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Jesus, The Devil and Me
03:15
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Well I dreamed that I saw Jesus on the wrong side of the tracks
He said “I’ve been gone for too long now, It’s time for my big comeback”
He was holding hands with the Devil, who’d already sold him his soul
and they danced with fools and followers, while the world spun out of control
Well The Devil walked beside me and he pointed out the road
he said “there’s no way back for you boy, cos the future’s been foretold”
as the storm blew in between us, this was no time to disagree
the world was tumbling into hell before Jesus the Devil and Me
Believers prayed and politicians played t
hey knew someone else would always pay
they made it clear, they would shed no tears for Jesus the Devil and Me
Then Jesus said “you better get with the plan, there’s nowhere left to hide
Truth and logic mean nothing but there’s something I need to confide”
he showed me a man with a gun in his hand screaming out ’I kill to be free’
I swear that evil, twisted soul looked like Jesus the Devil and Me
When believers pray and politicians play someone else will always pay
So, shake off your fears, don’t shed a tear for Jesus the Devil and Me
A politician knocked upon my door, he said ’Boy, I’ve got a beautiful plan’
I said ‘leave me alone, I’m not buying today’ he said ‘Let me help you understand’
‘With my silver tongue and a Bible in my hand ‘you know you can trust in me’
Then he told me who would be sacrificed for Jesus, The Devil and me
When the believers pray and politicians play
someone else will always pay
shake off your fears, don’t shed a tear for Jesus the Devil and Me
Jesus the Devil and Me
For Jesus, the Devil or Me
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Disappointment
02:34
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Sometimes its lonely hating you so hard
I wish I could forgive, forget and send a card
I wish I could not see you, I wish I was far away D
Your presence makes me angry, I don’t like to feel this way
But disappointment haunts me and it won’t let go
I need someone to touch me but no one wants to know
I will get up and leave some day, I promise that I will
I’ll leave you all behind me in this bitter chill
But you won’t even notice, cos nothing here will change
there’ll be an empty space, a funeral to arrange
It’s not that you’ve done anything
It’s not that your to blame
Its just that you don’t give a damn and everyone’s the same
And when I’m gone make sure my body burns
Someone else will take my place, it will be there turn
To get the disappointment blues, I wonder who’s in line?
In a world too busy, where no one has the time
But disappointment haunts me, and it won’t let go
I need someone to touch me but no one wants to know
Inst. break to finish
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Deep Down In My Blood
02:56
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Some days are better than other days
Some mornings I wake up in a haze
Never know why it happens, I'd shake it if I could
But those days are deep down in my blood
I wake up, I'm not feeling down
Take a look in the mirror I can't see a frown
No one's out to hurt me, no reason I can see
But that emptiness keeps coming after me
Cos those days are deep down in my blood
Life is only what I make it, I know it's up to me
To change the rhythm of my world and set my spirit free
But those days are deep down in my blood
Oh those days I should be feeling good
but nothing is feeling like it should
I’d change it if I could but they’re part of who I am
Turning up and messin’ with my plan
those days so deep down in my blood
Those days when nothing’s really wrong
Just sadness singing like a song
feeling tired and empty, and the only sound I hear
Is the silent scream of emptiness and fear
And those days. so deep down in my blood
Those days when I'm feeling on my own
Tired and broken to the bone
So many times I've been here, i know the reason why
I'm sad but I know it's just passing by
Cos those days are deep down in my blood
those days are deep down in my blood
those days are deep down in my blood
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Family Friends
02:49
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I saw him last night on the TV news
a man just like me saying he’d been abused
I tried not to cry but I had nowhere hide
when that man shed his tears like a broken child
for years he’d been silent, days came and went
he kept it all inside him, his lonely lament
no one believed him, when he spoke as a child
they called him wild and restless, he learned never to confide
he looked to the distance, a protection from the past
but when you break all connections, love will not last
and Fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers,
can’t always protect you from those family friends,
or those who would guide you on the duties of others
as they twist you and turn you till you break in the end
but now he’s telling his story while others still hide
the pain and the anger, a slow poison inside
In the dark of the night, hidden from sight
a man cries in pain though he knows it’s not right
when the pain and the anger, the guilt and the shame
came from family friends that no one will name
Fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers,
can’t always protect you from family friends,
or those who would guide you on the duties of others
as they twist you and turn you till you break in the end
they’ll twist you and turn you those family friends
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I want to be a better man I want to make you smile
It's never been my nature but I'll try it for a while
I'm gonna look inside myself, see what I can find
Maybe I can change my way if I can change my mind
'cos you make me want to be good
Feel like I really could
Take a new look at how I relate
You make me want to be good
I'm gonna start by touching you I'm gonna start with trust
It always has been hard for me but now I know I must
Let you come inside me, find my secret space
Take the risks, make the change, show it in my face
'cos you make me want to be good
Feel like I really could
Turn myself round, start all over again
You make me want to be good
You make me want to be good
I'm gonna make a new start, make it while I can
I'm gonna try so hard for you, to be a better man
I'll have to learn to listen before I have my say
It's gonna take a long time but Ill take it day by day
'cos you make me want to be good
Feel like I really should
Take a new look at how I relate
Yes you make me want to be good
You make me want to be good
You make me want to be good
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You stand beside me when I'm feeling blue
I'm feeling lost and I've stopped reaching out for you
You stick around and hold my hand
I'm crazy angry but you help me understand
That all I need to get through
To shake these lonesome blues
Is you
When I'm in pain, broken down once again
So burned and busted screaming 'I don't need a friend'
You feel my rage but your still standing next to me
I give you nothing but you give your love for free
I know when I'm feeling lost and blue
all I need to get through
Is you
I don’t know where you get the strength to keep on loving me
When darkness fills my head and I can’t see
When I've forgotten how to touch
a love that meant so much
But when I finally see you standing next to me
I can see our love is still true
all I need to get through
Is you
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7. |
Drawn and Quartered
04:00
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I have to leave you make it plain this reckless love is all in vain
I take the car just to let you see what your words have done to me
But you don't cry as you watch me go I know you love me but it doesn't show
I picked you up but you let me down the love I gave you never found
You say I've got to live without you, cos I can't reach you anymore
This love has drawn and quartered you. And you can't take it anymore.
You can’t take it anymore
It's raining hard and the wind is cold the chill inside takes control
The traffic slows and between my tears I see the wreck and I feel the fear
out on the road in a pool of blood. What love is lost in the rain and mud?
The crowd gathers and the sirens wail. The body's cold and the skin is pale
And through all this pain the blood and the rain
I swear I can hear your voice ringing clear
I've got to live without you I can't reach you anymore
this love has drawn and quartered me I can't take it anymore"
i can’t take it anymore
I see a face somewhere in my head. A broken heart an empty bed.
I wonder who'll be left alone a broken voice on the telephone
I think of you and I think of me if I was dead would you be free?
A stranger's voice on the telephone telling you I won't be home
But I don't want to live without you Cos I can't reach you anymore
This love has drawn and quartered me and I can't take it anymore
I don't want to live without you Cos I can't make it on my own
A broken heart on an open line and a love without a home
a love without a home
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8. |
Growing Pains
02:58
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When you were a child you looked up to me
but I was the one down on my knees
watching the TV, playing along
laughing together and singing our song
You asked your questions, why? how? and when?
Who knows what? and Who knows when?
fantasy schemes, hopes and dreams
we grew up together, if you know what I mean
time kept on moving but it felt just the same
I watched you grow taller through your growing pains
I know you still love me but it’s hard to explain
how the distance between us feeds my growing pains
these old growing pains
What of the future? What of the past?
when everything changes, the die is not cast
We can never stop growing, there’s no standing still
life is for living we have dreams to fulfil
Now and again I feel close to the end,
but who knows where? and Who knows when?
In the dark of night when there’s nowhere to hide
I wonder who is the parent? And who is the child?
Keep singing your song, with that simple refrain
loving and losing’s just a growing pain
and changes between us are part of the game
and the lessons I’m learning from these old growing pains
these growing old pains
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Hard Love
03:52
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Between me and you there’s a great divide
Bottled up and blue it’s something we hide
I don’t know how it could be this way
So hard to leave and so hard to stay
Sometimes I just say too much
Bite my tongue forget to touch
Mostly when there’s nothing left to do
I just fall back on my hard luck point of view
Hard love that’s the way it’s always been
Hard love pick up the pieces in between
Hard Love at the end of every dream
Things can change or stay the same
Who can tell? and who’s to blame?
What’s been hidden? what’s coming through?
Between the lies for me and you
Hard love that’s the way it’s always been
Hard love pick up the pieces in between
Hard Love at the end of every dream
Now my world’s a colder place
and my love has turned its face
and I’ve got nothing left of you
it’s hard to say what all this means
But you and I are caught between
Getting on or just getting by
I can’t let go, but it’s hard to try
Hard love that’s the way it’s always been
Hard love pick up the pieces in between
Hard Love at the end of every dream
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10. |
Blues For Daddy
03:05
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Every night I sit and sing, until you go to sleep
echoing days gone past, feelings buried deep
sometimes you lie and watch me
at other times you cry
I think of all the other nights I sang a sad little lullaby
Don’t be sad little baby, there’s no need to feel blue
Let’s sing the blues for daddy and a lullaby for you
You watch my fingers on the strings as tears run down your face
I sang these songs some years ago, for others in your place
Outside in the darkness old dogs howl and car doors slam
When you grow up I hope you will remember who I am
Don’t be sad little baby, there’s no need to feel blue
Let’s sing the blues for daddy and a lullaby for you
Your little fingers hold on tight and reach out for my hand
we come and go and people change who knows what has been planned
That human touch, skin to skin. and flesh upon the bone
can make us both feel better just to know we’re not alone
Don’t be sad little baby, there’s no need to feel blue
Let’s sing the blues for daddy and a lullaby for you
Don’t be sad little baby, though you don’t know what that means
While daddy sings a blue song go to sleep and dream sweet dreams
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Vincent O'Brien Manchester, UK
Originally from Dublin, Vincent spends most of his time in Manchester (UK) and Montanchez (Spain). Working solo and also with musicians from various bands and musical backgrounds he plays songs that draw on classic Americana, Blues, Country and Folk rock genres with a lyrical focus on dark tales about vampires, demons and other political tricksters. ... more
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