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Grin and Tonic
03:29
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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
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Throw me Down
03:32
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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
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Talk of the Town
03:18
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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
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Hold my Tongue
03:25
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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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