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Wonderful Woman
03:15
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She's the most beautiful girl, I have to have her.
Her heart is pure and I am sure that she's the one.
She's the most wonderful woman I love to love her.
Hold her hips and kiss her lips that will be fun.
She's the girl who saved my soul, made me whole when I was in the doldrums.
She's the girl who saved my soul, made me whole when I was just a junkie.
She's the most beautiful girl I need to need her.
Her grace is good and she should blow my blues away.
She's the most wonderful woman I need to want her.
My love in flame is just the same, it burns all day.
She's the girl who saved my soul, made me whole when I was in the doldrums.
She's the girl who saved my soul, made me whole when I was just a junkie.
She's the girl who saved my soul, made me whole when I was in the doldrums.
She's the girl who saved my soul, made me whole when I was just a junkie.
She's the most beautiful girl I have to have her.
Her heart is pure and I am sure that she's the one.
She's the most wonderful woman I love to love her.
I'll hold her hips and kiss her lips, that would be fun.
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Black crows on the highway in the summer of 99.
A dream on my horizon, no shadows yet to find.
Me and you are on the road, we're heading for another joint.
We'll take the road to anywhere to find the perfect point.
Castles in the sky, they've always seemed so far away.
If this is my nirvana, well I never want to stray from here again.
The freeway's going my way, said a monkey on the wall.
It bothered me a little, for I'd seen that face before.
The hobos on the sidewalk, they're dancing like fruit bats.
Minds like melted molten, they're a bunch of crazy cats.
Diamonds in the sky, they've always seemed so out of reach.
If this is my nirvana, well I never want to leave this place again.
Driving to the borderline to where the sun goes down.
Heading to the ocean, looking for Tequila Town.
Freewheeling to salvation and kiss the past goodbye.
I'm off to see a masterpiece hanging in the sky.
Dreams in my mind, they've always seemed so out of reach.
If this is my oasis, well I never want to leave this place again.
A white witch on the subway stopped and read my palm.
Told me I was blessed, then gave me a lucky charm.
My journey must continue, cause I've no time to stay.
I'll pack my bags and leave tonight, and I'll be on my way.
Castles in the sky, they've always seemed so far away.
If this is my nirvana, well I never want to stay from here again.
From here again.
From here again.
From here again.
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3. |
Can't Fight Lightning
02:32
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You can't fight lightning, get out of my way.
I don't dig a single word that you say.
My heart won't believe you, so get out of my way.
You can't fight lightning, so get out of my way.
I put my faith, I put my trust in you.
You stole and you lied and you're not supposed to do that to a friend.
But you did and you have.
There's no turning back, your blue eyes should be black.
You can't stop thunder on a rainy day.
I've heard enough of all you have to say.
The Lord won't believe you on judgment day.
You can't fight lightning, so get out of my way.
I wonder why you don't have any friends.
Now I know, with you it just depends whose soul you can sell.
You're going straight to hell girl.
And now it's your turn to burn baby burn.
You can't fight lightning, get out of my way.
I don't dig a single word that you say.
My heart won't believe you, so get out of my way.
You can't fight lightning, so get out of my way.
You can't fight lightning, so get out of my way.
You can't fight lightning, so get out of my way.
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There's a world deep inside your kaleidoscope eyes.
Something I just can't escape.
But the warmth of your smile, betrayed by surprise.
Losing both meaning and shape.
And there's gonna be a war in this quiet little town.
Gonna rock you and shock you and tear the sky down.
Gonna ride into heaven from hell.
You can run from my love but don't hide from it.
While you were sleeping, the dreams you were keeping.
Footsteps, here comes the rain.
I was waiting outside, in the shadows I hide.
To shatter the glass in the pain.
And there's gonna be a war in this quiet little town.
Gonna rock you and shock you and tear the sky down.
Gonna ride into heaven from hell.
You can run from my love but you'll never be free from it.
And there's gonna be a war In this quiet little town.
Gonna rock you and shock you and tear the sky down.
Gonna ride into heaven from hell.
You can run from my love but you'll never be free from it.
You can run from my love but you'll never be free from it.
You can run from my love but you'll never be free from it.
You'll never be free from it.
You'll never be free from it.
You'll never be free from it.
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5. |
Clockwork Toy
04:02
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From morning it takes till the night.
To chase away the colour blue.
The days long stopped being a surprise.
Just a clockwork toy and that's a fact.
The matchstick man in a machine.
Following the path I do.
Got my targets engraved in my shoes.
And a number branded on my head.
However hard I try to escape through the day.
Those crooked vultures pull me back again, back again.
Those nine to fives are slowly stealing all my days.
There's no gold watch for me.
I don't plan to stay.
It was more by default, more by default, more by default than design.
It was more by default, more by default, more by default than design.
Like a puppet on a string.
They run me round in circles.
The same old story stuck on repeat
I’m the last brick in the wall.
I don't plan to stay.
Trapped in a rat race in a noose.
There must be more to life than this.
There ain't no rest for the wicked.
It's back to the ball and chain.
However hard I try to escape through the day.
Those crooked vultures pull me back again, back again.
Those nine to fives are slowly stealing all my days.
There's no gold watch for me, I don't plan to stay.
It was more by default, more by default, more by default than design.
It was more by default, more by default, more by default than design.
It was more by default, more by default, more by default than design.
It was more by default, more by default, more by default than design.
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6. |
Live Fast, Die Young
02:49
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I get up, I feel down.
So I go for a night on the town.
The next morning when the sun is dawning.
Up the stairs I creep.
Tomorrow I'll be yawning, but I can't afford to sleep.
You live fast, you die young.
But to do the things that I've done.
You could not have picked a better pair.
I don't want to look back to find that there's nothing there.
So I'll just keep on living fast without a care
I do this, I do that.
In a big pink Mexican hat.
I stayed awake for three whole days.
They said I should change my ways.
After all, it's not a crime, I'm living on borrowed time.
You live fast, you die young.
But to do the things that I've done.
You could not have picked a better pair.
I don't want to look back to find that there's nothing there.
So I'll just keep on living fast without a care.
You live fast, you die young.
But to do the things that I've done.
You could not have picked a better pair.
I don't want to look back to find that there's nothing there.
So i'll just keep on living fast without a care.
You live fast, you die young.
But to do the things that I've done.
You could not have picked a better pen.
I don't want to look back depressed in my rocking chair.
So I'll just keep on living fast without a care.
So I'll just keep on living fast without a care.
So I'll just keep on living fast without a care.
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7. |
Lost
02:41
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Locked and loaded.
My heart had exploded.
I was rolling down the stairs of despair.
My sense of direction abandoned and left me.
Broken by the side of the road.
Down and defeated.
I was chained and cheated.
I was sinking like a wishing stone.
Nobody told me how they bought and sold me.
To carry such a heavy load.
If I ever find my way tonight.
If I ever see the sun.
If I make it to the morning light.
I'll meet you when tomorrow comes.
Masquerading, my heart was fading.
Faster than a one-night stand.
Love me or loathe me.
You'll never control me.
Or try to get the upper hand.
Cold and frozen, my heart had spoken.
Like a wheel spinning back round for more.
Take it or leave it.
If it's karma than keep it.
With the key that you found on the floor
If I ever find my way tonight.
If I ever see the sun.
If I make it to the morning light.
I'll meet you when tomorrow comes.
If I ever find my way tonight.
If I ever see the sun.
If I make it to the morning light.
I'll meet you when tomorrow comes.
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8. |
Case File 303
03:39
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Sitting by myself at a liar's bar.
Over walked a woman with her face in a jar.
Juggling her thoughts, trying to connect.
She said, I don't want you thinking I ain't got any respect.
Working undercover for the FBI.
You better come with me if you don't wanna die.
This is kinda crazy, this girl ain't right.
But it beats staying here on a Saturday night.
I asked her where we're going, oh please pray tell.
When she pulled out a picture of a Liberty Bell.
Pointed to the stars, looking at a map.
She said we can take the long way in case it is a trap.
I still wasn't so sure what was fully going on.
Is she on a mission or is it all a con?
We jumped into a taxi, headed to the east.
To meet a political prisoner who was recently released.
Gave us information in a secret envelope.
He said it's all up to you now, you're our only hope.
I burst out laughing, took it with a pinch of salt.
When a bullet blew his head off like a lightning bolt.
We ducked for cover and we ran a bloody mile.
She turned to me with a wink and a smile.
Now do you believe me? Why I was sent to meet you?
I'm a superstitious spy and my name is Rita.
I was in a state of shock, I was still half cut.
We were onto something big, I could feel it in my gut.
So I followed her to Moscow where we broke into a bank.
Then we were surrounded and they threw us in the tank.
Down at the jailhouse we were locked up tight.
But we overtook the guards and escaped in the night.
I was on the run with Rita, lost looking for a sign.
Laying low and hiding out at the old coal mine.
Morning came around, we were ready to hit the road.
To try and track a target that they told us would explode.
After solving all the mysteries and cracking all the clues
We'd earned our stripes and we paid our dues.
I was dropped off in a limousine back at the bar.
Thinking to myself how I'd got this far.
I've been shot at and arrested, I'm lucky to be alive.
Now I must try and fit into the normal nine while five.
I often think of Rita but I doubt she thinks of me.
After all I'm only case file 303.
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9. |
Luck Number 9
02:24
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Shelly had a flat chest, third rate, second best.
Used two tube socks to pump up the volume.
False advertising when you realize what you got.
Kathy likes to get drunk, toking on cheap skunk.
As the night ends she's wasted in the gutter.
Trying to remember how she got on the walk of shame.
Debbie was a tad dumb, didn't have the answers.
To the questions I asked, so she threw a tantrum.
Two swallows short of a summer on a winter day.
Polly's got a predisposition to take things for herself.
Magpie, tea leaf, bagging wealth.
Jailbird caught on the washing of the thin blue line.
You are mine, ‘cause you understand the way I'm feeling.
You are mine. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
You are mine, ‘cause you understand the way I'm feeling.
You are mine. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Lucy had long legs, go twice around her head.
Thought I had love nest, but I had to protest.
Squeezed like a cobra, had a feeling I’m the prey.
Mandy had a best friend, looks a lot like herself.
Selfish reflections, copycat intentions.
Wore a smug smile on the road to Vanity Fair.
Isabella shined and a line formed behind her.
I'm tracking her phone in case I need to find her.
I've broken all my fingers from punching above my weight.
Tina tried to hide a double life.
She had a man at home who called her his wife.
They say cheaters don't win, but she left me in the dumps.
You are mine, cause you understand the way I'm feeling.
You are mine. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
You are mine, cause you understand the way I'm feeling.
You are mine. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Lucky number nine
Lucky number nine
Lucky number nine
Lucky number nine
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10. |
Convent of Mercy
03:16
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How many sins must a fair maiden make.
Before the road to redemption she must take?
Lord, if she must feel pain just to make it through the day.
My fire sign lover, let me wash your tears away.
Born into this world with a scream without a hope.
Abandoned by the steps of the Catholic Church.
She was thrown to the wolves on the dark side of the road.
This fire sign lover's gonna prove she's no mistake.
Down on bended knee she was torn and she was burned.
By Sister Mary and a crown of broken thorns.
But she managed to survive all the dungeons and the dives.
This damaged girl has cast off all of her chains.
Looking to the Lord for a gentle guiding hand.
But he only helps the ones who help themselves.
It was late one midnight mass, she stole the wine and took the cash.
They were saving for the roof on a rainy day.
Destined to the hell hole that she calls her life.
She took to the gutter like a moth to a burning flame.
But without a moment's haste she laid it all to waste.
And cursed all the souls that stood in her way.
She cursed all the souls that stood in her way.
She cursed all the souls that stood in her way.
How many times must her cold heart be hurt.
Before it opens to the warmth of the summer sun?
Lord, if she must feel pain just to make it through the day.
My fire sign lover, let me wash your tears away.
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Oh won't you love me, or leave me alone.
Don't waste my time, you're making me mad.
She's a good girl, but she's gone bad.
Won't talk to me on the telephone.
She said, just love me, or leave me alone.
Get out of my way, don't drag my heart around.
Are you coming or going, lost or found?
You're treating me like a stepping stone.
But just love me, or leave me alone.
Don't you know I can't take it.
You got me up and down.
Don't you know I won't make it?
I need a night on the town.
Give me some space on my own.
Just love me, or leave me alone.
Stop saying to me you need a little time.
With my heart on the string, it's a perfect crime.
You come crawling back, back to the bone.
But just love me, or leave me alone.
Won't you love me?
Won't you love me?
Won't you love me?
Won't you love me?
You could find better things to do.
My mind's in a mess, and it's split in two.
The morning after, this bird has flown.
But just love me, or leave me alone.
Don't you know I can't take it?
You got me up and down.
Don't you know I won't make it?
I need a night on the town.
Give me some space on my own.
Just love me, or leave me alone.
Oh, won't you love me?
Won't you love me?
Won't you love me?
Won't you love me?
Won't you love me or leave me alone.
Won't you love me or leave me alone.
Won't you love me or leave me alone.
Won't you love me, or leave me alone?
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12. |
The Hustle
04:02
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Another day, another dollar.
The world won't wait for a stagnant staller.
Did your mama always tell you, I want never gets.
Wake up to the realization.
It's a dog-eat-dog civilization.
It's a mixed up, messed up, muddled up, shook up world.
You know you've got to break the rules.
You've got to change the game.
It's inside you, it's inside you.
And be told, you've got to play the odds.
Your fate will stay the same.
It's inside you, it's inside you.
Here I go again, here I go again.
Here I go again, here I go again.
Some may say it's plain deception.
Just illusion, misdirection.
Watch your back, they're a long con lover, yeah.
So pick your moment, make your mark.
Take the aim and light the spark.
Keep your eyes on the prize and you'll prosper every time.
You know you've got to break the rules.
You've got to change the game.
It's inside you, it's inside you.
And be told, you've got to play the odds.
Your fate will stay the same.
It's inside you, it's inside you.
Here I go again, here I go again.
Here I go again, here I go again.
Need a money, here I go again.
Need a lover, here I go again.
Need a fix, here I go again, here I go again.
Need a money, here I go again
Need a lover, here I go again
Need a fix, here I go again, here I go again.
You know you've got to break the rules.
You've got to change the game.
It's inside you, it's inside you.
And be told you've got to play the odds.
Your fate will stay the same.
It's inside you, it's inside you.
Here I go again, here I go again.
Here I go again, here I go again.
Need a money, here I go again.
Need a lover, here I go again.
Need a fix, here I go again, here I go again.
Need a money, here I go again.
Need a lover, here I go again.
Need a fix, here I go again, here I go again.
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13. |
Wings of Love
02:23
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Flying on the wings of love.
Through the cotton clouds above.
When I heard a bluebird sing.
It was a very special thing.
To be off the ground with you.
Flying on the wings of love.
Into the beauty of the sky.
When we saw a nightingale.
As we floated passing by.
He sang a song of love for us.
Flying on the wings of love with you.
I can feel something happening to me.
And I'm never coming down from here.
No, I'm never coming down from up here.
Flying on the wings of love.
To the land of make-believe.
I heard a robin red breast sing.
You are the queen I am the king.
There was magic in the air.
Flying on the wings of love with you.
I can feel something happening to me.
And I'm never coming down from here.
No, I'm never coming down from up here.
Flying on the wings of love.
Take us up where we belong.
As we ride a white swan.
We were two but now we're one.
Then the angels blessed our love.
Flying on the wings of love with you.
I can feel something happening to me.
And I'm never coming down from here.
No, I'm never coming down from up here.
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The Quicksilver Kings Hull, UK
Acoustic trio weaving elements of country, blues and pop over vintage rootsy
songwriting.
New album out 2023...
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