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I Don't Want to Intrude
03:10
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The day I saw your lips in the café mirror
People told me you were feeling pretty low
I didn't want to intrude
Help me shake the snow from my hair
Show me there are people that still care about my hair
Save me from the spider on the wall
And I'll save you from the shadows in the hall
Tell me everything you wanna do
I'll give you ten years
I don't want to intrude
I'm not the same when you're around
Little melancholy me gets left behind
Never looked up to see the sky
Without the arrogance to ask why
It didn't suit me that day
Save me from the spider on the wall
And I'll save you from the shadows in the hall
Tell me everything you wanna do
I'll give you ten years
I don't want to intrude
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Undercover cops threw it all away
Hunting for his friend while he got away
You were on your own
Hunting for your chocolate and gin
You were on your own, he just busted in
He had a rifle in his hand
You said: “Honey, let’s talk it out!”
He had a rifle in his hand
He had it all pre planned
He just needed some food, he said
He had it all pre planned
You should’ve stayed at home
It’s a big city girl and you didn’t get to bed on time
Guess you didn’t know that train would be your last
Guess you didn’t know you’d be on your own
Didn’t I warn you some
That in this city we hide from the rain
Didn’t I warn you some you’d be on your own?
Country girl, where are you now?
And won’t you give me your love
Your love, your love, your love
Won’t you give me one love
Your love from up above
Oh, won’t you give me your love
One love your love
Oh, won’t you give me one love
Your love, your love, your love
Oh, won’t you give me your love?
He had a rifle in his hand
You said: “Honey, let’s talk it out!”
He had a rifle in his hand
He had it all pre planned
He just needed some food, he said
He had it all pre planned
You should’ve stayed at home
It’s a big city girl and you didn’t get to bed on time
Big city girl and you didn't get to bed on time
Big city girl and you didn't get to bed on time
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It's not about living long it's about looking good
It's not about taking drugs it's about skipping food
And hanging out in Salzburg with a sad look on your face
Watching all the wheels go round
Georgie's crying 'cause he wants to be a pop star
Georgie's crying 'cause he wants to find it in his heart
To be a lover 'cause he needs to be a lover
Georgie wants to be a pop star now
And on the hottest day of June he looks for somewhere to go
They won the footie and took to the streets in their Volkswagon Carrados
But he just stared at his continental and thought about Abbey Road
How the tape reels went round
Georgie's crying 'cause he wants to be a pop star
Georgie's crying 'cause he wants to find it in his heart
To be a lover 'cause he needs to be a lover
Georgie wants to be a pop star now
Georgie wants to be a pop star now
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4. |
Between the Aisles
02:39
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Sometimes I’m lost in the world
Sweeping leaves between the aisles
And it’s wrong to say you love me
When you know our definitions aren’t the same.
I could wake up in a bed of spiders
But if you were in it too that would be okay, oh babe
Sometimes I’m lost in the world:
Being sad is so teenage
And I know my dirty shoes
Were a turn off right from the start.
I’ll see you in the newspaper
With an album or a gun
Or a man on your arm. No harm,
Sometimes I’m lost in the world:
I stopped sleeping when you said
“Too bad, I don’t care about a thing
When we’ve got a dirty bloody sink.”
If life really is this grey
Then stop the grey train I’m getting off.
It’s tough loving you.
Sometimes I’m lost in the world,
With the yellow moon like a hat on the industrial estate
I know now, that I’ve made a mistake.
To see you with your head of roses,
And me with my dead brain
Condemned to this charmless life.
Sometimes I’m lost in the world
Standing on the corner where you told me you love me.
It’s too bad I know you only love me when you’re sad.
Sometimes I feel that I am only
An extension of you but you’re not in the world.
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5. |
Lights Go Down
04:28
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Lights go down
You show me there is beauty in a frown
Tell me something new about your day
just to pass the time in an offhand way
Tell me how
a smile can turn a doomed day upside down
Even in the morning when I'm feeling worst
you are not a demon, you are not a curse
Later when you get home from work
I know it might sound a bit absurd
Put some time aside, aside to check in on me
Everything's a phase apart from you
I've found a way to make it through these lonely days and nights
You set these dark days of mine ablaze
when you walked in to my life from out of your own cold
your own cold, and now you're mine to hold
Some nights
That little bit of life can pass you by
I stayed dressed in her bedroom
listened to the water while we stared at the moon
I fell back in time
There are certain songs that still make me cry
Curse the DJ and his empty head
Get me back home, get me to my bed
But then you go and call me up
mispronounce a word and it picks me up
Put some time aside, aside, make me happy
Everything's a phase apart from you
I've found a way to make it through these lonely days and nights
You set these dark days of mine ablaze
when you walked in to my life from out of your own cold
your own cold, and now you're mine to hold
Heavy heart
I guess I'm always cursed to have a heavy heart
Put me on a plane going anywhere
Put me on a train somewhere, I don't care
Lights go down
You show me there is beauty in a frown
Tell me something new about your day
just to pass the time in an offhand way
Everything's a phase apart from you
I've found a way to make it through these lonely days and nights
You set these dark days of mine ablaze
when you walked in to my life from out of your own cold
your own cold, and now you're mine to hold
Everything's a phase apart from you
I've found a way to make it through these lonely days and nights
You set these dark days of mine ablaze
when you walked in to my life from out of your own cold
your own cold, and now you're mine to hold
Everything's a phase apart from you
I've found a way to make it through these lonely days and nights
You set these dark days of mine ablaze
when you walked in to my life from out of your own cold
your own cold, and now you're mine to hold
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I was looking for love
It didn’t seem anywhere near
To tell you ‘bout the time I was lost
Would probably take a couple of years
I think I feel ‘me’ if I close my eyes
And to tell you the truth
I’d have to work out the lies
You got some unravelling to do
Oooo, I feel kind of sorry for you
But don’t make me frown, don’t make me feel down
or a hound, I’ll turn this car around
I guess I got a lot of work done
Smiling and laughing with the passing people
But in the end it wasn't that fun
Boys and girls are all the same
But when I meet you, yeah my chin starts to wag
I got a feeling this might not be so bad
You got some unravelling to do
Oooo, I feel kind of sorry for you
But don’t make me frown, don’t make me feel down
or a hound, I’ll turn this car around
Don’t make me feel small, no not at all
or I’ll stall, and turn this car around
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Melanie
03:38
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Dry your eyes now Melanie
Melanie is all TV dinners, winter winds and Christmas sun
She doesn't mind she's always on her own
And when she's finished sweeping leaves between the aisles
She'll go see the cars in the auto cafe
Which she likes a lot, she likes the shine
Melanie is studying law (She's got a law book the size of her head)
Sh doesn't mind the prettier girls stare
She's shaking feeding the birds
Like some sort of jet engine, she's confused but proud
Which she likes a lot, she likes the shine
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la oooh.
La la la la la la la la la la la oooh.
Melanie when you're done it won't be the world that laughs at you
You'll be laughing at them like you're a pretty part-time punk
Melanie, oh oh
Don't give up on us yet we've a lot to learn
We're just preppy paint balling kids pressured like diamonds in the rough
Melanie, oh oh, we're just trying to get by
And you're sitting in that little café like you could set the world on fire eating your meal for one
Melanie, oh, Melanie
What will be is what will be
Good luck Melanie!
Melanie likes people watching, sad boys and broken homes
She knows nothing bad can last
And when she sees them bursting out of their cocoons
She goes back to it with a pretty smile
She knows her time will come
Melanie when you're done it won't be the world that laughs at you
You'll be laughing at them like you're a pretty part-time punk
Melanie, oh oh
Don't give up on us yet we've a lot to learn
We're just preppy paint balling kids pressured like diamonds in the rough
Melanie, oh oh, we're just trying to get by
And you're sitting in that little café like you could set the world on fire eating your meal for one
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8. |
Nineteen
02:15
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Nineteen a beauty queen
I was heading to the shops with you
I was waiting up for something new and it's you
I had so many friends but they always seemed to get you down
But that's not me 'cause I can see
You're the one I'm dreaming of
But in the darkest night you call t o me
The faintest voice on the faintest breeze
You know I cannot stand to be away from you
But I don't worry about I know you're the one
Nineteen a movie scene
I was walking to the shops for you
Saw you with someone new, and that's true
Had so many friends but I'd never seen you with this guy before
'cause it's not me and now I know
I'm not the only one for you
It's my darkest night I call to you
But nothing seems to make it through
Except your bitter words from your bitter friends
But I shouldn't worry about it I know you're the one
No I don't worry about it I know you're the one
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9. |
Closest Friend
03:45
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You were my closest friend
Set me on the mend
All the love you gave was always on the nose
Here we go again to struggle through another sunny day
Run faster off to the bastard you call a friend
Though your job is dead end
It's a start, you know that it's a start
Won't need to share a bath with him when the studio opens your heart
And when the studio opens your heart I'll be there on the next day
To look at your art but if you want I'll stay away
Please don't send me away
'cause you're on your own again, there's nothing you can do
On your own again to see a whole night through
You were my closest friend
Set me on the mend
All the love you gave was always on the nose
Here we go again to struggle through another sunny day
Pull the other I know your mother didn't die
It doesn't make me cry
Why the tall tales?
Why all the betrayals?
It didn't make me care more, you know that's impossible
When it opens your heart I'll be there on the next day
To look at your art but if you want I'll stay away
Please don't send me away
'cause you're on your own again, there's nothing you can do
On your own again to see a whole night through
You're on your own again, there's nothing you can do
On your own again to see a whole night through
You once told me you were feeling down
So I took your hand and I led you round
A southern town, a southern town
But now you only make me frown
Every now and then I think of you
Though I don't think you're my friend anymore
I don't think you're my friend no more
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Pop Icon
02:52
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I was tired of the morning hurt
Tired of living behind mother's skirts
Tired of opening up a dull shop for someone else
I was tired of the searching blues
With my eyes closed I ran in to you
Tired of opening up a dull heart for someone else
We're not waiting for the summer to come
We've lost enough time in the sun
We've lost enough love on the run
Tired of making all the same mistakes
Every civilisation makes
This old dogs called the wage slave
And you love him now but wait
There's no new tricks
I'm not waiting for a pension to pay
Made out to some old mistake
Sure, my head's in the clouds
We're not waiting for the summer to come
We've lost enough time in the sun
We've lost enough love on the run
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11. |
Strawberry Season
03:55
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Just as the sand desolidified
With the winter ice
Our hearts sparked some fun
Strawberry season we ran away
Yeah, we were the graves
On everybody’s lips
Skipped the train for the morning rain
We watched the news again:
We were ticker tape
Hitler ruined eugenics for everyone
Let’s get a house by the lakeside and have some fun
I know your girl; she’s a friend of mine
She paints the sky in wine
Now she’s in the Tate
Honey, you are the heat of home on the eyes of a blue drunk
I won’t live another day on midnight TV, oh!
And with a sigh I see you've fallen on the floor
And with a bottle of wine, no one wants to be your friend
Brown-eyed girl you are like the news
I need you still
But you are so sad
I’m over you and your feelings now
Yeah, your feelings girl
Swallowed me up
Whoever gave you a camera’s a criminal
Whoever showed you the sky first must love us all
You’re in the garden dreaming while most of us are doomed to politics
And half-wits
Honey, you are the anger in the notes of an old goth
I spend my day trying to unwind but you are in my veins
And with a sigh I see you’ve fallen on the floor
And with a bottle of wine, no one wants to be your friend
No one wants to be your friend, no no no no
Strawberry season, oh yeah
Strawberry season, oh yeah
We dreamt the world away
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Jack Simmons Bristol, UK
Singer-songwriter from Bristol, UK. 60s, 70s & 80s inspired indie pop.
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