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It's A 60s Thing
05:14
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When your flowers sing, it’s a sixties thing,
Everyone wants to fly we’re gonna kiss the sky
I’ve gotta a groovy plan, I’m going to Hindustan
It’s India or bust, tryin’ to find my bus
But I only wanted to have sunshine I could call my very own
Meanwhile back in Olde England it’s raining
Colours blow my mind, I’m high all the time
Never to come back down, I’m drowning in this sound
Look at the world today, everything is grey
Not like in sixty-six when Revolver clicked
It’s been on my mind, to travel back in time
Find some love and peace and maybe get some sleep
But I only wanted to have sunshine I could call my very own
Meanwhile back in Olde England it’s “Yeah, yeah, yeah!”
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Just Leave
03:40
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It’s so strange
That you put yourself in range
The way you choose
To risk all that you could lose
Believe you’re free, you’re free to leave
Don’t you know
It won’t ever be your show
The way you try
Taking orders from on high
Believe you’re free, you’re free to leave
When duty calls
See, it’s not a game at all
Sent from home
For a cause no one can know
Believe you’re free, you’re free to leave
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Letting Go
03:52
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I’m not about to stay much here today
And I’m not about to change much or to say
That you’re holding back on all your tears
You’re letting go into your fears
You make the space between us hard to cross
So I’ll take your words and watch them blow away
Do you understand the meaning of our love?
Can you understand the feelings that you have?
That’s greater than the ocean sky
It’s stronger than the storms on high
Don’t take for granted all that we have made
Perhaps it’s time for us to stop and start again
Oh baby please, don’t ever leave
You’re taking the sun out of my life, every day
Shall I take the blame, can I answer to your lies
Are you strong enough to bear the weight of your disguise?
Or will you turn around and come back home
Will you take regret and break its hold
Is there no time left for me inside your heart
Will the sun come up before we make amends?
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Solitude Alone
04:20
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She awoke and didn't know where she was
A pale sky and four white stars, that's all she ever saw
Turned over, went back to sleep
The best idea she'd had for weeks
Rising up moving out through the world
In the park with no one else, she talks to the trees
And Solitude walks on her own
Finds a space and makes it home
Tell me now what’s in a name? You spend your life with that
Who would call somebody this? Depends on where you’re at
Is it right to lay the blame? No one can ever know
Her feelings hurt behind the show Come on it’s time to go
Wears a flag, she doesn't know where it's from
Keeps the cold out of her. the day can seem so long
Her Cadillac waits at the door
But no one's in the driving seat
Talks to me, she’s telling me everything
She doesn’t like to be alone, her name can bring her down
She’s lonely, takes me by the hand
Says “Stay with me, don’t ever leave”
Tell me now what’s in a name? You spend your life with that
Who would call somebody this? Depends on where you’re at
Is it right to lay the blame? No one can ever know
Her feelings hurt behind the show Come on it’s time to go
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Young Newnham Couple
04:08
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Hand in hand, their hearts exposed
Barely a nerve left un-shown
A plane flies low shining bright
Both alert touched by flight
He thinks power, transcendent weight
Held aloft only by fate
She sees falls, a silver line
To the ground where women cry
Stare inside the two of them
Divergent minds collide within
He the strong and violent type
She unsure, drawn to the fight
Her lips are blistered kissing him
Bites into his iron skin
Too strong to stop, too soft to live
Her shell removed with nothing hid
Left alone, uprooted, lost
Blames himself and then counts the cost
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If you need a hand when things get rough
Anytime of day or night I’m the one you call
In the dead of night and life is feeling tough
Call my number, I’ll take care of you
Take care of you
When you need a hand when things get rough
Call my number, I’ll take care of you
Take care of you
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At the places in between where they look straight through the cracks
They see faces looking up from the wrong side of the tracks
And they try so very hard to pretend it’s someone’s fault
‘Cos it’s easier to blame than to bring this to a halt
They want to see them fail, they believe the Daily Mail
And it’s not quite what it seems, their agenda’s set to ‘Dream’
And they’re searching for a cure, to stop infection by the poor
They’re ignorant, malevolent, incompetent, an irritant
To have dignity in work it depends on who’s in charge
‘Cos they suck the money out so their fortunes can enlarge
How much do you need, when you’re bored on board your yacht
So you break another bank, still unhappy with your lot
They want to see you fail, they believe the Daily Mail
And it’s safer to believe you can make the buggers scream
Earning more and more from the labours of the poor
They’re ignorant, malevolent, incompetent, an irritant
They’re ignorant, malevolent, incompetent, an irritant
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So Far Behind The Sofa
03:46
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Join me in the courtyard, under the windmill
There is music and the sea beyond
And a feeling that this can’t go on
‘Cos this should be familiar, it’s got me thinking
And another glass of red might help me on
Then again I’m barely walking on my own
What might be might be
And I don’t trust this at all
Recognize it’s all unknown
When you mention it to me
Somewhere there’s a party, I hear you laughing
But I haven’t been invited or denied
Something tells me that someone might’ve lied
Not sure if I’m sleeping, it seems too real
But I’m sure this pathway leads me home
Trying to find the main road’s left me on my own
What might be might be
And I don’t trust this at all
Recognize it’s all unknown
When you mention it to me
Play me through the back nine, I will not beat you
But it gives us half a chance to get along
And I don’t think there’ll be many coming on
Meet behind the sofa, it will not kill you
And you might just find the things that you’ve mislaid
And you’ll find out just much you have to pay
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Something Wonderful
03:24
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On the day that you were born
Something wonderful occurred
You came to me
Something mystic, something strange
Something almost out of range is changing me
And it’s wonderful
How things can change your life
I’m feeling wonderful through life
In the closing of an eye
When the sun has left the sky
The world spins round and around
Waiting patiently through time
Hoping you will be my life, don’t change your mind
And it’s wonderful
How things can change your life
I’m feeling wonderful tonight
All these nights when I’m away
I miss the little things you say
Amazes me
The way that your mind loves the world
Half in fear and half alone, you’re just like me
But you’re wonderful
I want to be with you
You’ve made life wonderful
For me
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The Best Part Of The Day
06:58
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Amazing sunsets, stellar skies
Brilliant wonder, all of the time
Calling voices, valley clear
Diamond snowflake on your eye
These things make me love you more
These are the things I’m living for
Little wonders make the day
Don’t need a miracle to show me the way
Early evening, river glide
Fading darkness and summer skies
Glowing daylight, winter clear
Heaven rising, peace is here
These things make me love you more
These are the things I’m living for
Little wonders make the day
Don’t need a miracle to show me the way
All this beauty, in my eyes
All this wonder, life’s surprise
I saw you driving, you waved and smiled
That was the best part of my day
That was the best part of my day
Wouldn’t have it any other way
These things make me love you more
These are the things I’m living for
Little wonders make the day
Don’t need a miracle to show me the way
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