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Baby Green
04:50
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At the end of the season it's a bad time for reasoning with me
Cos a skeletal leaf is all that remains
my flesh has passed through me and I'm left with no buoyancy
in this darkest of seas I would surely drown
I would surely drown, unless
Baby Green comes and rescues me
bringing light to my darkness and colour to everything
The sun that is shining
Spring awakening and she soothes my soul.
When the dusk it is falling and I wait for the morning
Green's my night globe
softly saving my sanity and my thoughts from obscurity
she'll not refuse me, I hope she'll not refuse me.
Baby Green comes and rescues me
bringing light to my darkness and colour to everything
The sun that is shining
Spring awakening and she soothes my soul.
I watch indentation form once we've cleared the storm
top left of an honest smile
A reminiscent thought in this endless war
gives me strength for another battle
In this darkest of skies I would surely fall
In this darkest of skies I would surely fall
Baby Green comes and rescues me
bringing light to my darkness and colour to everything
The sun that is shining
Spring awakening and she soothes my soul.
Baby Green comes and rescues me
bringing light to my darkness and colour to everything
The sun that is shining
Spring awakening and she soothes my soul.
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Player
03:58
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You call yourself the player
such a funny kind of name
for rule maker and breaker in a solo game.
Does it make you happy fooling everybody?
has your life been such a shame?
or were you treated the same?
are you sharing the pain you feel?
I know you think you're the only one
I hate to break it, everybody knows somebody like you
though you feel your the king up on the hill
you'll take a tumble and nobody's gonna break your fall.
I've played both parts a plenty
been both the lover and the crook
but the outcomes just the same
jealousy and shame.
I know you think you're the only one
I hate to break it, everybody knows somebody like you
though you feel your the king up on the hill
you'll take a tumble and nobody's gonna break your fall.
Look around
climb down off that big old steed of yours
touch the ground
this is where we all are living
lose your crown
before the golden thorns start piercing much deeper than skin
cutting in to your ghost.
I know you think you're the only one
I hate to break it, everybody knows somebody like you
though you feel your the king up on the hill
you'll take a tumble and nobody's gonna break your fall.
I know you think you're the only one
I hate to break it, everybody knows somebody like you
though you feel your the king up on the hill
you'll take a tumble and nobody's gonna break your fall.
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Puppet Queen
04:34
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Through the dawn on to another day
there the land long forgotten still lays
one heart thumps pumping life to everything
all move freely fore the binding of the strings.
She came and she drilled the heart until it broke
billions of pieces left alone start to choke,
Out comes the thread back together all are sewn
each last stnng anchored to her throne.
She will be the puppet queen
you will be a stringed machine
you will keep her buckles clean
She will keep an oiled machine
It came from a place you'd think that darkness couldn't dwell
and it wore the face or angel pretty as nell.
She said she had been poisoned but with love she could be saved
and as their gates flung open their guest began to pave
She came and she tore the roots from their earth
filled the sky with darkness and to monsters she gave birth
these creatures mined the land
the heart lead to believe
burning ancient bridges to satisfy her needs.
She will be the puppet queen
you will be a stringed machine
vou will serve her every need
she will keen an oiled machine
The sun grew weak and with that the colours fade
saturated canvas sinking smothered shades of grey.
Hope runs deep and is not extinguished fast
and broken pieces sewn together grow stronger forming scars.
She will be the puppet queen
you wIll be a stinged machine
you will keep ner buckles clean
She will keep an oiled machine
Just like that
She will be the puppet queen
you will be a stringed machine
you will serve her every need
she will keen an oiled machine
Just like that
Just like that
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Fight the Good Fight
02:52
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After working so hard to lead the live that I do
I find there's aspects of my past that I miss in my new existence
like when i'm hanging out loose at an end
there are few familiar faces less company and friends
they're ll caught up in the life that we're taught to lead
the web the man wove in our heads when we were kids.
The grass is greener that I already knew
I won't change direction given any excuse
I'm going to fight the good fight and keep pushing through
I'm going to fight the good fight and to me be true.
I'm not on the timetable that I used to be
those I held close well they move further from me
I've lived the life that society hosts
there's far more to be gained by standing your post.
The grass is greener that I already knew
I won't change direction given any excuse
I'm going to fight the good fight and keep pushing through
I'm going to fight the good fight and to me be true.
You gotta snap yourself free from the veins of the corporate heart
You gotta blast yourself free from the creatures of the dark.
The grass is greener that I already knew
I won't change direction given any excuse
I'm going to fight the good fight and keep pushing through
I'm going to fight the good fight and to me be true.
The grass is greener that I'm sure you'll agree
I won't change direction now till I'm running free
I'm going to fight the good fight and do what I can
I'm going to fight the good fight and be a better man.
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5. |
Pick on the Wrong Party
02:52
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So you weren't blessed with the eye of the tiger,
Strength of a beast, you dreamt of happy ever after,
That's ok, no one's the same,
love what you have and celebrate your own traits
and when the big bad mister with his eye on your sister
comes rolling up to rattle your cage
keep calm. deep breath, remember your name and say..
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes Brother you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Little Boe Peep often knocked from her feet by a pack of more fortunate clowns
Mock her, bind her, sadness inside her would swell like a storm out of town.
When the rain came calling the clowns came crawling like beggars drowning in shame.
Little Boe Peep on her arch on her feet said "Bitch now remember my name!"
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes Fellas you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
There will always be despicable fools with manipulative tools,
tampering with the cogs in your brain.
See they've been trying to prove worth since the moment of birth,
cos lack of love from mum and dad causes pain.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
hurting and it's plain to see
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
"don't take it out on me
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
Sometimes you pick on the wrong damn party.
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Stumble
04:16
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I'm old and I'm stubborn
I'm bitter yet fair
I'm warning you Brother
I've little less care
Cross me today son and you'll not cross me twice
I'm cold on the inside there's a battle for light
One foot front of other
Another claw up the hill
Each pace is a struggle
I battle on still
For when I reach the top I know it's level for sure
I'll rest on up while I can making ready for war
Keep running
Keep running
I know what to do but I can't stick
I stumble again
I stumble again
I know what to do but I can't stick
I stumble again
I stumble again
Is the sun rising early or the moon running late
With both gods up in the sky there's magic that's made
With a crunch underfoot
I'll be right when I'm home
With my spirit restored I'll creep back up to my throne
Keep running
Keep running
I know what to do but I can't stick
I stumble again
I stumble again
I know what to do but I can't stick
I stumble again
I stumble again
I know what to do but I can't stick
I stumble again
I stumble again
I know what I'll do I'll learn to stick
I won't stumble again
I won't stumble again
I know what I'll do I'll learn to stick
I won't stumble again
I won't stumble again
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7. |
Castle
03:15
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There's a castle at the edge of the road
a waving window beauty nobody knows
he gets hooked every time the wind blows
past the beauty that nobody knows
he's a rough back lumberjack
chewing on guitar strap
waiting for his meal to come in
life in a tin can doing what a man can
love music road
There's something out there
something in that deep stare
there's something in this
there's something in that kiss
The air off her lip seems to breath
life and love to other folks dreams
the warm of her glow can calm any rogue
give home to a wandering soul
There's something out there
something in that deep stare
there's something in this
there's something in that kiss
I drink tea with talk depict dreams out of leaves with you
give me time of day I'll make believe I can be with you
I come to you with nothing leave the same
just to be sure there's no confusion that I'm in this for gain
I'm in this for love and a little for lust cos a little bit of fun make monogamy fuss free
I'm sticking to you sticking to you stronger than UHU
You can be sure forever more whatever chore we're gonna get through
Love at first sight's never been it for me
but true loves kiss now that's one I believe
and I found it with you a treasure with you
you opened up a trove with a simple I do
we're better together stronger for sure
we're better together stronger now 4
There's something out there
something in that deep stare
there's something in this
there's something in that kiss
There's something out there
something in that deep stare
there's something in this
there's something in that kiss
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Pickle
04:45
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I've got an old friend Pickle made of steel and we started on the road alone
She was low down shiny no ding in her heinie pretty with a nudge she'd go
well I was fresh faced crystal eyed around the same age but I figured that she'd seen more
and as I whispered in her ear "we'll see some glorious years
my foot moved towards the floor
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon eh
Locked in the city we made a plan a means to escape
she was standing home stiff I was working all day
playing to the dead till late
so we'd leave all the things and leave all the people
take the wall down stone by stone
and we'd take to the world and play to the living
make the road our home.
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon eh
We sleep under the stars sometimes so clear we see the milky way
we run with the rivers and rise with the mountains
watch the landscape shift each day
24 borders thousands of miles oceans and seas galore
the places we've been and the faces we've seen
I know that we'll see more
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon eh
Now the family's grown and the roads not our only home
still the convoy rolls and the tales unfold
we turn another page
and if one of us breaks down the others there to us safe
its 12 years on and we've rusted together and I doubt that we'll part ways
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon her
chug chug pickle
chug chug hooked upon eh
chug chug hooked upon eh
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9. |
Hit The Road
07:07
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Out on the road again, I’m facing it alone again, it’s time to get involved in a little self development.
All of my years so far I’ve spent very little time apart from the safety, security and willing of my good friends.
Now its time to go.
Hit the road, hit the road, hit the road, hit the road.
Ive been taught well to look left, look right, listen hard and hold tight, push off when you're ready to go.
Blessed with solid base to build upon, just enough head strong chemicals for strength to say no. Oh and pack up tight, leave the fight, you're a bigger man to let it go.
Feel the breeze under your feathered sleeve and push off towards the coast, because its time to go.
Hit the road, don't look back, hit the road, never turn back, hit the road, hit the road.
There’s the spirit of a raging bull born of the lies I told to you, it stampedes upon my conscious every night for my crimes.
As he thunders down the streets I’ve paved I see his anger softly fade as it comes to him the path I walk changed.
wo oh oh oh
Hit the road, don't look back, hit the road, never turn back, hit the road, hit the road.
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Tom Dibb London, UK
Tom tells his stories with undertones of blues, roots, surf, and folk, grown through a forest of soaring acoustic
goodness.
Now with two LP's under his belt, Tom has found his sound set firmly with an ever growing, loyal fan base that follow him not only across his home turf in the UK, but also across the Globe. It fits into mainstream molds, yet also satisfies a deeper creative taste.
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