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Better Day
03:34
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You've been falling for so long
You've forgotten where you belong
I don't know where, I don't know how
But I'll make you this solemn vow
I’m gonna find you
I’m gonna hold you
I’m gonna show you
A better day
Sky is breaking in your mind
You hear voices all the time
But you ain’t helpless, no you ain’t done
You ain’t defeated, cos you are strong
I’m gonna find you
I’m gonna hold you
I’m gonna show you
A better day
Tell me your secrets, baby I'll tell you mine
You ain't gotta keep it, you just gotta hold a line
I’m gonna find you
I’m gonna hold you
I’m gonna show you
A better day
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2. |
Emmanuelle
04:24
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I was thirteen, living in a dead-end town by the sea
Nothing much ever happened, until Summer 1993
The school French exchange, it was meant to be
Her name? Emmanuelle
She was the most sophisticated girl I’d ever met
She wore rimless glasses and smoked Gauloise cigarettes
She said life was short, too short for regrets
She was, quite simply
The most beautiful girl in the world
Shining like diamonds and pearls
A language that I longed to learn
But I never found the right words
To tell Emmanuelle
She quoted the philosophies of Nietzsche and Kant
Her favourite film was Au Revoir Les Enfants
She listened extensively to the music of Serge Gainsborough
Her taste? Impeccable
The boys and the girls would cast furtive glances
The bravest among us would make tentative advances
Like the opening salvos in a game of love tennis
But I never made my move
The most beautiful girl in the world
Shining like diamonds and pearls
A language that I longed to learn
But I never found the right words
To tell, Emmanuelle
And oh Emmanuelle, can't you tell
That I fell in love with you
You cast a spell, Emmanuelle
Did you want me too?
I never knew
The other day, I thought of Emmanuelle
I wondered about the woman she might have become
So I googled her name and there she was, the same but different
She lives in a slightly unfashionable suburb of Lille
She works in the planning department of the local government
Her Facebook page lists her interests, they include
Badminton, sudoku and the collection of rare WWII memorabilia
She’s single, still, and has a Bichon Frise called Fifi
But as I turned off my laptop and smiled
I knew she would always be...
The most beautiful girl in the world
Shining like diamonds and pearls
A language that I longed to learn
But I never found the right words
Ma belle, Emmanuelle
Emmanuelle, Emmanuelle, Emmanuelle...
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3. |
Everything Will Be Ok
04:00
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Lately you've stopped checking the news
Every time you did, it was giving you the blues
Now I'm your link to the world outside
You ask me to tell you anything I find
And I always say everything will be ok
But it’s harder and harder to do
Cos the more I try, the more I got to close my eyes
And hope that it changes soon
So many times I thought I could see
A little chink of light shining at me
But it was a just hope, it’s what we do
To make it through the night, when none of it is true
And I always say everything will be ok
But it’s harder and harder to do
And the more I try, the more I got to close my eyes
And hope that it changes soon
So turn off your light, in a dark so deep
I’ll lie by your side, sing you to sleep
When you a wake, this will all be gone
Just a silly little dream, but it’s all we've got
And everything will be ok
Everything will be ok
Everything will be ok
Everything will be ok
Everything will be ok
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4. |
Fairytale Blues
05:29
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Cinderella stirs the embers in the fireplace
Makes you want to cry sometimes
Had a fella who it turns out wasn’t really so
Charming after all, so goodbye
Now her daddy’s house never felt so cold
And you thought you had it made
You got your happy ending
But what you hadn’t read
Was you got the blues instead
All the people came
But they were just pretending
Like vultures round the dead
You got the blues instead
You got the blues instead
Seven dwarves at a table in the dead of night
Staring at the dark outside
The happy ending didn’t mend them like they thought it might
Left an empty hole inside
And don’t it feel so wrong with your princess gone
Little Red heading homeward through a moonlit wood
Bloodstain on her cloak, she cries
Seen more violence than a young girl ever really should
When she shuts her eyes, in her mind
She still hears the sound as the axe comes down
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5. |
Imperfection
03:49
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Champion boxer with a suspect jaw
Broken tile on the bathroom floor
Legal loophole in a perfect law
Marquise diamond with a hidden flaw
And it makes me wanna lose my mind
You’re imperfection
Gold-winged angel with a skull tattoo
Ugly building with a perfect view
One mistake in a fine debut
Seventh note when I sing these blues
And it makes me wanna lose my mind
You’re imperfection
One fret missing on a red guitar
Darkness lurking in a neutron star
Hairline fracture in a precious vase
Silence closing out the au revoir
And it makes me wanna lose my mind
You’re imperfection
You’re just the sum of your imperfections
You’re just the sum of your imperfections
But when you put them together
You get you, you get perfection
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6. |
Black Box
03:28
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When they find the black box of our love
It will hold a detailed records of
A thousand pointless arguments
Words we know we never meant
When they find the black box of our love
They'll say the signs were there right from the start
The way he always held himself apart
The way that she would turn to him
And wonder what was happening
They’ll say the signs were there right from the start
And I never meant to make you feel this way
And I hope you find a better man some day
Someone who cares for you
Makes you feel alright
When they find the black box of our love
The crimes that they will find me guilty of
Include the charge of apathy
A vacuum where a heart should be
When they find the black box of our love
And I never meant to make you feel this way
And I hope you find a better man some day
Someone who cares for you
Makes you feel alright
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7. |
Blue Sky Blue
02:43
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The weather changed
Wind blew in from Russia
You were amazed
You'd never been in such a
Blue sky blue, blue sky blue
You ran outside
I couldn't hold you back
Snow piled high
And you were laughing at the
Blue sky blue, blue sky blue
When you're young it's all an empty page
Nothing written, nothing set
But when you make it to your daddy's age
Things change, you have regrets
You took a breath
Then let it out just like a
Dragon's breath
Rising high into a
Blue sky blue, blue sky blue
I wish that I could live the way you do
Like today is all there is
But baby, life strips that away from you
Til you've nothing left to give
I watched you play
My heart was full of wonder
Then you're away
Just running hard under a
Blue sky blue, blue sky blue
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8. |
Passport To Your Heart
03:29
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I’ve been waiting in line so patiently
They say they’ll call me up presently
I wish I had a passport to your heart
Yeah, I wish I had a passport to your heart
I’ve packed my bags, I’m ready to go
But the customs guy, he tells me no
I wish I had a passport to your heart
Yeah, I wish I had a passport to your heart
Baby you’re the kind of place I always wanted to go
I’ve read all the brochures
I know everything there is to know
But I can’t get in
Cos I don’t have the right documentation
This airport lounge is cold and grey
All the people here bore me anyway
I wish I had a passport to your heart
Yeah, I wish I had a passport to your heart
Maybe I’m alone, the gate is closed
But you gotta dream or you’ll never know
I wish I had a passport to your heart
Yeah, I wish I had a passport to your heart
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9. |
Broken
03:21
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Well, I thought I was the strong one
A pillar in the sand
You have always been so fragile
I’ve tried to understand
But it seems I’m just better
At hiding my pain
And it’s welled up inside me again
I thought I was supposed to fix you
Turns out I’m broken too
When all of these feelings burst through
Turns out I’m as broken as you
You say I just ignore you
You say I’m never there
I wish that I was different
I really do, I swear
But these songs in my head
Give me comfort, you see
Without them I wouldn’t be me
I thought I was supposed to fix you
Turns out I’m broken too
When all of these feelings burst through
Turns out I’m as broken as you
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10. |
Love Like A Loaded Gun
03:48
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Face is familiar
Cat got your tongue?
One in a million
Tight as a drum
Bang on the mirror
Have you gone criminal?
Shoe gazing lover
Heart weighs a tonne
Eyes for another
Band on the run
Stand and deliver
Have you gone criminal?
Well, we've been here before, you were the only one
Who was looking for a love like a loaded gun
You didn't break any law, but we know what you've done
You were looking for a love like a loaded gun
I couldn’t take any more, I guess that means that you won
You were looking for a love like a loaded gun
Hand on the trigger
Hole in your shoe
Cry me a river
Turn of the screw
Love lasts forever
Have you gone criminal?
Blue velvet blazer
Sharp as a tack
Blood on a razor
Sweat on your back
Cold as a killer
Have you gone criminal?
Down at the chateau
Part of the plan
Over the rainbow
Stand by your man
Keep it together
Have you gone criminal
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11. |
Maybe
02:57
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Maybe it’ll be alright
Maybe we’ll get through this shitty night
Maybe we’ll stumble into the light
Maybe it’ll be alright
Maybe it’ll be ok
Maybe we’ll turn this ship around someday
Maybe our troubles will drift away
Maybe it’ll be ok
Maybe it’ll all be fine
Maybe I shouldn’t worry all the time
Maybe the stars will align
Maybe it’ll all be fine
Maybe when the weather's better
We can get together again
Maybe we can have some tea and
Pop to the café at half past ten
Maybe it'll all be good
Maybe it’s going exactly as it should
Maybe we've just misunderstood
Maybe it'll all be good
Maybe when the weather's better
We can get together again
Maybe we can have some tea and
Pop to the café at half past ten
Maybe it'll all end well
Cos baby, you can never really tell
Maybe everything’s just swell
Maybe it'll all end well
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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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