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lyrics

Cold

Walking from the station here, turn the face I wear round town
To the grey stone war memorial, the closed down shopping mall
An open mic comedian, in a pool of dark and noise
Delusions I enunciate, how I could change the world

To sing in a bar – an insane abroad
To shout at a wall – a man over-bored

The cold throws me home to the northern lights I know
Cold blows me home on a train through rain and snow

An over-bright night take-away I stand out on my own
Voluntary euthanasia takes my hope and soul
So I don’t show those feelings that grow cold
No streets of gold, no white lines on this road

To walk in a park until the mist soaks up the dawn
Or to be taken home by a girl that I don’t know

The cold throws me home to the northern lights I know
Cold blows me home on a train through rain and snow

This is no kiss and tell
This is no kiss and tell


By John Parkes

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from Bleeding Edge / Distant Past, released October 14, 2013
Acoustic guitar, vocals – John Parkes

Brass – Jude Abbott

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