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Searching West
02:56
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I stand east searching west
All I should die for seems second best
Palace strong foundation weak
Feeling all dirty and thinking all cheap
There is nothing in life that I wanted
What I need lies in hills far away
But the means of escape is too haunted
So here I stay
Am I more than just friend?
I find it confusing the signals you send
Maybe not even friend just someone I know
Whilst like a love sick school boy my feelings grow
And there's nothing here I would ask for
But somethings are too hard to explain
I'm confused, I'm a coward and I want more
But here I stay
There's nothing in my life that I needed
Standing east but lusting for west
It sounds selfish but I feel cheated
With second best
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If we were all the same
Identically made
With the same gods to be prayed
If we were all the same
And you the lesser men
Get paper and a pen
And listen to my spin
You lesser men
CHORUS
If I call - Let me see you jump from high
If I call - Somersault dignified
If I call - Land before me on your knees
When I call
When I call - If you think you can stand up
When I call - Examine close the legs you got
When I call - Tell me what you truly see
If I call
Take the perfect mix
I'm smiling cuz it kicks
Hear the guitar licks
Of the perfect mix
An advanced humanoid
I'm one to avoid
A little paranoid
Of the lesser men
CHORUS
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Evil Duo
02:24
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I could be like anyone you'd want to be with
Pick a star, an idol that you'd want to live with
But to make it true you may need alcohol
I could look like Hollywood if you want it
But you'd need mind-bending drugs to truly see it
Those looks I lack - another mirror cracked
You cannot hide away from the winter, I know
I'm trying really hard to glitter - don't go, don't go
I can tell my eyes have seen too many late nights
I can feel that you should really be mine by rights
I've hit hard times - I've grey hair and age lines
I can sense the worry you don't really know me
I can tell you only partially like what you see
I can tell too much - I really should just shut up
If I talked as well as I write I know
You may not be scared off by the sight - don't go, don't go
I can trust that all I say will go no further
I can feel a friendship like no other
A humour cruel - we'd make a real evil duo
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So why should I care?
Left my brain in my heart over there
Gift wrapped and bowed
Mock me whilst I am exposed
CHORUS
If I tried I could beat you
Forever I will snarl and mistreat you
If I tried I could beat you
Forever I will slyly mistreat you
I'm a perfect man
A lifetime unfolds
And my glasshouse has too many holes
But who see's the cracks?
Now take off your clothes and relax
CHORUS
A huge cross to bare
My eyes glazed with laced underwear
Come as I call
Excuse whilst I wipe off the drawl
CHORUS
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What's Happened to Me
02:48
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What's the appeal in mystery
No big deal to have fantasy
But I can't see through the steam
And its all one big dream
CHORUS
And I can't see what's happened to me, what's happened to meet her
In my mind I'm a super power
Rescuing you from your forest tower
But I can't see through the steam
And its all just one big dream
CHORUS
A rub of the feet
Can really step up the heat
CHORUS
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Waste Land
03:33
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My person is more fragile than my bones
I'm welcome and unwelcome in a dozen homes
Librarian, recorder of the past
Reminded of the future by those I've not asked
CHORUS
In the waste land
I'm a waste
Those people that I've thrown down at my feet
See themselves as far more than just chunks of meat
Just as well cuz I need more than that
I'm stuck out here in nowhere land with battery flat
CHORUS
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The Dirt Parade
02:48
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I think I've read it all
The fine print upside down and small
You dished the dirt dear
Is it my blood dear?
Were you ever here at all?
Sit back, watch the night parade
How long until your memory fades?
The dirt can't be cleaned dear
The blood is too red dear
Were you ever here at all?
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Music Made for Mars
02:20
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Sometimes I wonder why I was put here
Just an advert for high alcohol beer
Stereotype of man with no career
But its not my fault that stars are not noticed here
It takes a million pound to make a star
Gruff vocal chords and out of tune guitars
Can write good songs but will never breach the charts
Well its not may fault I'm music made for mars
I've an idea, record it in a rush
Is it just me, or does tape hiss sound so lush?
Hand an advance and I'd suffer a hot flush
Well its not my fault that no-one likes me much
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Besotted and Renewed
03:05
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Try being strong
When the whole world that surrounds you is going wrong
Trapped and ensnared
I've been lying here for days now underfed
Sometimes I let the words you use
Persuade me that I have a use
I'm besotted and renewed by you
Laugh and joke
There's some fifteen songs about you that I wrote
You ask how I am
And I tell you how I feel in anagrams
Its new days and I'm old news
But there seems hope in words you use
I'm besotted and renewed by you
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Golden Hand
04:47
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When I was first acquainted
With your golden hand
I felt a warmth inside
And a devilish plan
It boosted my ego
To demand what you touched
And watch it turn golden
Well it meant ever so much
CHORUS
Your golden hand, magic hand
That golden touch, I had a hunch
That if all went to plan
Well I would be a wealthy man
And if all you hold turns to gold
Grasp it tight, tuen sparkly bright
Hell I've said enough
Cuz darling I tell you I'm in love
I once heard a story
Where powers like yours
Seemed fine and dandy
'Til the trouble they caused
I wish I could hold you
I'd love that so much
But only to thank you
For the magic in your touch
CHORUS
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Good Day
02:18
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Different views, different thoughts
Patience worn so thin it ought to break off
Read your mind like a book
The ten seconds or so it took to make up
CHORUS
Well we've nothing left to say
My dear, good day!
Good riddance, au-revoir
I may return but chances are I'll vanish
Tried my best (which was not much)
I gather that you're fairly touched, you're banished
CHORUS
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White Lies
04:12
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Well I stumbled
That's my memory of last night
So its vague, sure
But in reality its a white lie
Well did I say those words?
And did I cling to yours?
And can you tell me what I was drinking, cuz I've been drinking
Did I tell you stuff?
Did I say too much?
And can you tell me what I was drinking, cuz I've been drinking
Again
Did I hang around
When my memory had turned sour?
Although I can't see
I could drink some more for hours and hours
Did you hear the words?
And did they sound absurd?
And can you tell me what I was drinking, cuz I've been drinking
Did I break my vow?
Show my feelings anyhow?
And can you tell me what I was drinking, cuz I've been drinking
Again
A loser - I lose her
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Reader's Wife
02:27
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Through the fun times and the bad
And despite all the tiffs we'd had
A little secret I'd enjoyed
I flicked the pages and my life is destroyed
A little picture small but true
I guess the angle flattered you
Well if you are a reader's wife
Well what the hell are you doing in my life?
A broken promise I was the man in your life
The one page that isn't stuck together caught me cold
I never really saw you as the type on centrefold
Of all the mags beneath the bed
Fingered through and read and read
There was not any feelings meant
You see me as the shyer sought
You don't know half of what I bought
You never guessed that you'd be caught
And in a sick and twisted way
I won't throw the book away
I'll leave it open on the page
With a note that tells how I feel outraged
And like a hypocrite I'll claim I'm betrayed
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Space Hopper
02:18
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It's a space hopper!!!
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Marc Freak London, UK
Musician, author, photographer and life model. With influences ranging from the lofi pop of Guided by Voices, the gothic
melodrama of Nick Cave, the glam of Bowie and the nakedness of Iggy Pop. Former frontman of Freak Circus and Dead Joe.
Blending all of these styles together and spewing them out in his own way. That is, when he isn't playing glam rock with Weymouth based Glass Spiders!
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