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by Coates

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1.
I’ve seen a girl with gin and tonic Her life’s sorrows stamped upon it She dreams of a life once made In a blizzard in a in a flash hotel She can’t handle her money setback This city won’t give her old life back She just craves wealth and fame Its just the way she’s made I’ve seen it, I’ve breathed it Its pressed all over your face You’re so ashamed, don’t blame yourself You’re not the only one, who’s on the run You take your time, don’t break your mind You’re not the only one, who’s gone too long She leaves every night in tow With a fat lad with lots of doe She dreams of a night alone Bad habits break the dream And now its time to point the finger No more money just time to linger on Accusation and tax evasion It’s these super injunctions that we seek I've seen it, I've read it Its smeared all over your face You’re so ashamed, don’t blame yourself You’re not the only one, who’s on the run You take your time, don’t break your mind You’re not the only one, who’s gone too long That girl she’s got a grin and tonic No more sorrows stamped upon it Lost dreams of a life once made These are the times that we live in
2.
I feel it in the walls They smile as I’m declined No axe to grind, I’m yet to find An easy way to fall I feel in your words As bland as your cheap tie No left or right, I’m yet to find Someone that’s not absurd I just find myself wondering why This life won’t just throw me down I just find myself wondering who could Just throw me down I’ve seen it all before This inane rise to fame If I were you, I’d give up soon Find a job that you cant lose And now your life’s become An endless pantomime Of talking heads, tabloid press All words are left unkept I just find myself wondering why This life won’t just throw me down I just find myself guessing who could Just throw me down I guess I should just find out for myself It takes half the time but so much more! I guess you should just find out for yourself It takes half the time but so much more! Now I find I'm right back at the start It takes half your life to feel a part of
3.
One more silence and I’ll come crashing through The broken vendetta, just pose for the camera in tune Lonely the days are and Ill keep a praying for you The dream of your portrait, lifeless and under review You keep screaming out That you’re the new talk of the town With the way that you marry The front that you carry each day I keep losing sight Of the message you ignite With a weight that you carry Will only leave you buried in time One more triumph and ill come crashing through With utter conviction, just hold your hands up in tune Faultless the words are with architects crafting our views The dream of achievement, there's just no way but to lose
4.
Come and peel your eyes again Search the TV guide just for your name Tiresome words just blur into the page Come and take a seat again It's these antiques shows that keep you sane my love Not the caffeine teaming through your veins, and now I’ll Hold my tongue, and pray for words to say It’s not the way I ever planned Anything you ever have or make, Can be taken right from your hands Oh no, I’m stuck for words to say Its not the way I’ll ever play Anything you ever have or make, Can be taken right from your hands Thumbing through freeads again Expectations rise in you with age Laughter ripples over every page An old man mows the lawn again It’s still the Jewel within his broken crown I feel a smile and then look down, and now I'll

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released December 17, 2015

Written by Oliver Coates
Produced by Toby Pilcher
Mixed and mastered by Alex Hatcher

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