1. |
Perfect Skin
02:38
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So clean obscene
hyper realites
they flash past me all the while
and I knew I couldn't trust you
from your white toothed
crocodile smile
as you said
Don't be happy
when you're living on the outside
you must always
be dying to get in
and wear that perfect skin
Stormtroopers in uniform
kids play with guns on the square
and we stare
at the strong men
they'll save us from the bogeymen
this is a game of us and them
So don't be caught
living on the outside
you must always
be seen wearing
your perfect skin
(Billy Haynes)
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2. |
The Age of Romance
03:42
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From the betting shops
to the pawn shops
in the cold light of day
born live and die this way
with nothing new to say
and he was totting up the notches
on the post of his bed
when I saw him in the pub last night
and he turned round and said
This is the age of romance
I could tell you of love on the dole
or love on the student loan
but I don't really care
just don't like being on my own
and you've got something different
I'd like to know whether
you'll come away with me
find something better
Than this age of romance
Sometimes I feel
just so empty and shallow
I don't mean all I write and say
but what would you like to know?
I'll do the best that I can my love
no more than do the best
that I can my love
Dreaming of weddings
like ones in glossy magazines
lose yourself today and waste away
in grotesque fantasies
oh charming put a ring on my
fake tanned fourth finger
you can have me and hold me
I'll be yours forever
In this age of romance
(Billy Haynes)
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3. |
Things Fade
02:58
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Things fade away
into the middle distance
they said it was
a sorry fact of our existence
that always leaves me sitting
in this way
still begging you to stay
plead with you to stay
Cos I wouldn't know what to do
how to live with out you when you're gone
both of us know it's true
we've been this way far too long
Once in a while
I lose sight of the ties that bind us
thos promises, promises
they always seem to find us wanting
and though the gap between us
is a mobile phone
still much unknown and unshown
how could you or I ever know?
Fear claws
and I'm doubtfu as I lie beside the
ghosts of the past
that always seem to linger
I'm not certain
how it ever felt to me at all
it doesn't make sense anymore
(George Holt & Billy Haynes)
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4. |
Moonshine
03:21
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Voyuer led you away
cos you had started to stray
so far from
the truth and the light
and pin you up in a butterfly book
we'll all walk round, have a look
say my my
what a bruised and beaten hear
My moonshine was shy
and I'm blinded
I can't go out tonight
I won't be your heart's delight
Cos the portents painted
a gloomy picture
in my morning horoscope
black cats crossed my path
caught my tongue
and I lost hope of ever
Understanding
turn and sigh as they cry demanding
questions, questions
I don't have any answers
see well I can never tell
sometimes a blank page
might look so well
and you can see
what you want to see love
Throw away your angels
they don't love
like the blackened souls do
not like you no not like you
(Billy Haynes)
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5. |
Paperchains
02:28
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Life drifting through
the ruins of the space age
bound together
by paper chains
and all those dreams
that burst at the seams
lie in tatters
piece together what remains
But I know
well I know
That when I wander under blue sky
birds singing in my tree
out of sight out of mind
is somewhere free
so love me now and come with me
we can recline and sip the wine
watch our fickle futures
float on by
They'll tell you its wrong
they'll tell you
That the kings of the world
are gonna find you out some day
gonna bind you
in those paper chains again
oh no not me
I'm burning burnign I'm burning
paper chains
(Billy Haynes)
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