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Show Of Me
03:57
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In a dark, dark house, On a dark, dark hill,
In a dark, dark room you'll find him, waiting 'til
All the dark ruminations in his dark, dark heart,
Keep him running 'round in circles 'til he's
Right back at the start.
Left alone to his devices and a stack of alcohol,
He keeps digging at himself until he's swallowed by the hole,
He don't need your observations, he won't heed your good advice,
He prefers to play the victim in these tradgedies he writes.
He requires a captive audience each day
To get the best from his perfrormance as he steps out on the stage.
If you wanna get down you can depend on me
And if you're coming around just bring your sympathy
Come on in and enjoy, The Show Of Me
On a dark December on a dark, dark night
She resolved to put an end to this, and went looking for a fight,
So she showed him all the scars upon her bright, bright heart
Told him reaching out to someone else, would be the perfect place to start
Then she tore down all the curtains, flung the doors and windows wide,
And she turned on all the lights so he'd have nowhere left to hide,
But he slipped into the shadows and they fit him like a glove
Then she realised her best intentions weren't good enough.
So she decided to come back another day
'Cos you can only help the helpless when they're ready to be saved
If you wana get down you can depend on me
And if you're coming around just bring your sympathy
it's an opera of self-inflicted misery
Come on in and enjoy, The Show Of Me
Welcome to the show of me
Yeah, Welcome to the show of me
In a dark, dark house, On a dark, dark hill,
In a dark, dark room you'll find him, waiting stil
If you wana get down you can depend on me
And if you're coming around just bring your sympathy
it's an opera of self-inflicted misery
Come on in and enjoy, The Show Of Me
Welcome to the show of me
Yeah, Welcome to the show of me
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As Big As You
03:48
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When I was a boy no more than two or three
Overcome with curiosity
I slipped into your room because I had to see
What it was like to be a man as big as my Dad
Opened your wardrobe and I found your clothes
Your suits and shirts all hanging neatly in a row
I put one on because I had to know
How it would feel to be a man as big as my Dad
But your sleeves came down past my fingers
And my little feet were swallowed by your shoes
Then it suddenly occured to me I'd never be as big a man as you
As big a man as you
I'm older now with children of my own
And so, apparently I'm fully grown
But you're still the best man that I've ever known
And how I wish I was a bit more like you Dad.
Cos where you shine I always trip and fall
You apply reason, I face demons using alcohol
And you always find the time to see me through it all
That's why I'll never be as big a man as you Dad
Because your sleeves come down past my fingers
And I'll never be enough to fill your shoes
Every day it reoccurs to me I'll never be as big a man as you
Oh, I do my level best to follow your examples
To accept myself and love my fellow man
And you make it look so easy and I'm hopeful that I'll get there
Just as long as I keep doing all I can
When you were talking to my son today
I heard you ask him what he'd be if he could have his way
It knocked my head off when I heard him say
"Someday I'm gonna be a man as big as my Dad"
So though your sleeves come down past my fingers
And I'll never be enough to fill your shoes
It's okay because in many ways
I've always been as big a man as you
And it's okay, because today
I found a way to be as Big a man as
You
As big a man as you
As big a man as you
As big a man as you
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Without a precedence or warning
It shocked me to my very core
It drained the colour from my morning
When I heard that you're not with us anymore
And though we never saw it coming,
I wasn't so surprised to learn,
That you'd settled your accounts and left
A note addressed to Whom it may concern
And at first I was so angry
To be among the last to know
I felt treated like an outcast
An unnecessary cruel and bitter blow
Then I remember feeling guilty
For not doing all I could have done
And I spent the next few days and hours
Waiting for the tears that wouldn't come
Then I heard your voice inside me it said
"Put aside your pain,
'Cos I'm better off on this side
Where I'll never hurt again
And you know you'll always find me where my memory remains
Just around the corner waiting for your call
Where no shadows ever fall"
Last night I had a dream about you
We were little boys once more
In our pyjamas we went stealing through your garden
To throw pebbles from the shore
Your skin was like pale alabaster
Your eyes were bruises on the snow
And we played castles in the sand dunes
Like the ghosts of who we were so long ago
And we ran down among the groynes collecting driftwood on the way
And we built ourselves a fire to chase the ocean chill away
And we never spoke a word, we didn't need to anyway
Because the starry skies above us said it all
Where no shadows ever fall
When the morning came to wake me there were tears upon my face
And my bitterness and anger disappeared without a trace
And my heart was full of gladness and my spirit full of grace because
In many ways you'd never left at all
You're Where no shadows ever fall
You're Where no shadows ever fall
You're Where no shadows ever fall
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Choose your moment, choose your next move carefully
Choose your own path, and take your lessons with you
Be the person, the person you set out to be
Rise above the, the adversity
And hope, against the odds
Against the dying of the day
Wooooo-oo-ooo
Wooooo-oo-ooo
Take your chances, take only what you really need
But give it all back, when it's time to pay don't,
Be distracted, by their bitter jealousies
'Cos they don't get you, so don't let them get to you
Have faith, when all seems lost, when trouble brings you no reprieve
Wooooo-oo-ooo, whenever
Wooooo-oo-ooo, whenever life gets in the way,
Dooooo-oo-ooo, whatever, gets you through the day
Whatever Gets You Through The Day
Take a picture, keep it for the memories,
But don't forget there's, more to the forest than the trees
Fight your corner, defend your integrity
But know when to back down, and when to walk away
And love, when love is scarce,
Make your compassion your decree
Fill your heart with honesty, and the truth shall set you free
Wooooo-oo-ooo
Wooooo-oo-ooo
Wooooo-oo-ooo, whenever
Wooooo-oo-ooo, whenever life gets in the way,
Dooooo-oo-ooo, whatever, gets you through the day
Wooooo-oo-ooo, whenever
Wooooo-oo-ooo, whenever life gets in the way,
Dooooo-oo-ooo, whatever, gets you through the day
Whatever Gets You Through The Day
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Nicotine
03:43
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There you are again,
My old insistent friend
Quicken in my blood
A part of you remains,
Like yellow finger stains
Itch beneath my skin,
Panic closing in
Nicotine
Nicotine
Weave your subtle charms
You temper me with calm
And so eventually
You get the best of me
Sickened by my need
Your appetite, my greed
Panic closing in
Need to breath you in
Nicotine
Nicotine
There you are again
My circle without end
Inevitably
You'll be the death of me
Nicotine
Nicotine
Leave me unclean
Nicotine
Nicotine
Nicotine
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The Bitter End
03:55
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This is the first time I've been in this situation
And I appreciate how this must feel for you
So I suppose it's time we had this conversation
An opportunity to share our points of view
Sometimes it's hard to see the closing of a chapter
When there's no telling what the next one has in store
But you can find another happy ever after
And all you have to do is try another door
All you have to do is try another door
I'm not here to substitute someone who cannot be replaced
I've obligations of my own but what I have is yours to take
And I've a feeling we could be the best of friends
Until the bitter end
I understand there will be times when you will fight this
And I accept we won't always see eye to eye
But you can count on me whenever there's a crisis
Among the last to leave, the first one to arrive
This is just as much a learning curve for me as it's for you
And I can't promise that I'll always know exactly what to do
And though we'll have our disagreements now and then
When there's trouble I will leap to your defence
And fight until the bitter end
Untill the bitter end
So for everytime you're down and disconnected
When the thunderclouds are blocking out your sun
Remember you and I we're part of a collective
Together there is nothing we can't overcome
United there is nothing we can't overcome
So I make a solemn oath to be the best friend I can be
'Cos I don't think you realise what you've already done for me
When I'm broken you soon have me on the mend
That's how I know that we'll remain the best of friends
From now untill the bitter end
Until the bitter end
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Jamie R Hawkins England, UK
Jamie R Hawkins is an Award Winning Singer Songwriter whose songs have won him critical acclaim in the UK and around the
world - he has been described as "a powerful mixture of storyteller, philosopher and poet", his lyrics as "poignant and witty" and his performances, "emotive and captivating”.
"(His) songwriting is strong and the delivery is often exceptional" - No More Division
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