1. |
Who Wants The World?
03:17
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2. |
The Organ Donor
04:21
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What's gonna happen to my car?
What's gonna happen to my house?
What's gonna happen to my stuff?
And my off-shore bank account?
What's gonna happen to my job?
What's gonna happen to my career?
What's gonna happen to my doubt?
What's gonna happen to my fear?
How long before all trace is gone
That I was ever even here?
What's gonna happen to my mind?
What's gonna happen to my soul?
What's gonna happen to my thoughts
If I should fail to make parole?
What's gonna happen to the moon?
What's gonna happen to the stars?
What's gonna happen to the world?
Who's gonna save the universe?
What's gonna happen when I'm gone?
I guess it's none of my concern
If I should die before I wake
I pray my organs you will take
I wish I'd been a better man
Sum of my parts are greater than
Before my spirit fades away
And muscle, blood and bones decay
Let this be my saving grace
Don't let my body go to waste
What's gonna happen to my blood?
What's gonna happen to my skin?
What's gonna happen to my eyes?
When will they see the light again?
What's gonna happen to my bones?
What's gonna happen to my brain?
What's gonna happen to my lungs?
When will they breathe the air again?
What's gonna happen to my heart
Oh let it fall in love again
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3. |
Until It's Not
02:30
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Speaking in tongues of Orwellian rhyme
Glassy eyed slogans gone with the tide
Wounded by words of a thousand paper cuts
Everything’s fine until it’s not
Most of the people most of the time
Crossing your heart then crossing the line
Open for business but shutting up shop
Everything’s fine until it’s not
Everything’s fine until it’s not
Everything’s fine until it’s not
Cut the ignition and roll to a stop
Everything’s fine until it’s not
And drink the past with our very last drop
Everything’s fine until it’s not
Everything’s fine until it’s not
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4. |
Into The Night
04:21
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Banging my head against a wall
My confident stance is in free fall
No parachute or safety net
Lost it all on a two way bet
I knew I shouldn't make the call
I had to win once and for all
Damned if I do and if I don’t
Party people at my throat
Something went wrong I can’t put right
Gave up the ghost without a fight
British bulldog has lost his bite
But I’m gonna dance into the night
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5. |
Twenty Twenty
02:24
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6. |
Happy Sad
04:16
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I'm sad when I'm happy
Happy when I'm sad
I'm bad when I'm good
Good when I'm bad
Some people like following orders
Some people have to be in charge
Some people choose healthy options
Some people go extra large
Some people like the sound of silence
Some people like the sound of their voice
Some people can’t make their mind up
Some people want an infinite choice
Some people eat chocolate digestives
Some people like custard creams
Some people are manic depressives
Some people think they’re living the dream
Some people watch George and Mildred
Some people watch Terry and June
Some people can’t wait for the future
Some people think it’s coming too soon
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7. |
The Inevitable
03:00
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Nothing to do but wait for the inevitable
(Repeat)
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8. |
Swimming With Sharks
04:42
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What do you do when you’ve had a bad day
And the four walls are closing you in?
The distant horizon is fading to grey
And your patience is fag paper thin
Your heart’s full of sorrows, your head’s full of woe
You’re a time bomb about to stop ticking
So go down to the shoreline and take off you clothes
And contemplate skinny dipping
And go swimming with sharks, swimming with sharks
You might gain a little perspective
When you're swimming with sharks, swimming with sharks
Where you know you won’t be rejected
Let the ocean seduce you and sweep you away
On a magic inflatable bed
When you come to your senses, you’re out of your depth
And in it right over your head
A familiar feeling grips you by the spine
As you realise you’re not alone
Your bodily functions are frozen in time
And you wish you were safely back home
When you’re swimming with sharks, swimming with sharks
You might gain a little perspective
When you're swimming with sharks, swimming with sharks
Where you know you won’t be rejected
As the dorsal fin circled I feared for my life
I didn’t think I would survive
But the moment it took me between those great jaws
I’ve never felt so much alive
When you’re swimming with sharks, swimming with sharks
You might gain a little perspective
When you're swimming with sharks, swimming with sharks
Where you know you won’t be rejected
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9. |
Heads In The Cloud
04:18
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Being up to the minute became his obsession
Constantly craving the latest information
Infinite updates and notifications
Oblivious to life going on all around him
Sounds, shapes and colours of mindless addiction
“It passes the time” is her justification
“Just give me a minute to complete the next level”
The devil makes games for the hands of the idle
They have their heads in the cloud
They have their heads in the cloud
Nobody else is allowed
When they have their heads in the cloud
They met in a place that doesn’t exist
It was love at first sight when they virtually kissed
Algorithmically matched they were soon swapping data
Sending sweet nothings with appalling bad grammar
They have their heads in the cloud
They have their heads in the cloud
Nobody else is allowed
When they have their heads in the cloud
Monitor heartbeats count our steps
Automate decisions hedge our bets
Relinquish free will without hesitation
The world we create is an hallucination
We have our heads in the cloud
We have our heads in the cloud
Nobody else is allowed
When we have our heads in the cloud
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11. |
Quid Pro Quo
03:32
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We are animals
We are vegetables
We are minerals
We are miracles
We are fallible
We are emotional
We are beautiful
We are miracles
Standing eye to eye
Standing toe to toe
This is how it goes
Living quid pro quo
Standing hand in hand
Standing nose to nose
This is how it goes
Living quid pro quo
We are comical
We are soluble
We are sociable
We are miracles
We are digital
We are programmable
We're forgivable
We are miracles
We are criminal
We are tactical
Indestructible
We are miracles
We are animals
We are vegetables
We are minerals
We are miracles
Standing eye to eye
Standing toe to toe
This is how it goes
Living quid pro quo
Standing hand in hand
Standing nose to nose
This is how it goes
Living quid pro quo
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12. |
You For Me
02:15
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Whenever I’m near you
In your vicinity
I lose my coordination
And verbal dexterity
You for me
Me for you
I’ve got to know
You feel it too
You’re spinning me in circles
In my centrifugal head
It’s no dress rehearsal
If I don’t act soon gonna wish I was dead
If you give me a chance
I know you won’t regret
You for me
Me for you
I’ve got to know
You feel it too
If you give me a chance
I know you won’t regret
Don’t let this be another night
I wish I could forget
You for me
Me for you
I’ve got to know
You feel it too
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Jim Pearson UK
"You never can be sure what kind of project Jim will come up with next, but you can always be sure it's gonna be pretty darn
good." Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music.
Jim's songs range from the whimsical to some of the most bitter and somber themes, yet always with a paradoxical childlike spirit that meets them head-on – wide-eyed and full of hopeful energy.
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