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VERSE 1 It started way back when the nights were longer And winter was turning to spring They closed the bars, told us stay at home We had nowhere to meet and nowhere to sing Someone said lets get connected And do this virtually So I was sittin there looking at people in boxes And they were looking back at me VERSE 2 Well I guess it was better than nothing But it depends upon your point of view We learned a lot more about computers and stuff Than we ever dreamed or even wanted to I'm not sure it was worth the money, Even though it was virtually free 'cause I'm sittin here playing to people in boxes But I don't think they can hear me VERSE 3 Well the weather was hot and the days grew long And staying alert was the thing No-one had a clue what that even meant Nobody cared we just wanted to sing We tried everything we could think of To minimise our latency.................... So we could sit here looking at people in boxes Reading us Vogon Poetry VERSE 4 I hear the bug's been beat so we can start to meet But for us it's still big deal When the players outnumber the audience Even though those two or three people are real So let's be eternally grateful I guess it could be worse you see I could be sitting at home with people in boxes Scratching and yawning at me I could be sitting here looking at people in boxes May as well go and watch TV Copyright Adrian Keefe 2020
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Care well, the virus is in town Carona’s rolling round and round Care well, care well and hope to heal There are ‘hundreds of ways to kneel’ Care well, we cannot meet today Care well, tomorrow or in May Care well, care well and hope to heal There are ‘hundreds of ways to kneel’ Care well, the nurses on the wards With doctors fighting, Covid wars. Care well, care well and hope to heal There are ‘hundreds of ways to kneel’ The bar’s are shut the café’s too The street’s are empty, what’s to do? Care well, care well and hope to heal There are ‘hundreds of ways to kneel’ So wash your hands and stay away Six feet, two metres, more they say Care well, care well and hope to heal There are ‘a hundred ways to kneel’ Care well, the planet in despair, Care well on land and sea and air Care well , care well and hope to heal There are ‘hundreds of ways to kneel’ Care well, let’s bow, don’t shake my hand Care well, all over every land Care well, care well and hope to heal There are ‘hundreds of ways to kneel’ Copyright James Pentney. Written in March 2020, recorded and sung by Stephen Podolski.
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Let’s go to the silvery river Catch the shimmer and the shine Treasures of the Seaweed Oceans Can’t outshine this love of mine This love of mine Eels of glass from seaweed tangles Drifting slowly on the tides Shimmering gold ‘cross the Atlantic To my Severn high and wide When the moon is but a sliver As the tide comes up the river And the evening makes us shiver They’ll be there River Man, you Mudlark Seeker In reflections of The May Watch the Spring Tides whirl and eddy Stirring up the restless clay Eels of glass from seaweed tangles There they shimmer scaly silver Flowing sleek against the tide Cast your nets you Anchor Piemen Through the February Night Eels of glass from seaweed tangles Let’s go to the silvery river Catch the shimmer and shine Treasures of the Seaweed Oceans Cant outshine this love of mine This love of mine Copyright David Ireland 2020
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Well look at me its easy now Well I tried. You cant say I didn't ever try Winter drive the sleepy things In the night Cant wait to see the morning light. Come on lets have it off, just try These things were made for you and I Guess i've gone and f****d it up But I tried You cant say I didn't ever try Copyright Dog of Man 2020
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Remember all the good times, Are they long ago? Or are they about to start? And the best is yet to come. Verse 1 Up and down I’ve been around, And seen it all before. The more I see the less I know, You never can be sure. Verse 2 Travelled north and travelled west, And places in between. Tired of chasing rainbows, To fulfil my dreams. Verse 3 Over hills and valleys, And wandering in between. Creamy limestone, crumbling walls, The rolling Cotswold scene. Verse 4 Mists roll down the hillsides, The leaves are red and brown. My roaming days are over, 5 Valleys are my home. Copyright Tim Hughes 2020
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When will you stop it on your head? Get lost in love – give me a break. In love you will cherish it. Give me love. Give me love. Give me love. When will you stop it on your head? Get lost in love – give me a break. In love you will cherish it. Give me love. Give me love. Give me love. Copyright Bella 2020
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I have heard the lark sing I have seen the sun rise And I have smelled the blossom On my apple tree in early spring But I am not the reason Why this old world keeps turning And I am not the answer To a dream, or anybody's prayer I used to gaze in wonder At all the stars around us And I laid your head down On a bed of sweetly fragrant hay But you were not the reason Why this old world kept turning And you were not the answer To my dreams, or any of my prayers Now we have felled the forests And we have raped the oceans And we have mined the mountains Watch them slowly crumble to the sea And we could be the reason Why this old world stops turning But we could be the answer To my dreams, and everybody's prayers Dedicated to Polly Higgins, barrister and champion of establishing Ecocide as a criminal offence worldwide, who sadly died in April 2019. Copyright Michael Findlay 2019
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We want to live We want to grow We want our kids To know what we know We are here now The unborn are not What right have we To founder their plot? As lockdown showed We can slow We stopped our cars Left space for re-growth Give nature a chance Stop our fast dance It’s not a race, Collaborate We all want to live We all want to live Predictions for this century go up and up A world that’s too hot We need to form A bond with our world The wind and the sun Can charge everyone We all want to live We all want to live We know we can It’s possible We know we can It just needs a plan We’re part of this earth We still have worth Let’s change our course We want to live Copyright Sarah Nicolls. Sung by Anna-Liisa Springham.
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Those twinkling eyes, they made me sigh of emerald magic deep Her bosom swelled for me lust full is where I comfort keep Her brown soft hair awoke my nose a nape of neck like swan Her smile could change where river flows But now my friend is gone With the pistol’s crack Gone Jack There can be no take backs No do over, pushing clover Six feet under cart tracks Pulled that Trigger back Bullets flew and love collapsed To the knacker’s yard, a lonely bard With broken hearts in a gunny sack She had a laugh like faerie bells and words so true and kind She had sweet cheeks where my love did dwell a soul which passion binds She had a wisdom mountains old a voice enchanting song She was a woman proud and bold But now my friend is gone Chorus A treasure rare should treasured be and treated with true love A beauty living soulfully should have no one above A spirit so unique so rare could be the only one Deserved respect and tender care Oh god what have I done Chorus Copyright John Davie 2019
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The dark bell chimes In your head Ringing all day Making you red You that are told who to hate You who cling to the tokens and ribbons of war You with no vision beyond your gate You with no mind of your own Too scared to listen Too blind to know Way, way too heavy to dance to the flow People in boats Fleeing bombs and regimes Want nothing from you But your understanding So come out, come out, from under your stone You're never, ever gonna make it alone Come out, come out, from under your sheet You'll never grow while you stay complete Too scared to listen Too blind to know Way, way too heavy to dance to the flow I don't laugh at your ginger jokes I'm not your kind of company or your folks You're lord in your concrete streets of ignorance But soon the winds of change Will blow down your door Will blow down your door Will blow down your door Instrumental - Too scared to listen Too blind to know Way, way too heavy to dance to the flow Too scared to listen Too blind to know Way, way too heavy to dance to the flow The dark bell chimes In your head Ringing all day Making you red Copyright David Molden 2020
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Poisonous insects, poisonous insects. Poisonous insects, poisonous insects, there coming over here, Oh yes, they are! Poisonous insects, global warming everybody. Poisonous insects there coming to get yah. Poisonous insects and parasites, and other really creepy stuff is coming over here. Poisonous insects, Massive hornets with agonizing stings, Wasps that lay eggs in you, And fish that swim up your wee. We don’t want that over here do we. Poisonous insects, poisonous insects. A result of global warming, Coming over here everybody. We don’t want that do we? Nope we don’t., Rave time……… Poisonous insect coming over here, nope! We don’t want any of that matey. Nope, poisonous insects coming to get yah, we got… Massive hornets with agonizing stings, Wasps that lay eggs in you, And fish that swim up your wee. Nope we don’t want that over matey. Poisonous insects, poisonous insects. There coming to get yah, there coming to get yah, yep. Poisonous insects, you better watch out. Cos if it gets warmer, there coming over here. You get a windy day and they’ll get all blown over, And their goanna get you, and me there goanna get me as well, But I’m ready for it! Rave time………… Ok, you think that’s scary, check this stuff out…. “A small lecture about a fungus that creates Zombie ants” (with handouts during live performance). I don’t want any of this coming over here, I love people, all and any people are welcome here, but I don’t want any of this coming over here, Doing this sort of weirdo, NOPE! That’s quite scary, so let’s have a bit of a rave………. “NOPE”. Continue Rave………. Poisonous insects’ poisonous insects, Yeh massive hornets, no problem, Wasps that lay eggs in you, easy, yeh, I can handle that. Even fish that swim up your wee, yeh easy. But this stuff (picture of zombie and) nah I don’t want any of that coming over here, None of that please, yep. Rave time….. outro. Copyright Phil Jones 2019
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XYZ, XYZ If you do or if you don't [repeat] 8-7-6-5-4-3-2 I love you! I love you! [repeat] S-Y-L-V-I-E-K That's my name. That's my name. Copyright Sylvie K 2020
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We're soaring on a golden eagle We're flying to the highest heights We don't know how we got here We knew it wasn't wise Oh we are young! We smell like cow's dung! We climbed up a ladder And we hit the last rung. We're soaring on a golden eagle We're flying to the highest heights We don't know how we got here We knew it wasn't wise! Copyright Stanley and Huxley 2020
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Livin' in a country town is driving out west, to the corner shop you always like best. He smiles and says 'The Usual?' i smile and say 'yes'. When you leave your heart feels a little more blessed. Livin' in a country town. A country town where grass is green, life is good and skies are blue. A country town where my heart belongs, never gonna leave even when I'm gone. A country town where a smile lights up the day, the sky there is never grey. A country town that I call home. My country town. Livin' in a country town where children play, out until dark or when your mama says. Having fun there like every child should, hanging at the park after school. You know you'll be dead when you get home, because yo stayed out in the rain too long. livin' in a country town. A country town where grass is green, life is good and skies are blue. A country town where my heart belongs, never gonna leave even when I'm gone. A country town where a smile lights up the day, the sky there is never grey. A country town that I call home. My country town. I Love my country roots, those small town faces. This little village is where this girl got raised. My little country town. A country town where grass is green, life is good and skies are blue. A country town where my heart belongs, never gonna leave even when I'm gone. A country town where a smile lights up the day, the sky there is never grey. A country town that I call home. My country town. My little country town. Copyright Kara Ford 2020
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Ocean blue and a battleship The Baltic was Russian-sick The Hollywood, the Hollywood time. Speeding train and a radio The man on a talkie show It seemed like a funny way to go Men with hats and a fur embrace The coldest of any place They stopped off to enjoy the sun And now the summer's gone The radio's still on The men have all come home to Russia Copyright The Magic Palms 2020
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Carry my soul on a westward bound breeze To the hills and the valleys of home Take me back there to the hedgerows and trees And the commons where cattle can roam Far from the city, where lights shine so bright Dawn breaks a new day, to earth springs new life Carry my soul on a westward bound breeze To the hills and valleys of home Take me back there to the hedgerows and trees I'll be once again Westward Ho! When my world closes in And my head's in a spin Caught like a rabbit in lights Just close my eyes, lift my head to the skies Imagination takes flight INSTRUMENTAL When the world closes in And my heads in a spin Caught like a rabbit in lights Just close my eyes, lift my head to the skies Imagination takes flight Carry my soul on a westward bound breeze To the hills and the valleys of home Take me back there to the hedgerows and trees To the commons where cattle can roam In the depths of dark winter, the cold of the night My heart longs to warm to, wonderful sights Carry my soul on a westward bound breeze To the hills and the valleys of home Take me back there to the hedgerows and trees I'll be once again Westward Ho I'll be once again Westward Ho Copyright The Peekies 2020
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This is a broadcast from the edge of space. We’ve gone out as far as fuel will allow. It’s down to vapour. To the lipstick trace of some half-forgotten kiss. In the slough between the stars we spin and drift and it feels like we could dance on endless in this void. Economies of scale, and thrift mnemonics, have left us friendless and alone. We crave news, however grim, like salt, to salve the sourness of our tongues. The want of gravity itches like a phantom limb. An airless horror clutches at our lungs. We’ve been waiting for the call to turn, to lean into some other planet’s pull and swing for home. There’s nothing but static on the screen and our faces, distorted violently in chrome so that we don’t look human any more, are streaked with tears of hunger and despair. We long to touch and be touched, to paw at our loved ones and at the soil we share but we’ve learned, out here, how blame was shifted to our shoulders with a magician’s grace. How other we must seem to those who frame their selfish narratives on the human race. This is a broadcast from the end of time. We’ve reset all the clocks. We’re turning back. We know the punishment must fit the crime. It’s us, from now on, who’ll be taking up the slack. Music by Mark Thompson Lyrics by Adam Horovitz Copyright Thompson & Horovitz 2020
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CANT PUT A HANDLE ON WHY, BUT MUCH OF WHAT I BELEIVE SEEMS TO RIDE AGAINST THE TIDE NOT MANY FREINDS, LOSING OLD CANT SLEEP WITH THE MAINSTREAM AND BELEIVING THE FEED OF LIES WE ARE TOLD SEEMS TO BE FEW WITH MY KIND OF VIEW THE YEARS GO BY AND NOTHING SEEMS TO CHANGE WE'RE MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN CH: GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN FALL IN LINE FOR AN EASY LIFE, CANT KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT WHEN THEY'RE TURNING THE KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE IS TURNING HARDER AND THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN WONT LIE DOWN CAN'T STAY TAME CH: GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN Copyright Dave Purple 2020
Copyright Jerome West 2020
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Verse I've been caught out by so many lies You'd think that this would open my eyes But I don't like a troubled mind And the way it looks is the reason why... Chorus Feel like a deadman passing thru' Like a deadman passing thru' I'm a deadman passing thru' So step aside Or I'll breathe my curse on a Deadman passing thru' Like a deadman passing thru' I'm a deadman passing thru' So step aside Or I'll breathe my curse on you So step aside Or I'll breathe my curse on you... Verse Losing out on another day You'd guess that drinking was to blame I never wasted my time that way For what it does won't ease the pain... Chorus… Bridge And the way it looks is the reason why And the way it looks is the reason why And the way it looks is the reason why And the way it looks is the reason why... Chorus Copyright Shaun Stein 2020
Copyright Benjamin Parker 2020
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you went out all night I made out with another guy you got drunk in the bar I was taking it way too far will I get in trouble will she hate me after this didn’t meet you in the morning I wanted to say that I’m sorry should i call her to say I regret it and I’m on my way? Will we scream like clichées fighting in the kitchen and throwing plates I say I love you but I kiss somebody else you say you’ll be back soon but sleep in another bed will it be alright? will it be just fine? we look like lovers but we are perfect liars I sit in front of you sipping on my coffee thinking “what did I do?” you’re playing with your knife silent, thinking “is she still mine” Will we end up like all those broken hearts are we made of stone or made of glass I say I love you but I kiss somebody else you say you’ll be back soon but sleep in another bed will it be alright? will it be just fine? we look like lovers but we are perfect liars You found out about me I found out about you you told me to leave I said the rumours weren’t true oh yeah the rumours were true I say I love you but I kiss somebody else you say you’ll be back soon but sleep in another bed will it be alright? will it be just fine? we look like lovers but we are perfect liars Copyright Annika Laue 2020
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When all I hear is the patter of the rain against the wood of the balcony water dripping down the drain in the distance I see steam rising from a train, disappearing into the fog like they're playing a game With Me Lets take a ride open the window stretch out your arms let the wind flow over your skin, through your hair, covering up what once lay bare past fiery mountains, past green springs, past a dove with golden wings. Clench your fists, grit your teeth, step with me into the abyss. Step With Me Crafted by the grass and the leaves, sculpted by rivers, moulded by trees, conveyed by sound and light I see, in the distance where I want to be let the dark river flow through as one day soon, the dark tunnel will end and I will transcend into a beacon of light, guiding the way for those in plight. Ill hold their hand and we will fly and I will show them from the sky the path that I was on, where I am now and where I'm from. The glistening trees, the babbling brooks, into a dove from a rook. Glide over the ocean hand in hand, plummet until we hit the sand, the salty water will clean our souls, spark a fire I burnt out coal Step With Me At the bottom of the garden, surrounded by weeds, if you look closely you will see my name carved into an old oak tree. This was where the journey started for me. Copyright Nick Browning 2020
Copyright Gavin Pond 2020
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Spider Boy and Butterfly Girl swam in through cosmic sands In the shimmer glimmer granules and into Lava Land He said you're my Cosmic Babe He said oo - you're my queen He smiled, smoked and he said nothing But she tapped her tambourine You're so cosmic baby You're my cosmic baby Cosmic babe Baby cosmic Stay with me forever maybe Spider Boy and Butterfly Girl swam their separate ways She swam into herself And he swam into haze He said some excuses He was no longer keen She smiled then she felt so free And she tapped her tambourine You're so cosmic baby You're my cosmic baby Cosmic babe Baby cosmic Stay with me forever maybe Copyright Mali McGrath 2020
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Life can be a funny game, the joke is on us all, got ya turnin in the grave that punchline is so cruel, riding on a spinning ball, it's me I'm individual, when all is said and done you can come see the residual, I'll check my crystal ball, yep my distance is exceptional, the human race is done but I have morphed into the spiritual, god is a poet who rhymes in multi syllables and sends you straight to hell if you ain't never smoked no blim at all, us humans got it twisted we invested all our being, in destroying everything, instead of helping fixing feeding, giving others what they're needing, lending hands and believing, we’re over farming over breeding, always following not leading, never loving till we're greeving, confusing money with succeeding, paying for the s**t that politicians just keep excreting, they sit on their green seating having psychopathic meetings, deciding how to rob us while the sheep all keep on bleeting, come on people I am feeling, revolutions but a stones throw, let's unthrone These clones so we can see some real diplomacy, let’s refresh the system like the spray from the ocean breeze, bring new blood to the planet putting life into its ovaries, see people as people no matter if there over seas, the new deals isn’t profits it’s about showin more empathy, start fixing what we've broken with the smoking from the factories, the petrols and the diesels and the non recharging batteries, this world should be a sanctuary for each and every one of us, a perfect place to holiday until we all return to dust, all things corrode and rust that's one statement you can trust, I feel that we should leave a place that's much greater in the wake of us, before we're buried or combust I think that we should get it sussed, roll up our cuffs and we can work for peace and love . Written, recorded, produced, performed by Leyman Copyright Leyman 2020
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The World, For Us To See It's my part, it's my scene It's not somewhere you have been Take my hand, let's be brave There's a whole world for us to see On this island we call home We're surrounded by the sea We've seen so little of the places Of the secrets we could keep I'll get dressed up, put some effort in for you Because I know you'll be here, I want to please that part of you Here's my heart, hold a piece Keep it safe until I see Your sweet face, in my dreams It's the best thing I have seen I'll keep falling, I'll keep bleeding, until my scars mean something And I'll keep falling, I'll keep bleeding, until my scars mean something And I'll keep falling, I'll keep bleeding, until my scars mean something to me Mean something to me, mean something to me, mean something to me It's my part, it's my scene It's not somewhere you have been Take my hand, let's be brave There's a whole world for us to see Copyright Dan Etheridge 2020
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Sometimes when I’m feeling sad, another night alone With no-one here to hold me, no-one calling on the phone I find a kind of pleasure watching love films on TV Of other people’s happiness though it seems there’s none for me But tonight it’s New Year’s Eve and I just don’t wanna see Actors make-believing, pretend love on a screen Seeing someone else’s love, When I know there’s none for me I don’t believe there’s any chance of feeling how they feel Love stories, oh love stories, love stories can’t comfort me tonight Love stories, oh love stories, love stories can’t comfort me tonight The candle light is flickering, another night alone So tired of wishing, waiting for someone to come along Another night imagining that he was here with me Sharing from a distance someone’s sweet romantic dream Watching strangers meeting someone special Doesn’t make me feel any better ‘Cause I know love isn’t real Love stories, oh love stories, love stories can’t comfort me tonight Love stories, oh love stories, love stories can’t comfort me tonight Love stories can’t comfort me tonight, tonight Lyrics and melody by Susan Leigh Fenton & Jenevieve Turner Sung by Jenevieve Turner Arrangement, instrumentals, production by Nelson Kummer Copyright Susan Fenton, Nelson Kummer, Jenevieve Turner 2020
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Verse Dawn is breaking and my back is aching and my head is slowly coming through This shaking surely is mistaken Another falsely drawing into view Bridge And the grease in the pan is long gone rancid And my clothes are garbage fermented perfume And I wish that I had long finished sleepin' And That I had something better to do Chorus And I’m soakin', yes I’m soaking Verse Another day pickin' through the memories Searching in hope for the one Piece of this violated puzzle That my circular life has become Bridge And the grease in the pan is long gone rancid And my clothes are garbage fermented perfume And I wish that I had long finished sleepin' And That I had something better to do Chorus And I’m soakin', yes I’m soaking Bill 'Billdog' Davies, Matt 'Matley' Allen, Duncan 'Barkin' Birch, Brendan 'Ol Yella' Conboy Lyrics by Bill Davies. Copyright Shaggy Dog Raconteurs 2020 Youtube Facebook Twitter
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1-2-3-4 They're asleep in the belly of the beast Living in a dream, no fantasy A battle with lucidity Transmission follows live feed Can you hear me? Possessed by a force deep inside Nothing ever seems to change Except cuts, their masks, heavyweight state Destroy hallucination with desire 1-2-3-4 Times they are so treacherous we need to stick together Now the nights are closing in we need to stick together Where is the heart and soul we need to come together When the youths are so damn cold we need to stick together Times they are so treacherous we need to stick together Now the nights are closing in we need to stick together Where is the heart and soul we need to come together When the youths are so damn cold we need to stick together 1-2-3-4 Weapons come cheap from the factory Desperate souls made scapegoat Impotent power of the modern vote Remember we're united you know? Moderate blood sucking blues With cheap designer views Red top leadership propagates dirty news Fresh faced youths sent to kill No definition just orders What came first the addiction or the drugs? Modern day thuggery and pinstripe thugs 5-6-7-8 Times they are so treacherous we need to stick together Now the nights are closing in we need to stick together Where is the heart and soul we need to come together When the youths are so damn cold we need to stick together Times they are so treacherous we need to stick together Now the nights are closing in we need to stick together Where is the heart and soul we need to come together When the youths are so damn cold we need to stick together I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you Copyright The People's Revolutionary Orchestra of Stroud 2020
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Polarised 'cause I'm into my bubble No surprises we're safe from trouble terrified by the light of another pick a fight and we'll run for cover Careful, there's too many facts Careful, take it back, take it back Broken Vinyl, we repeat again again again everything are we sure? Copyright Rob Bradshaw 2020
Written, played and sung by Cleo. Copyright Cleo 2020
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He’s the coolest breeze She’s the hottest fire But they meet in the middle with the same desire To move together, oh yeah He knows what he wants She knows what she needs To move together through this waking dream with ease They’re lovers, oh yeah It’s a kinda feeling She brings out the best in him He makes her shine They’ll dance all night long till the break of dawn Together to the same tune It’s a kinda feeling It’s kinda feeling Love The kind that holds you tight And sets you free At the same time True love Love The kind that holds you tight And sets you free At the same time True love It's a kinda feeling It's a kinda feeling It's a kinda feeling It's a kinda feeling It shows in their eyes and on their faces It’s in their hearts and in their sweet voices In all their choices Copyright Megan Crouse 2020
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There's a place no-one else can find Buried deep in her mind Locked behind her eyes There's a place no-one else can go Hid within the silent spaces In long-forgotten chambers But they look into her eyes and they see nothing Nothing at all Nothing at all They look into your eyes and you feel nothing Nothing at all Nothing at all It's time we went Cannot go back to Find the things we left That we swore we'd never touch again Turn off the light Tune into the darkness It’s time, your time has come Forget your past We have a different plan Forget everything you know Feed the machine A life without meaning Well teach you to ignore Embers of fear eat away your soul Fade, fade away into dust As she looks, she can see what's beyond the horizon And she knows that she holds the whole world in her palm And her fingers stretch beyond, beyond the horizon And her arms wrap around the whole of the world Written and performed by Jon Collins Bass, additional strings and arrangements by Dominic Manning Copyright Someone Somewhere 2020
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Everybody’s got a Jekyl and Hyde Constantly at battle deep inside You can tell by the look behind those eyes Everyone’s afraid of losing their minds It’s no good trying to escape Doesn’t work attempting to keep them at bay They won’t listen if you say you need space You can’t help it by running away Just because you didn’t mean it, don’t make it not your fault Just because you can’t control it, don’t get you off the hook Just because you don’t believe it, don’t make it fake And just because you don’t deserve it, don’t change your fate Cos everybody’s got a Jekyl and Hyde Constantly at battle deep inside You can tell by the look behind those eyes We don’t need a closet, skeletons live in our minds Well I decided to put up a fight I tried with all my might I didn’t like the way my life was going and I thought I’d take control And I tried being good, and I tried being bad I tried it all and I just drove myself mad And I tried being right, and I tried being wrong It never mattered, no one cared all along Cos everybody’s got a Jekyl and Hyde It’s a battle with no end in sight Well you can try with all your might And you may come away with your mind. Copyright Cat Mead 2020
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I see you, head in your hands, not knowing what to do. Feeling stuck at the circus of life. Who you are, doesn't fit into this way of being, where to turn, where to belong. What is home for you? When you're not falling under the sound of crashing clowns. What is true for you? away from the strangeness that surrounds you. There's a whisper in the air, it's calling your name. Spirits dancing all around, can you feel? can you hear? So come with me, follow the way the wind blows, take its lead, oh be completely free. What is home for you? When you're not falling under the sound of crashing clowns. What is true for you? Away from the sadness that surrounds you. There's a whisper in the air, it's calling your name. Spirits dancing all around. Can you feel? Can you hear? Let it be home for you. So you're not falling under the sound of crashing clowns. There is truth in you, step into the greatness that surrounds you. You You. Copyright Lizi Rayner 2020
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I feel a raindrop Drop on my skin This is how it begins Water runs clear As clean as a smile But my conscience is heavy With all the lies... This is something that I can’t explain I won’t remember till it happens again Something that I can’t contain It always slips away... I feel a pinprick Prick in my palm This is how it starts Blood runs red As dead as the pain in my head And the night is a shadow of the day And the day is a shadow under my eyes And my eyes see shadows over the sun... A pinprick opens up a hole The hole reveals the raw inside The flesh and blood beneath my skin Skin that shields me from the world World that brings me joy then pain... Then the rain drops again And it happens all over again... I feel a raindrop Drop in my palm This is how it starts Water runs clear As clean as the smile on my face And the grace is all part of the disguise Or are these lies just a figment of my design When my eyes read fiction between every line? I see a rainbow Bow across the sky Towards me But it’s always away The colours are bright But my conscience is black And my head hangs heavy In the heady night... A pinprick opens up a hole The hole reveals the raw inside The flesh and blood beneath my skin The black and white that turned to grey The grey that filled the sky with rain... The drop that overflowed the glass The glass that shattered in my hand The shaking hand that wrote these words Words that tell the story of a life Life that brings me joy then pain... Then the pin pricks again And it happens all over again... Song recorded with Valfrid Couto (bass) and Lucas Tagore (drums). Copyright Dominic Gourd 2020
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Feeling Your way Feeling your way Feeling your way in the dark There’s no telling What the night will bring Get it right, from the start Fan a flame from a spark You can’t go wrong if you follow your heart Feeling your way in the dark Let your fingers do the walking Somewhere silence is unbroken Let your fingers do the talking Making promises unspoken Oh, it’s such a state of grace To be here with you in this magical place Feeling your way in the dark. In the dark In the dark In the dark In the dark Let your fingers do the walking Somewhere silence is unbroken Let your fingers do the talking Making promises unspoken Each kiss is a stepping stone across a river of dreams You gotta take the first to find out where the second leads Feeling your way in the dark Feeling Your way Feeling your way Feeling your way in the dark There’s no telling What the night will bring Copyright Chas de Whalley 2020
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She walks tall like a warrior dances wild like the sea speaks soft like a lover plants fiery kisses on me talks quiet with confidence sings smooth and steady each lilting syllable setting fire and setting free no crown is required for everyone can see this woman is royal a goddess is she heavenly and primal delicate and rough dont be fooled into thinking that woman isnt tough she walks tall like a warrior dances wild like the sea speaks soft like a lover plants firey kisses on me woman dont be fooled into thinking you can be ruled freedom is your birthright none can take it from you Copyright 2019 majestic vision music Lyrics written and performed by Ruby Debonnaire Music and instruments by threebagsfull Horns by Dave Andrews and Crispin Hebron
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I get to thinking sometimes when I'm alone, Did I really get all of those things wrong that you said, And I wonder why it's taken so long, To say I'm grateful, for all that you done, I guess my heart just takes a long time to learn, And I know it wasn't easy, I'm like a candle in the rain, It can't be easy when you're cut off from the pain, It's just that my heart takes a long time to warm, I get to thinking now you're gone Perhaps it's better I walked this alone anyway, Still I wonder why it's taken so long, To say I'm sorry for all that I've done that caused you any pain It's just my heart again, And I know it wasn't easy I'm like a candle in the rain, I didn't make it easy I shut you out again It's just that my heart takes a long time to warm I know it wasn't easy, I'm like a candle in the rain I could have made it easy if I let you share my pain It's that my heart takes a long time to warm Of yea my heart takes its time. Copyright Leon Gerrard 2020
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The outset of my life when I met you The wind dragged the tide out as it blew Some Gods had played our sails far from home Chance had drilled its way into my bones Oh honey now I need to keep this short I promise I will leave some room for thought Burn my soul and throw me off the port No one’s ever hurt me like you The moment that your fate had struck our ship The light that cursed you cracked me like a whip Our wooden post had burned into shard A wretched piece aimed hard into your heart I cried and swam for shore till I was sick All the while your heartbeat stops it’s tick The winds tickle angered to a kick The breathes I took turned cold and thick I was sinking further deeper down A lifeless body no time to be found A big white light shone up from underneath Pulled me in to its arms and to my feet I see it now I see it so clear I see your face carved out through blinding fear It always is and always will be you Darling oh I wish that were true Copyright Humm (Arty Jackson & Carys Lewin) 2020
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What If life was really just a dream And I am the dreamer All around the things I do and see Are just a dream Wake up and see I know it sounds so strange to you But it’s something you really can’t dismiss Don’t just believe Find the truth out for yourself When you awake That feeling is bliss Because this just feels incredible Life is nearly edible really not comparable and shareable I want to open your eyes You think you know what’s going on And if life was really just a dream I dreamed when I was lonely Could it be The universe is me Diluted by indivuality And if life was really not what it seems And you are the dreamer You can manifest a world full of beauty There is magic in creativity Chorus Copyright Brighid Nathanson 2020 Written and performed by Brighid Nathanson Guitars and Bass by Simon Fiddler Dubbing by Threebagsfull (Majestic Vision Sound) Produced by Josh Keating
Copyright Lewis Bennett / Sista Oona 2019
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On the last day, walking up the hill, Trees branch over, a bitter pill. In my own way, going through the mill, In The Heavens, tears spilled Walk ahead, walk ahead of me please, Feel the changes, the co-existence gone. Overhead, overhead comes the breeze, I need to learn to keep my distance now. Back for Christmas, feeling it again, No-one to turn to, but my devil friends. On the hit list, making no amends, By the towpath, is this where it ends? Walk ahead, walk ahead of me please, Feel the changes, the co-existence gone. Overhead, overhead comes the breeze, I need to learn to keep my distance now. On the last train, back where I was born, In solitude, some weight had gone. Find my own way, remember I was torn, Roll a number, sing a song. Walk ahead, walk ahead of me please, Feel the changes, the co-existence gone. Overhead, overhead comes the breeze, I need to learn to keep my distance now. Copyright Luke Clarkson 2020
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Once I saw you Across the field Singing a song That you want to sing Singing it for me In the field for me Once I saw you Up in the sky Drawing clouds Up in the sky Doing what you want tonight You're driving me mad But I'm not sad Copyright Phoebe 2020
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For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, That it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant But man dieth and wasteth away: yea man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? Lyrics are from the Book of Job Copyright Tom Johnston 2020
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I’ve always loved my tractors I’m a farming man and I thought it was an interest we shared When I talked to her of Masseys, Fordsons and John Deere’s She looked as if she really truly cared. But there’s note upon the table and it says “Dear John’ Don’t fire up the Fergie to search for me, I’ve gone I’m sorry my darling, but I can’t take one more year Of you tinkering around with your John Deere Well I thought of all the good times Trundling through the lanes With hooting cars backed up for miles behind We went dutch on our New Holland, our Catch L was a catch I really thought we were of the same mind But there’s a note on the table and it says “Dear John Don’t fire up the Fergie, to search for me , I’ve gone I’m sorry my darling but I can’t take one more year Of you tinkering around with your John Deere Well I went out to the barn I was in a daze wondering how I ever would calm down Put my hands on the Kubota, took comfort from the Fendt My tears fell slowly on the David Brown For there’s a note on the table and it says “Dear John Don’t fire up the Fergie, to search for me , I’ve gone I’m sorry my darling but I can’t take one more year Of you tinkering around with your John Deere” Well I fired up my Field Marshal It’s a true old friend Rarer and more precious than a wife Looked at all the tractors that I’ve gathered over years Each one bringing joy into my life But there’s a note on the table and it says “Dear John Don’t fire up the Fergie, to search for me, I’ve gone I’m sorry my darling but I can’t take one more year Of you tinkering around with your John Deere” But a tractor is cold comfort Metal is not kind So I’m going to look for someone I can trust With oil under her fingernails, a tractor of her own and a fondness for sanding off the rust So I don’t care about the note that says “Dear John Don’t fire up the Fergie, to search for me , I’ve gone I’m sorry my darling but I can’t take one more year Of you tinkering around with your John Deere” Copyright Alison Hustwitt 2020
Copyright Dan Pond 2020
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How can we ever be parted? Not after all we've shared and seen In the stories of our lives there is no ending In the minds behind our eyes the strength to dream I feel the echoes ringing on They touch these places now you're gone Above each path, a guiding star Behind the mountain sleeps the sea And there is distance in our dreams So speak to me - No dream can ever be broken Once set in motion a wish will find its way In the stories of our lives there is no ending The sun will always shine on another day I feel the echoes ringing on They touch these places now you're gone Above each path, a guiding star Behind the mountain sleeps the sea Beyond the waves these echoes call Remember me Above each path, a guiding star Behind the mountain sleeps the sea And there is distance in our dreams So speak to me Lyric and music by Fergus Ryan; Jammed by Iron Bards Copyright Fergus Ryan 2020