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Fires
03:56
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Warm eyes fill my heart
With words I won’t describe
Inside, fires are lit
But all inside are cold
I can see your beauty, as you move silently
But all these dreams, in the end, are they worth anything?
Blue eyes, filled with tears
From all the pain inside
Kind words, make their home
In hearts too small to find
I can feel your goodness, like a fire, touching me
I can see happy things, trees that sway in the breeze
Dark eyes, full of hope
For all the good things you deserve
I can see guiding lights, fires that burn in the night
And I can do almost anything, if I choose
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Pure
03:02
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Evacuate your city of hope
Too little too late, everything must go
And it’s taken me all this time
Silly thing, what do you take me for
Take the things you won’t be needing anymore
And it’s taken me all this time
To see what was never mine
You hug people in the street
You go by without conceit
I am looking at something
So pure
What to do, you cannot even lie
Your honesty remains with you until you die
And after these highs and lows
I’m afraid that’s the way it goes
If you believe that life is good, it probably is
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Vertical
03:20
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You can talk to yourself, if you trust no-one else
You’ll do what you want, if you have any sense
If your head’s not screwed on tight, you’ll go out of your mind
Whilst we go up and down, we’d prefer side to side
If your heart’s still on fire, I can help you put it out
If you’re not sure what to do, and your head is full of doubt
Where the lines coincide, at the right point in time
When all seems together, you may still feel left out
If you’re going down
I’ll take your hands and pull you from the ground
We can’t change the past, but we can stick around
We can take it all in, and not make a sound
Thoughts into words, message sent, love is felt
We were always here, all you had to do was ask
And if you’re going down
I’ll take your hands and pull you from the ground
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One Adult No Return
03:45
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I won’t delay your sleep
But something that I keep inside
I must now confide in you
What are you doing to yourself?
Why don’t you look after your health?
You’ve hardly eaten
I cannot see you
Like this
Stop right there don’t tell me
It’s not fair, you’ve only got yourself
To blame
I miss your mum’s remarks
I miss the flash of sparks when
Fires were burning
But ashes turn to dust
One adult no return
A million suns will burn out
And we’ll be frozen
But you have chosen
To be free
From all this misery and pain
Stop right there don’t tell me
It’s not fair, you’ve only got yourself
To blame
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So Much More
02:30
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We could do so much more
We could do so much more
Before we go home
We could go anywhere
We could go anywhere
Before we go home
We could solve anything
We could solve anything
Before we go home
We can find what you want
We can find what you want
Before we go home
Songs etched in your mind
Words hard to find
Some of the time
I long for the day
When I can say
I’ve done all I can
We can be anyone
We can be anyone
Before we go home
We could do so much more
We could do so much more
Before we go home
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Gift Exchange
03:20
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All the compliments I never paid
Compilations that I never made
I try to laugh 7 times a day
And this gift can never be exchanged
Every look a touch, that no-one sees
Every touch a kiss, your heart believes
That your face is just a dream away
But no kiss can ever be exchanged
And this gift can never be exchanged
If you told me once what I was like
That I think too much I think you’d be right
I’d offer you all that weighs on my mind
What you hope sincerely I see so clearly
Your well of hope eventually runs dry
If the sun went out I’m sure you’d get by
But you’d never cope without my smile
And if fate can find the light of day
Then this gift can one day be exchanged
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7. |
Charlotte
02:07
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Charlotte cuts her hair
And all the boys despair
And the fires in their hearts all go out
Charlotte shaves her head
And puts herself to bed
While the boys throw themselves from the trees
Nobody looks behind her eyes
Nobody stops to look inside
Charlotte sheds her locks
The boys arrive in flocks
To plead that she change her mind
Her mother breaks down and cries
When she sees what has transpired
But Charlotte can afford herself a smile
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Michael Kentish England, UK
I write songs and play them. Sometimes in front of people.
I've performed in the UK, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland and Serbia.
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