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Little Things
03:02
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VERSE 1:
I will not promise easy dreams
Or castles made of gold
Flowers swaying in the breeze
I can give you those
The endless questions that you’ll ask
I’ll sometimes answer too
But often you will find the answers
Deep inside of you
CHORUS:
Those little things will always be important
Little things will always mean so much
The little ones we have to love
Need shelter from the skies above
Little things mean everything to you
The future’s made from little things we do
VERSE 2:
I can lend you strength when you are weary
I can hold you up when you are down
I can make you laugh when you’re unhappy
I can do those little things for you
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An Exercise in Beauty
02:52
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VERSE 1:
There are no recipes for beauty
It’s not in make up or in hair that shines
No exercise can give you everything you need
You can’t just practice all the time
CHORUS:
You can’t lock beauty in a cage
You can’t nail beauty down in a frame or on a page
There is no special way to make everything go right
You can’t make beauty overnight
VERSE 2:
There’s artifice in every move that’s made
There’s nothing captured by mistake
No self-help guide or step-by-step can show what to be
Those simple things all seem so fake
CHORUS:
There are no things that you can do, oh-oh
To make sure beauty comes to you, no
But if the moment feels just right
Like the way you look tonight
You’re an exercise in beauty every day
You’re an exercise in beauty every day
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VERSE 1:
With your head on the pillow
And your eyes on the clock
You can’t slow down
And you can’t stop
With the world running circles
Around your head
It makes you think
You’d be better off dead
CHORUS:
Don’t you worry yourself now baby
It isn’t all just charm and luck
Cos’ the world is full of questions honey
And the answers don’t seem to mean that much
VERSE 2:
With nowhere to run
And nowhere to hide
Pretty soon baby
You’ll be picking your side
With all your ambitions
Just a part of the game
The thought of loosing
Drives you insane
CHORUS:
Don’t you worry yourself now baby
It isn’t all just charm and luck
Cos’ the world is full of questions honey
And the answers don’t seem to mean that much
The world is full of questions baby
And the answers don’t seem to mean that much
The world is full of questions
Oh but the answers don’t seem to mean that much no more
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VERSE 1:
Sit around and drink all night
Get involved in every fight
It’s not a matter of what you want
You just have to
Get a scene that feels real tight
Full of people who think just right
It’s not a matter of choice
You know you just have to
CHORUS:
Turns out if things go right
I might not make it home tonight
Staying out’s not what I need
But I have to, have to, have to
I’ve got no self control
There’s something missing in my soul
Can only do what I’m told
When I have to, have to, have to, have to
VERSE 2:
Time will take away all you got
Make you feel like your fighting every loss
it’s not something you want
No but you have to
I’m going the wrong way down
A scale from smile to frown
It isn’t anything I’d ever want
But I have to
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VERSE 1:
Now she’s wearing her brand new clothes
A bag of coke and a lot of friends
Who think the party never ends
Yeah those kind of friends
She’s got a job and the pay’s real nice
Helps her lose herself nearly every night
Oh she wants to play
Yeah she just wants to play
CHORUS:
You want play out in the street
But simple trust is all you got
We’re all strangers when we meet
But simple trust is all we got
You wanna smile and run away
You really wanna go, but you wanna stay
Save it up for a rainy day
Simple trust is all we got
VERSE 2:
He really thinks he’s doing his own thing
Despite the millions just like him
They hardly think from sunrise to sunrise
Yeah those kind of guys
He thinks he’s smart cos’ he sees the tricks
But he never sees any of the bigger things
He doesn’t care if it’s really sick
Just as long as he gets his kicks
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VERSE 1:
Do you feel like a tortured soul
Living in a hell that you’ll never understand
Does it seem that every thought is wrong
Every action wasted, every hope is damned
Can you stand that nothing lasts
And your end will just be totally alone
Are the things you do completely wasted
Never changing anything
CHORUS:
The tortured soul can never know
That everything they do
No matter how small
No matter how it makes them feel
Reaches those who really need to see
That tortured is not how we’re meant to be
VERSE 2:
Do you feel misunderstood
Standing in a place where you never mean’t to be
You can make choices to run or stand your ground
You can be lost or found
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VERSE 1:
You can take my pride
You can take my dignity
You can take the fight
And you can steal the light
But you can’t take the sky away from me
And you can take my life
And you can take my history
You can bring me tears
And play with all my fears
But you can’t take the sky away from me
CHORUS:
Life in Wonderland
Welcome to life in Wonderland
Where crazy people scratch their heads
Then make up crazy rules instead
That’s life in Wonderland
VERSE 2:
You can take my rights
You can take my sanctuary
You can take the land
And you can make me stand
But you can’t take the sky away from me
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VERSE 1:
Rockers keep rocking
Boppers keep bopping
Twisting sideways
Always passing through
Thinkers keep thinking
Drinkers keep drinking
Sliding out from
Any point of view
Trusters keep trusting
Haters keep hating
Lovers keep loving
Even when the love is gone
Makers keep making
Breakers keep breaking
And we all think
It’s just a game
BRIDGE 1:
It’s the end of a strange day
Where nothing waits to try to take
Our breathe away
It’s just another day
CHORUS:
What a strange day in paradise
The clouds are grey
But still a smile on every face
Who thinks today’s the day
Such a strange day in paradise
Cos’ I can see
Not everyone is doing fine
So there’s (definitely) something wrong in paradise
VERSE 2:
Shakers keep shaking
Takers keep taking
Loosing every act
Of self-control
Blamers keep blaming
Gamers keep gaming
All to get
One over on the world
Liars keep lying
Triers keep trying
Movers keep moving
Till they’re run right off the road
Sighers keep sighing
Buyers keep buying
All to get the things
They think they’re owed
BRIDGE 2:
It’s the end of another day
And still there’s something happening
But that can wait, yeah that can wait
Until another day
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INTRO:
If there’s a heart that beats in me
Then all the love it makes will stick around
And dance forever
VERSE 1:
There was a hush that took the room
A moment crystallised, and set aside
Preserved in amber
I thought a light came on inside
The clearest vision I had ever known
CHORUS:
Only you can dance your dance
Only you can sing your song
Only you can take the chance
And be where you belong
VERSE 2:
You know I think that beauty tries to hide
Among the greyness every colour shines
And shines forever
But you don’t hide it very well
It’s there in everything you ever do
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VERSE 1:
Do you feel like a tortured soul
Living in a hell that you’ll never understand
Does it seem that every thought is wrong
Every action wasted, every hope is damned
Can you stand that nothing lasts
And your end will just be totally alone
Are the things you do completely wasted
Never changing anything
CHORUS:
The tortured soul can never know
That everything they do
No matter how small
No matter how it makes them feel
Reaches those who really need to see
That tortured is not how we’re meant to be
VERSE 2:
Do you feel misunderstood
Standing in a place where you never mean’t to be
You can make choices to run or stand your ground
You can be lost or found
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Ian Luckett (Data) Birmingham, UK
No autotune - EVER!
You may notice I use lots of harmonies in vocal overdubs, but it is always just my voice with maybe some echo and a little bit of reverb!!!!!
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