1. |
Eleanor
03:31
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Majesty in exile, comfort, wine and empty rooms
One last song for Eleanor and Rachel to the moon
Children made from other people’s wives and never seen
Dust sits on the records, you forget who you have been
And all England brought was rain
And the flowers grow
And you said goodbye again
Sometimes it would work, the children’s toys, the magic show
Sometimes when the whole world raised the whimsy made it glow
Golden, easy, laid back, low-down, clever, make believe
Whisper in receptive ears, the charming words deceived
And you’ve seen all England’s rain
And it’s time to go
And you’ll never come again
I saw you at the barricades, remember Reading Gaol
I saw you through the window, watching Simon Langton fail
I saw you on the first of June, a minstrel in the sun
I saw you at the end of time, you shine and then you burn
And all England brought was rain
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2. |
The Backroom Boys
03:48
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Don’t look down
A boy recites the table
Strives to count
But the numbers stay unread
They see his worth and they write his life
Open up the world
Just look down
See a man held in the cold
Don’t rest now
The scores are on the table
Makes you bound
To strive to help yourself
Paint the problems and jump the lines
The back room boys love you
Can’t rest now
When there’s so much left to do
The drive for fairness sings the working day’s defence
The sound of darkness brings the goodness to an end
I want to see your fires burn
I want to see your light return
Don’t slow down
The man is framed and watching
Makes you bound
To understand yourself
You took the score and you sold your mind
Deserved the tempting kiss
Won’t slow down
The boy could not resist
The drive for fairness…
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3. |
Broken Road
03:18
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The corner warning, and you take the hill
Lose cares and working days and weather still
Woods wind slowly as the speed winds high
Dry stone guides you into open sky
If land had nothing it would look like this
A wind howls lonely, fragile life exists
Broken houses sit by broken road
Names of places people never go
The road ran bodies on a dark march home
The road grew flowers marking names unknown
The road housed poets asked to leave their words
The road stole passengers to other worlds
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4. |
Red Star
03:56
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Celebration when you have to go
Hunting tower watch the world below
The road to ruin walked with other shoes
Be the best, the first, and make the news
You saw the winter, planned to bring the spring
You saw the kitchen sink in everything
You faced the music cast him out to sea
You led the people, sold them, set them free
Fight another day
Look another way
Sing the sainted songs
And leave your station
Drown in honesty
Try to make them see
Tell the truth
And walls come tumbling down
Fly the starry flags and keep your head held high
Hear the chorus, sweetly harmonise
Find the answer to correct the lies
In the darkness vow to keep the faith
Bringing hope to people in despair
Don’t reverse the progress, keep the road
Krasnaya, crimson, smile and end the cold
Build the power, end the underworld
When the building falls survive unhurt
The ocean calls, you hear the ships go down
The men you love walking on holy ground
People crying as they cheer your name
On the shoulders, on to greater fame
The lamb awakes, the houses hear him roar
The lion toothless as he was before
Only vanity wants closer ties
In society, and in disguise
Fight another day…
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5. |
Heaven And Hell
03:20
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The wind tears the sky
Eins heaven shows
Zwei clouds enfold
Drei wounding strife
And red fiery flames
Vier interwtine
Fünf into my
Sechs damaged frame
My heart speaks to God
Wait in darkness
A hidden soul
Flowers die here
The road alone
My heart speaks to God
Sieben image calls
Acht winter falls
Neun wild and cold
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6. |
North Star
03:30
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Hard work; Old land
Still fires; Your hands
Temple and the home is sacred
Stone words carry life and meaning
Working on the land you’re happy
Come home; Place names
North star; Full sail
Full sail from the coast is burning
Boats work in imagination
Circles capture stars and freeze them
Once made; Small games
Stone words; Fill frames
Shape her; Sure lines
Break rules; Form shines
Frail things; Life leaves
Art works; Wood breathes
What lasts of the humble workman
Flowers for the passing fashion
Weak son and a slower passion
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7. |
Marine Lullaby
03:18
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Sing your song for me
Never ending
Sing your song for me
Give your blessing
Amateur and artless, sisters hand in hand and free
You made the rules and worked your own way
He got the girl, broke up the party, faced the sea
You knew that he was there to stay
Sing your song for me
Till the ending
Heavenly the times you spent came back and said hello
Your secrets sailed and found their own way
The leaving happened, but then understanding grows
Three LCDs that shine today
Sing your song for me
We remember
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8. |
Love Still Burns
04:50
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Walking in the moonlight
Breathing in the ice-cold air
Shadows gather round us
Witnessing the end of the affair
Your speech was all ready
Your expression said more to me
My objections were pointless
You told me you had to be free
How can you tell me
Our love isn’t there?
You say you can’t help it
You no longer care
I’ve heard that it’s over
But why can’t you see
I can’t love another
Your love still burns in me
Love still burns…
I can’t say I hate you
I can’t let it die and you go
After all that we’ve been through
I cry and you don’t want to know
How can you tell me…
You turn to go home
So easy to push me aside
You don’t turn to wave goodbye
But your love still burns inside
How can you tell me…
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9. |
Just Close Friends
04:33
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There is time now to look back and explain
If we go to the start
When we first appeared
There was no-one there before
We were no-one, we were more
It was slowly as we moved away from just close friends
For a while then we rode time as it flew
When your heart pictured home
You drew things so clear
You were always there to see
There was something more than me
You were sure that we could try to be more than close friends
We found life ran over, filling rooms and warming fires
We were blessed on days like these, what more could we desire
There was no other need
Than just we two
In that quiet life of me and you
There is time now to think back and agree
If you see things from here
And ask what’s clear
We were almost something else
There was almost someone else
It passed over and we had to stay as just close friends
If our lives were lessened then you never said a word
As we weathered colder days my voice was all you heard
But in the greater scheme
There’s more than two
An in another life, not me and you
We found life ran over…
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10. |
Hide And Seek
05:56
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Cold lies still, in the morning
Place shadows name, place undefined
Street lamps shining stars from a dark sky
Hiding in rows, life in a line
A winter sea holds men here
Endless in rage, majestic and fine
Small folk sleep in the cradle of a sculpted bay
Living obscure, mute and confined
Silence in the eyes
Framed on a wall
Enchanted forms under hidden sun
Sirens for our eyes
Arm surrounds and falls
A landscape painted pale, and worn
Light screams red, a burning bush
Hope in the fields, hope in the mind
A warming sun makes fortune in the golden days
Gather the rays, building the time
Silence in the eyes…
Hide and seek, hand and voice
She will teach you, games of our time
Everyone speaks around you but no-one hears
Your shadow is mine, your hand is in mine
Silence in the eyes…
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11. |
Twinkle
05:22
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(Sanskrit Chant)
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12. |
Helen And Paris
04:28
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He gets home after work, she greets him
He never says much, she complains
Her talk provides the conversation
Never minding that each day’s the same
He’s Paris, she’s Helen
They are the greatest lovers
Abelard and Eloise and
They’ll always be together
She sometimes watches while he’s reading
She still sees fire in tired eyes
It’s like a secret she is keeping
Remembering the boy’s still there inside
He’s Rhett and she’s Scarlet
They are the greatest lovers
Tristan and Isolde
They’ll always be together
He takes the outside of the pavement
He takes her hand to cross the road
She shops, he sometimes gets impatient
With her he’s happy being bored
She’s Buffy, he’s Angel
They are the greatest lovers
Hero and Leander
They’ll always be together
There might be changes now she’s older
But he can only recognise
The same girl she is now as when he told her
His love for her would never die
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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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