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DC7
03:34
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It’s no good talking ‘bout flying round the world when you can’t even get out of bed
When I said I’d go travelling with you that’s exotic, not just off the top of your head.
Coast to coast by bus is OK but I’m thinking ‘bout much further afield
And if you say you don’t like this - well I’m not staying home just cooling my heels
Days just rush past
Time flies too fast
I just can't stay
Got to get away
Holidays, holidays - yes I love 'em
Going on my holidays, holidays - yes I love 'em
Going on my holidays, holidays - yes I love 'em
Going on my holidays, holidays - yes I love 'em, love 'em
Get your bags packed - we're leaving today - the DC7's waiting there for us now
Get a move on or I’ll go on my own - I’m not sure I want to take you with me anyhow
Taxi’s outside, we’re taking off soon - there’ll be traffic jams all down the M62
Don’t know why I bother but here we go again - off on a plane to the Costa Del Luz
Days just rush past
Time flies too fast
I just can't stay
Got to get away
Holidays, holidays - yes I love 'em
Going on my holidays, holidays - yes I love 'em
Going on my holidays, holidays - yes I love 'em
Going on my holidays, holidays - yes I love 'em, love 'em
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2. |
Funland
04:41
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Rock and Roll, I remember it so well
In the days when we went out, chasing the dream
We didnʼt think about this
We could do anything, anything, we could
And then it changed - pay now, slow right down
Welcome to Funland - this is where you stop
Funk and soul, we fell in love with the dancing
In the clubs with the blue light, feeling the groove
We never thought about this
We could go anywhere, anywhere, we could
Itʼs not the same - scrape by, keep your head down
Welcome to Funland - this is where you stop
This is where you rock up - you rock till you drop
UFO, tripping away through the night
With the sounds and the colours, moving our hearts
We didnʼt know about this
We could be anyone, anyone, we could
So long ago, so near, who we are
Yes it all changed - pay now, slow right down
Welcome to Funland - this is where you stop
This is where you rock up - you rock till you drop
Welcome to Funland - this is where you stop
This is where you rock up - you rock till you drop
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3. |
Slow Lane
04:14
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There's a sign in the distance, there's some weather ahead
Been travelling a long time, I followed, you led
I'm not sure where I'm going, but I'm well on the way
I'm not going to argue, I'll do what you say
I'm driving in the slow lane, I'm pushing sixty-eight
Don't want to be too early, I don't want to be late
I'm staying on the inside, I want to feel secure
You go as fast as you like, I need to hang on to my fuel
The gearbox is noisy, and the wheels getting worn
The windscreen's getting misty, but I'm glad I was born
I'm still right behind you on this road that we share
Wherever it takes us, I know we're going somewhere
I'm driving in the slow lane, I'm pushing sixty-eight
Don't want to be too early, I don't want to be late
I'm staying on the inside, I want to feel secure
You go as fast as you like, I need to hang on to my fuel
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4. |
Click it Away
04:51
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Is that a mirror there or a window?
It was OK where'd it go?
Is that a president or a game show?
Itʼs all changed - I donʼt know
How can something so solid disappear?
Is that the world out there, or illusion? Can I touch it? I donʼt know
Noises everywhere, confusion
Click it away - that's better
How can something so real become bad dreams?
Did something happen when I was asleep`?
Something happened
Or was I awake?
I never saw it
I thought it couldn't be bad
Couldn't see it
I wish I had
Someone else's truth,
Or a shadow,
It's spreading everywhere - what do we know?
I don't believe them now - perhaps I never will
Can I stop now?
Let me go
How can something so real become bad dreams
Did something happen when I was asleep?
Something happened
Or was I awake
I never saw it
I thought it couldn't be bad
Couldn't see it
I wish I had
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5. |
G-String Love
04:45
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When there's a thousand miles of ocean
Between me and her
All the years that passed by
Since we last met
With children grown and gone
And time that's slipped away
We meet again it's coincidence
One cold rainy day
I always loved her
And if the London train had left on time
That Friday afternoon
Or if the sun had come out
For just one day
We would have followed other paths
Through fields so meaningless
Instead we found each other
No more loneliness
I always loved her
No-one could have told us how this could come to be
Not what she expected - to find me
And I had been so restless
A leaf blown in the air
Something good was happening
And now we’re both here.
I always loved her
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6. |
Not the Same
04:21
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See me looking right again
Don't you know I'm feeling so high?
Feeling good again, like I did before
That's what I like, that's what I like
But it's not the same
I'm in a different place
I can't get there again
Hey look - the sun's come out today
Never knew it could be so bright
So good to be here - like we were before
It feels right, it feels right
But it's not the same
It's not so easy now
But when the days are fine
I might get there again
take me there again
See me looking right again
Don't you know I'm feeling so high?
Don't you know I'm feeling so high?
That's what I like, that's what I like
And it's not the same
It's not so easy now
But when the days are fine
I might get there again
take me there again
Not the same
It's not so easy now
But when the days are fine
I might get there again
take me there again
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7. |
Shadows
03:44
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Shadows, just over there in the moonlight
Shadows, come down between you and me
Sorrow surprised me, don't leave me here all alone in the
Shadows of a life that's past
And up on the moor with the cold wind in my face
There's sunshine lighting up the snow
Sorrow, comes on me just like a shiver
Sorrow, some things I never will say,
Shadows of your voice come to my ears in the night, such sorrow,
I won't see you ever again
And though there's no-one that will ever take your place
You showed me how to find my way
Tomorrow, I'll plant some seeds in the garden
Tomorrow, I'll take a walk by the sea
Say hello, how are you, to someone I’ve never met
Get mellow, try feeling love, not regret
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8. |
It's All Gone
04:00
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If you donʼt get me now
Youʼre never gonna get me again
I wonʼt tell you how
Youʼll just have to work it out yourself
Just keep away
I donʼt like the way you look at me
Donʼt get me now
Itʼs all gone
(out of my face, get out of my face)
Donʼt look at me that way
I said donʼt you look at me that way
Get away, get away
It's not black, it's white
I'm never going to listen to you
Itʼs not true itʼs a lie
I detest everything you do
Iʼm not wrong, Iʼm right
Iʼm not going to talk about it
Donʼt ask me why
Itʼs all gone.
(out of my face, get out of my face)
Donʼt talk to me that way
I said donʼt you talk to me that way
Get away, get away
Going to stay in the house
Iʼm not going to do anything
Iʼm not going to listen
Just going to scream at you
I want to smash my mouse
It all winds me up so much
Donʼt ask me why
Itʼs all gone.
(out of my face, get out of my face)
Donʼt look at me that way
I said donʼt look at me that way
Get away, get away
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9. |
Thing
04:19
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A crack in a mirror, a fault in the sky
A strange sense of difference in the air
And something creeping by caught my eye
A glow in the darkness, a movement without sound
One touch, nothing’s ever the same
You really shouldn’t let it come near
It’s not from here
From somewhere dark and old
It made my hair stand on end
It touched me, turned me cold
And now I wander, alone in the night
A thing, not a man, from the dark
If only someone had turned me away
I limp through the woodland, I creep on the moors
I wait for redemption, it never arrives
You really shouldn’t let me come near
I’m not from here
From somewhere dark and old
I’ll make your hair stand on end
I’ll touch you, turn you cold
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10. |
Bad Men
03:47
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We know theyʼre out there
They look like you and me
Share the atmosphere
But they never pay
They run investment banks
They pay think tanks
Use tax havens
Stash it away
Youʼll never meet them
Theyʼve got security
Live in the stratosphere
No they never pay
They build basements
They got big yachts
They seek expansion
But we pay the cost
Bad men want the money - they donʼt care
If they had the means theyʼd sell you the air
Donʼt ever think that they should pay their share
Not on the TV,
Not on your network,
You know theyʼre out there
But they hide away
They've got big estates
Behind locked gates
They wonʼt come near you
No they hide away
They fund the right wing
But they donʼt say they do
Theyʼll do anything to stay at the top
Theyʼre just gangsters
Say they obey the law,
They cheat the system
So letʼs make them stop
Whichever way you voted they always survive
Hedge funds keep them rich when economies dive
And we keep letting it happen, how can we fight them?
Too much corruption
Too much apathy
So much deception
To service their greed
Lets take the power back, take the water back
Let's take the trains back, take just what we need
Let's take the banks back, take the phones back
Take it all back, letʼs co-operate
Letʼs work together
We need to agitate
Letʼs help each other
Before itʼs too late
Bad men want the money - they donʼt care
If they had the means theyʼd sell you the air
Donʼt ever think that they should pay their share
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11. |
Coda
02:09
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Uncle Wally and Uncle Steve Hebden Bridge, UK
Steve and Wally live in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
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