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tongue tied
02:05
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bone dry
03:21
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stood aloof, bullet proof
a narcissist within my youth
but in the half-light I couldn't be seen
there was nearly nothing left of me
translucent, fading away
lost in the shadows at the end of the day
I take it slow, take it in my stride
one step, one step at a time
and though I walk in the pouring rain, still I'm bone dry
soon be falling on my knees again
something hit me like a brick
in the pit of my stomach
sent me out on a spin
far away from the planet I was orbiting
and when I opened up my mouth to pray
I couldn't find the words to say
take it slow, take it in my stride
one step, one step at a time
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bike
03:48
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I ride my bike along the shore
the sun never shone like this before
the sun never shone like this
never gave me such happiness
the wheels on my bike just turn, turn
the waves on the shore come crash, crash
and oh, the tips of my toes
kissing the pavement as I go
don't be too much of anything dear
don't be too much, just be enough
I don't want to be young forever
I just want to be young for a little bit longer
I just want to run into the arms of summer
okay, I admit I want to live forever and ever and ever and ever
but only if you are living with me
only if you are by my side
oh oh oh, I am a believer
I believe in an endless summer
I believe in a life eternal
I believe we can go on and on
and oh oh oh, I'm gonna hit the target
I'm gonna get the grades
move aside, I'm gonna take the prize
I'm gonna win the lot, I'm gonna rock your socks
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pools
03:19
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have you seen my eyes, they are pools of delight
sunk into my face, stupid mouth open wide
blinking like a baby in the glare of the sun
the world laid out before me and the best yet to come
these salubrious sensations and glorious revelations
are teasing my tastebuds, awake and impatient
I am hungry to be living to the full
suddenly the feeling that I'm truly awake
it's my birthday and the world is my cake
hallelujah dances from the tips of my toes
blissfully naïve, I do not care if it shows
I will glide up through the heavens with the stars as they sing
swoop low across the ocean on albatross wings
with my magical straw I will drink it all in
I am on a journey up a tall, tall hill
been on my way for years and I'm climbing still
but I've heard the whispered rumours about the view from the top
so come hell or heavy weather, still I won't stop
up there the air will be so clear and so clean
and the most vibrant of scenes from my wildest of dreams can't prepare me for what I'll see
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down
01:44
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when you're feeling down, down down in the city
just get your head up, up, up in the clouds
take a good look around,
no it ain't so bad
don't be sad
be glad
*
it's like a jungle out here, makes me wonder how I keep from going under
like a jungle out here, makes me wonder how I'm ever gonna slumber
no name just another number, footsteps rain like all day thunder
in servitude gotta keep earnin, get streetwise get busy learnin
stop! come awake to the moment
look! you won't fail to notice
listen to the city both day and night,
yes it's a mess but it's yours and it's mine
so arise and design on this grey canvas
jump and jive in the playground around us
found our place in the high life
so come, freerun with me into the limelight
keep your eyes to the ground as you take steps
as grass shoots up thru cracks in pavements
hear traffic jams and street talk
smells play chase as we walk
pick a little litter for my urban mosaic
it's not dirty disorder, it's beautiful chaos
and I'm lifted, not to fly away
but to surf these clouds and sky-scrape
sing city blues with nothing to lose
in her open arms I can finally snooze
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slight
03:27
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pass your eyes through me, right under my skin
see truths that lie hidden within
all my foolish fears for all of these years
oh my foolish pride
so ask of me and I will give you my all
as heavy as stone, as light as a feather I fall
listen carefully, right next to my skin
hear the whispered words that simmer within
all my darkest dreams from which I can't wake
bonds I cannot break
I realise without you I'm nothing at all
as heavy as stone, as light as a feather I fall
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hydra awoke, spoke in tongues
spoke many voices choked into one
as one heart we beat out the sound of the street
as one we repeat the sound of the street
like waves out in the bay we rise and we fall
they will not stop, will not stop us at all
we are the free ones, we are the new ones
we don't belong, don't belong to no-one
we are the chosen, we are the lucky ones
we won't be slaves, won't be slaves to no-one
many hands pulled the rug from out under your feet
many hands clapped as you were thrown from your seat
and pulses were raised in anticipation
as voices repeated the song for the nation
the writing's on the wall as we rise and we fall
they will not stop, will not stop us at all
the voices fell silent as the crowds were dispersed
but I'm staying put, fearing the worst
don't let them pull the blindfold down
don't let them spin your head around
just let your heart beat with the sound of the street
and all of our hearts beat as one to this song:
we are the free ones, we are the new ones
we don't belong, don't belong to no-one
we are the chosen, we are the lucky ones
we won't be slaves, won't be slaves, won't be slaves
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apple
01:09
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what if the spring is too short, love
what if the summer is too long
what if the grass climbs too high and we get lost in it, love
what if we neither sustain nor create
what if we fail to pollinate
what if the bees don't come this year
what if the bees don't come?
it will be through no fault of my own love
and through no fault of yours
without map or compass to guide us
it's no wonder we've strayed from the course
roll away, roll away little apple
don't roll away too fast
don't get crushed in the barrel
don't get lost in the long grass
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hits
03:51
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what will you do when it hits you
the future's opaque, it ain't see-thru
like waves in the bay we rise and fall
like waves we crash against the harbour wall
and I get the blues
and it gets inside my head
and I get the blues
I may hesitate, but I won't break
I may hesitate, but I won't break
I may hesitate, but I won't break
I may hesitate, but I won't break
what will we do when it hits us
when the future falls apart around us
when our comeuppances have come to get us
when our fears have finally found us
walking around around around this old town
makes me want to holler,
throw up both my hands
(well let me tell you that)
I may hesitate, but I won't break
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