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Shining trees
04:31
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When I was a child:
Running in the night,
Afraid of what might be
Hiding in the dark,
Hiding in the street,
And of what was following me...
Now hounds of love are hunting.
I've always been a coward,
And I don't know what's good for me.
Here I go!
It's coming for me through the trees.
Help me, someone!
Help me, please!
Take my shoes off,
And throw them in the lake,
And I'll be
Two steps on the water.
I found a fox
Caught by dogs.
He let me take him in my hands.
His little heart,
It beats so fast,
And I'm ashamed of running away
From nothing real--
I just can't deal with this,
But I'm still afraid to be there,
Among your hounds of love,
And feel your arms surround me.
I've always been a coward,
And never know what's good for me.
Oh, here I go!
Don't let me go!
Hold me down!
It's coming for me through the trees.
Help me, darling,
Help me, please!
Take my shoes off
And throw them in the lake,
And I'll be
Two steps on the water.
I don't know what's good for me.
I don't know what's good for me.
I need your love love love love love, yeah!
Your love!
Take your shoes off
And throw them in the lake!
Do you know what I really need?
Do you know what I really need?
I need love love love love love, yeah!
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Farewell, farewell to you, who would hear
You lonely travelers all
The cold north wind will blow again
The winding road does call
And will you never return to see
Your bruised and beaten sons?
Oh, I would, I would, if welcome I were
For they love me, every one
And will you never cut the cloth
Or drink the light to be?
And can you never swear a year
To anyone of we?
No, I will never cut the cloth
Or drink the light to be
But I'll swear a year to one who lies
Asleep along side of me
Farewell, farewell to you, who would hear
You lonely travelers all
The cold north wind will blow again
The winding road does call
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Jesus etc. (Wilco cover)
03:43
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Jesus, don't cry
You can rely on me, honey
You can combine anything you want
I'll be around
You were right about the stars
Each one is a setting sun
Tall buildings shake
Voices escape singing sad sad songs
tuned to chords
Strung down your cheeks
Bitter melodies turning your orbit around
Don't cry
You can rely on me honey
You can come by any time you want
I'll be around
You were right about the stars
Each one is a setting sun
Tall buildings shake
Voices escape singing sad sad songs
tuned to chords
Strung down your cheeks
Bitter melodies turning your orbit around
Voices whine
Skyscrapers are scraping together
Your voice is smoking
Last cigarettes are all you can get
Turning your orbit around
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Tide land
03:22
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Old man lying
by the side of the road
With the lorries rolling by,
Blue moon sinking
from the weight of the load
And the buildings scrape the sky,
Cold wind ripping
down the alley at dawn
And the morning paper flies,
Dead man lying
by the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes.
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around.
Blind man running
through the light
of the night
With an answer in his hand,
Come on down
to the river of sight
And you can really understand,
Red lights flashing
through the window
in the rain,
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying
in a gutter in the lane,
If you're walking home alone.
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around.
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around.
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Baby A (early demo)
04:20
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Hello, hello to you today. I sink my ship, I loose my un-abandoned prey
And I want to see what’s in your way
I get horses down to ruin stages flying phase
And I’ve got no mind to be tied down or be confined
Baby I’ve got no mind
A sly snake moves and rattles thorns
And he cracks when he sees his ideas worn
Oh his thunder stolen, so put out
The tensions swollen and now there’s room for doubt
Room for doubt
And I’ve got no mind to be tied down or be confined
Baby I’ve got no mind
Oh I’ve been dreaming, dreaming drinking up my own mind!
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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long
Anytime she goes away.
Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away.
And I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know,
Hey, I oughtta leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Only darkness every day.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
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Nick Stephenson: Vocals and Guitar
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Down to the sea we go for a holiday, race on the sand, this is the only way, down by the sea, a once a year holiday.
So very sound to know that we're going down
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Religious building painted in the snow, it blows inside the night, the sparing light of cold.
My toes are all freezing, my hands I cannot see, my ears are barley covered,
Oh the ice will cease to be with us, a hollow crust, I seek to trust and be with us.
Love will go and walk outside me; I wake 100 years of frost.
Her boundless energy, believe in all it’s worth and see, believe in all its worth, when its gone.
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An empty vessel lies awake. I sink my ship, I loose my un- abandoned prey
And I want to see what’s in your way
I get horses down to ruin stages flying phase
And I’ve got no mind to be tied down or be confined
Baby I’ve got no mind
A sly snake moves and rattles thorns
And he cracks when he sees his ideas worn
Oh his thunder stolen, so put out
The tensions swollen and now there’s room for doubt
Room for doubt
And I’ve got no mind to be tied down or be confined
Baby I’ve got no mind
Oh I’ve been dreaming, dreaming drinking up my own mind! (repeat)
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Nick Stephenson London, UK
London based singer/songwriter. Passionate, hard hitting, dynamic, powerful and honest. Acoustic folk/rock with a sometimes punky edge.
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