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In A House On A Hill
01:55
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In a house
On a hill
In a room
We begin
Making marks
Drawing lines
Map these rooms
That hold our lives
Rainbow curves
That children draw
Food and handprints
Plasterboard
There's a dent
Wrapped in pain
Where we screamed
Each other's name
Dot to dot
Join them all
Weave a nest
Wall to wall
I'm in love
In love still
In a house
That's on a hill
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2. |
Two Bar Fire
04:04
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I don't know where we're going to go
Now the roads are closed and we're getting older
Take my hands, they need some moisturiser
Maybe sanitizer would be better suited
Where we're going, got to wash my pants
Must be spick and span
Face the music dancing
Oh my days what a mess you've made
No-one’s talking to us like some social outcast
I can't blame when you piss the bed
It's hard to get ahead in the dating game
Brush my teeth, must be nice and clean
Iridescent sheen
Face the music smiling
All these days I find it hard to hide my fighting ways
Now and then I feel I'm turning into one of them
I'm burning like a two bar fire
Draw some lines on a piece of paper
Call it distribution, get some families moving
Lay your towel, move your little pieces
Oh the lives of other are completely useless
Why should I be at all surprised
Got to laugh or cry
Face the music giggling
All these days...
Every day I read the news
I'm searching it for proof
Every day I see the signs
It's 1985...we're in the same old country
Take some time there's no need to hurry
Take some time to worry, read the final chapter
Coat your arms in some factor 50, yeah the sun is coming
Hot as hell is on fire my friend
Hot as hell is on fire my friend
Oh you've got to come and take my hand
Oh come on you've got to come and take my hand
All these days...
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Oh the birds are flying home I saw them crying on their wings tonight
And the leaves are shrivelling in they'll soon capitulate and then they'll die
And the skies are bedding in they'll put a lid on things that need to soar
Let the breeze undress the trees 'til we've forgotten how they looked before
Maybe there's a way to stop this fire from burning out
Maybe there's a way to keep some sunlight in our house
Oh well nature spoke to me she promised frosty nights and cool blue days
And a sky that's crisp and clear and a sun that cuts through morning haze
But now we're trudging through the mud and dirt and death and sludge and endless grey
I know nature is a liar I don't believe a single word she says
Maybe there's a way to stop this fire from burning out
Maybe there's a way to keep some sunlight in our house
'til the nights draw out
'til the world rolls round
I want you in my house
So let's pile up the coal we'll light the stove we'll soon be settling in
'til the birds are coming home and we'll be kicking off our shoes again
Maybe there's a way to stop this fire from burning out
Maybe there's a way to keep some sunlight in our house
'til the nights draw out
'til the world rolls round
I want you in my house
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I feel that awful breeze
I feel it close to me
We’re delicate like daffodils
We’re trampled by the April winds
Why can’t you feel the pain?
Why can’t you see it in
All the mourners biting lips
Taking tea in tiny sips?
This is where I’m going to fall
This is where I’m going to fall
I’ll take these clocks to town
I’ll find a man knows how
Stop them all from gaining time
Getting faster every night
Why can’t you feel the pain?
Why can’t you see it in
All of us with life unlived
The day to day the grey abyss?
This is where I’m going to fall
This is where I’m going to fall
Save yourself now and stand against the wall
Oh there’s a time I’ve got to go…now
I’ll fill my days with love
I’ll fill my hours with us
Let the minutes bulge and groan
Take the seconds as our own
I won’t let this break my bones
I won’t let this break my bones
At least I know I’ve loved and lost
I least I know there is a cost
Oh going to take it all away now
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5. |
Undone
03:40
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I've got this feeling no I can't shake it baby
It's like a heartache, I think it's chemical maybe
I think I'm lonely. I think this world's undone
We watched a bird die out on the morning carpet
We heard a song sung with some eternal grief
And how you crumpled, how you came undone
Come on and hold me so I know that we are not alone
And on the TV we watch the good ones dying
And on the news feed we see the bad ones win
It's topsy turvy oh yes this world's undone
Come on and hold me so I know that we are not alone
Those monsters well cut them down
With those red rockets in your eyes
Those demons just make them smile
You've got time ticking on your side
And in the morning how does the black bird call me?
And in the evening how does the owl still sing?
I know he's lonely I know he feels undone
Paint me a rainbow with all your box of colours
Paint me a sunrise with iridescent gold
So I won't be lonely so I won't feel undone
Come on and hold me so I know that we are not alone
Those monsters well cut them down
With those red rockets in your eyes
Those demons just make them smile
You've got time ticking on your side
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My mind is flitting like a summer fly
But it’s not this conversation forcing me to lose my mind
Maybe it’s the buzz of this awful coffee sludge
That won’t let me now unwind
I’m trying hard to write a loving line
But atrocities and niceties are melding in my mind
I’m searching through the rot of these twitterings and froth
For some praise that I can mine
We don’t cry like we used to
We don’t move like we did
We don’t cry like we used to
Like we did
I’ve lost my clothes and shoes in hotel rooms
And I left my faith and youthful rage in vans that I don’t own
But I still chuck a fuck around when trying to talk about the how’s
Of poetry and power
We don’t cry like we used to
We don’t move like we did
We don’t cry like we used to
Like we did
And I’ve forgotten how it feels to touch
A body that is trembling I’m missing it so much
Maybe that’s the way of these late, late summer days
When the fruit has turned to mush
We don’t cry like we used to
We don’t move like we did
We don’t cry like we used to
Like we did
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7. |
The King And I
02:54
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Meet me by the clock at ten past midnight
Meet me by the clock and mind your time
And we'll run away
Yeah we'll run away
I've been taking orders firing crackerjacks
He's been passing laws that make no sense
Cos the king and I
We no longer see eye to eye
Bring a little love and your favourite records
Bring a little love and your favourite songs
Bring a little love and we'll find some place to hide
I've been writing songs in bits and pieces
You've been working hard as a worker bee
Please believe...you and me
We'll escape his hypocrisy
Pack up all your clothes in cardboard boxes
Wrap up all your dreams and hide your pride
Cos the king and I
We no longer see eye to eye
Bring a little love and your favourite records
Bring a little love and your favourite songs
Bring a little love and we'll find some place to hide
Meet me by the clock at ten past midnight
Meet me by the clock don't tell them when
We'll be back again
We will never be back again
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We used to keep cash in a porcelain jar
Marked with “break in an emergency and head for the bar”
We used to say “hey, no easy trick
being this beautiful and getting your kicks”
What can I say?
Something has changed
It’s a popcorn romance that won’t be defeated
A bowling alley love that’s struck out depleted
It’s a teenage crush that’s harsh and it’s cruel
It’s the same old story with the same old fools
What can I say?
Something has changed
Where do the young ones go?
So here we are in our tired living room
And I say bedtime can’t come too soon
Here we are already in pyjamas
I miss the booze but I don’t miss the dramas
And I never tell you that I like you undressed
I never tell you that I like you best when you
Dance a jive just to keep out the cold
Shine so brightly you will never grow old
What can I say?
Something has changed
Where do the young ones go?
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9. |
Hey There Sunshine
05:16
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Could we be saved by just the colour of the sky?
It seems insane that that could do it
Cos we’ve been lost under the cover of the clouds
Oh we’ve been lost, we can’t see through it
And way back home well they are pulling down the blinds
The day is done, the bulbs are glowing
Hey there sunshine don’t be so unkind
Come on now come and make my day
I see clearly when you’re falling on me
Come on now come and make my day
We’re colour blind, we live desaturated lives
It’s no surprise that we’ve been fading
These rainy days the damp is rising through my veins
It’s no surprise that we’ve been fading
And way back home well they are pulling down the blinds
The day is done, the bulbs are glowing
Hey there sunshine don’t be so unkind
Come on now come and make my day
I see clearly when you’re falling on me
Come on now come and make my day
And I’m holding on with my trousers rolled
And I wear my sandals thin
I’m holding on with my trousers rolled
‘til we come back home again
I’ll pack my trunks and we’ll go swimming in the pool
It seems so cruel to bare a body
That’s grey and cold and marked with scars that make me old
It feels so cruel to bare a body
Way back home well they are pulling down the blinds
The day is done, the bulbs are glowing
Hey there sunshine don’t be so unkind
Come on now come and make my day
I see clearly when you’re falling on me
Come on now come and make my day
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10. |
Raining From My Eyes
03:55
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It’s raining from my eyes, it’s thundering in my soul
The skin that I own it ain’t going to hold
Someday soon the sun’s going to rise
Clear my head and I’ll realise
But until that day it’s raining from my eyes
There’s a man over there who’s creaking, cracked and crazed
There’s a man over there who’s creaking, cracked and crazed
I’m going to arm myself to the teeth
Stock my shelves keep my guns clean
Cos until that days it’s raining from my eyes
That’s the way it is why should I even care?
Going to arm myself to the teeth
Stock my shelves keep my guns clean
Cos until that day it’s raining from my eyes
That’s the way it is why should I even care?
I’ve got a love that warms me when I’m cold
Oh I’ve got a love that warms me when I’m cold
Someday soon it’s all going to die
Until then it’s you and it’s I
So until that day it’s raining from my eyes
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Social Simon Leeds, UK
Singer with Hope & Social. One time singer with Four Day Hombre. Messing around on my own for a bit.
www.socialsimon.co.uk
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