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Journeyman
03:41
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From Accrington to Yeovil, from Southend to Torquay
Via Rotherham and Dagenham and then on to Grimsby
He’s a man on a journey, through the lower leagues
A spell at Hartlepool, plus a month on loan at Leeds...
Joined his first club as a kid, a YTS trainee
An unremarkable career, no club ever paid a fee
But supporters they could see, that he would give his all
No matter who he played for, no matter what the score
He never had the money, he never had the fame
No model for a girlfriend, you wouldn’t know his name
But he will never be forgotton, by the fans who saw him play
Still talked of in these pubs almost every Saturday
He moved from club to club, before he finally retired
When his gammy knee gave up and his last contract expired
A testimonial was hosted by his final club
And with the money raised, he opened up a pub
Yes sometimes he has flutter and he still likes a drink
But every player did and he don’t care what people think
No medals in his wardrobe, no promotions for the fans
Yet the fanzines in the attic, still pay tribute to this man
The closest that he got to his Wembley final dream
Was the northern semi-final of the Autoglass windscreen
So it don’t matter what you’re doing, if you’ve not risen to the top
An unremarkable career or if you’ve never had a job
You can still touch people’s lives with the smallest thing
So gather your friends here and together we will sing
I may not have the money, I may not have the fame
No model for a partner, plus an anglo saxon name
But I will never be forgotton, by those who hold me dear
I’ll be talked of in these pubs by the people who are here
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My story
04:14
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The sun is going down on a summer night
The sky is looking clear and the breeze is slight
My beer’s a little warm I’m near the end of my pint, any-
body want a drink as this next round’s mine?
These faces I know look back at me here
I feel a lot of love from those sat near
I look in their eyes and wonder how we came to be
You were friends of friends’ friends but now it’s you and me
So where in my story is it that you belong?
Are you a friend I’ve known for years, but one that’s now moved on?
Perhaps you’re someone new, who I see here every day
But who’ll be gone tomorrow and who is here to stay?
Keeping in touch is easy these days, but its
Never been so hard despite all the ways:
Minutes are unused and my texts are going free but I’ve stopped
Speaking on the phone to the friends I never see
We were hanging out in groups now I see you on my own
We may be getting older but our friendship hasn’t grown
Do I make the effort or let them all run free?
If I’m not there for you then who’ll be there for me? So where…
It seems as time moves on, people always change
It’s funny when the ones you love, are the ones that are estranged
Some friendships take the effort, while others come so easy
Do I let things run their course just to watch my old friends leave me?
Everyone’s paired off but I’m yet to settle down
Are you always in a couple whenever you come round?
Now the baby’s born does it mean I’ll never see you?
Everything will change, does it mean that we will too?
The moon is in the sky on a summer night
Heading up the hill, it’s time to say goodbye
I’m making up my story, as I go along
Please don’t slip away, I hope that I am wrong…
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Everyone's a geek
03:02
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Everyone's a geek these days, I’m not alone in my geeky ways
There’s no need for us to wait, the future’s here, let’s celebrate
Computer club came once a week
Not many dared, to join us geeks
We got our kicks from those old machines
Typed in the code from computer magazines
My digital watch was, more than it seemed
Had a calculator with LCD screen
All that power, had me enthralled
How did they fit it in something so small?
Everyone’s a geek these days; Brian Cox says science rocks
I’ve got a small computer in my pocket, but these days no-one thinks to mock it
Stuck in my bedroom with, my Atari
We spent hours together, my computer and me. But
now in every house, in every town
There’s a video games console in the corner of every lounge
A trip to Bardwells was such a treat
Surely now, that’s obsolete? But no they
say a generation, of geeks will die
Unless we give the kids a raspberry pi
Everyone's a geek these days, but I’m still proud of my geeky ways
Grandma’s tablet changed her life, and I don’t mean the pharmaceutical type
Everyone’s a geek these days, all this tech is here to stay
There’s no-one that I’d rather be, we’re all geeks now can’t you see?
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Academical
03:49
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It was April or May when I gave my heart
I gave my heart away (you gave your heart away)
Then I looked in your eyes. But then you walked away
Then you walked away (then he walked away)
And I try to move on, but I’m in love with you
I’m in love with you (you’re in love with him)
Wish that you felt the same, but you don’t love me
You don’t love me (he don’t love you)
Can’t get you out of my head, you’ve captivated me (captivation)
It was something you said, intoxicated me (intoxication)
Now its June or July and I ask myself
I ask myself why (you ask yourself why)
Did I feel that way? Why did I give my heart
Give my heart away? (you gave your heart away)
My friends always said I should guard my heart
Guard it every time (guard it every time)
Now I’m using my head, I know I’m over you
I know that I’ll be fine (know that you’ll be fine)
I’ve got you out of my mind, eradicated you (eradication)
You mean nothing to me now that I’m free from you (liberation)
It’s now the shortest day and I’m thinking back
To that night in May (to that night in May)
When we said our goodbyes, I knew that you’d become
The one I’d idolise (the one you’d idolise)
Must get you out of my life, you’ve complicated it (complication)
I know I’m out of your league and you can’t take it (you can’t take it)
Must get you out of my life, you’ve complicated it (complication)
I know I’m out of your league and you can’t take it (you can’t take it)
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Tomorrow
04:11
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I’m not pointing the finger in your direction
This time I know that its all me
I’ll tell you straight, I can’t give you perfection
Who is the person that I must be?
I never thought I had it in me
Now I know this is what lurks inside
Waiting for my weakest moment
Here I have no place to hide
Tomorrow I’m starting again, please don’t judge me until then
There’s a you-shaped gap here next to me
An empty space, I’ve filled with self-pity
It’s your vacation but you’re not coming home
Each postcard reminds me that I’m alone
On the other side, the grass seems so green
Now I’m in a nightmare, this isn’t - what - I - dreamed
The thoughts in my head, a perfect fantasy
Now I’ve lived them out it’s not who I want to be
It’s making me sad as I sing this song
Thinking back to what we had that’s gone
Another regret to add to my list
One more memory for me to sift
So the finger’s pointing right back at me
I don’t need your help in helping me to see
That I must change, this can’t go on
Just give me til the morning comes, when
Give me one more chance, I will prove this to you
Tomorrow, tomorrow, will I love you tomorrow?
Tomorrow I’m starting again, please don’t judge me until then
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The t-shirt song
04:05
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Thanks to my sister, and all her cool friends
Listened to their music and followed all their trends
Copied her albums on to my Memorex tapes
Learned the words to play bad covers with all my mates
When I arrived at youth club, someone caught my eye
So I bought myself a cheese toastie and decided that I’d try
My luck to see if they just might like me
I put my money in the jukebox, and started to speak...
Do you like my long sleeved t-shirt, its got swear words on the back?
Look, I’ve painted my doc martins to turn them blue from black
Did you make your tie-die t-shirt? Will you please do one for me?
If you want I’ll grow my fringe just to show that I’m indie
Things were going okay but it was time to step it up
if I made a compilation tape, it just might change my luck
So I got out all my records and created the mix
It ended with a ballad, yes I knew all the tricks
Well the tape it went down well but I couldn’t lose momentum
Didn’t think that they’d want flowers, so decided not to send them
Instead I phoned the student radio to say hello
We were the only people listening but I wanted them to know
Tell me when you hear those songs, does it really seem so long
Close your eyes and it feels just like the start
Even though that it’s all gone, and I suppose we’ve both moved on
I know we’ll always have that music in our hearts
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The broad and narrow way
03:02
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It’s a desperate situation and I’ve got a choice to make
I lose, you don’t win but just I can’t take this hate
They make me happy, my family and my faith
Must I now choose between the broad and narrow way?
This will split us down the middle and it’s tearing me apart
I’m being told to finish things and I don’t know where to start
And if I choose to go ahead I’ll still not understand
How for us, to love like this, was not part of the plan
You make so happy and I love what I have found, though I may
Never be accepted and I’ve let my family down
How could we be created to live a life suppressed?
Either way I look at this it leaves me in a mess
Am I only accepted when I wear this mask?
If I pretend there’s nothing there, will you promise to not ask?
Questions, that make me lie for answers that cause pain
Love me as I am, for I know that I can’t change
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This dancefloor needs me
04:32
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Friends dance in the other room, they’ve left me on my own
They say if I don’t join them, I might as well go home
All these happy people are making me feel sad. The so-called
best days of our lives are the worst I’ve ever had
I want to tell the strangers here that I’m out with all my friends. I’m not the loser in the corner, all alone for the weekend
No I don’t need checking up on, I enjoy my company
Things are OK over here, yes I’m content just being me. Though I know that...
This dancefloor needs me, I’m not being funny, it’s just that I am shy
This dancefloor needs me, give it one more song and maybe I will try
I wish I could dance like no-one’s watching
Dance like I’m not stopping, but I can’t, no I can’t even start
Is anyone sat here, may I pull up a chair?
I see you’ve got a table, I thought that we could share? My friends are
in the other room, they’ve left me on my own
Please tell me how you feel cos I’m not ready to go home...
I know I’m getting on but I can’t recall the change
I was dancing every week but now it feels a little strange
I think my days are numbered within this old night club. Should I
stick to a late bar, or stay in an old man’s pub?
I want to lose it on the floor but I’ve lost my motivation
Now I’m rooted to the spot for another song’s duration
I’m trying really hard but I can’t lose my inhibition
so I’ll wait here in the bar because moving is a mission
I know exactly how you feel, I’ve been there before. Sometimes
I don’t wanna dance, and my friends call me a bore. But they
say there’s strength in numbers; I see that we are two
I can feel the music play, so here’s what we should do:
I’m going to take you by the hand we’ll go show our friends next door
Let’s down our drinks in here and head for the dancefloor
I don’t care what song is playing, and it’s not about romance
Leave your fears right here and together we will dance
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Seven hills
04:59
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You were all I knew, for all that time
Well I was yours, and you were mine
I lived to learn and learned to live
For all you gave I tried to give
The day we came to say goodbye
When I moved away, something died
Those many years we spent apart
You were always there inside my heart
The yellow lights on navy sky
I’m coming home, I’ll try not to cry
Every time I walk away I keep coming back for more
Something inside pulls me back, right through the open door
I climb up one of seven hills, turn back round and then
I look back on this city and fall in love with her again
I’ve seen the lights, of London town
Full of life, but can get you down
Though the streets down south, aren’t paved with gold
Those friends for life, have me in their hold
The yellow lights on navy sky
I’m coming home, I’ll try not to cry
I should settle down, 'cos I’m getting old
There’s a warmth up here, despite the cold
I can feel the pull, when I step off the train
This city may change, I’ll still feel the same
The yellow lights on navy sky
I’m coming home, I’ll try not to cry
Every time I walk away I keep coming back for more
Something inside pulls me back, right through the open door
I climb up one of seven hills, turn back round and then
I look back on this city and fall in love with her again
I chose to leave but you swallowed your pride
and welcomed me back with arms open wide
In these city walls is the place I will be
There's a lump in my throat, whenever I see...
The yellow lights on navy sky
I’m coming home, I’ll try not to cry
Every time I walk away I keep coming back for more
Something inside pulls me back, right through the open door
I climb up one of seven hills, turn back round and then
I look back on this city and fall in love with her again
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Beneath your city; as you dream
five flowing rivers they can’t be seen
underground beneath your feet
something’s rising from the streets
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12. |
Four seasons
04:17
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I haven't felt this good for so long
Last night you all but said that I was one of the ones
Our friends are talking, they think it's for real
And you've made it clear to me just how strong you feel
But something's nagging me at the back of my mind
I could be feeling lovesick, or I am just love blind?
You tick every box but should I love you more?
They say to wait four seasons just to know that you are sure
I don't trust myself not to change my mind
(It's happened before, it'll happen again)
I don't trust myself not to change in time
(It's happened before, it'll happen again)
This could make me sad for so long
Once I say these words I know that you'll be gone
Please hear me out, I'll try to explain
If it's any consolation, I'm also feeling the pain
It's been nagging me since the day that we met
We said we'd take things slowly but how did we both forget?
And now I've reached the point where the doubts have filled my mind
They say to wait four seasons but we never took the time
Better for me to let you down now or
better not to let you down at all?
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The greatest song of all
02:50
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After thirty years and five, music’s the soundtrack of my life
From the lows that this life throws me, to when I’m on a high
Ten thousand words, ten thousand songs of human rights and human wrongs
In every situation, I know which one belongs
I don’t dare to leave my home without my new smartphone
I take my whole record collection; all the tunes that I own
There’s too much music in my pocket, maybe I should just stop it
and let mother nature serenade me with her natural song
It’s time to stop and take a step outside
Press stop and open your ears wide
'Cos they’re singing from the trees
you can hear it on the breeze
so rest your head, close your eyes and listen to the greatest song of all
I’ll take a walk to the park or ride my bike in the peaks
or simply open up my window at some point in the next week
Remove my headphones from my ears, and brush aside my fears
The music that awaits is the greatest I could hear
It’s time to stop and take a step outside
Press stop and open your ears wide
'Cos they’re singing from the trees
you can hear it on the breeze
so rest your head, close your eyes and listen to the greatest song of all
And please don’t call me a twitcher
Though Chris Packham says my life will be much richer
And I’m not the outdoor type
But the Lemonheads say that it’s alright
Please don’t call it ornithology
It’s just taking time to listen here with me
So take the time and listen here for free
Come on rest your head, close your eyes and listen to the greatest song of all
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14. |
You are my home
03:09
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You are my home, the location I belong
It’s where I’m coming back to, it’s where I’m coming from
I don’t need a palace or a stately home
As long as we’re together, I know I’m not alone
I know I’m not alone, you fill the gap inside
The times we are apart, a small part of me dies
And if I ever need, a place where I can go
I know your arms are open, because you are my home
You are my home, the place I want to be
I don’t need bricks and mortar, don’t need a lock and key
This is where I’ll stay, in the space here that I know
I know that I am welcome, and know you are my home
You are is my habitat
Look closely, see my tracks
In a corner of your heart
That’s where I’ve left my mark
You are my home, the rock on which I stand
And if I ever stumble, you’re there to hold my hand
Why would I want to leave? There’s no reason I should go
So here I’ll lay my hat, in this place that I call home
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Robberie Sheffield, UK
We’re Val, Nik and Robin from Sheffield. We play heartfelt, melodic and bittersweet acoustic indiepop.
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