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Piano one
01:08
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Chat room
04:21
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Over to you Bob!
03:53
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Over to you Bob!
Every night at six pm
I sit in the house with my TV on
There’s a man I watch who I admire
With o-zone hair and smart attire
I live a life of luxury
With a remote control sitting on my knee
But I wish that I was just like him
The epitome of the American dream
It’s over to you Bob! Over to you Bob!
Read us the news from your autocue
He likes to keep his image clean
But he’s Mr. Hyde when he’s off-screen
He wears the most expensive clothes
His fortune’s going up his nose
He was caught messing ‘round with a porno queen
He’s forty-two she’s just nineteen
He’ll try anything you’ve got to sell
Because he’s far too popular to go to jail
Now it’s over to you Bob! Over to you Bob!
Read us the news from your autocue
He got a wake-up call he can’t ignore
They shut the door on him at Betty Ford’s
Now his wife has left him with the kids in tow
And he lost his job from his own TV show
He’s kept his popularity
But he ain’t the man he used to be
It’s over to you Bob! Over to you Bob!
Read us the news from your autocue
©Jim Pearson 2008
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There must be something wrong with the world
When rules of thumb turn out all wrong
When this way up is upside down
When have-not’s have and have’s have-not
When we appreciate what we’ve got
Somewhere there are children who are starving
My food doesn’t cost as much as the packaging
There must be something wrong with the world
When we understand the technology we use
When we learn to walk in other people’s shoes
When religious leaders lose their faith in deities
When the populations worship human frailties
Somewhere there are children working in factories
If don’t like the clothes I’m wearing I’ll give them to charity
There must be something wrong with the world
©Jim Pearson 2008
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Keep ahead of the Joneses
You had to buy a new TV with a lifetime guarantee
To restore your sense of chi and your superiority
Keep ahead of the Joneses
Keep rubbing their noses in it
You’ve got a brand new car
You’re better off than them by far
So many ways to help you pay don’t save it for a rainy day
When offers come your way you can hear yourself say
Keep ahead of the Joneses
Keep rubbing their noses in it
You’ve got a brand new car
You’re better off than them by far
You could end up in so much debt it would be cheaper being dead
So take your problems to the grave and count the money you’ll save
Keep ahead of the Joneses
Keep rubbing their noses in it
You’ve got a brand new car
You’re better off than them by far
©Jim Pearson 2008
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Everybody wants
02:38
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Everybody wants
Everybody wants to drive a motorcar
Even if the destination isn’t very far
We’re concerned for the environment
When it isn’t inconvenient
Everybody wants to drive a motorcar
Everybody wants to raise a happy home
On a piece of land that we can call our own
With barbed wire and electric fence
Because self-defence is common sense
Everybody wants to raise a happy home
By now you should have figured out somehow
If you think this life is just a test
Don’t save yourself and damn the rest
Everybody wants a good old-fashioned war
Then at least we’d know what we are fighting for
Freedom and security but they don’t mean the same to me
Everybody wants to drive a motorcar
But is that worth dying for?
©Jim Pearson 2008
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Storm
03:44
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Storm
You didn’t heed the warning so you must ride the storm
Batten down your hatches baby and hide behind the door
The atmospheric pressure is bearing down on you
But don’t look out your window baby ‘cos you won’t like the view
Now it’s too late to evacuate and there’s nothing you can do
He doesn’t like the clothes you wear if you don’t dress for him
He doesn’t want you to change your hair but he wants to know everywhere you’ve been
The atmospheric pressure is baring down on you
And the darkening skies are in his eyes when he’s had more than a few
He can’t disguise that look in his eyes and there’s nothing you can do
He wants to tell you something but you won’t understand
You’re the only thing in his fucked-up life that makes him feel like a man
He loves you
Hasn’t he told you?
He loves you
He just wants to hold you
Down
©Jim Pearson
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Long way home
When I beheld my lucky charm watching at the village dance
I knew I had to take her arm before I joined the boys in France
I believe some things are meant to be
When I needed her my darling came to me
I told her I was scared to death and didn’t want to be alone
She whispered with an angel’s breath “Walk with me the long way home”
I believe some things are meant to be
When I needed her my darling came to me
But I’ve been changed by the mud and bloody gore
I doubt she’d even recognise the boy I was before
The silence of the day’s first light is weighing heavy on our bones
With every muscle pulling tight it’s time to walk the long way home
I believe she was with me when I fell
She led me from the gaping jaws of hell
And I believe she lay down next to me
She kept me warm until I fell asleep
When I awoke from her gentle lullaby
I was in a field of poppies there was nothing left to die
She walked with me the long way home
©Jim Pearson 2008
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How can I live without you now?
How can I live without you now?
After I’ve grown used to you
How can you leave me on my own?
After all I’ve done for you
I can’t look after myself
I can’t even boil an egg
I can’t look after myself
I can’t even work the washing machine
©Jim Pearson 2008
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Lost
03:20
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Lost
You’ve got a restless feeling you can’t put your finger on
You don’t know where you’re going or where you’re coming from
You never counted your blessings
You only count the cost
If you keep changing direction
No wonder you are lost
Has someone torn the last page from your favourite book?
Perhaps you’ll find it in the last place that you look
We never counted out blessings
We only count the cost
The world keeps changing direction
No wonder we are lost
©Jim Pearson 2008
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Bucket of tears
04:18
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Bucket of tears
You can’t put out a fire with a bucket full of tears
You can’t put out a fire that hasn’t been alight for years
The touch of your fingers still burns
I don’t know if I’m ever going to learn
You can’t quench desire with a bottle full of tears
You can’t quench desire in the end it disappears
I can still taste your lips on my mouth
I don’t want to believe in my doubts
You’ve got a secret you don’t want to keep
You only believe it when you are asleep
You’re saving yourself for the man in your dreams
I’m sorry he couldn’t me
You can’t cheat a liar with a pocket full of tears
You can’t cheat a liar I was just a volunteer
Bitter words on the end of my tongue
I don’t think either one of us will be strong
I can see when I look in your eyes
There’s someone I no longer recognise
©Jim Pearson 2008
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I'm happy. You're sorry.
02:11
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I’m happy. You’re sorry
You wanted me to be alone
Alone on my own
You didn’t want me to find someone
Someone of my own
I’m sorry I’m happy
Be careful what you wish for because wishes can come true
You cut your nose off just to spite my face
Now it’s you that looks ridiculous because no-one wants to take my place
I’m sorry I’m happy
I’m happy. You’re sorry
©Jim Pearson 2008
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Sinking ship
03:48
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Sinking ship
I had a crazy dream the day before you called
I was on a sinking ship you were in a rowing boat
The waves began to calm when I took your outstretched arm
We drifted off for many days and left the wreck behind
When I ran out of things to say you said you didn’t mind
You saved me from the storm and your friendship kept me warm
I hardly recognised your voice
You said “hello it’s me, it’s been so long”
I made a selfish choice, I said
“I’m sorry but you’ve got the number wrong”
Thankfully we made dry land before we died of thirst
I said, “if you ever need a helping hand be sure you call me first”
Somehow we survived so we got on with out lives
I hardly recognised your voice you said
“Hello it’s me, it’s been so very long”
I made a heartless choice, I said
“I’m sorry but I think you’ve got the number wrong”
I had a crazy dream the day after you called
It was you that went down in the storm and somehow I had stayed afloat
And to my endless shame I watched you slowly drown
And I never heard from you again
©Jim Pearson
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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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