Deep and Wide and Tall: The Platinum Collection » اشعار [+ اضافه کردن +] |
1. _ Let Your Love Decide
Well, when I've questioned
All I could and come undone
And only sadness stands
Between me and the sun
When loving leaves and leaves me
Waiting on the one
And my heart can't hide
And when seduction separates me from surprise
I open my eyes and I let your love decide
I let your love decide
I let your love decide
Well, when I saw you in the spring
You caught my eye
Eluded me and made me wonder why
An unassuming, undermining kinda guy
Could not be on your side
And when your brown eyes
And my blue did so collide
I sat by your side and I shied away
And I let your love decide
I let your love decide
I let your love decide
Well, if the world was like I wished
When I was young
When all the things that I had thought
Could still be done
When we could win the wars
And wars could still be won and I didn't miss you
And when the world was opening up
Like a father to his son and I could kiss you
Well, let your love decide
Well, let your love decide
Let your love decide
So let your love decide
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2. _ Pillar to Post
Once I was happy in happy extremes
These bitter tokens are worthless to me
So you appear and say how I've grown
Fill me up with faces I've known
In this light, they're far from divine
I save them up and spend them when I have time
The salted taste of all your tears and woes
Sent me in haste, my melancholy rose
Those tasteless lips were closed
You watched me come, you see me go
Once I was happy in happy extremes
Packing my bags for the path of the free
From pillar to post, I am driven, it seems
These bitter tokens are worthless to me
Just like June, the curtains are closed
The ghost of shame, he sits here and sighs
I love the flames like I've loved the cold
I'll learn to love the life of the 'Could I, Could I, Could I'
So I don't cross my fingers any more
You look for rags and found them at your door
How could you ask for more
Than everything you've heard before?
Once I was happy in happy extremes
Packing my bags for the path of the free
From pillar to post, I am driven, it seems
These bitter tokens are worthless to me
Once I was happy in happy extremes
Packing my bags for the path of the free
From pillar to post, I am driven, it seems
These bitter tokens are worthless to me
Once I was happy in happy extremes
Packing my bags for the path of the free
From pillar to post, I am driven, it seems
These bitter tokens are worthless to me
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3. _ Walk Out to Winter
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why
Met in the summer and walked 'til the fall
And breathless we talked, it was tongues
Despite what they'll say, wasn't youth, we hit the truth
Faces of strummer that fell from the wall
But nothing is left where they hung
Sweet and bitter, they're what we found
So drink them down and
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chance is buried just below the blinding snow
You burn in the breadline and ribbons and all
So walk to winter, you won't be late, you always wait
This generation, the walk to the wall
But I'm not angry, get your gear, get out of here and
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chance is buried just below the blinding snow
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
You blind, snow blind, this is why, this is why
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4. _ Oblivious
From the mountain tops down to the sunny street
A different drum is playing a different kind of beat
It's like a mystery that never ends
I see you crying and I want to kill your friends
I hear your footsteps in the street
It won't be long before we meet
It's obvious
Just count me in and count me out and
I'll be waiting for the shout
Oblivious
Met Mo and she's okay, said no one really changed
Got different badges but they wear them just the same
Down by the ballroom I recognized
That flaming fountain in those kindered caring eyes.
I hear your footsteps in the street
It won't be long before we meet
It's obvious
Just count me in and count me out and
I'll be waiting for the shout
Oblivious
I hope it haunts me 'til I'm hopeless
I hope it hits you when you go
And sometimes on the edge of sleeping
It rises up to let me know it's not so deep
I'm not so slow
They're calling all the shots
They call and say they phoned
They'll call us lonely when we're really just alone
And like a funny film, it's kinda cute
They bought the bullets and there's no one left to shoot.
I hear your footsteps in the street
It won't be long before we meet
It's obvious
Just count me in and count me out and
I'll be waiting for the shout
Oblivious...
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5. _ Gentle Kind
I look around me and what do I see?
Sadness surrounds me, alone as can be
With too much time and too much distance
These chains that bind me, they won't set me free
I look behind me and coming for me, yeah
My best friend, she's my resistance
So if you find yourself alone and so unkind
And if you've asked yourself, over and over
And even if your heartbeats hurt like goodbyes
Try, try, try, open your mind
Spend some time with the gentle kind
I was torn between the darkness and the light
Lost to all belief that it could turn out right
But my quiet friend turned me 'round
Made me see again
She took my hand, said nothing much
No lesson learned, just a gentle touch
And I was coming 'round
I am, I am coming 'round again
So if you find yourself alone and so unkind
And if you've asked yourself, over and over
And even if your heartbeats hurt like goodbyes
Try, try, try, open your mind
Spend some time with the gentle kind
'cause in a hard world, with fastness and an eye on the money
I heard a soft voice, saying "Never worry, hold on honey"
When my world was gone, a whisper kind of eased my mind
And I am holdin' on to the gentle kind
She took my hand, said nothing much
No lesson learned, just a soft touch
So if you find yourself alone and so unkind
And if you've asked yourself, over and over
And even if your heartbeats hurt like goodbyes
Try, try, try, open your mind
Spend some time with the gentle kind
Open your mind
Spend some time with the gentle kind
Open your mind
Spend some time with the gentle kind
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6. _ Good Morning Britain
Jock's got a vote in Parochia
Ten long years and he's still got her
Paying tax and and doing stir
Worry about it later.
And the wind blows hot and the wind blows cold
But it blows us good so we've been told
Music's food 'til the art-biz folds
Let them all eat culture.
Chorus:
The past is steeped in shame,
But tomorrow's fair game,
For a life that's fit for living
Good morning Britain.
Twenty years and a loaded gun
Funerals, fear and the war ain't won
Paddy's just a figure of fun
It lightens up the danger.
And a corporal sneers at a catholic boy
And he eyes his gun like a rich man's toy
He's killing more than celtic joy
Death is not a stranger.
Taffy's time's gonna come one day
It's a loud sweet voice and it won't give way
A house is not a holiday
Your sons are leaving home Neil.
In the hills and the valleys and far away
You can hear the song of democracy
The echo of eternity
With a Rak-a-Rak-a feel.
Chorus
From the Tyne to where to the Thames does flow
My English brothers and sisters know
It's not a case of where you go
It's race and creed and colour.
From the police cell to the deep dark grave
On the underground's just a stop away
Don't be too black, don't be too gay
Just get a little duller.
But in this green and pleasant land,
Where I make my home, I make my stand
Make it cool just to be a man,
A uniform's a traitor.
Love is international
And if you stand or if you fall,
Just let them know you gave your all,
Worry about it later.
Chorus
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7. _ Rainy Season
Words and music by roddy frame
When the rainy season comes
I hang my head
For all the things I've seen
And done and said
And then I wonder why
I hold my head up high
And feel the rain
The storm came creeping
Like a song I ought to know
And caught me sleeping deep in thoughts
I thought should grow
And then I opened up
Prepared to fill my cup
And sing it slow
But in the darkness I could see the demons leap
They were the devils I had come upon in sleep
And as I made to sing
The devils spread their wings
And sang like angels
So sweet
So when the rainy season comes
I hang my head
For all the things I have seen and done
And sung and said
And when my tears are dry
I hold my head up high and feel the rain
Well, baby I never said
I was gonna be jesus
Though you're searching
For a saviour in your mind
Never said I'd be dealing down any forgiveness
So let me save your precious time
And when your tears are dry
Forever wave goodbye to chasing rainbows
When the rainy season comes
I hang my head
For all the things I have seen and done
And sung and said
And when my tears are dry
I hold my head up high
And feel the rain
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8. _ Sunset
Sand separates the sea from me on my desert island
Sun obliterates the sky and I, I'm just like anyone
No matter how I try, I wanna see the sun
And it shines to luminate the distance
Illustrate the difference between you and me
And it collides with clouds that set the sky free
Indicating right, indicating wrong
I'm just like anyone, I wanna see the sun
Moon, through many stages move
And light love like a silent L.D.
Swoon and every single kiss
You ever lit like this is gonna feel like bliss
So just reflect the sun and guide everyone
And it shines to luminate the distance
Illustrate the difference between you and me
And it collides with clouds that set the sky free
Indicating right, indicating wrong
So just reflect the sun and guide everyone
A cable car above the bay, below the stars saying
"Are you okay?" to the one you love
It sings like a song as it strings you along
You suspend your belief, there's no need
Baby, I've gone there, stars shone there
And they shine to luminate the distance
Illustrate the difference between you and me
See them collide with clouds that set the sky free
Indicating right, indicating wrong
And just like anyone, I wanna see the sun
I wanna see the moon, I wanna see the stars
I wanna see them shine
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9. _ Belle of the Ball
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10. _ Still on Fire
I'm in love with everything that breaks the grip of caution
On our getting up and leaving for a bigger day, still some say
That all you need is money to be free from what is poor
Well that's the lie of looking up from somewhere down
Because the sun will show to testify that all the
Time between belongs to you and I, to be still on fire
And when the strongest words have all been used
And all the new ones sound confused, to be still on fire
Somewhere in the middle we could see through all the people
And be playing second fiddle and be feeling sore
Shown the door to chase out all the child in you
Is throwing out the baby for the chance to make it easy to be more
And the sun will show to testify that all the
Time between belongs to you and I, to be still on fire
And when the strongest words have all been used
And all the new ones sound confused, to be still on fire
When the sun will show to testify that all the
Time between belongs to you and I, to be still on fire
And when the strongest words have all been used
And all the new ones sound confused, to be still on fire
And the sun will show to testify that all the
Time between belongs to you and I, to be still on fire
And when the strongest words have all been used
And all the new ones sound confused, to be still on fire
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11. _ Deep and Wide and Tall
My girl
She fled the fatherland
And all it's dumb demands
My Girl
She is the essence pure
She's super sure, she's got the cure
She's love ambassadress
With a message
Here comes the bottom line
Are we going to live together
Lovers over all
One unending understanding
Deep & wide & tall
My girl
She is the sweetest sound
When living lets me down
My girl
Can turn me on this way
From a world away
She's love's ambassadress
She's got a message
Here comes the bottom line
Are we going to live together
Lovers over all
One unending understanding
Deep & wide & tall
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12. _ Paradise
I've been searching
Seems like so long
For perfection
In a world made wrong
Here it's hard to be strong
Seems like we're heading
Down and down and down
But that's love
In my life, a million dreams take over
Paradise, a million miles away
You've been hurting
And I can see
As the world turns round and round
You spin with me
And when you're down
Don't you know I'm down too
But up or down
There's nowhere else I'd rather be
Than with you
In my mind, a million dreams take over
Paradise, a million miles away
In my life, a million dreams take over
Paradise, a million miles away
But walking down this lonely road
I stop and think of you
And I can see now
'cause I believe now
Paradise is true
Paradise is you
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13. _ Spanish Horses
Ran a red light, running lonely through Gaudi's soft confusion
Hey, hey, my Barcelonian
Such a gentle Jones running through my bones
Placa reial calls, it calls, it calls
It calls the night home
And then her eyes like Spanish horses
Danced as language died
They danced like Spanish horses
As saddened skies descended on the night
We saw two ships set sail
And the lights danced on the water
They danced, they danced like Spanish horses
Trying to exercise, thought that daytime dies, race
Run and stumble, fall into dark
Feel the fire, see the spark
Then you fall, then you fall
So free and humble, you tumble
Into her eyes like Spanish horses
Danced as language died
They danced like Spanish horses
As saddened skies descended on the night
We saw two ships set sail
And the lights danced on the water
They danced, they danced like Spanish horses
You're born from bloody revolution
You're lost to simplicity and small solutions
So you burn when you're born
Then you burn, burn, burn, burn, burn
Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn
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14. _ All I Need Is Everything
Tears, just like the jewels
Adorn their corporate crown,
Weigh on me worthless and I
Shake them down and leave now,
And have no royal things.
You, would consecrate the ground,
I paced in pain,
And though those pavements
Caught your sorrow stains.
They fall from me and I say,
Maybe don't fall for anything
That says it's never gonna
Give you everything.
I wish myself into your arms
To know that all I need is everything.
The size of the sea, and the sun in my eyes
And the line in my head,
Yearning for more, only for more.
These days are as bright as the days I have seen
In the wildest of dreams,
Yearning for more, only for more.
I wish myself into your arms
To know that all I need is everything.
Hold back the night, I am tired of my sight
That won't see anymore,
More than today, threatening to stay.
Hold back the night, I am tired of my sight
That won't see anymore,
"Show me you care," is "Show me the door."
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