1. |
Faithless Lover
02:45
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Faithless lover
Heartless thing
For you I'll swing
And for no other
Faithless lover
Faithless lover
Faithless lover
Under your spell I fell
Now I discover
Faithless lover
Faith no more
Faithless lover
Faithless lover
Faithless lover
Under your spell I fell
Now I discover
Faithless lover
Faith no more
Faithless lover
Faith no more
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2. |
Lonesome Reverie
02:55
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Raindrops are falling on the city's glitter heart
Everywhere there are lovers like we once used to be
Each turn I take reminds me how we're now apart
And I'm lost in a lonesome reverie
Over there is where we found that little park
On the day you decided to say that you love me
I mean to drive on by but as I'm parking up
I get into a lonesome reverie
I don't want to live this way
Clinging on to yesterday
And a memory of what once used to be
So I turn for home, torn reluctantly
From a lonesome reverie
I don't want to live this way
Clinging on to yesterday
And a memory of what once used to be
So I turn for home, torn reluctantly
From a lonesome reverie
I am lost in a lonesome reverie
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3. |
You Inspire Me
03:12
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You inspire me
When my eyes begin to glaze
You inspire me
In so many ways
When I'm on the ground
You seem to know
How to pull the blessings down
And spread them all around
You inspire me
When my well is almost dry
You inspire me
And in the twinkling of an eye
I’m back on my feet
You're so inspiring to me
The road is long
And it winds through the night
But when you're near
You let there be light
You inspire me
When my eyes begin to glaze
You inspire me
In so many ways
I am back on my feet
You're so inspiring
I don't have to wish upon a star
That's how inspiring you are
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4. |
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Well, I go around the world
And this is what I do
I say love's a hurting thing
'Cause I know it to be true
When I get up in the spotlight
And my story has begun
I try to explain
What lack of love has done
And though I do it nightly
It never is the same
For it’s a never ending story
Of jealousy and blame
I know what you're saying
That I'm on the run
But there is nowhere to run
From what lack of love has done
I go around the world
And this is what I do
I climb up on a stage
And I tell them about you
I try to keep it short
I don't want it to get old
So you'll sympathize
After it’s been told
Well, I hear what you're saying
That I'm on the run
But there is nowhere to run
From what lack of love has done
No, there is nowhere to run
From what lack of love has done
What lack of love has done
What lack of love has done
What lack of love has done
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5. |
Time I Took a Holiday
03:31
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It's time I took a holiday
Before I blow my top
I've got to kick my shoes off
Before I drop
I want to go somewhere quiet
And not overlooked
So me and my baby
Can go get cooked
Whoa, yeah
It's time I took a holiday
Before I blow my stack
I've got to turn the light down
And just relax
I want to get some attention
In my baby's arms
And just be thrilling
To her tender charms
Whoa, yeah
I want to get some attention
In my baby's arms
That's not to mention
All her charms
It's time I took a holiday
It's time I took a holiday
Time I took a holiday
Whoa, yeah
It's time I took a holiday
I'm tired, tired, so tired
It's time I took a holiday
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6. |
Failed Christian
03:56
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I'm a failed Christian
I don't go to church
I smoke and I drink
And I lie and I curse
It never got to me
Your sermon and all
You talked and talked
About nothing at all
I'm a failed Christian
Failed Christian
I've got two recollections taking the collection
And tears when the choir sang in harmony
It scared me half to death
I swore as I left
With a inside pocket full of change and memories
I'm a failed Christian
Failed Christian
I'm a failed Christian
I've got my own church
I pray with my soul
To this great universe
All over the world
The blood’s on their hands
Religious instruction
I can't understand
I'm a failed Christian
Failed Christian
I'm going to meet my maker
A firm believer
Of spirit in music
There's a prayer in a song
I'm a failed Christian
And if I'm going under
Then you're coming with me
That much I can tell
I'm a failed Christian
Failed Christian
Failed Christian
Failed Christian
Failed Christian
I’m a failed Christian
Failed Christian
Failed, failed Christian
I’m a failed Christian
I'm a failed Christian
I don't go to church
I smoke and I drink
And I lie and I curse
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7. |
Man That I've Become
02:53
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There's a kind of man that you sometimes meet
World’s passing him by on winged feet
He walks around with his senses numb
If you know him
That's the kind of man that I’ve become
The kids all know him 'cause when they play
He comes and shoos them away
He's irritated by everyone
If you know him
That's the kind of man that I’ve become
The friends he had are so-called now
They all slipped away somehow
He's had the blues much more than some
If you know him
That's the kind of man that I’ve become
He won't go to church
‘Cause his faith’s all gone
The sweet singing of the choir
Will only drive him home
As for comfort
He hasn't got a crumb
If you know him
That's the kind of man that I’ve become
He won't go to church
It's too loud for him now
The sweet singing of the choir
Nothing but a row
His heart’s a prune
When it once was a plum
If you know him
That's the kind of man that I’ve become
If you know him
That's the kind of man that I’ve become
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8. |
Freezing
03:58
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It's freezing, freezing
Windchill is twenty below
Whole town is under snow
Mercury’s falling, it just won't quit
What are you doing out in it?
Come inside, love
Into the warm
It's freezing
Inside’s where you should be
Don't try to argue with me
Out there it's cruel and cold
Please do as you’re told
Come inside, love
Into the warm
Come inside, love
Into the warm
It's freezing, freezing
Inside’s where you should be
Don't try to disagree
Walk in and set me free
From this yearning
Come inside, love
Into the warm
It's freezing, freezing, freezing
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9. |
High on a Hilltop
03:04
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I'm looking for something
I'll think I'll never find
I might as well face it
I'm the losing kind
But deep down inside
I believe it is
High on a hilltop
Way far away
High on a hilltop
Way far away
Each night I pray
That it's not too late
The disappointment
Won't be my fate
But I believe deep down
One day I'll stand
High on a hilltop
Way far away
High on a hilltop
Way far away
I'm looking
But I won't ever find
I might as well face it
I'm the losing kind
But I believe deep down
One day I'll stand
High on a hilltop
Way far away
High on a hilltop
Way far away
Far away
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10. |
Lead Me Not
03:00
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Lead me not into temptation
You must please slam that door
Lead me not into the valley
Where I dare not go
If you should see me cry
And with a face so long
Then you'll know I've been weak
When I should have been strong
Lead me not into temptation
You must send me away
Lead me not into the valley
Where I dare not stray
If you should see me out
And all forlorn
Then you'll know what I've been doing
Has done me wrong
Lead me not into temptation
Lead me not into temptation
Lead me not into the valley
Lead me, lead me, lead me
Lead me not into temptation
Please slam that door
For I can't resist
I have no will
You must stop your siren
And then be still
Lead me not into temptation
Lead me not into temptation
Into the valley, into temptation
Lead me not into the endless night
Into the valley
Into temptation
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11. |
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I woke up today
Feeling something’s wrong
Then I looked around
And realized you had gone
I did not sense your perfume
Like I always do
I must be getting over you
I went to the closet
I threw back the door
All your gowns and dresses
Were not there anymore
That's when I knew that I
Was going to pull through
And I must be getting over you
I must be getting over you
'Cause today I saw a bluebird at my window
I must be getting over you
'Cause today I saw the sun breaking through
I woke up today
Something in the air
Then I realized
It was because
You were not there
Then I got down on my knees
And gave thanks 'cause I knew
I must be getting over you
I must be getting over you
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12. |
Cold Grey Light of Dawn
02:58
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That old alarm clock gives a yell
Starting another day in hell
Passing a world I can't face with you gone
In the mirror I see
Someone to choose to be me
And I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
The neon light and the jukebox
Help to ease me through the night
I lean hard on the bottle
'Til I no longer stand upright
In the morning in my room
I'm like a body in a tomb
Those same three walls keep coming on
Kind of strong
Down the freeway then I drive
More dead than alive
And I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
The neon light and the jukebox
Help to ease me through the night
I lean hard on the bottle
'Til I no longer stand upright
In the morning in my room
I feel like a body in a tomb
Those same three walls keep coming on
Kind of strong
Down the freeway then I drive
More dead than alive
And I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
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You sit there a-running your fingers through my hair
You think that’s all it takes to make me care
You keep pouring that red wine down to the last drop
And I’ll give you all night to stop
The dress that you’re wearing is ever so tight
It doesn’t keep much of you out of sight
You keep feeding my hungry eyes while they window-shop
And I’ll give you all night to stop
There’s a weak link between my feet and my heart
My heart said “Get out of here”
But my feet just won’t stop
The picture you’re painting is scorching the tabletop
And I’ll give you all night to stop
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14. |
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Soulful wind will be a-blowing
Around my bed someday
The clouds that have been brooding
Will roll away
Everybody's waiting
For you to come in
And blow, soulful wind
Soulful wind, I've been waiting
The longest time
Strong in faith
But heavy in heart
I know it get a whole lot better
After you begin
To blow, soulful wind
Soulful wind will cause the lion
To lay down with the dove
And the world to be filled
With a powerful love
So I'll keep waiting, waiting, waiting
Anticipating, sure and certain
It's gonna blow, soulful wind
Soulful wind will cause the lion
To lay down with the dove
And the world to be filled
With a powerful love
So I'll keep waiting, waiting, waiting
Anticipating, sure and certain
It's gonna blow
Blow, blow, blow
Blow, soulful wind
Soulful wind
I’ll keep waiting
Soulful wind
Waiting and waiting
Soulful wind
I’ll keep waiting, anticipating
Soulful wind
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15. |
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From my humble point of view
She don't love nobody
Nothing borrowed, nothing blue
She don't love nobody
Behind her green eyes I detect
She don't love nobody
A heart no kiss could resurrect
She don't love nobody
All my life I've been told to hold on tight
There's a girl to be my wife
But I'm not interested in anything mama said
She throws passion to the wind
She don't love nobody
She don't give out and she won't give in
She don't love nobody
And if I could I'd make her mine
But she don't love nobody
And I would never walk that line
She don't love nobody
And I would give her anything
She don’t love nobody
But I don’t think she’s suffering
She don’t love nobody
All her life
She's been told to hold on tight
There's a man who'll make her his wife
But she's not interested in anything mama said
I want the one who does not need
She don't love nobody
She's the one my heart receives
She don't love nobody
No, she don't love nobody
She don't love nobody
She don't love nobody
She don't love nobody
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Oh, I can't take another heartache
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wit's end
You say your love is bonafide, but that don't coincide
With the things that you do
And when I ask you to be nice, you say
You've gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby
You’ve gotta be cruel to be kind
I do my best to understand dear
But you still mystify and I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again
And when I ask you to explain, well, you say
You've gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby
You’ve gotta be cruel to be kind
Well, I do my best to understand dear
But you still mystify and I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again
And when I ask you to explain, well, you say
You've gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby
You’ve gotta be cruel to be kind
Oh, in the right measure
it's a very, very, very good sign
And it means that I love you, baby
Say baby
Baby, you’ve gotta be cruel to be kind
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You'd better run
You'd better hide
You'd better lock your house
And leave the kids inside
Here come the twentieth century's latest scam
He's a half a boy and half a man
He ain't a fool but he's a tool
Because his left don't know what his right hand's doing
He'd keep a King Kong eating out of the palm of his hand
He's a half a boy and half a man
Best be fleet on your feet
Or else the S.P.G.'s gonna clear in the streets
They never made no provision in the original plan
For half a boy and half a man
When his fingers do the walking
In the middle of the night
When his people stalk in
Baby, let me tell you
Nothing gonna turn out right
Well, you better be fleet on your feet
Else the S.P.G.'s gonna clear in the streets
They never made no provision in the original plan
For half a boy and half a man
When his fingers do the walking
In the middle of the night
When his people stalk in
Well you better let me tell you
That nothing gonna turn out right
Well you'd better run
Better hide
You'd better lock your house
And leave the kids inside
Here come the twentieth century's latest scam
He's a half a boy and half a man
He's a half a boy and half a man
He's a half a boy and half a man
He's a half a boy and half a man
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Nick Lowe London, UK
Nick Lowe has made his mark as a producer (Elvis Costello-Graham Parker-Pretenders-The Damned), songwriter of at least three songs you know by heart, short-lived career as a pop star, and a lengthy term as a musicians’ musician. But in his current ‘second act’ as a silver-haired, tender-hearted but sharp-tongued singer-songwriter, he has no equal. ... more
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