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Become You
03:28
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I saw you playing on the beach
I heard you calling each to each I heard you laughing
I heard you shout to make a sound
I saw you spinning round and round
The joy of moving
Mummy will feed you Daddy will read to you
They know the story
And all you really got to do
Is become you
I saw you staring at your hand
I saw banging on the sand Its so amazing
I saw you staggering around
I saw you falling to the ground I heard you crying
Mummy will hold you Daddy wont scold you
They will surround you
And all you really got to do
Is become you
One day you’ll be as old as we
You’ll have to worry what’s for tea
You learn to calculate the fee
You know that nothing comes for free
Mummy won’t be there Dad’s just a memory
Still all you really got to do
Is become you
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Turnpike Lane
03:55
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It don’t rain down Turnpike Lane
That’s not true
That’s not what they’ll tell you
Down the Lane - Turnpike Lane
Go to the bottom come back again
In Turnpike Lane
The old couple smile there’s smoke from their charcoal fire
Sheftalies is nice
We come from Cyprus down to Turnpike Lane
Turnpike Lane
Do you want chilli sauce on your donner kebab
In Turnpike Lane
You can buy your consumer durables
Shop in style
At Wood Green Shopping City
Down the Lane - Turnpike Lane
You got to spend money if you want to stay sane
In Turnpike Lane
The escalator screams like seven starving kids
That’s when it works
Sometimes there’s a sign says
Please walk down
Please walk up
Go North young man on the Piccadilly Line
To Turnpike Lane
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Rise Up Rosie
04:36
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Rise up Rosie the circus is coming to town
Rise Up Rosie the wheels are turning around
Rise Up Rosie I know that it’s cosy inside
Rise from your bed I know that it’s cosy
Know that it’s cosy inside
Rise up
Rise Up Rosie and leave all your sorrow and sigh
Look up Rosie there’s things going on in the sky
The river is flowing and you are a part of the stream
The plan is unfolding and you are a part
Yes you are a part of the team
Rise up
Rise up Rosie the whole world is calling to you
Rise from your bed and put on those sensible shoes
The circus is coming the circus is coming to town
Rise Up Rosie the wheels are turning
The wheels are turning around
Rise up
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4. |
Uncertain on Principle
02:58
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Sometimes it’s a particle and sometimes it’s a wave
You never really know how it’s going to behave
Some say it’s the singer and some say it’s the song
Sometimes I wonder if I’m seeing this wrong
Use your common sense here and you’ll look like a fool
Down at the quantum level they got their own rules
Here’s a deep mystery like the great white whale
And what it comes down to a matter of scale
Well everything is relative and space and time are curved
Nothings really happens until it’s observed
Like Nils Bohr says he’s the one who made the bomb
If you ain’t confused here you don’t know what’s going on
You never can be certain that what Heisenberg said
That damned cat is he alive or is he dead
Momentum or position you can measure on your oath
But you make yourself a liar if you say you know both
Was the universe set up to make us all in advance
Or can it really be just a matter of chance
Some say its her figure and some say it’s her dress
I wonder who the universe is trying to impress
Some say it’s a particle and some say it’s a wave
Some say it’s a shadow on the back wall of cave
Some people say that the many’s really one and
One day we will see things in the light of the sun
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Take it Slow
03:05
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Take it Slow
How many times
Do I have to say
It’s OK
How many times
Do I have to say
It’s OK
You say oh no - oh no no
I say go - go go go
You say oh no no no no
I say take it slow
You say oh no - oh no no
I say go - go go go
You say oh no oh no
I say take it slow
You say oh no - oh no no
I say go go go go
You say oh no oh no
I say go but take it slow
Go but take it slow
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Moon
04:37
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Moon
Moon high
I just wanted to say,
'Hi Moon'
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Three Fish
03:44
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Here’s a river wide and deep, running down to the sea
And by that river in a pool, are swimming fishes three
Three big lovely fat fish swimming in a pool
A Wise Fish, a Clever Fish, the third one was a fool
Here come two fishermen with their fishing tackle
With rods, poles, hooks and nets - ready to do battle
To catch a fish and cook a fish and eat it is their plan
Clever, wise or stupid fish, it’s all the same to them
That’s the way the story goes
Thats the way the river flows on
And soon the hunters’ shadow falls, makes the sky grow dim
Wise fish calls out loud and clear “Here’s danger we must SWIM !”
Down a channel to the stream and fast as he can flee
With flashing fin to save his skin, (the) wise fish he is free
The men they see the channel now and quickly fill it in
Have a care my scaly friends your luck is wearing thin
Clever Fish is thinking hard and trying to work it out
Stupid fish is wondering what the fuss is about
Well clever fish is clever so he makes a clever plan
He takes some stinking mud in his mouth to fool the fisherman
He swims up to the surface then and keeping still and cool
Belly up he floats upon the surface of the pool -.-
The fishermen they fish him out and quickly smell the mud
Says one man to the other one I think this one’s a dud
The other takes a little sniff and quickly does agree
They throw him in the river and the clever fish is free
Now stupid fish there’s little to tell, not much more than that
He made a very tasty meal
They gave the bones to the cat
That’s the way the story goes
Thats the way the river flows
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Rachel
04:41
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Walking in the garden one day
The doctor sees his patient there
She says it’s spring
She knows the thing
That moves the seasons through the air
This is the girl who does not speak
She doesn’t know how many days are in the week
Walks with a shuffle and pebble glasses too
This girl does suffer from low IQ
Now that my mother’s dead she said
I don’t need no more of your classes
I need a pattern in my life, like the one on your carpet
I don’t need your number lines
I don’t need your how many times
If you
will just be
quiet for
long enough
we might hear the tune
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Lea Valley
03:25
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To jump into great Atlantic breakers
Or float on my back in a lagoon
Deep pools of lover’s eyes, waterfalls
Swimming drowning drinking the monsoon
But when it’s time to cross the great water
I know where you will find me
Sitting with a friend on a bench by a canal
In the Lea Valley
There’s the pylons that march across the scrubland
Walk your dog when the day’s work is done
Maybe there’s geese on the reservoir
That shines in the evening sun
There’s fishing and boating and sailing
Each kind of facility
Have your affairs
Lose all your cares
In the Lea Valley
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10. |
You Can Be Peter
03:39
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You be the baddie – I’ll be the good
We’ll have us a battle out in the woods
You be the goodie – I’ll be the bad
Come in your hoodie - perfectly clad
You can be Peter and I will be Paul
You know I’ll be ready whenever you call
You can be Peter I will be Paul
You come on over – we’ll sit on the wall
We’ll fly away
Blue skies or grey
Mum grew the vegetables Dad grew the flowers
They’re out in the garden for hours and hours
Dad grew the flowers and Mum grew the veg
They talk to the neighbours over the hedge
They talk to the neighbours over the fence
Dad says to Mamma you’re making no sense
Mum says to Dadda close to the edge
You grow the flowers and I’ll grow the veg
We’ll fly away
Blue skies or grey
You be the baddie -I’ll be the good
You be the scally – and rule in the hood
I’ll be the baddie – you be the good
I’ll be the saint – who’s misunderstood
You can be Peter and I will be Paul
You can come over – we’ll sit on the wall
I can be Peter and you will be Paul
Cinderella can go to the ball
We’ll fly away - Blue skies or grey
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Mesmerised
04:01
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He sits down by the window
Takes out his handkerchief
Shakes it out in front of his face
Wipes it across his forehead
While she moves gently towards him
Stops behind his chair
Takes out her blue comb
Pulls it through her hair
And time stands still - And life waits awhile
He checks his watch - She feigns a smile
There’s just no time left for them
Not even a moment to spare
If he doesn’t turn around now
She will just be standing there
Hope in bubbles of stillness
She reaches out her hand
Touches the crown of her head
He turns around
And life starts anew - And life moves a pace
He looks in her eyes - And smiles light up their faces
They sit down by the window
With the garden far behind
The sunlight fills their vision field
And peace fills up their minds
In the field of right and wrong
They meet in the space between
Their bodied rise and fill with breath
They hold each other tight again
And life dances on
And they start to fly - And he looks in her eyes
And she is mesmerised - And he is mesmerised
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12. |
Might Die
02:53
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She thinks she might die
She might
She thinks it might be tonight
It might
One thing is certain
One thing we know
If it aint today
It will be tomorrow
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13. |
Go Kid Go
03:16
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Go Kid Go
Go kid go - in and out the bikes
Superman - goes where he likes
Go kid go - don’t go slow
They said if you go so fast - they said you wouldn’t last
If we don’t tie you down
Will you burn up the town
If we don’t tie you down
Burn up the town burn up the town burn up the town
Go kid go - don’t go slow
You won’t get very far if you don’t steal a car
If you try to steal mine I’ll consider it a crime
If you try to steal mine you’ll do time
If we don’t tie you down
Will you burn up the town
If we don’t tie you down
Burn up the town burn up the town burn up the town
So you went out on a spree
You fell off and cut your knee
You can come running to me
You can come running to me
Wipe off all the blood, it doesn’t seem so bad
Get back on your bike and ride get
Back up on your bike and ride get
Back up on your bike and ride and ride and ride and
Go kid go - Superman is on your side
Get back on your bike and ride
They said if you was a rude boy
You wouldn't get no food
You belly full of truth
You beautiful youth
If we don’t tie you down
Will you burn up the town
If we don’t tie you down
Burn up the town burn up the town burn up the town
Go kid go
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Steve Grocott London, UK
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