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I’ll Trust You
04:13
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I'll Trust You
Is it so unexpected is it so extreme
Is it so far out from our wildest dreams
That maybe we could meet in the middle and talk about our hopes and wishes
Maybe we could stop before our minds become so suspicious
I'll trust you but you gotta trust me too
I'll hold out for something better we could do
So tired of the fighting it's never any good
What we both really need is to be understood
Let's hold back from making a mistake
Any more fighting and my heart will break
We always have to be right, will we never learn
For the sake of saving face will we crash and burn
It's happened so many times before read your history
But why it has to happen again remains a mystery
I'll trust you but you gotta trust me too
I'll hold out for something better we could do
So tired of the fighting it's never any good
What we both really need is to be understood
Let's hold back from making a mistake
Any more fighting and my heart will break
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Plaything
03:27
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Plaything
Don't ask me twice
I'm not your clown
I say no dice
And I won't back down
One of my triggers
If there's one at all
Is I won't be messed with
I won't play ball
You know I'm wise to all your tricks
I'm wise to how you get your kicks
I'm not your little play-thing anymore
I might be short
I might be small
But you know something
You don't scare me at all
One of my triggers
If there's one at all
Is I won't be messed with
And I will stand tall
You know I'm wise to all your tricks
I'm wise to how you get your kicks
I'm not your little play-thing anymore
Square up to you with a force so strong
You think you're right but I'll prove you wrong
This may just come as a shock to you
But I'm not gonna do what you want me to
I'm not gonna do what you want me to
Ooh I'm not your plaything
Anymore
You know I'm not your rag doll
On the floor
I'm not your little play thing anymore
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It’ll Blow You Away
03:58
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It'll Blow You Away
There's only one go, there's only one chance
There's only one opportunity to grow
There's only one life, there's only one hope
Make a stand for unity and so
Give it your best, give it your all
Give it the maximum that you can
Give it a go, no holding back
Stick precisely to your plan
There's so much to gain
There's so much to say
There's so much to savour
It'll blow you away
So much you don't know
So much in the way
It will all be revealed
It'll blow you away
There's only one me, there's only one you
There's only one time to start anew
There's only one thing, can stand in your way
And that's the fear you face today
This is your moment, this is your time
This is your chance to make it rhyme
This is your fate, this is your due
This could be everything you want it to
There's so much to gain
There's so much to say
There's so much to savour
It'll blow you away
So much you don't know
So much in the way
It will all be revealed
It'll blow you away
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A Postcard Home
03:35
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A Postcard Home
It's late, well after midnight
Too late, but I guess it just feels right
I know I'm crazy but I'm not going to leave
'Till the street sweepers have rolled their sleeves
The street lights they are still on
Though dawn is breaking the birds are singing a song
A song so beautiful it's making me smile
Just to be alive just for this while
It's so beautiful and warm here
Among the palms at the edge of the sea
So beautiful and warm here
My favorite place to be
We've all got to go though I'm leaving it late
I know I have to face it I know it's my fate
I know what it is that's waiting for me
A rainy afternoon that's as cold as can be
Oh Italy take pity, oh Italy take pity on me
Oh Italy so pretty, oh Italy just how it should be
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Sugar Coated
03:21
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Sugar Coated
Life's too short, too complicated, I'm all for speaking plain
Tell it like it is don't overload it, help to keep us sane
The world goes by in the blink of an eye, getting faster by the day
So much trouble and so much strife, what more is there to say
Heave-ho the winds may blow and knock me off my feet
Hells bells now here I go, I just can't keep the beat
Back into some kind of reality, back inside my shell
Back in time to find some serenity, leave behind this hell
Sugar coated, makes a bitter pill seem fine
Sugar coated slips down easy just like wine
In years gone by when time went slow, you could always sit and think
But now I find I'm all behind, and I think my boat will sink
So now our lives are just a blur, even yesterday's gone grey
If you can't keep up you'll soon get stuck, your feet will turn to clay
Heave-ho the winds may blow and knock me off my feet
Hells bells now here I go, I just can't keep the beat
Back into some kind of reality, back inside my shell
Back in time to find some serenity, leave behind this hell
Sugar coated, makes a bitter pill seem fine
Sugar coated slips down easy just like wine
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The Lesson
03:36
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The Lesson
I'm thinking about all the time that's gone by
How I treated it like an endless supply
I've left it too late now there isn't much scope
I feel like I've wasted a whole lot of rope
The time that's gone by won't ever come back
It's no good me chasing it now
The time that's gone by we won't ever get back
It's over and done with and that's just a fact
Balancing fear against taking a chance
The more that your risk the more you enhance
You like staying safe but then you get bored
The more chances we take the more complex the chord
The time that's gone by won't ever come back
It's no good me chasing it now
The time that's gone by we won't ever get back
It's over and done with and that's just a fact
The lesson I've learned is don't waste it
Learn a lesson from me you can't chase it
You can't control it but then you don't have to
Like riding a wave let it roll where it takes you
A question of balance and keeping your head
You know you can ride it just follow the thread
Instrumental
The lesson I've learned is don't waste it
Learn a lesson from me you can't chase it
You can't control it but then you don't have to
Like riding a wave let it roll where it takes you
A question of balance and keeping your head
You know you can ride it just follow the thread
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If We Had Any Sense
03:57
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If We Had Any Sense
From hi-rise Manhattan to lo-rise London UK
There's a discernible pattern and money is the power-cache
You got it or you don't, can you double it and take it away
You got it or you don't can you gamble to get back in the fray
Money extremism capitalist crusade
The religion of choice the acceptable way to behave
Cut your losses cut your overheads
Lift your margins then you can get ahead
If we had any sense we would redistribute all the gold
If we had any sense we would break ourselves free from its hold
If we had any sense there'd be water for all
If we had any sense peace our rallying call
If we had any sense we'd bring everyone in from the cold
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To Make You Strong
03:21
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To Make You Strong
With passion as it grows
There's a willingness that flows
Over everyone
The power that's in you
To make it all come true
Is strong
Everywhere you go
Feel a spirit that will flow
And it's never done
As long as there is hope
There is life
And we all belong
We're all strangers on a journey to where we never know
We're strangers at the mercy of where the winds may blow
Hold me up if I should stumble
Lift me up if I should fall
Back me up whatever troubles may befall
I'll help you out if you should struggle
Help you out when things go wrong
Be a brother when you need me, to make you strong
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Why Can't We Just Have Fun
These strange days we live in, where nothing's as it seems
There's prizes for mediocrity, praise for what it means
Hope and expectation, they have you in their hold
A one-way road to nowhere special, paved with fools gold
If you can find some meaning, if you can find some soul
If you can find it anywhere, it's sure to make you whole
If you can see a pattern, if you can find a thread
If you can make it meaningful, you're sure to get ahead
Why can't we just have fun, let's rediscover fun
I'm so tired of being serious, let's usher in some fun
Why can't we just have fun, let's have it by the ton
The clever can be serious, while the rest of us have fun
I'll be happy when I get there, it's just around the bend
Just beyond my furthest reach, my troubles all will mend
My target I have yet to reach, my goals are not complete
Like someone sees me coming, and moves them further down the street
If you can find some meaning, if you can find some soul
If you can find it anywhere, it's sure to make you whole
If you can see a pattern, if you can find a thread
If you can make it meaningful, you're sure to get ahead
Why can't we just have fun, let's rediscover fun
I'm so tired of being serious, let's usher in some fun
Why can't we just have fun, let's have it by the ton
The clever can be serious, while the rest of us just have fun
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High Time
03:25
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High Time
The waiting is over, all the planning is done
I'm thinking it over, is it lost or is it won?
The moment arrives, the time has come
Will it change our lives, or will it darken the sun
It's high time, it's way beyond time
It's high time, it's way beyond time
It's one of those moments that we'll never forget
A pivotal moment we will praise or regret
The waiting was hell but this moment is key
It's now that we learn what the future will be
It's high time, it's way beyond time
It's high time, it's way beyond time
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The Shock Of The New
04:36
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The Shock Of The New
There's a new spirit of progress that's growing inside
A spirit of progress we'll follow its guide
There's a change in the air as to what we will do
A spirit so strong it's the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's a spirit so strong it's the shock of the new
The descendants of Noah all spoke the same tongue
But the Tower of Babel god smashed it in one
The people were scattered to places far flung
The confusion of language then made them undone
Earthquakes and lightning that splintered the sky
Broke the tower of clay made the rivers run dry
The people were scared and in fear though and through
The change that came in was the shock of the new
There's a new spirit of progress that's growing inside
A spirit of progress we'll follow its guide
There's a change in the air as to what we will do
A spirit so strong it's the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's a spirit so strong it's the shock of the new
Revolution restitution resolution
Evolution revelation activation
It's the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's a spirit so strong it's the shock of the new
As the old ways of living will no longer do
The change that comes in is the shock of the new
As the old ways of living will no longer do
The change that comes in is the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's a spirit so strong it's the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's the shock of the new
It's a spirit so strong it's the shock of the new
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