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Here By My Side
03:33
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So there you go, another one in the know
Another one who can turn a fast one in the wink of an eye.
Suddenly you see, the world ain't quite so free
You turn around and shout it out 'coz you want to be heard
And I'm oh so glad that you decided to stay
Like a dream coming true, Hey I'm finding you
Lying here by my side
I'm here in the park, but not afraid of the dark
The burning glow of your cigarette is all that I can see.
Will you take my hand, my open left hand
Then squeeze it tight till the morning light
Shines over us.
And I'm oh so glad that you decided to stay
Like a dream coming true, Hey I'm finding you
Lying here by my side
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2. |
Commit Yourself
03:55
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Has anyone ever told you, where to go when things are bad?
Like a shelter from the rain, maybe the sun will ease your pain
So you can change the world you know.
Turn your back on everything.
But if I could find a way, these are the words I'd say.
Commit yourself, commit yourself, commit yourself to what you need.
Commit yourself, commit yourself, commit yourself to what you need.
Through the image of my guiding light, dream a hazy golden glow.
And if I could find the answer tonight, would you really want to know?
Commit yourself, commit yourself, commit yourself to what you need.
Commit yourself, commit yourself, commit yourself to me.
You know, you know, you know, what you need
You know, you know, you know, the way to go
You know, you know, I've got everything you need
Commit yourself, commit yourself, commit yourself to me.
Right here, right now, right here and right now.
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3. |
Inside Of Me
03:06
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Do you know what it's like to be so angry
Your skin is purple your eyes cannot see
And all day long I've got this feeling
Burns like a sun inside of me
And what's it like when you feel let down
By the ones you care so much about
This total waste of my affection
And the only way is out
Inside of me, inside of me
There's something you'll never see
Inside of me, inside of me
You know it burns like a sun, inside of me
Would you like to join in with the good times
See your course and run there overnight
It would be so perfectly revealing
Held up to the flaming light
Burns like a sun - inside of me
Burns like a sun - swallowed by me
Burns like a sun - inside of me
Burns like a sun - inside of me
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4. |
On The Beach
03:37
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Well the sun baked down as I stumbled across the ground
And I climbed way up to the top of the hill
'Cause they all seem higher and they always will
To think I once had a postcard of this view - sent by you
How things change.
Tarmac sheets criss and cross this land
It almost seems as if they were planned
To link the red brick piles of utility tiles
It goes on for miles down to the beach
I am here on the beach,
I am here on the beach,
The parching of the soil's a lonely sound
But it's all that's left for me to hear
And the blue sky, once imagined, now seems to real
It joins the sea down by the beach
I am here on the beach,
I am here on the beach,
But you're out of reach.
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5. |
Release
03:06
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I've seen him, out the back before,
And I know why he's there
I've watched you watching them
Do you know what they're praying for?
Every day I'm walking by
And I'm asking why it is
The window's filled with metal plates
To hide the emptiness within.
For release, For release, For release.
They're back to back, with no space between
Are the houses where we live.
What's a man to do on a summer's day
When the sun has all to give.
Every day I'm walking by
But I never go inside
Is it the light that I can never see
That makes me want to hide?
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6. |
Heart Made Of Stone
04:41
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Cast your mind back if you will
Ten thousand miles laid out with steel,
And it's all inside my head
Or so it seems.
Where were you in '63?
Just started school? - The same with me
And we thought we had it all
But we were wrong.
So will your heart that's made of stone
Keep you warm when you're alone
So will your heart that's made of stone
Keep you warm when you're alone
Ten more years and we'll be free
Or so it seemed, it seemed to me
But the time goes by
Before you even know it.
By any rights we should be gone,
With all the things that we've done wrong.
All the lives we've wasted
Before we even knew it.
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Anything and everything, seems OK to you
But it could be anything
This side of the road, this side of the road.
Lying in my bed, staring at the ceiling
Dreaming of a summer's day
You know I'm wasting time, you know I'm wasting time.
Am I really seeing things as they're meant to be
And am I really seeing you as you're meant to be seen
Take the book at the last page, bend back the paper
Read the end of the story,
Just to save the time, just to save the time
Staying at home, starting to roam, I get out
Failing to find I'm speaking my mind - I shout
No need to read the rest, they tell me it's a waste of time
They say a close friend is a dead end, and that you're caught on a fishing line
Caught on a fishing line.
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8. |
How Did You Know?
03:43
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You turned as I walked in the room.
Did you think I wouldn't notice,
That your hair, once long, lay in curls on the floor?
And there's a glint in your cool blue eyes.
You said that I wouldn't understand,
When it could have been so easy.
All you had to say, was what you were looking for,
And have your fill from the stream of life.
How did you know, my head was so heavy?
How did you know, my conscience was clear?
How did you know, my dreams were so real?
They shine like a sun through the night.
You found your wish under an apple tree.
Did you think it would be so obvious?
And the grass, so soft under your body
Has brought you to a change of mind
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9. |
Unknown
03:38
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Half past seven in the morning,
And in the winter, that's before the dawning.
Half way down the hill, On my way to the station.
Turn the corner and he's there, Almost fall over him
Cursing under my breath, As I step into the road.
This is the man that no-one talks to
This is the man that no-one seems to know
Whenever I think about that
It makes me feel sad and angry
How we all say he's going nowhere.
Then one cold day in spring, I never saw him again.
Was it his age, or just the frost? Will we ever know the truth?
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10. |
The Truth
03:28
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How could you forget my name so soon
It hasn't been a year since June
And now you're standing here in front of me
Well what am I supposed to feel?
And it's true, true you weren't the one for me
It's true, I was so blind I could not see
It's funny how you tapped the root of my anger.
Hit the nail on the head, turned the screw inside.
You took the dreams I had and made a nightmare,
Like no-one else before you made me mad
Even if I knew the pain I would suffer,
I bet I would have loved you anyway.
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11. |
Around The Table
04:33
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12. |
Sweet Shock
03:21
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I need a sweet shock every night
A flesh alarm clock every single morning
There are gonna be some revelations
When I wake up from my sleepwalk
I’ve been missing out on ecstasy
There’s been no kissing, kissing, kissing or revelry
There are gonna be some dream sensations
When I wake up from my sleepwalk
I will run to you, you lift me on your finger
Wrap my legs around you
This is a sweet shock
Dreams in formation are scaling the sky
Thicker than fictions fulfil my eye
Dinner times tell me to fly
That’s the way to wake up from a sleepwalk
Pot the cactus oh so slightly
Pop the question oh so lightly
Dinner times tell me to be what you wanna be
That’s the way to wake up from a sleepwalk
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13. |
Smooth
02:50
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Smooth, so smooth, paper smooth
With your style and your smile
With your kisses you greet them
No such soft stuff, the images you make
No squidgy soft flab stuff
The paper is crisp and it’s smooth
Ink black smooth, you’re on men you choose
With your crisp white smile
With the glances you give when you greet them
It is a glimpse from my dreamland
Enhancing the chant of the dancing so smooth
You let me see the back of your head today
And your hair as it curved it was so smooth
If this my breast was as firm as your flesh
I could the warm skin of you, hot from the press
Paper smooth
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14. |
Batman The Caveman
03:13
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Batman the caveman has flown out today
He’s come out of hiding, he’s come out
Sheba the housewife has ridden away
On a dapple grey pony she made the beds and did a bunk
They needed an air supply
Norman the nurse man cleans bedpans today
He’s found his vocation, he’s a caring man
But first he needed some time to think
Fresh air to use on his way
Winnie the cleaner cleans windows today
Up in the sky, flying high
Who could she be with an air supply?
Who on this earth has an air supply?
Who’s found their own way to breathe?
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15. |
Penguin's Egg
02:38
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I read of a penguin’s egg
I look out to see the snow
There are five men across the street drinking themselves mad
Oh what can I do to help?
An entry phone’s been installed
And I don’t want them in my home playing their mouth organ
And I have records that I can play
I have a new duvet
The toothless one watches me
But I won’t let him frighten me because
No stained hand can reach behind my door
I am free behind my curtains
I’m a liberated lady
I am safe and I am warm
Free to dream of flying penguins
I have my books to keep me well informed
And my sweet-smelling sheets they are as white as snow
I read of a penguin’s egg
It was something for foolish men to strive for
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16. |
Streams
03:33
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Just a stream of consciousness, that’s all this is to me.
Forgetting words and losing them
Switching on and off like the power you use
With no sense of occasion
Jutting out from the end of the bed, cold feet and sheets of sweat
They never move.
Blood never flows, never seems to make me warm,
And that’s, that’s all I want.
Just bend your eyes, to read the news headlines,
Lying strewn on the floor.
They form a line, to the door,
But I’m bored before we’re half way out.
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17. |
So Far Away
04:03
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I’m going to pull it tight again, this string which binds me here with you.
I must stop trying to pretend that every word is true.
One stair leads to the second floor, it’s where you live and where you love.
Light shines through the door, and the rain outside it seems so far away
So far away, so far away
I’m going to knock it down again, this wall between two worlds.
I watch you circle in my dreams, then you don’t seem so far away.
So far away, so far away
Seems so far away, seems so… so far away.
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18. |
Seychelles Shootout
04:22
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Seychelles shootout, Seychelles shootout, with smoke and water
I’ll bring your winter to you
Seychelles shootout, will you watch out
I’ll bring your winter to you
Seychelles shootout, Seychelles shootout, the early sun sets
Bootprints in the sand
All lines to the south down, all day curfew
Wish I was in Corfu
Seychelles shootout, Seychelles shootout, abortive coup
Seychelles shootout, your BOSS is calling you
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Graham Armfield Woking, UK
Graham Armfield is a singer/songwriter from Woking in England (UK).
He's a veteran of
many guitar-based bands in London and the surrounding areas, but is now performing solo - just him, his voice, his guitar, and his songs.
Since going solo, he's released 2 albums: 'Life Line' in 2009, and 'Found My Way' which was finished in late 2019.
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