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1. |
Always Tomorrow
03:40
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Always Tomorrow.
I can feel the chains
Yeah their back agin
Still heavy
Now Im switching lanes
When the wind of change blows
You got to be ready
No straight lines
No street signs
To tell you where you are
No free time
No new design
To override
All that I magnify
Always dreaming of tomorrow, tomorrow
always waiting for tomorrow, till its been and gone
always hoping for tomorrow, tomorrow
Always dreaming of tomorrow…….
I can see the stains
Of the old campaigns
Still shelling
And I know the names
Of the ones to blame
But I just cant get ‘em
Better hold tight
Walk the line
Keep the talisman busy
Fight the good fight
Keep the lies alive
Always dreaming of tomorrow, tomorrow
always waiting for tomorrow, till its been and gone
always hoping for tomorrow, tomorrow
Always dreaming of tomorrow…….
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2. |
Alive
03:47
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Alive.
Where do you go in yourself
Would you take me there
Could you let go of yourself
And just take me there
Take me alive or not
Take me alive or not
What would you show of yourself
If you take me there
Could you loose more than yourself
And just take me there
Take me alive or not
Take me alive or not
The beauty in the detail
Forget about the retail for a minute or two
Somethings on the airways
Coming through loud and clear
What do you know of yourself
When you take it there
Resistance may be certain
But it wont stay there
Take it alive or not
Take it alive or not
The beauty in the detail
Forget about the retail for a minute or two
Somethings on the airways
Coming through loud and clear
Where do you go in yourself
Would you take me there
Could you let go of yourself
And just take me there
Take me alive or not
Take me alive or not
Take me alive or not
Take me alive
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3. |
Hungover You
03:56
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Hungover You
This ain’t the kind of hurt you drink away
This ain’t the kind of pain you medicate
Here I am again lying on the floor
Like I've been to many times before
Oh this life will be the death of me
Always clearer through the bottom of a glass
When I sober up it hits me
And I know that you don’t miss me
So I pour a little whisky and let it pass
Oh and it burns
But it keeps me warm in ways you never could
Just ain’t as good
What should I do
When I wake up her alone and I face the truth
I'm just a fool
Hungover you Hungover You
Girl, you don’t know but I'm a sight to see
I've got friends checking up on me
Trying to pull me out of this here bar
Trying to get me back on my guitar
And every now and then I play a few
And it takes me back but the feeling never lasts
‘Cos when I play that song it hits me
That one line always gets me
So I pour a little whisky and let it pass
Oh and it burns
But it keeps me warm in ways you never could
Baby, it just ain’t as good
Oh what should I do
When I wake up her alone and I face the truth
I'm just a fool
Hungover you Hungover You
Oh this life will be the death of me
Always clearer through the bottom of a glass
When I sober up it hits me
And I know that you don’t miss me
So I pour a little whisky and let it pass
So I pour a little whisky and let it pass
So I pour a little whisky and let it pass
Hungover you Hungover You
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4. |
Diamonds
04:30
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Diamonds
Now the earth may be stoney
And some of them may be pretty
But they all got to be sifted
For that good food to grow
’Cos would never find your treasure
Until you endeavor
You know you’ve got to dig deep to find diamonds
Floating on the debris
Of the lies that they told
Like your innocent until your guilt is shown
I was rain-soaked and rusted
Like those words that I’d trusted
To keep the keel even
When the rough seas have blown
I was raised to be a climber
And to never look down
Oh but you got to dig deep to find diamonds
Oh when its late and strength it has left me
When I'm weakened from trying to be strong
Well I’ll be there at the low tide
With my spade by my side
Oh ‘cos you got to dig deep to find diamonds
Glittering diamonds hide inside us all
Just waiting for the strength we need to grow
And reach those dark corners where even miners don’t go
I said you’ve got to dig deep to find diamonds
Now the earth it may be stoney
And some of them may be heavy
But they all got to be sifted
For that good food to grow
’Cos would never find your treasure
Until you endeavor
I said you’ve got to dig deep
You know you’ve got to dig
Yeah you’ve got to dig deep to find diamonds
See them shining if you keep on digging down
See them shining if you keep on digging down
See them shining to guide you home
To guide you home
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5. |
Good Life
03:26
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Good Life.
Im dreaming of the good life
Sleeping in the sunshine
Doing nothing in the daytime
Glass tipping with the night life
So good maybe I should feel guilty but I don’t feel much
Just living the good life
Monday morning, back again
Comes round this time every week
Always looks the same
Asking for something that I cant give
‘cos that ain’t the way I wanna live
Im dreaming of the good life
Sleeping in the sunshine
Doing nothing in the daytime
Glass tipping with the night life
So good maybe I should feel guilty but I don’t feel much
Just living the good life
Sent me down 25 to life
Judge and jury done set me up
Now Im working just to stay alive
Prisoner in a neck tie chained to the job
When did I become a criminal
Only living for 5 O’clock
Im dreaming of the good life
Sleeping in the sunshine
Doing nothing in the daytime
Glass tipping with the night life
So good , little out of touch
Should feel guilty but I don’t feel much
Just living the good life
Im gonna cross that border line
To the coast of Mexico, leave it all behind
Draw my line in the sand
True measure of my success is Im sipping on sunshine
Im dreaming of the good life
Sleeping in the sunshine
Doing nothing in the daytime
Glass tipping with the night life
So good maybe I should feel guilty but I don’t feel much
Just living the good life
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6. |
More Than You Do
04:04
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More Than You Do
Waters falling from my eyes, but I ain’t gonna follow it
This ain’t wrong but it ain’t right and I ain’t gonna fall for it
Can’t get these ducks in a line, and all you do is laugh about it
But I keep saying so much more than you do, more than you do
And I keep paying so much more than you do, more than you do
Its a crying shame but it's true, and that's all that I can say about it.
Silence may say it right, I guess that it's possible
But you don’t know what it's like waiting to discuss it all
But I can't do more than try, to explain my self with the gift of language
But I keep saying so much more than you do, more than you do
And I keep paying so much more than you do, more than you do
Its a crying shame but it's true, and that's all that I can say about it.
Lost in space and I can't find my way back again
Oh this place is somehow where I wanna stay, I just don’t know why
Please tell me why you don’t reply when its time to express yourself
Are you dumb or maybe numb from your tongue to your ears instead
I keep trying hard to decide but you ain’t helping with no reaction
So I keep saying so much more than you do, more than you do
And I keep paying so much more than you do, more than you do
Its a crying shame but it's true, and that's all that I can say about it.
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7. |
Drug Habits
04:14
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Drug Habits
Holes been papered over
Praying on any angels
Said I been washed and drained
And now I'm laid out
And that's all the good news gone
But when those old memories
Want to roll up and play
When they got me wasted again
it just don’t feel the same
Said there ain't nothing left
But them old drug habits
Ain't no good for me anymore
Said there just ain't nothing left
But them old drug habits
Ain't no good for ya anymore
Chemical interactions
Ex to the power of me
Splitting it into fractions
Until there ain't nothing left to see
But when those old melodies
They want to tune up and play
When they all been tasted again
Still gonna be some hell to pay
Said there ain't nothing left
But them old drug habits
Ain't no good for me anymore
Said there just ain't nothing left
But a bunch of old drug habits
Ain't no good for ya anymore
Some might say that its all been a waste of time
Any more
You’ll never know how much joy was nearly mine
I tell you that there just ain't nothing left
But them old drug habits
And they ain't no good for me anymore
Said there just ain't nothing left, nothing left
But a bunch of old drug habits
Ain't no good, any more
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8. |
Sorry
03:16
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Sorry
Light in the window, tells me that your home
I'm watching cold outside
Said you were working and your headache was hurting
But you don’t mean it
Waiting and hoping, maybe you’ll open
Your curtains and see my car
Make you feel guilty so you rush out and hold me
But you won’t mean it
‘Cos you say you're sorry when you ain’t
Girl when you say your sorry I know you ain’t
Been such a long time waisted….
Thinking that this could be right
But I know, when I look, in your eyes, that it's over
You say you're sorry when you ain’t
Back on the freeway, I here the road say
Take me as far as you can
Pictures of your face saying come back to my place
But they don’t mean it
Coffee cup drinking got me driving and thinking
How to forget your name
I might call you later just to tell you I'm safe but I won’t mean it
‘Cos you say you're sorry it feels great
Girl when you say your sorry I know you ain’t
Yeah when you say your sorry it feels great
Girl when you say your sorry I know you ain’t
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Thirsty
03:32
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Thirsty
Everyone’s searching
Looking for something
Waiting for someone
Getting nothing at all
But life ain’t a river
And life ain’t an ocean
Ain’t gonna tame it
So if life just water
Then drink it all
When all is said and done
And you think it isn’t worth it
Are you gonna be the only one
Still thirsty
You knew the weekend
Was gonna be tough
All that drinking
Is getting you lost
And it takes a long time
To give it all up
But something for nothing
Never enough
No its never enough
When all is said and done
And you think it isn’t worth it
Are you gonna be the only one
Still thirsty
Dehydration ain’t no magic carpet ride
Gotta jump before you know if you can fly. Fly……
When all is said and done
And you think it isn’t worth it
Are you gonna be the only one
When all is said and done
And you think it isn’t worth it
Are you gonna be the only one
Are you gonna be the only one
Still thirsty
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10. |
Fading Away
04:06
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Fading Away
I've been getting on
I've been getting on my nerves again but that's what friends are for
And I've been waiting on
I've been waiting on the call to tell me everything has changed
I've been bathing in
I've been bathing in the memories of all that I believed
And I'm just praying for
I'm just praying for the faith to wake me up where I left off
On days like today when I've clearly fallen, scratching and crawling
And all I can count on is….
Fading, fading, fading away
Fading, fading, fading away
No more blame, nothing left to say
I'm amazed again
I'm amazed at all the chances hiding everywhere I go
Yes I'm brave again
Am I brave enough to face myself and take it like a man
Yes I am
On days like today, when all doors are open and I'm clearly spoken
The stain of my failure is…
Fading, fading, fading away
Fading, fading, fading away
No more blame, ‘cos there's nothing left to say
Heard it all before
Cos we all make mistakes
And now their fading, fading into space.
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11. |
Prayer Song
03:11
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Prayer Song
I got some simple words
Some quiet ones I heard yesterday
No revolution call, just a prayer song
Their invitations clear
Nothing to think too hard about
It's nearly fearless here so be gracious
There may be broken branches
Hard decisions and circumstances
Yeah I know, yeah I know
I will be on this ride
Until there is no more of it
So wheres the use in trying to be perfect
Oh when the waters clear
And I can drink my fill of it
Then I can let my will be broken
There may be calls of treason
Indignation and dammed good reasons
But I won't care, I won't be there
I got some simple words
Just got these simple words
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12. |
Beautiful Light
04:16
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Beautiful Light
First of February, back in solitary. home again, alone again
Try this principle, we’re invincible pull the pin, I'm going in
Lines scratched on the wall, out the wall, watch ‘em fall on to this gentle bed of nails
Make it sweet make it kind, take it all in your stride
This ain’t no lack of concentration, just been too long waiting to be
Bathed in your beautiful light
Saved by your pure protection
Bathed in your beautiful light
I don’t need commitment, just a little taste
I first noticed you, when you told him to run away, I couldn’t wait
Broody and beautiful, like a cloud full on a summers day, hip hip hurray
But nothing ain’t certain its a jigsaw every day, and I was just trying to get myself a corner
But the brake lights of progress are blindingly brave
And I didn’t know what had hit me ‘till it was over
Now all that I can say is, I was
Bathed in your beautiful light
Saved by your pure protection
I was bathed in your beautiful light
I don’t need commitment, just a little taste
I'm caught in a lie, awake when I'm sleeping, free fall down memory lane
Searched in the light of sentimental meaning
I'm English so please let me explain, where do I complain about it now
There's some good people making illegal prophesies, in front of me
And some strong people but even Evil Knievel couldn’t jump this thing
It's frightening
Just ain’t no use, pretending it’s the truth and I don’t wanna dream anymore
It’s just the way things go and who’s in control, wouldn’t have it any other way
So all that we can say as we watch it slip away is we were
Bathed in a beautiful light
Saved by this pure perfection
I was bathed in a beautiful light
I don’t need commitment, just a little faith
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13. |
Together
03:32
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Together
Met a stranger on a subway in June
She caught my eye and I held her attention
Asked to take some refreshment and soon
We were becoming both friends and relations
When January came though a friendship existed
Relations had blistered and twisted and torn
Rode on a subway by way of anniversary
Sad, scared and silent
And then she put her head on my shoulders
Asked me to comfort her a while
Think about when we were older
How it would be, how it would be
Together
Met an old friend this afternoon
I knew she’d been crying but she didn’t say why
Asked her to sit down for a few
See if there was something that I could undo
Turned out she’d just been watching the news
Wondering how man could do so much wrong
I said the right time will come when it's ready
For preachers and sinners
And then she put her head on my shoulders
Asked me to comfort her a while
Think about when we were older
How it would be, how it would be
Together
Would we survive, together, no compromise
‘Cos it's only ever and always that lasts when we are gone.
Met a memory of when I was you
Couldn’t quite decide if I wanted it to
Come back and tell me the news
Of all that had waited to be understood
And though I was frightened to hear what it told me
I still had to listen and see if I could
Do what was needed to change the equation
And reach out within her
And then I put my head on my shoulders
Asked her to comfort me a while
Think about when we were older
How it would be, how it would be
Together, together.
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14. |
Salt Sweet
04:07
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Salt Sweet
Taste the sweet and taste the salt
I’ll take everything you got
Oh I never get enough
Time may make us compromise
Doubt the love and lose the shine
Oh I never trusted time
All that falls can rise again
What never starts can never end
We were born forgiven
But when it's cold, and the thought police
Are back in town
Just call for me, and I'll be around
To shoot ‘em down
Take a step and find your stride
All you seek ain’t all you find
Yeah, tradition tends to lie
Fear hits like a terrorist
Personal fundamentalist
But the detonators in your grip
But when your lost, and you feel the cost
Heavy on your back
Can you trust, that its only just
A little backpack
Taste the sweet and taste the salt
I got everything you need
Oh baby won’t you trust me, please
Oh baby can't you trust me, please
Oh baby won’t you trust me, please
Get a salt in your sugar baby
Sweet sweet-salty baby
Let me give you something
Let me give you something good baby.
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15. |
No Better Man
03:03
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No Better Man
Money he may have plenty
but he’s no better man than I
and though my pockets may be empty
he’s no better man than I
Now true love may find you easy
and miss me however hard I try
but when the angels come and lift me gently
you’ll see there's no better man than I
But I will be older before you understand
the crown slips to my shoulder and falls to the ground
so if they ever put me on a pedestal of gold and jewels
I could no longer hold on to the words of a fool
Now I set you free to love him
but he’s no better man than I
and I gave you all my blessing to love him
but he won't love you more than I
now I'm telling you all these secrets and you know that I wouldn't lie
so baby won't you kiss me sweetly
because there's no better woman alive
so when you are over the sea and far away
it just don't make no difference
in a world that doesn’t wait
and if I ever put you on a pedestal of gold and jewels
no longer hold on to the promises of fools
Now true love may find you easy
and miss me however hard I try
but when the angels come and lift me gently
you’ll see there's no better man than I
when the angels come and lift me gently
you’ll see there's no better man than I.
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16. |
Troubled Times
03:17
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Troubled Times
In these troubled times, We all need someone
Who can humanise, someone to rely on
When resolve is weak and compasses are broken
In these troubled times, We all need someone
With these danger signs hard to keep hoping
All we can try to find Is better ways of coping
When they criticise and split your heart wide open
In these troubled times, we all need someone
Every roads a river (So) let the river rise
Stand up and deliver let your arrow’s fly high
In these troubled times, We all need someone
Who can sympathise someone to rely on
When resolve is weak and promises are broken
In these troubled times, we all need someone
Every face is a mirror always get a second chance
May taste a little bit bitter might just be that greener grass
With these danger signs hard to keep hoping
All that we can try to find Is better ways of coping
When they criticise and split your heart wide open
In these troubled times, we all need someone
In these troubled times, we all need someone
In these troubled times, we all need someone
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Joe Cang UK
Singer, songwriter and producer Joe Cang’s long and varied career began when he debuted his debut solo album on Arista
Records, after being signed by Clive Davis.
Gaining a wealth of experience through writing, recording and touring with an eclectic and talented number of artist’s, Joe was named by the ‘Evening Standard’ as “One of London’s great singers and songwriters”
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