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I'm gonna play my bass guitar
I'm gonna pretend that I'm far away from this place
I'm gonna play my bass
I've been sick for a long time now
I was sent up the Magic Mountain to get well
For how long nobody would tell
Nobody's sure what is the cure and what's the disease
But the chaplain prays and the doctor stays 'though I wish he'd leave
They put my night terrors down to errors in my dosage
But I know they've made a mistake in my diagnosis
See they don't know that you broke my heart
When you showed up and stopped what we'd started, oh I grieved
Why did you have to leave?
If I could go back to any place
I'd go straight to the sacred space in your embrace and I'd stay 'til I die
Oh but I can't, can I?
Now I'm above you and your love they say I'll survive
I had to stop the love I've got just to stay alive
Still memories of you and me they uselessly linger
As I sit with these strings under my fingers
There's a girl here who cuts her skin
She says skin is the thing that keeps us locked in and apart from each other
I said "then I'll be you blood brother"
And we sit up here watching the view
We'll sit all summer and all winter through
We sit together, just us two
I don't know what she thinks about but I think of you
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You Amaze Me (Remix)
03:32
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If my life was a song you'd be the bridge
Bold and breathtaking
Clever and full of courage
You run your own show
Like no one I know
And every time we meet
These words I repeat
You amaze me
You amaze me
When I was a kid a teach asked me could I visualise
A brand new colour the thought of it nearly blew my mind's eye
Well that's what you're like
You're so out of sight that every time we meet
These words I repeat
You amaze me
You amaze me
The Scrabble tiles I spilled this morning spelled out your name
The streets in my A to Z did the same
You're in every letter and every street
And every time we meet
These words keep repeating
I never really got love
Thought it was a con or a lie
But something in you woke something new in me
And now I realise
That no picture word or song
Could depict what goes on
Inside me when we meet
This feeling I have that repeats and repeats and repeats
You amaze me
You amaze me
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Witches (Remix)
03:30
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Isn't it pretty
In the city?
Haven't our friends come
To shine on you and me?
And aren't we precious?
Precious good and young in the city?
You don't believe in witches do you?
Didn't I buy you
A cape and cane?
Didn't you wear them
On Christmas day?
But isn't now summer?
And don't you look a little foolish?
You don't believe in witches do you?
And won't we see a sad-faced boy?
And won't he be fun to fix?
Hasn't he forgotten all of the joy and fun and laughter life can bring?
You don't believe in witches do you?
You don't believe in witches do you?
You don't believe in witches do you?
No
Well there are no witches here
So say yes with me
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I was a few coins short of a place to be
I hung 'round the square like a rare disease
Bleak as a funeral at a funfair
But I rolled on like a carousel
And I bought me a round in the Crown and Bells
Held court like a king, was dethroned and thrown out and threw up there
Nobody loves a tortured soul like a tortured soul loves a tortured soul
Nobody loves a tortured soul like a tortured soul loves a tortured soul
And nobody loves me
So in a laundrette on a street with no trees
I flicked through pages of slick journalese
And thought - a revolution's coming, someone just has to call it
I wanted a car then to drive or sell
Or to run away, or to raise some hell
But I know every time I drive a car I stall it
Nobody loves a tortured soul like a tortured soul loves a tortured soul
Nobody loves a tortured soul like a tortured soul loves a tortured soul
And nobody loves me
Here's an article about gaining wealth
Here's one about mental health
Here's one about stacking shelves
Here's on about Santa's elves
They say they'll get you what you want
They promise you that you'll succeed
But they never get you what you want
And you never get what you need
I'm looking for that sunny day
Chasing the clouds away...
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Owen Duff London, UK
A true adherent to the DIY ethos, Owen Duff creates everything related to his music, from artwork to videos, as well as playing/programming nearly all of the instruments on his songs. His songs that blend influences from folk, 60s chamber pop, electronica, film and TV scores and jazz. Owen's lyrics are inspired by books, films, TV, high and low culture, politics and personal experience. ... more
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