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C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)
I Aint Saying My Goodbyes
If You Want
A Little Word In Your Ear
If I Had Changed My Mind
The Lower The Sun
Cover
Nothing But Green Lights
On The Road
That Can Be Arranged

Other

Don't Jump
Summer Fall
Things Are Here To Stay
Blessing In Disguise
One Horse Race
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C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)

You set the fire in me C-C
It's like I've learnt how to breathe easily
Photographed for a fashion magazine
It's just you, your God and me

I know it can't be easy for you

You set the fire in me C-C, you set the fire in me

Why go home when you'd rather see me
Feels like all my heart can do now is bleed
We should go down to the sea
It's just you, our God and me

I know it can't be easy for you

You set the fire in me C-C, you set the fire in me

You set the fire

You set the fire in me C-C, you set the fire in me

C-C

 

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I Aint Saying My Goodbyes

There is still so much to see
There is still so much to do
I can't be more than half way through

I know I'm wasting precious time
But I'll take it in my stride
I've got a lot of things to put right

Don't get upset
It's not my time yet
I Aint Saying My Goodbyes

You can't take life out if me
You can't take it out on me
I know a good enough reason will come along

I can't tell you how it feels
Aint no other way you'll heal
All these young men obsessed with death

Don't get upset
It's not my time yet
I Aint Saying My Goodbyes

You don't get upset

 

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If You Want

If you want fire then we better start smoking
If you want water then we better start crying
If you want ice then we better start drinking
If you want tears then we better start dying

I guess you're proud to be different

If you want sleep then we better start dreaming
If you want a war then we better start fighting
If you want lies then we better start confessing
If you want forgiveness then you better start apologising

I guess you're proud to be different

If you want the truth then we better start lying
If you want to feel then we better start touching
If you want air then we better start breathing
If you want to die then we better start living

I guess you're proud to be different

 

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A Little Word In Your Ear

Last night I had a dream about everybody here
You were all wearing smart red tops in the opening scene
Looking at me kinda strange cos I was wearing old jeans
Talking to each other, the cigarettes you smoke have no smoke to blow...

...at me, a little word in your ear, a little word in your ear, girl

You got the dates mixed up in your diary
You sent the moment back to have it re-done
Because you sing but I know you'll never sing to me
It comes to my attention that when you talk you always talk...

...at me, a little word in your ear, a little word in your ear, girl

All right it's a little word, I'm so tired and in love
It's summer time in your little sunrise eyes.

...at me, a little word in your ear, a little word in your ear, girl

 

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If I Had Changed My Mind

If I said that we could fly
Around the world two thousand times
If i said that baby your smile
Had taken me by surprise

If I had changed my mind, would I be here

You groan to passing guests
Your car has run out of gas
If i said you're working to hard
Would you be there in my mind

If I had changed my mind, would I be here

Would I be, could I be, here, come on

If I had changed my mind, would I be here

would I be here

 

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The Lower The Sun

Looks like its over being summer
Looks like its all going to rust
Looks like you know who your friends are
Looks like you know who to trust
Looks like I'm opening doors now
Looks like they're closing behind
With a pocket full of Polaroids
I'll take your picture again

The lower the sun the taller the shadows become

Looks like we'll talk through our friends now
Looks like its come to an end
Looks like I'm taking you with me
We went to fast through the bend
Looks like I'm covering windows
Looks like the moon is our friend
I sit here waiting for night-time
On the seasons it depends

The lower the sun the taller the shadows become

 

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Cover

When you get home there's gonna
Be a big present waiting on your bedside table, she said

It's your Stanley Knife smile cutting in to me

That's why I cover my ears when you talk to me, that's why

So you sit there sister getting cold
With only Camel Lights to keep you warm
In a great big car now, polluting
That coffee cup has never looked so good

It's the way you say my name like you're joking

That's why I cover my ears when you talk to me, that's why

You're not gonna get very far with a smile like that

That's why I cover my ears when you talk to me, that's why

 

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Nothing But Green Lights

I can see your eyes from here
And I can't see anything in between
Everything I thought I ought to know about you
Has vanished
like the snow When the sun comes out
There's nothing but green lights from here
Nothing but open roads
You and I, are gonna drive ourselves out of this town
In a 1989 black Mercedes Benz

I can hear your voice from here girl
And I can't hear any other sound
No need to spend any more time apart
That's it, I'm not being left out any more
I gotta hold on what's going on
I've got my foot in the door
So to speak
There's nothing but green lights from here
There's nothing but green lights from here

 

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On The Road

You said I was a back seat driver

You said I was the road-map reader

You said I was the driving licence

On the road

You said I was the hand-brake

You said I was the glove compartment

On the road

 

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That Can Be Arranged

Your carpet is blue so that it matches your shoes
Its the way drains smoke in New York
And it's in everything you do
You bashed your head and I found something to do
I made up memories about me and you
It's like playing with your food

It's like playing with your food

That can be arranged, she said, that can be arranged

When I see litter on the street I think of you
It's the way you talk in two's and it's whatever I fell through
How many radiators have you got on in your house
Do they make you feel warm at night
And do they tell you what to do

Do they tell you what to do

That can be arranged, she said, that can be arranged

That can be arranged

Your carpet is red so that it matches your hair
It's the way the neon buzzes in Las Vegas, yeah

Its in, everything you do

 

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Don't Jump

Please don't jump into the arms of another
I can't control myself
Please don't jump into the bed of a stranger
I can't contain myself

A little white boy tips you over
These are the things we were warned about
A little white boy tips you over
These are the things that we read about

 

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Summer Fall

If I ever asked for anything in life it would be your smile on a white shirt
Not a trace of dirt
Yeah we got home safely in the car
Thanks to ABS brakes it didn't hurt

Yeah I like Punk Rock baby
I'm a drummer in a band that hasn't got off the ground
Summer doesn't taste like summer anymore
Summer doesn't taste like summer anymore

Summer fall you're very beautiful

If I ever asked for anything in life it would be your eyes recorded on Super-8 film
I get lost in car parks for you
I drive around car parks

Yeah I like fast cars baby
I'll take you for a ride when I save up for one
Summer doesn't smell like summer anymore
Summer doesn't smell like summer anymore

Summer fall you're very beautiful

Is there nothing i can't say to you

If I ever asked for anything in life it would be your laughter
Recorded on a dictaphone tape

Summer doesn't feel like summer anymore
Summer doesn't feel like summer anymore

Summer fall, beautiful

 

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Things Are Here To Stay

To be true to life we're gonna have to tell you how it is
These are the things you like, the clothes you wear and the way you are
To be true to life we're gonna have to let you know
There are some changes that have to be made

Things Are Here To Stay

To be true to life we're gonna have to work out what
Is the best way you can be yourself
To make it seem real we're gonna have to really think
How to make it look and feel and sound

Things Are Here To Stay

 

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Blessing In Disguise

You strike the right chord in me

 

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One Horse Race

I said honey if you ever died
I'd be mortified for 45
Sweetheart if our worlds collide
We'd both be bruised inside

I am the muscle between your legs
I am the air keeping you alive
We sleep under the street lights
Hoping tonight will be the night

I said baby all the love you give
Broken bones and cartilage
We're walking throught the docks tonight
Looking out for the lights

Feel the shimmers of the earthquake
Breeding animals that keep you awake
Feeling at one with the falling snow
More than anybody cares to know

I don't have enough to last me through
And no amount of faith will do
We're broken but we fit together
You are the glue between my parts

I am the silent assassin
I am the silent assassin
You are the star in your own game show
More than anybody cares to know

One horse, one horse
This is a one horse race

This is not a test of faith

 

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I'd be lost without you

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