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1. |
Dawn Chorus Steel City
01:42
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2. |
North-Easter
03:44
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North-Easter
You know the North-Easter brings the snow
Pack up your bags and go, go go go
You gotta fly, as far away as you can
It makes a meal of a hungry man
Take your belongings and your wife and kids by your side
Make sure they're buckled in for the ride
Get out of here, fortune never favoured the brave
Or you'll be spinning in an early grave
Summer's gone, dwindled into the past
Those autumn memories couldn't last
And just when you were searching
For the welcome of a better day
North-Easter gonna blow you away
Get out of bed, and get yourself on the run
You can't shoot a hurricane with a gun
Load up your truck, put your pedal to the floor
North-Easter doesn't want you here no more
And just when you were searching
For the welcome of a better day
North-Easter gonna blow you away
And just when you were searching
For the welcome of a better day
North-Easter gonna blow you away
And just when you were searching
For the welcome of a better day
North-Easter gonna blow you away
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3. |
Atlantic Highway Blues
04:06
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Atlantic Highway Blues
Gonna surf til the day is through
Gonna drive til my hands turn blue
I’m gonna set sail for a course so true
On the Atlantic Highway with you
Gonna eat sausages and beans out the can
Coz you know I’m a born again man
And I’m gonna run as fast as I can
Way down the Atlantic Highway
Gonna surf til the day is through
Gonna drive til my hands turn blue
Gonna set sail for a course so true
On the Atlantic Highway with you
I'm gonna run across the sands to the shore
Til the salt makes my eyes go sore
And I’m never gonna work no more
Gonna surf til the day is through
Gonna drive til my hands turn blue
Gonna set sail for a course so true
On the Atlantic Highway with you
Gonna eat chicken and chips in the bus
Coz you know I don't like no fuss
And it'll be just the two of us
Way down the Atlantic Highway with you
Gonna run across the sands to the shore
Til the salt makes my eyes go sore
And I’m never gonna work no more
Never never gonna work no more
No I'm never gonna work no more
On the Atlantic Highway with you
On the Atlantic Highway with you
On the Atlantic Highway with you
Way down the Atlantic Highway
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If I Was A Lonely Goatherd
Well I’m not a lonely goatherd, And I’m not the president
I don’t have a million dollars, I’m not counting my last cent
I’m not driving in a Cadillac, Or shoveling cement
I’m not sitting in a mansion, Or in a refugee tent
Yeah I just play the guitar, and my baby pays the rent
Well, Obama’s in the Whitehouse, but Trump is at the door
Kim Jong Un and Vladimir want to start the next World War
Bojo and the Tories, yeah we’ve seen it all before
Yeah and no-one really knows what the Europeans are for
But it’s a fine fine day, to start all over again
There won’t be a better day, to start all over again
And if I believed in Santa, I’d grab a pen and write
Bring peace to all the Syrians, and stop the endless fight
Bring joy to all the children who cry throughout the night
They deserve to live in happiness, they deserve a better life
And it’s a fine fine day, to start all over again
There’ll never be a better day to start all over again
Well if we can’t learn to put all our jealousies aside
To put our faith in Jesus, and go along for the ride
To learn to love each other and for what we have inside
To work out how best to live, before we all must die
We won’t get a better day, to start all over again
No we'll never see a better day, to start all over again
No we'll never see a better day, to start all over again
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5. |
Summer Song
04:13
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Summer Song
In a momentary lapse of reason
You changed the weather, changed the season
You sang out clear, it won’t be long
Until we hear our summer song
Past winter’s ruin we sailed our boats on
Until we reached tall reeds on the seashore
We knew our fear here did not belong
We sang out clear our summer song
And now we swim soft shades of shadow
The victim’s quote we shall not remember
The ships we sail will carry us on
We sing out clear our summer song
We sing out clear our summer song
We sing out clear our summer song
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6. |
Well Dig It
04:35
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Well Dig It
Well, dig it baby
You know you drive me crazy
C’mon and meet me lately
By the lido
Well, shift it baby
You look so sexy lady
C’mon and drip drip down
In your swimming clothes
You know you wanna throw that world shape
You know you wanna crush that red grape
You know you want to wrap me up in sticky tape
And send me packing through the mail now
Well, hit it baby
Three strikes and you’re out, baby
Well hit it, baby
I see you walking
Where the players go
Well, don’t you quit it, baby
First time’s a hit, baby
You’ll end up losing
What you came for
Go dig that well, baby
I hear it's hot in hell, baby
You might as well
C'mon and give me that hard sell
Well dig it, baby
Get out your shovel, baby
Did the earth move for you?
Well dig it, baby
Let me help you out, baby
Til the water flows just for you
You know you wanna throw that world shape
You know you wanna crush that red grape
You know you want to wrap me up in sticky tape
And get me sticking to your nail now
Go dig that well, baby
I hear it's hot in hell, baby
You might as well
C'mon and give me that hard sell
Go dig that well, baby
I hear it's hot in hell, baby
You might as well
C'mon and give me that hard sell
You know you wanna throw that world shape
You wanna crush that red grape
You wanna wrap me up in sticky tape
Alright!
Get out your shovel, baby
I'm asking you
Did the earth move for you?
Well dig it, baby
Let me help you out, baby
Til the water flows just for you
Woo! Yeah!
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Once There Was A Sweet Way
Once there was a way to get back home
I didn’t know then, and I still don’t know
Once there was a way to get myself free
Don’t you know your freedom lies with me?
Don’t you know your freedom lies with me?
Don’t you know your freedom lies with me?
Once there was a way to be on my own
I didn’t like it then, and I still don’t now
Once there was a way I thought that I could be free
But don’t you know honestly that could never be?
Don’t you know that honestly that could never be?
Don't you know, really, that could never be?
Once there was a way to get back home
I didn’t know then, and I still don’t know
I looked to the north and I looked to the south
Couldn’t get home to Cockermouth
Couldn’t get back home to Cockermouth
Well I travelled within and I travelled without
Only to find out what I found out
You may come from the north, you may come from the south
But when you find the way, the way finds you out
If you’ve found the way my friend, you’d better watch out
Coz if you've found the way, the way finds you out
Once there was a way to get back home
I looked and I found, and now I know
Cause home is a place where you stick around
Home is a place where your love is found
Freedom and love, by sticking around
Freedom and love, by sticking around
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8. |
No Blankets Required
04:00
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No Blankets Required
Baby, you said your feet were getting cold
She said, well don't go paddling in the river
You'll never make your fortune panning for gold
Rock solid love is what I deliver
She said, it's not like you to be so bold
Your little heart is all of a quiver
I'm gonna make your blankets unfold
I'm gonna make you shake and shiver
NO BLANKETS REQUIRED
NO BLANKETS REQUIRED
We don’t need them this time, babe we’ll be fine
I threw them all in the fire
She said, if our fire burns out of control
Will you go and fetch a pail of water?
You're looking at me like a demon of old
You're making me feel like the devil's daughter
I said, I don't know what you've been told
But I heard that you were just digging for treasure
My heart's running hot, but my feet are still cold
Don't you know that diamonds are forever?
NO BLANKETS REQUIRED
NO BLANKETS REQUIRED
We don’t need them this time, babe we’ll be fine
I threw them all in the fire
She said
Alright now
Now our fire has run out of coal
We knew it wouldn't burn forever
She had a perfect body but a wicked soul
My number one true little larrikin lover
And now I'm never gonna see her again
Not if I'm careful, not if I'm clever
You spend a lifetime walking in the sunshine
You gotta stop and wash your feet in the river
NO BLANKETS REQUIRED
NO BLANKETS REQUIRED
We don’t need them this time, babe we’ll be fine
I threw them all in the fire
And now the flames will burn higher...
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9. |
Do You Like Metal?
01:00
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10. |
Cry, Cry, Cry
04:10
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Cry, Cry, Cry
Said I'm gonna cry, cry, cry, cry
If my baby don't come back to me soon
Here I lie, lie, lie, lie
By the light of the pale white moon
All the people pass me by
They can't see the tears in my eye
And I'm wondering why, oh why
Does my baby not return?
Said I'm gonna cry, cry, cry, cry
If my baby don't come back to me soon
Here I lie, lie, lie, lie
By the light of the pale white moon
All the tears I cry
They are falling now from my eye
And I'm wondering why, oh why
Does my baby not return?
Said I'm gonna cry, cry, cry, cry
If my baby don't come back to me soon
Here I lie, lie, lie, lie
By the light of the pale white moon
All the tears I cry
They are falling now from my eye
And I'm wondering why, oh why
Does my baby not return?
She's only gone an hour ago, Richie
She's headed out to the shops
She's gone to get a packet of crisps
And a bottle of pop!
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry, cry
All the tears gonna fall from my eyes
And I'm gonna wonder why, oh why
Will my baby come back to me soon?
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11. |
River Carry You
04:38
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River Carry You
You say that it’s serious
You want to live in a bigger house with a bigger garden
And more room for all your stuff
And a fully tiled ensuite
You say you need to move on from here
You got sick of this street years ago
And all the cars, and all the passing feet
You say the neighbours don’t like you any more
You say they talk about you in the dark
And as you hide beneath the sheets
You wish for an exit from it all
You wish that that rain would never fall
Yet you wish the river would carry you to the sea
You say the people get you down
You say their words are mean
And their faces, and all their screaming kids
You say you’re sick of all the dogs
Doing their business on the street
And all the banging dustbin lids
You wish for an exit from it all
You wish that that rain would never fall
Yet you wish the river would carry you, to the sea
Well I’ve got news for you my friend
You’ve gotta get up from your bed
Walk right down the street, and over that bridge
You’ll never get away, so why not today
You’ve gotta make it at least as far as the park
Make it safe across that bridge
Don’t let that river carry you to the sea
Don’t let that river carry you to the sea
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12. |
Washover
04:39
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Washover
The temperature’s dropped, noise stopped, barometer’s fallen
Sunrays poke their own way through the gloom
The wilderness and the emptiness are calling
You’ll never get out, if you don’t get out there soon
Round this time of year, you gain a primal yearning
And it burns just like the fires upon the fell
The colours of your youth they are returning
Wash over the gates of God with the flames of Hell
And who’s to say, you’ll end up swimming backwards
For you the current flows far too strong
You’ve never lacked in passion, you’ve never lacked lust
Who’s to tell you that sort of thing is wrong?
So watch over me tonight and I just might
Washover you
So watch over me tonight and I just might
Do anything you do
Anything you do
Do anything you do
Do anything you do
Anything you do
Round this time of year, you begin to get crestfallen
You say there’s just so much you have to do
And ain't it easy to get down when things get boring
But then you work out exactly what is true to you
So watch over me tonight and I just might
Washover you (washover you)
So watch over me tonight and I just might
Do anything you do
Anything you wanna do
Anything…
Washover you
Washover you
Round this time of year
Yeah, round this time of year
Round this time of year
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13. |
Spent Some Time
04:01
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Spent Some Time
Spent some time in a lonely place
Spent some time missing your face
And I know that you must be somewhere
That I would go, alone with you
Spent some time in a lonely place
Searched for hours without a trace
Tried to find a way to let you know
That I’d come home, to be with you
Yes to be with you
And now it seems so clear
I’ll never find you here
And I don’t know just what I’m gonna do
Without you to hold me near
Spent some time in a lonely place
Just got caught up in the race
And when I turned around, all I found
All I knew, had disappeared
Had disappeared
And now it seems so clear
I’ll never find you here
And I don’t know just what I’m gonna do
Without you to hold me near
To hold me near
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14. |
Leap Of Faith
04:31
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Leap Of Faith
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
You know you’ve been under too long
You know you’ve been under too long
You know you’ve been under too long
So what you gonna do about it?
What you gonna do?
Take a leap of faith
You said, you wanted to make a difference
You said, that things would have to change
Look out, cause all you have are memories
You’ve gotta write another page
Take a leap of faith
You’ve carried your burden too long
You’ve carried your burden too long
You’ve carried your burden too long
Now what you gonna do about it?
You’ve carried your burden too long
You’ve carried your burden too long
You’ve carried your burden too long
Now what you gonna do about it?
What you gonna do?
Take a leap of faith
You said, the world was meant for dreamers
You said, it was time to take the stage
Look out, your life has come between us
You’ve gotta write another page
Take a leap of faith
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na nana na
Take a leap of faith
Take a leap of faith
Take a leap of faith!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na nana na
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15. |
Round The Twist
04:30
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Round The Twist
Lift up your eyes, the dawn surprise
You chase the sun through perfect skies
To fall into a dream
Who can tell you what it means?
Who can tell you what it means?
Your life is never what it seems
In darkest woods the thrill’s still there
You run and shout without a care
You call it make believe
No-one is seeing what you see
You lie so perfectly
You lie so perfectly
Hey!
Do you notice?
Can you hear this?
Are you going round the twist?
Or is there something you have missed?
Hey!
Do you notice?
Can you hear this?
Are you going round the twist?
Or is there something you have missed?
You throw the book, you raise the blade
You look towards your masquerade
And all the mess you made
Towards the sin that you purveyed
Oh if only you’d behaved
The distance of your chemical stare
The way you treat the ones who care
You’re sinking in despair
Oh but it’s not really fair
You’re gonna need some help down there
Hey!
Do you notice?
Can you hear this?
Are you going round the twist?
Or is there something else you've missed?
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16. |
Jackals
03:39
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Jackals
When the day comes, the morning lies deep
In the morning, I wake from my sleep
Come the afternoon, the sun will not shine
Until I hear you say that you’re mine
When the lovers who hide by my wall
Decide that the lightning should fall
And the jackals that prowl round my door
Remember they’ve been here before
And the elegant clocktower chime
Reminds me to set back the time, again
Reminds me to set back the time,
Again
But the evening lies empty, my friend
And I’m wondering just where to begin
And what kind of well I fell in
Til the remnants of what went before
Well they break down a hole in the floor
And I know that it’s you I adore
And I know that it’s you I adore
And I know that it’s you I adore
Again, again, again
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Mint Biscuit Sounds Cockermouth, UK
Email Mint Biscuit Sounds at: mintbiscuitsounds@outlook.com
Tunes from Welsh guitarist and
songwriter,
Mint Biscuit
(Richard Thomas).
Plays on Lake District Radio, Dean Radio, BBC Introducing In Cumbria, The Joe Solo Radio Show, and Banks Radio Australia.
Press at Here Comes The Flood, Times & Star, Hex Magazine, and Aldora Britain Records Community.
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