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Beautiful things
03:52
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Kiss if Off
03:41
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Slip Away
03:10
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Give me just one love
give me just one thing to hold onto
one thing that will always be enough
Why do you sound strange
I know when you leave things out
now the sound of change
is drowning out our love
our hearts were not whole enough
And I felt you slip away
like all I’ve tried to hold
like a feather floating high
out of sight in a summer sky
Give me everything
give me every taste and feeling
one thing could not ever be enough
And you need it so
eyes other than mine to watch you
you want to eat the world
and even with our love
our hearts were not whole enough
And I felt you slip away
like all I’ve tried to hold
like a feather floating high
out of sight in a summer sky
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Solid Gold
03:21
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It has been quite some time
since they saw twenty nine
but the spirit moves them just as ever
The years they fall away
with every song they play
where the kids are at don't touch them now
It could be better and it could be worse
it'll come together by the second verse
no-ones scared of growing old
the dads rock out
and it's solid gold
The torch was long passed on
but they're still going strong
though rock and rolls not where it used to be
It seems that these concerns
diminishing returns
Are not allowed inside the tent tonight
It could be better and it could be worse
it'll come together by the second verse
no-ones scared of growing old
the dads rock out
and it's solid gold
And it's a beautiful thing
now everything's in tune and
all the guitars sing
Like vintage cars shining bright
on a Sunday drive
Everybody smiles as they pass by
It's late on Friday night
the folks have had a fight
Dad's drinking beer alone in the kitchen
He's playing like a dream
along to the Best of Cream
and tomorrow night
he'll do it all for real
It could be better and it could be worse
it'll come together by the second verse
no-ones scared of growing old
the dads rock out
and it's solid gold
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Long Lost
03:42
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Aren’t you the long lost love of my life
Come to take me all away from my pain and strife
I looked for you in the town and the country too
The world is such a big lonely place and I never ever thought
I’d ever see your face again, is it a dream or is it really you?
Aren’t you the long lost, aren’t you the long lost
Excuse me but aren’t you the long lost
love of my life?
Isn’t it you walked over the mountain
took off all your clothes and swam in the fountain
kissed all the boys and stole their hearts away?
I heard that you went all the way to Tibet
did a monk teach you something that you’ll never forget
did you find out what it was that you were looking for?
Aren’t you the long lost, aren’t you the long lost
Excuse me but aren’t you the long lost
love of my life?
Does the cold cold dread still eat you inside
do you still tell yourself that you got nothing to hide
every time I turn a corner think I see your face
Maybe Albertinia
How can you deny that we had a little fun
I read you poems when we lay down in the sun
but you didn’t send a card, you didn’t write
do you remember how I held you when you shivered in the night
You told me you adored me even more than my mom
you said you hoped I didn’t mind if you watch me when I come
and the drugs were nothing, stop it anytime
but I knew it even then that you were going out your mind
I knew that there was no-one in the whole wide world
would make you stick around whether they were boy or girl
fly away again but just before you go
tell me tell me darlin’ there’s one thing I wanna know
Aren’t you the long lost, aren’t you the long lost
Excuse me but aren’t you the long lost
love of my life?
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You came back to me
03:03
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You came back to me.
I don’t mind how you drive, I don’t mind how you take the corner
I don’t mind if you’re swearing at me like pirate’s daughter
I don’t mind if you’re drunk, and I don’t care if you spent the money
when you’re giving me love I’m a sucker for you baby
You came back to me oh, you came back to me
and I don’t seem to mind no, I don’t seem to mind no
You came back to me oh, you came back to me
and I don’t seem to mind since you came back to me.
All the time you were gone, I was down and I was lonely
all the time you were gone I was thinking of you mostly
and if I know who you are oh what are you afraid of
there’s nothing you are gonna make me stay away now darling
You came back to me oh you came back to me
and I don’t seem to mind no, I don’t seem to mind no
You came back to me oh you came back to me
and I don’t seem to mind since you came back to me.
I don’t care where you went, I just wish you got back earlier
yes I know you’re a leaf that’s always blowing in the wind now
and you’re always late and I know that you need people
there’s nothing you are gonna make me stay away now darling
You came back to me oh you came back to me
and I don’t seem to mind no, I don’t seem to mind no
You came back to me oh, you came back to me
and I don’t seem to mind since you came back to me.
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All the girls cried
04:42
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The colonel and me
03:17
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Me and the man get along just fine
he keeps to his and I watch mine
Sometimes we pass as we go our way
Smile and say lovely day
And it all became clear
the night I met Elvis
He didn’t look like I thought he should
but those words in my ear
I still hear them always
A little of the colonel in them
every one.
Me and the man got a special deal
I never blame him when he does not feel
I don’t scratch his back he don’t scratch mine
Everybody has a lovely time
And it all became clear
the night I met Elvis
He didn’t look like I thought he should
but those words in my ear
I still hear them always
A little of the colonel in them
every one.
Me and the man don’t fight no more
Since we both forgot what we were fighting for
Seems such a shame to spoil a lovely day
I’ll just wave and be on my way
And it all became clear
the night I met Elvis
He didn’t look like I thought he should
but those words in my ear
I still hear them always
A little of the colonel in them
every one.
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I got lucky
03:16
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Saw you standing in the gold of the morning
in the garden of your momma and your father’s house
Saw you standing in the gold of the evening
oh lo there’s a smile upon your mouth
all the birds in the sky that day
sang to tell me you were on your way
Everybody has some bad luck it’s true
I got lucky when I found you
I got lucky when I found you
Oh when my world was cold and broken
the stars shone, they shone like never before
when it was only sad words being spoken
oh lo I put my head right through the door
didn’t know then where or how
oh but darlin’ I know better now
everybody has some bad luck it’s true but
I got lucky when I found you
I got lucky when I found you
Walk together oh the sun is sinking
the sea the only sound we heard
didn’t matter what the other was thinking
oh lo we didn’t have to say a word
All I know is, I’m not alone
Sometimes I feel like I’ve just come home
Everybody has some bad luck it’s true but
I got lucky when I found you
I got lucky when I found you
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Court of Mary
02:38
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I don’t wanna listen to the court of Mary
I don’t wanna laugh at her jokes no more
She likes to think that she’s so contrary
but all she says you know I heard before
She woke up in yesterday
bills on the table she couldn’t pay
I came back that’s how I found her
with all the jokes that now surround her
I don’t wanna listen to the court of Mary
I don’t wanna work down her mine no more
My eyes are gone and my bones are weary
I don’t care what I might have said before
Wanna walk out the sun’ll be shining
All her words just fade away
Set the sun to my own timing
and never go back again
I don’t wanna listen to the court of Mary
the others can do just as they please
Don’t wanna seem like I’m ungrateful
but now it isn’t what I need
All your jokes turned into jokers
laugh your way down to the grave
all the rumours and tombstone humour
carry them with you on your way
I don’t wanna listen to the court of Mary
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11. |
Bobby come back
03:12
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It’s too hard, it’s too far
takes too much, to touch a star
all our angels, watching over
they’ve got me dreaming of
When you were in love with me
You can’t bend this world around you
you can’t make the sky a better blue
once it’s gone, no use calling after
and all I’m left with is
When you were in love with me
It’s the smiles, it’s the laughter
it’s the silence ever after
all our troubles watching over
they’ve got me dreaming of
when you were in love with me
You can’t bend this world around you
you can’t make the sky a better blue
once it’s gone, no use calling after
and all I’m left with is
When you were in love with me
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Weather
03:56
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Know her head is full of thunder
the pressure press her under
Know her head is full of lightning
oh when she gets to be that way
who can help it when she gets that way
And all we made
wash away when the weather has its day.
Water carries all our fears
floods the worst for twenty years
People waving from the roof tops
because of the way that we are made
who can help the way that we are made
And all we saved
wash away when the weather has its day
After darkness should be light
but all I see is a spark
before a flash of dynamite
All our fears just vanity
As for the ways that we are saved
who can tell the ways that we are saved
And all we made
wash away when the weather has its day
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Robin Auld Cape Town, South Africa
Slide guitar, harmonica, African blues guitar stylings and soul vocals all feature in the fresh and vibrant roots sound of
Cape Town based Robin Auld.
Born in Lusaka, Zambia to Scots parents, Robin's childhood was spent between Southern Africa and Scotland; a journey reflected in the African and Celtic influences in his music.
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