1. |
One But Five
03:53
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the slightest drop
puts the mind at ease
I know it wrong
just let me be
I try to fight
the voice inside
you don’t understand
its not 1 its 5
when your minds made up
But I can’t decide
you choose from one
i’m screaming inside
I try my best
to be the one
you don’t understand
this mind hunts me down
with a mind filled up
Like a summer breeze
It won’t shut down
or let me be
I know they say
it will fade away
an ill pack my bags
and I’ll make my own way
the slightest drop
puts the mind at ease
I know it wrong
just let me be
I try to fight
the voice inside
you don’t understand
its not 1 its 5
the slightest drop
puts the mind at ease
the slightest drop
puts the mind at ease
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2. |
Satellite
04:01
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Satellite, whisk across the darkness tonight
watch and wait to see them break again
hidden fears won’t change their destined fate
Thoughts and deeds may break the spell below
Making fun of those gone before
Tyre mark across their empty soul
try to break the chain not pass it on
Stars at night shine a light to guide homeless home
you watch and wait but nothing changes their faith
Same old ships running aground again
Thoughts and deeds may break the spell below
Making fun of those gone before
Tyre mark across their empty soul
try to break the chain not pass it on
Satellite, float around the dark an empty space
sinners choose their own finale faith
hurting hearts with no one else to blame
Thoughts and deeds may break the spell below
Making fun of those gone before
Tyre mark across their empty soul
try to break the chain not pass it on
Thoughts and deeds may break the spell below
Making fun of those gone before
Tyre mark across their empty soul
try to break the chain not pass it on
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3. |
And We Danced
03:08
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Do you remember how we meet
On that warm August night
Your heart was breaking
when I entered your life
the midwife cheap perfume
Polluted the room
so we slipped to the hallway
to dance in the moon
and you danced
and you danced
and you danced
for the lost Texas rose
and you danced
and you danced
and you danced
for the lost yellow rose
I remember staring
through cracked window pane
naming the stars
as you drove in the rain
Well you mother she said
she'd be joining them soon
And I remember her silent
as she lay in the room
and you danced
and you danced
and you danced
her up to the moon
and you danced
and you danced
and you danced
her up to the moon
I remember tar stain
on fresh painted wall
from cigarette smoke
that peppered us all
What harm will it do
its only 40 a day
the scared heart was smiling
and stole her away
and you danced
and you danced
and you danced
because she made us all smile
then you danced
then you danced
then you danced
when he followed her smile
though the stories are old
and bring back a world
where I understand the tear in your eyes
If I could do this again
I wouldn't pretend
that you weren't crying at the end of the aisle
the last time we meet
and we dance once again
beneath the light of an autumn moon glow
And never forget
the joy that you bring
when you're dancing up on your toes
and we danced
and we danced
and we danced
like a mother an child
and we danced
and we danced
and we danced
with the love of my life
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4. |
What You Gonna Do?
03:51
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they lived down the valley, outside of town,
where everyone feared to live
in a boarded-up shack, with its windows painted back,
keeping their secret hid
Momma drank to heavy and daddy punched too much,
as the kid hid under his bed
Dreaming of the day he’d run away and cops would say the day
now he goes to school each day
in the hope to break away
but you ignore the simple signs
and looked the other way
What you gonna do, when he’s not at school
What you gonna say, when he runs away
What you gonna do when he's on the news
what you gonna do when he comes for you
On the 4th of July, he dried up his eyes
and opened his shackles and chains,
took a gun from the locker and shot the mother fucker
and left him dying in pain,
in the town, they were shouting that monster was a coming
in the guise of a 12 yearly boy
so they pulled down the shutter & ducked down for cover
in the hope, he’d go away
now he looks to you for help
but you turned the other way
the painful ugly truth
you tried to wash away
What you gonna do, when he’s not at school
What you gonna say, when he runs away
What you gonna do when he's on the news
what you gonna do when he comes for you
He rode into town to show the angry crowd the scars they tried to forget
from falling down a stairs in a single story house or so his father said
We’ll the crowd blame each other and the sister and the mother for looking the other way
the child starts laughing as the cops were passing with the sign of“serve and protect.
What you gonna do, when he’s not at school
What you gonna say, when he runs away
What you gonna do when he's on the news
what you gonna do when he comes for you
he put his guns on the ground to show everyone, but they shot him straight in his head
Another dirty matter fixed with the hammer and barrel as the media tried to explain.
kids on computers were creating all these shooters and parents were sparing the rod
and crowd felt better cause the kid was a nutter and they shuffled on home to bed
What you gonna do, when he’s not at school
What you gonna say, when he runs away
What you gonna do when he's on the news
what you gonna do when he comes for you
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5. |
Waiting For My Baby
03:44
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Well I’m waiting for my Baby
I waiting for the train to come
Well I’m waiting for my Baby
I waiting for the train to come
sitting here waiting, waiting since the crack of dawn
Well I waiting for my baby
Waiting for her to come back home
Well I waiting for my baby
Waiting for her to come back home
I’m siting here waiting like a dog with a bone
Now the mice keep squealing
she’s pawning out the barn
No the cats keep saying
that girl gonna do you wrong
But I ain’t seen another mule
kicking around in the barn
Well I hear that train a coming
and she’s screaming like a horn
Well I hear my babe a coming
It time I be moving on
Cause I ain’t got enough space
for two mule in my barn
So I left her sitting waiting
left her sitting all alone
I pack my bags and memories
Headed on back home
to a fine and pretty lady
That ain’t go to fool around
Well I’m waiting for my Baby
I waiting for the train to come
Well I’m waiting for my Baby
I waiting for the train to come
and I’m done sitting round waiting for that girl to come
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6. |
This Time I'm Gone
03:54
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I’m Sitting here all alone
Waiting for the time to come
but I never go
and I’m waiting from my train to come
waiting for my way back home
I guess you got hold of me
I guess got me all the way down
You fought your way inside my heart
ripped this gentle soul apart
with your fist so cold
I see the hatred rise inside
The devil dances with your soul tonight
you set the wheels in motion
you set the wrong direction
Now I’m gone
I waited here to talk to you
you slapped my face and push me too my knees
This time I’m done
I waited on in hope to see
you’d stop your shit and just love me
And I guess you caught me off my guard
but I ain’t gonna le break my heart
but not this time
Now I stepped upon the freedom train
And hope we never meet again
any times too soon
And I hope tear yourself apart
When think about your bitter heart
And Im never coming back to you
never coming back
no matter what you do
And I guess you caught me off my guard
but I ain’t gonna le break my heart
but not this time
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7. |
Saoirse
03:26
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I hear the song
of distant curlews
Calling out
to remember you
I hear the noise
of angels moving
over the field
in the mountain dew
And this song
is not a sad one
cause I know
you’re all around
And this song
is not a sad one
cause I know
you’re still around
I hear your voice
upon the soft wind
Reaching out
When I needed you
I feel your beat
through a rocky walls
like your mum
did before you
And this song
is not a sad one
cause I know
you’re all around
And this song
is not a sad one
cause I know
you’re still around
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8. |
Woke Up This Morning
05:13
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Well I woke this morning
thinking I was dead
but I was wrong
and I peer out the window pane
at all the smiling faces
man their wrong
So I finish off the whiskey
Laying on my bed
since you've
and shuffle down the stairway
in the hope, my troubles were gone
long gone
have you ever wondered why
have you ever wondered why
this world
gets you down
So dragged my shitty ass
screaming through the door
to meet the world
surrounded by the pigeons
Dragging me down
when I need to soar
So their standing on the sidewalk
screaming out their problems
on a phone
Pouring their derision
on a static piece of code
called a wall
and have ever wonder why
ever wondered why
this world
gets you down
Now the sun is going down
and the crazies come out
to play
Talking about the future
the problem of the world
that’s new today
pushing the same bullshit
they push around
every day
They couldn’t solve a problem
no matter how much money
they were paid
have you ever wondered why
have you ever wondered why
this world
gets you down
Well I woke this morning
thinking I have dead
but I was wrong
the bottle I had last night
hadn’t fixed any of
the worlds wrongs
So I slipped under the covers
until my aching head
was gone
and I’ll soar above those pigeons
to let them fight it out
on their walls
have you ever wondered why
have you ever wondered why
this world
gets you down
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9. |
Build a Wall
05:04
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The fool on the hill
looking down on you and me,
can’t remember a time
he was safe in his own sanity
So he built a wall
solid and strong
with blood and guns
memories gone
So build a wall
solid and strong
We will lower you down
when Camelot burns
Lines on the slate
marks out the cost of your hidden hate
Passing your days
like a scene in a Greek Tragedy
So he built a wall
solid and strong
with blood and guns
memories gone
So build a wall
solid and strong
We will lower you down
when Camelot burns
And we've been here before
the masses Cower behind a mad man's wall
And the victims you can’t count
suffer the blows of your egos war
And people will rise
taking hope when they see through true your twisted lies
tear down the wall
expose the weakness within you all
So build a wall
solid and strong
We will lower you down
when Camelot burns
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10. |
Old Fool
04:02
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No room for an old fool like me
No comfort from my memories
lock the door, throw away the keys
No home for an old fool like me
remember the times I held your hand
telling stories so grand
eyes wide with all I knew
But now you only see this fool
The times remembered are a skewed
the battered pictures littered the room
to try to keep your vision in my head
But now I can't seem to picture you
No room for an old fool like me
No comfort from my memories
lock the door, throw away the keys
No home for an old fool like me
If my memory cease to be
a stubborn recollection I can’t see
empty thought inside my mind
wipe memories of you from my eye
Behind the trap door of my mind
Repeat the same story every time
shout your mouth and play with the this fool
One day I won’t be here for you
No room for an old fool like me
No comfort from my memories
lock the door, throw away the keys
No home for an old fool like me
No home for an old fool like me
No home for an old fool like me
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11. |
Busted and Bruised
03:06
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Busted and Bruised
From the time I meet you
when you walked through my door
I should have known
what to do
and my mama did say
keep the wild one away
I thought I knew more
and I brought her on home
what a fool
I remember the day
I caught her stray
she gave me that smile
shy said you want wild
know what should I do
Busted and Bruised
From the time I meet you
and I don’t deserve
to get pushed around
by the likes of you
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So he jump from the bed,
put a knife in my head
and I fell to the floor.
then he ran out the door
and left me dead
On the 3rd day I rose
and look down below
and spotted a guy
and he’s opened up a door for you
1 2 3 4
he slammed the door
buckled you pride
left you side
all busted and bruised
Now I’m Busted and Bruised
From the time I meet you
when you walked through my door
I should have known
what to do
and I’m Busted and Bruised
and I’m Busted and Bruised
and I’m Busted and Bruised
just like you
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Derek Smyth Melbourne, Australia
A miserable old git getting older by the day.
Predominately writing acoustics music for men and women of the Lycra wearing age.
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