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Twisted and shy
03:24
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If everything that’s written on your heart
Could be spoken what a story it would make
I know you tried
But you had to lie
The words came out all twisted and shy
And the truth was sacrificed to feed the fake
A hundred titles for your autograph
A hundred words to hide the one you mean
You need to speak
But you play hide and seek
Or dress yourself up like a freak
So the simple naked truth cannot be seen
The pride and the shame
The betrayal and the blame
Were the small change of the hurt you couldn’t hide
You couldn’t hide
I hear your voice it’s rapping at my ear
Those conversations dangling in the air
When memory fails
And the siren wails
You lose yourself out on that trail
A leading light that don’t lead anywhere
You were the gifted son
The envy of everyone
So you made sure your words outshone
The boy you left behind
The ripped up paper you scattered in the street
Like confetti after carnival has passed
When lesser men
Tell their tales and then
Come back round to start again
You’re still spinning stories from fragments of your past
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Whiskey & Coke
03:04
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The Bayswater sky was brittle and blue
The nights were crisp and the air was cold
In Soho the streets were dead and dark
We drowned out the tedium in alcohol
Whiskey and coke, we had it for breakfast
With our tea and toast , then we had it for lunch
With pizza and pie, and all of the night
We drank it until we weren’t drunk
From Frenchie’s to the Nellie Dean
From the Doll’s House to Ronnie Scott’s
From the Spice of Life to the Crown and Two
Somewhere our love got lost
Love got lost
Rocking and a-reeling all night
In the morning we fuck and fight
A broken-down dawn
comes calling again
So pull down the blind
and shut out the light
I thought I was there in Soho Square
But I woke up in a squat here in Muswell Hill
The floor is hard the light’s like a hammer
The lonely room is rolling round me still
Whiskey, whiskey and coke
Is said to help folks to forget
Muddy waters with sunken gold
But the past doesn’t want to dissolve
Or I won’t let it
Rocking and a-reeling all night
In the morning we fuck and fight
A broken-down dawn
comes calling again
So pull down the blind
and shut out the light
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We’re walking barefoot in the tide
And the moon is riding high
The planes hang there like fireflies
In the velvet evening sky
I’ve forgotten everything
Who we are and what we do
Just this tune in my head
And reading minds with you
There’s no one on the beach
But a kid collecting shells
And two figures holding hands
Like ghosts haunting themselves
The lights are shining on the church
And here we are again
With sand between our toes
Eating ice cream in the rain
Today the sea was silver and the sky was grey
Don’t try to catch me I’ll be miles away
We’ll be here again
Eating ice cream in the rain
Here again
Eating ice cream in the rain
Today was silver but my mind was grey
Don’t try to reach me I’ll be miles away
We’ll be here again
Eating ice cream in the rain
Here again
Eating ice cream in the rain
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When I look into your eyes
My mind goes blank and I’m hypnotized
And I don’t know if this is love
Or just the power that you have
Over me
And when I touch your lovely skin
You don’t end and I don’t begin
And I don’t know if this is love
Or just the way that you move
You move me
And I will bring the world to you and lay it at your feet
And I will bring my life to you it’s your for you to keep
And I don’t know if this is love
All I want is for you to have
To have me
And when we talk I hear the wind
It rushes in the leaves and makes the branches sing
And I don’t care if this is love
All I know is that you move
You move me
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There's no time
03:49
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You look at these streets like it’s the first time
You look at these streets like it’s the last time
You look at these streets
Where you walked so many times
Cause there’s no time
To say goodbye
You look at these friends you have loved
You look at these friends that you love
Look at them close
And hold them to your breast
Cause there’s no time
To say goodbye
And while we live our restless lives
While we live our relentless lives
There’s no time
And while we live our heedless lives
While we live our needless lives
There’s no time
And then we die
And open our eyes
You look at this world where you have lived
You look at this world where you have lived
The sun and the rain
The beauty and pain
The loss and the gain
The loss and the gain
Cause there’s no time
To say goodbye
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Steve Bruce Roberts Barcelona, Spain
anglo singer-songwriter living in sant boi, near barcelona.
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