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Secret Mover

by Jack Simmons

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1.
Amsterdam 03:05
There's love still there, I know it Take me back to Amsterdam To kiss in the Amstel again Don't think I don't remember I apologised to the police In a language they couldn't speak For jumped up football boys Please say there was no blood tonight I love the pale sky Over Amsterdam Over Amsterdam Over Amsterdam Scared of sex and almost out of time We Brits are of one mind But looking for love all the same In red lights on the promenade And I don't think they're to blame In Amsterdam In Amsterdam In Amsterdam I'll sell my things just to ride the slow trains Eat fast food in the rain outside the bodyworks To think we walked so far And dipped our toes in the black water to pass the time In Amsterdam In Amsterdam There's love still there, I know it Take me back to Amsterdam
2.
Secret Mover 03:32
Let me in Let me know how you really feel Before morning fully comes And this song is done All the boys Have their eyes on eachother And you are like a ghost Just an old man You were a mover You were a secret mover You had the time of your life before the guns came down And it all went wrong You were a lover You were a secret lover But when the lightning strikes on this dullard town You'll be dead and gone But you were there before bombs were You were there when the first brick fell You showed the boys who the boss was You let the boys fall in the snow Tell me how All your darlings took the last train out of Warsaw And you followed them to these Roman streets You were a mover You were a secret mover You had the time of your life before the guns came down And it all went wrong You were a dealer You were a dirty dealer In black market love but now those days are gone And you are free and useless You were there before bombs were You were there when the first brick fell You showed the boys who the boss was You let the boys fall in the snow You met the tanks by the river You kissed and got cold sores But now your hands on the bar They've touched nothing in years You were a mover You were a secret mover You were a mover You were a secret mover Secret mover
3.
Billy 03:41
Billy I know you feel like you're losing touch with the world around you Put your milkshake down, let's drive around Billy I've never seen you smile as much as you smiled the day that the snow came The snow fell on your face and you always used to hate this place But now I know you don't What can you say about Billy? It's Billy, every time I look up I don't want to let you down Billy What would your parents say if they found us down at the arcade? Billy, keep your t-shirt on and laugh along To my jokes I'll sneak over Saturday and teach you to play the guitar Every time you look at me it's easy to see you don't care about the chords What can you say about Billy? It's Billy, every time I look up I don't want to let you down He caught the snowflakes on his tongue I had to run And Billy told me once He told me twice Do this and you carry it with you for the rest of your life He told me once He told me twice Do this and you carry it with you for the rest of your life For the rest of your life For the rest of your life
4.
Time to face the crowd again You are not my vision or my friend All the fallen leaves Are the last things that I see Passing through your living room to die Run me a warm bath to fall asleep To shut it all away To shut it Pull down the blinds to keep out the haunted moon You are not the thing I thought I loved I'm hugging a bank of cold razors (Now I am only asleep on the edge of the Earth) And all your stinking friends With their black roots in the ground You crawled into my chest, curled there to die You do not know it But you are nestled in the wet slit of my heart Death rolling Teaching me pain Take your time, unbutton my shirt I'll steal your breath away, I'll steal your breath away You picked me up and put me in your car Before the water came, and took the town away Take me to the sea Leave your latent prints on me I'll show you all the love that's left inside You are the fruit that keeps me from going lame
5.
Kombat Truck 02:53
Met you in the back of a Kombat Truck You were looking like you'd not seen rain before And perhaps you hadn't Didn't know if you were a boy or girl 'cause we'd already shook those shackles off but then Just before the bloom There was The Boom Don't leave me for a banner I'll teach you all my manners I'll teach you all my manners I'll show you how the Thames looked Back in the day When it is warm Pulled off of the road in our Kombat Truck You were looking for some sign of life and then A little deer You shot it down Don't leave me for an hour I'll give you all my powers I'll love you in the showers Tired of blood and mud and loneliness But that's just me
6.
She's a girl and she's in deep to another world I'm a boy and I don't think that I'll get that girl She took my hand and led me to the roadside Watched as the black cars went by She crawled through the grass I didn't know where to look She's a girl and she keeps her head bowed to the ground Tells me people are following her around I go to see her, she whines like a stranger Puts her face up to the glass I'm a loser I don't let the lights go on She's a girl but don't tell her you love her No, don't do her a favour Or one day when you're looking in to the sky You'll see the missiles arcing down So do yourself a favour Forget she exists Here we go, an evening trip to the theatre Sees a spy in everybody that looks at her Curtains close and we walk to the seaside See the pier all thick with smoke She tells me It's them come to take her away She's a girl but don't tell her you love her No, don't do her a favour And I confess to seeing the suited men That wait for her out by her work So do yourself a favour Forget she exists
7.
Try to tell me something I don't want to hear Something that will make me want to not be near to you You are the rain on my window You are a smudge on my heart You are the one I want You are the one I need Yeah you shut down my inhibitions You make me feel complete When I met you I felt like I'd just been born Like a flower opening up to the day I had the time of my life Discovering the continent of you You are the one I want You are the one I need Yeah you shut down my inhibitions You make me feel complete The city streets are just filled with you Yeah you obscure every view There are things that make life worth while And you're the most important one of all You are the one I want You are the one I need Yeah you shut down my inhibitions You make me feel complete You are the one I want You are the one I need Yeah you shut down my inhibitions You make me feel complete You are the one I want You are the one I need Yeah you shut down my inhibitions You make me feel complete
8.
I'm Over It 03:22
I'm moving on I'm over it Flying plates and warning knives Don't leave me looking round for good advice Because it only goes one way I was looking out for you But you were looking out for someone else You bought seeds for the dead grass I went out and ate by myself By myself A small mistake In the bathroom A lick of blood on my thumb You always used to comfort me that way I was looking out for you But you were looking out for someone else You were living out your life in still frame Hoping I would not come back We were waiting by our window Looking out for some other guy To make us feel alive I'm sorry I hurt you, I'm over it I'm sorry you hurt me too I would starve myself if I believed you'd worry But I don't, now Damn, you win all the time You win all the time I was looking out for you But you were looking out for someone else You were living out your life in still frame Hoping I would not come back We were waiting by our window Looking out for some other guy To make us feel alive
9.
Stephanie says that she wants to know Why she's given half her life, to people she hates now Stephanie says when answering the phone What country shall I say is calling from across the world But she's not afraid to die, the people all call her Alaska Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind It's all in her mind Stephanie says that she wants to know Why it is though she's the door She can't be the room Stephanie says but doesn't hang up the phone What sea shell say is calling from across the world But she's not afraid to die, the people all call her Alaska Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind It's all in her mind They're asking is it good or bad It's such an icy feeling it's so cold in Alaska, it's so cold in Alaska, it's so cold in Alaska
10.
I've never felt this alive before Watching the stars from your car door God gave me a happy ending Found it in your car tonight Chasing storms and our tomorrows down Down tonight I feel we're passing time, we're passengers to love Like castaways meant for up above You are not for everyone But there is a hole in me You slot right in like a jigsaw Make me whole Now we're moving on, we're passing through our old town Old faces always make me frown Some dumb people grab the world Then do nothing when it's down We are only getting started now Now you know Now you know Now you know
11.
Here we go Summer nights Always felt like home Round and round and round Round and round and round They pulled another cold kid out the river We always felt Like a magazine They'll put us on TV one day Sooner or later We'll all be good at once We'll fan out and take on the world We'll look back on these days We'll look back on these days We'll look back on these days and laugh We'll look back on these days We'll look back on these days We'll look back on these days and laugh A dozen paths Cut grass and laughs First cars and finding out All the work we've done To become someone Can be undone with a stroke What a bother We'll look back on these days We'll look back on these days We'll look back on these days and laugh We'll look back on these days We'll look back on these days We'll look back on these days and laugh

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released November 2, 2019

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Jack Simmons Bristol, UK

Singer-songwriter from Bristol, UK. 60s, 70s & 80s inspired indie pop.

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