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1. |
The 90s Called
03:02
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Someone called the Nineties
The Sixties upside down
I wondered what they had in mind
The flowers dried and brown
When videos came on cassette
And tweets came from the sky
When mobile phones weighed half a ton
And cost the same to buy
[chorus]
The 90s called, a joke to crack
Would we like their decade back?
The 90s called back anyway
“Admit it - you preferred life this way?”
[verse 2]
Friends we met, and got to know
And watching home alone
The internet at tortoise speed
Whilst paying for the phone
I cast my minds’s eye to recall
What key events occurred
An oasis in the years of war
Or maybe, just a blur
The 90s called…
[bridge]
Before you know - it’s twenty years ago
And often we find
The ruling men you thought so low
Were not the worst, in the end...
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2. |
Lunchtime
02:24
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[Verse 1]
Not meant to watch the clock
This food fan is taking stock
Now sushi is my jam
I conserve patience wherever I can
For this desk gourmet
My favourite hour of the day...
[Chorus 1]
With my bento box, it’s off I trot
To lunchtime
Keep those eyes off my fish and rice
It’s all mine
Like Gollum with his “Precious”
I’ll guard this most delicious hoard
So jealously - begone
It’s all for me!
[verse 2]
Twenty-four hours slip by
Fickle is my foodie-eye
To chilli-sauce I’ve turned
And I must feel the burn
For this desk gourmet
The hottest hour of the day...
[chorus 2]
It’s chilli con car-nay - out of my way
For lunchtime
The microwave - slow as a
Paving-slab line
Too hungry to make good rhymes
Oh look, there goes my lunchtime
Already - I’ll take it back with me
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3. |
62nd Street
00:59
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[instrumental]
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4. |
Where Letters Keep
04:19
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[verse 1]
It all started with the word
A greater distance, overturned
And surely by the letter they were made
Came the light, and all were pleased
And then in time, a bended knee
Began their journey - neither felt afraid
[chorus]
Wherever they roam
Down every path and lane
Each place where they lay to sleep
A secret store
Accompanies their steps
The chest they only know, where letters keep
[verse 2]
As a life reveals
How words can wound or heal
A dagger or a scalpel to use
A spring both salt and sweet
A coin’s opposing sides compete
Every moment, a path we choose
Wherever they roam…
[bridge]
To the start, they retire
To the lines forged in fire
In the white heat where love took form
Where the strokes of the pen
Lead the memories to when
The shards to a sword reformed
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5. |
Helmsman
02:45
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[verse 1]
They call me Mark the helmsman
I guess that that’s my name
I guide this tub the river long
And sail it back again
Stop long enough to fill this flask
And it might last the journey back
‘Bout cargo, don’t ask a thing
Some things are best unknown
[chorus]
Just leavin’ the helmsman
To pilot through the river foam
Just trust in the helmsman
He’ll steer your course for home
[verse 2]
Ain’t never looked for trouble
And I’m too broke to rob
You’ll never catch me fishin’
The river’s just a job
I’m not the type to wash ashore
Up Cripple Creek without an oar
No man of words, but sometimes plans
Perhaps that’s just as well
[bridge]
No wish for a change of scene
‘Cos this is all I know
I measure days in plumblines
Enough to last a lifetime
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6. |
So It's Friday
02:14
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So it’s Friday
I’ll pick you up today
By six-thir-tay
Mmm-mmm
You and me
Hot-dogs surely
A drive-in movie
Mmm-mmm
Drive round town without a care
I know you'll be always there
Went shopping for a ring today
I wouldn’t want to miss a cliché
Home obediently, by
Ten-thirty
Parents happy
Mmm-mmm
I see your bedroom light
And you wave me goodnight
The whole world feels alright
Mmm-mmm
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7. |
Seventh Planet
02:22
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8. |
Odd Love Song
02:54
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I can say “I love you”
And sound as if it’s true
The easiest words I’ve ever known
The moods and temper swings
Are just some of those things
It’s worth it, not to have to be alone
How I can cope with you
And you can cope with me
Is one of love’s marvellous mysteries
True, opposites attract
But I know another fact
You make this world rotate for me
I can say “I love you”
And I often do
Although I feel that I should tell you more
We know the best and worst of us
Which gives us plenty to discuss
Through all the winding years we have in store
How I can cope with you...
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9. |
Turnaround
02:11
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You’ve fallen back, behind the pack
The only signs, the solid lines
That stopped you in your tracks
Time to take your ranking back
Your turnaround is overdue
The when and how and why
Is down to you
It makes no sense - you hit the fence
So stand again, push through the pain
The prize that moves you still
Is waiting down that hill
Your turnaround is overdue…
And when you kept the pace
I know your will was strong
Until you cross that line
Find it in yourself to carry on
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10. |
Running On The Spot
03:40
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Now I remember I heard you say
These opportunities don’t come around every day
Don’t miss a prize you’ll then regret
Let them land and then swipe them up in your net
Some you will find, may come easily
Others will leave you barking up a tree
Across the road from where you should
Be looking for the trees amid the wood
Running on the spot
Or maybe in a wheel
The times you make progress
May come when that’s not what you feel
And we know times when the treadmill stopped
And to the floor you saw me skip and drop
But we know too, it’s exactly then
To gather self and to stumble up again
We have a marathon to run
Today, the gym, tomorrow, in the sun
This view is not necessarily
The one before us, that we will always see
Running on the spot…
Now I remember I heard you say
These opportunities don’t come around every day
The time will come, you’ll hit your stride
And find the strength you thought you lacked inside
Then far ahead, the goal awaits
And now we start, for we’re still not too late
And when our hearts race fit to burst
Remember we don’t have to come in first
Running on the spot...
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11. |
Snow Moon Waltz
01:06
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[instrumental]
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12. |
Outside The Space
03:35
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The silent mists
Wrap me round
I beckoned sleep
None to be found
Too tired to go
Too far to stop
Grasping for
The words to drop
I’ve spent too much time
Outside the space that I made for myself
Can’t find the rhymes that I
Used to entice with the greatest of ease
They slip away nicely while leaving no trace
Outside the space
The distant cheers
That coax me hence
A golden arch
A rusty fence
My conscious mind
No longer clear
On instinct pure
I found you here
I’ve spent too much time...
[bridge]
Lift me over
Lead me closer
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13. |
Going To The Tearooms
01:56
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I'm going to the tearooms
For my usual Earl Grey
Perhaps, this time, Darjeeling
To form my pre-soirée
Where I may watch the world go by
With scones and clotted cream
And strawberry jam at 4pm
My daily dining dream
And furthermore, moreover
No plebs or oiks or proles
Shall spoil my afternoon repast
With munching sausage rolls
Their noxious whiff, their poor attire
And offensive repartee
Allow them entry if they must
But far away from me!
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14. |
Father Time Reflects
00:57
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TA Walker UK
Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, often with "electronica", "lo-fi" and "prog" inclinations.
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