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Skinny Black Jeans
04:36
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way over yonder, past the factories and the trains,
O'er the fields to the houses, made of red brick,
my true love remains.
I see her standing on a corner, in her skinny black jeans,
with her hair done real pretty, such a pity, she aint waiting there for me.
if I had of quit my rambling, been a rambling man no more,
She'd be standing here beside me, Id be the proudest man on earth.
See its always been this way, ever since the day we met,
everything I ever done for her, turned to dust, thats just the way it is
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Lost in this World
03:10
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i met a strange old man, out on the open road,
offered me money for the price of my soul, out on the open road
I dont mind to admit Im in a little deep this time,
I get lost in this world
I saw a blinding light, in the blackest of forest nights,
offered up to light my path but, I politely declined
I saw a beautiful goddess, out on the dusky down,
she said , come here son, lay with me for a while and i'll ,
show you what life's all about
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Aspidistra
03:21
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I'll leave my keys next to the aspidistra, you can slip em under the mat when you leave
Next to my soul by the medicine jar,
Im all out of faith and belief
Ooh dont you worry about who I am, Ooh dont you worry about me.
cos Im trying just as hard as I can, to be your rock
this life that we lead is the bitterest of pills
we find small mercies where we can
no time for hate , division and greed,
all we need is love and love is all we need
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when you're far from ready, when you're still having fun,
on the way to somewhere else, thats when death will come
half a loaf unfinished, biscuit tins half full
Laundry loads not nearly done
thats when death will come
Day spent course fishing, watching over the loops
fish winks as it slips its hook, the times not hers its yours
on the bus 47, very nearly knocks you flat
a near miss is a lucky escape, not so much the heart attack
when your time has finally come dont argue move along
they say lifes for living, can you please tell me this this
how much life is there left to live
how much after that will I miss
What will happen when its over? All the thoughts that we had
What will happen to all that happiness, what happens to all that sad?
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Pablo
05:49
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that night when the rain came down, and the circus rolled into town
Pablo he looked up at the clouds and said, Lord please not tonight.
El payaso affortunado
I said hey Pablo, where you been, hey Pablito you got,
Lucky again
He moved under the old oak tree,
and he cowered there underneath,
he shook like a trembling dog he was
a broken man
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Home
03:42
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sometimes things aren't as they seem,
but if you focus on a single thing
you might find , that it sharpens the lines
and words can sometimes come out wrong
and there meaning can fall short of the target
and they do more harm than good
the only way is home, the only way is right to the heart
theres a special place for the liars,
and the ones who let you down
when your luck has all but run out
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Little Bird
04:57
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he hung out the linen, the clothes of their bed
she lay in the sun, cold to the touch
he walked in the meadow the sun to his back
a choir could be heard in flight on the wing
dont cry little bird, dont be afraid of the dark
dont cry little bird, dont be afraid to sing
dont you cry little Bird
when the planets collide and the Gods depart
When the heavens on fire and the stars glow dark
The last words are spoken and theres no-one to pray
we'll embrace for the last time, and away
you go your way, I'll go my way
we'll find our way home
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Come & Go
02:54
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we come and go, like the changing of the season
we come and go like the rolling of the tide
I hope the years they serve you well
I guess only time will tell,
we come and go like two lovers in the night
everybody need a little hope to cling to
everybody need a strong arm to hold
we all need a little joy just to drag us all in from the cold
in spite of what we are, sometimes we let ourselves down
we never look too far ahead
we come and go like the faces of our leaders
we come and go like the big old moon in the sky
I guess everybody knows,
when a friend or family goes
it leaves a hole
if you never say goodbye
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Anna Lou
03:42
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there's nothing I can do about Anna Lou
she's always on the take and she took me too
she broke my heart in pieces that I cant fix
cant put it back together with a concrete mix
I proposed that we'd be married in the church of God
The witnesses and people would gather there
I sat and I did wait for the bells to chime
she was outside with another, he's a friend of mine
Anna Lou, Anna Lou
Swear Im gonna find you
When I do, then girl,
I should probably forgive you
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Hurl Another Rock
03:03
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why don't you say the things you're gonna say, cos I know your gonna say them anyway
I don't like the things you say that you heard, I dont like the things you say that you saw
I don't like the things you say that you heard, I don't like the things you say anymore
The there's a fault line ahead in the road, and the surface is the purpose of all, but we fear what we don't know, so we hurl another rock at the wall.
We hurl another rock at the wall
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Black Water
03:42
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my sweetnes she lies 'neath the bushes,
my sweetness she lies 'neath the reeds
She sleeps in the muddy black water, just a few shallow feet beneath
My sweetness I killed her in the morning,
My sweetness I done killed her dead
for love is a mean old devil
and he told me to smash in her head
under the pale moon I slipped her in the water
a raven and an owl did see
under the pale moon if you should find her
don't bring her back to me.
its a sickness the good doctor tells me
for which there aint any cure
and these straps that he uses to bind me
they wont come loose now for evermore
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Mother Earth
03:46
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well I met a tiger and I asked him the score
he said I kill you, then I eat you don't ask me no more
I met a politician and I asked him the same
he said the world is full of problems and you are to blame
because every time , man bites the hand of Mother Earth as she feeds him
band the well it runs dry, but man is still thirsty and he cuts another vein and he bleeds her dry
I met a child with a diamond and I asked him what its for?
to make rich folks richer and keep the rest of us poor
Well I met an ape and he looked bereft, he said
you'll be to blame when there's nothing left
well I asked the weatherman if it was gonna snow
coldest winter forever so I better lay low
So I asked the newsman what happenned her
he said its none of your business are you a commie or a queer?
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Canyons Northampton, UK
Canyons are Edward Mander, Matthew Felce, Stevie ward, Luke Sherwood & Mark Stevens. We are from Northampton, England.
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