child it seems
Would pay a penny for your dreams
To break the chains that living means
And for a while their minds to wander free
Jack be nimble ...
There's beauty in the sad old words ...
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The old man sits, stares in to space as cars rush by
The wind picks up a ticket from the cinema
That's been closed down ever since the fire
It blows along dirty streets full of empty shops and to-let signs
But he remembers when there really were much darker times
Come dance they said
Come dance he did
When the dancing was done
And wars were won
He thinks about the places where his old friends lie
And his eyes fall down to his dirty boots
Then up to where the swallows fly
Who are ye in rags and rotten shoes
You dirty, bearded, blocking up the way
Were you once a pilgrim in your youth
Were you one who dared to be so brave
The old men sit, stare into space as time flys by
And their eye's fall down to their dirty boots
Then up to where the swallows fly
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Alone
05:42
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Alone, feel the night close in
Feel the pain begin to get through
Alone, no one hears your tears, no one sees your fears
There's only you
Pray and pray for the night to end
Where there's people with no time to spend
On someone who's without a friend
Close your eyes, and pray again, and ....
Screams on an empty street, echo 'round your feet
And fade away
Like dreams that fill your head, turn to dust instead
They're yesterday
Feel the cold misty morning air
Settle on your face and on your hair
You need a place but you don't know where
You need a friend, but no one cares for you
Days don't have no names, they're all the same
The whole year round
So stay another day in the same old place
Where you won't be found
Run and hide from the ones that knew you
Was it they that threw you on the road
Haunt the places that you once knew
Where you grew all alone
You're on your own
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Don't give up on your life
Don't step back from the fight
Hold your head up high
Look life right in the eye
I heard a record by you
It told me what to do
It put me right
I heard a record by you
It told me what to do
Stay alive
Stay alive
Don't accept that you're done
Don't believe that they've won
'Cause your day will surely come
And You'll rise like the sun
I heard a record by you ......
When the day's so dark that you're stuck in bed
And thoughts of death never leave your head
You can't see the light for the tunnel ahead
Stay alive
When anxiety puts your head in a spin
And darkness looms like fog rolling in
The only way out is to cut your skin
Stay alive
When your mind is screaming and you just can't breathe
There's blood on your hands dripping from your sleeves
A razor blade gleams but you can't find relief
Stay alive
Now your blood is pooling it's all over the bed
You know you should fight but you ain't got the strength
You wonder how the hell you got into this mess
Stay alive
Stay alive
Don't give up
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Paddy Crunden recommends:
Songs From The WellSpring
by Martin Gibson
Hugely knowledgable, has played more gigs than I've had hot dinners, Martin walks the walk and then some. If you think his songs are authentic, thats because he's the real deal. Top Man.
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East Of Eleven
by Steve Ambroise & East Of Eleven
Sometimes you listen to someone's music and it stands out for all the right reasons. Clever lyrics, great vocals and fine musicianship make Steve's music stand out.
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Rundgren-esque rock with big hooks and a hint of the baroque, recommended for fans of Jon Brion and post-Kill Rock Stars Elliott Smith.
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Stuck in the Aching Again
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