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May Day
04:27
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Good morning Winston
Things are how they look
The world won’t listen
So do things by the book
We see the future
It’s in the past
The house that Jack built
Was made to last
The deed is done
Just for fun
You jumped the warmest gun
You’d better run
Now you’re the only one
The end has only just begun
May Day
Amending the ending
Cross the party line
Lending and spending
And wasting your time
The deed is done
Just for fun
You jumped the warmest gun
You’d better run
Now you’re the only one
The end has only just begun
May Day
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2. |
What Can You Do
04:10
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They said you ain’t got nothing to say
Bring out your dead, we’ll make them go away
My heart’s on my sleeve
So I’ll be brief
And my soul’s in my shoes
You were standing by the Bargain Booze
Oh you know the day will come
When we’re too old to die young
When I think of love I think of you
Sat there looking lonely, drinking cans of special brew
When I think of love I think of you
But what can you do?
Through the gloom the streetlight hummed
Gone too soon, and we were having so much fun
Oh you wouldn’t go
We were stoned
Please, don’t go far
You hold your cigarette like a movie star
Crossed lovers, undercover of dark
The perfect place to start
When I think of love I think of you
Sat there looking lonely, drinking cans of special brew
When I think of love I think of you
But what can you do?
When I think of love I think of you
Sat there looking lonely, drinking cans of special brew
Thinking what if life like this was all you ever knew?
What if every single lie they ever said was true?
But what can you do?
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3. |
I Am Gone
03:28
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You lie beside your bed
The summer sun inside your head
Oh please, just one sec
It’s been such a long time since last we met
She lets me slip away
When songs of night fall into day
Burst into heaven, what remains?
My dreams of love are smashed again
What’s wrong?
You’ve been too long
Nothing’s wrong
And I am gone
She was racing through my mind
For the trigger of that gun you’ll find
You pulled it one too many times
And your crooked teeth form a perfect smile
What’s wrong?
Was I too strong?
Nothing’s wrong
And I am gone
What’s wrong?
She was too strong
Nothing’s wrong
And I am gone
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Smoking demons away, vodka and mixers
If you ain’t broke, then they’ll fix you
Like Bloody Nose Mary, love is on the rocks
Whilst your heart’s in halves in her inbox
They’re working on the midnight shift again
Well it all seems so hit and miss
But then you can’t blame a bit of thrift
In times like this
Through the mill for another pill
And I saw you the night the world stood still
At the back like the ghost of Al Capone
But not so alone
They killed a man for his dole today
I’ll lose my mind to find control
Those rumours you breathe just like a disease
That sacred cow you feed and feed puts me
Through the mill for another pill
And I saw you the night the world stood still
At the back like the ghost of Al Capone
But not so alone
My skin’s so cold
Through the mill for another pill
And I saw you the night the world stood still
At the back like the ghost of Al Capone
But not so alone
I want to go home
We’re all so alone
We’re all so alone
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5. |
Lost Art Of Romance
04:46
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What time was the dawn on the judgement day?
My dreams of the future led me astray
At the end of the pier, a tear in the rain
Sinking into the sea, this cold and cloudy day
This cold and cloudy day
And the law’s gonna shoot you down
But it isn’t the law that’ll shoot you down
Don’t you know the law’s gonna shoot you down
So you better get out of town
Don’t blame, come on won’t you take a chance
Open your eyes and join me watching our words dance
Up the dosage and exchange a glance
We’ll play a game called ‘The lost art of romance’
The lost hearts of romance
And the law’s gonna shoot you down
But it isn’t the law that’ll shoot you down
Don’t you know the law’s gonna shoot you down
So you better get out of town
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolution
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolutionary
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolution
But tell me, am I wrong?
Together we’re strong
Look in the mirror, what would it have you believe?
They twist and scheme and oh, I’m not too keen
What’s the price of millennial apologies?
Or the sins of the father, oh ain’t that just like me?
Ain’t that just like me?
Oh the law’s gonna shoot you down
But it isn’t the law that’ll shoot you down
Don’t you know the law’s gonna shoot you down
So you better get out of town
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolution
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolutionary
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolution
But tell me, am I wrong?
Together we’re strong
Together we're strong
But who’s accountable?
Who’s accountable?
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolution
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolutionary
Don’t look at me
I ain’t no revolution
But tell me, am I wrong?
Together we’re strong
Together we’re strong
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6. |
I Can't Afford It
06:00
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Well I’d like to go out tonight but I can’t afford it
I wish the train would be here on time but I can’t afford it
I’ll never board it, so why wait for it? I can’t afford it
Oh no but at the end of the day
What difference did it ever make?
What difference did it ever make?
At the end of the day
I’d thank the nurse who just saved my life, but I can’t afford it
Living rough, being made to suffer, oh we’ll just ignore it
Because we never saw it, won’t speak for it, can’t afford it
Oh no but at the end of the day
What difference did it ever make?
What difference did it ever make?
At the end of the day
I wish I never had to tell a lie but I can’t afford it
You’re telling me to get a life but I can’t afford it
I never said that I’m afraid of heights but I’m afraid of falling
Oh no but at the end of the day
What difference did it ever make?
What difference did it ever make?
At the end of the day
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