1. |
Firecrackers
04:00
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Firecrackers
It was a mild November night
Firecrackers seemed to light up the Paris sky
But they were raining death down
On the innocents all around.
"Lets go paint the town
With blood in the name of all that's great and profound"
Just senseless tit for tat
No Gods in their heavens would justify that.
Now children will grow
Without mothers and fathers at home
Hate only begets hate
That wont get you through your Heavens gate
My brothers I know
You've been left isolated, hurt and alone
But the flag you've unfurled
Should not destroy all that's good in this world
Fresh blood just cant wash away
The sins of our elders from yesterday
A terrible price has been paid
In the souls of the innocents laid deep in their graves
It was a warm Syrian night
Firecrackers seemed to light up the darkest sky
But they were raining death down
On the innocents all around
Fresh blood just cant wash away
The sins of our elders from yesterday
A terrible price has been paid
By the lives cut short and laid deep their graves
It was a mild Autumn night
Firecrackers seem to light up the darkest sky
But they were raining death down
On the innocents all around
The innocents all around.
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2. |
Bertha's
05:29
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Berthas
Outlaws,rebels and renegades
Can be found down here
On every and any particular day
But once you're inside you'll just have to stay
Down in Berthas
When you're down about some boy or girl
Come have another drink here
At the edge of the world
And pretty soon all the madness will unfurl
Down in Berthas
Like Dr who's tardis
Once inside it all gets started
But you must leave before you start hugging the floor
In a place this small it's so hard to find the door
Out of Berthas.
Rock stars,credit cards,local magazines
Everybody in this joint
Has been done and seen
And in the morning you'll pray to God it was all just a dream
Down in Berthas
Nothing down here is ever what it seems
so have another drink dear
And you wont feel a thing
All you can do is sit here and sing
Down in Berthas
Like Dr who's tardis etc...
Outlaws,rebels and renegades
Can be found down here on every and any particular day
But once your inside you'll just have to stay
Down in Berthas
Bullshit corner.Maxi Rea and Billy Lowe
And all the other characters these walls have come to know
As the years pass down their legends will grow
Down in Berthas
Rock stars,credit cards,local magazines
Outlaws,rebels,renegades,they've all been seen
Bullshit corner,Maxi Rea,Billy Lowe and Desi will always be
Down in Berthas.
Lord have mercy.
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3. |
If I Know Anything
04:06
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If I Know Anything
When I saw you on that fateful night
You were looking mighty fine
With you're injured lips.you're child bearing hips
I went and made you mine
But as years past I was less impressed
That's an indisputable fact
You felt the same way I guess
Well even I know that.
I'll see you somewhere's else
Somewhere down along these tracks
Well if I know anything
Baby I know that.
As the years pass down the line
The fear of what we leave behind
Leave us stranded in this place
There's got to be more to life than this
Servitude sealed with a kiss
And of love there is no trace
When I left you on the courtroom steps
You were calling out my name
Did you think that I'd come running back
Do you think that I'm insane
I will see you somewhere's else
Somewhere down along these tracks
Well if I know anything
I know that
The first rush of love is so sublime
Its a crime
That the last flush will leave you with feelings
Of murder on your mind
There's more than you and I have failed
And all have lived to tell the tale
How a love just simply died
Who gets the house?,who gets the kids?
Has it all come down to this
I don't know if I should laugh or cry
AND THAT IS WHY......
When I saw you on that first night
With your hair your legs and your smile
If I had my time over again
I'd run a country mile
But I will see you somewhere else
Somewhere down along these tracks
Well if I know anything
I know that.
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4. |
Reminiscing
03:53
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Reminiscing
Jah I and I
Soho in 79
We were young and having a good time
Bob Marley and exodus,London calling all of us
Unknown pleasures and entertainment
The metal box and an AC30 Vox
Reminiscing
About what went missing
Frith street and Ronnie Scotts
Living above the cornisch sex shop
Smack bang in theatre land
Where every living soul had a masterplan
Reminiscing - about....
Chorus
Left turns that could have been right ones
Dark moves that could have been bright ones
All the lessons we weren't learning
And the bridges we kept burning
Oh Reminiscing
The eighties,RocknRoll behaviour
More songs then Saudi Arabia
Getting married and having kids
Putting away all the childish things we did
Reminiscing
Got a career,a steady income
Bills,mortgage and a family home
While looking back on those music days
As the years slipped by into decades
Chorus - left turns etc
With a change of mind and a change of course
For better or for worse
Get back to playing again
Use it or lose it until the end
Chorus - left turns etc
Soho in 79
We were young and having a good time
While looking back on those music days
As the years slipped by into decades
Reminiscing
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5. |
For Dad
05:07
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For Dad
I see you everywhere dad
In the morning when I shave
You taught me how to live a life
Show dignity and how to behave
The years they just keep rolling on
Where do they all go
As time passes I miss you so much more
Than I ever would have known
I think of you at night dad
In my sleep I hear your voice
We both travelled on our different paths
Both kidding ourselves that we had a choice
Will I ever see you again
How can we all know
In life and death there is no turning back
Yet I just cant let you go
I think of better days now
Of not so long ago or way back when
I seem to pick out random years
And think about how old you were
What you were doing then
Gentlemen are few and far between
Lord knows I'm not one of them
Yet you were one of the last of that breed
Your kind wont be seen again
A light has gone out in our life
That just wont be replaced
I look into the mirror
And I see an instant memory of your face
We sang the songs and we drank the wine
Jammin in C all through the night
That was the only key you would play in
But it always sounded alright
The work years and the characters
The stories only you and I could share
All the near misses and the victories
I'd long to talk to you about but you're not there
All our times will come
It's all over too soon
There are no happy endings in the end
Yet I feel blessed and warm with gratitude
That I called you father and friend
I see you everywhere dad
In the morning when I shave
You taught me how to live a life
Show dignity
And how to behave.
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6. |
Photos Of Eileen
03:53
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Photos Of Eileen
Eileen - Eileen
Where have, Where have you been?
Looked through old photographs of you
When you were in your prime
It was the woman we all knew
Before the ravages of time
With your smile still shining bright
On your face so full of life
Just like the songs you used to sing
To the grandchildren's delight
Eileen - Eileen
Where have you been?
The photos.....
They took away your pain
Left you free and young again
Yet your always here because your right here in our hearts
You never really went away
Because for us you will always stay
In all the children's eyes you helped to make
Eileen - Eileen
Where have you been?
From the East coast to the North coast
With all the ones you loved most
These photos take us through the best years of your life
They catch you as you used to be
And that's how we'll always see
A soul that loved so generously
Eileen - Eileen
Where have you been?
Oh Eileen - Eileen
Where have to begin.
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7. |
When You Come Around
05:07
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When You Come Around
What everyone sees everyone believes
When you come around
What on earth or above
Was I thinking of
When you come around
You are a vision behind these sore eyes
As if they're seeing for the first time
A trick of the mind
That stabs,twists and turns inside
Everyone knows where I will be
When you come around
When it's all said and done
Reality's gone on the run
When you come around
A strange kind of happy
A weird kind of sad
For I never truly had you realised
When you come around x 2
And when I feel you I know that I want you
Life would change in so many ways
If you stay we'd be settled in ways
When you come around x 2
What no one sees no one believes
Well it's underground
Despite where you come from
This is where you belong
When you come around
There's no where left for me to go x 2
Its the end of the road
When we're high and go out
There's always the low of the coming down
Where you'll go next nobody knows
Until you come around
Where have you been my sweet darling girl?
Where have you been around this world?
Where have you been my sweet darling girl?
When you come around.
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8. |
CastleRocknRoll
04:08
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CastleRocknRoll
I'm at the shore.drinking in a bar
Some girls come in and ask is the beach near or far?
I said"what beach?there ain't no beach around here!
They take me outside and they show me the shore
I said"I sure ain't seen that before and I never,never ever want to see it again"
We say our goodbyes I go back inside
To my seat and my drink at the bar
Well you know me I don't like to travel far
I know it's hard for some to understand how the drink can take a man
But really that's just this old town for you
Chorus....
And it's the CastleRocknRoll
This town is bound to destroy your soul
Leave you feeling so old
But in a lightning flash you could make a dash
And escape this CastleRocknRoll
Collected glasses from around the bar
Piled them up into a great big tower
Took'em to the barman and said
"Look at these,I'll have the same again please"
He looked at me kinda strange as the drink swam around my brain
He said"boy you've changed and I think its time you were out of here"
The trailer trash come in the summertime
All lobster red drinking cheap beer and wine
With their union jacks and their kiss me quick hats
Well what can I say
I know its hard for some to understand
How the drink can take a man
But really that's just this old town for you
Chorus.....Its the CastleRocknRoll etc
Get gone
Chorus.....Its the CastleRocknRoll etc
Its the CastleRocknRoll
Its a story often told
So Breeze.
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9. |
Hells Gate
04:17
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Hells Gate
Hells Gate above the barroom door
There's puke on the walls and piss on the floor
You've had twenty pints but you still want more
You're onto the shorts and you're sick to the core
Chorus
Hells Gate there's no turning back
Its a heart attack
Hells Gate well you're looking fine
For a sinner at the end of the line
And it goes on and on and on and on everyday
*In every town everywhere every day* Chorus 2 and 4 only
Well let the drink flow,it's Saturday night
The boys are all in and they're up for a fight
Scumbags and toerags that's what we are
We live for the drink,we live for the jar
Now on Friday night the girls are all in
No marylyn monroes,there's none of them thin
Their tops don't fit.their skirts are too short
They're all drinking up their child support
Chorus.....
Well now the benefits gone, the monies all spent
All on the booze so to hell with the rent
It will be next week before the cash flows next
So lend me that 50 like I asked in the text
You straggle on home,you throw up in the street
The love of your life is on another's backseat
You get to your bed and you throw yourself down
Just another great night on the lash in this town
Chorus.......
Well if you pray in this Temple
You would need to be mental to stay
From the Railway Bar take a train
To far far far far away.
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10. |
Love Will Find A Way
04:19
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Love Will Find A Way
When I first saw you on that summers day
You took my breath away
The years between us seemed too great
But you turned your sweet smiling face and say
Love will find a way
Chorus
Love will find a way
When I first held you in that summer storm
The world just slipped away
The waves crashed upon the shore
And the thunder roared as if to say
That love will find a way
Chorus.....Love will find a way x 2
Who knew....
There's an empty church on the way out of town
Near a fork in the road
Where the brokenhearted all go
To forget all the lovers that they've known
But they don't forget how to hope and pray
That love will find a way
Chorus.......Love will find a way x 2
Love will end, it will begin
There's always a price to pay
Some will lose and some will win
That's the nature of this game we play
Where love will find a way
Chorus........Love will find a way x 4
Who knew.....
That you'd turn your sweet smiling face to say
Love will find a way.
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11. |
Long Long Way From Home
04:58
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Long Long Way From Home
Keep moving in the sunlight,stay out of the shade
Put the hurting behind you and don't be afraid
To take the time to find peace of mind
To find the space to make your own place
It's the journey not the destination - all just moments in time
Stay focused on the future keeping the past in mind
So try to avoid those screams into the void
Because no matter where you are, you have to carry your own scars
When the sun goes down,and you look around
And you need a light to shine the way
For the man you were has gone astray
And you are a long long way from home
Up ahead the road gets shorter with each twist and turn
Once younger now much older.I learned not to crash and burn
So take the time to find peace of mind
Because no matter where you are you get to carry your own scars
As the years go down and you look around
And the man you were just can't be found
And you can't believe how far you've roamed
Then it hits you like a fist of stone
That you are a long long way from home
Long long way
Long long way from your home
Up ahead the road gets shorter
But I am still.....
A long long way from home.
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12. |
The Beautiful Bride
04:34
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The Beautiful Bride
Taking a moment in this car on our own
You've travelled far and my how you've grown
As your mothers daughter I really should have known
You'd be a vision of beauty on this your wedding morn
Like other souls you've had your trials to overcome
Never less than gracious or serene through every one
Now as you stand at the next chapter of your life
As a father to his daughter here's some fatherly advice
Chorus
You've got to know where you're going
Go with what you're knowing
Don't be afraid when the night is on the rise
Come on now lets walk straight
I'll lead you through these church gates
Everyone's waiting yet no one's surprised
They're all seated inside
For the arrival of the beautiful bride
Bedside stories and the songs I would sing
To get you kids to sleep I would try most anything
Now the years have flown by in the blink of an eye
From daddy's little girl to a beautiful wife
Chorus
You've got to know where you're going
Go with what you're knowing
Follow your heart when the night is on the rise
Come on now lets walk straight
I'll take you to your soulmate
Everyone's waiting yet no one's surprised
By the love look in his eyes
As he sets sight on his beautiful bride
And there are those who have gone
Who would long to be here
But they're looking on and smiling my dear
Although departed in your heart they're still near
So wipe away that tear
The happiest day of your life now is here
Chorus
You've got to know where you're going
Go with what you're knowing
Don't be alarmed when the night is on the rise
Come on now lets walk straight
It's getting a little too late
Everyone's waiting yet no ones surprised
This church will come alive
As all eyes gaze on the beautiful bride
You've got to know where your going
Go with what you're knowing
Don't be alarmed when the night is on the rise
Come on now lets walk straight
I'll lead you through these church gates
All now stand for his beautiful bride
Standing by his side
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13. |
You're The One
04:22
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You're The One
Its another Saturday night at the end of the working week
This place is filling up,all the women in their finery
All chitty chatty about schemes and dreams and things that they've seen
Some are lonely just like me,in need of good company
So I have a drink or two,make my move take a chance
Some subjects are strictly taboo like true love and true romance
But we're of the same frame of mind and of a certain age
We're both thinking the same thing yea we're both on the same page
That reads
You're the one
Tonight you're the one
Lets just have some fun
For tonight you're the one
We all would love to have true love and happiness
But looking at you and I.I guess we'll settle for something less
Well its just too complicated to delve into our past
Anyway its all overrated,there's nothing built to last
And so
You're the one
For tonight you're the one
Lets just have some fun
For tonight you're the one
And its all in the game
But after a while all the faces look the same
Is it the thrill of the chase
Or desperation gone insane?
But you're the one
Tonight you're the one
Lets just have some fun
Before our race is run
For tonight you're the one
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14. |
Tonight
04:20
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Tonight
Out of the dark and into the light
The moment that you came into sight
When you appeared everything changed
And a life that's changed is rearranged
Clicking your heels and singing a tune
Swinging your hips as you swayed across the room
Heads are turned and others stare
Yet you clearly just don't have a care
Tonight
You stole my soul that night like a thief
Sensual beyond belief
Lovers have come and lovers have gone
They all line this road that led me to the one
But visions that sometimes come into sight
Can disappear in the blink of an eye
Nothing can change the tears and the fights
Yet I wish that you were standing here
Tonight
You know its a crazy old world with nowhere to hide
You come into this world alone,it's the same when you die
I need someone to call my home
A place called you and I
And I wish that you were standing here with me
Tonight
Time can almost change anything
When the last bell rings you wont hear a thing
The game is up, its over and out
Yet the memory seared upon my mind without a doubt
Is you clicking your heels and singing a tune
swinging your hips as you swayed across the room
The years will not erase that sight
And I wish that you were standing here with me
Tonight.
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15. |
Sketches of Saudi
04:31
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Tony Regan Brady Northern Ireland, UK
TRB is a songwriter/musician who defies genre specifics. His fiercely original pieces are peppered with characters who have
lived a life and come out the other side bloody yet unbowed
Having played extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East in the 80's he mothballed his music career.Now he is back with a vengeance with songs that once heard will resonate and become part of your musical DNA
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