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Bird in a Cage
03:59
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I was 13 when we packed up in the city
and moved out west to a town in the country
everybody thought that we were so lucky
but I wasn’t all that sure
can you ever really take the city from the boy
well the first thing I missed was all the noise
it was so damn quiet I found it hard to sleep at night
in country town if you’re gonna be a blow-in
you have to be tough and gain respect
there’s no point in running to the priest or running back home
I never let anybody see me cry
that only happened once in bed at night
I missed my friends and I wondered what they were doing
CHORUS
out of the dark, into the light we go
bird in a cage, what are you waiting for
out of the dark, into the light we go
bird in a cage, somebody let it go
we ran a little shoe shop down on the main street
business was bad so we diversified
we sold fishing rods, knitting wool and ex-army gear.
one day my dad got in a mighty rage
when I was left in charge, I always gave wrong change
so instead I was given the job of fitting the shoes
CHORUS
I’d say it took us just about two years
till we were settled in and had nothing to fear
we were right on the edge the world with the setting sun
my brothers and sisters what would we have done
without each other we couldn’t have won
we made good friends and I still keep in touch today
CHORUS x 2
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Phantom Power
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I said prayer, under the stair,
To end my despair
You rolled the dice, looked in my eyes
Now i’m on the mend
I found some faith,
But i had a long long time to wait
Chorus
I stood there frozen on the shoreline
Watching the world around me swim
Just then the black clouds started forming
These seeds we sow
Watching them sprout
Watching them grow
Like butterflies
When something is born
Something else dies
Your soldier’s heart
It would take a lot to break apart
Chorus
I stood there frozen on the shoreline
Watching the world around me swim
Just then the black clouds started forming
(intrumental)
Chorus
I stood there frozen on the shoreline
Watching the world around me swim
Just then the black clouds started forming
My precious one, you are the light
You are the sun
We’re not gonna give out
Not gonna give up
‘cos this is the start
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Stop the Lights
03:48
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I’ll tell you now I don’t believe, in any faith or creed
but I know there have been times, someone was watching over me
a close call on the road, makes you think about the days
they will come and they will go, it’s like I’m walking on a blade
and the strangest revelation flashed before my eyes
now I’m lighter than the wind, lighter than a butterfly
and the rainbows will come and disappear
but where’s the pot of gold
and the light in your head won’t re-appear
if you don’t let it show
my heart is pounding like a drum, I light a cigarrette
helmet shaking in my hands, that was the closest yet
I always felt I had nine lives, but I don’t know which one I’m on
like a gambler with a dice, will I shoot or will I run?
and the rainbows will come and disappear
but where’s the pot of gold
and the light in your head won’t re-appear
unless you change the way you look at the world
change the way you look at your world
and the rain that’s running down my face
is hiding the tears
and I know I’ll escape this lonely place
if I change the way I look at the world
change the way I look at the world
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The Great Escape
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It was like the great escape
Two of us making haste
Through blinking cities and countryside
These old French towns are quiet
Well they must have a lot to hide
Close the shutters, tell a lie
Yeah, they must have a lot to hide
Close those shutters, tell a lie
We loved each other in twenty towns
In hotel rooms and a waitress’s house
Up narrow stairs in creaking beds
On pillows full of prayers
Left behind still unheard
Until that moment undisturbed
Left behind still unheard
Until that moment undisturbed
I bought you perfume in Italy
It made me sneeze must be an allergy
When we slept out in the woods
the devil kept away from us
while we were sleeping in our car
out beneath the guilty stars
while we were sleeping in our car
someone else, was standing guard
And did I give it all back to you?
Well about that I’m not so sure
Nature cannot tow the line
When you’re born under a sign
When you’re built to a design
You spend your life trying to unwind
Now we’re back beneath those stars
and this is who we are
I had a dream we were lifted off our feet
We floated over broken glass
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It goes without saying
04:20
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You can moan, but no one’s going to drive you home
This time you’re on your own, for a change
In the dark, watch out for the broken hearts
They hang around the empty parks in the rain
It’s a curse. Daddy says you have to work
He can’t pay for college books, or holidays
He’s back at home,
Don’t ask him where the money’s gone
If it was ever there at all, was it fake?
It goes without saying, as the saying the saying goes
you asked for more and the honey flowed
you had it all not so long ago
It goes without saying, as the saying goes
It’s a wicked world everybody knows
But nobody cares, they’ve heard it all before
In the queue, standing with his back to you
There’s a boy you once knew, he turns away
Such a shame, he always was the brightest spark
Now it’s a one-way ticket and a shot in the dark
A one-way ticket and a shot in the dark
CHORUS
It goes without saying, as the saying the saying goes
you asked for more and the honey flowed
you had it all but you didn’t know
MIDDLE 8
but when you’re lost inside the dance you’re in a different world
the music swirls, your body twirls, and you forget about it all
until the curtain falls, until the lights come on and we all applaud
CHORUS
It goes without saying, as the saying goes
It’s a wicked world everybody knows
you had it all but you lost control
It goes without saying, as the saying goes
you asked for more and the honey flowed
you’ve got it all but you just don’t know
what price would you pay for a happy life
a red rose and a bleeding heart?
or a one way ticket and a shot in the dark
a one way ticket and a shot in the dark
It goes without saying, as the saying goes
you asked for more and the honey flowed
you’ve got it all but you just don’t know
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Dead Flowers
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everybody’s glued to the papers
the killer got what he deserved
the judge sighed, his sister cried
when the man in the dock found out he got life
(the jury finds you guilty)
alone, alone with the truth and knowing that the truth be known
(the days will slowly pass)
what goes around is gonna come around
that summer I remember
a saturday in a wet july
through a sea of bent umbrellas
duck down low better watch your eye
(those eyes are always on you)
and then I felt a hand at my back
somebody trying to take my stash
(they’re always on the make)
a pickpocket, a pickpocket with his hand on my wallet
CHORUS
is nothing sacred in this goddamn town
they’ll steal anything if it’s not tied down
what goes around is gonna come around
there’s nothing left in this dirty old town
that makes me wanna try and stick around
what goes around is gonna come around
GUITAR SOLO
I saw a dead man floating past
with eyes of cloudy broken glass
and all the things that caused him pain
like always forgetting his kid’s birthday are gone, gone,
(I always meant to call you)
all that really matters is what is left to pawn
(how much for this guitar?)
CHORUS
did nobody tell you ….did you miss it somehow?
it’s not astounding and it’s not profound
what goes around is gonna come around
there’s nothing left in this dirty old town
that makes me wanna try and stick around
what goes around is gonna come around
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All a Blur
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she was hanging on tight to a microphone
in a karaoke bar on the south side of the town
I wasn’t in the mood to sing a song
though I’d sometimes hum along
she was cute and I was happy just to watch her.
outside the storm is blowing wild
while we were singing “Are you Lonesome Tonight”
for a sunday night it was pretty wild
most would call in sick in the morning
some Spanish girls were on the tiles
long hair and flashing eyes
and the Irish boys were hovering
when you get back to Cadiz
you can tell them how it is
CHORUS
Headlong into the night I know we’re gonna make it
Headlong into our lives it’s all there for the taking
With wild hearts and diamond souls
We’ll keep on going with the flow………till light
the taxis cabs are going to have to wait
‘cos we‘re not going home till dawn
the rain shines on the street and
sprinkles diamonds in her hair
she’s the centre of the universe right now
we stop for fish & chips
and I can taste the salt right on her lips
CHORUS
Headlong into the night I know we’re gonna make it
Headlong into our lives it’s all there for the taking
With wild hearts and diamond souls
We’ll keep on going with the flow………till light…..till light
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Carrying the Fire
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They were wandering the roads with nowhere to hide
carrying the fire, carrying the fire
skin and bones and barely alive,
carrying the fire
Crushed down driven to hell
carrying the fire, carrying the fire
By the brute force of Oliver Cromwell
carrying the fire, carrying the fire
There were lost half a million lives
Those that lived made sure the tale survived
On hundreds of ships crossing the seven seas
To Botany Bay, New York and Mississippi,
through the cracks in godless concrete streets
life bloomed like some rebel weed
Escape from the city to the country
On a freight ship he came from the east
carrying the fire, carrying the fire
In a hotel she cooks and cleans
carrying the fire, carrying the fire
He said I don’t know a soul in this strange place
She said come on upstairs, come on inside
We’re gonna keep warm
We’re gonna survive
Carrying the fire.
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Doodlesque
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Don’t ever let them put you down
I don’t believe in siver bullets
Between the lines
Or whispers in the dark
You can dodge a poison arrow
But don’t look down
They wait for you to fall
Don’t ever let them put you down
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thanks for the photographs
they made me laugh and they made me cry
remember when the days melted into one
you lost your job and got another one
nobody was serious for very long
that was some holiday
four young studs with all the love in the world
when they kicked us out and closed up the bars
we lay on the beach and just watched the stars
you could just about hear a far-off guitar
CHORUS
the days are long the nights too short
can we get together and make it last till it’s gone
we wake beneath a lemon sky
two of us together like devils in disguise
I still remember her skin
brown from the sun and it shone
in the dark of the room we were in
she was from the German city of Cologne
we exchanged letters for a month or so
then i forgot about her till a moment ago
CHORUS
do you get to choose your life?
you think about it when things don’t turn out right
how come the trains never stop around here
people smile back but it’s just a veneer
it’s only a disguise for a bittter sneer
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May the Road Rise
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may the road rise with you
may your dreams all come true
may you always feel beloved
under darkest winter blues
raindrops fall down just like tears fom the sky
your soaked from your feet to your hair
cars speed through pools, splash sorry fools
trudging along in despair
stones mock your bones the road hurts your feet
this place that you curse will outlast you and me
remember way back when you stood on the wall
you said you could fly
now you’re so sure you’ll fall.
may you see with x-ray eyes
through the ones who tell you lies
who point the way to heaven
and claim they own the rights
evening comes down in this strange foreign town
as you walk in your old worn-out shoes
stars coming out, to the north and the south
like a pretty girl putting on jewels
you climb up a hill, looking over this city
you’re a stranger round here
and there’s no room for pity
you wish you had change
to make a long distance call
you’re afraid to call home
in case you break down and bawl
may you find the faintest light
if good days turn into night
may you always believe
no matter what fate has up his sleeve
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