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The Lightning Tree
04:20
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Meet me at the lightning tree where the sky has kissed the ground
In a bolt of electricity and a wild cracking sound
Meet me at the lightning tree where the wood is scorched to black
When you’ve embraced eternity there’s just no looking back
And meet me where the mighty oak is charred and cleaved in two
Moulded by the elements, just like me and you
So if the weather’s fine, soak up the sun
And if it’s not go dancing in the rain
For one day you will find, your race is run
And you will never pass this way again
Meet me at the lightning tree, which marked the Saxon shore
Before the Dutchmen pushed the sea a mile back or more
Meet me at the lightning tree where the heron soars above
Where young egrets have no regrets and neither do the doves
And meet me where old Magwitch fled his prison on the Thames
We’re moulded by the elements, just like all of them
So if the weather’s fine, soak up the sun
And if it’s not go dancing in the rain
For one day you will find, your race is run
And you will never pass this way again
We’ll cross the marsh from Northward Hill right down to Egypt Bay
Moulded by the elements, forever and a day
So if the weather’s fine, soak up the sun
And if it’s not go dancing in the rain
For one day you will find, your race is run
And you will never pass this way again
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Working all the day
Spending all your pay
Running up that hill
Running up that bill
Time to stop and smell the flowers on the way
Stop and find the wonderful in today
Chasing your own tail
Chasing that big sale
Driving in your car
Don’t drive yourself too far
Time to stop and smell the flowers on the way
Stop and find the wonderful in today
It’s your life – take the time
To make it beautiful
Look around – free your mind
And find the wonderful
Sun is in the sky
Clouds are riding high
Footsteps in the sand
Of the promised land
Time to stop and smell the flowers on the way
Stop and find the wonderful in today
It’s your life – take the time
To make it beautiful
Look around – free your mind
And find the wonderful
Sun is in the sky
Clouds are riding high
Footsteps in the sand
Of the promised land
Time to stop and smell the flowers on the way
Stop and find the wonderful in today
Stop and find the wonderful in today
Stop and find the wonderful in today
Stop and find the wonderful in today
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3. |
One Fine Day
03:33
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When will the world be free of anger and hate?
And when will people stop trying to make countries great again?
We all share the weather
We all share the sky
Can’t we live together?
Could we even try?
One fine day
One fine day
When will the children be finally safe in their beds?
And when will the governments finally see that they’re fed?
We all share the weather
We all share the sky
Can’t we live together?
Could we even try?
One fine day
One fine day
When will the super rich understand profit and loss?
When will they see that’s what’s gained has also been lost?
And know the cost?
And when will the working man sit and break bread with the boss?
We all share the weather
We all share the sky
Can’t we live together?
Could we even try?
One fine day
One fine day
One fine day
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4. |
She's a Runaway Train
04:11
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Daisy was a small town girl with eyes of fire
She set the school alight with teenage desire
But when the boys got their fingers burned, they all said the same
The girl’s to blame – she’s a runaway train
Daisy worked the midnight shift at Taco Bell
But she was known around the town for raising hell
One night the till was light and everybody said the same
The girl’s to blame – she’s a runaway train
Daisy quit the town that night heading far, far, far, far, far away
She saw the trucker’s lights
And hitched a ride not knowing she’d have to pay
He left the interstate and pulled up roadside
‘You know the deal,’ he said. ‘It’s a ride for a ride.’
He took her by the throat and said ‘hey, let’s play a game’
She grabbed his pistol – and blew out his brains
Was the girl to blame? Was the girl to blame?
Back in the courthouse they cried guilty, guilty, that’s your plea
And she knew in her heart
That’s all they’d ever let her be – a runaway train
Condemned a killer in the eyes of the law
Her reputation was all that they saw
And when they locked her up, they all said the same
It’s such a shame – she was a runaway train
It’s such a shame – she was a runaway train
It’s such a shame – she was a runaway train
It’s such a shame
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5. |
My Sweet Valentine
04:35
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My sweet valentine, she’s got plans for me
When I think we’re doing fine, that woman shakes my tree
She says that we can do better,
If I work really hard
She wants a house in the suburbs
She wants a big, expensive car
My sweet valentine, says it’s time to go it alone
She says I should resign, start a business of my own
She says that we can do better,
If I work really hard
She wants a house in the suburbs
She wants a big, expensive car
She wants . . .
A personal trainer, a family retainer
A chauffeur, a gofer, a pink leather sofa
A home cinema, a cocktail bar
Horses and stables and designer labels
My sweet valentine, just walked out on me
She said I’m not the man she hoped that I would be
She says that she can do better,
Find a man who’ll work really hard
Who’ll buy her a house in the suburbs
And buy her a big, expensive car
When I met my valentine, in the Kokomo bar
She said: ‘Don’t you ever change, I love you just the way you are.’
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6. |
Wishing My Life Away
05:35
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Five shirts on a Sunday, I will burn them one day
I’ve got Friday on my mind, and it’s only Monday
Looking at the queues of cars, far as the eye can see
People going nowhere, stationary
(I’ve been) wishing my life away, now I’m squeezing the juice out of every day
Gonna chase those Sunday blues out my head
(I’ve been) watching the clock too long, now it’s time to admit there’s something wrong
Stop wishing I was somewhere else instead
Five shifts to the weekend, trying hard to pretend
That I’m working at this screen and not drowning in the deep end
Swarming onto platform three, the nation’s worker bees
Dancing to oblivion, living free
(I’ve been) wishing my life away, now I’m squeezing the juice out of every day
Gonna chase those Sunday blues out my head
(I’ve been) watching the clock too long, now it’s time to admit there’s something wrong
Stop wishing I was somewhere else instead
Five shirts on a Sunday, I will burn them one day
I’ve got Friday on my mind, and it’s only Monday
Swarming onto platform three, the nation’s worker bees
Dancing to oblivion, just like me
(I’ve been) wishing my life away, now I’m squeezing the juice out of every day
Gonna chase those Sunday blues out my head
(I’ve been) watching the clock too long, now it’s time to admit there’s something wrong
Stop wishing I was somewhere else instead
(I’ve been) wishing my life away, now I’m squeezing the juice out of every day
Gonna chase those Sunday blues out my head
(I’ve been) watching the clock too long, now it’s time to admit there’s something wrong
Stop wishing I was somewhere else instead
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7. |
Dormitory Town
03:53
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It was a dormitory town
With one line up and one line down
Sleepy in the daytime
But it was no crime to stick around
She took the tickets at the door
And swept the popcorn from the floor
Dreaming of the big time
And it was no crime to wish for more
But she watched the years go by and hope began to die
For who knows how the dice will fall?
One way up, one way down from a dormitory town
Waiting for that West End train to call
She played the part with grace and style
She always went the extra mile
Speaking all the right lines
And looking so fine when she smiled
But she watched the years go by and hope began to die
For who knows how the dice will fall?
One way up, one way down from a dormitory town
Waiting for that West End train to call
But she watched the years go by and hope began to die
For who knows how the dice will fall?
One way up, one way down from a dormitory town
Waiting for that West End train to call
Shedding tears through the years of drama, hopes and fears
Desperate for that West End train to call
Waking up, feeling down in a dormitory town
Till she faced the final curtain call
It was a dormitory town
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8. |
Wall of Silence
02:49
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They say that walls have ears
But there’s been nothing said worth listening to for years
No simple words of love
Just blank eyes staring at the light above
They say that love can fade
Grow thin and dusty like the old lampshade
And though they may start small
Walls can quickly grow so very tall
It’s time to chip away
At the walls we put up every single day
Silence is the price you pay
When you believe that you have nothing left to say
They say that words are cheap
That you can take them back before you go to sleep
But words can sting and bruise
Live in the memory, affect your point of view
It’s time to chip away
At the walls we put up every single day
Silence is the price you pay
When you believe that you have nothing left to say
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9. |
Happy Dress
03:42
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When you wear your happy dress
You’re always welcome at this address
Even if you’re hair’s a mess
There’s always reason to smile
When you wear your happy face
You’re always welcome around the place
A paid up member of the human race
Always ready to smile
And when those clouds surround you
Don’t be frightened to say
And when those fools confound you
We’ll just blow those storm clouds out your way
Hey whaddya say?
When you talk your happy talk
Walk the walk down Fremlin Walk
Stand on one leg like a stork
There’s always reason to smile
And when you wear your happy dress
You’re always welcome at this address
Even if you’re hair’s a mess
There’s always reason to smile
And when those clouds surround you
Don’t be frightened to say
And when those fools confound you
We’ll just blow those storm clouds out your way
Hey whaddya say?
Happy dress, happiness
You’re always welcome at this address
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We’re all out of time, we’re all out of tune
We can’t make it rhyme, we can’t see it through
What can you do when love makes a fool out of you?
What can you say when you see your chance slip away?
We’re all out of sync and nothing rings true
It’s hard not to think that I’ve missed my cue
What can you do when love makes a fool out of you?
What can you say when you see your chance slip away?
Harmony works if at first you pick the same key
People will say ‘it’s not you, the fault lies with me’
C’est la vie
The melody stops, the song starts anew
The moment is lost, it’s faded from view
What can you do when love makes a fool out of you?
What can you say when you see your chance slip away?
What can you do when love makes a fool out of you?
What can you say when you see your chance slip away?
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11. |
Perfect Stranger
03:52
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You were the devil in disguise
So cool and easy on the eyes
It took a while to realise
That soon the day would come when she couldn’t face the world without you
Too little too late to change her
She fell in love with a perfect stranger
Too late to see the danger of falling in love with you
Too late to mend the fences of broken confidences
Now she’s facing the consequences of falling in love with you
You were the writing on the wall
You knew the girl would surely fall
When there was no one left to call
And when the day had come when she couldn’t face the world without you
Too little too late to change her
She fell in love with a perfect stranger
Too late to see the danger of falling in love with you
Too late to mend the fences of broken confidences
Now she’s facing the consequences of falling in love with you
Too little too late to change her
She fell in love with a perfect stranger
Too late to see the danger of falling in love with you
Too late to mend the fences of broken confidences
Now she’s facing the consequences of falling in love with you
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12. |
What About Us?
04:05
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Flicking through the pages of a magazine
Looking at the faces of the cats who got the cream
Checking out their houses and living the dream
They look so happy and so clean
What about us?
The people who missed the bus
The people who take the strain
The people left out in the rain
What about us?
The people who missed the bus
People like you and people like me
Gonna sell my story to a magazine
‘Bout a teenage heart-throb and a daytime TV queen
And after all that they’ve done and all that we’ve seen
They’re not so happy or so clean
What about us?
The people who missed the bus
The people who take the strain
The people left out in the rain
What about us?
The people who missed the bus
People like you and people like me
Flicking through the pages of a magazine
Sneering at the faces of the cats who spilt the cream
Hearing all about their tears and sharing their pain
Let’s knock ‘em down and build them up again
What about us?
The people who missed the bus
The people who take the strain
The people left out in the rain
What about us?
The people who feel the pain
The people left standing on the train
What about us?
The people who missed the bus
People like you and people like me
Flicking through the pages of a magazine
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13. |
Clickbait
03:38
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Have you seen the face of that famous actress, you used to know?
Do you wanna turn the heads of strangers, wherever you go?
Can you solve this fiendish puzzle? Lose weight and gain some muscle
Are you looking for a girl or a guy? Did you have PPI?
It’s just clickbait
Taking you places you don’t wanna go
Clickbait
Telling you things you don’t wanna know
Here’s one weird trick that private doctors don’t want you to know
Are you one of the few with a high IQ? Well you don’t let it show
We’ll make your jaw hit the floor. Get relief from feeling sore.
Check the star sign of your cat. Real proof the earth is flat.
It’s just clickbait
Taking you places you don’t wanna go
Clickbait
Telling you things you don’t wanna know
It’s just clickbait - Taking you places you don’t wanna go
Clickbait - Telling you things you don’t wanna know
Clickbait - Showing you things you don’t wanna see
Clickbait - Making you someone you don’t wanna be
Clickbait - Pushing agendas you don’t wanna try
Clickbait - Selling you things you don’t wanna buy
Clickbait
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Mick Taylor Rochester, UK
Mick Taylor - no, not THAT Mick Taylor - is a singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist based in North Kent, UK. The Lightning Tree is a collection of some of the original songs he plays to local audiences scaled up as full band productions.
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