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Pony Princess
05:03
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A fall is waiting after the pride
see the fine lady out for a ride
humming a fairy tale fantasy song
the pony princess gallops along
A fever's burning, but her hands are cool
she waits in hope but feels a fool
as she tells herself it’ll be OK
though night is falling on another lonely day
Find your missing crystal slipper and buy a brand new dress
step into the folds of its sympathetic caress
find another place to hang your mirror ball
'cause princes don't come looking for princesses any more
Her heart is aching but her eyes are dry
her voice is shaking every time she lies
and tells herself it will be alright
though the dawn is breaking on another lonely night
The time has come for waking, the wicked witch has died
spindle’ stopped spinning and the spots of blood have dried
Smash the casket glass and spit the poisoned core
'cause princes don't come looking for princesses any more
The grain is counted and the golden fleece is plucked
after all the trials of Venus, you find your life still sucks
It's never going to be the way it was before
'cause princes don't come looking for princesses any more
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2. |
Now and Forever
03:43
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When I said I was glad that I met you
I meant now and forever
When I said I was glad that I met you
I meant now and forever
You don't want me back but you'll have me
Don't remember my face but you'll see me
Wouldn't know my voice but you'll hear me In your dreams.
In your dreams.
You won't get me out of your dreams
I'll take everything you've got but you'll give it
Drag you screaming all the way but you'll follow
When you dream, you'll be swimming then I'll drown you
Off a cliff I will push you
You'll be running like a deer
and I'll kill you in your dreams.
In your dreams.
You won't get me out of your dreams
We got this stuff between us
though civilisations collapse around us
When I said I was glad I met you
I meant now and forever
You never think about me in the day time
You're blissfully without me when aware
It's only when you're sleeping
I'll be there
It's only when you're sleeping
I'll be there
now and forever in your dreams
You will dream you are falling and I'll catch you
When you're lost in a maze
I will find you
We'll be fighting to the death
then I'll kiss you in your dreams
In your dreams, you wont get me out of your dreams
now and forever
falling falling falling
running running running
falling falling falling
running running running
I'll be in your dreams
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3. |
Beauty's Lament
05:26
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Written during the heady warehouse days as age began to stalk and beauty looked like leaving town - or being left behind. Geoffrey and I had just met and the song was written in that period of time during which we became inseparable. I was feeling acute about turning 40.
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Lifeline
04:23
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There's a passion vine twining round a tank stand
I'm starting to recognise faces in the street
I washed the Lifeline smell of other lovers from the sheets
and the phone on the wall no longer calls asking for somebody else
The kitchen's freshly painted
and a rag rug covers up a stain on the floor
A mismatch of cutlery is lying in a draw
and a little chipped vase of vaseline glass,
resting bravely on the table to remind me you said,
'I will love you forever' and declared, 'I'll never let you go'
I only listened for the word and not the way you said it.
Now I hope you won't find me again this time
The car needs a new radiator
I'll manage somehow though the money is tight
The miles and miles of that last lifeline flight
choked it with dust, stubborn as the rust
that keeps blooming like a bloodstain
Now your little girl is shaking the nightmares
she's given up waking up screaming in the night
And the song she sings on her lifeline swing
with her toes in the air and the wind in her hair is
drowning out the lie you said, when you said
'I will love you forever' and declared, “I will never let you go'.
I only heard the verb and not the way you said it
Now I know you won't ever find me again
This time This time This time
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5. |
Brave Heart
05:01
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Take hold of me, or I’ll go cold
stay close to me so I can mould
myself around you and unfold whispering songs of my
Brave heart
If you close your eye’s, I’ll disappear
Darkness will turn to fear and loathing
only silence hear the echo of the tears of my
Brave heart
Keep me curled inside your hand
a cricket in a match box and
wash yourself upon the sandy beaches of the island of my
Brave heart
Melt your kisses into mine
Turn my water into wine
Unclench my palm, read my mind and finger trace the line of my
Brave heart
Let your petals fall
and decorate me for
the courage of my
Brave heart.
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6. |
Evie
04:41
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Here comes Evie with a new boyfriend.
He's strutting round the place like he owns it.
But he can't see what I can see - the look in her eye,
I think it's over.
Slow down, you move to fast.
You're gonna walk before you can crawl
Take it easy, take it slowly,
If you want your love to last.
Ooh Eve ,he go an evil eye on you
telling you his love sill last forever
but you know the taste of empty promise
in a hasty lover
Poor little Evie, she's all alone now
Watching TV and taking take out
But she's staring at the telephone, like it's an omen
And if he calls she'll probably go there.
Slow down, go slowly, take it easy, don't go too fast,
If you want your love to last.
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7. |
Sweet Mathilda Waltz
02:53
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8. |
Sixteen Candles
04:01
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Sixteen Candles were discovered
in a house down by the water
hiding like lovers lucille amonia
you got a family don't run for cover
Lonely like sailors the sky is on fire
the anchor holds firm the heart's a lyre
Out on a jetty you were just floating away
lucille amonia
A mermaid found a swimming boy
picked him for her own
pressed his body to her body
and laughing, plunging down
forgot in cruel happiness that even lovers drown
oh oo - this is your lonely
lucille amonia ah ah
Viking Funerals don't come easy
You burn the boat and I'll keep the poems
After the fighting is done there'll be
Hel on at home Hel on at home
If your lonely heart breaks
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9. |
Hey Sheba
04:20
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7 days and 7 nights
7 trees in the garden of earthly delights
7 deadly sins and 7 seas
I see you but you can't see me
Promise me, he'll be mine
If you promise, promise, promise
I will dance for you
7 steps to heaven scale
Behind the hems of 7 veils
Ring around the rosie, slip together slide
Skip to my loo and I'll be your bride
I am the womb of every holt
I am the blaze on every hill
I am the queen of every hive
I am the shield to every head
I am the tomb of every hope
Here is a candle to light you to bed
Here is the chopper to chop off
Your your your your
7 years of famine, 7 years of feast
I'll be the princess, you be the beast
This little piggy goes wee wee wee wee
7 pillars of wisdom, who knows but me?
And if you promise, promise, he'll be mine
If you promise promise promise,
I will dance for you.
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10. |
Blue Guitar
03:27
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Follow you follow me Round and round the mystery of
why we are lovers
Drive me home in your car
Play me on your blue guitar
Take my hand I'll go with you
anywhere you want me to
Follow you follow me
Round and round the mystery of
Why we are lovers
And I will make you angel wings
And chain your mail with golden rings
Setting sail for foreign lands
Of harvest moons and caravans
You'll find inside a garden grown
where every tenderness is sown
and every beauty seems the same as
every other every day
follow you follow me
round the round the mystery of
Why we are lovers
and paradise is when your are
playing me on your blue guitar.
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11. |
Ribbons and Bows
05:10
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Swimming in a river of rocks and trees
reflection pooling all over me
drowning in a sea of tranquility
the music of the spheres a symphony
October moon is on the rise
burning like a fire in your eyes
Venus and the sea and you and me
and nothing as far as the eye can see
Lying here under a million stars
in the circle of my arms
you wake up to find yourself
tied up in ribbons and bows
A net of fireflies on the air
landed and stranded in your hair
feeling a stream of gleaming sand
falling on your skin from the palm of my hand
The Milky way is breaking like a wave on a hill
and the centre of the universe is perfectly still
sinking down into the height of night
A flock of dreams in the edge of flight
Lying here under a million stars
In the circle of my arms
you wake up to find yourself
tied up in ribbons and bows
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