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1. |
How Be You Be Blue?
04:53
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How be you be broken?
How be you be blue?
How be you be
Better building someone new?
But you be you only
And you be you are
And you be you everything you need
And not one minute more
Get into your heart
And outta your bed
You been gone for such a long time, dreamin'
The king will be dead
Get into your heart
And outta your head
You been there for such a long time, sleepin'
The sun will be set
How be you be broken?
How be you be blue?
How be you be?
Always feed that love in you
For see you come trouble
Come trouble be gone
For life is a wave
We all must set to sail upon
Get into your heart
And outta your bed
You been gone for such a long time, dreamin'
The king will be dead
Get into your heart
And outta your head
You been there for such a long time, sleepin'
The sun will be set
You gotta be as big as
The world you're livin' in
You gotta be as loud as
The skin you're in
What's happenin'?
It's happenin'
How be you be broken?
How be you be blue?
How be you be
Better building someone new?
Get into your heart
And outta your bed
You been gone for such a long time, dreamin'
The king will be dead
Get into your heart
And outta your head
You been there for such a long time, sleepin'
The sun will be set
Get into your heart
And outta your bed
Get into your heart
And outta your bed
The sun will be set
The king will be dead
No time for regret
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Warmer Climes
03:46
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From frame 352
She's looking back at you
And she ain't scared
She's heading south for the winter
Maybe she's the world's greatest mom
Maybe just a guy with a suit on
From frame 352
She's looking back at you
Don't be alarmed
No one gets harmed
Fleeting and she's gone
From frame 352
She's looking back at you
Please, don't be scared
She's heading south for the winter
And the warmer climes
Atlas of the midnight sky
All suns must burn-out, fade and die
Heartbeat and the moonbeam tide
Rolls the rhythm of her life and times
Of her life and times
Atlas of the midnight sky
All suns must burn-out, fade and die
Heartbeat and the moonbeam tide
Rolls the rhythm of her life and times
Stars, they will map out
A silent migration
Of tracks and of trails
Of a summer affirmation
Baptized in the waters
Of god's own creation
May seasons they lead you
To your destination
From frame 352
She's looking back at you
And she ain't scared
She's heading south for the winter
Maybe she's the world's greatest mom
Maybe just a guy with a suit on
Maybe just a guy with a fur suit on
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3. |
Old Bones
04:14
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And you say it kisses
And I say it kicks
This city's a drumbeat
We dance for the fix
Climb sky-scrapin' summits
And we ought to know
Too high to be holdin'
Too hard to let go
Lord knows
We've waited long enough
While all them gurus
Called our bluff
Got mountains
Of that self-help stuff
But, Suzanne
My bones still ache me
The bigger the building
Can block out the sun
Get to shinin' a light
Over everyone
The headache
The heartbreak
The hullabaloo
But our love must be central
To all that we do
Cheerleaders
Of the masquerade
We take a bitter pill
With a sweet champagne
And pray those days
Roll round again
Suzanne, old bones do ache me
Suzanne, I'm looking for something I lost
Spare me my bones
And we all burn out
On the comet's coattail
The brightest of stars
Are not ours to name
And you say it kisses
And I say it kicks
Lord knows
We've waited long enough
(We waited long enough, believe me)
While all them gurus
Called our bluff
(Seems everyone's an expert, lately)
Got mountains
Of that self-help stuff
(We come, we go, we're gone)
But, Suzanne
My bones still ache me
Cheerleaders
Of the masquerade
(And all the masks they wear are weighin')
We take a bitter pill
With a sweet champagne
(And all the songs we sang are playin')
And pray those days
Roll round again
(Get born, grow old, rock on!)
Suzanne, old bones do ache me
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4. |
Winter Coats
03:44
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Oh, diamonds were coal
It's time to shed our winter skin
And head on home
Oh, where did you go?
It's time to burn those winter coats
And come on home
The dawning of the morning
That had let the summer in
It ain't so cold
And April's askin' where the hell ya been?
The water's warmer than the ice
That hung above our heads
Frozen in the snowstorm
Like snowmen in our beds
Feel alive, 'cos you survived
You thrift store troubadour
The world has turned and returned
The sunshine to your door
The dawning of the morning
That had let the summer in
Do we let go or do we hold on
To the people that we've been
Oh, diamonds were coal
It's time to shed our winter skin
And head on home
Oh, where did you go?
It's time to burn those winter coats
And come on home
The dawning of the morning
That had let the summer in
It ain't so cold
And April's askin' where the hell ya been?
The water's warmer than the ice
That hung above our heads
Frozen in the snowstorm
Like snowmen in our beds
Oh, diamonds were coal
It's time to shed our winter skin
And head on home
Oh, where did you go?
It's time to burn those winter coats
And come on home
Oh, diamonds were coal
It's time to fix your broken wings
And fly alone
Oh, time to let go
We gotta burn our winter coats
And make it home
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Hey, Jenni
You said you were ready
You said you could face anyone
And anything this time
And Jenni
I know it's kinda scary
This world's so big and bad
To feel alone in the fight
'Cos this day's
Hurtin' me more than the last
This day's pullin' me
Back to the past
This day's the day
Today
Hey, Jenni
You said you were ready
You said you could face anyone
And anything this time
And we could dance
'Till we both would die
In the moment, holdin' on so tight
Ain't nothin' wrong
But ain't nothin' right
'Cos this day's
Hurtin' me more than the last
This day's pullin' me
Back to the past
This day's the day today
This day was born from yesterday
Hey, Jenni
I promise you're ready
There ain't no four walls
Are gonna hold your dreams
Tonight
We're all fighting wars
Thrift Store Troubadours
Steer by stars
To safe harboured shores
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6. |
Broken Heart Foundations
03:41
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Broken hearted foundations
Constructing breakdowns to the sun
Upon those broken hearted foundations
And there's a drug for everyone
A perfect moment to say 'sleep well'
I been wide awake in this concrete hell
Ten floors up from my
Broken heart foundations
I've got posters of the new age dream
Rock stars in my magazine
But on one knows the shit I've seen
Broken hearted foundations
Constructing breakdowns to the sun
Upon those broken hearted foundations
And there's a drug for everyone
A perfect moment to kiss and tell
Been countin' sheep in this high rise cell
Down on luck on my
Broken heart foundations
And people don't say what they mean anymore
Folks fake love when they wanna make war
It's just the same as it was before
Broken hearted foundations
Broken hearted foundations
Broken hearted foundations
Constructing breakdowns to the sun
Upon those broken hearted foundations
And there's a drug for everyone
Broken hearted
Broken hearted
Broken
A perfect moment to say 'sleep well'
I been wide awake in this concrete hell
Ten floors up from my
Broken heart foundations
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7. |
Ghosts Wear Jeans
04:54
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Face paint, get glam
I is, the man
We are one
Super fucked-up animal
It was, a blast
Ain't nothin' can ever last
Star crossed, space crash
Nineteen and trash
Fever dream
Ghosts wear jeans
Ziggy, please
Play another rock and roll revival
Gasoline, for the scene
Make it seem
Like the new wave, baby
Right on!
Caffeine, adrenaline
Take you places you never been
You glitter queen
Get your glad rags outta that submarine
Fever dream
Ghosts wear jeans
Ziggy, please
Play another rock and roll revival
Gasoline, for the scene
Make it seem
Like the new wave, baby
Right on!
Fever dream
Ghosts wear jeans
Ziggy, please
Play another rock and roll revival
Gasoline, for the scene
Make it seem
Like the new wave, baby
Right on!
Face paint, get glam
I is, the man
We are one
Super fucked-up animal
Big dumb-ass me
C'est la vie
Fever dream
Ghosts wear jeans
Ziggy, please
Play another rock and roll revival
Gasoline, for the scene
Make it seem
Like the new wave, baby
Right on!
Fever dream
Ghosts wear jeans
Ziggy, please
Play another rock and roll revival
Gasoline, for the scene
Make it seem
Like the new wave, baby
Right on!
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8. |
Vacations in a Taxi Cab
03:18
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Vacations in a taxi cab
We saw the world, took photographs
Sent postcards to the folks we left at home
But it's so hard to fly
With four wheels upon the ground
Vacations in a taxi cab
But all the sky had turned to black
And as the rain came falling down
We turned around
Who gets to pay the fare
For all the people there?
Just tourists in a motorcar
Looking for the answer
The roads roll on forever in our minds
As time advances
Alone with one another
As the guitar cried our loss, because
Her song was all there ever was
Vacations in a taxi cab
We saw the world, took photographs
Sent postcards to the folks we left at home
But it's getting hard to fly
With your wheels upon the ground
When your head is in the clouds
Just tourists in a motorcar
Looking for the answer
The roads roll on forever in our minds
As time advances
Alone with one another
As the guitar cries our loss, because
Her song was all there ever was
Her song was all there was
Tourists in a motorcar
Looking for the answer
The roads roll on forever in our minds
As time advances
Alone with one another
As the guitar cries our loss, because
Her song was all there ever was
Tourists in a motorcar
Looking for the answer
The roads roll on forever in our minds
As time advances
Alone with one another
As the guitar cries our loss, because
Her song was all there ever was
Her song was all there was
Her song was all there ever was
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9. |
A Gentle Reminder
03:31
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We outgrow the ghost, and get gone
With our slogans and cold ones
Turn the stereo pop on
Here's a gentle
Here's a general
Reminder for you
Don't you look up with vertigo
If so, the sky comes fallin'
Here's a rental
Accident and replacement
Brand new
Drive into the city and the radio
Was makin' plans for Nigel
We all find our feet, when we run
And our shoes have come undone
Spark-out the circuit breaker
And we outgrow the ghost, and get gone
With our slogans and cold ones
Turn the stereo pop on
Here's a mental
An essential
Factfinder, that's true
Don't you ever say 'yes', if you mean 'no'
Or go, without your conscience
Here's a gentle
Sentimental
Reminder, run-through
Be all that you are and nothing less
Confess, to stuff and nonsense
We all find our feet, when we run
And our shoes have come undone
Spark-out the circuit breaker
And we outgrow the ghost, and get gone
With our slogans and cold ones
Turn the stereo pop on
Outgrow the ghost, and get gone
Turn the stereo pop on
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10. |
The Terms of Letting Go
03:32
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And if one of us should leave
Maybe you or maybe me
Better best that we both know
The terms of letting go
And if either should depart
Leave behind a broken heart
It's nothing much that's left to hold,
Except those terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
Oh no
And if one of us should grieve
I still have the warranty
I read the small print and I know
The terms of letting go
It's not as easy as they say
To live together day by day
To fall apart is the new way, and so
Here's the terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
Oh no, oh no, oh no
The terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
The terms of letting go
Oh no, oh no, oh no
And if one of us should leave
Maybe you or maybe me
Better best that we both know
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11. |
Roll The Credits
03:24
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I'm the no one
In that power pop video
Got a guitar, but I mime the solo
Just like I can't sing sweet harmony
Way high above me
I'm just the backbeat
To the latest heartthrob
But al least I got myself a payin' job
For a wife and a kid at home
Who I love and I would die for
But I'm more of an album man, you see
I know it's what my fans would demand of me
They'd read about it in the paper, naturally
I'm a footnote
At the bottom of the credits
I don't believe that anybody ever read it
Just a throwaway after the chorus
Blink and I am gone
So I'm the no one
In that power pop video
Got a guitar, but I mime the solo
Just like I can't sing sweet harmony
Way high above me
But I'm more of an album man, you see
I know it's what my fans would demand of me
They'll take my record off the radio for free
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12. |
City Kids
07:36
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Startin' fires, gettin' high
We were the city kids
Startin' fires, gettin' high
Startin' fires, gettin' high
We were the city kids
Startin' fires, gettin' high
City folks they don't say 'hello'
They gotta get where they gonna go
Possibly lost, probably don't know
City folks say 'hello'
City folks they don't say 'hello'
They walk on by with heads held low
On mobile phones, stand toe to toe
City folks say 'hello'
City kids startin' fires
Say farewell to adolescent lives
City kids they survive
Gettin' high
City kids from broken homes
Destinations, unknown
City kids all grow old
Throwin' stones
City kids run away tonight
City kids
City folks they don't say 'hello'
They gotta get where they gonna go
Possibly lost, probably don't know
City folks say 'hello'
City folks they don't say 'hello'
They don't have time and they don't know
The time that's left to say 'hello'
City folks say 'hello'
City kids startin' fires
Say farewell to adolescent lives
City kids they survive
Gettin' high
City kids from broken homes
Destinations, unknown
City kids they all grow
Throwin' stones
City kids run away tonight
City kids run away tonight
And they all ride in fancy cars
And play guitar in finest wine bars
To what's his name and the girl from Mars
City folks they
They don't say 'hello'
They gotta get where they gonna go
City kids startin' fires
Say farewell to adolescent lives
City kids they survive
Gettin' high
City kids from broken homes
Destinations, unknown
City kids they all grow
Throwin' stones
City kids run away tonight
City kids run away tonight
City kids startin' fires
City kids they survive
Gettin' high
City kids from broken homes
City kids they all grow
Throwin' stones
Startin' fires, gettin' high
We were the city kids
Startin' fires, gettin' high
We were the city kids
Startin' fires, gettin' high
We were the city kids
Startin' fires, gettin' high
We were the city kids
City kids
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It's Karma It's Cool Lincoln, UK
Home of It's Karma It's Cool and side project, Solitary Bee.
Jim / Martyn / Mikey / Adam
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