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Charcoal Carousel
04:07
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Charcoal Carousel
Tin soldiers and pearls
You and me at the end of the world
Holding tight while the horses all burn
Soot rings round our mouths
Big Panda eyes
Vodka tears are just fuelling the fire
Clinging on whilst the last embers die
Jumping off while I can
So get off before it covers us all
There is nothing so sad
As breaking free from the spell
There is nothing as sad
As a Charcoal Carousel
I knew from the start
You were blessed with a big carbon heart
I was happy to play horse and cart
You left the reigns on the ground
So get off before it covers us all
There is nothing so sad
As breaking free from the spell
There is nothing as sad
As a Charcoal Carousel
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Saturn Returns
03:21
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Saturn Returns
There's not a memory you can call upon
That fully constitutes a happy one
There's gonna come a time
When you won’t have to say
Yeah I'm really fine - Look i'm okay
You're making strides
So overtake that decent run
A happy memory has just begun
It's gonna light up your life like a constellation
When your Saturn Returns
Kick-start a new celebration of what you've learned
It's not a legacy you should dwell upon
So re-evaluate where you went wrong
There's gonna come a time
When you wont have to say
Yeah I'm really fine - Look I'm ok
You're making strides
So overtake that decent run
A happy memory has just begun
It's gonna light up your life like a constellation
When your Saturn Returns
Kick-start a new celebration of what you've learned
It's gonna light up your life like a constellation
It's gonna light up your life like a constellation
It's gonna light up your life like a constellation
It's gonna light up your life like a constellation
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The Boy Will Learn
03:23
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Wonderwall
04:24
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Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do, about you now
And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I
Would like to say to you but I don't know how
Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall
Backbeat, the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I
Would like to say to you but I don't know how
Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall
And all the roads that lead you there are winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I
Would like to say to you but I don't know how
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
you're gonna be the one that saves me
you're gonna be the one that saves me
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The Greatest Unknown Cameo Of All'
I never did see ya
I never did get your name
But all of your features
And what you wore out that day
Are standing behind me
Beside the war monument in Ypres
I wanted a picture
I wanted a souvenir
A little reminder of what i was missing here
When you were behind me
Beside the war moument in Ypres
We are all extras hung up on a strangers wall
No action, no cut, dress rehearsal or curtain call
But which one of those is the greatest unknown cameo of all
Am i on your desk top
An office in Liverpool
Am i on your laptop
Converted to digital
Just off of the cross-hair
An blissfully unaware of it
We have all stolen a scene in a tourist film
Married with sights in a series of colour stills
Soon to be thrilled by the greatest unknown cameo of all
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The Watchmaker
04:51
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The Watchmaker
My mother's a cleaner her shift starts at four
And she loves the sheen of a newly cleaned floor
Her cardinal doorstep is something she loves
As her wedding ring pokes through her marigold gloves
My father drove forklifts down on the docks
But now with huge hands he is mending old clocks
With cogs on the table and a monocle’d eye
Time falls through his fingers and passes him by
His mind has gone fuzzy he keeps drawing blanks
He forgets his own children but we understand
We show him the pictures of times when we played
Out in the back garden on bright sunny days
Memories are precious they form all we know
The good times we treasure so if it should go
Oh, trust me I'll be there you won't need to try
I'll fill in the pieces of time passing by
Oh, I'll fill in the pieces of time passing by
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Chris Simmons Worthing, UK
"A great songwriter with an incredibly distinctive voice"
- JACKSON BROWNE"
Melodies to
rival Neil Finn in his 'Private Universe' pomp. You can't also help but notice a McCartney influence in Simmons' songwriting which is attracting collaborations with Chris Difford (Squeeze) amongst others. Seriously one to watch."
- MUSIC WEEK
"Beautifully ambitious. One to watch"
- TIME OUT
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