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Bella
02:47
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Why did they put you there?
My cold and hard done dear
Said being a spy don’t pay
It ‘aint the normal way
Hey Bella, why did they put you in the elm?
Its been many a’years for you
With your bones collecting dust
Were you a spy? Were you an innocent?
Were you a lie? from the government?
Well know one will know who the Bella could be
Could be a different girl under a different tree.
The poacher’s sons they cried
To Bella’s bones inside
What did they do to you Bella
My cold and hard done dear.
Take your money now Bella
We’ll never find your killer
And where you lay this is where you’ll stay
We’ll never find you Bella
Take your body now Bella
We’ll never find your killer
And where you lay this is where you’ll stay….
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2. |
Smoke House
04:06
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When it was before I could not see
it was a marriage of convenience a poor defence I know.
But now up on my high horse
I can see down to the discourse
I can see the burning wreck that was the show.
So take me down, to the smoke house
You can dry your evil ways
You can cook and shrivel up
Just like you know how (like you know how)
So take me down, to your smoke house
You can taste the wicked flavours
And alter your behaviours
Just like you know how (like you know how)
It is so easy to get blinded, to get catapulted
In the wrong direction, in the wrong lane of the road
But now we are decided, so decidedly confided
We can see the burning wreck that was the show
So take me down, to the smoke house
You can dry your evil ways
You can cook and shrivel up
Just like you know how (like you know how)
So take me down, to your smoke house
You can taste the wicked flavours
And alter your behaviours
Just like you know how (like you know how)
If you could take a hit
From the ones who love you most
Then you could take a penny or two
From the smoker, down at , the smoke….. House.
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3. |
I.O.U.
04:14
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Look me in the eye and say my friend
My trust in you, it has no end
Turn back to the skies, oh please, please
Remember me, in the best of my days
See looking back on what we said, I don’t know why
We were taught this love, could turn the tides
Give it some time now I believe
It needs this time, just to breathe
‘Cause in this heart, this heart of mine
This aching just ‘aint your crime
I……………I.O.U.
Look me in the eye and say my dear
Behind those eyes, Lies only fear
‘cause we can never know the love these days
Here today, ‘aint here always.
See looking back on what we said, I don’t know why
We were taught this love, could turn the tides
Give it some time now I believe
It needs this time, just to breathe
‘Cause in this heart, this heart of mine
This aching just ‘aint your crime
I……………I.O.U.
Said you, you say its changed
its not the same as it used to be
And I, I cant deny, I’ve been a little bit shy
been a little bit coy don’t know why
See looking back on what we said, I don’t know why
We were taught this love, could turn the tides
Give it some time now I believe
It needs this time, just to breathe
‘Cause in this heart, this heart of mine
This aching just ‘aint your crime
I……………I.O.U.
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4. |
Lost at Sea
05:28
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Sail on, sail on oh I will sail on
With nowhere to go, what can I do but come along, come along
We’ll use the bearings of the sun
The moon the stars the sky
Oh I… will come a long, long way yeah.
And they will say, they will say
We’re lost it seems
They will say, they will say
We’re lost at sea
And they will say, they will say
We’re lost it seems
They will say, they will say
We’re lost at sea
Knowing as we set for sea
Of all the beauty we had seen
All the place that we’d been
Don’t mean a thing yeah, mean thing
But it was the journey not the end
That set us up for times ahead
We say our long goodbyes
And then we cry, you an I.
And they will say, they will say
We’re lost it seems
They will say, they will say
We’re lost at sea
And they will say, they will say
We’re lost it seems
They will say, they will say
We’re lost at sea
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5. |
Bad News
04:17
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Well I woke up this morning
you turned tail and said why are you still here?
Well, I thought you were jokin’
Oh no, no, no, my dear.
Well somewhere in the drunken haze
I thought your misdirection was just overwritten not overwrought
But now it’s on a plate
I no longer have to wait, and so on forward!
Oh bad news it comes in threes
But good news, kicks back eventually
Oh bad news it comes in threes
But good news, kicks back eventually
Well to follow up on number one
Same day I lost my girl and then my job
But its ok, its ok if this is how its supposed to be
Then well we’ll see.
Well now I stand outside in the pouring rain
Locked out with no sign of the keys
But wait, whats that in my pocket, it the one that I forgot
It’s a’jingling jangling.
Oh bad news it comes in threes
But good news, kicks back eventually
Oh bad news it comes in threes
But good news, kicks back eventually
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6. |
Huer's Cry
03:39
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Step outside, my front door
The only sound I look for
Is the Huer’s cry
‘Cause all I needs my daily bread
With mouths to feed, I need your song my friend.
Oh Lonnie bring the shoals in, in… in…
Oh please, oh please won’t you come back again
So we wait for dark clouds in the depths below
Let the seas now boil, oh let the lines be thrown
‘cause one evening I’ll hear
Sweet sounds on the wind that echo on through
I’ll hear your cry my friend.
Oh Lonnie bring the shoals in, in… in…
Oh please, oh please won’t you come back again
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7. |
Church of Storms
04:37
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Oh Barnaby, it is so clear to see your dreams were taken
On the breeze, washed away by the rolling waves
As they lead you on the horses say
You can’t fight the tide, you won’t win this
You better walk away…
Now lead me on to the church of storms
I’ll settle my debts and bring on the force oh Barnaby
Now lead me on to the Church of Storms
I’ll show you one, I’ll show you all oh Barnaby
Now settle for this, let the blue caress
Let it kiss, let it lead you through this ecstasy
This sweet relief of the open sea
Oh there will always be a place watching over us
Down at the Church of Storms, Down at the Church of Storms
Now lead me on to the church of storms
I’ll settle my debts and bring on the force oh Barnaby
Now lead me on to the Church of Storms
I’ll show you one, I’ll show you all oh Barnaby
Oh Barnaby it is so clear to see it all now
Just float on, we’ll watch the waves for you
Down at the Church of… Storms…
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8. |
Do Yourself a Favour
03:38
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When it all comes down
And hits you like a tonne of bricks
Sucks the air from your lungs and the blood from your veins
Well it all comes down to how you deal with it
Don’t you scream and cry, don’t you worry about a thing
Do yourself a favour now and
see if you can run right back to our house
if you think it’s worth it I could tell you
everything you need to know
when it all comes down
When you leave this town and say you won’t be back again
There will be no magic fix, they will get you in the end
But it all comes down, to how you work up there
How those cogs turn around, how you’re wired up inside
Do yourself a favour now and
see if you can run right back to our house
if you think it’s worth it I could tell you
everything you need to know
when it all comes down
When you leave this town.
If you can’t help yourself, you will help no one
If you can’t build yourself up, you will fall
Just like the wall, your bricks and mortars doctors orders don’t mean anything
If you can’t help yourself, you will help no one.
When it all comes down…
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9. |
Spring Heeled Jack
03:44
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Joseph Darby, Joseph Darby jumper
Spring Heeled Jack, Spring Heeled Jack
Born down on Windmill End to Abe and Martha
Netherton lad, yes Spring Heeled Jack
Well you didn’t get much of an education
But that didn’t hold you down now dear Joe.
Now you can sling your weights
Jump the gap and win the race
There ‘aint no better, there ‘aint no better
You can jump the cut, throw yourself head over foot
There ‘aint no better, there ‘aint no better
Joseph Darby
Well by day you chip away at those nails for horses
You keep the furnace burnin’ for your dough
By night you don the miners cap and jump the cut forth and back
They call you a ghoul, Spring Heeled Jack they’ll say
But leapings where your talents lie dear Joseph
Jumpin’ is the game you like to play.
Now you can sling your weights
Jump the gap and win the race
There ‘aint no better, there ‘aint no better
You can jump the cut, throw yourself head over foot
There ‘aint no better, there ‘aint no better
Joseph Darby
Well you got so rich and you got so high
But it all came down to earth with a crash now why?
Well Collquit, he hit you where it hurt now
You lost your title and you lost your game.
Now your down at the Albion in
Still a hero serving ales telling tales of the wins
And though spring heeled, yes you’re long gone
Your story Joseph Darby will live on.
Now you can sling your weights
Jump the gap and win the race
There ‘aint no better, there ‘aint no better
You can jump the cut, throw yourself head over foot
There ‘aint no better, there ‘aint no better
Joseph Darby, Spring Heeled Jack.
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