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Nuts
02:28
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Nuts
You must be nuts if you want to spend your life with me
You must be nuts, Cleopatra I’m no Anthony.
I need direction. I need protection
You’re confection, say you’ll always stay
Your love’s transcending, your will’s unbending
I’m recommending that you run away
You must be nuts to want this twenty four seven affair
You must be nuts, hey Ginger I’m no Fred Astaire
Such deep affection, you’re pure perfection
Our strange connection is beyond control
No brain decision, you’re my ambition
I’m in submission, you’re my heart and soul
Hey you, hey you
And in conclusion there’s no confusion
It’s no illusion what we have is true
You’re too delicious. Don’t be suspicious
I’m just ambitious to be the one for you.
You must be nuts to think our love could stop a speeding train
You must be nuts, I’m no superman miss Lois Lane
You must be nuts.
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Hole in the water
02:28
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Hole in the water
I thought of making a hole in the water, the mind’s a funny thing
There’s some more living beyond that corner.
I can hear it singing, I can hear it sing
Couldn’t waste this fleeting taste that you only have for a moment
An atom lost in the distant dark. That’s a life full of pleasure and torment
The sun will wake and the sun will sleep. That’s the only rhythm that’s certain
To find each day like a lucky prize, take the laughter along with the hurting.
This life must be a vacation
A chance to walk in creation.
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Call me Dr Frankenstein
02:23
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Call me Dr Frankenstein
Can you find me a brain ‘cos I’m building a dreamer
Can you find me a heart ‘cos I’m building a fool
Are you using your eyes ‘cos you clearly can’t see
That I’m building somebody to love me
So I’ll look for a smile, do you know where I’ll find me one
I’ll search out a kiss that would melt through the ice
It’s a new enterprise and I’ve got no degree
But I’m building somebody to love me
They call me Dr Frankenstein. How else can I make someone like you mine?
Do you notice a likeness to someone you know
Her hair is the colour of wild fire and gold
Then look in the mirror, who else could it be
If I’m building somebody to love me.
I don’t understand the science. I’m not medically trained
But I’ve read some books and this love has me clinically insane.
Now I’ll wait for a night when the lighting will strike
An electrical pulse will bring her to life
If it’s not you I’ll have my own forgery
So I’m building somebody to love me.
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4. |
The Suit
02:32
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The Suit
The suit did all the talking. The body inside just smiled
The shoes did all the walking. His feet followed like a child
The suit could sell to anyone. The suit could take the lead
And he just sat inside it waiting to be freed
The suit it ate him like a crocodile
The suit it owned him like and alien reptile
He was no Houdini, there was no escape route
He was the prisoner of the suit
And the people seemed to like him, although his eyes had died.
And he tried to tell the truth but the suit was woven out of lies
One morning at the station a bird sang in his ear.
It said run, run, run you son of a gun. It was all that he could hear.
He made himself a fire. Put the suit upon the flame
He saw himself reflected in the ashes of his shame.
He walked naked to his office, wearing flowers in his hair
He smiled at all his colleagues then disappeared into thin air
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A hymn for home
02:27
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A hymn for home
Our world may pause and falter and tomorrow’s hard to see
But wherever tides may take us home is you and me
When times may be uncertain I know where I should be
Wherever life may cast us home is you and me
Family, friends and freedom, a force of gravity
Holds our hearts together ‘cos home is you and me.
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Mr Hurtful
03:08
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Mr Hurtful
Mr Hurtful came to town, he picked you up, then let you down
And all that you can think about is why
Mr Hurtful said Hello. He may have changed, I don’t think so
And all that you can think about is why..oh why
Down a rabbit hole you tumble, tell me what you find
Do you think that love is falling for someone so unkind
Mr Hurtful came to play. He said he would but didn’t stay
And all that you can think about is why
Mr Hurtful does he care. He kissed your cheek and stroked your hair
And all that you can think about is why…oh why
In those far off thoughts you wander, hoping for the best.
Why accept the pain you’re feeling. Do you expect nothing less.
It must be easy being someone else.
It must be easy knowing the right thing to do.
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Another way of knowing
03:30
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Another way of knowing
Can I have said it all? Heading fast to empty.
No more memories to recall, nothing left to tempt me
Who were all these people and did I ever know, how their souls ticked inside them
Did they enjoy their show
Is there another way of knowing, of seeing, being, feeling
Another way of believing
Is there another way of knowing, of hoping, coping, flowing
Another way to keep growing
That’s the place I’m going to
Another way of knowing
I’m floating out to sea, what else is there to write.
Got nothing wise to conclude-in darkness- fumbling for the light
Is that a sign up ahead
I seem to know that face
Something feels familiar
I recognise this place.
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Fearless Foster
02:55
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Fearless Foster
They call him Fearless Foster the human cannonball
See him walk from disaster. He’s never had a bad fall
His wife his lovely assistant in her blue sequined gown
She’s been smudging the grease paint with sly old Henry the clown
Oh it’s the same old story that once you go there’s always someone coming
Oh it’s the same old story that once you stop there’s always someone running.
Fearless is studying yoga, he meditates for his act
Of course he has no idea of his wife’s secret pact
Showtime is here and he’s ready. He hears the roar of the crowd
They walk to stand by the big gun
Fearless is nervous but proud
Climb in the gun and it’s blast off. Fearless the cannonball goes.
Flying right over the seagulls in his smouldering clothes
Then he senses the danger and sees the net’s not in place
Turns to look down in his panic and sees his wife’s smiling face
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Comfortable pair of shoes
He asked, How do I know, how do I know it will last
Someone could be lurking, hiding away in her past
Well it will feel like a comfortable pair of shoes
It will feel like a comfortable pair of shoes
She could be acting, she could be leading me on
She could distract me, turn round and find that she’s gone
Not if it feels like a comfortable pair of shoes
Feels like a comfortable pair of shoes
I know there’s no answer, science won’t give me a clue
But is there a question? Some sort of test we could do?
When it feels like a comfortable pair of shoes
Feel like a comfortable pair of shoes
And you keep walking, walking through life together
Walking, walking through life together
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10. |
Two people
02:57
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Two people
Two people falling deep
Two people play to keep
Two people leaving home
Two people on their own
Two people getting wed
Two people lay in bed
Two people making me
Two people raising me
Two people, two people
Two people working hard
Two people struggle scarred
Two people dreaming small
Two people have it all
I wish I’d known them better but can you ever…ever
Two people always there
Two people always care
Two people love me still
Two people always will
And I’m the apple you see, that didn’t fall far from the tree
Two people, two people.
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Al Roberts England, UK
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