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Upbeat
03:09
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You are a revelation, stretching out on the sand / You set the dawn-pulse racing, to the reach of your hand
Livin’ life on the upbeat, just a pace off the main street
Makin’ moves to the new light, takin’ space on the in-sight, livin’... to the beat of your heart
You’re pure imagination, elegant, self-possessed / You make the moves look easy - must admit, I’m impressed
Livin’ life on the upbeat, just a pace off the mean, mean street
Takin’ breath to the wave-time, makin’ salutes to the sunshine, livin’… to the beat of your heart
Lookin’ for life on the upbeat, with you by my side / Lockin’ into the backbeat, keep you satisfied…
You are an inspiration, you work it out so strong / While on the treadmill daily, we all sleepwalk along
Livin’ life on the upbeat…
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In The Shadows Of Giants
04:51
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In the deepest lost valley, the trees stand untamed - mighty giants, unbridled by saw, axe or flame
Still unbent and unbroken through years without name - when the world was one forest, they stood here
Here the great clock ticks slowly, time under a spell - in a long morning here, Greece and Rome rose and fell
In the silence and shadow, the air seems to swell , with the echoes of eons resounding
Deep in the stillness, it’s clear where we stand: at the edge of a wisdom beyond our command
Feel the once and forever that grows in this land / In the shadows of giants we’re walking
Under layers of leaves on the dark forest floor, lie the footprints of those who have walked here before
Giant creatures that tramped with a thunderous roar - and the people who held this place holy
Deep in the stillness….
In a time bound to come when the last trees are down, Who will follow this path through a land cracked and brown? Will they stare at our footprints in wonder, and frown… and think "Oh, how the mighty are fallen"?
Deep in the stillness….
Feel the once and forever we hold in our hand / In the shadows of giants we’re walking
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Fragile Eyes
04:23
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My fragile eyes stare out to sea / Soft hazy skies took you away from me
Mixed emotions wash over me, as I wait in the gate lounge till it’s too dark to see
If I close my eyes, I feel I can reach out and touch you
I’m a ghost in disguise, and all I wanna be, is be there with you…
My fragile eyes stare at the moon / Restless hearts fly away too soon
You shrugged and smiled and you played with your hair / "Be strong", you said, "and I might still be there"
If I was a strongman, I’d stand up and fight this despair
But I’m not the Superman kind, and all I wanna be, is be there with you...
My fragile eyes can’t be concealed / Life goes on, but you feel what you feel
As I drift through a dream world, one thing I know must be real
When I look to the future, all I wanna see, is you in my eyes… my fragile eyes ....
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Everybody knows that the bowerbird (the male of the species, that is)
Labours hour by hour to prettify his bower, making very certain that the grandest in the biz… is his
The bowerbird’s a keen decorator, single-minded in what he’ll pursue
And though it sounds bizarre, all his objects d’art
They have this thing in common when it gets down to their hue: they’re all blue
What a mixed-up bird is the bowerbird, his behaviour is bound to confuse
He thinks nothing is duller than any other colour - and the only time he’s happy is when he’s got the blues
The bowerbird has no time for purple - or crimson or scarlet, it’s true
He’s not the kind of fellow to ornament with yellow
Or black or green - only aquamarine to navy, and all points through… the spectrum of blue
The bowerbird’s a blues collector - and you could say he’s paid his dues
‘Cause he’ll decry as B-Grade what isn’t sky-or-sea-shade, and he’s only really happy
When he’s up to his neck in the blues… the Bowerbird Blues
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I went down to the sandy shore / Back to the beach that I knew before
Out the back where the big sets roar / But it’s not the same, it’s a different game
The beach party is a brand name ball / They paved paradise, and put up a fast food hall / They just took it all
We never knew the sky was wearing thin / We didn’t see the sharks closing in
We felt the undertow drag us down / Ah, we shoulda been here yesterday
Crazy paving on the boulevarde / But every crooked step is way too hard
Every twist and turn a mystery / To a blonde like me
We never thought the sun would slip away / Wiped out by a Brave New Day
We saw the tidal wave way too late / Ah, we shoulda been here yesterday
Surf’s down, now we turn the page / Endless Summer of a Greenhouse Age
Burning slow / Ah, why did we let it go? / Ah, we shoulda been here yesterday….
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Oasis
05:43
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I chanced on her in dry and lonely climes
I thought she was mirage, as she had been the other times / She was.... Oasis
She soothed me with her milk and honeyed balm
And brought the gift of peace, an echo of her calm / Her secret places / Oh, oh, Oasis
Though lost again, with desert round me still
I stumble on alone, for over some next hill / She waits.... Oasis
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Mother England
03:25
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It’s a sad sad story, Mother England / But I fear you stayed abroad too long
It’s a sad sad story, Mother England – things have all gone wrong
They all bowed low before Your Highness / But we know that empires rise and fall
It’s a sad sad story, Mother England – now you’ve lost it all
Once half the world was in your hands / You sucked the life from foreign lands
You ruled the waves and waived the rules
Then all at once your sun went down / They plucked the jewel back from your crown
And left you standing there like fools, fools, fools…
And now there’s a whole new generation / Who don’t respect the Union Jack
It’s a sad sad story, Mother England – now you can’t turn back
Whatever happened to the Land of Hope and Glory? / Still rattling your sabre near and far
You were born to rule, now you can’t even fool… Britannia / Fool Britannia…
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The Great Divide
02:39
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The things I should have said to you, I kept inside / They were not things for shouting, across the Great Divide
I thought I gave some truth to you; you think I lied / My truth was lost in emptiness, across the Great Divide
I felt my love flow out to you / I sent my heart to be my guide
Hoped it would find a path towards you, across the Great Divide
But we are all so far apart, the gap is wide / Lonely strangers in the distance, across the Great Divide
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Drop Me A Line
04:01
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I got your last communication / Re our most recent conversation
I understand your consternation / But think about mine
It might be my imagination (but I fear) / Could be a messy complication (we’ve got here)
Can’t really break my concentration (this time of year) / So drop me a line
Why don’t you… drop me a line / And I could get back to you sometime
Maybe your people could talk to mine / And we could work something out
Don’t mean to cause a confrontation (but you see) / I have this minor reservation (re you and me)
Your immature infatuation (won’t let me be) / Wasting my time / Why don’t you… drop me a line…
So let’s get past this altercation (such a shame) / Help find a win/win situation (play my game)
Just tell the kids I’m no relation (change your name) / And drop me a line
Why don’t you… drop me a line…
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Two
04:34
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You shoot straight, I dance round / We get up, and down / You stay young, I’m born old / We blow hot, and cold
But we know... Two hearts can beat together / Two minds can shake it down
Two lives can be so much better / Than life all alone with the mad world raging round
I want still, you want loud / We need space, and crowd / You move fast, I go slow / We get high, and so low
But we know... Two dreams can linger longer / Two flames can be twice as bright
Two hands can hold on stronger / Here with a touch and a spark on a cold dark night
You think this, I know that / We live lean, we grow fat / I get dark... you want light / We go wrong, and so right
But we know... Two hearts can beat together…
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Friendly Fire
04:18
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On a cold night in a slow street, by the flicker of a broken neon light
Caught your glance of invitation, softly smould’ring like an ember in the night
I was drawn to the fire in your eyes… blazing bright
From a discontented winter, I took shelter in your welcoming glow
Striking flint above your tinder, sending sparks against the darkness and the snow
Breathing life on the heat of a fire… burning slow
Friendly fire / drew me in from the frost
Between the darkness and desire / I found your flame… and I was lost
Barely mindful of the danger, never heeding all love’s lessons we had learned
Fanning flame into inferno, in the heat of wild abandon we burned
We ignored every warning in sight / As we poured on the petrol full-flight
Till it seemed all the world was alight… no return
Friendly fire / Raging out of control
Lost in our all-consuming pyre / Destroyed by a flame… too hot to hold
Friendly fire / Back in this No Man’s Land
Between the wasteland and the wire / Trying my best to understand… friendly fire
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Cruising In Full Colour
04:11
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I was wasting my time / The weight of the world on my mind
Now I’m out of the darkness, and into the light / Gonna be different this time
I was waiting to be / Looking for love to set me free
Now I’m out of the backroom, and onto the street / No more disasters for me
Now I’m cruising in full colour / Wishing the night would never end
Cruising in full colour / Back in the bright lights again / Again and again
I was living under a cloud / Now I’m dancing and singing out loud
No more deception, I am what I am / Open and carefree and proud
‘Cause I’m cruising… in full colour / Wishing the night would never end
Cruising in full colour / Back in the nightlife again
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Get Into The Car And Go
04:42
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I’ll keep a weather eye out for you / I’ll seem to know just what to do
Up on Saint Michel, to the battlements we flew
The walls were calling out to me / In voices of antiquity
That all the love we’d make, would set us free to start anew
We shouldn’t have to try so hard, easier to go with the flow
Before we are stranded here, we could get into the car and go
Racing on before the tide / As sun and moon kiss and collide
Crescents on our path, flanked by conquest overgrown
Where Hugo dreamed of ageless beauty / You go dreaming aimless need
Every mad mistake, a pointless contest of our own
We shouldn’t have to run so fast, easier to stand where we know
Before we are swept away, we could get into the car and go / Get into the car and go with you…
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Refugee
04:40
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Knock, knock! Is there anybody home? / I’m waiting on your doorstep, so tired and alone
I have run through the fire, and braved the stormy sea
Lost home and friends and family, to change my destiny
Now I stand at the shore of a new world / Put your hand to the door, turn the key
I am one in your millions / I have come so far to be free
I am the voice in every wilderness / Crying, For mercy’s sake help me… Refugee
You have a green and golden land / The sun of boundless fortune lights up your shining sand
and they say that your people are quick to understand
and when someone’s in trouble, you’ll lend a friendly hand
So what’s this I hear about "security"? / What could you have to fear from me?
I am one in your millions… / For mercy’s sake help me, a lonely refugee…
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