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Your Stupid Life
03:31
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You and your stupid life
Two point four kids and a wife
Mortgaged up above your brow
You can’t escape you don’t know how
You and your stupid life
A law abiding archetype
Master of obscurity
But no one takes you seriously
Wine tasting time wasting
The Sunday roast needs basting
Time wasting wine tasting
Pull up your socks and go to work
You and your stupid life
Have given up without a fight
Everyone is on the take
But you can barely stay awake
Wine tasting time wasting
Forever cut and pasting
Time wasting wine tasting
Straighten your tie and go to work
Wine tasting time wasting
It’s your stupid life your facing
Time wasting wine tasting
Pull up your socks and go to work
Wine tasting time wasting
It’s your stupid life your facing
Time wasting wine tasting
Tear off your clothes and go berserk
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2. |
The Sea
05:04
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I live for the sea
I live to be free
I live to be me
I live for the sea
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3. |
The Horse's Mouth
03:32
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I came to ask the horse’s mouth
Once and for all let’s have it out
Off the record if you must
Redacted and anonymous
Do you believe the lies you spin?
Delivered with a rictus grin
I’m glad you see the funny side
Dishonour is a badge of pride
Guilty parties get away
With secrecy and NDAs
Money pays for loyalty
When you’re as rich as royalty
The public interest won’t be served
By the legal teams who groom your words
Your manufactured get out clauses
Are sponsored by unworthy causes
So guilty parties get away
With secrecy and NDAs
Money pays for loyalty
When you’re as rich as royalty
I’d like to think there’ll come a day
When moral debt will be repaid
But lying with authority
Is credited as honesty
I came to ask the horse’s mouth
Once and for all without a doubt
A broken record we can’t trust
Corrupted and preposterous
The public interest won’t be served
By journalists who mince their words
You can’t believe they’re on your side
Dishonour is a badge of pride
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4. |
Tinseltown
03:51
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She took a ride to Tinseltown
To meet the guy with deadpan eyes
A golden opportunity
To showcase her variety
He showered her with compliments
“You’re a rose about to bloom”
But first she must audition for him
In his hotel room
Make me a star
The moment that the door was closed
He dropped his inhibition
And just like that took off his clothes
With rightful expectation
But her mother didn’t raise a girl
Inclined to acquiesce
And so her a-list body
Stayed inside her favourite dress
Make me a star... but I won’t be your whore
No one dared to speak his name
Or break their vow of silence
Because of his connections
His lawyers and his finance
He offered her a fortune
If she’d sign a non disclosure
Instead she turned the spotlight
On his predatory behaviour
One by one her sisters spoke
Of stigma and abasement
And reimbursed the shame and hurt
With sweet revenge and just desserts
You left a scar... but we won’t be afraid... anymore
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5. |
I Need You
02:55
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I only see you in my dreams
You taste of Pepsi Cola
But in my harsh reality
I know of no one like ya
I
need
you
I thought I’d find you on the bus
Or in the supermarket
When you lay your eyes on me
Please put me in your basket
I
need
to
know
you
You must be somewhere out there
Maybe just around the corner?
I wish someone would tell me
If I’m getting any warmer
I
need
to
know
you
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6. |
I Wish I Could Be Happy
01:54
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7. |
Mr Charisma
04:03
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Mr Charisma has a way with his words
They dance on his tongue like the dawn chorus birds
Mr Charisma is the life of the party
He’s so entertaining with his face in the gravy
Mr Charisma has a childish ambition
He just needs a slogan and a shady donation
Mr Charisma’s got friends in high places
Who owe him a favour for a tip at the races
Mr Charisma is a man of the people
But don’t think for a moment he considers you equal
Mr Charisma will make you a believer
He’s the kind of messiah who turns wine into water
Mr Charisma’s a vote winning junky
If you grind the organ he’ll dance like a monkey
Mr Charisma always floats to the top
He’s the toast of the town and he won’t spill a drop
He’ll promise you this he’ll promise you that
He’ll say that your lifestyle is under attack
He’ll tell you the future is yours on a plate
But you won’t feel the hook until you’re choking on the bait
Mr Charisma believes his own lies
At the slightest commotion he severs all ties
Mr Charisma can’t handle rejection
He thinks of the truth as an unfair election
Mr Charisma is out of his depth
He lies awake thinking how to fake his own death
Mr Charisma is a titanic loser
Not fit for the office he turned into a boozer
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8. |
Sixteen Years
04:57
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I used to worry while she was gone
She went out shopping, said she wouldn’t be gone long
But sixteen years have passed me by
Since they found me guilty ‘cos I didn’t have a alibi
Since she came back they set me free
I got a pardon but I got no apology
But after sixteen years dependency
The only place I call my home is in the penitentiary
I begged forgiveness from above
Before I shot the only girl who I will ever love
I waited for the cops and handed them my gun
I said “take me back to prison boys, justice must be done”
Finally they’ve come to shave my head
For sixteen years I waited to be dead
So bury me next to the girl who caused me so much pain
And write this on my headstone “She will never leave my side again”
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9. |
Lifeline
02:24
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Sometimes I feel lucky
Sometimes I feel cursed
You have seen the best of me
And seen me unrehearsed
In the middle distance
Looking back in time
Whenever I was drowning
You were my lifeline
I would never be me without you
Sometimes I’m ungrateful
Even when I’m blessed
I have been your VIP
And uninvited guest
On the edge of reason
Through the mist of time
Whenever I’m disoriented
You are my lifeline
I would never be me without you
Are everything that rings true
Us forever nothing will undo
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10. |
Be Yourself
03:48
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Keeping up appearances is just a waste of time
A waste of his a waste of hers a waste of yours and mine
Disposable acquaintances abbreviated sentences
Nothing seems to matter when the world is in decline
A little bit of what I need a lot of what I don’t
I can’t resist temptation it’s got me by the throat
Statistical analysis there’s only one way out of this
The water’s getting deeper and I forgot to build a boat
Darling put your hand in mine forever be my valentine
As long as we’re together we can keep ourselves afloat
Be yourself be yourself you’re not like anybody else
You’re a perfect individual a blessing and a miracle
Be yourself be yourself don’t be afraid to ask for help
I’ll be there when you need me even if you cannot see me
Sitting with my back against the wall facing the sun
Wondering how I got here and where I’m going when I’m gone
It’s time to call a favour in we all end up where we begin
Another battle’s over in a war that can’t be won
Darling put your hand in mine forever be my valentine
It’s hard to leave a party when we’re having so much fun
Be yourself be yourself you’re not like anybody else
You’re a perfect individual a blessing and a miracle
Be yourself be yourself don’t be afraid to ask for help
I’ll be there when you need me even if you cannot see me
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11. |
More Than Money
03:44
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I couldn’t wake this morning
Thought I’d sleep it off ‘til noon
I didn’t catch the early bird
Or make love under the moon
I thought the angels were a-singin
Holy Moses in my head
It’s the tinnitus that’s ringing
I got to make my daily bread
Do you love me more than money?
I haven’t seen the glory
Of the coming of the Lord
I don’t remember nothing
It’s like I’ve fallen overboard
I need to find that woman
Who’s given me the slip
She took the apple from my eye
And left me with the pip
Do you love me more than money?
Do you love me more than money?
I never made a fortune
I haven’t left a cent
I squandered every moment
I just don’t know where it went
There’s something in the distance
That I can barely see
What’s left of my devotion
Says she’s coming after me
I’m not gonna dodge the bullet
So I’m puffin out my chest
Have my commiserations
For leaving you bereft
Do you love me more than money?
Do you love me more than money?
Do you love me more than money?
Do you love me more than money?
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12. |
Nobody Watching
03:47
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Ever get the feeling that you’re under observation
Someone out there wants to know your every inclination
Standing in the madding crowd in solitary confinement
According to your shrink you should be living in the moment
You signed away your privacy without consideration
But your predicted future hasn’t met your expectation
You’ll only know true happiness when you give up the ghost
So self address an envelope and drop it in the post
What brings us all together
Is our sense of doom
With your imaginary partner
Dance like no one’s watching you
You try and try and try again but don’t take it to heart
If you can’t amount to the summation of your parts
So you stumble on and on until you’re hopelessly off course
Guided by the absence of an enigmatic force
What brings us all together
Is our sense of doom
With your imaginary partner
Dance like no one’s watching you
What brings us all together
Is impending doom
With your imaginary partner
Dance like no one’s watching you
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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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