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You look at me so nervously, but I'm happy now
The things I feel I don't believe, but I'm happy now
You make me act so hurriedly, but I'm happy now
And leave you where I want to be, I'm happy now
And you are true
I loved you once that was in a dream, but I'm happy now
You left me to search for sanity, I'm happy now
You found it in everyone but me, but I'm happy now
Now that's something I can believe, but I'm happy now
And you are true
You get a lift as I catch you up, but I'm happy now
Slight to replace the sense of touch, but I'm happy now
All I want is all to much, but I'm happy now
I shouldn't have left it all to luck, I'm happy now
And you are true
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2. |
Tidal Wave
02:55
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You were in my dreams last night
You seemed desperate and anxious to know
I told you that when the dust dies they'd realise
That you weren't trying to walk on water but to float
It's useless to try and fight the tidal wave of hope
It's useless to try and fight when only nothing lasts forever
But I hope that you can prove me wrong
You will be on the screen tonight
Reasoning without fault and calming the storms
I like you 'cause you're different, or is it a dream
If this is a bluff then God help us now as we're fit to burst at the seams
It's useless to try and fight the tidal wave of time
It's useless to try and fight when only nothing lasts forever
But I hope that you can prove me wrong
You will be in the hearts and minds of millions tonight
The wind from the shore is blowing a sea change
I like you 'cause you're different, or is it a dream
If this is a bluff then God help us now as we're fit to burst at the seams
It's useless to try and fight the tidal wave of life
It's useless to try and fight when only nothing lasts forever
But I hope that you can prove me wrong
When nothing like this can last forever
But I hope that you can prove me right
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3. |
Hold Me
03:11
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Hold me now, in your arms
I'll rise to the bait of your feminine charms
But talking and talking
Won't make you understand
I'd hate to love you and leave you behind
It's the time of our lives
Please don't cry, Please don't cry
I have had my doubts from time to time
I'm sorry so sorry it came out this way
But shut up and listen to what I say
It's the time of our lives
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4. |
Mesmerize
04:31
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Maybe it was just luck
I'll have to wait and see
Maybe I don't give a damn
But damn you damn you damn me
Melodrama is my middle name
It fuels my every thought
And unbelievable although it may seem
You're all that had me caught
Mesmerize
I surrendered all my senses
Mesmerize me with your eyes
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5. |
Interlude Three
02:15
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6. |
Stalingrad
02:52
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Never lost that feeling that I got from you
But when I tried to give it back you just looked scared
It seems what I took you never meant to share with me
That's my mistake how foolish to think you cared
Sometimes sad, always lonely
You gave away everything you had
Nothing stays the same but you remain
Simply sad
You won't ever hear the truth from me
Because when you laughed I knew I had to lie
It's hard to keep from going back to talk to you
But when you laughed I saw our friendship die
Sometimes sad, always lonely
You gave away everything you had
Nothing stays the same but you remain
Simply sad
I wouldn't even if I had to
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7. |
Push
03:13
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The honest are few when it comes to the heart
Better to steal and lie from the start
Get what you can from that generous hand while it lasts
Deception is easy we're taught from our birth
Take what you want before you get hurt
There's only one end, no such thing as a friend now you've learnt
I know, I've got nowhere to go
So I might as well stay here with you
Push it in easy, push it in slow
Take your time while you've go it there's nowhere to go
Gone, gone, gone, until it's all gone
My way is slower I don't care about that
I sit and I dream and I dream where I'm sat
The picture isn't clearer through a telescope I can cope
So hello, good evening, welcome, goodnight
Let me fall down it will avoid a fight
The scene is a dream and form what I've seen, it's outta sight
I know, I've got nowhere to go
So I might as well stay here with you
Push it in easy, push it in slow
Take your time while you've go it there's nowhere to go
Gone, gone, gone, until it's all gone
On a lovely summer's afternoon
I'd like to walk in the park with you
Hold you in my arms and Sue
Tell you I'm in love with you
Push it in easy, push it in slow
Take your time while you've go it there's nowhere to go
Gone, gone, gone, until it's all gone
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8. |
Merrow Sound
01:00
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9. |
Interlude One
01:10
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La la la la laaa
La la la la laaa
La la la la LA LA
La la la la laaa
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With my mouth in my heart
I wake up in a sweat
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
Don't throw stones in greenhouses
You'll only end up hurting yourself
The vision is clear but yours is misted
Everything I say you just keep a twisting
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
I tried to be good
But it came out as God
What felt like a river soon became a flood
So if what I say comes out in a muddle
It's because I want you, plain and simple
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
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11. |
That Dunkirk Feeling
03:06
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Demand action, demand all that you need
If powers what you're after, then stick with me
Haven't you heard I'm the new messiah
So demand action 'till you're blue in the face
It's so shocking, what they've printed about me
I think I'll have to sue them, great prime T.V. time
Even more publicity
And it's so shocking, c'mon keep on printing about me
But no more home truths
Aim high but always wide of the mark
You must obey, must obey
Aim high but always wide of the mark
You must obey, you must obey
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12. |
Interlude Six
02:31
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13. |
Around Around
02:07
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Around around and back again
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So I thought I'd catch you out
Though I knew I never could, but I did
Hard to watch your heroes fall
To ignore you when you call, but you did
I don't like to speculate on why you changed your mind
But I do and I don't like the things I find
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
Now it's barely on my mind
Just four or five times every day, so I lied
A brave and gallant sixteenth place
Promotion earned a crueller fate, did you lie
And I don't like to speculate on why you turned away
But I do and I don't like the things I find
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
Nearer I get the further you are
Though it soon is far away, far away
Dream a week of one false end
If only doubt can I be sure, did you lie
And I don't like to speculate on what you'd say today
But I do and I'm not sure of my mind
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
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15. |
Desire
03:53
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Answer, just one answer is all I want, and please try this time to be true
Did the past seem too distant or the future all too clear
When I faced your back was it out of fear
Try hard not to feel used for there's nothing I can do
Keep me away from it all. To see you smile won't break my fall
Passion's burning, burning like fire. Keep me away from this desire
I now know that beauty is only skin deep you told me that it was true
Despite it all and because of it all, my goal is always out of reach
I now know that it's not true. And I'm not yet through
Keep me away from it all. To see you smile won't break my fall
Passion's burning, burning like fire. Keep me away from this desire
Maybe this time it wasn't even luck, I'll just have to wait and see
Damning you won't do any good. My mind says I shouldn't my heart says I should
I've waited and I've seen, so listen to me
Keep me away from it all. To see you smile won't break my fall
Passion's burning, burning like fire. Keep me away from this desire
Answer and just one answer is all I got. And this time it was true
The past it has gone now it's the future that's here
I turned my back so you wouldn't see the tears
Which were in my eyes 'cause I knew. I don't desire you
Keep me away from it all. To see you smile won't break my fall
Passion's burning, burning like fire. Keep me away from this desire
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16. |
Interlude Two
02:13
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17. |
Stranger
02:55
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I'll ignore you again today
'Cause I still haven't got anything to say to you
I'm still hoping you'll return my call
That was six months ago does that make me a fool
But I won't ever force you to make up your mind
Though I'm beginning to think you've had enough time
So I'll just ignore you again today
'Cause I still haven't got anything to say
I'm still hoping you'll return my call
That was six month ago I still hope you'll call
You're a stranger to me now
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Lift
02:51
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So, that memory's the hole in your armour
The feeling that you tried to hide
The crime that forced your new disguise
And though it always seems to show the stranger
It never was quite poetry
But still it said it all to me
Dreams are dreams and lies are life
Now I see you in a different light
I used to know what I thought was right
But I'm giving all up for you tonight
Afraid, well so am I however often
The games that always must be played
The losers cover up their shame
And now the dealer makes her final offer
And you're the one who knows the price
The hunger seen in others eyes
Dreams are dreams and lies are life
Now I see you in a different light
I used to know what I thought was right
But I'm giving all up for you tonight
I know, it always had to go
Now, the same remains without an answer
Foolish to have ever tried
A new crime and a new disguise
Behind you leave the only one who listened
But two can't force a revolution
I know it always had to to
Dreams are dreams and lies are life
Now I see you in a different light
I used to know what I thought was right
But I'm giving all up for you tonight
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19. |
Doublehead
03:19
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In the cold light of day he soon realised
That it wouldn't go away
Schizophrenia is such a long word it's said
And I'm here to stay
He screamed, get out of me
Please leave
His friends started calling him two faced
Behind his back of course
But when they said they preferred his other half
His self arguments became worse
He screamed, get out of me
Please leave
Mr Doublehead
Get out of me
It was the warm summer sunset when he realised
That there was something wrong
That enemy within, now like a second skin
Had had enough and was gone
He screamed, come back to me
Is it me, come back to me
And he screams, come back to me
Please don't leave, oh please come back to me
Come back Doublehead to me
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20. |
Mother Knows How (II)
02:35
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They walked up the hill hand in hand
Her thoughts were pure his were bad
She came back home a crying, he forgot to tell her he was only lying
How soon will her mother know
Now Jill has a plan for revenge
To finally get even with Jack
So she invited him up for a picnic and laced the well with arsenic
And told him to drink deep
But he'd been warned before and so he knew the score
Your mother knows how, your mother knows
Ask my dad he should know that your mother knows how
His face was smug when she told him to go away
Another win lad well done that's what his father would say
The cacophony of the explosion made her feel quite ill
That she really meant to tell him she had mined the hill
Just like her mother had told her
Your mother knows how, your mother knows
Ask my dad he should know that your mother knows how
Erase him from your heart she said
Erase him from your heart she said
I've erased him for my heart as only mother knows how
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The 17th 23rd
02:52
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She saw him from the 17th floor
She cried out but he was gone
He found himself on the 23rd
Not wanting to stop what he’d begun
Please never make this change
Don’t want to loose more sleep
But he’s diving in so deep
His heart and mind can’t keep on taking
What he is feeling
And if he turned the tables he’d end up wrong
Just like so many times before
He tries to understand why she cries
But time may heal what he never thought he had
Please never make this change
Don’t want to loose more sleep
But he’s diving in so deep
His heart and mind can’t keep on taking
What he is feeling
Please never make this change
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22. |
Interlude Five
01:50
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23. |
French Girlfriend
02:44
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As I look into those drunken eyes I see behind those well meant lies
You tell me what I want to hear there's nothing left for me to fear
My mind my mind is so unkind I'm glad it's as little yours as mine
Not kept within some sacred book those words I said which you mistook
For honesty when the thought was greed when selfishness is all I need
I think I think I think it's true, I don't deserve it as much as you
Like some old blues record I'm in love with a friends girlfriend
I'm as much in love as I've been in love which is never in love before
And like some old blues record I'm gonna have to cry a little more
If I'm asked what's behind those eyes I won't repeat it I will lie
For what I thought you confirmed was true what you say is a corrupted truth
It's not your fault no more than mine the same desire but I see behind
Whatever use you put it to I will not follow the path you choose
There's nothing wrong and nothing right so I'll take my leave and say goodnight
What you say isn't what you do and I don't deserve it as much as you
Like some old blues record I'm in love with a friends girlfriend
I never wanted to be and though I try I know that it won't end
I'm as much in love as I've been in love which is never in love before
And like some old blues record I'm gonna have to cry a little more
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Oh God I've had it up to here with you
Your clothes, your face, your voice just grates and grates and grates
And you, you hypocrite oh was I fooled
White soul boy on the pull, which girlfriend is she on the pill?
Your pack of six will soon be full, but not of gold
As I've heard the words behind the backs
Give me fiction dismiss the facts
You can have it all, You can have it all
The words that I speak aren't quite what I feel
Even my mouth can't get that contorted, may the truth be distorted
Dope head or smack head it's all the same to me
Blow by blow she'll make you grow that I can guarantee
But into a man or a cripple you'll just have to wait and see
As I've heard the words behind the backs
Give me fiction dismiss the facts
You can have it all, You can have it all
You see I've heard it so many times before
And I've seen it so many times before
I don't have to explain myself to you, you know
The price was right but it's you they've sold
I'd rather rip my tongue out than be told
Oh daddy darling daddy, I want that one
It's gotta be pink so I can get turned on all day long
Now I'm in the driving seat but I think I've said something wrong
As I've heard the words behind my back
Goodbye to fiction this is fact
I don't want it all, I don't want it all
As I'm hearing the words behind my back
Goodbye to fiction this is fact
You can have it all, You can have it all
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25. |
Time To Kill
03:15
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Have you ever thought of the zero option
When you know there's nothing left to loose
Give voice to your choice of complete destruction
Reaction glows brighter than a thousand words
Hit the panic button 'cause it's back for revenge
Seek and destroy are a means to an end
Come hell or high water like lambs to the slaughter
I think I'd rather sink than swim
When it's time to kill
Time to kill
We're all killing time
Killing time
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26. |
Interlude Four
02:22
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27. |
I Was Right
02:38
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Another day to waste away
Caught hoping I wouldn't have to stay
To clear up all the doubt of what was meant
That goes to show that I was right
I was right. Yes I was right
Written out to sell the show
The script that sold you tears will someday show
If tendered with your well known loving care
Will go to show that I was right
I was right. Yes I was right
I was right to say it anyway and anyway I'm right to say
I'm right. Yes I am right
How do you know what I say is true?
Why do you trust me when I never trusted you?
Why tell the truth when it's easy to deceive?
Why face the future when it's easier to grieve?
Another letter gone astray
Another chance left to slip away
Another choice that I got wrong
Just goes to show that I was right
I was right. Yes I was right
I was right to say it anyway and anyway I'm right to say
I'm right. Yes I am right
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28. |
When Fact Is Fiction
03:08
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You may not believe me but here's a true story
Only the facts have been totally changed
The characters are transparent to protect their identities
Stones have not been turned to try and name names
The one thing Gary wanted to solve his problems
Was a 12 bore shot gun to cuddle up in bed
But Bibi didn't like it as it seemed to come between them
So she turned the shower on to wash some sense into his head
You may not believe me but that was a true story....
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29. |
Distraction
10:45
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Picture a scene from a film, the one you'd want to live
Hold it in your arms for a second and be the one you can't forgive
You and I were immortal until the devil inside of me
Drank once more and then again, not knowing who to be
And all the simple questions that I know have no answers
Were injected through the tears of light while I was wishing I was dead
And cupids fatal arrows pierce hearts that are divine
You can look in the mirror and see that Jesus Christ has died
And you have made your mind up that all the chances have been used
Four divided by infidelity leaves only one accused
Picture the sweat of a body as the scream of pain subsides
The rise and fall of expended life that only memory can survive
Trapped in a situation that screamed of déjà vu
You and I engaged in a kiss so strange and not knowing what to do
And who are you to tell me that I've committed a crime
When all I see is insanity and it's running out of time
And cupids fatal arrows pierce hearts that are divine
You can look in the mirror and see that Jesus Christ has died
And you have made your mind up that all the chances have been used
Four divided by infidelity leaves only one accused
Jesus Christ this is dangerous
And I can't see what's ahead of us
I'm losing my mind like I'm losing my soul
And there is no soul left in rock and roll
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30. |
Thank You Fans
03:22
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31. |
Finally
01:25
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FA FA Fine ad nauseam.
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32. |
The Gits (UK) Horsham, UK
They came, they hung around, they left.
Hopeless optimists from Horsham in the UK who set out to
achieve very little and were wholly successful.
1987 - 1990.
Power Pop or Neo-Acoustic, nee Indie.
Other musical endeavours are linked below.
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