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Come Hang With Me
03:39
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The sun breaks through on a cloudy day
The kids run wild while the swallows play
Come hang with me
Come hang with me
Burst your way through the barricade
Don't miss your chance to make lemonade
Come hang with me
Come hang with me
11 o’clock, he comes back home
Laugh our way through a summer sneeze
Cries of joy carry on the breeze
Come hang with me
Come hang with me
Scare the pigeons in the local park
Kick a ball 'til it all goes dark
Come hang with me
Come hang with me
11 o’clock, he comes back home
11 o’clock, he comes back home
The streetlights flicker as your wander home
The stench of whiskey drawing ever close
Come hang with me
Come hang with me
Hold on tight to the way we felt
Feel the sunshine as you feel his belt
Come hang with me
Come hang with me
11 o’clock, he comes back home
11 o’clock, he comes back home
11 o’clock, he comes back home
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2. |
Sid And Nancy
03:24
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You guaranteed
It was you I'd fancy
We’d be Sid & Nancy
A single room
Outlawed and awkward
I was your reward
When I kidnapped you
We tasted stars
Dashed through a churchyard
Moonlit and scarred
My eye-lined prize
Such adoration
For this creation
That had chosen me
Ran quickly for the last time
Stood appalled by the tabloid paradigm
Their expression was so austere
And when they snapped dear
We had to disappear - and climb
Our ravens called
Took our frustration
The same destination
Our hands entwined
Over to the dark sea
We were Pan and Wendy
As we could always fly
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Everyone and no-one
Are my celestial companions
So there my fortune began
Oh, oh, oh, with 13 million hurtful glances
I wove around the cattle
‘Til I stumbled on an angel
So let the whispering world be damned
Oh, oh, oh, by 13 million hurtful glances
Posted through a blackhole
Our love trapped in a photo
And through their camouflaged personas
Oh, oh, oh, those 13 million hurtful glances
Now a violent mist awakes me
To a memory card of memories
She no longer takes my hand
Oh, oh, oh, those 13 million hurtful glances
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, those 13 million hurtful glances
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4. |
Oh Amy
03:48
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Oh Amy
You don't need to understand
Oh Amy
Why I no longer hold your hand
The Tannoy calls you to platform five
As the grey commuters flow
Oh Amy
Let me go
Oh Amy
Go home, be with your friends
Oh Amy
Go out and start again
Put on your Docs and that vintage dress
Let your heart be swept away
Oh Amy, you'll be OK
Oh Amy
I guess I knew this day would come
Oh Amy
That I'd see you with someone
My phone slipped onto our café floor
With a tear that mourns for you
Oh Amy
I miss you
I need you
I love you
I love you
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5. |
Too Many Sheep
03:09
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(1,2,3,4)
Her tidal mind flows across the media (too many sheep, too many sheep)
As every day is getting weirder (too many sheep, too many sheep)
With eyes stuck like flies to a web frozen perfectly still
While shopping counterculture is failing to thrill
The crowning of a fearless man
While they orderly sway
They orderly stay abused
Descending back to where it began
Into ashes and shame
As the lashes that rain subdue
Eternal seats for those forgotten (too many sheep, too many sheep)
A celebration of feeling rotten (too many sheep, too many sheep)
When she turns up the visual trash, she can drown out the world
A plutocratic rage from a porcelain girl
The crowning of a fearless man
While they orderly sway
They orderly stay abused
Descending back to where it began
Into ashes and shame
As the lashes that rain subdue
(1,2,3,4)
(Too many sheep, too many sheep)
(Too many sheep, too many sheep)
(Too many sheep, too many sheep)
(Too many sheep, too many sheep)
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6. |
Half In Obscurity
03:58
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Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out (we were meant to be)
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out
Float unaided on clear blue waters
Hopefully wiser but certainly warmer
Our little taster of luxury
Sink together through dark grey clouds
As we clamour to settle down
Half in, half out, half in obscurity
(We were meant to be)
(We were meant to be)
(We were meant to be)
Rusty cage and a comfy bed
Lazy fiction that’s making us lifeless
Lethargic, passive poetry
Trendy shoes and curious grins
Wistful lows rip at our skin
Half in, half out, half in obscurity
Half in, half out, half in, half out (obscurity)
Half in, half out, half in, half out
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out (we were meant to be)
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out (we were meant to be)
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out
A simple footnote records our hopes
I guess we always were ready to coast
Promising words lost to the sea
A crumbling foothold to mute the noise
Abandoned grudges we share and enjoy
Half in, half out, half in obscurity
Naked water that forms and flows
On a bedrock of jealous tone
As we torment ourselves to sleep
Dress to kill as we wax and wane
From disappointment that heavily weighs
Half in, half out, half in obscurity
Half in, half out, half in, half out (obscurity)
Half in, half out, half in, half out
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out (we were meant to be)
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half out (we were meant to be)
Half in (we were meant to be)
Half in obscurity
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7. |
Hey You
04:12
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Hey Paul
Do you even remember her at all?
The sangria was flowing at 2AM
You disco danced and danced again
Drunkenly joking “I'll see you then”
Hey Paul
Hey Dave
I'm not sure why you chose to run away
From the devastated tears that disguised
Those endless emerald eyes
As you texted your goodbyes
Hey Dave
My head starts spinning at forty-five
Like our seven-inch anthem of youth
My butterflies swarm, my lips are dry
As I try to say - Hey you
Hey Steve
I think you said you needed room to breathe
Like a coward who couldn't commit
As the record sleeves were split
Her perfect smile bewitched
Hey Steve
Hey Chris
Why d'ya have to leave her lost like this
Such a tribute to your slippery guile
She was delicate and wild
A paragon mother and child
Hey Chris
My head starts spinning at forty-five
As my heart keeps the beat of our youth
My butterflies swarm, my lips are dry
As I try to say...
Hey you
I’ll wager you already know the truth
My scrawny arms are strong and sincere
I'm your timid cavalier
The patron saint of fear
Hey you
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8. |
Penniless Prince
05:00
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Delicate prince
Did you sleep last night?
My delicate prince
Did your nightlight keep you warm and dry?
Are you ready for a brand-new day?
Delicate prince
Did you dream last night?
My delicate prince
Was your fortune full of candied light?
And are you ready for your brand-new life?
Tell me, that you remember
How the monsters used to lurk outside your door
Hug me, like it's December
When we had it all
Turbulent prince
Were you out last night?
My turbulent prince
Did you steal a kiss or steal a car?
Tell me how far did you go with them?
Turbulent prince
Hell, you look so bruised
My turbulent prince
Did you use again to break my heart?
Will you try to quit for one whole day?
Tell me, that you remember
How the monsters used to lurk outside your door
Hug me, like it's December
When we had it all
Penniless prince
Where'd you sleep last night?
My penniless prince
Did your rusty knife protect your life?
Will you call me just to let me cry?
And to tell me, that you remember
How the monsters used to lurk outside your door
To love me, like it's December
When we had it all
When we had it all
When we had it all
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We are forgotten steel
And they fear the passion we feel
Worn by the tarnished sky
Somehow, we always burn brighter
Down on that road to weariness
We race with noble finesse
We grasp for our elusive prize
Somehow, we always burn brighter
Hope on a lonely street
Untethered the real world has nothing to say
Shouting a beautiful score
Together we’ll thrive in the virulent rain
Cos, we dress like colourful clowns
As they wear the deepest frowns
March with honour one more time
Somehow, we always burn brighter
Hope on a lonely street
Untethered the real world has nothing to say
Shouting a beautiful score
Together we’ll thrive in the virulent rain
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10. |
Hold On To Me
02:55
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Sitting in a daze in a sterile chair in silence
Digging in my nails as the doctor reads your palm
Walking round the halls in an antiseptic stupor
Biting into flesh to muzzle my alarm
A new day dawns
Your determination's gone
I must help you carry on!
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Sitting in the woods on a fallen tree without you
Am I really crying if no-one's here to hear?
Sodden by the rain as the baby blue tits squabble
How I long to argue now you've disappeared
A new day dawns
My determination's gone
Have I the strength to carry on?
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
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The Boy With The Greyhound Tattoo Halkyn, UK
A musician, performer & songwriter with some musical instruments and a greyhound tattoo.
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