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Putty
02:49
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You can read me like a book you can get yourself immersed
You can even take a look at my last page first
Tonight I'm a slave, to your pheremonal glands
I'm putty in your hands
Tie me down or tie me up I won't put up a fight
Give my heartstrings a pluck you can pluck me when you like
To hell with the righteous and blessed are the damned
I'm putty in your hands
You've got me crawling the floor
Got me begging more, begging more
I'm lost in your orbit, so bring me in to land
I'm putty in your hands
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Sun Street
03:44
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In a City like this, it's easy to miss, just what I'm not.
The future's tomorrow, to beg steal and borrow and tomorrow's all we've got.
But if you still need me, there's one place we can meet: Sun Street (X2)
Yesterday's done, today's what we've won, who would've thought?
When I saw you last you struggled to grasp, how I was caught.
But if you still need me, there's one place we can meet: Sun Street (X2)
If you're hunting me down, well I'm, well I'm still around.
But if you still need me, there's one place we can meet: Sun Street (X3)
In a City like this, it's easy to miss, just what I'm not.
The future's tomorrow, to beg steal and borrow and tomorrow's all we've got.
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They just dragged the river, and found a sliver of skin
But the DNA had degraded, I guess I win
Somewhere an electric chair is waiting, for you
Somewhere an electric chair is waiting, for you
I see faces at the window. I hear voices through the floor
The dusty road knows where it’s leading, but only the river knows the score
Somewhere an electric chair is waiting, for you
Somewhere an electric chair is waiting, for you
Oh there’s no way of knowing, who dies and who lives
Only the river keeps on flowing, and only God forgives
Somewhere an electric chair is waiting, for you
Somewhere an electric chair is waiting, for you
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Gent!
03:07
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We found a treasure, a jewel on the map
An island of pleasure, in a sea of flat
The beer is flowing, the waters are high
The bridges are sighing and so am I
So when are we going, when are we going to Gent??
Oh oh oh Gent…..oh oh oh oh Gent, oh oh oh oh Gent, oh oh oh ooooh
Geeeeeent!!!
The lamb it is mystic, adore it and weep
But the vicar he nicked it, so its kept in the keep
The bar it is Kinky, buzzing with sweat
Shall we go for a drinky? You bet!
The City goes mental for 10 days in July
So do not go gentle, don’t even try
The bar it is Kinky, buzzing with sweat
Shall we go for a drinky? You bet!
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A Norwegian Would
02:59
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Who would remember, that night in September '93?
We sang all evening, and as we were leaving you said to me
Write me a song 'bout what we have done this night
It's taken so long, but I wanted to get it right
The promise I made I'm making it good
The songs that we sang, they course through our blood
But who would recall, who would recall?
A Norwegian would
A Slovakian folk bash, fuelled on goulash and wine
The Nordic party, they partied so hearty and fine
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Billie Holiday
04:20
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Billie Holiday, pervading all we knew
There's something in the air, something dangerous and blue
And you, you walked away, without a glance and then we parted
And you you walked away, that's when I knew the end had started
Cigarettes and beer, shading in the scene
Cafe voices sing, we're strangers in a dream
Billie Holiday, she brings me close to you
She colours all my dreams, a deeper shade of blue
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Tell Her
03:25
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Setting sun behind your back
Have you lost your tongue, is it love you lack?
Well turn up the stars and roll on the night
The time is now, the time is right
To tell her tell her tell her
Just what you feel
Tell her tell her tell her
That your love is real
She’s a mountain, she’s a wall
You can’t get over her at all
You’re finally standing face to face
Now’s the time now’s the place
To tell her tell her tell her
Just what you feel
Tell her tell her tell her
That your love is real
Get her Get her Get her
Before she’s gone
Tell her tell her tell her
What are you o...............on?
What are you on?
(what are you on?)
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The kids are at school we’ve got six hours of pleasure
I don’t as a rule but now I’m a man of pleasure
I feel it in my bones I just can’t do this anymore
We’re all on the verge of something, be it getting in the beers
We’re all on the verge of something baby it’s tears
I’ll just check my mails tell my friends what I’m doing
I’ve thousands of followers and more I’m accruing
There’s a niggling voice that tells me I just can’t do this anymore
We’re all on the verge of something, be it getting in the beers
We’re all on the verge of something baby it’s tears
We’ll put off today then tomorrow we profit
The kitchen floor’s clean you can eat your dinner off it
If we had any food but time is slipping away (pause)
The kids are at home so I climb in my hole
I feel it in my bones and I hear the bell toll
I just don’t think I can do this anymore
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The Invisible Ray
04:21
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There’s a house on the hill & an abandoned mill, that’s where
He built his machine that’s crazy & mean, I swear
He’s aimed it at us, with its deranged buzz, we can’t hide.
It’s hot on our heels, but no one else feels its mad vibe
It's washing us away, washing us away, invisible ray
It's science gone mad, in a home-made lab, I’m sure
There's no reason or rhyme, for this paranoid crime, and no cure
Washing us away, washing us away, invisible ray
Washing us away, washing us away, invisible ray
It must be destroyed, hurled in the void, before long
We scream and we wail, but to no avail, we’re gone
Washing us away, washing us away, invisible ray
Washing us away, washing us away, invisible ray
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We Weathered The Storm
02:11
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The fields we played in they're a housing estate
The trees we climbed have met a similar fate
We weathered the storm, best buddies were born
Our football pitch is now some tower blocks
Our two screen cinema a row of charity shops
We weathered the storm, best buddies were born
Though our world it is changing for good or bad
You're my best friend, I ever had
We swam in rivers now the Northbound M6
We knew of 3 James Bonds, now there's at least 6
My pals at school have disappeared or worse
Middle management it's the modern curse
We weathered the storm, best buddies were born
Though our world it is changing for good or bad
You're my best friend, I ever had
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The Low Countries UK
The Low Countries are the off-road vehicle for songwriter-singer Nigel Parrington. Nigel is currently performing with Els
D'hooge in Belgium after enjoying a heady 5 year run of full band activity in the UK.
'indie-folk at its best...' Folk Radio UK
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