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Fanfare
01:24
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Instrumental
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2. |
My Heart's In Stereo
02:22
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Call up the radio, wake up the world
Phone in a song with the name a girl
Cruising melodies, that I will turn up for the drive
My heart’s in stereo, my heart’s in stereo,
My mind’s alive.
Salad days dialling a 10-99
Calling in favours and falling in line
My eyes are telescopes, As we search horizon skies
My heart’s in stereo, my heart’s in stereo,
My mind’s alive.
Climbing the palace with nowhere to go
To sit by the serpentine after the show
Bemused by pelicans, as we watch those seabirds dive
My heart’s in stereo, my heart’s in stereo,
My mind’s alive.
Wait ’til you get to the end of the dial
Wait ’til you get to the solid state line
Wait ’til you get to the bit where you smile
Wait ’til you get to the point that I’ve been saying all this time
My heart’s in stereo,
My heart’s in stereo
My light’s alive
Staging a miracle, blazing a path
Wave from the window and sleep in the bath
Raise the periscope for the Cape Canaveral crash
My heart’s in stereo, my heart’s in stereo,
My mind’s alive.
My heart’s in stereo
My heart’s in stereo
My alive
My heart’s in stereo
My light’s alive
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Love is a line
That you’re holding on
Slipping away on lies you’re falling on
Love is a time
That you’re counting on
Too many numbers you’ve been calling on, on and on
Happenstance will find yourself
A second chance
She said, “Here’s to you” and
“Hear the truth,
the other one, another one!”
I know you know, you know I know, you know
I know, you know I know
You know, I know, it’s now ipso facto
I think, you know I know
Love is a kiss that don’t mean a thing
Love is a lie and you’ve been taken in
Love is a touch that you need so much
Never the answer that you tried to say, I couldn’t say
Playing dead
We never have to talk about
She said, “hang you’re head, and sort it out
I won’t become, the other one”
I know you know, you know I know, you know
I know, you know I know
You know, I know, It’s now ipso facto
I know, you know I know
I know you, you know, I don’t know about you,
I hope you know its true
I know you know, you know I know, you know
I know, you know I know
You know, I know, It’s now ipso facto
I think, you know I know
I know you, you know, I don’t know about you,
I hope you know I do
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It’s no trouble is it?
No trouble at all
It’s no bother is it?
No bother at all
No worries you can save my soul tonight
Don’t bother with it
Don’t bother at all
There’s no money in it?
No money at all
Don’t worry you can take it all tonight
It’s no worry is it?
No worries at all
No secret is it?
Mind body and soul
No telling now I’ve heard it all all tonight
Up on the hill
Someone said the
One eyed city
Needs no pity
Now, on the hill
Left for dead
The one eyed city
Sitting pretty
It’s all over is it?
All letters to fall
It’s all rumours is it?
I’m out of control
Don’t think that you have heard it all tonight
Up on the hill
Someone said the
One eyed city
Needs no pity
Now, on the hill
Left for dead
The one eyed city
Sitting pretty
Out nn the rocks
Daily bread
The head on the highway
On the rocks, this town has been built on
On the rocks, this blood has been spilt on
And I’ve heard all all tonight
Up on the hill
Someone said the
One eyed city
Needs no pity
Now, on the hill
Left for dead
The one eyed city
Sitting pretty
Up on the hill
The one eyed city’s heard it all tonight
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5. |
Final Reminder
02:29
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Yes I know, yes I know, yes I know
I read your letter
Now I know, now I know, now I know,
I must forget her
Uut it all behind her
‘Til a final reminder
Yet again, yet again, yet again
Those tears will find her
On a phone, on a pen on a page
She turns inside her
To the pillow beside her
Like a final reminder
Now I know, now I know, now I know, what they’ve all been saying
Yet again, yet again yet again, this heart needs repaying
For the sadness behind her
Lies a final reminder
Never mind, never mind, never mind
Just what you’re saying
I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I don’t think so
What you think that you know, but you don’t know
So I know, yes I know yes I know
I got your letter
But you’re reading it wrong, don’t you see I
Could not let her
Leave us all to find her
Like a final reminder
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6. |
Seraphim Called
04:06
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What good is this ampersand,
When all its subjects slip through your hands,
And all things bright and beautiful
Fall away?
What use is the comic sans,
When all good humour’s sinking in sand,
And all things wide and wonderful
Slip away?
But seraphim called,
Seraphim phoning for you
Seraphim called
Wondered what you wanna hear
Said “all things have a way they ought to appear"
What good, is this rubber band,
When all it’s spring has tied up your hands?
But seraphim called,
Seraphim phoning for you
Seraphim called
Wondered what you wanna hear
Said all things have a way they ought to appear
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7. |
One Minute
03:19
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One minute the next thing you know
Another minute
One minute the next thing you know
Another minute
One minute is gone and the next is along in one minute
One minute, racing away, another minute
Each tick of the arm, to the wake up alarm, in one minute
I can only make it faster
We don’t even need it after all
You can only take so much until we start to fall
For one minute the next thing you know
Another minute
One minute the next thing you know
Another minute
One minute is gone and the next is along in one minute
I can only make it faster
We don’t even need it after all
You can only take so much until we start to fall
So godspeed my
deadbeats
Could it be
We’re in luck again?
Hot-seats
And heartbeats
Could it be
I’m in luck again?
Heart-bleeds on
Mainstreet
Could it be
Your dumb luck again?
For one minute, racing away, another minute
Each tick of the arm, to the wake up alarm, in one minute
I can only take apart of this
We don’t even need it after all
You can only take so much until we start to fall
So godspeed my
deadbeats
Could it be
We’re in luck again?
Hot-seats and
Heartbeats
Could it be
Your dumb luck again?
So take them in the rat-race
And shove it in their fat face
So play the game and say your name as well
One minute, racing away, another minute
Each tick of the arm, to the wake up alarm, in one minute
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8. |
Steal Away
03:33
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Once and forever
Say it right, may you never regret
Under the weather,
Head ain’t right, is it ever?
I know, said it all before
I think it’s time to
Smile like you mean it
All the while, in between it’s all
Style over substance
Never breaks these constants
I know, put it all to bed,
This time we’ve really got to go
So steal away
On the radi-oh contraire!
On the frigid air
Speak like you mean it
Spilling truth, like you’ve seen it
Before, like an old flame
Gets you back, when you dream it
I’m sure, in the back of your mind
This time it’s really time to go….
So steal away
On the radi-oh contraire!
On the frigid air
Blind summits never peak
Don’t think what you should speak, now
No true love said in jest
Fights a corner
Over time just
Fades out with the rest
So steal away
On the radi-oh contraire!
On the frigid air
I know
On the radi-oh contraire
Take me anywhere I know
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9. |
All Roads Lead To Home
03:46
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Tired eyes can’t see when you’re letting go
and I’ve forgotten more than you’ll ever know
so take a moment,
Take your time,
I’m out-of-sorts tonight
And I won’t ask to call on the
Friends you know
Hours pass and onto the
Last we go
Got me thinking
Set me straight, I’m
Out-of-sorts tonight
No-one remembers numbers anymore
Left me wondering what all this counting for
So keep it simple
Keep if quick
If all roads lead to home
Tides don’t wait forever
Don’t want to to stay around too long
And so I guess it’s now or never,
Been away too long
I began to follow a step behind
Steading paces guiding a tired mind
Keep it brief
Is cold relief when
All roads led to home
Tides don’t wait forever
Don’t want to to stay around too long
And so I guess it’s now or never,
Been away too long
I won’t ask to get up and dance tonight
Try to focus, follow the flashing lights
Saving graces
Lose you place when
All roads led to home
Tides won’t wait forever
Don’t want to to stay around too long
And so I guess it’s now or never,
so take these hands we hold together
Until you say it’s now or never,
Now that all roads lead to home
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10. |
Dreaming Of A Wonderland
03:47
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Welcome to Hollywood
Welcome to looking good
Welcome to the make believe
Promises to never leave
Welcome to Xanadu
Welcome to breaking through
welcome to “what’s your name?”
welcome to Future Games
Welcome to Shangri-La
Welcome to the fallen stars
Welcome to the show
welcome to the pleasure-dome
welcome to your home sweet home
welcome to The Soft Machine
welcome to your fever dream
welcome to Crazy Horse
welcome to your white remorse
Welcome to lightning strikes
Welcome to the northern lights
Welcome to splintered hands
Welcome to the hinterlands
Welcome to the show
welcome to Disneyland
welcome to one night stands
Welcome to sleepyheads
Welcome to staying in bed
Welcome to your Maggot Brain
Welcome to your Slade in Flame
Welcome to the show
Welcome to wonderland
Dreaming of wonderland
Welcome to the show
Welcome to the leaving drinks
Say what you really think
Welcome to the minute men
Thank you please come again
Welcome the readers wives
Keeping all your dreams alive
Welcome to the show
Welcome to wonderland
Dreaming of wonderland
Welcome to the show
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11. |
Goodnight, Goodbye
02:37
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Well they say blood’s thicker than water
Tell that to the ocean’s daughter
On a wave she sends me out to sea,
goodbye, good bye
When they weigh souls, put them in order
With the wife he once adored her
On a shelf, in woods, a walk with friends
Beside the sea
Good night good bye
This lullaby
We’ll send you on your way
Goodnight, goodbye, goodbye
Seems some good nights do go gentle
And at times inconsequential
Counting spoons, and beeps and lights and moons,
Beside of me
Good night good bye
This lullaby
We’ll send you on your way
Goodnight, goodbye, goodbye
Well they say blood’s thicker than water
Leaving friends and sons and daughters
In this way you never say goodbye,
Goodnight, goodbye
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Nick Frater Croydon, UK
Croydon based songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist.
Specialising in 60s/70s inspired power-pop.
Making them like that anymore!
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