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The Man Who Calls The Shots
He lies while the facts are burned
Laughs when he's alone
He hides in the cracks and turns every heart to stone
He'll take all you have to give
Everything you've got
You wake up to find you're with
The man who calls the shots
Every time you read and understand the meaning of his words
They softly and mysteriously blind you
When the signs that lead you by the hand to take you from his world
That's when he'll easily find you
Every time you read and understand the meaning of his words
They softly and mysteriously blind you
When the signs that lead you by the hand to take you from his world
That's when he'll easily find you
You'll swear he's there
Beware of the games he plays
They'll tie you up in knots
You'll live every word he says
The man who calls the shots
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Hedging My Bets
03:21
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Hedging My Bets
I hardly recognise or understand - oh oh
You and I these days are just like strangers holding hands
I don't know if this is just as well - oh oh
There are times I think we stand a snowball's chance in hell
I've found someone who's good for me but I haven't told him yet
I don't know if this is love
So I'm hedging my bets
Happiness is something I just found - oh oh
But I'm going in this time with both feet on the ground
I could take the nearest exit out - oh oh
Or try to find a way to get the best of both worlds now
Cos I've found someone who's good for me but I haven't told him yet
I don't know if this is love
So I'm hedging my bets
I'll keep my options open and the same goes for my mind
Nothing damaged, nothing broken, nothing left too far behind
I'll keep my options open and the same goes for my mind
Nothing damaged, nothing broken, nothing left too far behind
I hardly recognise or understand - oh oh
You and I these days are just like strangers holding hands
I don't know if this is just as well - oh oh
There are times I think we stand a snowball's chance in hell
I've found someone who's good for me but I haven't told him yet
I don't know if this is love
I don't know if this is love
I don't know if this is love
So I'm hedging my bets
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Soup
02:45
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Soup
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind
Lo and behold, I am worth dissolving in the afternoon
So, unbeknown to the earth, I dig a hole on Wednesday
Sky made up of what I’m told and everything I’ve ever known
Speak now or forever hold on to my now and then day
I’m in a soup but I don’t feel inclined
To shatter illusions that play on my mind
I’m in a soup and the world’s not a friend
It’s time to reboot, better turn off and turn on again
Breeze whispering in my ear how I could be a better man
Please just let me disappear into my hole called Wednesday
Clouds made mist of everything and nothing I have ever known
Now call this from here on in, my time to make amends day
I’m in a soup but I don’t feel inclined
To shatter illusions that play on my mind
I’m in a soup and the world’s not a friend
It’s time to reboot, better turn off and turn on again
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind
I’m in a soup but I don’t feel inclined
To shatter illusions that play on my mind
I’m in a soup and the world’s not a friend
It’s time to reboot, better turn off and turn on again
I’m in a soup but I don’t feel inclined
To shatter illusions that play on my mind
I’m in a soup and the world’s not a friend
Time to reboot, better turn off and turn on again
I’m in a soup and it plays on my mind!!!
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Magic Happens
03:27
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Magic Happens
There was a time when I believed in nothing life gave me
There was a time when I believed nobody could save me
Now I believe in you and me
Because that's where magic happens
I never knew that you were through with living a cliche
I recognised the me in you who gave up on these days
But now I know the way to go
Because that's where magic happens
I've been caught between the devil
And those deep blue eyes, I mean
It's like you know me well, inside out
And I'm under your spell
------------Break---------------------------------
I've been caught between the devil
And those deep blue eyes, I mean
It's like you know me well, inside out
And I'm under your spell
There was a time when I believed in nothing life gave me
There was a time when I believed nobody could save me
Now I believe in you and me
Because that's where magic happens
Because that's where magic happens
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Guitardis
02:23
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God On A Bike
03:29
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God On A Bike
Five minutes late I missed the bus
I’ve never been one to make a fuss
Everything else will have to wait
I can be good I can’t be great
I need more room I must have heard
All of your thoughts and every word
You’re not too spatially aware
And you don’t especially care
I like dreaming
I like dreaming
I sip a cup of piss in which I drown
The best antithesis to my surround
Then I reminisce and roam the town
That only proved to be my falling down
I don’t feel right
I don’t feel right
I can’t take this lunacy
When all I’ve got’s this tune, you see
I gave up hope for you not me
You can say what you like
I may have time when I get home
To call you on the telling bone
And only then I’ll make it known
I saw God on a bike
Under my skin (Got no more time to waste)
Don’t let him in (I need a hiding place)
Bringing you down (Already off his face)
God on a bike!
God on a bike!
God on a bike!
I don’t feel right
I don’t feel right
Under my skin (It’ll be fine, you said)
Don’t let him in (We’ll have a good time, you said)
Bringing you down (I should’ve stayed in bed)
God on a bike!
God on a bike!
God on a bike!
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Heathen Child
03:37
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Heathen Child
When the world was half awake and you were half asleep
Paralysed by thoughts opaque the shallow feels so deep
Stay a while heathen child
Stay a while heathen child
Drowning in the undertow more and more detached
Where it gets you I don't know I think I've met my match
Stay a while heathen child
Stay a while heathen child
Looking down upon a loveless world
There's not enough to go round, not enough to go round
Trying to find a way to love this world
With not enough to go round this time
Looking down upon a loveless world
There's not enough to go round, not enough to go round
Trying to find a way to love this world
With not enough to go round this time
Tell me how you get through life with your head in the sky
Maybe it's because to you the rules do not apply
Stay a while heathen child
Stay a while heathen child
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Not A Single Word
03:19
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Not A Single Word
Brought down by someone I called a friend
New beginnings told me it's the end
A blind eye turned for many reasons
Most of them would not believe a word
Of anything I heard
I really don't believe a single word
Funny how the road took you away
Here it's been a red light kind of day
The signs have dragged me far and nearer
To the truth but I wont hear a word
Nothing seen or heard
I really don't believe a single word
Maybe I got confused with someone else
Maybe you got mixed up with someone else
Maybe you got screwed up by someone else
When did you get time to be with someone else
La la la la la la la la la
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Sounds A Lot Like Me
03:39
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Sounds A Lot Like Me
Who gets hired, messed around and fired stopped before the start
Who’s left leaning, able and well meaning/but a world apart
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
Who says yes I know I’ll make a mess but does it anyway
Who gets lied to, even when he tried to keep them all at bay
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
You may know exactly what I look like when I smile
But I don’t think you’ve ever seen me cry
When I overheard you miss me by a country mile
Please excuse me while I laugh before I say goodbye
I know it is not my business what you think of me
Another tricky subject to avoid
Right now I’m not getting any sense of urgency
Just a creeping feeling that I might be paranoid
Broken mended, now they’re all offended find someone to blame
Reprimanded, every other man did pretty much the same
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
Sounds a lot like me
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10. |
Insomniac's Dream
03:30
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Insomniac's Dream
Dead of night when troubles reappear
Can't let go of consciousness,
You're trying hard to sleep
Trying hard to sleep
Wishing you were somewhere out in space,
Far away from thoughtless thoughts
You're trying hard to sleep
Trying hard to sleep
Thinking how your smile can light the sky
Told you so and I know why
You find it hard to sleep
Have you got the time for a cosmic astral ride
It'll only take a minute cos the moon is parked outside
Sleep will take you under and will make you mine
Shivers more like thunder running down your spine
Pleasure is a treasure that you'll have to keep inside.
Have you got the time for a cosmic astral ride
It'll only take a minute cos the moon is parked outside
Sleep will take you under and will make you mine
Shivers more like thunder running down your spine
Pleasure is a treasure that you'll have to keep inside.
Dead of night when troubles reappear
Can't let go of consciousness,
You're trying hard to sleep
Trying hard to sleep
Wishing you were somewhere out in space,
Far away from thoughtless thoughts
You're trying hard to sleep
Trying hard to sleep
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11. |
Bad Again
03:13
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Bad Again
Someone took a shot at making me feel bad again, bad again
No one gave a thought to how I might feel
Bad again bad again
One or two things I need to get off my chest
So I’ll just leave them here and I’ll lay them to rest
Weight on my shoulder, ache in my head
Wiser and older, speak of the dead
(Put your sad away) It no longer fits
(And your mad away) I was falling to bits , yeah
(It went that away) I think it stopped raining
(I mean what I say) And I ain’t complaining
Someone made a meal of making me feel
Bad again, bad again
No more shall I fall asleep at the wheel
Bad again, bad again
How did it take a lifetime to work it out
Allowing myself to fill up my head with doubt
Time for the shake up, long overdue
I need to wake up and so do you
(Put your sad away) I’m over the worst
(And your mad away) And not for the first time
(It went that away) To stop me from crying
(I mean what I say) I’ll stop the denying
Tried so hard to get a hit
But I got sick and tired of it
I’m letting go of all this shit
What goes around, comes around
(Put your sad away) It no longer fits
(And your mad away) I was falling to bits , yeah
(It went that away) I think it stopped raining
(I mean what I say) And I ain’t complaining
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12. |
Return To Guitardis
02:18
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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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