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20/20 Hindsight
Thought I’d found forever, baby but I should have known it wouldn’t last
It tasted more like never than maybe so eventually decided to pass
Played it back in slow motion because at the time we were moving too fast
Talk about an emotional rollercoaster ride and what a crash!
Don’t look back, look straight ahead
You’ll break your heart and hurt your head
I’m only here right now to offer this advice
Chorus
20/20 hindsight’s a wonderful thing, yeah
Pointing out the obvious to ya
20/20 hindsight’s a wonderful thing
You never want to go back, never want to go back
20/20 hindsight’s a wonderful thing, yeah
Pointing out the obvious to ya
20/20 hindsight’s a wonderful thing
But you never want to go back, do ya?
I screwed up just about everything, yeah, I was trying too hard to please
I didn’t know what the future would bring and I couldn’t see the wood for the trees
Found myself in the darkness then I saw the light but I don’t know how
Guess it’s just another case of me wishing that I knew then what I know now
Don’t look back, look straight ahead
You’ll break your heart and hurt your head
I’m only here right now to offer this advice
Chorus
20/20 hindsight’s a wonderful thing, yeah
Pointing out the obvious to ya
20/20 hindsight’s a wonderful thing
You never want to go back, never want to go back
20/20 hindsight’s a wonderful thing, yeah
Pointing out the obvious to ya
20/20 hindsight’s a wonderful thing
But you never want to go back, do ya?
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Jennifer Knows
02:26
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Jennifer Knows
Jennifer knows what she wants
Jennifer knows what she’ll get
Jennifer knows no regret
Cos Jennifer knows
More than a sign of the times
Got them confessing to crimes
Hardly surprising to find
Jennifer knows
When she grabs you by the part
That hurts it’s just the start
She doesn’t care
She got you there for a reason
Then she held the mirror up
To show enough’s enough
She’s out there turning heads and changing minds
Jennifer knows what to do
Jennifer’s coming for you
No need to hashtag me too
Jennifer knows
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Howard Eno
03:06
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Howard Eno
Howard Eno, he’s a weirdo and a reprobate
Such a coward, is old Howard
Words and actions grate
Everyone thinks he’s a creep yet he never loses sleep
Only we know that the worst is yet to come
Howard Eno rises to the bait only to punch above his weight
Howard Eno likes his mutton when it’s dressed as lamb
Got the greatest, biggest button
In his tiny hand
Everyone knows he’s a fake, the whole wide world’s biggest mistake
Not the first and not the last one that’s for sure
Howard Eno rises to the bait only to punch above his weight
He got dollars, he got Pence, but he got no common sense
When it comes to his responsibilities
Howard Eno rises to the bait only to punch above his weight
He's gonna make his country great
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Days Like This
03:11
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Days Like This
Funny how for one so proud
Finding out you need convincing
Everybody’s looking for something new
In your eyes it says your shifting
Can I see you one more time
Cause I feel the clock is ticking
On this day you saw that I was waiting
This time you know that I would walk the line
Soon days like this will fade and not be with the time
In your mind do you feel the same
From your eyes I need convincing
All I wanted was to reach to you
and now you’re close you seem so distant
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5. |
Lie To You
03:11
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Lie To You
It only occurred to me recently how much
We used to talk and now hardly stay in touch
I won’t hang around for a full confession
I don’t want to give you the wrong impression
Honestly I try, I do
But I will never, never, never, ever lie to you
Maybe the hills and the mountains are to blame
Can’t tell the difference, to me they’re all the same
Heading for home in the wrong direction
Baby it’s right but it’s not perfection
Honestly I try, I do
And I’ll never, never, never, ever lie to you
I’m full of bad ideas and good intentions
I sometimes bend the truth along the way
It’s only that I often fail to mention
I’m saving them up for another rainy day
I won’t hang around for a full confession
I don’t want to give you the wrong impression
Honestly I try, I do
But I will never, never, never, ever lie to you
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Good Child
03:14
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Good Child
You say he's the one
He's your idea of fun
He's got cash to burn
You've got lots to learn
He's got you chasing a poor relation of mine (like a good child)
Do what he wants you to, speak when you're spoken to, well...
You can't trust that face
You must know your place
Don't go for second best
Leave him for the rest
He's got you there on his arm and you're just there for show (like a good child)
He's just using and you're refusing to know
Start turning the page
Start acting your age
And when the good child meets the bad
I'll step out of the way
You say you know him well
I say time will tell
Maybe you got it right
But I've been up all night
He's got you chasing a poor relation of mine (like a good child)
Do what he wants you to, speak when you're spoken to, well...
Start turning the page
Start acting your age
And when the good child meets the bad
I'll step out of the way
Like a GOOD CHILD!
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You Think Too Much Of Me
02:59
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You Think Too Much Of Me
Did I get it wrong? - I was beside myself
If that was it - don’t upset yourself
I don’t feel right, don’t take it in
Feels like I’m seventeen again
You think too much of me
What’s on my mind concerns me not
It’s you that seems so tied up in knots
Why play this game, let’s not begin
To act like seventeen again
You think too much of me
I want my room
But please don’t move over
Don’t take it ‘mean?'
Why make a scene, we’re not afraid
To act like seventeen again
You think too much of me
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It Wasn’t Me It Was Yesterday
Nothing fills a room quite like/ nostalgia and an open mic/and dancing to the sound of nothing new
Nothing makes me feel as sad/as missing what I never had/but now I have the chance to say
It wasn’t me it was yesterday
That gave with one hand and took away with the other
It wasn’t me it was yesterday that gave with one hand and took away our love
Satisfy the rumour mill by running when you’re standing still while others stick around to watch you fall
Not a victim just a fool ignoring my own golden rule don’t take advice from strangers and
It wasn’t me it was yesterday
That gave with one hand and took away with the other
It wasn’t me it was yesterday that gave with one hand and took away our love
Making up for long lost time
It’s a problem, yours not mine
Let it go get away, get away, get away
Now I want this trip to end
Gotta get a grip and send you
On your way, on your way, on your way, on your way.
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She'll Never Be Mine
03:13
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She'll Never Be Mine
She wants a dipshit and a deadbeat and a loser
The kind of guy who’s never owned a home computer
She only looks at men with whom she has no future
And that’s fine – she’ll never be mine
I want to take her to the Hockney exhibition
I wanna demonstrate my knowledge and ambition
She’d rather spend the day with some guy going fishing
And that’s fine – she’ll never be mine
She’ll never watch the sunrise to a California song
We are travelling along two different roads
There’s a mix tape and it’s called Crimson And Clover
I can’t recall how many times I started over
She threw it in the sea when he took her to Dover
And that’s fine – she’ll never be mine
She’ll never watch the sunrise to a California song
We are travelling along two different roads
There’s a mix tape and it’s called Crimson And Clover
I can’t recall how many times I started over
She threw it in the sea when he took her to Dover
And that’s fine – she’ll never be mine
I said that’s fine – she’ll never be mine
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MEANWHILE BACK IN MEDIEVAL BRITAIN…
Shall we take a Sunday drive? Will make you feel alive
We’re leaving all the troubles behind, out of sight and mind
Cos if the people have spoken, then democracy’s broken
And there isn’t much hope with one hand clung to the rope
The borders are closing and the deal they’re proposing
Is the best that we’ll get but you ain’t seen nothing yet
And there was a time we towed the party line
When everybody seemed to get on fine
Now we’re moving fast, further into the past
But I think it’s gonna turn out fine
Cos I am yours and you are mine
I’ll let you take the driver’s place, we’re gonna leave this race
So why you cutting off your nose, while you’re losing face?
So give me a reason why you think that it’s treason
If you don’t sing a hymn when it’s just not your thing
It’s so medieval when you’re causing upheaval
When you’re flying a flag made from a carrier bag
How can you claim it back when it didn’t leave?
You really need to check the things that you read
And the problems lie where the truth is denied
But I think it’s gonna turn out fine
Cos I am yours and you are mine
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Reading Between The Lines
Got a message that I never, thought I’d ever hear
I’m not known for being clever, you’ll have to make it clear
I know I spend far too much time
With my head up there, in the sky
But you just shook me so damn hard that I know I should have tried
Reading between the lines/I really should have seen that coming
I really should have seen that coming at me,
But I was often out of my head
Reading between the lines/I really should have seen that coming
I really should have seen that coming at me
I couldn’t help but fail to see just what I had in front of me
Got a feeling that I messed up, like I’ve not done before
No excuses to be dressed up, you deserve much more
I’m sure you’re passed the point where my words
Could make you laugh or cry
But honestly I’ve changed and from now on I’m gonna try
Reading between the lines/I really should have seen that coming
I really should have seen that coming at me
But I was often out of my head
Reading between the lines/I really should have seen that coming
I really should have seen that coming at me
I couldn’t help but fail to see just what I had in front of me
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Astronauts
04:54
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ASTRONAUTS
I tried to write a song just like that guy that you like
But being someone else is something I can’t get right
So I do my usual thing
And you might just like it better than him
I want to tell you properly with your heart in my hands
Look you in the eye and then I’ll tell you my plans
And all these ridiculous words
Have got me to the end of this verse
The astronauts that fly through the sky
May see the world in a different light
The men that climb to the top of the hill
May taste the air and think there’s nothing left to feel
But I will be here for you
Yea, still
I stumble at the first line so I try to look back
It might not be that perfect but let’s try to relax
I’ll say want I wanted to say
And hope it will come out the right way
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Groovy Uncle Chatham, UK
Groovy Uncle is the brainchild of Medway songwriter Glenn Prangnell. GU began releasing records in 2010 and have released something every year since. In 2013 Glenn set up his own Trouserphonic Records label.Guest vocalists include Suzi Chunk, Miss Modus and Jane Wrangham. Glenn also collaborated with Mare Rozzelle on the 'New York Letters' album. The 13th album is out on 25th November 2023. ... more
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