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Blame
02:49
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My friends say treat her better, man,
That’s somebody’s daughter,
They think I don’t know what I’ve done,
Led a lamb to it’s slaugher.
Loving me aint easy,
I’m only ever leaving,
Blame it on me, blame it on me,
Loving me is crazy,
Can’t you see it baby?
Blame it on me, blame it on me.
Oh my my oh my my, Blame it on me,
Oh my my oh my my, Blame it on me.
Here I go again,
Trying to fix a heart again,
Tearing it apart instead,
I just wanna be a real man for ya,
The kind my Mother never had.
Loving me aint easy,
I’m only ever leaving,
Blame it on me, blame it on me,
Loving me is crazy,
Can’t you see it baby?
Blame it on me, blame it on me.
Oh my my oh my my, Blame it on me,
Oh my my oh my my, Blame it on me,
Oh my my oh my my, Blame it on me,
Oh my my oh my my, Blame it on me.
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Old Man
03:31
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All my friends have gone away,
And my hair is turning grey,
And I left the town I love,
To chase the dream while I was young.
Old man old man,
Won’t you ever understand?
Old man old man,
I’m just here to lend a hand.
I’m pushing paper for the man upstairs,
He don’t know my name I’ll be damned if he cares,
Get out of here while you still can,
Just promise to come back for me, man!
Old man old man,
Won’t you ever understand?
Old man old man,
I’m just here to lend a hand.
Old man old man,
Old man old man,
Old man old man!
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Heavenly Father
03:04
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Heavenly Father,
I need water,
Your kingdom aint come yet,
And neither’s your daughter.
I lay here most nights,
The devil on both sides,
Your kingdom aint come yet,
Oh I painted my own sky.
Heavenly Father,
Where in hell are ya?
Heavenly father.
I came by your place,
Late on Sunday,
There’s a sign on the front gate, “Office hours only”,
Your love don’t come easy,
Sure as hell don’t come cheap,
Now I’m done with talking to ya,
Down on my knees.
Heavenly Father,
Where in hell are ya?
Heavenly father.
Heavenly Father,
Where in hell are ya?
Heavenly father.
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4. |
Some Things
03:00
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You’re done, try again,
Late night, 5am,
It’s just one of those days.
Babe believe me when I say that I’m,
Caught up in every way,
That’s the choice you made.
There’s some things,
I oughta tell ya,
There’s some things,
You oughta know know know,
There’s some things,
I oughta tell ya,
There’s some things,
You oughta know.
Coffee’s shit, my hands are cold,
These roads aint heading home,
All the cities look the same.
Now don’t go looking for love,
We aint friends but close enough,
This aint ever gonna change.
There’s some things,
I oughta tell ya,
There’s some things,
You oughta know know know,
There’s some things,
I oughta tell ya,
There’s some things,
You oughta know.
Late night and cigarettes oh,
I don’t sleep on hotel beds and,
You aint missing out on much.
The high life is pretty low and,
Babe I hope you never know what,
What it’s like to feel alone.
There’s some things,
I oughta tell ya,
There’s some things,
You oughta know know know,
There’s some things,
I oughta tell ya,
There’s some things,
You oughta know.
There’s some things,
I oughta tell ya,
There’s some things,
You oughta know know know,
There’s some things,
I oughta tell ya,
There’s some things,
You oughta know.
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Undercover
03:30
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I’ve been finding it so hard lately,
Trying to keep my cool,
I’ve been finding it so hard lately,
Without you,
Without you.
Lets make love undercover baby, no-one knows,
There’s a stirring deep in my soul.
Let’s make love undercover baby, no-one knows,
Lets go lets go lets go,
Lets go lets go lets go.
Oh there aint no doubt about it,
I was lost when I found you last,
Somewhere between paint by numbers,
And growing into a man,
Oh I grown into a man.
Lets make love undercover baby, no-one knows,
There’s a stirring deep in my soul.
Let’s make love undercover baby, no-one knows,
Lets go lets go lets go,
Lets go lets go lets go.
Lets make love undercover baby, no-one knows,
There’s a stirring deep in my soul.
Let’s make love undercover baby, no-one knows,
Lets go lets go lets go,
Lets go lets go lets go.
Lets go lets go lets go.
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17th Dream
02:27
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I had a vision for three weeks or so,
A man and woman lay naked alone,
And the lambs they ran free ‘til they ran on home,
And the mountains in the distance lay covered in snow.
They sky was burning on account of the season,
A long lost darling cries out to see ya.
Now you say what you mean babe,
But you’re mean when you say it,
I’ll take all my blankets,
I’ll find someone else to lay with.
Now all of existence,
Can feel kinda strange,
When you can fit all you care for,
Inside a picture frame.
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Third Eye Blind
03:34
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Oh it came down like a Georgia rain,
Blew like it was Chicago again,
Despite all of my friendly advice,
Oh baby I came back for you just one more time.
Oh I walked those streets with neon lights,
Where lovers kiss and all them brothers fight,
Oh I walked straight on my third eye blind,
Oh baby I’m’a gonna gonna make you mine.
Ooooooooo Ooooooooo Ooooooooo Ooooooooo
Almost packed it all in last night,
Gave up, gave in I lost all my fight,
Turned the radio on that night,
It was Same Cooke singing ‘Another Saturday Night’
Ooooooooo
Ooooooooo
Ooooooooo
Baby I’m’a gonna gonna make you mine.
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NYC Midnight Train
02:52
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New York City midnight train,
Penn Station back round again,
The sleepless streets speak to me,
Where paradise and parasites meet.
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train,
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train,
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train.
Window show, high rise romance,
While the dogs on the street hail a beauty for a one night stand,
In the dark of the alley the hit man sees the light,
He shot on the tracks one too many times.
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train,
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train,
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train.
Ooohhh aaahhh oooooo Ooohhh aaahhh oooooo
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train,
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train,
Baby I’m riding the New York midnight train.
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i/i
01:43
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I saw this coming oh I saw her leave,
I saw her running oh I saw her bleed.
[“To believe. So many lives involved, so many killed over such a long period of time and all of it going undetected.”]
Twenty five years oh they come and gone,
Love don’t last here,
love don’t last that long.
I’m a capable rider,
But my heart won’t find her,
I’m a capable rider,
But my heart won’t find love.
Ahhh oooooo...
[“I have therefore chosen this time and place to discuss a topic on which ignorance too often abounds and the truth too rarely perceived, and that is the most important topic on Earth, peace.”] – President John F. Kennedy
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Legacy
02:38
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It was a dark and grey Tuesday morning,
When the priest lay down his whites in mourning,
Sat by his fire,
renounced his calling,
There was a change coming,
There’s a rain falling.
And the farmer lay his dogs to rest,
In the demon fire that came from the west,
And he lay his head on his lover’s breast,
There was a change coming,
There’s a rain falling.
And the man he sells his words as truth,
Written by jesters in black and white suits,
And you better believe they’re coming for you,
There’s a change coming,
There’s a rain falling.
But there are dark and twisted, restless remains,
Of a well understood, disregarded crusade,
And we’ll walk in silence while others complain,
The bringers of change oh the bringers of the rain.
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Destiny Row
03:19
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Here I go again out on my own,
There you go again call me your home,
But I’m down down down down down on destiny row,
Oh I’m down down down down down on destiny row.
There’s men crowding round, round my front door,
Some of them junkies,
all of them poor,
And they’re wrapping their knuckles on destiny’s door.
Down down down down down on destiny row,
Oh I’m down down down down down on destiny row.
Oh they’ll give you hot new shoes that’ll burn your feet,
A million one things you never did need,
Sit you on parking meters and tell you it’s a seat, you’ll have,
More friends than people you ever could meet,
The Pope will tip his hat as he drives by in the street,
Lovers in numbers will fall at your feet,
And all of these promises they swear they’ll keep,
Down down down down down on destiny row,
Oh I’m down down down down down on destiny row,
Babe they’ll get ya down down down down down on destiny row.
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Metagirl
03:19
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Met a girl just yesterday with hair of golden brown,
She said boy I’ll never fall in love I’ve got plans to leave this town,
Gonna ride out to the country where the freaks they do run free,
And I will run right with them,
I am them and they are me.
I had a friend not long ago, the devil dealt his hand,
A joker and the jack of hearts make for a lonesome man,
He steals and smokes and drinks and almost always has a fight,
I try to help him through it and I think I still just might.
There’s a storm raging on right outside my door,
Water’s seeping in and coming through the floor,
Men from every walk of life waging heavy war,
Step away from my home and never knock my door.
Is this the end of the beginning or beginning of the end?
Do not take from history which you do not want my friend,
You are the builder’s tools, the author and his pen,
And I will walk with you if you’ll walk with me my friends.
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Heist
05:25
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I’m waiting,
I’m waiting in the car outside,
I’m running,
I’m running my hands along my thighs,
And my breath it,
My breath it visibly expires
As I said,
Hey there, baby,
This is a heist,
I said hey there, baby,
Put your hands up right, You’re mine.
She said I,
I’ve been here before,
My name’s Nancy,
don’t you leave me bleeding on the floor,
She said I aint got much,
I aint got much left to give,
So just take what you want man,
Just take what you need and let me live.
I said,
Hey there, baby,
This is a heist,
I said hey there, baby,
Put your hands up right,
You’re mine.
I said hey there, Nancy, awwwhh,
This is your heist,
All I wanted was in and out just love for one night.
But there’s a rhythm to this living that you give it that I really need,
Forgive me.
I said,
Hey there, baby,
This is a heist,
I said hey there, baby,
Put your hands up right,
You’re mine.
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Two Left Feet
02:35
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Don’t you ever worry babe,
Love is always on its way,
A curtain call to this whole charade,
A hand to hold in your darker days.
But I just don’t know babe,
I don’t know,
Which way the wind blows anymore no,
But there’s one thing I know for sure,
I love with two left feet.
Kicking around in the summer sun,
We are high and we are young,
Picking out lovers one by one,
And leave the party with no-one.
But I just don’t know babe,
I don’t know,
Which way the wind blows anymore no,
But there’s one thing I know for sure,
I love with two left feet.
Oh I just don’t know babe,
I don’t know,
Which way the wind blows anymore no,
But there’s one thing I know for sure,
I love with two left feet.
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Memphis, TN
03:25
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Oh today I leave,
For Memphis, Tennesse,
Aint nothing left for me,
Can’t stand the air I breathe.
Mmmmmmm, Tennessee.
They sing of Jolene,
A girl they’ve never seen,
A girl so pretty
She’s only dreamt in dreams.
Mmmmmmm, Jolene.
I bought my first guitar,
All covered in rhinestone stars,
Got laughed at by men in bars,
With leather boots and scars.
Mmmmmmm, I’m a star.
Oh baby I’m famous now,
You told me I’d make it somehow,
But all this means nothing to me,
Without you here in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Hello Caroline
03:26
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Hello, Caroline, I’m alright I’m alright,
Things are kinda harsh but I’m alright I’m alright,
Doctor says I’ll live I’m alright I’m alright,
But I worry about you Caroline, Caroline.
You walk the streets alone in the firing line,
Dressed up all good, like dynamite,
You never wanted out of this world alive,
So I guess I can’t worry about sweet Caroline.
Baby if you need me won’t you just come call,
I’ll be here Caroline,
Baby if you need me won’t you just come calling,
I’ll be here Caroline.
Old boy got her pregnant aged ten plus nine,
Sweet little baby now she’s gotta provide,
College man won’t take her just wouldn’t look right,
Sweet Caroline, lady of the night.
Baby if you need me won’t you just come call,
I’ll be here Caroline,
Baby if you need me won’t you just come calling,
I’ll be here Caroline,
I’ll be here Caroline.
Baby if you need me won’t you just come calling,
I’ll be here Caroline,
Baby if you need me won’t you just come calling,
I’ll be here Caroline,
I’ll be here Caroline.
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Dan Bettridge UK
“Blending a discography of radio-ready anthems, dreamy indie stunners and classic rock bangers”, Bettridge weaves an
alternative spirit into everything he makes.
While a traditional singer-songwriter at heart, echoing influences of Americana, Soul, Rock & Folk, his output defies rigid classification. Acoustic Magazine’s “Next Big Thing”, Dan is quickly gaining momentum.
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