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Sensible Guy
03:24
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I'm always early, never late
Don't like to make assumptions, don't want to speculate
You won't find me at the cutting-edge
Let me talk you down from off that window ledge
"He's the kind of guy
On whom you can rely
We can show you why"
It ain't that hard to see how...
I keep folding
Every hand I'm holding
I don't wanna risk it this time
Don't take chances
With personal finances
Got to play it straight down the line
I'm a sensible guy
Sensible guy
When I was little, could barely walk
My daddy took me to the local amusement park
Carried me onto every single ride
And every single time his little baby cried
“It’s so easy to see
What this boy’s gonna be
Don't he break easily?”
I don’t know what to tell you…
[Chorus]
Something inside me
Keeps pulling me back from the brink
A sensible angel
Atop of my shoulder I think
So don’t try and tempt me
Lament or torment me
Come on then, let's see which one of us blinks
Ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba
[Chorus and coda]
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2. |
Mr Glass Half Empty
03:12
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You take the sunshine
Turn it into rain
You take a good vibe
Burn it down it flames
'Cause when it comes to the positive
Oh, it's gonna be in vain
Mr Glass Half Empty
Is trying to bring me down again
You got those problems
Burning on your brain
You don't want pleasure
All you want is pain
But is the long-term forecast
Always gonna be the same?
Mr Glass Half Empty
Why d'you bring me down again
I know that's it hard to be sunny
There's a lot of funny weather out there
But once in awhile you could smile
It makes a big difference, I swear
Let's lift our glasses
Throw 'em back again
Don't look so jaded
Allow me to explain
'Cause when it comes to the positive
Maybe there could be a change
Mr Glass Half Empty
I can make you smile again
Mr Glass Half Empty
I can make you smile again (repeat)
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LYRICS © 2023 Kristi McKeever
Would you sing the alphabet
Backwards from Z
Make up a dance
Try to impress me
Would you keep a secret
If I told you one
Play a few games
Have a little fun
[ch]
You say absolutely
I say all right
You say certainly
All day, all night
It would be a pleasure
An honor, delight
You say absolutely
I say all right
Would you take a ride
On a tandem bike
Go treasure hunting
In the countryside
Would you save the last piece
Of chocolate cake
Stay up for a chat
Watch the daybreak
[ch]
You say absolutely
I say all right
You say certainly
All day, all night
It would be a pleasure
An honor, delight
You say absolutely
I say all right
[br]
You’re never old when you’re being bold
Never tired if you’re inspired
State of mind is all we have
So why not play and share a couple laughs
Repeat ch
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4. |
Just A Little Song
02:28
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Just a little song
To pass the time of day
Sitting in this room
Nothing much to say
Just a little tune
Just some words to sing
Nothing very deep
Doesn’t mean a thing
Oh, sometimes I slip away
Oh, maybe here I go again
Just a little song
Whatever springs to mind
Whatever sounds ok
It’s probably alright
Just a little verse
Neither bad nor good
Doesn’t have to rhyme
But actually it should
Oh, sometimes I slip away
Oh, maybe here I go again
Just a little song
To pass the time of day
Sitting in this room
With nothing much to
With nothing much to
I got nothing much to say
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5. |
Fool
04:53
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She's mad and then she's gentle
She changes day to day
She smiles like Mona Lisa
But her eyes they do betray
A bitter streak of malice
That never goes away
And she knows I'll always follow her
No matter what they say
'Cause they say I'm meek and placid
A slave to her demands
Wrapped around her finger
But what they'll never understand
Is that moment when she whispers
"I'm your woman, you're my man"
Makes every casual cruelty
So easy to withstand
(Chorus)
I'm a fool
But I'm her fool
She can kick me like a dog
And I'll always be true
I'm a fool
But I'm her fool
She can test my devotion
And I'll always come through
I'm a fool
Now I’m standing at the station
A shadow ‘cross my face
Gonna move back to my folks’ house
It’s a long way from this place
But when they call the platform
I know I’m bound to stay
‘Cause I’m chained by something stronger
That’ll never go away
(Chorus)
Ain’t gonna run away
Back into my shell for another day
Held by invisible threads
Gonna listen to my heart, not my head
(Chorus)
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6. |
Falling Apart
04:48
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Looks like you’re leaving
Moving to New York
Everything’s changing
But we don't even talk
And I know that it’s crazy
All in a losing cause
I’m tilting at windmills
In the hope of applause
And now I'm falling apart
Keep thinking that you’ll smile
Like you used to do
I’m searching for someone
Who could have been you
But now I'm falling apart
If life was a movie then I would hit pause and rewind
But what I am realising clearer and clearer
Is all the best moments are trailing a long way behind
Getting smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror
And now I'm falling apart
Keep thinking that you’ll smile
Like you used to do
I’m searching for someone
Who could have been you
But now I'm falling apart
Keep reaching for the hand
That is never there
Staring at something
I couldn’t repair
Your bag’s in the hallway
Full of all your clothes
I know that you’re leaving
But I can’t let you go
A sound in the driveway
A taxi engine hums
You don’t know what you had
'Til the moment it’s gone
And now I'm falling apart
Keep thinking that you’ll smile
Like you used to do
I’m searching for someone
Who could have been you
But now I'm falling apart
Keep reaching for the hand
That is never there
Staring at something
I couldn’t repair
Oh I’m falling apart
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Sarah, all I have are questions
I don’t have the answers yet
Even with the best intentions
We were running up a debt
Until the time had come to pay it
I guess that’s what you get
At least we’ll always have Berlin
Strolling through the Tiergarten last Spring
Sarah, all I ever wanted
Was to see you smile
Instead of always looking haunted
The defendant in a trial
But every time I tried to solve it
I just made it worse
At first I didn’t see it, now I do
I only wish that you could see it too
And I don’t have much to say
But I’m going to say it anyway
Even if I hesitate
To set it down
To set it right down
It’s three o’clock at night
I stare into this square of light
Try to find a way to write
To tell you why
I just can’t say goodbye
You were standing in the garden
In that dress your mother made
The leaves were pale and golden
As the light began to fade
I could see that you’d been crying
In that understated way
That Sarah, you would always do
As if you hadn’t really wanted to
And I don’t have much to say
But I’m going to say it anyway
Even if I hesitate
To set it down
To set it right down
It’s three o’clock at night
I stare into this square of light
Try to find a way to write
To tell you why
I just can’t say goodbye
I can’t say goodbye
I can’t say goodbye...
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8. |
Shortlands
03:15
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Sunday morning
Missed connections
Waiting rooms
And disaffection
Blackcaps calling, calling
In the sycamore trees
Yellow lines
And platform signs
Litter, brambles
Side-by-side
Suburban idyll half-glimpsed
Through the sycamore trees
St Mary Cray, Swanley, Bat and Ball, Otford, Sevenoaks, Shortlands
In Shortlands
Stranded in Shortlands
In Shortlands
Stranded all our lives
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LYRICS © Nancy Cunningham
The business boys are aching, yeah they wanna put a bot on it
The way they say they see it, set you free just put a bot on it
They're pushing pretty hard because they wanna put a bot on it
Well, I'd like to see 'em try to put a bot on me
They'll need a smoking, joking robot, changing his own oil
Hot sauce in his deep freeze and his temper at a boil
He'll do some wishing, fishing and some staying outta prison
There's so much finessing that this bot will have to do
Put a bot on it (x3)
Those business boys are aching cos they want to put a bot on it
The trying and my lying and my lakeside catfish frying
My hardware store addiction, all the nail guns I've been buying
Their code is bound to need a certain bit of rectifying
There's so much adapting this bot will have to do
My hurting after flirting and my doubting what's for certain
There's talking 'bout elections and there's giving bad directions
My snoring and ignoring and my boring storytelling
And wasting company time instead of doing what I'm told
Put a bot on it (x3)
Those business boys are aching cos they want to put a bot on it
They’re gonna have to go a long, long way to replace me
'Cause you can’t improve on perfection
The other day, I fired up my IBM Personal Computer
And I typed, ‘Hey Mr Chat GPT
Who’s the smartest fella in the whole damn world?’
And you know what Mr GPT said?
He said, ‘You're looking at him now’
The business boys are aching, yeah they wanna put a bot on it
The way they say they see it, set you free just put a bot on it
They're pushing pretty hard because they wanna put a bot on it
Well, I'd like to see 'em try to put a bot on me
Put a bot on it (x3)
Those business boys are aching cos they want to put a bot on it
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10. |
Whiskey & Chocolate
02:38
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Well my day started badly and just got worse
By twenty past nine it felt like I was cursed
Give me whiskey & chocolate to help me through the day
Give me whiskey & chocolate, and everything will be ok
By two o'clock my boss had fired me from my job
My girlfriend kicked me out, yeah she said I was a slob
Give me whiskey & chocolate to help me with the pain
Give me whiskey & chocolate, it'll make it go away
You can keep those other vices
Cocaine and women, they do not entice me
There's only two things I need in a crisis
One is whiskey and the other is... well , you know...
Now I'm standing with my suitcase, full moon in the sky
Only one thing left, only one thing I can try
Give me whiskey & chocolate to help me through the night
Give me whiskey & chocolate, and everything will be alright
Whiskey & chocolate (whiskey & chocolate)... repeat
Give me whiskey & chocolate, and everything will be alright
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11. |
Hell To Pay
02:52
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I call my baby on the seventh day
Tell her everything that I gotta say
I can’t keep looking the other way
When there’s hell to pay
I talked to the devil by the state highway
The devil told me everything'd be ok
I shoulda known better, shoulda run away
Now there’s hell to pay
Take my money
Take my pride
But don’t take the love
That is rightfully mine
I’m begging for deliverance
But it don’t make no difference this time
Right from the moment I signed my name
My run of bad luck, well it started to change
But I was saving up trouble for a sunny day
Now there's hell to pay
Take my money
Take my pride
But don’t take the love
That is rightfully mine
I’m begging for deliverance
But it don’t make no difference this time
And then one day an angel crossed my path
With wings of gold just like the sun
I hoped she'd save me from this fiery wrath
But it was always borrowed, now my time has come
I call my baby on the seventh day
Tell her pretty soon I'll be moving away
Where I'm bound? Well, I cannot say
‘Cause there's hell to pay
Oh there's
Hell to pay, hell to pay...
I'm sorry baby, but there's hell to pay
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12. |
Half Past Midnight
04:49
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City streets where the moonbeams lie
Summer's over but the temperature is high
We've been walkin' for an hour or two
I'm intoxicated by the thought of you
Passin' by old familiar haunts
We could be travellin' anywhere you want
Now the witching hour has arrived
I'll tell you tomorrow, baby, if we survived
It’s half past midnight
But we have only just begun
Half past midnight
We keep walkin' to the morning sun
River flowin' like a vein in your arm
Carry me with it until I reach your heart
Let me follow to warm and silent seas
Baby, that would be enough for me
Half past midnight
And we have only just begun
Half past midnight
We keep walkin' to the morning sun
Baby, when you're lookin' back
I hope it feels the same
Baby, when the wind blows in the night
I hope that it will call my name
Half past midnight
And we have only just begun
Half past midnight
We keep walkin' to the morning sun
(repeat)
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13. |
Hurtin' For A Heartache
03:55
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© Graham/Daniel
I know what I'm looking for
Someone to make me feel alive
It's a risk I'll take for sure
But at least I've got to try
chorus:
I'm hurtin' for a heartache
It's been a long time
Since I've let love make a fool of me
Like I'm going to tonight
I'm gonna lower my defenses
Let the pain come my way
One thing's for certain
I'm hurtin' for a heartache
I wanna feel that sweet sensation
Of love kicking me around
I'm gonna give into temptation
It's as simple as it sounds
repeat chorus:
Someone who knows just how
To break my heart to bits
You know, I've gone too long without
So that's what I'm out to get
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14. |
Lone Star
04:15
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[1]
Lone Star, you keep on hiding
Lone Star, you keep on hiding
Hiding, hiding from yourself
I know you got a long, long way to go
But you don't have to get there all a...
Lone Star, you keep on running
Lone Star, you keep on running
Running, running from yourself
And every time you look back at what's left
It kind of takes your breath away
But oh Lone Star, it's all for you
So Lone Star go break on through
[2]
Lone Star shining in a velvet sky
Lone Star looking down from way up high
Lone Star burning like a fiery sun
Lone Star doing it for everyone
[3]
Stretch your hands across the sky
Raise 'em way up high
I don't know why
I had a dream where I could fly
I waved you all goodbye
I don't know why
[4]
Lone Star, you keep on shining
Lone Star, you keep on shining
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15. |
Just A Dream
02:16
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I saw a field full of stars
You were standing there
We had a house on a hill
Flowers everywhere
Life was simple, life was sweet
We had no worries, we felt complete
But oh, it was just a dream I had
When I was green and young
Oh, it was never more than that
And now I’m growing up
I saw a world lit by hope
Brighter than the one I knew
We learned from the past and understood
Where we were heading to
Instead of violence we had love
No suspicion, only trust
But oh, it was just a dream I had
When I was green and young
Oh, it was never more than that
And now I’m growing up
Now I’m growing up
Now I’m growing up
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David Taro London, UK
David Taro is a singer-songwriter and producer from South London in the UK.
His work - encompassing genres including indie pop, rock and blues - is tender and heartfelt yet frequently laced with a wry, self-deprecating wit.
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