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You would've loved this song
I'd put the track in our WhatsApp chat
And you'd've made the time to listen
You'd have messaged me bout the harmony and the way it makes you feel
You'd talk about the chords and how this kind of harmony
Only floats the boats of old-fashioned souls like you and me
But it's worth singing because
You would've loved this song
You would've loved this song
You would've loved the way it makes your favourite mix of sad and lazy
And how it's perfect for a Sunday morning stroll to get a coffee
You'd focus on the lyrics and you'd take in everything
You'd recognise the nuances that most folks just don't dig
But it's worth singing because
You would've loved this song
You would've even sung along...
A song like this can do with all the help that it can find
And just cos you won't hear it
Doesn't mean that I should give up trying
So I'lI keep singing because
You, you would've loved this song
You would've loved this song
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Los Angeles
02:52
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We never got to Los Angeles
Do you remember when
We took the train
To buy ourselves records to listen to?
And I still do
And when we flew to Spain
Then home again
With nothing to show for it but hangovers
We went for it
We never got to Los Angeles
We got quite close
On the other coast
Twins on twin towers in parallel
Before they fell
The city of angels was calling our name
And we always thought we had time
To drift through an airport and take to the sky
But we never got to Los Angeles
Los Angeles
It was all planned out
But It's not panned out
Cos life did its thing and got in the way
Of holidays
We said we'd wait for rainy days
But they never cams
So we never got to LA
We never got to Los Angeles
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Adventure is starting to call
Down the pathways and over the walls
All our fair-weather friends need the sunshine to shine
But for us two the good times can fall from the sky
We're just going as far as we can
Sharing jokes no one else understands
Making all the wrong moves but we're on the right track
We'll go where the wind blows and we'll never look back
Cos we don't care about the rain
We don't care about the rain
Cause together we are waterproof
We are waterproof
We can wait for a train or bus
One’s just gone but we're not in a rush
Killing time singing songs from an ocean away
God only knows where we'll end up today
Step by step, by right by left
By magnetic north to the wild of the west
Gonna blow away cobwebs and shake off the dust
We are breaking new ground but the ground won't break us
It won’t break us
Cos we don't care about the rain
We don't care about the rain
Cause together we are waterproof
We are waterproof
When the journeys done
We can hold all these miles in our hearts til it's time for another one
And we can take what the world as in store in our stride because
We don’t care about the rain
No idea where we are but we don't care because
We can never get lost
When we're lost together
Cos we don't care about the rain
We don't care about the rain
Cause together we are waterproof
We are waterproof
We are waterproof
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It's been too long let's make a plan
It's been too long let's make a plan
I've been busy we've lost touch
Of whose turn it is to phone who
Maybe we could catch up soon?
Last time we had such a good time
And this time won't be anything new
Maybe we could catch up?
When are you free?
I could come to you or you could come to me
It's been too long let's make a plan
It's been too long let's make a plan
I listened to that record you sent me last week but I haven't got around to that film
Maybe we could watch it together?
Let me know when, is a good time for a catch up and l'll call you then
I'm gonna call you then
It's been too long let's make a plan
It's been too long let's make a plan
It's been too long let's make a plan
It's been too long let's make a plan
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Disappearing
03:24
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Like in that photo from back to the future I'm disappearing
Cos you anchored the man that I was so who am I now
Torn limb from limb, the hand you held, the shoulder you cried on
The neck where you rested your chin when we said our goodbyes
It's all disappearing
Like when Marty Mcfly plays guitar but his hands disappearing
Cos the him that he is in that moment has never been born
Bone by bone, the double thumbs, the scissors and paper
The limbs that we let loose to dance like there was no tomorrow
It's all disappearing
But imagine if I could turn time and go back where I wanted
And I'd see the flowers turn to buds turn to seeds in the dirt
And I would care in case me being there changed the past
And I want to nip back
To watch from afar, two friends killing time in a cinema queue
While the lines disappearing
Like when Doc finds that gravestone and sees that his name is appearing
And he knows that his days are all numbered and how much times left
But at least he can call his best friend, and jump in the car
And step on the gas til the hands of time turn things around
But I can't
So I'm disappearing
I'm disappearing
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Right Now
03:24
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I can't help, thinking bout the old days specially when the leaves start to fall to the ground
WOAH
And I get tangled up in time lines
Things that might have been, when I should just look around
WOAH
But l've got Right Now
And it won't last forever
I've got Right Now
But it's so easy to worry ‘bout the future
The world is gonna burn, it's just a matter of when
WOAH
I start fixating on tomorrow, will I ever learn, that I should wait until then
WOAH
We've got Right Now
And it won't last forever
We've got Right Now
Let's make it count together
We've got Right Now
lt's gone before you know it, so we better make the most of Right Now
Lately things conspired to shake me
Really hammer home that I haven't got long
OH NO
But to be honest it's kind of helped me focus on living in the moment before it's gone
WOAH WOAH WOAH
We've got Right Now
And it won't last forever
We've got Right Now
Let's make it count together
We've got Right Now
lt's gone before you know it, so we better make the most of Right Now
WOAH
We've got Right Now... we got Right Now
We've got Right Now
And it won't last forever
We've got Right Now
Let's make it count together
We've got Right Now
lt's gone before you know it, so we better make the most of Right Here
Right Now
And it won't last forever
We've got Right Now
Let's mess it up together
We've got Right Now
lt's gone before you know it, so we better make the most of Right Now
Right Now
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7. |
Dust
03:24
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The other voices
They feel like strangers
When I've got drama that I can't lift off my chest
I make some noise
I make some changes
I have to make excuses now l've lost my
Best place to hide
To see my life from distance
To see what's inside
To find my place in this
Now that all the dust has blown away
I'm left standing on a crowded station platform going nowhere
Now that all the dust has blown away
I'm left waiting to get served
perched at the bar still well aware of the weight that I'm still carrying
They think they know me
But they don't know me
It isn't their fault we met halfway down the road
And all this company
Just makes me lonely
It just reminds me I've got
No steady ground
And I can't find the silence
To drown out the sound
So I can make my mind
Now that all the dust has blown away
I'm left standing on a crowded station platform going nowhere
Now that all the dust has blown away
I'm left waiting to get served
perched at the bar still well aware of the weight that I'm still carrying
I can’t hear a word they say
Shining through the pouring rain
Skipping stones while sinking through the blue
The ocean breeze is in my bed
Where the weather suits my head
Hiding from the world is no excuse
What can I do now?
What can I do now?
Now that all the dust has blown away
I'm left standing on a crowded station platform going nowhere
Now that all the dust has blown away
I'm left waiting to get served
perched at the bar still well aware of all the weight I'm still carrying
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First Day In A New Town
03:43
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He feels the sunrise as the day begins
But he can't see me waving back to him
But that's Ok cos yesterday is over and the futures where it's always been
There's no telling what he's gonna find
Now he's left the world we shared behind
There's an autumn breeze and evergreens and mountains sketch the line between the earth and the sky
Found a new track, got your groove back
Got a stash of second chances in your backpack
This is your place and you made it
Out of memories you can't remember now
It's the first day in a new town
There are half familiar corners here
He sees horizons beckon crystal clear
He can't recall the stuff before, the aches and pains and small details have disappeared
On your good foot, found a shortcut
To a world of open windows as the door shuts
This is your place and you made it
Out of memories you can't remember now
It's the first day in a new town
A cafe framed by street lamp light
From the cover of a book
A bench inspired by our old bench
And your safe there, in a place where
The days are all the same but you don't care
This is your place and you made it
Out of memories you can't remember now
May it always fell, like it’s
the first day in a new town
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Remember Me Like This
03:55
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There's a picture that appears when a name comes to your mind
Be it a photo or a film a random image caught in time
It's the same from friends to family to acquaintances
So If I could choose what you hold on to when I'm gone
Remember me like this
Running hard to find my way
Trying hard to choose the kindest words for the perfect thing to say
Remember me like this
Keeping my faculties from going south
Balancing between my fire burning up and blowing out
Remember me like this
Laughing til I can't stand straight
Looking at the whole world gratefully
If you remember me
There are tapestries and statues left to canonise the greats
But for us on smaller journeys that's a grade that we’ll never make
But we'll be filed away inside each other's memories
And If I could choose the hook you hang my efforts from
Remember me like this
Just before a new spark fades
Or trying to face another broken-hearted beat down with some grace
Remember me like this
Trying to get the washing dry
Making out the glowing embers of the twinkles in my eye
Remember me like this
Buzzing from a job done well
Chasing down a brand-new melody
If you remember me
At all, Remember me
Remember me like this
On the Saturday we put up the tree
In the breath of realisation that it's only you and me
Remember me like this
While this version of me still exists
With the strength of mind to make this pointless wish
Remember me like this
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10. |
Too Much and Not Enough
04:07
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You are in all these things too much and not enough
You are in all these things too much and not enough
Whenever the day slows down and my shadows getting long
Whenever I need foundations to build my next move on
Whenever the world fades into a hum in the echoes of the sun
Wherever a willow weeps with its fingertips to the ground
Whenever I reach to call and forget you're not around
Whenever I need the focus to see the kind of man I used to be before the world tore into me
You are in all these things too much and not enough
You are in all these things too much but not enough
You are in everything, just not enough
Whenever I hear your voice in the buzz behind my words
Wherever a memory hides and the details start to blur
Whenever there's footprints left in the snow as my breath goes up in smoke defeated by the cold
You are in all these things too much and not enough
You are in all these things too much but not enough
You are in everything
But what if everything is just your way, opf trying to say “Hello, I hope you’re OK”?
Well, I guess that I’m Ok
Life isn’t easy but were gonna be fine
We’re gonna be fine
Gonna be fine
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