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1. _ All I Need Is Everything
Words and music by roddy frame
Tears, just like the jewels,
Adorn their corporate crown,
Weigh on me worthless and i,
Shake them down and leave now,
And have no royal things.
You, would consecrate the ground,
I paced in pain,
And though those pavements,
Caught your sorrow stains,
They fall from me and i say,
Maybe don't fall for anything,
That says it's never gonna,
Give you everything.
I wish myself into your arms,
To know that all i need is everything.
The size of the sea, and the sun in my eyes,
And the line in my head,
Yearning for more, only for more.
These days are are bright as the days i have seen
In the wildest of dreams,
Yearning for more, only for more.
I wish myself into your arms,
To know that all i need is everything.
Hold back the night, i am tired of my sight
That won't see anymore,
More than today, threatening to stay.
Hold back the night, i am tired of my sight
That won't see anymore,
"show me you care", is "show me the door".
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2. _ Just Like The U.s.a.
Words and music by roddy frame
Stuck in my beat suede shoes i can't wait,
Oh what a state to be in.
I need her heart and get a jack-jones for my sins,
She's gonna ditch that shining, sick machine
And be speeding straight my way.
But i'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle,
Just like the usa.
The secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive
And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize.
'cos i know that my might could change my mind,
And i'm told that by rights it's not my find.
I'd be a tribute to temptation in it's glory and it's grave,
But i'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle,
Just like the usa.
The secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive
And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize.
'cos i know that my might could change my mind,
And i'm told that by rights it's not my find.
I'd be a tower to your highest hopes,
That no southern star could sway,
But i'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle,
Just like the usa.
I hear those rhyming bells and heed the words they say,
And with a string of diamelles i'll steal her heart away.
'cos i know that my might could change my mind,
And i'm told that by rights it's not my find.
In my star-bangled sailor suit,
I'd be the pioneer by day,
But i'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle,
Just like the usa.
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3. _ Still On Fire
Words and music by roddy frame
I'm in love with everything
That breaks the grip of caution
On our getting up and leaving
For a bigger day, still some say
That all you need is money
To be free from what is poor
Well that's the lie of looking up
From somewhere down.
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Because the sun will show to testify
That all the time between belongs to you and i,
To be still on fire,
And when the strongest words have all been used
And all the new ones sound confused,
To be still on fire.
Somewhere in the middle
We could see through all the people
And be playing second fiddle
And be feeling sore,
Shown the door.
To chase out all the child in you
Is throwing out the baby for the
Chance to make it easy to be more.
Chorus
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4. _ The Birth Of The True
Words and music by roddy frame
I feel the magic that our time has traced,
And make a point of it in every place.
But every place deserves a curse or two,
For making me so far away from you.
I saw some pictures of the world at war,
I couldn't suss what all the fuss was for,
I wear a picture of you wearing black,
And kissing me behind the butler's back.
Sometimes i get down,
But it's not you that gets me down,
It's just the sense of the impossible,
Gratuitously handed down.
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But oh no, not you, don't wipe your eyes over lies,
Just let them shine their blue,
On every whisper that welcomes the inconceivable,
And the birth of the true.
I'd sack the world and make a second start,
I'd sack my head until i found my heart,
I'd fill the distance with a red parade,
And burn the banks down while the bugles played.
Sometimes i get down,
But it's not you that gets me down,
It's just the sense of the impossible,
Gratuitously handed down.
Chorus
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5. _ Backwards And Forwards
Words and music by roddy frame
Craze my hair and shine my shoes,
And kiss the kiss that i could lose,
And i looked at what i have,
And i have one wish,
And i looked back in your eyes,
And there were two words,
Backwards and forwards.
Here lies the essence of my peers,
Handshakes, hellos and golden years,
See it smiling through its teeth,
It's the whore who has to die,
Unhappy, underneath,
And it's long learned not to show it,
Get backwards and forwards.
How come when i'm gone i get the blues?
Or something special that i might confuse,
With getting gifts i'm not at liberty to use.
It's cold to the touch and older than i know,
And when the world's with me too much,
I say she comes and then it goes.
Could completeness still appeal,
To one who thinks what he should feel?
And it stares me in the face,
And holds me speechless,
And i look back in your eyes,
And see your eyes gaze,
See your eyes gaze into mine,
Forever.
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6. _ Knife
Words and music by roddy frame
Like a child could have the trigger,
And the best man needn't fall,
To understand that heaven,
Could be any place at all,
Just five colours set in motion,
And i try again to place it,
And it's features are obscured
Everytime i turn to face it,
But i still chase it.
Oh it's twists are cruel and hopeless,
Like neglect has worn it thin,
And it could rip the sky wide open,
And let the rain come tumbling in.
And we wait on every whisper,
Like it makes us more alive,
There's a sense we didn't have,
And i feel it in the other five.
See the pity and the pride
In the same sea of emotion,
Cup my hands and touch the tide,
And expect to feel the ocean,
It's just a notion.
And the knife has got my number,
And the number that you keep,
And the knife has called division,
And it's drawn when i'm asleep.
Oh it's twists are cruel and hopeless,
Like neglect has worn it thin,
And it could rip the sky wide open,
And let the rain come tumbling in.
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7. _ The Back Door To Heaven
Words and music by roddy frame
My eyes are stuck on sleepless dreams,
This world is never what it seems,
We've sold it short it's what we're taught,
Lost it in the living.
Allegiance is the strangest thing,
It's grown too fast, grown some wings,
It's flown away, flown away
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The back door to heaven, is open wide to me,
So when i'm wrapped up tight in a hell of the night,
Can i still decide to be,
Where the mad road goes, 'neath the shapeless glow,
Or will we swop ourselves like children
For the value of our innocence,
A gentleman's a golden card and a red, red rose.
Transformed by some strange alchemy,
You stand apart and point to me
And point to something i can't see,
And it's a lousy rainbow anyway.
Allegiance is the strangest thing,
It's grown too fast, grown some wings,
It's flown away, flown away
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Your cheating heart will choose a way,
To borrow, burn and throw away.
Tomorrow same as yesterday.
It's a lousy rainbow anyway.
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8. _ Head Is Happy (heart's Insane)
Words and music by roddy frame
I recall the biggest beach,
Throwing stones, almost alone except for,
Something just outside of reach,
And i'd swear i wouldn't say and then i'd,
Paint me up into a scene,
And throw me like a party which had,
Come and stayed and left and been,
And had still refused to end.
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And if your head is happy, and your heart's insane,
I'll take you there,
When you throw your thunder and you snap my reins,
I'll make you care.
Since i'm scattered and deranged,
I shall seek your holy lunacy, and,
Laugh will joy and laugh with pain,
So don't say i didn't say,
Or i'll remember a texan man,
When he spoke in major sevenths and i'd,
I'd get my gun and blow his tan,
And banish him from heaven.
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My mind has torn it's tack to you,
My feet can't wait to go,
That's why i'm coming back to you,
You know i'm coming, you know i'm coming,
You'll feel my coming like a gun from below.
Chorus
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9. _ Venus Avenue
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10. _ Strange Lovin'
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11. _ Back Alley Lightning
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12. _ Time Seems to Fly
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13. _ Got to Run
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14. _ Look to the Left
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