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by Pete Rand

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1.
Lily 03:38
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Can lily come out to play She's always hidden away Can she come out today So shy so fragile Hiding inside Can't exist If she's exposed To the light Discovering herself Changing her future Shedding her skin Becoming the rumour Can lily come out to play She's always hidden away Can she come out today A shy introvert Or extrovert Can't existIf she's exposed To the light She's always playing To and fro How would they know How could they know Discovering herself Changing her future Shedding her skin Becoming the rumour So shy so fragile Hiding inside Can't exist If she's exposed To the light How would they know The games she plays How could they know
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Be who you want to be 03:47
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Do you know who you're meant to be Am I too late to change the plea? What the hell am I supposed to say To get you moving the other way? Don't you know your day'll come? When it's time you had your fun After the sun comes the rain Under the skin we're all the same You don't know what you meant to me I'm not here to disagree Don't believe all the things you read There's more to life than corporate greed What you meant to me Is what you meant to see You gotta be who you wanna be Did you forgot where we had to meet? Through the park across the street You've thrown all your money down the drain Making it hard to numb the pain You don't know who you're meant to be This is why I'm here you'll see Don't believe all the things they say As they've made this big mistake What you meant to me Is what you meant to see You gotta be who you wanna be Just be who you want to be
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The girl from Africa 04:26
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When I met her The girl from Africa She told me That we could go far When I met her We talked for hours With open eyes With some surprise Til the sunrise came Sleepy all the same Then I loved her Then I loved her So I married The girl from Africa Close to home And a distant star Til the sunrise came Only love remained Til the children came Sleepy all the same And I loved them And I loved them When I met her The girl from Africa She told me That we could go far So I stayed with The girl from Africa She still tells me We can go far We can go far
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Looking In 04:31 video
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I can't see your face It's hidden behind a fantasy disgrace Impossible to find What's it worth to you don't matter I'm about to change Could be we're onto something Another time another place Another space Another face Looking In No need for pious grace when Looking In The crying of alone street lined souls desperate for love Taking strolls like normal people Ground begins to shake a calling to march Made by an earthquake impossible to ignore I can hear the screams falling on deaf ears
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One Last Time 03:32
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You washed your hands in a dirty sink You couldn’t tell but it made me think About all the things I should’ve said and done Don’t you say it no more I’m at your beck and call, my friend You keep on drowning in a sea of pain Trapped inside a stupid game As I reach out to you I’ll take your picture to the grave I’ll keep on wishing you well Cos you’ve been going through hell Now I don’t want to see you fail But you just keep on crying And I just keep on dying Cos there’s nothing else I can do Woah - I just want to help you Woah - I just want to hold you One last time One for the road One the sick And one for the old Take it from me It’s already told Time to go home Time to go Close your eyes And go to sleep Rest your bones Your soul can keep
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Hold Still 03:13
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Ignoring rumors is tough Especially when cruel strangers criticize Never listen to them baby Our love is strong enough Even if we both have to just lay low We can take it slow Didn't I risk it all? Didn't I give you everything? Everything you could want More than enough Hold still I don't know what you heard Please, I swear don't listen to their lies Look into my eyes We can still get away And find someplace where we can be ourselves Without walking on egg shells Didn't I risk it all? Didn't I give you everything? Everything you could want More than enough Hold still
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Remains of Greatness 03:36
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Well, the rest of them zombies climbed that hill Climbed that hill all night long Gonna stay inside and abide by the light Light their way till they're gone Nothing's right and nothings wrong Aint nothing going on When you stand alone, you stand alone Just take me home Well, the rest of them talkers signed that bill Signed that bill into law Gonna take our rights unless we fight Fight them back and prove them wrong Nothing's right and nothings wrong Aint nothing going on When you stand alone, you stand alone Just take me home Take me home Lord, take me home Well, the rest of them liars broke my will Broke my will and gone too far Gonna lie on back and see the night Light the way to my star Nothing's right and nothings wrong Aint nothing going on When you stand alone, you stand alone Just take me home Take me home Just take me home Lord take me home Well, the rest of them zombies climbed that hill Climbed that hill all night long Gonna stay inside and abide by the light Light their way till they're gone Nothing's right and nothings wrong When you stand alone Nothings right and nothings wrong
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Ten Summers Late 04:58
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He blew in from the highway to rest his head. She poured a cup of whiskey, and they broke bread. And by the firelight, they found her bed. All that summer they were tied In lovers’ knots, and by her side He swore that she would be his bride Come fall, come fall. When autumn found the wild rose and stripped it bare, The scent of woodsmoke drifting on chilly air, She reached across the bed, but he wasn’t there. All that summer they’d been tied In lovers’ knots, and by her side He swore that she would be his bride Come fall, come fall. Ten summers gone, the highway brings him back again. With sweet desire, he knocks and calls her name. They say she’s on the hillside where the wild rose flames. He climbs that long hillside Keen to have her by his side To finally take her as his bride After all. But there he finds a stone, A name that could have been his own If he hadn’t had to roam So far, so far.
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My Reality 04:11
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Standing outside the store Holding my hand Mother just inside the door Enjoying her plans Gazing in my father's eyes Smiling back at me Rain falling from the sky Gathered at my feet Na na,na, My family Driving home in the car The radio it plays Choking from my dad’s cigar Creating a haze Streets all shiny and bright The city is alive Mother holding me so tight Everything is fine Na na,na, My family Lonely is the winter cold As I play their games I don’t fit into their mould They say I’m to blame Wish I could grow up And be what they want me to I don’t think they’ll ever see Life the way I do Doctors tell me now I’m old Feelings so strange The priest praying for my soul But I can’t feel a change I still look in my father's eyes Each night when I dream I still see his loving smile All too real so it seems Na na,na, My reality
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Just a Prayer 04:38 video
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Have you heard the angry whispers Getting louder by the day Hatred burns until it blisters Love and truth have gone astray Smoke is rising in the distance Winds of change turn the tide Words are null if no one listens Lost and gone beneath our pride Just a prayer before the dying One request before we fall Can you feel the tears we’re crying Will you think of us at all Thought we’d slain all of our demons Thought we’d paid up all our dues Seems there’s always one more reason To condemn what people do It’s always been our human nature Envy, covet and possess With the same breath tell your neighbour How he’s needed, loved and blessed Just a prayer before the dying One request before we fall Can you hear your brother crying Will you heed his lonely call We’re still waiting on a saviour One more chance to make it right Getting out for good behaviour Non-believers we will smite If he appeared how would you know him Would we nail him up again Another Tabloid wind a blowing Would he still forgive your sin Just a prayer before the dying One request before we fall Can we see the truth for lying Prophets are you real at all

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In memory of Louis Marchena.

Made with the help of the good citizens at Kompoz.com mostly during 2019. Now available on Bandcamp.

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released July 15, 2021

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