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No More Songs
03:29
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NO MORE SONGS (Phil Ochs)
Hello hello hello, is anybody home
I've only called to say I'm sorry
The drums are in the dawn
And all the voice was gone
And it seems that there are no more songs
Once I knew a girl, she was a flower in a flame
I loved her as the sea sings sadly
Now the ashes of the dream
Can be found in magazines
And it seems that there are no more songs
Once I knew a saint who sang upon a stage
He told me about the world, his lover
A ghost with no name
Stands ragged in the rain
And it seems that there are no more songs
The rebels they were here they came beside the door
They told me that the moon was bleeding
Then all to my surprise
They took away my eyes
And it seems that there are no more songs
A scar in the sky, it's time to say goodbye
He withers on the beat, he's dying
A white flag in my hand
A white boat in the sand
And it seems that there are no more songs.
Hello hello hello, is anybody home
I've only come to say I'm sorry
The drums are in the dawn
And all the voice was gone
And it seems that there are no more songs.
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Lay Me Down
03:05
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They buried me tonight in Corpus Christi
To the sound of my greatest hit from ‘74
They laid my body down
In the cold aching ground
Now you won’t see me anymore
I thought it only fair that you should be here
To see my final show before a crowd
I've died so many times
Once more won't hurt this life
But this is not the end, it’s just the door
Lay me down, lay me down
There’s a pretty thing that’s waiting underground
The road is smooth and cold as alabaster
It’s scarred and cracked yet perfect al the same
The trees that lined my path
Were all afraid to ask
If I’d be back this way again
So lay me down, lay me down
But let them know that I’ll still be around
Lay me down, lay me down
There’s a pretty thing that’s waiting underground
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Just want to close my eyes and go to sleep
And pray the lord my soul to keep
There’s no life left in this life of mine
I’m growing old before my time
I’m weak of will and the hungers died
I’ll disappoint you no matter how hard I try
Don't even care about starting again
Don't even care about calling back my friends
Like a mother you can‘t leave
Or a friend you can’t avoid
It took me thirty six years to realise
I hate what I am
Big time dreams from small town girls
Long distance calls to another world
Unspoken secrets and domestic bliss
no time to tell no time to kiss
I want to see your face I want to hear your song
We’ve been holding back for far too long
From Lovers Lane to Liverpool
From someone's baby to nobody’s fool
Like a lover you cant leave
Or a friend you can’t avoid
It took me thirty six years to realise
I hate what I am
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Dear Lord, why did you desert me?
Things were going so well
Dear Lord, if heaven was with her
Then why did nobody tell?
Dark days are with me again
Old ways are my new found friends
Satan's’ been calling for so many years
It gets harder to fight him and easier to hear
Dear Lord, why did you desert me?
Things were going so well
Dear Lord, if heaven was with her
Then why did nobody tell?
I can blame you, you made me this way
Now I’m doubting all you had to say
I’ve not seen the inside of your house for sometime
Once my eyes, they were caring
Now they cant even cry
Dear Lord, why did you desert me?
Things were going so well
Dear Lord, if heaven was with her
Then why could nobody tell?
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Beautiful Lies
04:05
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Well those one song boys are touching down
On the ground where I lay my head
God bless those dreamers
For all the books they’ve read
As the street light fades we serenade
The dreams of a miss-spent youth
Tell me that you loved me because I’ve not got the proof....
Just those lies
The beautiful lies
That tell of the nights
When the house was on fire, and I don't know why I subscribe
Now the star-ship only spreads it’s light
Once or twice a year
It answers all our questions like “what are we doing here?”
Because life is hard in the breakers yard
As these young guns will soon find out
The home truths burn and they’ll soon learn
That the only thing in doubt....
Are those lies
The beautiful lies
That tell of the nights
When the house was on fire, and I don't know why I subscribe
Is it fear that keeps you going?
When everything goes wrong
You, you should know better, you’ve been around so long
All the Presleys and Picassos
They whisper in the dark
“Stop making history” because I’ve not made my mark.....
Or wrote my lies
The beautiful lies
That tell of the nights
When the house was on fire, and I don't know why I subscribe
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England's Dreaming
03:59
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He met her in springtime just before she left England
He swore that he’d be there the day she returned
It wasn’t so long before they could not control it
His body would ache and her kisses would burn
She wore white to please him and he was not pleased easily
But he adored all she did, hung on every word she said
He never felt alone when in her arms he was sleeping
He felt so inspired he could take on the world
But a lifetime is such a long time
And we’re so hard to please
And England's still dreaming and so is Louise
She was a party girl, ten years in the making
Then one night she told him she was living a lie
To be a good mother was her one great ambition
And he knew in his heart there was no place to hide
The vultures were circling the clouds had turned crimson
Their sky, once so blue, was now a black silhouette
She told him to write her with his answer marked clearly
But her burned through her postcard with his last cigarette
But a lifetime is such a long time
And we’re so hard to please
And England's still dreaming and so is Louise
Now she’s not been eating or sleeping these past weeks
He spends his days with the walls and the floor
Sometimes late at night she still feels him inside her
His breath on her neck and his coat on her door
She wakes alone, while he’s at the station
He stares at the tracks of his tears as they flow
He can’t quite believe it, he’s sure that she loved him
She couldn’t hold on forvever so she just let him go
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Endless Wandering Stars
02:29
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Once life was a game played out on the street
Where the only prize was the sun and the heat
Now all that I am is all you can see
Am I the only one who’s feeling like me
I have not been leaping or dancing for joy
I don't know which way is North
All that I’ve got in this one great mistake
Is the life that I choose to take
My dreams they were stars that sometimes would shine
And I pinned my hopes on a cold winters night
Now a thousand black crows have filled up our sky
Am I the only one still willing to try
You can’t pin your dreams
On endless wandering stars
They wont light your way in the dark
Sleep well tonight, don’t weaken, don’t break,
Just live the life that you choose to take.
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Don't Leave The Light On
04:29
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This morning there’s a biblical sunrise that throws it’s light across the mountains
This was their playground, their courtyard, their stamping ground
The place where they melted and molded together again
And it was the scene of their last final throw of the dice
Their once fantastic place where reality finally set in
Don't leave the light on for me
You know I wont be coming back tonight
Don't leave the light on for me
it’s not how it used to be this time
So he’s standing there by the side of the lake
Where four months earlier they swam, they walked, they laughed
I think they even talked
He’s calling her up to tell her where he is
But he cant speak to her now, she doesn’t even want to try and listen
He can hear the children calling, he can see them playing, asking who’s on the line
But he knows they cant hear what he’s saying
Thank God they can’t hear what she’s saying
Don't leave the light on for me
You know I wont be coming back tonight
Don't leave the light on for me
it’s not how it used to be this time
So it’s three weeks later, it’s five degrees below, not a cloud in the star filled sky
The chapel on the hill is ringing it’s midnight bell
A constant reminder of childhood and adolescence
The big birds are calling to each other
Flying too close to each other
Flying too close to the ground
Flying too close to him
And she’s a thousand miles away, she may as well be a million
In another world, another life now, another time
Don't leave the light on for me
You know I wont be coming back tonight
Don't leave the light on for me
it’s not how it used to be this time
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God Shaped Hole
03:19
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Well your hair smelt of Christmas as you bent down to kiss me
And your coat of pure velvet reached down to the floor
You’ve stolen into all of the dreams I was dreaming
And ripped out all the answers I once held so pure
It doesn't really matter that you weren’t intent on stealing
Because the way I feel about it now
There is nothing I could do anymore
You’re my God shaped hole
Into which I fall
You’re my God shaped hole
Into which I crawl
No matter what they say and the mind games that we play
You’ll be there, you’ll be there, to catch me after all
Now all the singers sing a sad song
All the films are staring you
And all the rumours that were whispered have started coming true
If I’ve so much going for me then what I am replacing
One hundred miles from my house you are waking up alone
I cant stand another day I hate these hours we’re wasting
But time is up against me know
Like everyone I’ve ever known
You’re my God shaped hole
Into which I fall
You’re my God shaped hole
Into which I crawl
No matter what they say and the mind games that we play
You’ll be there, you’ll be there, to catch me after all
Your my God shaped hole
Your my God shaped hole
Into which I fall
Your my God shaped hole
Your my God shaped hole
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10. |
Annie
02:22
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ANNIE (Eric Patrick Clapton / Katie Mary Lambert / Ronnie Lane)
Old oaks stand tall, Annie
See the world grow small, Annie
But when will it fall, Annie, when will it be
Winter has come, Annie
No friend in the sun, Annie
And when it's gone, Annie
Where shall we be?
All those colors have faded
When ol' Jack comes to call
Don't tell him no, tell him maybe
Oh now, Annie, may God bless us all
Oh yes Annie, God bless us all
Hear the children they call, Annie?
Every leaf must fall, Annie
God bless us all, Annie
Where ever will be
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Michael Weston King Montgomery, UK
Former leader of Alt. Country pioneers, The Good Sons, 12 years a solo artist and currently 1/2 of award winning country
soul duo My Darling Clementine.
"King has a voice part Nashville balladeer and part Alt Country hero, a cross between Nick Cave and Rodney Crowell"
- The Independent
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