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Why Billy Why
04:31
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I miss you not around and frankly I find that hard to take
I hope that you found what you were looking for
So many people cried on the day your music died
And you know I for one well I had a tear in my eye
Mother and son grow together so symbiotic
Cage in cage poor psychotic you
And day by day what you had you know was fantastic
But the only thing that was left was the pain coursing through your veins
It’s too hard to laugh for fear of crying, you know
There’s so little time to live for fear of dying
Look at all you achieved in thirty-nine years
You had so much still to give so much laughter and tears
But you threw it all away on that January day
Why Billy why, why Billy
The maverick gypsy boy too large in life for a place like Dundee
Across the silver Tay your destiny lay
And you could have made the great you know you were really something
All along you lived your life your own way
You were the dandy and the poet and the popstar
You were the maverick gypsy madman and the charmer
You were the showman Mr Flamboyant lost in glamour
You were a mother’s boy who couldn’t live without her without her
Why Billy why, why Billy
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2. |
Trash Can Secrets
04:40
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The circumstantial evidence of this relationship
Dictates that we can never be together
In other’s eyes we live our lives in our own secret way
But if you feel as I feel count the hours down count the hours down till Friday
For as long as we can do this I’ll walk a secret life with you
For as long as we can do this I’ll walk a secret life secret life with you
To alleviate all our frustrations I’ve made a Smith reservation
In a cheap hotel that lies just off the motorway
You know it serves the purpose I can meet you there at twelve
If you anticipate a problem send a silent text a silent text to warn me
These things we do because we can spend our secret life in a trash can
I despise all the deceit and lies just to satisfy ourselves this way
Constant guilt it’s killing me I can’t think straight these days
Living on the edge playing stupid games with people’s lives
Feeling sorry for your husband and sympathising with my wife
In this crazy secret life starring you under starry skies
It’s almost six o’clock now and its time for us to leave
Our bodies spent from all life’s pleasures that we crave for
It’s hard to see a future perhaps in ten years time
When we can be together living in normality in normality forever
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3. |
King's Country
03:38
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My mother cried the day I told her
And my father had a tear in his eye
At seventeen I became a Kitchener boy
To fight the enemy to do or die
And the band played Tipperary as we marched away
I’d signed my name upon the line for the Front Line
And the Kings Country
My best mate Joe said we’d be heroes
But now I look around and see heroes none
All tired and scared cold wet and hungry
Fearing for their lives and the German guns
And in my heart I don’t feel hatred for the enemy
But I’ll follow Haig’s orders as a soldier
Of the Kings Country
The first of July nineteen sixteen
In flooded trenches by the River Somme
I’ve had a smoke and drank a cup of tea
I’m so damn scared now I’m feeling numb
We’ve had the orders to advance into no man’s territory
Over the top into the onslaught of the German artillery
And I know we’ll all fall like lemmings heading for the sea
To be mown down like wheatshief in Autumn
For the Kings Country
My mother cried the day they told her
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4. |
Without You
04:46
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I read your letters yesterday, we used to have so much to say
Now it seems we never talk at all
The picture hanging on the wall, your coat still standing in the hall
Memories of you linger on in this empty house
Since the day you went away, these things you should know
That I can’t stop thinking about you, and I can’t stop wasting all my days
You know I built up my whole life around you
And my heart is getting deeper down these days
Yes my heart is getting deeper down these days
Without you around, without you
It's hard to say what I should to you, I could write you a letter but I know I won't
Funny thing is I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
I could say so many things to you, sing you all these lies so convincing and true
I can't stand that I hurt you so much and it's hurting me too
I feel empty inside myself for what I did to you
And I can’t stop thinking about you, and I can’t stop wasting all my days
You know I built up my whole life around you
And my heart is getting deeper down these days
Yes my heart is getting deeper down these days
Without you around, without you
And the clock ticks away the hours and the hours turn to days
I contemplate this situation in many ways
And if I'm being true to myself in the eyes of someone else
And this chapter of my life has come and gone
So why do I find it so damn hard to move on
Since the day you chose to leave, you should know
That I can’t stop thinking about you, and I can’t stop wasting all my days
You know I built up my whole life around you
And my heart is getting deeper down these days
Yes my heart is getting deeper down these days
Without you around, without you
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5. |
Skylines Full of Cranes
03:11
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Driving a long a road I know so well
Suddenly something’s wrong here, I sense something’s very wrong here
I take my eyes off the road and I turn my head
Look over there behind you, now I see all the signs behind you
Skylines full of cranes, we cannot see the chains
And if we cannot see, how will we break free
A flash of the sun distracts me and I have to drive
But my thoughts are no longer here, my thoughts are no longer clear
Everything changes these days hour by hour
Without a care for nature, everything’s based on pleasure
Skylines full of cranes, we cannot see the chains
And if we cannot see, how will we break free
Skylines full of cranes, we cannot see the chains
And if we cannot see, how will we break free
Look over there behind you, now I see all the signs behind you
Suddenly something’s wrong here, I sense something’s very wrong here
Skylines full of cranes, we cannot see the chains
And if we cannot see, how will we break free
Everything changes these days hour by hour
Without a care for nature, everything’s based on pleasure
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6. |
On the Inside
05:26
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As Father and Son, without asking, your creation, you were the one
Learn to love me as I am, I need you, and I’ll give you, everything I can
Every time I talk with you, it ultimately ends in tears
Its hard to take advice as a boy of 7 years
Put yourself in my shoes, and picture my life how I live
I have more questions than the answers you’re prepared to give
This is me, I’m trying to be, the son who makes
You proud please try to understand where I’m coming from
Try to remember
On the inside, I’m still a boy, time lets me grow
Perhaps just a simple case of getting older and wiser
Dad picture the scene, Bully Boy is, chasing me, and I’m trying to break free
It wasn’t me who started all this, he pushed me, and he kicked me, and he called me Geek
And every time I try and talk with you, you tell me I should stand my ground
Face up to these demons, fight, and watch them run
And every time you say you’ll lend me an ear
It ultimately ends in tears
You never sympathise with my worries my inner fears
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7. |
Time of Ours
03:01
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Listening to the rain fall outside, gives me a feeling that I like
It makes me feel so good and so warm,
The way I feel with you tonight
I’ve been told that a passion shows in your eyes sometimes
I know because I’ve seen it in you
Life’s mysteries starting now can you feel it
You know what I mean
It’s when I’m with you now
I can feel your heart beating even faster now
I should know the way this story goes
Could write a book upon the subject
Passion and pain, love is a game,
And this scene has lost it’s magic
And she says I’m sorry, it has to be this way
Remember happier times, and I said
Don’t you want this time, this time of ours to last forever
Well tell me don’t you don’t you
Don’t you want this time, this time of ours to last forever
Well tell me don’t you don’t you
Don’t you want this time, to last forever
In my mind I can see things are looking down on me
And in my mind I should know when you said it’s time to go
Those promises you gave to me you never should have spoken
You built up all my hopes and dreams then left them lying broken
In my heart my broken heart
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8. |
Yesterday Man
04:05
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9. |
Precious
03:49
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For all that we know, these could be precious moments
Who am I to argue with moments like these
Garnished with care, with love and affection
With love and emotion, too scared to release
Those things were precious to me, all those things that we said
All those times that we spent, well I can’t forget about it
I should have tried to give you, much more than you gave me
I wish I’d almost dared, to really care
So close to being perfect, yet light years apart
So hard now to realise, just what we had at the start
So precious to me, but did you feel that way too?
We had the world me and you, looking back to our halcyon days
Thinking back to our wonderful ways - when we were great
And now that I know, these were precious moments
Too blind to notice, too wrapped up to see
And now I’m alone, I’m left here just standing
No more love and emotion, nothing left to release
Those things were precious to me, all those things that we said
All those times that we spent, well I can’t forget about it
So precious to me, but did you feel that way too?
We had the world me and you, looking back to our halcyon days
Thinking back to our wonderful ways - when we were great
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10. |
Fairytales
04:45
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It’s an uneasy life being a jealous man
Things I do outnumber things I can
So insecure yet could be so strong
A restricted life eats at my confidence
Opinions force a defensive stance
I want to break out and escape all this
I’ll turn every corner in this maze of emotion
I’ll swim against tidal waves of our bad feelings
You walked away from me surrendering what held with me
To another’s security that’s how you left me
You walked away from me changes to our destinies
Walk separate paths for eternity
Is that what you want for you and for me
Sometimes I wish that I am with you
Sometimes I wish that you are there
And I could spend my life just wishing
And casting heartfelt magic spells
But only wishes come true in fairytales
Mementos lie upon the shelf,
Looking rather pretty while gathering dust
Such sad reminders of better days
Your moves have drive me insane
Now I’m always in a crazy state of mind
I can’t disguise it gets me down
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In my life I try, to be the best I can be
I’ll provide for you and keep you safe
You’re the reason I feel the way I feel
It seems like yesterday, when you came into this world
You took a breath your first taste of air
And a baby blue eyed stare taking in everywhere
So welcome to this world
I’m your father pleased to meet you
I’ll try to give you everything the way you give to me
And for that I thank you
You are the reason I find, a smile upon my face
Laugh and cry make me feel complete
You made me find a love I never knew I had
In this mixed up world, dog eat dog each day
You’re the one thing that makes perfect sense
If we could all only try to live with some of your innocence
Because I saw you run before you walk
And I heard you laugh before you talk
The changes I see bring about so many changes in me
And I held you tight when you were scared
You came to me when you felt no-one cared
And I knoe this world is now a better place
To have you right here beside me
To have you right here beside me
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12. |
M.E. Calling Me
04:18
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13. |
The Morning After
04:45
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14. |
Ribbons of Pride
04:13
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15. |
Yesterday Man '08
03:30
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16. |
The First Line
03:42
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17. |
TMWStW
03:07
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19. |
Why Billy Why (live)
04:26
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21. |
King's Country (live)
03:14
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22. |
The Eco Song (live)
01:48
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This wonderous world in which we live
Is screaming out it’s heart to give
The atmosphere a second chance
Before we choke the breath from it
The sun is burning harder than
It did when man first began
To burn away protective layers
Exposing all to cancer scares
Tell me what have we done
Black the sun, what have we done
And we all seem concerned
But all we say and do is laddie-da
And the seasons don’t exist no more
Where sunny winters are the norm
And freezing fog and snow filled skies
Are hitting us in mid-July
High temperatures and greenhouse gas
Are melting ice caps pretty fast
Reducing land and very soon
We’ll all be moving to the moon
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24. |
Fairytales (live)
04:18
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25. |
Trash Can Secrets (live)
04:34
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