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On Our Island
03:16
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The quicker we can see that it’s not meant to be
So serious like this maybe we’ll have a chance
If we’re too slow we’re late, I said before that it’s a shame
To miss this night for you, chance to wear those shoes
The lace has come undone
So we gave up the fun
I’d like to see you smile
Before I run for miles
So mind those distance blues and learn to live life through
Prepare to end it all I’m starting over now
It seems like it’s been hot more often than not
It’s like we found the sun and who she was hiding from
On Our Island
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Grip
03:29
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Spending all my money, and leave me in a heap
You’ve got a grip on me
I’m feeling funny dunno if I should eat
I think I’ll go back to sleep
Back when I was twenty we lived on the same street
And then we sowed the seeds
Couldn’t stem the flow and the tunnel brightly glowed
I forgot how to breathe
We’ll fit this decade in a message I don’t want to read
Let’s stop pretending it’s all we wanted
It’s not even what we need
Don’t need reminding slowly we’re finding
What we’re looking for
We’re looking forward so don’t twist our words
And spit them back at me
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3. |
Maudlin
04:49
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Gary Taylor
20:53 (2 minutes ago)
to dean
Hi Dean
Sorry for the delay!
Song lyrics for the EP below.
Cheers,
Gary
On Our Island
The quicker we can see that it’s not meant to be
So serious like this maybe we’ll have a chance
If we’re too slow we’re late, I said before that it’s a shame
To miss this night for you, chance to wear those shoes
The lace has come undone
So we gave up the fun
I’d like to see you smile
Before I run for miles
So mind those distance blues and learn to live life through
Prepare to end it all I’m starting over now
It seems like it’s been hot more often than not
It’s like we found the sun and who she was hiding from
On Our Island
Grip
Spending all my money, and leave me in a heap
You’ve got a grip on me
I’m feeling funny dunno if I should eat
I think I’ll go back to sleep
Back when I was twenty we lived on the same street
And then we sowed the seeds
Couldn’t stem the flow and the tunnel brightly glowed
I forgot how to breathe
We’ll fit this decade in a message I don’t want to read
Let’s stop pretending it’s all we wanted
It’s not even what we need
Don’t need reminding slowly we’re finding
What we’re looking for
We’re looking forward so don’t twist our words
And spit them back at me
Want Me To
Sitting quietly under roses reading endlessly
Feeling alone but not lonely, the past is always sunny
I revisit what I’ve seen, that’t not to say that I’ve not been
Places recently, try and relish our own thing
Don’t be late and don’t explain and I’ll remain if you want me to
Cos I’m in love my aim is true, unlike the sun I’m with you
We feel deeply realise the pain, we’ve been so far out again
Would you rub my shoulders that way, big deal I don’t look the same
Corner of the World
If you’re holding out for something better now
Then you’re waiting for the rain
That’s why we talk about the weather all the time
Like it’s not always the same
I folded up to make me tough, it’s not enough
So take the iron out the fire and hold it up
I’m branded like an animal I feel so small
So I stand up and read aloud for everyone
You feel you’re living in the corner of the world
And there’s not much for you
The truth is living farther from it all
There’s not much to lose
Maryhills no Nashville and it’s Memphis even less
But Gerry didn’t worry there’s plenty country left
See the Grand Ole Oprey but it’s not what you expect
And let Your Cheatin’ Heart explain the rest.
We’re obsessed with Americana lives
Dream of the southern sun
But I’m sure that we realise the lies
And prefer where we come from
Maudlin
A helping hand, a family man
Fresh baked goods with no brand
Pick up your messages take out your bins
The neighbours say hi again
Re-pot and plant the garden within
These thick walls have never seemed so thin
The heat of the sun as you lay out to burn
In the red of the peak of the storm
I think about you in the evening
When I sing a sentimental song
I wonder how your feeling
Crying with the maudlin ones
Re react read and revolt
Strip off as we’re told
Cover up when it’s cold and listen close
Be in tune with the moon
Skim a stone from shore to shore
The bridge across is no more
Sink a brick the waters thick
Frothy white like beer
Take the old road by the cart
Quick pub lunch before we start
Visit a castle, a glass of milk
Bolo ties and blouse of silk
In the house alone the sharpest mind
We seemed the most alike
Every film that we’ve both seen
A walking IMDB
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Bound to Know
04:31
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Only I’ve seen the footprints in the snow
Only ice carving monuments in stone
I’ve seen sights turn to sores
I am bound to know
Scattered diamonds are trampled underfoot
Too many memories we ramble through
Sheets of freezing foil
Falling down on you
This ill atmosphere will take us down
After all these years we’ve worked it out
Heading eastward through Fife to the coast
Our hearts needed this, life to slow
Only I feel the difference in the tide
In my old life I found it easier to lie
For years it seemed the buildings called me home
Clearly these days the mountains call me now
I have seen your soul, when you seem so low
Maybe we have got to stop attributing
Every conversation to a bigger thing
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Want Me To
03:06
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Sitting quietly under roses reading endlessly
Feeling alone but not lonely, the past is always sunny
I revisit what I’ve seen, that’t not to say that I’ve not been
Places recently, try and relish our own thing
Don’t be late and don’t explain and I’ll remain if you want me to
Cos I’m in love my aim is true, unlike the sun I’m with you
We feel deeply realise the pain, we’ve been so far out again
Would you rub my shoulders that way, big deal I don’t look the same
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6. |
Corner of the World
04:46
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If you’re holding out for something better now
Then you’re waiting for the rain
That’s why we talk about the weather all the time
Like it’s not always the same
I folded up to make me tough, it’s not enough
So take the iron out the fire and hold it up
I’m branded like an animal I feel so small
So I stand up and read aloud for everyone
You feel you’re living in the corner of the world
And there’s not much for you
The truth is living farther from it all
There’s not much to lose
Maryhills no Nashville and it’s Memphis even less
But Gerry didn’t worry there’s plenty country left
See the Grand Ole Oprey but it’s not what you expect
And let Your Cheatin’ Heart explain the rest.
We’re obsessed with Americana lives
Dream of the southern sun
But I’m sure that we realise the lies
And prefer where we come from
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