1. |
The Public Schoolboy Way
03:15
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The boy will never see
poverty
said Mum and Dad
we're gonna give him
all the things
that we had
he's gonna know
the same faces
the same food
the same old places
that we know
all the worry
will go away
the public schoolboy way
he's gonna get
to where he is
but not on talent
although he can
but it takes time
restore the balance
he'll think the world's
peopled by minions
and it turns
on his opinions
yesterday
tomorrow and today
the public schoolboy way
he's much too delicate for real life
so as you rule
as the next step
on your adventure
stop a while
to reflect
if this is nature
there's something wrong
inside your eyes
step outside
learn your size
and it won't matter
when they say
what they say
the public schoolboy way
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2. |
Stephen my Friend
03:45
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We're always killing time,
The week's a graveyard of the mind.
Live a dead life of a kind,
Following the pointless biro line
Across the border of Nowhere Town,
Where all the signs say turn yourself around.
The storm's not gathering.
Nothing goes to nowhere every time.
Another week on the graveyard shift.
Put the empty spinning plates in line.
We cross the border of Nowhere Town
And turn the signs to nowhere back around.
Stephen my friend,
There's time for smokes and drinks,
More jokes more time to think
Of the quip, the perfect rhyme,
The word, the song, the punch, the line.
The storm's not gathering.
Nothing goes to nowhere every time.
Another week on the graveyard shift.
Put the empty spinning plates in line.
Across the border chasing Friday down,
We turn the signs to nowhere back around.
Stephen my friend...
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3. |
Young Carers
04:06
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I never loved him
so much as when he was weak
the squeeze in his fingers
the smile in his cheek
i never know what it was to love another
until he couldn't love me
when he was dependent
I was totally free
I was just one thing
in the land of his stare
he would wake all the while in the night
are you there are you there
i never thought about the other side
about a life full of time
it was never a question
this decision was mine
but kids as young as eleven
leaving homework undone
isn't it shocking
something ought to be done
who reaches to measure
a life that's lived well
one person's horizon's
too private to tell
but now I go out early in the morning sun
to taste it's mystery
I wasn't looking
he gave that to me
but kids as young as eleven
leaving homework undone
isn't it shocking
something ought to be done
I don't know how to lie
i'm telling you the truth
when I came home late he'd cry
I don't know what if I'm honest
but it sounded the roof
but kids as young as eleven
leaving homework undone
isn't it shocking
something ought to be done
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4. |
The Wealthy Patient
03:43
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5. |
Home
04:44
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What in the world makes the prize,
The sacrifice, worth the cloud?
What would it take, cash or card
To kill the snake of the crowd?
But we've come too far for love
To ever get back home.
Why in the world would you try to break the rock,
just to buy the stones?
How do you sleep in the dark night
Of the fear that eats the soul?
But we've come too far for love
To ever get back home,
And I guess I'm the old man
That walked a thousand miles
To find a home so far from home.
And my feet won't touch the ground
When I quit this stinking town
And I won't be the old man
That walked a thousand miles
To find a home so far from home.
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6. |
Little Old Love
03:43
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little old love
you've been around too long
maybe it's a good idea
to hang up your song
this I wrote in earnest
and it was well received
by those in high places
those who'd achieved
love love love love
tricky little old love
and when their praise had finished
i put down my pen
picked up my cheque
was on the streets again
i wandered lost for years
with no means and no ends
i fell in with some big names
but i fell out with my friends
love love love love
cranky little old love
religion came up to me
in one fiery dream
said this world's like a nightmare
if you know what I mean
pick that star
from the sky above
wish on it soon
you'll have no need for love
love love love love
useless little old love
but then little old love
she found me out
came up to me
in my cave of doubt
she sat me down
on her knee
and she sang me her song
which made me free
and i'm so glad
so grateful but sad
for how can i ever give back to
little old...
love love love love
lovely little old love
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7. |
C'mon Boy be a Man
03:34
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Boy, walk out the door,
You've had your time,
You're in decline,
A dinosaur, a last ditch stand,
Pay for your time
With cash in hand.
That's when my ego makes a stand.
Girl, shoot up the world,
I'm steps removed
From the dirty street.
My identity relies on the trade,
the capacity to degrade.
And so my ego makes a stand.
The deadpan clowns stand hand in hand.
A dumbshow casts a shadow on this land.
So c'mon boy be a man.
And think about the cost
To the lives that feel the loss.
The exploitation of the sex worker
leaves a stain, feel the pain, start again.
The silence of the blues,
And where's the right to what you use.
And so my ego makes a stand...
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8. |
Rose
03:18
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When you sail your paper boat
Down every silver stream.
I can't be your guiding light
But I know where you'll be.
I know that you'll navigate
Those stone and scissor trees.
But the boys can't hear the sound,
Stony eyes stare at the ground
In the concrete bunker that they've found,
You dance around and steal away
And sail on down the stream,
Float through every dream,
Because things are what they seem
My rose
Rose you sail on down the stream
Never need a home.
On the street, the boys, their dreams
Are framed in monochrome.
In public bars they drink and feed
Cheap dope and cheaper porn.
But you look up and hear the sound,
churches, statues tumbling down
And in the debris all around
You dance around and you steal away
And sail to far off lands
Tear up all their plans
Hold your brother's hand
My Rose
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9. |
Under the Sun
04:15
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Under the sun
we're talking years
it could be years
before it comes
as we grow dry
one by one
we say goodbye
under the sun
under the sun
come out and play
live for today
under the sun
look to the sky
standing here
put loves aside
there's danger near
right now
under the sun
upon the sands
a spaceship lands
under the sun
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