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The Drug Is Desire
04:21
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You can’t stop the wind from blowing
Through the trees
You can’t stop the sun from shining
On your enemies
You can’t stop the ice from melting
As the temperatures rise
You can’t stop the truth from rising
From a pack of lies
I can’t stop the way I feel about you
Any more than I can live my days without you
The drug is desire, and I’m on fire
You can’t stop the rain from falling
It runs back to the sea
You can’t stop the wolf from howling
It speaks to me
You can’t stop the stars from shining
In a velvet sky
You can’t stop the moon from rising
When the tide is high
I can’t stop the way I feel about you
Any more than I can live my days without you
The drug is desire, and I’m on fire
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Somebody Like You
03:31
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I got a thing about leaving
Got a thing about being on my own
Got a thing about leaving
Makes me want to hang my head and moan
I know you’ve got to go, you tell me that it’s so
You’ve got to follow where it leads you, well we all do
And sometimes that’s down a different road
But if the wind blows fair
If the waves that carry us break softly on a distant shore
As the sun goes down and we’ll both be there
You can tell me how you’re feeling
You can tell me where you’ve been
Fill me with the wonder of the things you’ve seen
The life you’ve lived down a different road
And while the world’s been spinning on its axis
And governments still feed on taxes
And broken hearts don’t always mend
It’s pretty rare to meet a real good friend
And while the world’s been spinning on its axis
And governments still need our taxes
And broken hearts don’t always mend
It’s pretty rare to meet a real good friend
A real good friend, somebody like you, a real good friend
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Defender Of The Faith
02:57
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Defender Of The Faith
It’s in the sun see it rise
It’s in the movement when you focus your eyes
It’s in the heart of a fire
It’s in the passion and the flow of desire
Oh I’m a defender of the faith
Oh I’m a follower of magic
Oh I’m a spec of dust in a galaxy
Where souls meet, and energies collide
And hearts will speak, but heaven will decide our fate
So move with the blessing of the saints
Dance with the spirit of infinity
Dance now before it’s too late
It’s in the light of the stars
It’s in the lonliest drinker in a bar
It’s in the heat of a fight
It’s in the ice on the coldest of nights
Oh I’m a defender of the faith
Oh I’m a follower of magic
Oh I’m a spec of dust in a galaxy
Where souls meet, and energies collide
And hearts will speak, but heaven will decide our fate
So move with the blessing of the saints
Dance with the spirit of infinity
Dance now before it’s too late
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Irresistible
03:41
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I bet that if I was a cowboy
I would ride the range in search of you
Long days in the saddle
With the hot sun bleaching everything I do
Somewhere near a water hole
In the shade of a cactus tree or two
A faint reflection in the water
Makes me think that I see you
Tall in the saddle
Maybe I'm just dehydrated
Lost inside of dreams of you
’Cos in my dreams you'd notice me
And find me just like I find you
Irresistible
I bet that if I was a baker
I would bake some bread for you
Long days in the kitchen
With the oven baking everything I do
Then somewhere near the hottest flame
Flickering and dancing like they do
A shape I see of red and gold
It’s moving like the way that you do
(A golden french baguette)
Maybe I’m just dehydrated
lost inside of dreams of you
’Cos in my dreams you'd notice me
And find me just like I find you
Irresistible
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Blown across a stormy sea
The Pilgrims making history
Driven by the westerlies*
They made their mark
Travellers in wooden boats
Built of planks from mighty oaks
Canvas sails and rigging ropes
They made their mark
Oh how the waves, they crash and churn
See how the tide of fortune turns
Go forward now a hundred years
And Calvinistic new ideas
Enlightenment erasing fears
They made their mark
A hundred more sees slavery
And antebellum bravery
Threatening the harmony
They made their mark
Oh how the waves, they crash and churn
See how the tide of fortune turns
Civil war democracy
Ended legal slavery
Reuniting destiny
It made its mark
Powerful technology
A dominating policy
A global meritocracy
It made its mark
Oh how the waves, they crash and churn
See how the tide of fortune turns
Oh how the waves, they crash and churn
See how the tide of fortune turns
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6. |
Singing The Blues
03:36
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It starts with a wish, then comes the deed
Anything you want has to grow from a seed
You can’t make a salad out and paper and rope
You can’t have a dream without calling on hope
Can’t make something happen less you give it a try
Talk all you like but the words won’t fly
Never give up and you maybe stand a chance
Was it really love or just a romance?
The times were tough the conditions even harder
We were looking for work but there was no work there
The rich were getting richer but the poor stayed down
Not much has changed on the face of this town
The dollar in your pocket fell through a hole
And the devil wouldn’t pay in exchange for your soul
What you gonna do now the time has come
To settle up the bill for a lifetime’s fun?
Was it something I read in the paper
Or maybe something I heard on the news
The government has fallen apart
And started singing the blues
If the cap don’t fit and the pan’s got no handle
If the fire’s gone out and the cupboards all bare
When the roof starts leaking as the rain starts falling
And the wind rattles through the cracks in your door
Who’s gonna help you – who can you beg
A bank might lend you an arm and a leg
When you’re dug right down in a deep dark hole
A preacher maybe help you to save your soul
Was it something I read in the paper
Or maybe something I heard on the news
The government has fallen apart
And started singing the blues
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One-Time Deal
03:07
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Is it the moon dictates the choices we make
Or the tide that leaves us up high
Is it the wind that changes the way that we face
Or the sun that shrivels us dry
Is it the mist that clouds the judgements we make
Or the rain that washes us clean
Is it the dark that hides the emotions we feel
Or the light that shows what we mean
It’s only a one-time deal, devoid of guarantees
It's only a one-time stake, and that’s for real
Is it the hour that make-eth the man
Or the clothes that make him stand tall
Is it the money that we manage to make
Or the height that we stand when we fall
Maybe the love we continue to seek
Defines the shape of our soul
Maybe the risk we face when required to speak
Contributes to making us whole
It’s only a one-time deal, devoid of guarantees
It's only a one-time stake, and that’s for real
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8. |
How It Feels To Me
04:09
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Don’t talk to me about it, cos I don’t know
In my own mind how I feel
Don’t ask me about it, cos I can’t say
Can’t share the way that I feel
I don’t know if I’m upside down or inside out
Or turned around anymore
But if you can’t see me, no one can see me at all
But if you don’t know me, no one knows me at all
And then I don’t exist anymore
That’s how it feels to me, I know it isn’t true
It’s just how it feels to me
Don’t tell me about it, cos I wrote the book
I starred in the film of the play
And I can’t get away from it, that part was mine
Though I tried to deny it was so
Now I know that I’m upside down, inside out
And turned around all the time
And if you can’t see me it’s sad but I won’t cry
And if you don’t know me then it’s time to pass on by
And then you’ll still exist and so will I
That’s how it feels to me, it might just be true
And anyway that’s how it feels to me
I don’t know if I’m upside down or inside out
Or turned around anymore
But if you can’t see me, no one can see me at all
But if you don’t know me, no one knows me at all
And then I don’t exist anymore
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It’s Not Real
04:21
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Always talking on the phone
Or maybe texting some unknown
Perhaps you’re blogging something better left alone
It doesn’t matter anymore
Someone knocking at your door
OK you're in, but you're really not at home
You got minutes you got signal
You got everything you need
You got music high above you in the cloud
You got roaming there's no static
In your smartphone galaxy
Your plan gives you every guarantee
It’s not real it’s only virtual
Though they make it look like fun
You’re living in a vacuum just a zero and a one
Your digital encryption is divisible by none
A code machine enigma that's what you have become
All the companies they chase you
With ever better offerings
Reflecting the zeitgeist and the zest
The race is on to get you
And then never let you go
A better life with us than all the rest
Talking on the phone
Texting some unknown
It doesn’t matter anymore
OK, you’re in but you're really not at home
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10. |
The Time And The Tide
03:12
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It was just a little dream of mine
To go back one day
To the town where I grew up to be a man
But imagine my surprise
There’s nothing there I recognise
Just some ghosts that time over ran
Streets and houses where the fields used to be
They’d gone ahead and changed it
Without reference to me
The time and the tide
They will wait around for no one
The wheels of progress will turn
Whatever’s in the way
Just gets flattened in a day
The future’s relentless and stern
So get on board with the program
We won’t suffer no delays
There’s money and there's bridges to burn
Don’t look back you’re being followed
A hooded figure in a cloak
Carrying a scythe in his hand
He’s bent over double as he slowly drifts along
He’s carrying a timer full of sand
He’s relentless in his progress
And he smiles a chilling grin
As he calmly sets to work
Now all his children gathered in
The time and the tide
They will wait around for no one
The wheels of progress will turn
Whatever’s in the way
Just gets flattened in a day
The future’s relentless and stern
So get on board with the program
We won’t suffer no delays
There’s money and there's bridges to burn
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11. |
Shifting Sand
06:01
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It’s a time of change
We’re all on shifting sand
It’s a time of revolution
That’s gonna sweep across this land
And what’s right is wrong
And all that’s free winds up in jail
Till the weak grow strong
And the strong get weaker till they fail
We need men of vision
We need women of substance and resolve
We need swift decisions
Need the strength to stand and take control
To right every wrong
To banish indecision
Stand free and strong
Let freedom be our mission
And I, see the horizon on fire
The rivers turn to blood
As the flames are burning higher
And I, see the world split in two
Cities turn to dust
That’s what they're gonna do
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12. |
That’s OK
03:38
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That’s alright, it’s ok
That’s just how you feel today
That’s alright, it’s ok
There’s nothing there to explain away
Sometimes the dark is where we’re headed
Sometimes the light will fade away
That’s alright, it’s understood
That’s ok
You’re trying to move a mountain
But is it really in the way?
You’re trying to go from black to white
But you’ve ended up with grey
You’d like to change the whole wide world
And everything within
That’s alright, it’s understood
That’s ok
That’s alright, it’s ok
That’s just how you feel today
That’s alright, it’s ok
There’s nothing there to explain away
Sometimes the dark is where we’re headed
Sometimes the light will fade away
That’s alright, it’s understood
That’s ok
Remember when you see some children
Get completely lost in play
Remember how it felt to lose yourself
In exactly that same way
What you see as a stack of problems
Can just as easy melt away
That’s alright, it’s understood
That’s ok
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13. |
Kick Up The Dust
03:14
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