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Back from the dead
02:03
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Why you lookin' at me that way?
I said come again
I said come again
Why you lookin' at me?
What you hopin' to get from me gee?
Cause I've been gone too long
Now I'm back with a brand new song
The devil rides in style
Says he'll give me one more try
Why you lookin' at me?
What you hopin' to get from me gee?
Cause I've been dead too long
Now I'm back with a brand new song
The devil rides in style
Says he'll give me one more try
Why you lookin' at me?
Am I lookin' like some kind of zombie?
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2. |
Days of our lives
03:31
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Well the night wind's a drummin' as the daylight comes runnin'
Don't know if we'll make it home before the sun can break the dawn.
And the rush of emotion as the door starts a'closin'
Drinking with my eyes like a drowning man in irons.
These are the best days of our lives,
And they keep passing,
Like a child who's always asking,
Why the sky is blue and Romeo never dies.
Well the church bells a tollin' it's a' time to go a' roamin'
Scanning your horizons as I feel the need arisin'
And the beat of your heart-string draws me in like a pilgrim,
That scent that you're secreting makes you good enough for eatin'
These are the best days of our lives,
And they keep passing,
Like a child who's always asking,
Why the sky is blue and Romeo never dies.
Well the fireflies exploding with the flare of emotion,
Aching flesh is thirsting, we don't need that much coercing,
With the cold night's caressing as we start our undressing,
Feeling with my breath to the pulsing in your neck.
These are the best days of our lives,
And they go past like there's a portrait in the attic.
These are the best days of our lives,
Wasted together,
I've got a hat that's missin' a feather.
These are the best days of our lives,
Always passin',
Hard to starboard. Bring the mast in.
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I saw it written on the bar stool,
in blood that I have been such a fool,
I won't lie to you,
My love isn't kind to you.
We're like two drops in the ocean,
We're going through all the motions,
I won't lie to you,
Life isn't kind to you.
Don't let it bring you down.
Don't let it bring you down.
I saw a crack in the mirror,
Reflecting love that I always fear,
I won't lie to you,
My love isn't blind to you.
Don't let it bring you down.
Don't let it bring you down.
What you gonna do with a butterfly,
Put it in a jar when it wants to fly,
i won't lie to you,
Beauty dies when you lock it up.
Don't let it bring you down.
Don't let it bring you down.
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4. |
Wild dogs
04:19
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Wake up 'cause it's a brand new day.
Time to kiss your options away,
'Cause the miracle man's gone astray with the company pay.
You've been shelling out more than you make,
For a company man on the take.
Nip and tuck for the fuck that you are in your company car.
Head-hunted by the carnival man.
Try to be the best freak you can.
Jumping hoops when he starts up the band.
So long! It really has been a blast.
So long! Shame it can't last.
But then while we're all here,
and the world marches on in fear,
Knowing that it's me that really needs the change,
Acting like a wild dog on a chain.
But then while we're all here,
and the world marches on in fear,
Knowing that it's me that really needs the change,
Acting like a wild dog on a chain.
The man taketh what he giveth away.
Oh Lord! They're gonna make us pay.
Squeezing blood from a stone,
Why don't you leave us alone.
Big city's done messing with him,
Gonna wash away all of our sins.
Now there's only wild dogs around.
So long! It really has been a blast,
So long! Shame it can't last.
But then while we're all here,
and the world marches on in fear,
Knowing that it's me that really needs to change,
Acting like a wild dog on a chain.
But then while we're all here,
and the world marches on in fear,
Knowing that it's me that really needs the change,
you're acting like a wild dog on a chain.
But then while we're all here,
and the world goes on without a care.
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Salvation
04:00
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7. |
Lazing on the other side
03:05
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I've been lazing on my lazy self
Going nowhere fast
I've got plans on the other side
I've been losing on my loser self
Waiting for the world to arrive
I've got plans on the other side
But I'm not afraid to die
No I'm not afraid to die
I'm here lying wide awake in bed
Waiting for the hours to slide by
My brain's reeling from the emptiness
Feeling there's a weight off my mind
Make a clean slate on the other side
But I'm not afraid to die
But I'm not afraid to die
No I'm not afraid to die
No I'm not afraid to die
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Water to the sand
03:11
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Took another shot at the bottom in the fading light,
Three sheets to the wind and I swear that I could almost take flight.
And as the church bell rings and not a souls comes to prayer.
I find myself drawn to you like the water's drawn to sand.
Water's drawn to sand.
Had a million chances, I never too them when I should.
What doesn't kill me now just makes me less understood.
Fresh opportunities falling through these greying hands.
It's dust to the wind, it's all just water to the sand.
A carousel going round all night in my head,
The illusions are real and the ghosts are all flesh.
As I stand before you, you see a thousand different men.
Look again they're gone, it's all just water to the sand.
Water to...
Water to the sand.
Water to the sand.
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Pieces of eight
02:41
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I'm going to pieces,
Pieces of eight.
eight little pieces,
Pieces of eight.
One's for the hangman,
and two's for the show,
Three's 'cause I'm ready,
I'm ready four to go.
Five's for your silver,
And six for the gold,
That they'll place on my eyelids,
To pay my way home,
Seven's for the secret,
That I'll take to my grave,
So no-one finds out what you did there.
They'll all think I'm to blame.
And that last little piece of me,
I'm leaving for you.
There'll be something to remember me by,
When this song is through.
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53mph Italy
XFM favorite in the 2000s, Wigwam Radio Best Folk Act 2022 nominee, and regular on Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRecord.
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