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Acme

by Dancing Mice

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1.
Dear Mary 02:51
Dear Mary Now a girl is washed away Soft water As the other children play Much later Where the youngest walks today Dear Mary Kiss the soldier, say goodbye Thick water Holds him closer, glorifies New fathers Other children, by and by Come mercy, sing requiem Light shines on them still In quiet remember them Dear Mary Is your boy below the wave By numbers Counting higher, with the brave Deep water Living under, smiling grave
2.
End of days in simple colours Sure of black and white Dressed to kill in perfect cover Wings to tame the night No-one sees you watching No-one hears you fly Watching there is no-one No-one there to try Page by page and three by three The truth emerges plain Standing to the third degree With standards to maintain No-one saw you watching No-one felt the pain Watching over no-one Again, again, again Generations change and see The shadows in the sky Re-make law and order Wave the amateurs goodbye No-one wants you watching Truth emerges plain No-one watching no-one Again, again, again
3.
Exit Plan 03:50
Falling star has kept its secrets The final cut too near We’re on our way to find the link The first to go, the rest in pieces The exit plan is clear We’re on our way to see the host appear One more cycle, then repeat it Nothing happens here Everybody, come on: link! Round we go, but never see it A light no longer clear We’re on our way to see who is not here We knew the spin was faulty by design The fabric pills, the measure short The early cut inclined Another house, another garden Weaker winter sun A well-rehearsed expression from each one A bigger house, day-labour burden Supplicate for fun We’re on our way to out of town We knew the spin…
4.
Our fortune was to see The conversation As a message flies As you say goodbye Voices untamed and free Association As they still amaze In a turn of phrase We like that you don’t care What we’re thinking OK, no love affair Held you down Bright now as when you were Still around Fill empty time with skill Word murmuration As the post takes hold As the lines unfold Life music, signs unfilled No graduation In a bedroom role In a life untold We like that you don’t care…
5.
Ask me why Now we said goodbye And I still look round for you Something more to tell you Till you know it’s true It’s sometimes When I read your lines And the main thing I recall I would need you closer You not there at all It’s just, I miss you All I can say Wanted to tell you Miss you from my day Stop the time When I feel inclined To recall what we achieved You and I together More than we believed Still appears After all the years As we held each other’s hands Nothing more to tell you And you understand It’s just, I miss you…
6.
First romances, second chances What was there to lose Her advances, hidden dances Why the need to choose Over-reaching, love is teaching Helping to refuse Close position, make decisions Of who stays and goes Face the mission, make transition Withhold and dispose Now engaging, stimulating Marry and foreclose Feed the hungry heart Love in haste and live at leisure Ending sours the start Feeling’s work and thinking’s pleasure One broken heart As you decide Unfaithful start Now choose the side Feel the charms of others’ arms The hungry heart Must make the call One stays, one parts Once and for all Single track, and don’t look back Live the phases, re-appraises How the time has shown Older faces, different places Heart and mind are home One was trying, one denying Always on our own First romances, time advances Too adored to lose Her advances, still the dance Deletes the need to choose Love was teaching, too far-reaching Healing the refused Beats the happy heart Love in time, find hidden treasure Never be apart Thinking still, and feeling pleasure No broken heart The one denied Right from the start Now justified Still on track, and looking back The hasty heart You made the call Back to the start Once and for all Waive the charms of others’ arms
7.
Ben-Hur 03:29
She’s never seen blue like his eyes He sings her stories, she complies She’ll never love again like this To him her bond is true He takes the chances, she dissolves He is the one now, she resolves Each one takes his place Becomes the star to live up to They were kings and they were masters They were heroes in disaster And their chariot will take your heart away They were courage facing danger To defeat and fear were strangers And where reason goes the noble passions stay President and firm behind the chair World seems to be kinder in his stare He flowers under pressure Grows in stature in her view His passion nourishes her flame It’s only him now, she exclaims He gathers younger flowers Worships, celebrates the new They were kings and they were masters… They sing, they play the parts, they shine And other men to them incline Walk into the room and then Control how others feel Who’ll be the consort to the king Who wants the peace below the wings The easy heights afforded To the animal appeal
8.
Postcards 05:59
His arms are open wide And the angels at his side Sing silent songs I shot you through the window As you smoked and looked ahead Where you belong The streets were lit in black and white The wires made shapes to frame the nights Until Two girls, perhaps a boy and girl A profile and a head of curls Caught still Your hands are open wide A face that cannot hide A mood distilled The sign for topless go-go girls Was hand-drawn but we liked The homely style The diner lights, the perfect square Invited applications Versatile We stepped on to the balcony You hid your face, I took the picture Anyway The next one was in colour The cigarette, your forearm stretched And cut away Your hands are open wide A face that cannot hide What you don’t say Water tumbles down The falls that turn around A perfect scene Not typical for us A postcard that adjusts The red between Back to spare interiors Bare benches, cruets, tables Atmosphere Ohio spelt in Deco pillars Moody monochrome now Reappears Your hands were open wide A face that could not hide Was never clear
9.
We’re not in love, I want to make that clear We’re more than friends though, and I want to say We’re soul to soul, we’re heart to heart, sincere What others think, we’ll let them think that way Nothing has to happen, just because we agree We were mean to be together, we are good company We’re both in love with others, but I know that you care And you know that I’ll be there We’re not in love, I have to say again Emotion’s not the force that keeps you near We’re eye to eye, companions to the end The glory taste brings half of heaven near Nothing has to happen… We’re face to face, we complement, we rhyme It’s like I’m your confessor and you’re mine A closeness that will never cross the line We’re not in love, I say it one last time Nothing has to happen…
10.
She was his memory He wrote her history Friendship that won’t forget Osiris and Isis met Shine in firelight Lines through vast bad nights Take these words and hold the key Understand and oversee I sent my heart so you can stow away What I no longer say She was his home from home Company when alone Monsters and men collide Pictures of her inside Sing of homely grace Bring familiar face Take these words… Light to the mind betrayed Last hour of pain, he said Now with his withered songs Treasure to her belongs Sleep, shadow slides Peace, let joy abide Take these words…
11.
Early chapters made promises New formations in dance routines One was verse, others choruses Now dumb Someone falling down Gently on the ground Strangers sometimes stare No-one really cares Shake the sieve, under providence Somehow learning, and confidence One fell out, others made the fence Now down Someone falling down… Make the choice, take a road ahead Send the signals and lay the thread One stood still, others move ahead Now run Someone falling down… Turn the page, feel the time to go Working out how the stories flow One ignores, others seem to know Now turn Someone falling down… Fill the shelves, book the final game Rows that widen, and all contained One for difference, the others same Now done Someone falling down… Shh, now slowly Wanting to see How the whole thing ends Huh, just stories Never to see How the whole thing ends
12.
Here comes the constant lover Here comes a better offer They are the new forever They are what God delivers There’s no competing pressure There’s no improving measure She won’t admit she started She won’t admit his heart in Don’t say he didn’t warn her Don’t say he didn’t harm her Wait for the light to lighten Wait for the mood to brighten Sign for the rest of wonder Sign for and then go under Stand up and say their happy Stand up and contradict me Will they confess the failure Will they taste bitter flavour It’s just a baby crying It’s just the why they’re sighing Stop for the best of both worlds Stop for the go go go girls For them a quiet scandal For them what they can handle Bring them the speed of fire Bring them the blunt desire Face up to no affection Face up to lost connection There goes eternal measure There go the easy pleasures They got the sound convincing They got the woman singing Play what comes easy to you Play what you really have to Sit down till you recover Sit down the time is over

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The eighth bejewelled collection of songs by Dancing Mice

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released May 12, 2020

All songs composed, arranged, played and produced by Dancing Mice
Ian Deary - Voice and Saxophone
Gavin Gibson - Guitars, Mandolin, Recorder
Anthony Moffoot - Synthesizers etc.
Roderick Murray - Bass and Guitar

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Dancing Mice Edinburgh, UK

Dancing Mice - indieprog/electropop - nine albums. Melodic, quirky songs mainly about people: some famous, some obscure, and some others.

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