1. |
Moon Over Cairo
05:24
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Every time you see her face
You see the look of loneliness
Another girl with nothing in her heart
Youth in her voice that trips
Gently from her scarlet lips
Gives no indication of her age
She’s never known another way
Neon lights as bright as day
Every night the town becomes her stage
She’ll say she wants you
She’ll say she needs you
She’ll say she’ll love and hold you tight
But what do you know
Moon over Cairo
Will keep her secret safe tonight
In the city to the east
A young girl rises to her feet
The sunlight starts to breathe another day
She throws her clothes on silently
Moves through the door onto the street
And shuts it as a curtain to her play
The days are short and will not wait
Before her act begins again
The same show to a different audience
She’ll say she wants you
She’ll say she needs you
She’ll say she’ll love and hold you tight
But what do you know
Moon over Cairo
Will keep her secret safe tonight
She can never find a way
Out of her heart to escape
The empty memories she always knew
She’ll lie there and she’ll close her eyes
Inside her heart the young girl dies
But any shell would keep them all amused
The lust and greed just pass you by
In this town honest men would lie
To see their precious existence maintained
The moon over Cairo shines
It makes her come to life
Every night the town becomes her stage
She’ll say she wants you
She’ll say she needs you
She’ll say she’ll love and hold you tight
But what do you know
Moon over Cairo
Will keep her secret safe tonight
She’ll say she wants you
She’ll say she needs you
She’ll say she’ll love and hold you tight
But what do you know
Moon over Cairo
Will keep her secret safe tonight
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2. |
Truth Is The Talisman
04:26
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Truth is the talisman
Age is the key
There’s a worn out wisdom
Knowledge sets you free
Like Dylan’s rough and rowdy ways
You want it darker now
The Blackstar has a poetry
That only years allow
So don’t wish your life away
Hold it tight within your hand
Gather in the years
Until you understand
It’s not about technology
Or luxury of youth
The exciting or rebellious
The constant need for proof
It won’t come from the tower blocks
Or back streets of L.A
It’s altogether more mundane
The new is born of age
So don’t wish your life away
Hold it tight within your hand
Gather in the years
Until you understand
The baby faced pop pioneers
The beautiful young things
Who once lit up the post war world
Are coming to an end
There are no other precedents
Where trails have been blazed
The older voiced aesthetic
Of a legends final days
So don’t wish your life away
Hold it tight within your hand
Gather in the years
Until you understand
It’s hard to write a lyric
In a multi sensory world
To grab someones attention
Where everything’s been told
A multi media meltdown
The chattering of noise
There’s little interest nowadays
In elegance and poise
Wistfulness and wisdom
Lift the weary mask
The confessional and complex
Leave questions yet to ask
A melancholic beauty
Of hard living and regret
No sugaring the pill
There are scores to settle yet
So don’t wish your life away
Hold it tight within your hand
Gather in the years
Until you understand
Struggle for the high notes
Theres a limit to your range
Growling and socratic
Is the theme when you proclaim
You never were a prophet
But now you’ll make your stand
Growing old brings freedom
Truth is the talisman
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3. |
Get Away
04:42
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We took the long way coming
We’ll take the short way home
We’ll hit the highway running
I thought we’d never get going
We were driving fast
To make the journey pass
Well it’s a long way knowing
Maybe we’ll never get back
We’re gonna get away
Pack up and move today
We’re gonna leave it all behind
No point in hanging on
The time to leave has come
We’ve gotta move let’s get away
We’ll take the hard road honey
We’ll make the short cut sweet
We'll get the engine running
You’re in the driving seat
Don’t care about the money
There’s more to life than gold
Head in the right direction
Before we get too old
We’re gonna get away
Pack up and move today
We’re gonna leave it all behind
No point in hanging on
The time to leave has come
We’ve gotta move let’s get away
We’re gonna get, we’re gonna get
We’re gonna get away
We’re gonna get, we’re gonna get
We’re gonna get away
We took the long road coming
We’ll take the short way home
We’ll hit the highway running
I thought we’d never get going
We were driving fast
To make the journey pass
Well it’s a long way knowing
Maybe we’ll never get back
We’re gonna get away
Pack up and move today
We’re gonna leave it all behind
No point in hanging on
The time to leave has come
We’ve gotta move let’s get away
We’re gonna get away
Pack up and move today
We’re gonna leave it all behind
No point in hanging on
The time to leave has come
We’ve gotta move let’s get away
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Tonight nothing will move at all
Nothing can be resolved in time
To save you from your own desire
Tonight in the comfort of a lovers arms
The poison in the lucky charm disguised
So you don’t heed the best advice to
Tonight there’s no hope of another score
Everything is stacked up on her side
She cramped your style and crushed your pride
Tonight you fell into the trap laid out for you
There’s nowhere left that you can try to hide
Now you don’t have the strength to fight
Or fly from the girl who said she’d comfort you
In time to see exactly what she meant to do to you
Inside her mind the evil and the ecstasy
She’d even chose the air you breath
You’ll see it in her eyes you’ll see it in her eyes
Tonight nothing much matters now
The friends who used to beg you to be strong
Have seen your self respect has gone
Tonight the girl who means the world to you
Has sussed you out and strung you right along
You’ve nothing left the time has come
To fly from the girl who said she’d comfort you
In time to see exactly what she meant to do to you
Inside her mind the evil and the ecstasy
She’d even chose the air you breath
You’ll see it in her eyes you’ll see it in her eyes
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5. |
Atlantic Highway
03:55
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Drive in the sun to a beach in the summer
We’re on our way
Atlantic Highway
What a beautiful day
Taking a ride to the mouth of the river
At Welcombe Bay
Everything’s ok
Atlantic Highway
We’ve come a long long way from home
We’ve still got a long long way to go
Mr Harrison said if you don’t know where you’re going
Any road you chose to take will take you there
So let yourself go where the wind is blowing
And you will always find yourself somewhere
So taking a drive to a beach in the summer
We’re on our way
Everything’s ok
Atlantic Highway
We’ve come a long long way from home
We’ve still got a long long way to go
Mr Harrison said if you don’t know where you’re going
Any road you chose to take will take you there
So let yourself go where the wind is blowing
And you will always find yourself somewhere
So drive in the sun to a beach in the summer
We’re on our way
Atlantic Highway
What a beautiful day
Taking a ride to the mouth of the river
At Welcombe Bay
Everything’s ok
Atlantic Highway
Everything’s ok
Atlantic Highway
Everything’s ok
Atlantic Highway
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6. |
Sound To You
03:24
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It’s a letter that I’ll never write
So you won’t have to read it
It’s the words that I will never say
So you don’t have to hear them
But I wonder how it would sound to you
It’s the pain that I will never show
So you won’t have to bear it
Excuses I will never make
So you won’t have to believe them
But I wonder how it would sound to you
And I wonder
If I shared the truth with you
And I wonder how it would sound to you
It’s a whisper of a better life
That isn’t mine to promise
A lying word to let me stay
An ending yet to finish
But I wonder how it would sound to you
It’s something I will never hide
So you don’t have to find it
Reasons that I won’t explain
So you don’t understand them
But I wonder how it would sound to you
And I wonder
If I shared the truth with you
And I wonder how it would sound to you
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7. |
It's Better Now
04:35
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Say goodbye to you in one breath
Meet you tomorrow like a new day
Kiss you on your face and leave you
Find myself another way
Well it’s not easy to pretend
Once a lover now a friend
New beginnings have no end
It’s better now
I’m not so rigid I can’t bend
Broken hearts will always mend
It’s the way our fates intended
It’s weird somehow
But it’s better now
It’s facing the fear of how you might fall
That keeps you standing so straight
When all your efforts only let you down
You realise that it’s too late
Well it’s not easy to pretend
Once a lover now a friend
New beginnings have no end
It’s better now
I’m not so rigid I can’t bend
Broken hearts will always mend
It’s the way our fates intended
It’s weird somehow
But it’s better now
It’s not so easy to pretend
Once a lover now a friend
New beginnings have no end
It’s better now
I’m not so rigid I can’t bend
Broken hearts will always mend
It’s the way our fates intended
It’s weird somehow
But it’s better now
Say goodbye to you in one breath
Meet you tomorrow like a new day
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8. |
Giving It All Away
04:40
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City lights glare in the rain
Hear the sound of distant train
Will her face haunt you again
Midnight sun in a moonless sky
Hear the sound of an angel cry
There’s no sleep until we die
You don’t wanna be giving it all away
You don’t wanna be giving it all away
Struggle for a reason to try to work it out
But you can’t find the answer when the question is in doubt
City lights glare in the rain
Hear the sound of distant train
Will her face haunt you again
You don’t wanna be giving it all away
You don’t wanna be giving it all away
Something’s you believe in should not be torn apart
You think no one can see this shadow on your heart
You don’t wanna be giving it all away
You don’t wanna be giving it all away
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9. |
I've Been Sinking Down
03:18
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I can dive into the deepest pool
Swim to the side like any fool
But lately baby I’ve been sinking down
I can do just what I choose
Doing what the hell I do
But lately baby I’ve been sinking down
I’ve been sinking down so low
You might think that I don’t know
How to get back home
I can work like any man
Do the job just as well as they can
But lately baby I’ve been sinking down
I can do what the hell I please
Living my life at my ease
But lately baby I’ve been sinking down
I’ve been sinking down so low
You might think that I don’t know
How to get back home
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10. |
Tomorrow Is Too Late
03:16
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You called the shots and blew me away
When you decided that you couldn’t stay
Well I hope tomorrow’s better than it is today
But I know tomorrow is too late
You blew me out so I couldn’t say
Just what I needed to get you to stay
But I hope tomorrow’s better than it is today
Cos I know tomorrow is too late
Is it too late for us to ever be the same
Is it too late for us to change what has been changed
Is it too late for us to ever be the same
Is it too late for us to change what has been changed
You called the shots and blew me away
When you decided that you couldn’t stay
But I hope tomorrow’s better than it is today
Cos I know tomorrow is too
Yeah I know tomorrow is too
Well I know tomorrow is too late
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11. |
Sweet Lies
03:10
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Sweet lies and arrogant smiles
Tell me all I need to know
About the things that you won’t show to me now
I’ve guessed the true intention
Of what you planned to do
Inside where something had died
A burning hope replaced the void
An emptiness she only showed to me now
I tainted her illusion of what she thought she knew
But remember the beauty in the fulfilment of a dream
May not take what you’ve got to be revealed
Tears cried from innocent eyes
Had me fooled before I knew
There is so much more for you than me now
You've touched your true ambition and nothing else will do
But remember the beauty in the fulfilment of a dream
May not take what you’ve got to be revealed
But remember the beauty in the fulfilment of a dream
May not take what you’ve got to be revealed
Sweet lies and arrogant smiles
Tell me all I need to know
About the things that you won’t show to me now
I’ve guessed the true intention
Of what you planned to do
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12. |
Tell Me Why
03:22
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I know that you find it hard to tell me what you really want
And you think I know more than I do
It’s not easy to express and you want me to second guess
And tell you what it is you should do
Yeah well I don’t wanna have to tell you what to think
No I don’t wanna always be the one who has to know
Tell me why do you have to say the things you say
Tell me why do you always have to be that way
Tell me why do you have to always hide the way that you feel
I know that you find it tough and think that you’re misunderstood
But no one makes you do what you do
It’s not easy to relay and you want me to show the way
But I don’t have the answer for you
Yeah well I don’t wanna have to tell you what to think
No I don’t wanna always be the one who has to know
Tell me why do you have to say the things you say
Tell me why do you always have to be that way
Tell me why do you have to always hide the way that you feel
It’s not easy I know to get things right
But you don’t even try, no you don’t even try
Tell me why, tell me why
Tell me why do you have to say the things you say
Tell me why do you always have to be that way
Tell me why do you have to always hide the way that you feel
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13. |
Pieces Of Your Heart
02:50
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I know you had your plans to make me stay
And what you’ll do to keep me here
But in the end I know you’ll walk away
And whisper goodbye in my ear
I know you did your best at every time
To make me feel I fitted in
But in the end you’ll take this heart of mine
And send me crashing down again
Cos you believe that you will find someone
Who’ll make you feel good after I’ve gone
And you believe that you will find somebody else
To make a new start
And you believe that you will find someone
To love you better when we’re apart
But you will never find someone
To pick up all the pieces of your heart
Cos you believe that you will find someone
Who’ll make you feel good after I’ve gone
And you believe that you will find somebody else
To make a new start
And you believe that you will find someone
To love you better when we’re apart
But you will never find someone
To pick up all the pieces of your heart
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14. |
Love Will Come Your Way
03:56
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Love will come your way some day
And though your heart might hurt you now
Love will ease your pain again
And though it broke you someday it will make you whole
And over many years love promised you everything
But now you’re here with nothing left of all the things you said
And all the love you shared that disappeared but yet
Love will come your way some day
And though your heart might hurt you now
Love will ease your pain again
And though it broke you someday it will make you whole
And in your darkest dreams you never would have seen this happening
To you it’s so unfair
To give up all the love you had
For love to leave you and treat you so bad but yet
And in your darkest dreams you never would have seen this happening
To you it’s so unfair
To give up all the love you had
For love to leave you and treat you so bad but yet
Love will come your way some day
And though it broke you someday it will make you whole
And though it broke you someday it will make you whole
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15. |
An Everlasting Love
04:14
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She’s letting go so slowly now
So slowly now that we just don’t seem to end
So far apart for so very long
So much time for us both to pretend
An everlasting love that’s what you said we had
You made it seem so very true
A never ending dream that’s what it seemed to me
But now I drift apart from you
Is it really that your so restless now
That you don’t really love me like you did
Circumstance you say has changed your mind
While you’ve been moving you left me standing still
An everlasting love that’s what you said we had
You made it seem so very true
A never ending dream that’s what it seemed to me
But now I drift apart from you
And all those days of worrying
From when we started you were scared it wouldn’t last
And all those hours of argument
Have made it easy to finish what we found so hard to start
She’s letting go so slowly now
So slowly now that we just don’t seem to end
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I never thought how time would change you
I still remember you as you were before all those years ago
And I never thought when I first saw you
That you’d hold me mesmerised
But now I, I don’t want you anymore
Back when I met you and all this was something new
But now we can’t ignore how we feel anymore
Back when I met you and all this was something new
But now we can’t ignore how we feel anymore
And I never thought how time would change you
I still remember you as you were before all those years ago
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17. |
Hey Hey
02:27
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Hey hey I’d rather stand alone
Than take a chance and end up being wrong
Hey hey I’m gonna take my time tonight
Hey hey don’t you be the one
To keep running when you call me on
Hey hey I’m gonna take my time tonight
I’m gonna take my time tonight
I’m gonna breeze it in the morning light
I’m gonna be the one to make it right
I’m gonna blow it right out of sight yeah
Hey hey don’t you be the one
To blow me out when you lead me on
Hey hey I’m gonna take my time tonight
I’m gonna take my time tonight
I’m gonna breeze it in the morning light
I’m gonna be the one to make it right
I’m gonna blow it right out of sight yeah
Hey hey don’t you be the one
To keep running when you call me on
Hey hey I’m gonna take my time tonight
I’m gonna take my time tonight
I’m gonna breeze it in the morning light
I’m gonna be the one to make it right
I’m gonna blow it right out of sight yeah
Hey hey I’d rather stand alone
Than take a chance and end up being wrong
Hey hey I’m gonna take my time tonight
Hey hey I’m gonna take my time tonight
Hey hey I’m gonna take my time tonight
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18. |
Someone Like You
03:31
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I only had to feel your touch to know I’m lucky to have been loved by
Someone like you someone like you
I never thought I’d see a day when I could be loved that way by
Someone like you someone like you
And I could never get enough
Knew I was lucky to have been loved
And everything I ever knew was better then because of you
Yeah someone like you
However long is not enough to know I’m blessed to have been loved by
Someone like you someone like you
There is no greater love I know than all the love that I’d been shown by
Someone like you someone like you
I loved to see your smiling face and I loved to see that laughter in your eyes
I only had to feel your touch to know I’m lucky to have been loved by
Someone like you someone like you
I never thought I’d see a day when I could be loved that way by
Someone like you someone like you someone like you
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19. |
Something For You
03:17
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If you’re struggling for something to say
If you’ve got nothing new
If inspirations not coming your way
I’ve got something for you
If you’re finding it hard to express
And the words won’t come through
If you feel that you have nothing left
I’ve got something for you
I’ve got something to give you to help you
I’ve got something to share
I’ve got something to tell you, I love you
I will always be there
If the world’s treating you like a stranger
And you don’t have a clue
If you feel that you can’t shake the danger
I’ve got something for you
When you’re reaching the end of the day
And your dancing is through
Take some heart from this song that I play
I’ve got something for you
I’ve got something to give you to help you
I’ve got something to share
I’ve got something to tell you, I love you
I will always be there
So if you’re struggling for something to say
And you’re feeling the strain
Just remember that I will be there
And will always remain
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20. |
Hold Me Close
03:45
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There is nothing that I can show you
That you won’t know from this one kiss
There is nothing that I can say
When I can say it like this
There is nothing that I could tell you
When I can hold you and kiss your lips
There is nothing else I could do
When I can do it like this
So hold me close
Look into my eyes
And you’ll realise
That this love will never go
So hold me close
There is nowhere I’d be without you
There is nothing that I wouldn’t give
There is nowhere I’d want to be
When I’m with you like this
There is nothing that I could want for
I have everything I could wish
There is nothing that I would change
When you’re holding me close like this
So hold me close
Look into my eyes
And you’ll realise
That this love will never go
So hold me close
Look into my eyes
And you’ll realise
That this love will never go
So hold me close
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21. |
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Pieces Of Your Heart
I know you had your plans to make me stay
And what you’ll do to keep me here
But in the end I know you’ll walk away
And whisper goodbye in my ear
I know you did your best at every time
To make me feel I fitted in
But in the end you’ll take this heart of mine
And send me crashing down again
Cos you believe that you will find someone
Who’ll make you feel good after I’ve gone
And you believe that you will find somebody else
To make a new start
And you believe that you will find someone
To love you better when we’re apart
But you will never find someone
To pick up all the pieces of your heart
Cos you believe that you will find someone
Who’ll make you feel good after I’ve gone
And you believe that you will find somebody else
To make a new start
And you believe that you will find someone
To love you better when we’re apart
But you will never find someone
To pick up all the pieces of your heart
I should've know where we were going
I should've know that we weren't going far
I know you had your plans to make me stay
And what you’ll do to keep me here
But in the end I know you’ll walk away
And whisper goodbye in my ear
I know you did your best at every time
To make me feel I fitted in
But in the end you’ll take this heart of mine
And send me crashing down again
Cos you believe that you will find someone
Who’ll make you feel good after I’ve gone
And you believe that you will find somebody else
To make a new start
And you believe that you will find someone
To love you better when we’re apart
But you will never find someone
To pick up all the pieces of your heart
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Jimmy Lee Morris Holsworthy, UK
An eclectic writer and singer of songs, Jimmy Lee Morris has been weaving songs into hearts of those happy to listen for 40 years. Songs have been sung from folk clubs to festivals, around the UK & Europe. Played in blues band Mojo Filter & rock 'n' roll band The Collaborators. In the 80’s was lead singer for synth band À La Tienne & at turn of millennium was half of the folk duo The Hat Band. ... more
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