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god, oil, money
03:51
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Folks point at their neighbour, "you don't belong"
Ask the same old question, "where are you really from?"
Nothing like that matters to me and my friends
Love is where we start, love's where we end
This big blue marble is cracked right to its core
When the TV turns you off that doesn't stop the war
Does anybody understand what all this fighting's for?
It's in the name of god, oil or money
Folks point at their neighbour, "you don't belong"
Ask the same old question, "where are you really from?"
Nothing like that matters to me and my friends
Love is where we start, love's where we end
A journey brings a thousand years of stories to the street
Ragged, weary bones and hearts of hope longing to meet
Anyone, just someone who will join with them to weep
For something more than god, oil or money
Folks point at their neighbour, "you don't belong"
Ask the same old question, "where are you really from?"
Nothing like that matters to me and my friends
Love is where we start, love's where we end
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2. |
Fayaway
02:57
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Fayaway, fayaway
How can I resist your charms?
Fayaway, I gotta sail away
Far from your loving arms
I had never heard your name until all hope was gone
Now I'll never be the same, but I can't carry on
I'm missing your embrace and the poetry of your smile
I'll swim a thousand miles for
Fayaway, fayaway
How can I resist your charms?
Fayaway, I gotta sail away
Far from your loving arms
Across the waves on a [?], losing the storm behind
There's a tempest waiting in my head since we ran out of time
And I'm missing your embrace, the poetry of your smile
I'll swim a thousand miles for
Fayaway, fayaway
How can I resist your charms?
Fayaway, I gotta sail away
Far from your loving arms
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3. |
Glitterlung
03:56
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I recognised a face there in the crowd
tears behind a veil
A laugh inside a sigh
The echo of a thousand hearts forlorn
Wind without a sail
Or is it applause, is it mine?
I know that I am sick
But I'll be fine
I'm always fine
It's just a case of glitterlung this time
We built these diamond castles just to hide behind
but only ever wanted to be free
When I arrived here lost, I found my home
Thanks to you ,there's nothing left to see
I know that I am sick
But I'll be fine
I'm always fine
It's just a case of glitterlung this time
The whole point was we didn't care what dawn would bring
What on earth made you think we'd want to see the sun?
We'd rather die of glitterlung
Sometimes these days I find it hard to breathe
I bare my soul before I ask your name
The air is thick with stars flung from my hand
Turn up all the lights and let me shine
I know that I am sick
But I'll be fine
I'm always fine
It's just a case of glitterlung
I know that I am sick
But I'll be fine
I'm always fine
It's just a case of glitterlung
I know that I am sick
But I'll be fine
We'll all be fine
It's just a case of glitterlung this time
What on earth made you think we'd want to see the sun?
We'd rather die of glitterlung
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4. |
Back To You
04:49
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I’ve got to find my way back down this lonely road
The night advances much too quickly now
We have to try and save what time can still erode
A mountaineer is hanging by a vow
The lamps have been extinguished since there’s no-one left to guide
The one who jumps still has the finest view
If I manage to escape from here I’ll never leave your side
I’ve got to find my way back to you
Like a wise man knows just how foolish he’s been
The strangest things I’ve learned about I’ve never really seen
This morning was a nightmare while tonight is still a dream
I’ve got to find my way back to you
The maps were all made into kites and soaked in paraffin
Then launched ablaze together from the park
It was such a great idea the trouble we were in
didn’t seem apparent til it was dark
When I see you baby I’ll just trip into your eyes
And fall head over heels inside the blue
You always were the one who would see right through this disguise
I’ve got to find my way back to you
Like a wise man knows just how foolish he’s been
The strangest things I’ve learned about I’ve never really seen
This morning was a nightmare while tonight is still a dream
I’ve got to find my way back to you
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5. |
Susie Sidewinder
03:08
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Oh Susie Sidewinder
you got me grinning like a Cheshire cat
how come the blues just never find ya
I’d give my finest week for one day like that
Down by Susie’s casino
I’m dreaming of beautiful things
Puppets take control of their masters
People wrestle power from kings
Alarm bells force a rude awakening
The valley is becoming a lake
Down by ole Susie’s casino
My final gamble I start to make
Oh Susie Sidewinder
you got me grinning like a Cheshire cat
how come the blues just never find ya
I’d give my finest week for one day like that
The dam has bust it’s secrets wide open
Writing every chapter anew
All our dreams are now underwater
The water is a horrible stew
Just when I think it’s over
Susie floats right by on the lake
she’s riding on a one armed bandito
spitting silver coins in her wake
Oh Susie Sidewinder
you got me grinning like a Cheshire cat
how come the blues just never find ya
I’d give my finest week for one day like that
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6. |
Sundance Kid
04:20
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On a night like this
when the sky is balmy black
and the light from distant suns rushes our way
I want you near
And you said you want me back
This time you have my word I’m gonna stay
Creeping down the kitchen hall
Running down the track
Climbing up the cedar by your window
Gazing at you then
I’ll drink it in
The night is done, let’s change the scene
Baby come and roll round in the cornfield
Let me taste your wine
I know your papa hates me
and your mama wants to blame me
but tonight we have each other
I’m the sundance kid
I keep that red hot letter
you wrote with ruby blood
inside this tattered jacket with this knife
My heart explodes
when you open like a bud
So I’ve come back home to crash into your life
Stealing to the waterfall
Tangled up again
Feel the water sluicing down your chest
Holding you close
And calling out your name
Until we run away I’ll never rest
Baby come and roll round in the cornfield
Let me taste your wine
I know your papa hates me
and your mama wants to blame me
but tonight we have each other
I’m the sundance kid
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7. |
(Livin' Like A) Pilgrim
03:23
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Everybody's got their way of living
Well, I've got mine
Everybody's gotta way of giving
And taking their time
I'm living like a pilgrim
But having a good time, oh yeah
Walking through the motions
Just spreading emotions
I'm living like a pilgrim
From place to place a different face
Taking things for granted
But learning with life
Ain't no time to rest
I've got to do my best
But I gotta move on fast
Ain't no time to kill
'Cause life is passing right on the top of that hill
So you gotta put your boots on and start hiking
Cause life is like a lightning
Shines on bright and strikes on fast
Sometimes it may be frightening
But you gotta react
I'm sick of walking into people who may say they are your friends
Suckin' up all your energy
For their own benefit
Well whatever you do you know you gotta do good to yourself
Before you can even start talking 'bout somebody else
Give yourself some time don't be blind by taking up things you might regret
Well ain’t no time to rest
I’ve got to do my best
But I gotta move on fast
Ain’t no time to kill
Cause life is passing right on top of that hill
So you gotta put your boots on
So you gotta put your boots on
So you gotta put your boots on and start hiking…
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8. |
Worries
04:57
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If I’m dragging my heels today
More downtrodden than I usually seem
My boots are stuck in the mire
and I’m done with working somebody elses dream
"Got to have it all "
They said
"Never drop the ball"
They said
How’d ya get out of your head? When it’s shouting
I got all the worries in the world
I got all the worries in the world
This life’s an oyster with no pearl
And all the worries in the world
There’s a goon in a white lie suit
radio screaming our problems have hardly begun
The Queen’s drunk on rotten fruit
While the moon dies weeping in the arms of the sun
They’ll know when.you’re asleep my friend
They’ll know when you’re awake again
And you’re the one that’s telling them
I got all the worries in the world
I got all the worries in the world
This life’s an oyster with no pearl
And all the worries in the world
We are not alone tonight
We won’t go without a fight
Forget the lies they’re telling you
Let’s build something new
We’ve got all the worries in the world
We’ve got all the worries in the world
We stand together, flag unfurled
with all the worries in the world
I got all the worries in the world
I got all the worries in the world
This life’s an oyster and you’re the pearl
With all the worries in the world
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9. |
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The only thing that passes here is time
Baking in the heat
Shadows on the run
Chasing the horizon down the line
The only thing that passes here is time
Don't go weaving me too deep into your dreams
Your chequered counterpane will never feel the same
If you watch my world through eyeglasses of green
You have woven me too deep into your dreams
The moon is swollen and staring
Drowning in a slingshot of stars
And you are a whole hemisphere away
I am past caring
Burying those memories of ours
It's high time someone new was led astray
A promise that you knew I couldn't keep
We built a world of lies for someone else's sake
Sailed ten thousand miles so I could break
A promise that you knew I couldn't keep
The moon is swollen and staring
Drowning in a slingshot of stars
And you are a whole hemisphere away
I am past caring
Burying those memories of ours
It's high time someone new was led astray
What do you say?
Oh, Don't you go forgetting that I'm gone
'cause I will haunt your dreams
'til the dawn that never comes
From the bottom of the silent Serpentine
Where the only thing that passes
the only thing that passes
the only thing that passes here is time
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10. |
Glitterlung (reprise)
01:39
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This taxi driver doesn't pass the Turing test
Someone pulled the power out on Bracey
The city reeks of diesel and the dregs of deceit
Whoever ordered cleaning up the mess?
I know that I am sick but I'll be fine
I'm always fine
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11. |
Luna Park
03:12
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Yeah yeah yeah!
I won't be here tomorrow
My heart was full of joy
Then you went and sold me sorrow
Why why why
do I feel so goddamn hollow?
Was I ever really there at all?
Luna park's so close
We've got to make the most
of the years we have left on the world
Drop a penny in the tin
To absolve your sin
You can still sail that ship
When an ill wind blows
Yeah yeah yeah!
Bring the lost and the forgotten
then emperor is dancing but
his heart inside is rotten
So bye bye bye
Gone with every gain ill-gotten
I was never really there at all
Luna park's so close
We've got to make the most
of the years we have left on the world
Drop a penny in the tin
To absolve your sin
You can still sail that ship
When an ill wind blows
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Me and you
we've been accused of living fast and hard
Apart from those who've done us wrong
We hold our friends in high regard
If you're living in a castle
You've got the same amount of luck
As someone who is living
In the back of a truck
Staying on this side of the dirt
Staying on this side of the dirt
Help me reach the finish line without getting hurt
Staying on this side of the dirt
Oh, we're having fun
Won't be done for a long long time
If you wanna lose me
You're gonna lose me over time
Oh, I know who's on my side
And it's a special few
Running the party now on a skeleton crew
Well, we'll see how we do
Staying on this side of the dirt
Staying on this side of the dirt
Help me reach the finish line without getting hurt
Staying on this side of the dirt
We're not gonna pay any bills
We lost it all in William Hill
Even though we've had the starter, main and dessert
We're staying on this side of the dirt
They say you're never on your own
But it's always a lie
You're always alone
Always alone
Staying on this side of the dirt
Staying on this side of the dirt
Help me reach the finish line without getting hurt
Staying on this side of the dirt
We're not gonna pay any bills
We lost it all in William Hill
Even though we've had the starter, main and dessert
We're staying on this side
We're staying on this side
We're staying on this side of the dirt
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Tankus the Henge London, UK
A genre bending, never ending, furious & joyous force. On the road most of the time, defined by movement, groove and
adventure, Tankus the Henge have been making and breaking their own rules for a while now.
Originally based around the songwriting of Jaz Delorean and inspired by the hard graft ethics of an early 20th Century travelling show, they will often play upwards of one hundred gigs a year
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