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Broken City
04:07
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Broken City
Hide it away, it's not looking too pretty
Running away I want to head for the city
And if there's something I can't find
If it sends me out of my mind
Then I'll know time after time
You won't take any pity
I know the dreamers are screaming
And I know the screamers are dreaming
But you show nothing you're hiding
Cos I know you're always offsiding
Hide it away, it's not looking too pretty
Running away I'm gonna head to the city, the city
And if there's something I can't find
Well, if it sends me out of my mind
Then I know time after time
You won't take any pity
Time after time I head for the city
No reason or rhyme I head for the city
Way down the line I'm lost in the city
Well, I'm wasting my time I come back from the city, the city, the city
On and on and on and on anon
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The Tide That Never Turns
For some of us, it's a story too far
Of distant lands, of pearls and bars
For others there's still a life untold
In dusty towns they never found gold
There are those who take it all too hard
They stake their claims but bear the dull scars
For others there's still a grief unsound
In dusty towns unholy ground
But either way, the sea's unchanged
The lies it hears the lives it takes
All of them are foam upon the waves
And though some are lost, none are ever saved
For others there's a grief uncrowned
In gusty towns on holy ground
The tide that never turns
The sun that never burns
The summer wind that only makes you yearn
For storms to ride and waves of pride
On a tide that never turns
The tide that never turns
We all deride the waves of pride
You will never learn
On a tide that never turns
Three lost cities beyond the wind
Fatigued by fear, the changes begin
If time and tide sweep all away
Then what are we but the ocean spray?
Yet either way, the seasons change
The smiles we fake and rearrange
Emotion lost unto the feign
Now summer's gone we all feel the same pain
The tide that never turns
The sun that never burns
The summer wind that only makes you yearn
For waves to ride
and ways to hide
From a tide that never turns
From a tide that never turns
We all deride the waves of pride
You will never learn
On a tide that never turns
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Bait and switch
There was a key under the mat,
but you changed all the locks
There was a note deep in your pocket,
but no stamp for the box
I saw a light up in your room,
but your heart was like stone
And though you strayed out of the gloom,
there was nobody home
There was a seed inside the pot,
but no water for the bloom
There was food there on the table,
but no taste in the room
You wore a smile and little more,
but you cried on the inside
And though you veil all that you feel,
there's no place left to hide
When you turn about face
I can't stay in that place
Switch and bait me
I know that you're cunning
When I find the right pace
It's the end of the race
Bait and switch
is the game that you're running
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Luna
04:22
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Watch the moon slowly crown the horizon
Imagine gravity's pull
Feel the silken waters rising
The tide turns and I'm wondering why
If I ride with the tide, I'm under
If I got with the flow, I'm under
If I say I should leave then I know I will stay
It's too late to turn the tide and just sail away
If I couldn't love, then there's nothing to say
I couldn't love you
I couldn't love you any more
I couldn't love you any more than I do today
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Latin Class
04:02
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Latin Class
You lost a piece of the action, no one's ever relaxing
Should you be documenting all your life?
I can't behold you baby, if you're not beholden to me
I'm broken and bruised, waiting for the answers
Tongue-tied and cruising, it hurts to take the chances
I'm losing. I'm losing you
Every blind alley you turned
Every lesson you never learned
The final bridge you burned
From the tiny spark to the flame that you spurned
You chose a new class action, there was a chain reaction
Could you be coming back to life? I just don't know
I can't just hold you baby, if you're beholden to me
I'm broken and bruised, waiting for the chances
Tongue-tied untwisted, I'm finding all the answers
Am I amusing? Amusing you?
Nowhere to hide, no place to run to
Kneel at your side, every tide that I turn to,
I got nowhere to bleed, nowhere to hide
I'm a fool and I can't see it, owning my reality
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A Better Year
04:01
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A Better Year
When life takes a turn for the worse,
the worst it could ever be
And you yearn for something to quench that thirst
There's a chance that you'll fail to see
Are you still hoping for a silent night?
Are you still open to love's shining light?
There are no signs, but there's a warning
This is our time, no time for mourning
One thing it seems is very clear
Right now, we're hoping for a better year
Are you? Are you?
Are you? Well, are you?
And you had a hunger it wasn't the first
Maybe, there's a chance you'll see
The road you travel, well it seems that it is cursed
The time is running out for breaking free
Are you still hoping for a silent night?
Are you still open to love's shining light?
Are you? Will you?
Can you? Can you live? (Can you leave?)
There are no signs, but there's a warning
This is our time, no time for mourning
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Foreign Shores
03:21
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For every man who fights on foreign shorelines
It matters not to him the flag that he dies under
And if the colour of his skin matters on foreign shorelines
Well, do you see right through it?
Do you see right through it?
Keep up the pressure and we can win
We can bring it back down again
For every man who fights on foreign shorelines
For every man it matters not to him
For every man the flag that he dies under
Nor the colour of his skin
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The Silent Spring
They tell us history is a lesson to learn
Too many times we ignore it
They say the danger is a stranger to burn
Through the seasons they implore it
It doesn't matter how near or how far
The border lands we deplore them
They feed us lies that just won't settle the score
Fail to see that we abhor them
Across the desert a healing wind blows
Now the promise of a silent spring
Though lines were drawn and the borders were closed
Above the cloud the eagle spreads her wings
Above the cloud the eagle spreads her wings
They say that fear is the enemy within
Too many times that we have sworn it
From East to West their lies begin to wear thin
The oath I swore I could ignore it
Across the desert a healing wind blows
Now's the promise of a silent spring
Though lines were drawn and the borders were closed
Above the cloud the eagle spreads her wings
And through the valleys a healing wind blows
With the promise of a silent spring
The lines were cut but no borders are closed
Above the cloud the eagle spreads her wings
Above the cloud the eagle spreads her wings
And in the cities a healing wind blows
With the culture of a vital sting
The ties once cut and all borders exposed
Above the cloud the eagle spreads her wings
And through the desert a healing wind blows
With the promise of a silent spring
The lines once cut and our feelings deposed
Above the cloud the eagle spreads her wings
Above the cloud the eagle spreads her wings
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White line warrior
Heading up the Inca Trail
Silkroad Surfer
Hides behind electric veil
Foothill courier
En route to the promised land
Fuelled with a bitter taste
Torment is in her hand
Global decimation
One in ten, where worlds collide
Find the taker nation
A future lost for lack of pride
Main line quarrier
Digging up the dragon's tale
Milk wet citizen
Finds the time to read the Mail
Timeline warrior
Waking in the promised land
Works with little haste
Though history is in his hands
Global decimation
One in ten, where worlds collide
Find the taker nation
A future lost for lack of pride
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Escape to the Stars
Over the water, no anchor out at sea
Islands will be washed away by change
Climbing up our mountain believing we’re free
Emptiness that clings hides only rage
You’ll see them as they struggle through the years that roll by
You know that they’ll try their best but in destiny they’ll die
But the air is poisoned, so there’s nowhere left to hide
Could we leave behind this empty shell with no pride?
Ever looking upwards it’s the stars that draw us near
If stardust’s what we’re made from then our fate is ever clear
Over the water, no anchor out at sea
Our island washed away by change
Know how we struggled as the light years flew by
Know that we suffered for the dreams we left to die
And the air that we poisoned, left us nowhere else to hide
So, we left behind that empty shell and our pride
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The Oldest Trick in The Book (Fairweather Devil)
Back in the day, there was a boy you could never save
Always found the time to play then a devil came to steal his soul away
Masquerading as an open book, she drew him in with bitter-sweet deception
He didn't see what was coming, wrote a cheque for love and affection
The oldest trick in the book
He fell for it, hook, line and sinker,
He never got a second look
She turned his head, then threw him into the drink
Back in the day, there was a girl who could only pray
Never found any time to play, then a devil came to steal her soul away
A dashing preacher with an open book, he drew her in with bitter-sweet deception
She didn't see what was coming, mistook her faith for love and affection
The oldest trick in the book
She fell for it, hook, line and sinker,
And though she grabbed a second look
He turned her head and then he pulled his trigger
So they went to an early grave
No flowers no wake, whatever
And though they paid the price they paid
Some friends don't hang around in stormy weather
Now, we're right up to date. Surely you don't want the same fate
Don't spend your time on money and craving
Spare a dime for the guy at the gate
Don't pray too hard and get on with some playing
The oldest trick in the book
Don't waste your life on money and slaving
Don't give that devil a second look
The oldest trick in the book,
don't fall for it hook, line and sinker
The oldest trick in the book
The oldest trick in the book
The oldest trick in the book
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The Day that Bowie Died
03:05
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The day that Bowie died
Woke crying at your side
There was no call from the action man, though he had a plan
Took strangeness in his stride
The day the Wall came down
We were dying in our room
There was no call from a higher ground,
just a changing sound
That echoed with the bloom
All the roads are clear now...
No message came in from Major Tom
But a black star on the horizon taught us everything we needed to know
Told us everything we needed to know
Everything. We needed to grow
Needed to know
Oh, we needed to know
The day that Bowie died
Woke crying at your side
If dust is all we'll ever be,
Then let that be, an end to it
You've torn it and your pride
Was there ever really a Major Tom?
A black star, with the pressure on
Showed us everything we needed to know
Taught us everything we needed to grow
Everything. We needed to show
That we did know
The day that Bowie died
Knew everything was alright
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Funktastic!
04:06
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Funktastic
It's the time of your life, but you're feelin' down
Don't let them say what comes around comes around
Just get to your feet, hit the floor with the heat
Funk it up so hard with the bass of the beat
Well, you're in denial, don't wanna lose face
Just don't let them tell you what you do's a disgrace
There will be no defeat, hit the floor with the beat
Funk it up so hard, in the chase for the heat
Come on
Running out with the famous...funktastic
Chopping up the tunes...funktastic
Believe in the beat
Believe in your words
It's not what you heard...
Funktastic!
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Dave Bradley UK
Guitarist, singer-songwriter. Acoustic and electric indie pop and rock originals. Singer, guitarist with C5, bigMouth, TyrannoChorus, CTW, with DJ Ad, and BarbD
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