1. |
My Prayer
00:23
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2. |
Lullaby
03:18
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Asleep at the wheel
Leaving the motorway
Dreaming of you
Breaking too hard they say
Out of control
A kaleidoscope
O I do like to be
Beside your beside and hope
Squeezing your hand
Hoping you recognise
Can you hear me
I think that you can hear me (or very nearly
Oh everyone sends their regards
But I wish that their cards were celebratory cards
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3. |
Burn Up
02:53
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Burn up baby!
We're never gonna dance like we wanted to dance
We're never gonna own that holiday home in France
We're never gonna swing like Sinatra can
We're never gonna dance
Burn-up!
But here's the thing!
We'll never, never be cool enough to hold that hand of cards
We'll never be hip enough to drive them cars
We'll never, never know what secrets chicer people keep
And spill behind bars
You're never the one
Burn up baby!
We're never gonna woo who we wanted to woo
We're never gonna kiss a mysterious mistress or mister
Who knew our loves chances were through?
But given half a chance I'd dance with you
Burn up!
But here's the thing!
We'll never, never be cool enough to fly as high as stars
We'll never be hip enough to hire those cars
We'll never, never feel our secrets chicer people keep
Are spilled behind bars
You're never the one
Burn up, baby!
We'll never, never be cool enough to mark that deck of cards
We'll never be hip enough to park their cars
We'll never, never know what secrets chicer people keep
You're never the one
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4. |
Mansong
03:06
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If you think you’ve found an answer
Inside a 45
You need another needle and indeed you needed Beatles to realise
Speaking on the record
Backwards just to you
First the curses then perverted verses
You heard the words you wanted to
Charlie
Don’t you know you got it wrong
Charlie
This is your only song
You never learned not to love
Locked away for years
Ordered others, murdered mothers, using lovers and abusing ears
Charlie
Don’t you know you got it wrong
Charlie
This is your only song
White does not mean fight
That isn’t right
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5. |
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[Part 1 - Hotel & Backstory.
Hotel: In which Johnny tries to betray Angela, whose suspicions are raised when Jenny calls.
Backstory: In which we learn about Julia’s involvement in the affair.]
So Jennifer sits in her room
Her birthdays money spent on French perfume
Not knowing that the number on her suite door had slipped
Where it read nine it should’ve read six
So Johnny goes marching home alone
Wages blown on cologne
And Angela answers
No John is working late, my husband isn’t home
Knowing that this wasn’t a cold call like it claimed
A nervous girl’s voice more pitied than blamed
Will Johnny be good tonight?
He could and he should
And Jonathan sees he’s on trial
Evidence presented but in denial
Not knowing that his sentence would be Angela’s wrath
And Jenny’s necklace bought with holiday cash
So Johnny just sits and smiles for a while
And she remembers the aisle
Jennifer told Julia that John was handsome
Made her cross her heart to keep a secret
Julia was never gonna keep it
Notes were passed behind her back and someone one soon told John
Jennifer was blushing like the bride she wasn’t
John had engineered a random meeting
Thought that he could hear how hard her heart was beting
Heaving breathing caught her eye
No-one needs to know
Hotel, Motel anywhere they’re gonna go
Has to be discrete if they’re gonna meet
But what of Angela
Is she the girl that he loves?
[Part 2 - Courtroom and Sentencing.
Courtroom: In which Angela cross examines the accused and his accomplice.
Sentencing: In which Judgement is passed.]
Call the first witness
Make you take the stand
Raise up your right hand
Swear to tell the…
Truthlessness
In love as much as war
What is justice for?
You make the laws you break
Promises
Call the next witness
Bring her to the stand
Indicate the man and can point the finger
Statement
Mistress kiss and tell
And tell the rest as well
And take your take to break
Do you feel guilty
Standing there accused
What sentence is there save to execute
But before we do
Is there anything to say in your defense?
The prosecution rests it’s case.
[Part 3 - Appeal and Backstory (reprise)
Appeal: In which Johnny puts his side of the story.
Backstory (reprise): In which Julia re-appears and more evidence is revealed.]
Yours is
The body in the bath
That keeps me overflowing
Yours is
The face I want to break
Into a laugh
So I keep on going
And I keep on growing
And I’m only showing…
Angels who look down on this town should realise
You’ve earned your wings Angela - you made me fly
Seen better things, but Angela why would I want to sacrifice
All we have
Yours is
The name I want to steal
To write these songs about you
Yours is
The warmth I want to feel
And to never doubt you
Cos I don’t know how to
Want to shout about you
Angels who look down on this town must realise
You’ve earned your wings Angela - you made me fly
Seen better things, but Angela why would I want to sacrifice
All we have
Or all we had
Jennifer told Julia that John was handsome
Made her cross her heart to keep a secret
Julia was never gonna keep it
Angela saw Julia and John discussing
Jennifer told Julia that John would meet in secret
In her suite tomorrow evening
Johnny never made the secret meeting
Jennifer believes that John’s gone shy
Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit scene of the crime. Room 9.
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6. |
Officer's Mess (March)
01:11
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Close those eyes
And temper your breathing
As this subsides
Remember I'm leaving tonight
Put on your clothes
Your suit smile and make up
When I awake
Salute and I'll march
Professors and philosophers
Could not assess the stress
Of twice a week, cleaning from sheets
My officer's mess
(March)
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7. |
Lilac Playground
01:32
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Your playground games
Me on the side
I'd count to ten and then you'd run and hide away from me
I'd track you down
And I'd tell you why
It's time to come inside
Would you cry if I gave you this kiss?
If i gave you this kiss?
If I gave you this?
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8. |
Lessons We Learned
04:45
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You told me you were there to learn
But we ought to have taught one another instead of fought I thought
I told you I'dd nothing to prove
But summer came and you moved away
So I went back to school
September - Another page
Another broken promise from school days
I carved your heart you carved mine
On the last day we broke up and got together
I scarred your heart you broke mine
So we showed one another how to make up
The lessons we learned are real
The lessons we learned won't heal
The lessons we learned still feel like Chinese burns
The lessons we learned still hurt
The lessons we learned get worse
The lessons we learned still feel like Chinese burns
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9. |
Chanson
02:33
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English lyric:
I don’t know why there is not another girl for me here
Or near here,
But over there are plenty of girls for him
What a shame - what a shame
Every day I watch the men and boys with girls on the beach
But it’s not the sea on my face
I don’t know why not
What will be will be
What a shame
Every day I watch the men and boys who kiss their girls on the beach in the evening
My face isn’t white
It’s only the salt
From the water
From my eyes
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10. |
Tough Love
02:51
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On hearing the news
You disappeared in you room
Avoiding the truth like you do
Is bloody typical
Of us and our love
On hearing these words
You pretend you've not heard
Avoiding the truth as you do
you're ruddy cynical
With us and our love
On days you're not here
You magically appear
And I see the truth coming through
It's bloody criminal
Tough love and rough stuff
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Andy Jenkinson Leicester, UK
Singer / Songwriter / Arranger from Leicester.
Has a fondness for 60s and 70s harmony pop. Occasionally makes things under the pseudonym 'Uglifruit'.
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