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Safer in Bed
02:30
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Safer in bed
I locked the front door, I bolted the back
I’ve booby trapped my fridge, In case of imminent attack
I sleep fully dressed
I leave my boots on
I’m just waiting for the end
When everything is gone
Should I get up this morning
It may be safer to stay in bed
My radio is off
I’ve smashed my TV
Sick of all those idiots
Talking to me
What’s going to change?
It’s like a disease
Seems crazy is contagion
Blowin’ in on the breeze
How can the guilty sleep when the innocent lie awake at night
It doesn’t seem right, it can’t be right
And I’d give you a call
But I know you’re the same
Hiding under the covers
all avoiding the pain.
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2. |
From Now to Moses
03:09
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From now to Moses
From now to Moses. From now to Moses.
They will see your name, a callous game is what they’re playing.
Your ways will make them doubt, but they’ll smell you out, with your way of praying.
From now to Moses. From now to Moses.
Nothing has changed but the wind, nothing escapes but the light.,
Who can be themselves, if you’re not off the shelf. You’ll be broken.
Their words are made of air, they go nowhere, if ever spoken.
History stalks us like our shadow in the sun.
One day there’ll be a change, it won’t be strange to be who you are.
Time won’t ease the pain, it will remain, like an old scar.
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3. |
The Guitar Bird
02:29
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The guitar bird
A little bird nested in my guitar
A little bird nested in my guitar
And I couldn’t play, I couldn’t play until the chicks all flew away
A swarm of bees hummed in side my guitar
A swarm of bees hummed inside my guitar
And I couldn’t play, I couldn’t play until I licked that honey away
And I was waiting for a song to come, I was waiting for a song.
Flower seeds fell into my guitar
Flower seeds fell into my guitar
And I couldn’t play, I couldn’t play until the petals blew away
The red sun set into my guitar
The red sun set into my guitar
And I couldn’t play, I couldn’t play until the moonlight stole away
And I was waiting for a song to come
I was waiting for a song….and here it comes.
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4. |
Big Spring
02:53
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Big Spring
Well thank you for your letter, it came as some surprise
Since that moon-lit night we ran from you and swallowed our goodbyes
Now you want us to come back, to work the farm and land
But you don’t own us now no sir, you don’t seem to understand
That we want be coming back, won’t be going back to Big Spring
And they were singing , Lord reach on down and take us Lord reach on down and take us.
You paid us less than the cows, you paid us less than the sheep.
You made us work good and hard, didn’t waste our time on sleep
You called it home, we called it hell, with walls of fear and pain
Such a god fearing man, you’ll have a lot to explain.
You killed that union soldier, hid those rebels in the barn
Let your sons rape Matilda, could you keep my girls from harm?
And you’ll never see my face again, though you owe forty years back pay.
And thank old George for grabbing your gun, when you shot at me that day.
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5. |
Music Kills
03:01
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Music kills
I’m gonna sing this song until I croak
A song don’t care if I’m rich or broke
I’ll be an old man going out of tune
I’ll be a madman howling at the moon
So I’ll keep playing, I’ll keep playing
‘cos music kills me
it empties me out then refills me
cos music slays me
it can stop this poor heart and raise me
Can’t stop the notes from dancing round my brain
Can’t stop the words from falling down like rain
It’s all I am and all ‘ll ever be
I’ll strum this box ‘til there’s nothing left of me
So I’ll keep singing, I’ll keep singing
Silence has never been my thing; listening to Jolson, Coward and the King.
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6. |
Amigo
03:20
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Amigo
What pain drives a man to do
What you did to you
What world had you fallen into? Amigo.
What times turn the light to dark
Erase the breath and the spark
Maybe you thought you’d left your mark, Amigo
Raise the roof Amigo, I’ll raise my glass
Raise the roof Amigo, all things must pass.
And the world turned black and white
Hope was nowhere in sight
But you were somewhere else that night, Amigo
What pain drives a man to do
What you did to you
What world had you fallen into? Amigo.
Raise the roof Amigo, I’ll raise my glass
Raise the roof Amigo, all things must pass.
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Sharing the view with Ms Paulus
Warm rain kissing in a star filled sky
The midwife’s smile and our babies cry
The sea still sparkles and I’ll tell you why
‘Cos I’m sharing the view with Ms Paulus
The Cornish sunshine as the waves crash in
The soft sand sticking to our salty skin
The world’s still crazy but I’ll watch it spin
‘Cos I’m sharing the view with Ms Paulus.
The M6 crawling through a drip dry sky
Our hillside roost where the jackdaws fly
I hold her hand and I heave a sigh
‘Cos I’m sharing the view with Ms Paulus.
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8. |
Crash Me
04:53
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Crash me (1980)
Steam me open here’s my hand. Stake me out in the hottest sun in the hottest land
If you want to crash me, crash me now
Drive me faster, spin my wheel. Let me career over lovers leap when my heart you steal
If you want to crash me, crash me now
With a whisper close my eyes. Make me sleep for a thousand years with your tender lies
If you want to crash me, crash me now.
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Humble
02:43
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Those speeches you make bring a tear to my eye
You want to save the world, want to give ‘til you die
I’m filled with pride knowing you do it for me
Stood holding my chains man, you set me free.
And you make me feel, you make me feel.
You make me feel kind of humble.
The papers don’t know you
But I think I do, ‘cos when you’re on TV well your eyes are true
I’ll give you my trust. I’ll give you my vote
‘Cos when the snow starts to fall I know you’d give me your coat.
Some say that I’m stupid, some say I’m naïve
Some say if you could you’d tax the air that I breath
But I don’t believe them I know it’s not true
‘Cos when you’re kissing that baby, I know it’s your baby too.
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The history of the world so far.
A fish from the sludge started walking around
He picks up a rock and a stick that he found
Makes him and axe, chops him a tree
Sets up a home with a cute chimpanzee
That’s the history of the world so far
Someone invents the wheel and someone steals my car.
He does very well with opposable thumbs
He waits and he waits until the iron age comes
He makes him a gun, kills all he sees
Discovers genetics through studying peas
The next thing you know he’s up flying in space
He lands on the moon like a fly on its face
He looks all around, sees he’s alone
Then shits in a crater before flying back home.
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11. |
The Bearded Lady
04:05
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The Bearded Lady
I’m just a man with impulse and desire
A real handsome woman still lights my fire
And when I saw her at that strange travelling show
That’s when this yearning started to grow.
She said do you have feelings for me?
I said yes…..well maybe,
I got a thing, got a thing for the bearded lady
Painted in tattoos of beauty and verse
Shakespeare on her left breast, on her hip a lover’s curse.
When she entered the big top, astride a horse of pure white
Naked and magnificent, she haunted my nights
And when she kissed me. Her whiskers soft on my face.
Her mouth warm with sweetness. We held a hungry embrace.
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Al Roberts England, UK
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