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Detail is a Devil

by Dave Bradley

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Broken City 04:07
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
Luna 04:22
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
5.
Latin Class 04:02
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
Funktastic! 04:06
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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released January 5, 2017

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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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