1. |
Pirates
03:10
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PIRATES
Twenty five, divorced, looking for a recourse
Buy a boat, sail away, no time for remorse
Live, work, eat, drink, sleep, f**k, rethink
Planning on travelling while I'm unravelling
Sell up, sell out, no concessions, imagine no possessions
It's easy advice, an idea for life, the future is bright
A taste of Paradise
Oh as we sail round the islands on the voyage of a lifetime
On the wine-coloured ocean, we'll be drunk as pirates
Of the Caribbean, or the Aegean or just the drunks in the park
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2. |
High Barnet
04:02
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HIGH BARNET
You were waiting in a restaurant
He was waiting for you by the door
Promised you the sky and you fell from it
You got so much more than you bargained for
Chorus:
Now you'll wait all your life, but you'll have to pay the price
But it takes so many years to comprehend
You can borrow all your dreams from those trashy magazines
But you'll have to give them back, in the end.
He would count the stars up in the sky for you
He would charm the birds out of the trees
All these things and more he would do for you
While you picked up all the pieces of your dreams
(Chorus)
The holy gatherings, the smoke and paraffin
The idols you would burn
The sunny afternoons, when conversations turn
To lessons you should learn
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3. |
Once Bitten
02:51
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ONCE BITTEN
Once bitten, twice shy
Fools seldom differ with the give and the take of the tide
Once bitten, twice shy
Fools seldom differ with the give and the take of the tide
Between a rock and a hard place
Between the devil and the sandy shore
A ship is safe in the harbour, but that's not what ships are for
Once bitten, twice shy
Fools seldom differ with the give and the take of the tide
The past won't be your future, because the only place to be
is the place where the water from the river meets the sea
Once bitten, twice shy
Fools seldom differ with the give and the take of the tide
Fools seldom differ with the give and the take of the tide
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4. |
Wednesday Man
03:06
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WEDNESDAY MAN
He was a thin man, stayed at No.5,
Waiting for Thursday to arrive
Slept on carpet, with cushions on the floor
He put a fur coat up against the door
Dead flowers, he kept 'em in a jar
He liked McCartney, Venus and Mars
Left the lights on with no-one at home
He spent hours on the phone
Chorus:
Thursday Friday Saturday nights he's out
Sunday's dead and nothing to shout about
Monday Tuesday never meets your expectation
But we don't care 'cause we love Wednesday Man
Patriotic, kept a portrait of the Queen
Alabaster, a tortured figurine
He took pictures, remind himself of home
Bright colours, monochrome
Chorus
Rpt Vs 2
Chorus x 2
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5. |
Wotya
03:27
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WOTYA
A man came down from the mountain, manifesto in his hand
He said Brothers, Sisters I see hardship on the road to the promised land
He said bathe in the gold that flows through the city and out to the shining sea
Black, white, rich or poor come down to the river with me
In the kingdom of the blind, there's a one-eyed man with an axe to grind
He's gonna build a wall to keep out the weather and the young and the old
And the wind of change that blows
Across the land of plenty where the milk and the honey flows
Wotya gonna do about it
Who you gonna stand beside
Get up and shout about it
Don't sit and be dissatisfied
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6. |
Saw A Girl
03:04
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SAW A GIRL
Saw a man I used to know consumed by all his long-agos
And music on the radio wallpapering his life
He spoke of how he changed his mind and left his other life behind
Refusing to be defined by someone else's dream
Right time, right place, right girl, waiting for the weekend
Replace that face, pull back the curtain, open the door and
Here comes Barry, with his head held high
Here comes Barry, leaving yesterday behind.
We heard about the sordid case and someone else's guilty face
Passed judgement on the sad remains of shattered lives
He sits alone at home and waits amidst the coffee cups and plates
Whilst studiously contemplating his Jimmy Choos
Right time, right place, right girl, waiting for the weekend
Replace that face, put on the dress and open the door and
Here comes Barry, with his head held high
Here comes Barry, leaving yesterday behind.
Right time, right place, right girl, waiting for the weekend
Replace that face, put on the dress and open the door and
Here comes Barry, with his head held high
Here comes Barry, leaving yesterday behind.
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7. |
Promises
03:10
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PROMISES
I don't know what's in your head
And I can't make you well
And I can't make those promises,
'Cause only time will tell
I can't hear or understand
The song that sings to you
But I can see all the love
That's shining out of you
I can't turn back time for you
To heal those wounds and scars
But I can share your burden
When the world's too much to bear
Yesterday has left it's mark on you
Tomorrow's yet unknown
But I'll be hear to talk to you
So you won't feel alone
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8. |
15 Minutes of Shame
03:02
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15 MINUTES OF SHAME
Charming smile, beguiled
Invited back to the Country pile
Deals done in respectable style
In your 15 minutes of shame
Sharp suit, new recruit
You're never too small to contribute
Or bring the family into disrepute
In your 15 minutes of shame
You can choose your sin but you can never choose your fate
Don't make love by the garden gate,
Love may be blind but the neighbours ain't so
All's fair in love and war, but that's not what we came here for
Another consequence for you to ignore in your 15 minutes of shame
You can choose your sin but you can never choose your fate
Don't make love by the garden gate
Love may be blind but the neighbours ain't so
Be mindful of the words you use,
Some sit in judgement, some stand accused
Some feel better while some feel abused
In your 15 minutes of shame
The walk you walk
The time it takes
The talk you talk
The love you make
The deal you break
The smile you fake
The hand you shake
The deal you break
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9. |
Lorna Stone
04:27
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LORNA STONE
You painted pictures, they filled a space on the wall
They look so cold and uninviting
We made arrangements but you..
You cancelled them all
You made us all seem so incredibly dull
I took a walk past places you used to go
Where the smell of cut grass was intoxicating
Took out a picture of you, you look just the same
And no-one would ever know that you had lost your sense and sensibility
Chorus:
Lorna Stone why don't they leave your life alone
Images that linger from your dreams are all your own
Lorna Stone you never write, you never phone
All your friends are waiting here as you stand there alone
All of your friends laid a place at the table,
But you never appeared so we finished it all.
Chorus
La lalalala la (Lorna Stone)
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10. |
On the Upside
03:08
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ON THE UPSIDE
Chorus:
'Cause on the upside, feel the good times inside
Outside lets move before the landslide
Washes us away day to day
'Cause on the upside, let love kick out the mean times
Those dark and in-between times
Let it liven up your day every day
Relieved of her money by a man at the fair
Well she went to the beach there was nobody there
The tide was in, the stars were out
So she took off all her clothes and she walked about
Chorus
Radio programmes, fathers and daughters,
Conversation the football slaughters
You're still signed up to yesterday's slogan
It's not your bag but it's a bag for life.
Chorus
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The Intercepteurs Salisbury, UK
Want Happy? We got Happy
Want Brass? Got that too
Groove? Tick that box
Sunny? No shade thrown here
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