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Narcissist
03:13
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Mr Charisma, all eyes in the room
They're all focussed and watching you
You got them eating out the palm of your hand
They're so adoring they dont see it tastes bland
Your time is coming but I dont understand
Why you think the things you do make you a man
Smiling laughing always cracking jokes
Never caring whose feelings you choke
You build yourself up and break others down
So they need your reassurance now
Your time...
Make an enemy take the focus off you
When they kick up cut em loose
When you're down to none you won't be missed
Coz you are a goddamned narcissist
Your time...
Make yourself a man of the people that's what you do
So when it hits the fan they believe in you
Make yourself a man of the people that's what you do
Coz when you own the fear you dont need proof
Your time...
Narcissist you know you won't be missed x7
Your time...
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2. |
The Willow
03:10
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The frost fades
The spirit begins
To gently wake
Over water as clear as gin
On seeing the river
His heart yearns
To go with the river daughter
Through all her twists and curves
The sun shines brighter
He finds the strength
Shows his love invites her
She reflects it in her depths
The weeping willow
Reaches down
To caress his lover the river
In whose arms he’d gladly drown
The winter draws near
He’s letting go
Floats down into the river
Becomes one with the flow
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3. |
Cotton Eyed Joe
01:57
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Way back yonder a long time ago
Daddy had a man called Cotton Eyed Joe
Blew into town on a travelling show
Nobody danced like Cotton Eyed Joe
Cotton Eyed Joe, Cotton Eyed Joe
Where did ya come from where did ya go
Where did ya come from where did ya go
Where did ya come from Cotton Eyed Joe
Mamas at the window Mamas at the door
She cant see nothing but the Cotton Eyed Joe
Daddy held the fiddle, I held the bow
We beat the hell out of Cotton Eyed Joe
Chorus
Made himself a fiddle, made himself a bow
Made a little tune called Cotton Eyed Joe
Hadn't oughta been for Cotton Eyed Joe
I'd a been married long time ago
Chorus
Whenever there's a dance all the women wanna go
And they all wanna dance with Cotton Eyed Joe
Daddy won't say but I think he knows
Whatever happened to Cotton Eyed Joe
Chorus
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4. |
I Be Country Boy
01:54
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City folk just dont know what they're missing
They might have cinemas and shops
But I spend my days fishing
And drinking everything I got
Coz I be country boy
I be country
Only thing bring me joy
Is knowing I'm a country boy
Picking mushrooms like Grandaddy taught me
We're gonna be eating just fine
Bringing home big bags of blackberries
You know they're going in wine
Chorus
Shooting, hunting, plucking pheasants
And skinning rabbits too
The gentry look on us as peasants
But they're not as free as me and you
Chorus
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When the sun comes up and the first quail calls
Follow the drinking gourd
The old man is a waiting to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinking gourd
Follow the drinking gourd
Follow the drinking gourd
The old man is a waiting to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinking gourd
The riverbank will make a mighty good road
The dead trees will show you the way
Left foot peg foot travelling on
Follow the drinking gourd
Chorus
The river ends between two hills
Follow the drinking gourd
There's another river on the other side
Follow the drinking gourd
Chorus
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6. |
Party 365 Days a Year
01:56
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Some people like a drink on the weekend
Others worry about the money that they spend
Some people think about their bodies with fear
Others like to party 365 a year
Smoking drinking never thinking and my breath is stinking
Party 365 days a year
Shaking quaking body aching and my soul is breaking
Party 365 days a year
Smoking like a chimney, drinking like a river
Praying every poison I imbibe will deliver
Eating up anything that is passing by
Snacks upon the bar or a month old green pork pie
Chorus
Smoking like a chimney, drinking like a river
Every day a punishment for kidney lungs and liver
Home is anywhere that I can lay my head
Pizza for a pillow. A pavement for a bed
Chorus
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7. |
Every Year
02:39
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We say we’re living day to day
Those plans we say that we locked away
But you know we keep on coming every year
We think we’ve thrown out the map
But always end up back on the same track
And you know we keep on coming every year
Nothing like the smell of roses in the sun
Nothing like the things we do, though they’ve all been done
Keep learning lessons through repetition
There’s nothing new under the sun
Don’t know where we’re going to
But gravity will always pull us through
And you know we keep on coming every year
Pretend it’s a game of chance
But we’re always stuck in the same dance
And you know we’ll keep on coming every year
Nothing like….
So make your plans
Take your chance
But lets chalk this one up to fate
Another glance
Time for romance
Coz the hour is getting late…under the sun
Lets all give it one more dance
Happens even if you don’t ask
And you know we keep on coming every year
Lets all give it one more twirl
Every woman man boy or a girl
And you know we keep on coming every year
Nothing like...
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Scent of oak all around
Bluebells push through the ground
Nothing in my dreams
Could ever feel as real
As when the fairy sat down
On a gentle mossy mound
Ears pricked listening
And that’s when I hear them sing
Mana Ata
Felt myself loosening
My heart outpouring
All my troubles and woes
And of my lack of gold
She said take all I have
I cant help but laugh
And the faeries dance
As if in a trance…singing
Mana Ata
I knew the fairy wise
I knew she’d tell no lies
And as the blossom unfurled…I said
We have all the time in the world
She laughed and clapped
Oh there’s so much more than that
Eternal blessings
And that’s why we sing
Mana Ata
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9. |
Start of Something New
03:56
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Pain wracks my body no strength to fight
I’d give it all to be free. Even move into the light
Selling what I have to buy my food
Burning memories to stay warm
Coz I rode the wave as my life fell apart
Nothing left to save, swept ashore in the dark
But it pierced my heart though my soul always knew
When you told me the end is the start of something new
Shedding layers falling apart
Stripped away exposed my heart
Falling down there’s no climbing up
Ahead or back, every door is shut
Chorus
Instrumental
Chorus
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10. |
Dark Souls
03:36
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When the shivers tingle up your back
And your heart and mind both turn to black
You should be quaking in your boots
I'm here to tell you
Dark souls are coming after you
Now your stomach's lurching up and out
And your instincts scream to run and shout
It's not a bad case of the blues
But a storm is gonna brew
Darks souls are coming after you
And the red eyed man he's coming round to carry you away
Dark souls are coming round today
Doesn't matter if you plead or how you plan to fight
Dark souls are coming round tonight
Now the shivers tingle up your spine
Dont try to hide or run it's time
Dont know what you plan to do but it's futile this is true
Dark souls are coming after you
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11. |
Don't Let Them In
02:02
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Don't let them in...
The last time they set foot in here
Wrecked it all the damage clear
A broken heart. A reckoning
I hear the screaming…
Dont let them in
They had been here quite a while
Done some things that made me smile
Soon as things were looking bleak
Smash and run sooner than speak
Dont let them in
Too late the damage done
Fix the walls the rest broken
Safe to stay in here alone
Lock the doors cut off the phone
Dont let them in
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12. |
Winter Song
03:28
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Sitting by the fire snow falls on the ground
Summer's gone, autumn's passed, winter's long and weary
But I'm by the fire, tankard full of ale
Scuttle full, woodpile stacked, ham upon the nail
Stew upon the stove, dough is rising fast
Smell of Christmas spices bring back winters past
I sing this winter song. Time for friends and family as we all sing along x2
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Children wait expectantly. Stockings on the wire
Always something magic about this time of year
Past and now the future embrace warming cheer
Chorus
Grandpa telling stories bring the past to life
Cold meats and pickle on St Stephen's night
This year's almost over a new one soon to start
Lets all link hands sing Auld Lang Syne acquaintance nay forgot
Chorus x 2
Please sing along
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13. |
Grass Grows Greener
01:50
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People would say when I was a lad
Why so glum why so sad
You got your whole life ahead of you
Worries and fears well you have few
And I said
The grass grows greener on the other side
The grass grows greener on the other side
Sun is high and the water's wide
Where the grass grows greener on the other side
People would say when I was young
Dont mess around dont have too much fun
But I had the itchiest feet in town
And I never ever ever wanna settle down
So I said
Chorus
People would say in middle age
Dont you feel trapped and in a cage
I said no I did it all in my prime
Now it's you singing my old rhyme
And they say
Chorus
People do say now that I'm old
How are you so fearless and so bold
Of the end of death everyone fears
But you have grown more careless through the years
And I say
Chorus x2
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14. |
Love and Light
03:46
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From the day without a yesterday to the day with no tomorrow
The first page of your diary, the last leaf you can borrow
Is where your light must flow x2
The sunlight that shone down on you as you had your first kiss
Is reflected back again out to the abyss
Searching for a witness x2
As you stand and watch the stars a tear rolls down your face
Could one be a beam of light from another race
Love flying through space x2
Love will light up the night x4
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15. |
All That Really Matters
02:42
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Cant turn on the hot tap, cant turn off the cold
Cant go in the garage coz the rats are getting bold
And it won't get better any time soon
But all that really matters is me and you
Oven's getting colder, the fridge is getting warm
The boxes in the cupboards full of insects set to swarm
And now we've lost the can opener too
But all that really matters is me and you
Cant turn on the tv the electric bills too high
Cant be reading books with no glasses for my eyes
And now the phones been disconnected too
But all that really matters is me and you
All that really matters is just you and me
Coming in together no matter what the key
All that really matters is just you and me
We aint got much, but what we got is free
Repeat 1st verse
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Walking to Mordor
03:08
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Walking to Mordor, Walking to Mordor, Walking to Mordor
Hobbit's gonna travel to Mordor
Who's that rider all dressed in black?
Walking to Mordor
The Nazgul are coming back
Hobbit's gonna travel to Mordor
Chorus
Who's that wizard all dressed in grey?
Walking to Mordor
Balrog's taken Gandalf away
Hobbit's gonna travel to Mordor
Chorus
Who's that Elf Queen all dressed in white?
Walking to Mordor
Galadriel with Earendil's light
Hobbit's gonna travel to Mordor
Chorus
If you don't believe I smashed the ring
Walking to Mordor
Ask Gollum, coz his burns string
Hobbit's been and travelled to Mordor
Chorus x2
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17. |
Little Things
03:45
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18. |
Robot World
03:17
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Oh Lord I'm coming down real fast
Oh Lord I'm coming down real fast
There may be another day in paradise
But today Lord I'm coming down real fast
Today they came and took my job away
Today they came and took my job away
It's not immigration but automation and it's here to stay
Today a robot took my job away
Now there aint no jobs anymore
Now there aint no jobs anymore
There's no more room at the top you're here to stay
Now there aint no jobs anymore
It's time we rise and take the power back
It's time we rise and take the power back
With robots making everything there's wealth for all
It's time we rise and take the power back
Thank you Lord we're coming up real fast
Oh thank you Lord we're coming up real fast
Today may be the first day in paradise
So thank you Lord we're coming up real fast
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19. |
Hudson's Song
02:00
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He taught the whole world just how to die
Shoot that ugly mother in the eye
You gotta scream you gotta fight
Don't go quiet into the night
He taught the whole world just how to die
He taught the whole world how to be bad
Show off what you got and then go mad
He's got a knife he's got a gun
Hell there's a squad full of em
He taught the whole world how to be bad
He taught the whole world how to despair
Accept it go crazy then just don't care
If it goes wrong don't have a plan
Simply say game over man
He taught the whole how to despair
First verse
Shoot that ugly mother...in the eye!
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20. |
One Last Dance
03:54
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You ask is this the end my friend that depends
On what you wanna be, or see, to be free
There's always one more chance to have a last x3
Dance.....
Oh nothing is set, not yet, no regrets
And nothing's a sin, you win, lets begin
Chorus
We're all coming back
Whether on or off track
Now karma has cracked
We're all coming back
Chorus
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