Lyrics
Here are a selection of Dominic's songs, co-writes are
indicated. More lyrics coming soon....
Monkey Puzzle
(1) As Often Is The Case
(2) Harvest Time
(3) Love And Farewells
(4) I’ll Be Home For Six And Back In Time For Tea
(5) Salt Lake City (the new pioneer - pt. 1)
(6) Another Drop Of My Tears (the new pioneer - pt. 2)
(7) Run To Me
(8) Misery
(9) Living In The Past
(10) Sweet Surrender
Thank God For Christmas Day
(1) Thank God for Christmas Day
Avalon
(1) Mercy
(2) Only Love Remains
(3) Sorry Isn't Good Enough
(4) Avalon
Lost In Time
(1)
Time Won’t Last Forever
(2)
I'm Driving A Hearse
(3) Oxygen (don’t take away my)
(4)
Lost In Time (Finley/Lang)
(5)
Higher Love
(6)
Background Boy
(7)
The Diary of A Madman
(8) All I Need
(9) Hideaway
(10) The Lighthouse
A Selection Of Others:
This Is the Time
Walk Before You Can Run
Superglue
Will I Ever See Australia?
Me And Charlie
Skelmersdale
Freedom Train
Treading Water (Finley/Stewart)
You’re a Lot Like Me (Finley/Stewart)
Sleepy Town (Finley/Lang)
Sahara (Finley/Lang)
Echoes (Finley/Birchall)
It Must Be Love (Finley/Birchall)
No Mans Land (Finley/Stewart)
Beautiful Time (Finley/Lang)
Jigsaw World (Finley/Stewart)
Is It Raining In London? (Finley/Stewart)
It’s just a teardrop so don’t feel bad
Unless the law changed recently
It’s not illegal to be sad
And if I may I’d like to say some words
That you’re not ready to embrace
You’re better off without him
As often is the case
This world is breaking that’s nothing new
It won’t make a front page story
If someone is untrue
And I’d like to pray for all the evil souls
Who don’t go in God’s grace
They might suffer retribution
As often is the case
The man with the gun in his hand
Isn’t crazy just misunderstood?
And the wealthy
Who boast about having everything
Would trade lives with you
If they could
I’d like to say to all the homeless souls
Who disappear without a trace?
That someone’s thinking of you
As often is the case
Have no fear
Don’t disappear
They’re thinking of you
Don’t be sad
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She was born in a place so beautiful
In the village far from town
She had a son and called him Leon
And he still be found
Tending to the ground
She thinks about those city boys
Dancing on the shore
Oblivious to who we are
But if she had her time again
She wouldn’t change a thing
She said its all been worth it
Just to look into her little boys eyes
At harvest time
We can stand tall
When justice is sublime
At harvest time
Leon was an only son
He made his mother proud
Born into the trade
He’s had his share of ups and downs
Tending to the ground
He’s had it with those city boys
Dull eyes and empty face
All his life they’ve been on his case
If he had his time again
He would change a thing
He said it’s all been worth it
Just to look into his little boys eyes
At harvest time
Throughout the generations
Nothings really changed
You can find him ploughing hard ground
In the wind and rain
You won’t hear him complain
The game is getting harder
But it’s not over yet
Though he has a few regrets
If he had his time again
He wouldn’t change a thing
He said it’s all been worth it
To look into his little boys eyes
At harvest time
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What kind of heart ache is this?
That makes us hate ourselves
We often choose ignorance over bliss
How we deprive ourselves
This is why we believe in tomorrow
Such is our way we have to belong
And have space to breathe
Many’s the day when we get it wrong
More tales of chalk and cheese
This is why we believe in tomorrow
Forget about self infliction of sorrow
If you can
I don’t want to talk about love and farewells
We time to live without love and farewells
Love and farewells
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nobody knows what it's like to be
the man who rents out deck chairs in Battersea
or his wife at the factory
who's in a sweat
again her paperwork escalates
she's always had a problem losing weight
she's lost ten pounds on her latest diet
whys no one noticed yet?
Some make bread some make steel
some make silk, some steering wheels
but we have a common bond
we don't like to be wrong
but we like to belong
all in a days work respectively
it's either nine till five
or five till three
all in a days work respectively
I'll put down my tools and bricks
I'll be home for six
and back in time for tea
meanwhile the milk man is so forlorn
always waking up at the crack of dawn
he'd like a day off to mow the lawn
and paint the fence
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It was my daddy’s dieing wish back in 1923
Leave the farm and move away
Go in search of a brighter day
I left the harvesting machine
And I thank him for this
Or else the debt would not be paid
And life would never have been the same
Salt Lake City
Pictures flying through the air
Salt Lake City
I found all the answers there
Salt Lake City
When all my dreams had passed
Salt Lake City
Put me back on track
My naive young mind
Had power deep within
But lord I never had a dime
I’d say I aint got time for doubters
I don’t pay no mind to doubters
I aint got time for doubters
Salt Lake City
Pictures flying through the air
Salt Lake City
I found all the answers there
Salt Lake City
When all my dreams had passed
Salt Lake City
Put me back on track
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I was hailed as the new pioneer
And now no one remembers my name
My creation changed life as we know it
I am the spark that started the flame
I would dream of catching light in a jar
And releasing it beam by beam
My life’s work my heart and my soul
Is laid out upon your screens
You’ll see another drop of my tears
As I see my ideas fade away
Like a steam train
I’m like a jet plane
I’m a lost cause
You’ll see another drop of my tears
I’d hang mirrors on pieces of string
And I created pictures dancing
To coin a phrase I was pained to learn
Nothing is everlasting
You’ll see another drop of my tears
As I see my ideas fade away
Like a steam train
I’m like a jet plane
I’m a lost cause
You’ll see another drop of my tears
I was hailed as the new pioneer
And now no one remembers my name
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Despite my burning ambition
I didn’t see the obvious mistake
It’s impossible to find recognition
Or get a lucky break
My mind has spoken
My hearts been broken
One too many times
You’ve gotta run
You’ve gotta run to me
You’ve gotta run
You’ve gotta run to me
Medicine is all you need
Why ask yourself if love is the answer
Set your twisted paranoia free
The further down the wire you go
You find that there’s no guarantee
Man, first I’m up, and then I’m down
But I’ll come round again
And I’ll get through it
I don’t care how much you need
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I’ll put these vitamins in the bin
Close my eyes and count to ten
And when I open them
Please be standing there
Your sun burned face
And cheap sarong
Proves you’re not where you belong
Your blistered feet, weren’t meant to
Walk on sand
They were meant to walk with me
Misery is like your one and only trusty friend
cos she’ll always come back again
O Holy Father lord above
Who sacrificed his life for us?
Some believe more than most ever will
Who question if you’re real
Misery is like your one and trusty friend
cos she’ll always come back again
Misery will come and go your broken heart will mend
But she’ll always come back again
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How many old cliques can she fit into one
goodbye?
On a day such as this
He’d rather spit than cry
And meanwhile,
The boss at the factory’s convinced that he’s ‘James Bond’
He couldn’t be further wrong
Watch a repeat of a comedy show that you hated at the time
Nowadays it makes you want to go and ‘split your sides’
Nostalgia is the latest thing
It’s better than Hollywood
One more trip down memory lane won’t do us any good
Yesterday it was so good
Though every one of us admits
That at the time we hated it
Long ago we were built to last
Long ago
Before we started living in the past
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Who’s the big guy?
That’s my friend
Someone on which I strongly depend
Does he live the high life?
No not yet
But at least what you see is what you get
I’ll suffer your ignorance and smile
If you ever affected me
I’ve forgot about it now
You’ve had your fun
Don’t give a damn about anyone
I’ll let you off this time
The sweet surrender is mine
The old man said…
I’ve told you many times
You can’t park there son this patch of land is mine
He got so worked up his heart stopped and he died
As his head the pavement
What went through his mind?
I’m gonna join my war friends in the cemetery
Park where you want son
I’m twice the man you’ll ever be
You’ve had your fun
Don’t give a damn about anyone
I’ll let you off this time
The sweet surrender is mine
When you’re feeling low
It’s all you need I know
A conversation with Mr. Know-it-all
Aint nothing left to do
But smile and say ok you got me
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(Words and music by Dominic Finley and Chris Stewart)
Life carries on…
We face another lonely winter
What does the future have in store for us?
Another New Year’s resolution
January’s such a drag
We’re gonna make some changes
This time we’re gonna win
We’ve found a better time to begin
We’re gonna start this Christmas day
Gonna chase our blues away
We’re gonna make a difference while we can
We’re gonna start this Christmas day
Gonna chase our blues away
One day there’ll be a brotherhood of man
THANK GOD FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
The years they roll on…
People struggle more than ever
Sometimes this world is a lonely place
On the birthday of our Saviour
He’s with us deep within
I pray we’ll be forgiven when he calls
We’re gonna make some changes
This time we’re gonna win
We’ve found a better time to begin
We’re gonna start this Christmas day
Gonna chase our blues away
We’re gonna make a difference while we can
We’re gonna start this Christmas day
Gonna chase our blues away
One day there’ll be a brotherhood of man
THANK GOD FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
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I never said that I despise thunder
But I’m not gonna walk bare-foot
in the storm tonight
We’re out in the cold and we need some shelter
Blind as bats on our way back home
Which way we’re going only heaven knows
It’s easy to suffer under the pressure
Harder changing for the better
Is there another life to un-cover?
One where no-one’s deserting each other
MERCY, IS WHAT WE NEED IF WE’RE GONNA SURVIVE
MERCY, FATES FICKLE FRIEND COME ON AND SHINE YOUR LIGHT
WHY NOT BRIGHTEN UP OUR DAY?
I SWEAR LOVE WILL FIND A WAY
Story’s the same the weakness is power
We stand in line for the Nobel prize
Don’t have time to sympathise
Do we need another dictator?
They don’t need us and we don’t need them
We’ll never go down that road again
Guide us safely across the ocean
You act as a messenger for God
Steer us safely through commotion
Kindly bless us with your love
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He said ‘I’ve got more soul in my little finger,
Than you’ve got in your whole body,
and I cant even play anymore’
Always crusaders are hated for making a difference
Better than waiting and keeping your distance
I just couldn’t stay anymore. OH NO
All the times we’ve tried to make our dreams come true
There’s a feeling deep inside
That they’re long over due
(and all I heard were)
Promises, promises. That’s all they gave me
Promises, promises. When they gonna save me?
Now I realize that people never change
(cos they just give you)
Promises, promises. Always the same thing
Promises, promises, and nothings changing
When will you see that it’s all just a game
Stop painting me as a sinner
Heaven knows that you’re no better
I just couldn’t stay anymore
Every night you cried, and said I was hurting you
Don’t you see that I was just searching for the truth?
Only love remains (x4)
Only love remains (x2)
Only love
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We go to extremes
Fall apart at the seams
It’s either dark clouds or ecstasy
Our feet are way off the ground
Turn the world upside down
We’re not content with being free
One upon a long ago we were grateful for the sun
We make the same mistakes again and again
We turn on everyone
Sorry for the pain I’ve caused you
It won’t happen again I assure you
It’s what we say
Sorry gets us out of anything
Hope we never taste our own bad medicine
There’s nothing so rough
I dread that day, when
Sorry isn’t good enough
If you go for broke
And it goes up in smoke
They’re queuing up to see the show
But if you find success
It goes unnoticed
They’ll say it’s not what but who you know
And many are less fortunate
And many feel deprived
We’re so obsessed with confidence
Could that not be a reason why?
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Stay in your sacred room
Close the door on the truth
Leave the bad things behind
And tell me
Where are you gonna run to
Now that summers gone
And the dark clouds hide the sun
Where are you gonna run?
The rhythm of life still beats
Through jaded city streets
Ignorance makes you exempt
And tell me
Where are you gonna run to
Now that summers gone
And the dark clouds hide the sun
Where are you gonna run?
Avalon is just a place
You can go but it won’t change a single thing
You got to live inside your head
Until you’re dead and gone
Avalon
You might believe that your hiding from the truth
You can run
But you can’t hide from what’s inside of you
Now that summers gone away
Where are you gonna run?
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A selection of Lyrics from forthcoming releases:
Are you always in the way?
Getting pushed to the back of the queue
Are you constantly appologising for just being you?
Do you always stand aside?
When you’re walking down the street
While the others walk in a straight line
And charge at you thoughtlessly
Do you always want to stay inside
Do you always want to hide away
Where the sun never shines
Hideaway, were there’s no love to find
It’s days like these you wish you had a room with a view
Why make a victim of yourself (it’s no fun to hideaway)
Why should you hideaway
Have you got a job that you hate
Do you always feel to blame
And if you get another parking fine
Do you think you’ll go insane
Do you always want to stay inside
Do you always want to hide away
Where the sun never shines
Hideaway, were there’s no love to find
It’s days like these you wish you had a room with a view
Why make a victim of yourself (it’s no fun to hideaway)
Why should you hideaway
BY MORNING LIGHT THESE MOCKING BIRDS WILL TAKE FLIGHT
THESE MOCKING BIRDS WILL TAKE FLIGHT
THERE’LL BE BETTER TIMES
OUR HEARTS WILL SHINE
JUST LIKE THE LIGHTHOUSE ON SHIPS IN THE NIGHT
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Here I stand at my havens gate
And I contemplate…
Always the last one, picked for the team
Master I vow the end is now I will make you proud
This time I won’t let anything get in my way
This time I won’t let anything get in my way
In years to come no matter how I try
They can get the finest annalist’s that money can buy
But they’ll never find what was in my mind
No they’ll never find the truth
And when it’s done the innocent will know
They never should betray the one that keeps them in tow
But they’ll never find what was in my mind
No they’ll never find the truth
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Lyrics To Follow Shortly...
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Are you always in the way?
Getting pushed to the back of the queue
Are you constantly appologising for just being you?
Do you always stand aside?
When you’re walking down the street
While the others walk in a straight line
And charge at you thoughtlessly
Do you always want to stay inside
Do you always want to hide away
Where the sun never shines
Hideaway, were there’s no love to find
It’s days like these you wish you had a room with a view
Why make a victim of yourself (it’s no fun to hideaway)
Why should you hideaway
Have you got a job that you hate
Do you always feel to blame
And if you get another parking fine
Do you think you’ll go insane
Do you always want to stay inside
Do you always want to hide away
Where the sun never shines
Hideaway, were there’s no love to find
It’s days like these you wish you had a room with a view
Why make a victim of yourself (it’s no fun to hideaway)
Why should you hideaway
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By morning light these mocking birds will
take flight
There’ll be better times
Our hearts will shine
Just like the lighthouse on ships in the night
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I try to keep my distance
But I can’t fight resistance anymore
I find it so frustrating
When people keep me waiting for the cure
Take you shattered dreams and put them
back together
You’ve still got time but time won’t last forever
Don’t go looking for an alibi
Don’t give them chance to testify
You’ve still got time but time won’t last forever
I try to curb my sadness
And justify the madness in my head
I’d find a different angle
But I’m forever tangled in the web
Take you shattered dreams and put them back together
You’ve still got time but time won’t last forever
Don’t go looking for an alibi
Don’t give them chance to testify
You’ve still got time but time won’t last forever
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Too weak too strong
Some say they were born out of time
It’s hard to believe
But I don’t have an axe to grind
Some may need to find a storm in a tea cup
Some may need to find gold in the dirt
But they’re digging deeper and deeper
Through the universe
They’re making it worse
Don’t take away my oxygen
All I want is to breathe and sleep
I want to be the last man on the moon
At sunrise the rat race begins
I won’t get disqualified
cos it’s a race I’ll never be in
Racing round like a rat up a drain pipe
Buying more and more land each year
They’re gonna keep on building and building
Till there’s no more room down here
Let me make it clear
Don’t take away my oxygen
All I want is to breathe and sleep
I want to be the last man on the moon
And I act like a clown
Because it suits me down to the ground
Don’t take away my oxygen
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We never compromise our kingdom
We just build it higher and higher
Still our thrill for human kindness leaves a lot to be
desired
For some it is a battle to find something good to say
That’s why we’re searching for a higher love today
When you’re digging through your pockets
Not a penny not a bean
Take a spade out to the garden and start digging for a dream
I have known such desperation and I’ve seen the darkest days
That’s why we’re searching for a higher love today
Does your honesty cause sorrow?
Do you sometimes feel suppressed?
Many mind no mind to this life as they’re waiting for the
next
We’ve all seen that sad surrender and we often loose our way
That’s why we’re searching for a higher love today
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I don’t have enough to pay the rent
Not even enough to pitch a tent
And they tell me… This is the time
I don’t wear silk and I don’t wear leather
I don’t have two pennies to rub together
And they tell me… This is the time
THIS IS THE TIME
THESE ARE THE BEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES
THEY’RE NOT SO BAD
THEY’RE NOT SO SAD
IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES
DON’T TAKE TOO LONG TO REALISE
LIFE DISAPPEARS IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES
THIS IS THE TIME
They fought our wars and in freedom we live
They learned to survive
Found the strength to forgive
We thank them… This is the time
We’ve grown so selfish and so full of hate
We calculate losses, we calculate fate
Realise… This is the time
THIS IS THE TIME
THESE ARE THE BEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES
THEY’RE NOT SO BAD
THEY’RE NOT SO SAD
IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES
DON’T TAKE TOO LONG TO REALISE
LIFE DISAPPEARS IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES
THIS IS THE TIME
THIS IS THE TIME
THESE ARE THE BEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES
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Skin as thick as leather or like cotton
soft and thin
When his true friends softly mock him (they call)
Him camillien
Quick to ease your burden
Goes along with anything
When he looks in the mirror
He wont believe it’s him
Happy on the surface but has a desperate search for joy,
He doesn’t like to medal with the fates
His friends tend to judge their fellow men
He doesn’t feel that it’s his place
They call him the background boy…
He was once on business in middle east
When a man threw himself under a car
In search of peace
Not peace for himself
Can you imagine the pain?
The pay off for his family beat his ten cents a day
A secret fascination for life in 1943
Bad communication and T.V. He thinks about the rations and
the Gershwin tunes
He thinks we take more thank we need.
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You watch your inbox overflow
Why does Monday morning always seem so slow
What happened to the plans you made
Do you think there’s more to life..
Than being overworked and underpaid
Hold on tight and don’t give up without a fight
And one day you’ll be stronger
This life is unstoppable, and the impossible
Takes a little bit longer
I DON’T WANT THIS THING
TO BE OVER BEFORE IT’S BEGUN
DON’T SING BEFORE YOU CAN TALK
AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LEARN TO WALK
ALWAYS LEARN TO WALK BEFORE YOU CAN RUN
We think we need a holiday
We want the best of everything
And we want it by yesterday
We all know life can be so hard
Does that give us the right?
To be unkind with such disregard
Hold on tight and don’t give up without a fight
And one day you’ll be stronger
This life is unstoppable, and the impossible
Takes a little bit longer
I DON’T WANT THIS THING
TO BE OVER BEFORE IT’S BEGUN
DON’T SING BEFORE YOU CAN TALK
AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LEARN TO WALK
ALWAYS LEARN TO WALK BEFORE YOU CAN RUN
Hold on tight…
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(Finley/Stewart)
Once again you’re waiting on a friend to
come through
They’ll let you down anyway
Today’s the day the goods are due
That’s what they said yesterday
The seas of darkness gently sway you
In your sleep you will capsize
Try and sail this boat to safety
Got to keep your head
If you want to survive
Do you tire of treading water?
Can you fight the undertow?
Swim away from danger
Keep your head
Stay afloat
So they find a smart investor for you
Gonna lay the money down
When the payment’s overdue
They send in another clown
The seas of darkness gently sway you
In your sleep you will capsize
Try and sail this boat to safety
Got to keep your head
If you want to survive
Do you tire of treading water?
Can you fight the undertow?
Swin away from danger
Keep your head
Stay afloat
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(Finley/Stewart)
On each new day I’m given I wash away the
sin
I read my weary shadows their last rites
And I’ve made a new decision
To be who I think I should
Not to sit and take it
Life is what you make it
Never surrender
DO YOU EVER FEAR YOU’RE GONNA FALL DOWN
YOU’D LIKE TO BE A MOUNTAIN BUT YOU’D CRUMBLE TO THE SEA
SOME DAYS DO YOU WISH YOU’D DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY
IF YOU DO
YOU’RE A LOT LIKE ME
IF YOU DO
YOU’RE A LOT LIKE ME
When the moonlight is upon us
And the sunrise lays its head
I share my dreams of sorrow with the night
And I think about tomorrow
And the madness starts again
Sometimes life is surreal
Get be of this big wheel
DO YOU EVER FEAR YOU’RE GONNA FALL DOWN
YOU’D LIKE TO BE A MOUNTAIN BUT YOU’D CRUMBLE TO THE SEA
SOME DAYS DO YOU WISH YOU’D DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY
IF YOU DO
YOU’RE A LOT LIKE ME
IF YOU DO
YOU’RE A LOT LIKE ME
Sometimes life is surreal
Get be of this big wheel
DO YOU EVER FEAR YOU’RE GONNA FALL DOWN
YOU’D LIKE TO BE A MOUNTAIN BUT YOU’D CRUMBLE TO THE SEA
Etc….
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(Finley/Lang)
I turn up The Stranger when neighbours are
listening
I think about the ocean
So free and glistening
It’s tempting to leave this place behind
Sleepy town
In about an hour I’ll talk to my brother
And we’ll make lazy plans
I might take a shower
Tonight I might take a stand
There’s got to be something more to find
Sleepy town
From the cracks in the flagstone
To the highest steeple top
I’m going nowhere and I fear it’s time to stop
All these years I’ve hung around
Saying ‘time will tell’
In the mailbox there could be a letter
I’m going through hell in sleepy town
I turn up The Stranger when neighbours are listening
I think about the ocean
So free and glistening
It’s tempting to leave this place behind
Sleepy town
From the cracks in the flagstone
To the highest steeple top
I’m going nowhere and I fear it’s time to stop
All these years I’ve hung around
Saying ‘time will tell’
In the mailbox there could be a letter
I’m going through hell in sleepy town
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(Finley/Lang)
Oh Sahara
I dreamed I owned your mystique and your golden sands
Snap my fingers
An oasis comes alive at my command
But if I lived upon your glorious sands
And felt your heat upon my skin
Would I cry out for the rain to wash away this dream I’m in?
What you wanted
To be the captain of a ship that sails the globe
Oh the power of the ocean
Passengers who rely on you
But when you really own the mighty sea
There’s someplace you would rather be
Than tossed and lost upon the waves
Until you’re no longer free
If you had everything lying at your feet
You wouldn’t need to move
Just a puppet on a string
Could it be the TV is to blame why we are so obsessed with
fame?
Seeking waves and desert sands
Ignoring heaven in our hands
Ignoring heaven in our hands
Oh when will I understand?
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(Finley/Lang)
I miss you
I really do
Is there any way you can forgive me son
I miss you
Something changed
Since you were here
How I wish this feeling of regret
Would disappear
Every night I hear you
Like symphonies in my mind
Music so clear
But lost in time
I miss you
I really do
Is there any way you can forgive me son
I miss you
Every night I paint you
A masterpiece in my mind
Watercolours so real
Lost in time
Is there any way you can forgive me son
I miss you
I miss you
God knows it’s true
Is there any way you can forgive me son
I miss you
Something changed
Since you were here
How I wish this feeling of regret
Would disappear
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(Finley/Birchall)
That voice repeating in your mind
That same reflection every time
The silence of your telephone disturbs you more
It’s not fair
You’ve been there so many times before
The same old rain keeps falling
You should know by now
These echoes have got to mean something?
You’re no longer a child
The same old rain keeps falling
You should know by now
These echoes have got to mean something?
You’re no longer a child
There’s no end to these eternal days
Well it seems like that anyway
You’re living for the moment but the moments gone
It’s not real
But don’t feel that you’re the only one
Instrumental break
They will follow you forever and a day
The same old rain…
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(Finley/Birchall)
In spite of everything
we couldn’t change the way things are
We’ve had our ups and downs
that’s how we got this far
sometimes it’s fireworks
next news it’s 12 red roses
what the hell is going on?
I DON’T WANT YOU
I CANT LEAVE YOU
IT MUST BE LOVE
I CANT STAND YOU
I DREAM OF YOU
IT MUST BE LOVE
(LOVE SWEET LOVE, THAT’S THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF)
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(Finley/Stewart)
They will kill to get their hands on the
medicine jar
And they will have you on your knees
They’re never catching us
And they will never stop us being free
Under the table
Cash in hand
So much corruption
Don’t be misled
You’ve got to have eyes in the back of your head
Here in no mans land
Here in no mans land
You’d better learn to serve yourself
It’s hard to find anyone who’ll lend a hand
You’re in no mans land
We’re living here in no mans land
There’s rats on the highway
There’s rats on the streets
There’s people taking desperate measures to make ends meet
Keep your whits about you
Don’t be so green
The power of money these days is getting obscene
Under the table
Cash in hand
So much corruption
Don’t be misled
You’ve got to have eyes in the back of your head
Here in no mans land
Here in no mans land
You’d better learn to serve yourself
It’s hard to find anyone who’ll lend a hand
You’re in no mans land
We’re living here in no mans land
Here in no mans land
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On my days off I wear a tracksuit
And stick a baseball cap on my head
When I’m at work I wear a black suit
I polish my shoes till I can see my face in them
I clean my car by hand on Sunday
The finest turtle wax money can buy
I go to work with pride on Monday
She’s three tons heavy
Clean as a whistle and two yards wide
I’m driving a hearse
I must go slow
Taking passengers to the grave
I’m driving a hearse
It’s awful to talk about
But we all die one day
No recession will ever affect me
This is what I understand
Because sadly the trade that I’m in
Will forever be in demand?
I’m driving a hearse
I’ve heard it said I’ve got a morbid obsession
That’s absolutely absurd
I wish these people with nothing good to say
Would keep their thoughts to their self
And no bother saying a word
I’m driving a hearse
Cyclists wind us up after a while
Why don’t they ride in single file
Why do they ride three a breast?
When people drive behind me
They drive so patiently and show respect
To the families
I’m driving a hearse
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(Finley/Lang)
When someone has stolen the wheels off
your car
I understand that you’re not pleased
Relax and take a bus
One day you’ll laugh at times like these
When your screws are loose and your mind is gone
Just think on
We get to live twice
It’s like paradise
It’s a beautiful time
Such a beautiful time
Have faith and hold on
One day you’ll understand, it’s a beautiful time
When the men in the grey suit is draining you
You’re not alone it’s true
When the people are braining you
It’s a beautiful time
Such a beautiful time
Have faith and hold on
One day you’ll understand that it’s a beautiful land
When we’re were young
are we wrong
Pretending life’s like a movie scene
There’s no point dwelling
On forgotten dreams
It’s a beautiful time
When your screws are loose and your mind is gone
Just think on
We get to live twice
It’s like paradise
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If I lend you my superglue
Then I’ll be stuck on you
If you fail to bring it back
We’re through
WE’RE THROUGH!
Just you wait till I ask you
To come out on a date
I’ll forgive you for the superglue
Unless you turn up late
Hold on this situation’s getting pretty bleak
You’ve only lived next door to be for a week
Maybe I should really try to play it cool
And forget about the missing superglue
What can I do, to make you fall for me?
One of these days, I just might
Compliment you on your rowan tree
If I lend you my superglue
Then I’ll be stuck on you
If you fail to bring it back
We’re through
WE’RE THROUGH!
Just you wait till I ask you
To come out on a date
I’ll forgive you for the superglue
Unless you turn up late
Now this relationship is getting pretty poor
By mistake your mail came through my door
I’m not cut out for this crazy life
I’ve thought of asking you to be my wife
What can I offer you, which you can’t refuse?
How would you feel, if I was to say
I’ll water your plants while you’re on holiday
If I lend you my superglue
Then I’ll be stuck on you
If you fail to bring it back
We’re through
WE’RE THROUGH!
Just you wait till I ask you
To come out on a date
I’ll forgive you for the superglue
Unless you turn up late
You want to Borrow my hammer to put up a shelf
But what if history repeats itself
Can I really put my trust in you?
Look what happened with my superglue
Where would you like to go, on honeymoon?
Leave it up to me, Battersea
You said you wanted somewhere by the sea
If I lend you my superglue
Then I’ll be stuck on you
If you fail to bring it back
We’re through
WE’RE THROUGH!
Just you wait till I ask you
To come out on a date
I’ll forgive you for the superglue
Unless you turn up late
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The motor trade’s been steady
But I’ve got myself some debt
I work under these cars seven days a week
That blasted mortgage round my neck
I want to farm my own land
Get myself a heard
I’ve wanted to leave since I was seventeen
But I never had the nerve
Will I ever see Australia?
And walk those golden sands
Will I ever raise the money?
Maybe I’ve missed my chance
Will I ever see Australia?
Or is it just a silly dream
Spending weekends tending to my lemon tree’s
Will I ever see Australia?
When I look into my mirror
I see my worst enemy
I didn’t give that woman enough of my time
I don’t blame her for leaving me
There’s nothing for me here
I’m sick to death of rain
My friend have tired of my solemn ways
I’ve only got myself to blame
Will I ever see Australia?
And walk those golden sands
Will I ever raise the money?
Maybe I’ve missed my chance
Will I ever see Australia?
Or is it just a silly dream
Spending weekends tending to my lemon tree’s
Will I ever see Australia?
The cold and damp is in my bones
My life is slipping through my hands
I pray for the courage to start again
Lord I know you understand
Take me to that wondrous land
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Me and my tired mind
Walk through the city
Faces of strangers
Offer their pity
block out reality
Think of my favourite song
Life’s like a game show
And I’m getting the questions wrong
IT’S A JIGSAW WORLD
THERE’S FATHERS MISSING SONS
THERE’S BOYS MISSING GIRLS
IT’S A JIGSAW WORLD
I CANT READ THE HEADLINES ANYMORE
MEN AT WAR MISSING PEACE
MEN AT PEACE MISSING WAR
IT’S A JIGSAW WORLD
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Kicking up the leaves
Autumn's great splendor
Far away the church bell's ring
This vast global spectrum
I cant help but shudder
the billions of miles between places and things
Once I was a school boy
head like a tin can
life catches up on you
satellite highway
wont change any distance
all we've discovered, there's still nothing new
a chair by the window
a broken bicycle
the things we remember
when we’re far from home
Is it raining in London?
I'd like to know
Is it raining in London?
carry me home
Life's bitter sweet memory's
the good times I've had
Is it raining in London?
carry me home
seasons are changing
how wide is the ocean?
I think about someone I know
life's everlasting
time's an illusion
I cant help but wonder, where did it go?
Life's bitter sweet memory's
the good times I've had
Is it raining in London?
carry me home
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Me and Charlie sittin’ in the sun
Me and Charlie lovin’ everyone
Me and Charlie sittin’ in the shade
If there’s green grass growing and there’s pink lemonade
Then we’ve got it made
Me and Charlie go for a walk
Charlie likes to listen and I like to talk
Me and Charlie live life on the edge
If the rain starts falling down our heads
We’ll watch TV instead
Charlie dreams at night of traveling far
Driving through the countryside in a shiny motorcar
Me and Charlie
Me and Charlie treat each other well
He sleeps under the sofa in a big hotel
Me and Charlie don’t like any strife
He hasn’t got a job he stays at home with my wife
He’s got a simple life
Charlie wouldn’t cope back in the wild
He’d be lost without his radio
It wouldn’t be his style
Me and Charlie
Me and Charlie are partners in crime
Me and Charlie like Bonnie and Clyde
Me and Charlie are living the dream
I don’t tell jokes that are too obscene
He likes to keep it clean
Charlie dreams at night of traveling far
Driving through the countryside in a shiny motorcar
Me and Charlie
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A Lancashire mining town
Fond memories of that place
Moss filled the cracks of the stony ground
And the endless pathways
Looking back it makes me glad
When I think of friends I made
And all the good times that I had
You were the inspiration heaven sent to me
Filled my imagination helped my young eyes see
Bright stars shine
From Northern skies
On your tarmaced streets
Skelmersdale
You always will be with me in my sweetest dreams
Despite our separation you are part of me
Bright stars shine
From Northern skies
Tonight the fireworks are gonna hail
Over Skelmersdale
I remember the old men
Telling tales of England’s glories
In my head I created pictures and wondrous stories
I’ve traveled all around this big old world
But there’s nowhere like you
I hope one day I will return
You were the inspiration heaven sent to me
Filled my imagination helped my young eyes see
Bright stars shine
From Northern skies
On your tarmaced streets
Skelmersdale
You always will be with me in my sweetest dreams
Despite our separation you are part of me
Bright stars shine
From Northern skies
Tonight the fireworks are gonna hail
Over Skelmersdale
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I never thought I’d see this day
I’m so happy I could cry
It’s been seven long years
Since I’ve seen the outside
I’ve been locked inside this cell
For something I didn’t do
I’ll be released by sundown
The word is out that I was wrongly accused
Freedom train
Take me home again
It’s been a long time coming
Freedom train speeding down the track
I hear your whistle blowing
I’ve taken you for granted so long
Oh sweet liberty
Stop at this station I’m climbing on
Freedom train
They’ve found the guilty man
And they’re hunting him down
It’s been such a long time
Since I’ve seen my home town
They’re gonna turn my heads
When I walk in that bar
And all those doubters should be ashamed
At least I know who my friends are
Freedom train
Take me home again
It’s been a long time coming
Freedom train speeding down the track
I hear your whistle blowing
I’ve taken you for granted so long
Oh sweet liberty
Stop at this station I’m climbing on
Freedom train
Maybe I’ll stick around
Maybe I’ll find another town
Maybe I’ll go and live in spain
Maybe I’ll leave the English rain
It’s up to me
Because I’m free
Freedom train
Take me home again
It’s been a long time coming
Freedom train speeding down the track
I hear your whistle blowing
I’ve taken you for granted so long
Oh sweet liberty
Stop at this station I’m climbing on
Freedom train
Stop at this station I’m climbing on
Freedom train
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