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Don't be Seventeen
02:59
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Don’t be 17 again my love
‘cause we couldn’t find our way back then
and the current’s still too strong
Don’t be leaving home again my love
‘cause we couldn’t sail that sea again
With winter coming on
I tried to make it right but I can’t save this situation
It makes no sense to fight against time and tide and motion
The higher is our kite, the easier to let it go
The brighter is our light, the darker grow the shadows
So don’t be drawing plans on me my love
Echoes twisting smoke and air
Just whispers in the wind
So yes I could feel that way again
But we let too many pieces drift away
And they’re not coming back
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Fireships
02:05
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Fireships
Burning down my sails
Burning out my insides
You sent me right down here
To die
From a rush of bad water
A rush of bad feeling
You sent me right down here
But even here I want you, sailing overhead
But even here I watch you, sailing on your way
Fireships
I'm breaking under pressure
Drowning under water
You sent me right down here
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History 2
02:06
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Born at Christmas
A river in Germany
Cry for no-one
Weep for history
She was everything
Though I don’t think she knows
Steam from cafes
Cobbles and cigarettes
The walls of history
Screaming history
She was everything
Turn away as the point froze
Bread and shy smiles
Centrally heated
Born at Christmas
Kiss bitten fingers
She was everything
As the borders quietly close
She was everything
Though I don’t think she knows
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My Hit Song
03:40
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My hit song, on the tip of my tongue
It’s been to the moon, words, a tune be here soon to entertain you
But that’s not what I do, an aberration its true
Ambition and money and contracts and fools
I’ll give house room
My hit song is for true believers
My hit song, for fantasists and losers
My hit verse, lifting the curse or skirts
Sex drugs and money in a colour ball burst - Hey I can cope now
So stick it up fashion, stick it up fate
Sweeter than ever for turning up late
It’s a doozy
My fey fairy way with melody wins business
My old hurtful ways you’ll read in media studies
It’s going to be fun with the beautiful ones
My cynical songs will be soothed with the balm that success brings
But I’m not ready yet, my demands are not met
This song about a song for now’s what you get
Have to do now
Its cynical birth is a seed in the earth
It’s worth every penny you paid
And I’d just like to thank you
My hit song is for true believers
My hit song, for fantasists and losers
My hit song
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