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Nowhere To Go
01:57
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When you’re really certain that you’re really stoned
Pull down your curtain don’t answer your phone
Cos nothing’s gonna happen while you’re all alone
No misunderstanding, there’s no place like home
and there’s nowhere to go
and there’s no-one to know
The wall that you’re facing says all kind of things
Whispers a warning of intimate dreams
Decisions, collisions, demands and extremes
No wonder you’re falling apart at the seams
and there’s nowhere to go
and there’s no-one to know
When you’re really sure that you’re really stoned
Don’t open the door, leave the phone,
Cos nothing’s gonna happen while you’re all alone
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Whatever Comes To Mind
03:21
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And say could we try to say whatever comes to mind
And say could we try to find whatever time we have
Whatever time we have
Just when you thought you could hold me down
Just when you thought you could hold me down
and say
Whatever comes to mind
And say could we try to play whatever turns you on
Whatever turns you on
Just when you thought you could hold me down
Just when you thought you could hold me down
Just when you thought you could hold me down
and say
Whatever comes to mind
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Future Days
02:21
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Future days are in my hands
Falling thru like sifting sands
In the desert making plans
Final words and final stands
Time to turn to future ways
Hard to imagine future days
It’s always cold before the dawn
In time the weak can join the strong
And I stand by
I’m eye to eye with days gone by
I’ve seen the changing of the guard
The queen was late, she took it hard
She struck the captain in a rage
It felt like someone tor the page
So I lingered in the square
Til they forgot that I was there
On the guard she’d made her mark
Their eyes were burning in the dark
And I stand by
I’m eye to eye with days gone by
I stand by
I’m eye to eye with days gone by
I stand by
I’m eye to eye with days gone by
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4. |
Fading Sun
03:20
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Your new you and my new me
You’re the ocean, I’m the sea
There’s a possibility
Invent yourself, it sets you free
I was always attracted by things that shine
I don’t wanna hold ‘em, wanna make ‘em mine
And build little sculptures, and when they’re done
Hide ‘em away from the fading sun
I hide ‘em from the fading sun
Hide ‘em from the fading sun
I’m always chasing a distant car
I wanna be riding where you are
Not back in the traffic in a can
Scared of the passenger I am
Hiding from the fading sun
Hiding from the fading sun
Hiding from the fading sun
Hiding from the fading sun
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Bleeding Hearts
01:49
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Those unnatural disasters
We try to fix with sticking plasters
My bleeding heart just isn’t in it
It’s beating slower by the minute
It’s a natural reaction
Causing grave dissatisfaction
Well we raged and we sorrowed
We tore the page from tomorrow
Bleeding hearts and sticking plasters
Bleeding hearts and sticking plasters
Bleeding hearts and sticking plasters
Bleeding hearts and sticking plasters
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6. |
Something's Changing
03:38
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Those evenings burned in mind
How will she ever escape
Those times so cruel and crazed
Dancing in time to our fate
The rainbow fades and more
Lonely is often so sure
Something’s changing
The starling flies, she’s out of your sight
Something’s changing again
Something’s changing
The endless stream of everyday love
Something’s changing again
Got caught himself, and spoke
A cigarette stuck on your lip
You whisper now and then
Why don’t you turn out the light
The love then fades, it’s right
Don’t even believe what it said
Something’s changing again
Something’s changing
The starling flies, she’s out of your sight
Something’s changing again
Something’s changing
The endless stream of everyday love
Something’s changing again
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Smothered
02:45
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What your mother doesn’t know, your mother doesn’t care
You been trying to let it go but you see her everywhere
You can never do enough, you can never get it right
And you’re tired of acting tough in the middle of the night
And the fire was smothered when the light was covered
Should’ve just not bothered
If you’re never gonna know, you’re never gonna care
You been trying to let it go but you know it’s always there
So you better play it close, and you better keep it hid
‘cause you’ve had a heavy does and it’s tightening your lid
And the fire was smothered when the light was covered
Should’ve just not bothered
And the fire was smothered when the light was covered
Should’ve just not bothered
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The Touch
02:07
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That reminds me of the stories that I used to write
Before my dreams kept me up at night
People told me I had the touch
But I never really used it that much
I left my broken toys on the shelf
But I wasn’t any good for much else
I been picking up the pieces that I used to play
I locked them in the basement when I walked away
People told me I had the touch
But I never really used it that much
I left my broken toys on the shelf
But I wasn’t any good for much else
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I've Got Mine
03:46
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I mangled the language you thought you knew
And all that you wanted I took that too
I sigh at your troubles
And dab my eye
I’ve got mine
Forget forgiveness, my faith is a joke
Carved it in concrete, the word that I spoke
Deliver my message from up on high
I’ve got mine
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You’ve got that look in your eye
This much I’ve learned
The longer you stare at the sky
The worse you get burned
And it’s not what we planned
We’ve got a stake in the land
The future’s not ours to be earned
This much I’ve learned
You’re wearing that brooch that I bought
To help with your highs
While a fair warning weather report
Blots the glimmering skies
And it’s not like before
It’s a new kind of war
The future’s not ours to be burned
This much I’ve learned
And I’ll take the first shift
And I’ll bridge the next rift
And I’ll bring the last gift
Straight to you
Yeah I’ll take the first shift
And I’ll bridge the next rift
And I’ll bring the next gift
Straight to you
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Demosphere
03:28
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Way up here in the demosphere
I hear your bell-like voice in my shell-like ear
My head feels dizzy and the words aren’t clear
If I don’t stop drifting they could disappear
There’s an ill wind filling in the atmosphere
There’s a chill riding in on the crystal air
My legs ain’t working but my path is clear
It’s time to kick the pricks down the cellar stair
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah
Well I can’t get down with your velocity
Your indecent taste in mediocrity
Your mustard sweater on your brown setee
Your low grade liquor not my cup of tea
I can’t help noticing the state you’re in
With your Beach Boy hair and your Gordon’s grin
Your friends all celebrate your latest win
It’s a real cool scene but you can’t get in
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah…
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