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Tina
02:19
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Summertime; there’s only you and me around
Let’s go down to the ice-cream parlour
You and me were meant to be
The teenage queens of the seven seas
But dreams of ice-cream will always hold you down.
Money talks; it whispers secrets in your ear
And you can hear the rippling of his wallet
Tina don’t be foolish
He’s just lying through his golden grin
To him you’re just another ice-cream girl.
When you smile, you force your muscles to unlock
And when you knock, the door will always open
Johnny leaves and Steve drops by
A steady flow of flashy guys
The dream has melted so what are you gonna do now?
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2. |
Treasure
02:09
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A bloke lived on his own in a run-down part of town
He owned no furniture, no books, no dressing-gown
No-one was his friend
No-one came to stay
Look away
Don’t look away
So many things you search for are hidden inside
You know the face
Is not the place
If you want treasure just dig and you’ll find
I used to sit entranced by stories of romance
The beast turned handsome and the frog became a prince
Close your eyes and see
Dreams come true today
Look away
Don’t look away
So many things you search for are hidden inside
You know the face
Is not the place
If you want treasure just dig and you’ll find
Nothing will change overnight
Nothing will change overnight
Look away
Don’t look away
So many things you search for are hidden inside
You know the face
Is not the place
If you want treasure just dig and you’ll find
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I’ve been waiting here since Monday
Sunday never comes around.
Sunday, we’ll go running to the secret lake
Where the water tasted so sweet
You know that I could drink it all day
And still be steady on my feet
It’s the kind of place most people haven’t found
It’s the kind of feeling where nothing’s on the ground
I’ve been waiting here since Monday
Sunday never comes around.
Monday, I’ll be staring out my window
Bringing mountains down to me
And I’ve forgotten what you look like
Though I try so desperately
The days pass so slowly but the weeks go flying by
You’re always in my dreams but never by my side.
I’ve been waiting here since Monday
Sunday never comes around.
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4. |
Engineering
03:34
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Leave me now; I’ve got to go and think it over
Slugs and snails, they always get around me somehow
The pipes that run into the sea
Carry all the words you said to me
I’ll always pass you by and look you in the eye
But there’s one thing I won’t do – I won’t cry
Clever men, they engineer communications
Bridges break; they rub their hands and build another
The pipes that run into the sea
Carry all the words you said to me
I’ll always pass you by and look you in the eye
But there’s one thing I won’t do – I won’t cry
Summer’s gone; I keep my feelings under glass now
People know; they keep their distance and don’t touch me
The pipes that run into the sea
Carry all the words you said to me
I’ll always pass you by and look you in the eye
But there’s one thing I won’t do – I won’t cry
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5. |
Danny's Girl
03:44
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Danny’s girl licks a chocolate ice-cream
Danny’s girl stares at love upon the screen
She wears a yellow dress
Bloody varnish on her tiny nails
And though her neck’s a mess
She smiles the smile that never fails
“I don’t want you to catch my eye tonight”
“I don’t want you to catch my eye tonight”
In the Spring, we’ll be happy and free
In the Spring, we’ll have honey for tea.
Danny’s girl looking out the window
Danny’s girl watching all the stars go
She wears a yellow bruise
Lying by the purple wall
And when she goes to sleep
She doesn’t dream at all.
“I don’t want you to catch my eye tonight”
“I don’t want you to catch my eye tonight”
In the Spring, we’ll be happy and free
In the Spring, we’ll have honey for tea.
Danny says he doesn’t want his baby
Danny says that he would leave her maybe
She throws a yellow plate
Smashed against the purple wall
She recognises fate
Every time he comes to call.
“I don’t want you to catch my eye tonight”
“I don’t want you to catch my eye tonight”
In the Spring, we’ll be happy and free
In the Spring, we’ll have honey for tea.
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6. |
Trains Go By
03:04
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When the sky is just the colour that it always is
My room feels just small enough for what I need
I need a little time just on my own
The trains go
They rattle through my very soul
I won’t be standing there long
I’ll still be singing this song
I won’t be sitting alone
Trains still come and they still go.
I can’t go North
I can’t go South
I can’t go East
I can’t go back
I can’t go out
I can’t go round
I can’t go far
I can’t go down.
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7. |
Look for the Holes
04:03
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Look for the holes in your life
Where the fishermen are sitting knotting
I’ve grown; oh how I’ve grown
So goodbye.
I’m not the nurse that you crave
With a pocket full of soothing potions.
I’m brave; I’m not your slave,
So goodbye.
Some people cling to the past
Like a very hungry little puppy.
I know I won’t be the last
So goodbye.
Think of the good times we had
And you’ll never ever ever hate me.
Be sad; please don’t get mad
It’s good bye.
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8. |
Bigger Wall
03:33
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The wall that stands beside your tulip tree
Is cold and threatening to me
I’ve seen you daring me to sit on it
So you can come and shout at me.
You need a bigger wall
You need a bigger wall
You need a bigger wall to keep the neighbour’s kids out.
The wall that crumbled into history
Is there for everyone to see
But soldiers crouching in a foreign land
Will never ever quite believe.
You need a bigger wall
You need a bigger wall
You need a bigger wall so that the world keeps turning.
Higher than the mountains
Higher than the eagle
Higher than the eye can see
I walk along the wall with heavy feet
And see the strangers on both sides
I shiver in the mist of ignorance
And weep at civilising lies
You need a bigger wall
You need a bigger wall
You need a bigger wall to keep the whole world out.
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9. |
In My Dream
03:28
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All the things you said to me
You told me lies
I won’t stay, I won’t stay.
Places that you said they were
They don’t exist
I won’t stay, I won’t stay.
You don’t get a second chance
I’m worth much more than that
You don’t get a second look
You’re just a number in my book.
Little things you bought for me
Just out of guilt
I won’t stay, I won’t stay.
Love means fun and games for you
This time you lose
I won’t stay, I won’t stay.
You don’t get a second chance
I’m worth much more than that
You don’t get a second look
You’re just a number in my book.
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10. |
I Won't Stay
04:32
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All the things you said to me
You told me lies
I won’t stay, I won’t stay.
Places that you said they were
They don’t exist
I won’t stay, I won’t stay.
You don’t get a second chance
I’m worth much more than that
You don’t get a second look
You’re just a number in my book.
Little things you bought for me
Just out of guilt
I won’t stay, I won’t stay.
Love means fun and games for you
This time you lose
I won’t stay, I won’t stay.
You don’t get a second chance
I’m worth much more than that
You don’t get a second look
You’re just a number in my book.
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Squinting at the Sun
02:01
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She’s the genie with no lamp
She’s frightened in the dark
No-one knows about her and they never let her out
And in the street, the girls play kiss and run
In their bare feet, squinting at the sun.
Genie’s locked into a world
No love, no light, no sound
The spell is spun, the damage done
It’s too late when she’s found.
And in the street, the girls play kiss and run
In their bare feet, squinting at the sun.
I hear her whimpering
I hear her whimpering
I hear her whimpering
She’s been there for thirteen years
It’s hard to understand
Someone’s guilty secret
Has been getting out of hand.
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12. |
Bus Shelter ...
02:12
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Friday night, skies are pink
Village lies half asleep
Tulips bloom, cars go by
What a gorgeous place to dies
But we’re young; life is for us
So we smoke
In the bus shelter that’s a nightclub to us.
Motorbikes, cans of beer
Dirty jokes our culture here
Who said what, who’s a slag
Who got caught with Kieran’s dad
Oh we’re young; life is for us
So we smoke
In the bus shelter that’s a nightclub to us.
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13. |
... In the Rain
02:08
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Time is on your side …. In the rain, in the rain
Time is on your side …. In the rain, in the rain
Time is on your side …. In the rain, in the rain
Time is on your side …. In the rain, in the rain
In the rain
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14. |
The Artist and the Model
02:28
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The artist and the model stroll hand in hand
Drawing my attention
Changing my perspective
A long time ago you used my name
And the money’s rolling in.
I sat around for hours in your studio
Drinking in the sunlight
Smoothing out your madness
I was young and I didn’t know
What the future held.
I would give anything you like to live
Anywhere but on your wall
In a frame of gilt.
And if I worked all year at the hospital
Someone would outbid me
For a picture of me
I don’t own the flesh on my bones
Or a picture of you.
I would try anything but I can’t buy
Images of you or I
In a frame of gilt.
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15. |
Two Friends
04:40
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I’ve got two friends
Jenny is a nurse
And Susan is an exotic dancer
Jenny goes out once a month
And Susan’s never in
Jenny lives on Nescafe
And Susan lives on gin.
Two friends are better than one
And one friend is better than none.
I’ve got two friends
Johnny’s into junk
And Simon is insurance crazy
Simon’s saving for the bad times
While Johnny just takes what he needs
Simon lives in N15
And John in LE3.
There are so many people in my head I don’t know which is me;
Two friends are better than one
And one friend is better than none.
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16. |
Ghost of the Green Grass
02:31
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In the hilltops and the corner shops
She stole your heart and ran
All the boys tell you to stop
But she’s your kind of man
The smile that disarms is a countess of charms
Tear yourself away
And don’t be alarmed when you falls through her arms
You’ll live to love another day
From Solihull to the Isle of Mull
She’ll find you and your fear
She’ll promise you a lifetime
But will always disappear
The smile that disarms is a countess of charms
Tear yourself away
And don’t be alarmed when you fall through her arms
You’ll live to love another day
There’s fatalists and there’s nihilists
And martyrs who have seen her
Dying for a country
Where the grass is always greener
The smile that disarms is a countess of charms
Tear yourself away
And don’t be alarmed when you fall through her arms
You’ll live to love another day
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17. |
Jacqueline's House
04:33
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Put your swollen head on my lap
And I’ll scare off the bad dreams
The devil tries to enter at night
In disguise and the girl screams
He tries to touch you
But the vision is gone
Now everybody wonders what’s wrong.
There’s something in the back of her mind
Makes her scared of the big book
The monster hands are holding it now
At the place where she mustn’t look
There’s nothing sacred
Flesh is ever so weak
Now they’re trying to make that little girl speak.
There’s a smell of evil in Jacqueline’s house
China on the table and bibles all around
Everybody sits up straight when Father is about
Everybody shuts their mouth in case the Truth comes out.
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18. |
A Lovely Letter
04:03
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There’s always someone that knows better than me
Someone who can prove it
Someone always takes the pen from my hand
Forces my words to fit
I could be her
She could be me
Nobody would know
I could be her
She could be me
Nobody would know
And now I feel so much at ease with the world
Nothing really left to say
I hope tomorrow will be just like the day
Little sister went away
I could be her
She could be me
Nobody would know
I could be her
She could be me
Nobody would know
I sit and watch the girl who used to be me
Speaking shallow promises
She sends the poison and the fireworks to me
In a lovely letter
I could be her
She could be me
Nobody would know
I could be her
She could be me
Nobody would know
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19. |
Ruby Dream
03:18
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Dream Ruby Dream
Under the melon tree
Mummy’s pinning all her hopes on you
Anyone can see
You’re a prodigy
Peace and comfort smiling down on you
The thing she always wanted vanished with her luck
She’s got an occupation
Mummy now and Granny when you
Dream Ruby Dream
Under the wishing tree
Take a look at Ruby history
Babies come for free
A teenage shopping spree
Patterns keep repeating can’t you see
The thing she always wanted vanished with her luck
She’s got an occupation
Mummy now and Granny when you
The thing she always wanted vanished with her luck
She’s got an occupation
Mummy now and
Dream Ruby Dream
Under the weeping tree
You can cry for anything you need
Underneath the frills
The pastel pink and glee
Your blood is full of nicotine and speed
Dream Ruby Dream
Dream Ruby Dream
Dream Ruby Dream
Dream Ruby Dream
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20. |
Lips That Are Not Mine
01:52
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Mother I want to leave this body far behind
Go for a walk in someone else’s shoes
Going out and kissing the world
With lips that are not mine.
Mother I tried to be what you want of me
Hustle to get me to the church on time
Stepping out in peaches and pearls
And lips that are not mine.
Tickle the tongues that wag.
Mother I want to see the other side to life
Facing the earth not staring at the sky
Going out and kissing the world
With lips that are not mine.
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21. |
Fay
03:19
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Fay I heard your name today
People laughing still at the things you used to say
Fay you never go away
Always lacking style
There was mischief in your smile
I saw your mother looking so sad
She never thought that things would turn out this bad
Fay you always had your way
Hit the boys and run
Spit on graves for fun
Fay but then one day you changed
You became afraid
Laughter turned to rage
I saw your mother looking so sad
She never thought that things would turn out this bad
Fay then one day you changed
You became afraid
Laughter turned to rage
Fay there’s nothing I can say
I’d take up arms and kill
The men that made you ill
I saw your mother looking so sad
She never thought that things would turn out this bad
Fay
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22. |
My Back Pages
03:02
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PO! Leicester, UK
Ruth Po! set up her own record company and writes incisive songs from an ordinary female perspective. Themes are often dark yet the tunes are singable, jangly and very English-sounding.First formed in 1987 with punk roots and an indie-pop style, PO! is not a typical band. After a Peel session and an NME single of the week, Ruth gave it all up 1999-2016 but the band are back with new songs! ... more
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