B i o g r a p h y (by Official Site)
Finley Quaye's latest record, his third, entitled "Much More Than Much Love" arrives at a prescient time for the British singer-songwriter and the music industry in general. Quaye has always delivered music that is both innovative and deeply individual, with honest and open reflections on his personal state of mind. His third album encapsulates a new chapter in his career, Quaye mines the past and excavates the present to make the sounds of a bright future 'It's good to be coming back,' he grins, flashing his trademark open-mouthed smile. 'I think people want to hear decent, strong songwriters again.' His new album couldn't have been better timed. Recorded over the past 18 months, in studios across London, Sheffield and Leeds, and featuring the inimitable production of William Orbit and long time collaborators Bacon and Quarmby. Quaye's third record is his most inspiring to date. 'It sounds more optimistic,' admits Quaye. 'I had fun making it, and I think that vibe really comes across.' When Finley burst out into the mainstream in 1997, he quickly established himself, alongside Bobbie Gillespie and Noel Gallagher, as one of a handful of innovative British songwriters, with a unique star quality that few artist truly posses. With early hits 'Sunday Shining', 'Even After All' and the much sought after 'Ultra Stimulation EP', Quaye encapsulated the heady summer of 1997. In fact, 'Maverick a Strike' won him a Brit Award for 'Best Male Artist' in 1998 and was certified triple platinum. 'I was very lucky,' he laughs. 'There was a real shortage of strong songwriters around. And that is all I have ever been interested in. Not much has changed since then. I just want to try and write the best songs I can. If I can compile my notes and lyrics into a coherent song -well, that's just about as good as it gets.' He refused to rest on his laurels. In 2000, Quaye followed up his groundbreaking debut record with 'Vanguard' an altogether darker album that hinted at the turmoil of life on the road, the pressures of fame, and being in the spotlight finally taking their toll. Here in 2003, and his latest record has Quaye reinvent the quality of his songwriting once more and is a very obvious step forward from troubled times of the past. On a record that easily flits from glorious West Coast country rock (Something to Say), reggae and dub (Pearls of Wisdom), simple stripped down country/folk on a cover of The Carter Family's "Lovers Return", to the warm ambience of dance, Quaye embarks on a musical journey that breaks yet more boundaries. "Much More Than Much Love" is undoubtedly the record of his career, showing off Quaye's distinctive strengths at collating melodies and choruses. Much of the record comes from ideas that have been planted in his mind for the past 18 months. The performances were captured in studios in London, Sheffield and Leeds. For instance, 'Waiting For You', a beautifully elegant ballad rendered simply with strings, first originated in Notting Hill with collaborator Tom Greenwood. 'Pearls of Wisdom' runs a more traditional route through modern reggae and makes wonderful use of Quaye's characteristic voice which continues to develop and echoes great singers like Joe Tex and Brooke Benton. For the songwriter, 'Pearls of Wisdom' marks the most traditional reggae number of his career, and a song, bolstered by a flourishes of percussion that sounds almost like an archive time piece. 'I wanted to do an unadulterated reggae number,' laughs Quaye. 'I wanted to talk about what was going on, and to talk about what's important in a mellow way.' 'Something To Say', a song inspired by intricate choruses and neo-religious production of The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, perfectly encapsulates the sanguine tones expressed over the course of the record. Over chiming guitar harmonies played by Richard Hawley (Pulp, Longpigs), that could have emerged from the 12-string guitar once employed by The Byrds' Roger McGuinn Quaye sets the meter for a light and joyful melody: 'I went back to basics with this one,' he says. 'I kept it very simple. I just kept strumming and singing until it fell into place. I enjoyed playing and singing this song in my little garden and was sure if I sung it sweet enough the neighbours wouldn't complain.' One of the album's center-pieces, the sanguine 'Dice', written with Beth Orton and recorded by William Orbit, is a near-magical statement. 'I found many of the lyrics in a dictionary, many of the lyrics had nothing to do with my vocab until I found them in the great book of words. There is nothing abstract about this song, it's pretty much straight forward, written about my desire to go back up to Scotland, to the highlands" - an area which has so often provided inspiration and comfort for Finley. 'William made the music with Beth who had originally found the Gaelic melody, I thought it was a great idea and I quickly gathered some ideas together.' Quaye's record is perhaps a curious statement of intent, in some ways it represents his outwardly optimistic nature. Unsurprisingly, Quaye has his own humanist take on current world events, the incisive 'Volunteer'. 'I was interested in writing a song about war, of course I am concerned by what is happening,' he says. 'It's hard not to be concerned by what is happening. It is all around us. But it's better to be positive.' His last statement speaks volumes. A committed songwriter, Quaye, on the evidence of his third album, is still tackling contemporary issues with distinction. Diversity is his strength. Or, as he puts it 'You have to challenge people. Music has to be challenging.'
Maverick a strike
Ultra stimulation Nobody knows her Nobody knows her at all And I ain't wondering why I love that girl at all Love love love Love that girl at all Hey hey yeah Ultra stimulation Satta vibration Ultra stimulation Vital vibration Anybody's music Any dance at all She just loves that dancing music Late late late Late not dancing hall What you say Ultra stimulation Satta vibration Ultra stimulation Vital vibration Well if you're up and if you up we live it up Well if you're up and if you up we leave you up Well if you're up and if you up we give it up Well if you're up and if you up we leave you up She will guide i will follow And she test all the swallow And she cook up a fire And she take it up stronger Anybody's music Any dance at all She just loves that dancing music Late late late Late not dancing hall Hey hey hey What you say Ultra stimulation Satta vibration Ultra stimulation Vital vibration Ultra stimulation Satta vibration Ultra stimulation Vital vibration
*** Thanx to Barbara for this one ***
It's great when we're together It's great when we're together Sun or rain I know that I can't live without you But you're just like the weather When you change And you refrain to speak to me Sometimes I feel lighter than the air When you shine You brighten up my day Sometimes I feel lighter than the air When you shine You brighten up my day It's great when we're together Whether or never It's the same And I know I am not new to you Got to be clever Don't fool around with me I'll treat you good Sometimes I feel lighter than the air When you shine When you shine You brighten up my day Sometimes I feel lighter than the air It's great when we're together You brighten up my day It's great when we're together Sun or rain I know that I can't live without you But you're just like the weather When you change And you refrain to speak to me Sunday shining Sun is shining The weather is sweet yeah Makes you wanna move Your dancing feet To the rescue Here I am I want you to know y'all Here I stand As the morning gathers a rainbow I want you to know y'all That I'm a rainbow with you Cause I'm a hero Like Robert De Niro I know an Ital Rasta man Got to keep I heights Protection until time The sun is shining For you and there's nothing else to do War is explosive You got to demonstrate, demonstrate You got to demonstrate Don't fight Cause the sun is shining For you There's nothing else to do As the morning gathers a rainbow I want you to know now That I'm a rainbow with you Woh yeah test the eye Tes' the eye....fear no evil Channel like a lion Channel like a lion Some say - yeah Money in my....one on one Money in my pocket But I just can't get your love Some say - yeah And the sun in shining Don't fight And you got soul And you're chopping it up aero For you... There's nothing else to do Sun is shining The weather is sweet Makes you wanna move Your dancing feet To the rescue Here I am I want you to know y'all Here I stand As the morning gathers A rainbow I want you to know that I'm a rainbow with you As the morning gathers A rainbow I'm rougher than rough Rougher than rough Cause I'm a rainbow with you Tougher than tough Tougher than tough Channel like a lion - yeah This is some fashion - yeah Channel like a lion Even after all Even after all The murdering Even after all You're suffering sow You know I love you so You know I love you so and so Even after all All that you go on.... sir Is the order of the day And all that you believe... sir Is the order in this society You know I love you so You know I love you so and so Even after all This is my manner y'all Man just feel satisfied No competition No competition at all I just feel satta star Them eyes are gorgeous girl No demise, uprise I got to raise it again Them eyes are gorgeous I must advance I don't check for no superficial It's got to be beneficial These sonic fruits These sonic fruits Sight These sonic fruits Got them moving around alright Hyper play Steppin' and rising Even after all The murdering that go on Even after all oh no Your suffering sow You know I love you so You know I love you so and so Even after all You just survive soldier And your soul is beautiful And your soul is good
Ride on and turn the people on My bassman is a ghost And my ghost is a news carrier News carrier back me up man I had some pain I became You're satellite Got to get it all right Sight I know a man called Sylvester Him have to wear a bullet proof vest y'all No kinda way no kinda way at all Music live Children learn I may be trigger happy But I wished I had a pappy To show me right from wrong And good from evil This is the future hey I ain't gonna shoot you hey And if you feel you got to move I man can supply a groove I man can soothe for real Had a daddy had a pappa Who ran away from my mother See Those who have eyes like mine Let them shine All time all star I had some pain I became you're sonic satellite Got to get it all right Just right I know a man called Sylvester Him have to wear a bullet proof vest y'all No kinda way no kinda way through the day Music live ??? learn I may be trigger happy But I wished I had a pappy To show me right from wrong And good from evil This is the future hey I ain't gonna shoot ya hey And if you feel you got to scream 'Cause you're dealing with the cream You're not wrong Had a daddy had a pappa Who ran away from my mother Had a daddy had a pappa Him inspire and entertain Then my mother mash up in brain So had a daddy had a pappa Who ran away from my mother yeah My friend he is a snapper But enjoy dress up snapper Dapper snapper dapper dapper snapper Gunshot a capella Shoot out a capella Rocket interstellar Take it interstellar Shoot out a capella ??? Ride on and turn the people on Never mind morgan Thieved my mamma's tomato Thieved her sweet potato Reball the banana Then they make it hyper For us to live together My generation Got to stand up in love The higher the more The stronger the harder Do you see it Hey Those who have eyes like a don Ride on and turn the people on Ride on and turn the people on ...
The way of the explosive You got to appreciate You got to be great It's a wicked calibre It's a little story Some sonic glory Control Wicked satelite Just right Harder than a gunshot Hard than the steel The way of the explosive Ire Rasta is Higher Yeah Control Fire.....The soul desire Mighty, yeah Youth them a shock out The youth them shock out Stepper So pass the pepper this is hyper Yeah Y'all Next man give some loving Next man give some loving Never mind a gun shot Never mind a lick shot sir Harder than the gun shot Quicker than a win chun fighting - right on Higher Control Rock it (x3) Control Yush Mighty Harder than the gun shot seen ? Harder than the steel The way of the explosive Ire Rasta is higher, yeah Controller Wicked satelite Just right, yeah All night It's a little story Some sonic powerful glory y'all The stronger the breeze The stronger it blow Mighty y'all yeah Jah Wah, yeah this guy's ultra Your love gets sweeter You know your smile woman treat me so darn darn fine Give me such an appetite & I need your loving every night Your love gets sweeter everyday X4 Baby when you kiss my lips Make me wanna go head over heels - for you yeah! When you whisper in my ear What I say is how I feel for you yeah! Your love gets sweeter everyday X4 Since I was sweet sixteen I wanted to make you my queen Then until the day you were You are the loving girl who's taken my hand Your love gets sweeter everyday X4 Now I'm glad I'm an older man I can see things are riding to plan Baby if you promise me We can build our world together for true me & you I gonna take it to you Your love gets sweeter everday X4 You walk so sweetly when you walk, when you talk & you dance for me girl X2 I'll never make you blue I'll never I'll never make you blue
Supreme I preme Met a little girl in London city yeah When I hear that she sing so pretty yeah I had to catch a plane I had to be with her again Stepping in New york city now Now I see when she dance so pretty yeah I got to be her friend I got to hear her sing yeah yeah You met a little girl in London city yeah When I hear that she sing so pretty yeah I had to catch a plane I had to be with her again Stepping in New York city now Now I see when she dance so pretty yeah I got to be her friend I got to hear her sing yeah yeah ah
Sweet and loving man You got to make it on your own You're so alone You got to make it on your own You're so alone Mercy lord I beg you since I have become a man Won't you understand I'm a sweet and loving man if you is so rude In a mellow way Then that's ok If it's so bad Lookin' for the steel Then you know you got to feel then you know you got to feel As I would rock it to you baby Mercy lord I beg you since I have become a man Won't you understand I'm a sweet and loving man X2 If it's life that you're loving There ain't nothing more to do If it's life that you're loving There ain't nothing more to do If there is a place for everyone In your art Then you would never get a better start If there is a place for everyone In your heart Then you would never get a better start Mercy you understand I'm a sweet and loving man
*** Thanx a lot to Babs for this one ***
Falling Forgiving and forgeting is best Tried to forgive but I could not forget And I found myself Falling, for you again Feel like I've been down this lonely track before It's like a little deja vu but a little bit more Falling, for you again Where was I when you say bye bye Hold up my heart who say man don't cry? Because I became close today Sister you got me falling, mmm all overyour feet These wandering emotions got me Falling, for you again Tried to hold back but I could only hold on To a feeling we both know that should be long gone Sister you got me falling, mmm all over your feet These wandering emotions got me Falling, for you again Solitude, solitude setting Solitude, solitude setting Solitude
I need a lover I feel so fine I I feel so good I feel so hot yeah Yeah yeah I had to touch you I feel so good yeah You move so fine you You move so wild I, I, I I need a lover I I'm floating on air You You feel so fine you You move so loose yeah Yeah yeah I need a lover I feel so fine I I feel so good I feel so hot yeah Yeah yeah I had to touch you hmm I'm floating on air ( air air air ) I I feel so good yeah You move so fine You move so wild I, I, I I need a lover hmm I'm floating on air You You feel so fine you You move so loose yeah Yeah yeah I need a lover hmm Hmm...
Maverick a strike Yes eyes Pick up Bubble that, yeah When I come again to take away the pain Lift up your heart When I come again to drive away the pain Lift up your art - I must know If it ain't of no flower dew It sure ain't for you Lift up your art If it ain't of no flower dew It'll sure make you blue Lift up your art If you don't know Which way the wind is blowing Wicked gravity If you don't know by now You may never know When I come again to drive away the pain Lift up your art If it ain't of optimism I will pay no attention If you should know I really need you You would overcome Feelings If it ain't of no flower dew It sure ain't for you Lift up your heart If it ain't of no flower dew It'll sure make you blue Lift up your heart Here I come again to drive away the pain When I come again to drive away the pain Lift up your heart If you don't know by now you may never know If you don't know which way the wind is blowing Wicked gravity
Vanguard
Broadcast
White leather Mongoose Any weather Turn it loose From the sadows Monkey From the suburbs Catchy catchy Left my car Slowly slowly At the bar Softly softly Healthy Broadcast Through the trees And the breeze With a ninja Subaru Faith Love Charity No Glenn Hoddle No supermodel No Dennis Wise With his home and away eyes No David Vine No John Virgo You love greenpeace I love green pea Butter bean And broad bean Black-eye bean And kidney bean Mung bean An runner bean Be courageous Go to barbados You believe me Then you leave me Me myself We oursleves Green white and gold Red white and blue Red gold and green Get protected Then get connected Broadcast Ghetto blast Dig it all Digital Dig it all Digital Birkenstocks And reeboks You do de-tox You do re-tox You don't get no Orthodox So I'll feed you If you're ill Keep it clean And serene Train you Make you faster Make you able Run your label Or your station Or your money Or your life Broadcast
Spiritualized
I see you now As I never have before Take it futher honey Open all the doors When you found me Washed up on the shore You stopped the bleeding Now I love you more Yeah my baby 's coming soon Yeah my baby's number one He loves the moon and loves the sea She loves life and loves her son Every time I look in to your eyes I have become spiritualized Every day she grows I have become spiritualized Fix your feet to the ground Karma always comes around Paint the walls with ultrasound Paint the walls and fix the plugs Gonna fill this place With persian rugs Stop the drinking And stop the drugs Love Singing songs Whilst cutting deals Looking for a buggy With three wheels I see you now as I never have before Taking it further honey opening all the doors If I find you washed up on the shore I'll stop the bleeding Now I love you more As I have become spiritualized I have become spiritualized I have become spiritualized I become spiritualized
The emperor
Followers of evil things Worshippers of idols What they know they have corrupted What they do know they've devoured Love love today Well well Somebody changed the order Twenty thousand dying Uneccessarily dying Mankind got a hold of power Then he rebuilt babel's tower Until the stench of wickedness Rise up to jah jah's nostrils I will bawl out Who stole the order Who stopped a cloud Over my head Gone a little bit too far Who stole the order now All I know is that they are lovers of Evil things Worshippers of idols What they know they have corrupted What they do know they've devoured
Burning
Remove that attitude I'm in love with you I don't care who knows about us If all the world could see what you do with me I'm sure we'd have many blessings Everyday my heart is with you Because we cannot always be together Everyday I feel love In all my preparation This happy satisfaction Is making my decision 'Cause I'm the cat who likes the cream If you know what I mean Together we make steam Mix up fire and water You got to have a good sense of humour To stand the rumour You got to be jolly We are yearning yearning We've seen it many times before We're burning burning That's why I'm so sure Everyday my heart is with you Because we could not always be together Everyday I feel love In all my preparation This happy satisfaction Is making my decision
Everybody knows
There's a shark looking for food I see manners in the sky I will tell you what it's all about I will show you what it's all about Everybody knows shapes Everybody knows music On the face of the future Through the window in my mind, in my mind Through the mirror in my mind I see signs of the times, of the times Everybody knows shapes Everybody knows music There is something in us That will live forever I see children dying Moon runs the sea The sun inspires we you and me Everybody knows shapes Everybody knows music There's a monkey in the tree Monkey in the tree I see vampire in the sky Bleeding the youth them dry I will tell you what it's all about What it's all about I will show you what it's all about What it's all about Everybody knows shapes Everybody knows music
Feeling blue
I'm right at home Must be beneficial yeah I'm right at home Can't be artificial no Babylon fall Falling, falling down The reign is falling Falling, falling down All that I know All that is natural I know, I blow Baby I'm feeling blue So what you gonna do About it, waouh! Baby I'm feeling blue So what you gonna do About it, waouh! I feel at home Must be beneficial yes I'm right at home Can't be artificial no If you are a radical Answer your call Babylon fall Falling, falling down Answer your call And take your love to town All that I know All that is natural I know, I blow Baby I'm feeling blue So what you gonna do A bout it, waouh! Baby I'm feeling blue So what you gonna do About it, waouh! Do you sympathise Things are ever so ever so dread Do you understand I am ever so good I blow, I grow Baby I'm feeling blue So what you gonna do A bout it Baby I'm feeling blue So what you gonna do A bout it, waouh! Baby I'm feeling blue So what you gonna do A bout it, waouh!
When i burn off into the distance
Oh so lonely If only you Would pull through Things we have learnt Now we have returned We find it strange To find nothing exchanged I've been out of the way I've been out of the way This is a blast To the past Better late Than bitter and lost I've been out of my mind I've been out of my mind to find you Oh so lonely If only you would pull through Fire burn Money is earned I found a friend Money is burned I've been out of my mind I've been out of my mind to find you Things I have learnt Now I have returned I find it strange to find nothing has changed I've been out of the way
Chad valley
Her name was suzy Met her in a jacuzzi Nearly twice my age She had a son my age From sepultura To bali I'm made of metal I was born in a desert And I haven't seen water for years Her kawasaki Runs on saki You can burn rubber but it takes a while She took a quarter mile with a smile You don't phone me You don't answer my call I don't want to lose you For lolapolooza You and me On TV I love you smile Tribal war We're not into that Bbc Mtv National tabloid National front line Watch your business Mind your business Manimal Understandable I signed with sony You ride a pony You wear stilettos Check your history I love to burn weed Learn to love Electro Can't find no cooks on a sunday Gonna take some of this money And open up my own chicken run Ital is vital Use your fork You know bjork You know new york Bathe in the dark You can point out a shark You test me Talk to you manana You are my familiar Walk with you tomorrow don't know who's got a bigger trigger But i don't think of myself as a Pcp lsd thc Yes mister T come make a track with me You don't phone me You don't answer my call Say you'll embarass me And i just laughed at you Pcp lsd thc X10
Calendar
I am not angry with myself Within the galaxy Stories of pictures Songs of vision Yeah In living Of growth Feel hmm All right In creation Of destruction Hmm hmm All knowledge and understanding All magic and vibration Hmm hmm One of the greatest One of the greatest amounts of inspiration One ever could give Paternal And maternal Love is eternal Monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday Monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday Monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday Monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday
British air rage
Tell me your psalms and i'll tell you mine Manic preachers Slippery road to wales Boat with no sail Sending people off the rails An angel's on your tail And it's too dark Brutality Impartiality is now a reality Opression supression Is their occupation Tolerance they boast they have got We are aware they have not Without us it would be total destruction Green says you will be fed Gold is holding an eternal internal glow Red is gonna run like river jordan Listen now These words Check now The eyes of man can see The mind for eye must be Red rolled and seen To really know what it mean ??? back Tears behind my eyes Feeling bitter Weeping as he wails Emotional Trying to stay on the rails An angel on harp Who's too sharp Babylon Has no productions Only slavery and confusion Rasta going to cramp them And paralyse them Devils for the situation
White paper
You've got to have your fantasy Live and let live don't be negative Don't you take my, my liberty Boys and their toys Bring the noise Don't you hide my, my history Satan's side Wild side Don't you shake my reality You've got to have your fantasy Live and let live don't be negative Don't you take my, my liberty Boys and their toys Bring the noise Don't you hide my, my history Satan's side Wild side You can't break our unity
Hey now
Hey now Where have you been You know that I've been waiting for you Hey now What have you seen You know that I've been looking for you My electric field My sound field Electric water Ebb tidal sound My electric field My sound field Electric water Hey now Feel me on the sand You know that I've been waiting for you I should make mention of rahab And babylon to them that know I Hey now Where have you been You know that I've been waiting for you Hey now What have you seen You know that I've been looking for you Ras Duke Ras Duke
Much More Than Much Love Something To Say Don't you cry for me Don't give your life for me All the passion and the pain Sunshine through the rain Don't you dance for me Take some new stance for me All the fashion and the fame I heard them calling your name Fools grow wise in fairytales Heroes win the day So raise your voice sing it louder now I know you got something to say Now that I know you got something to say Love, love, love Now that I know you got something to say Love, love, love Take it easy break the mould Oh yeah be the wonder of it all take it easy on yourself With regrets come consolations Oh yeah living from this moment on Oh yeah living from this moment on Oh yeah living from this moment on Don't you cry for me Don't even give your life for me All the passion and the pain Sunshine through the rain Won't you talk to me? Come out and walk with me You know we'll be happy All o' the world is a stage Fools grow wise in fairytales A million miles away So raise your voice sing it louder now I know you got something to say Now that I know you got something to say Love, love, love Now that I know you got something to say Love, love, love Now that I know you got something to say Now that I know you got something to say Now that I know you got something to say Now that I know you got something to say
Beautiful Nature I would love to get to know you more To spend a lot of time with you Maybe travel around with you Because you've got such a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature Singing this song to you I would love to hold you close Maybe rub your nose with my nose You've got such a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature Go let it shine Girl I want to show you what you mean to me (have you really got the time?) We should get to know each other better (have you really got the time?) You could think about the words I'm singing Have you got the time? Have you really got the time? You're so sensuous it's true Got to let you know some how I could never turn my back on you You've got a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature Sunshine enrapture me take some time and we will see I just want you to be aware You've got such a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature You've got a beautiful nature Go let it shine, go let it shine You got to let it shine, go let it shine
Dice ( With Beth Orton )
I was crying over you I am smiling I think if you Where your garden have no walls Breathe in the air if you care, you compare, don't say farewell Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear that your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear that your love's for me I was crying over you I am smiling I think if you Misty morning and water falls Breathe in the air if you care, you compare, don't say farewell Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Virtuous sensibility Escape velocity Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Breathe in the air if you care, you compare, don't say farewell Nothing
Waiting For You Waiting for you I'm searching for you, But you're not here today. I'm looking for you but you're not near. Is distance, time? I'm waiting for you. I'm waiting and I, I'm looking You're something else and you're good looking I made a minor mistake, I had it all on a plate, You can always time distance, Never tempt fate. If it is late, I felt my heart was at stake. You could never share love.... Not in that state. I'm waiting I'm looking I'm waiting I'm looking I'm searching for you, . I'm looking for you but you're not near. Is distance, time? I'm waiting for you. I'm waiting and I, I'm looking You're something else and you're good looking I'm waiting and I, I'm looking You're something girl and you're good looking
Lovers Return And so you have come back to me And say the old loves growing yet You've tried through all these weary years You've tried so vainly to forget Oh no, I cannot take your hand God never gives is back our youth The loving heart you slighted then Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth Come close and let me see your face Your raven hair is tinged with snow Oh, yes, it is the same dear face I loved so many years ago Oh no, I cannot take your hand God never gives is back our youth The loving heart you slighted then Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth Farewell, I think I love you yet As friend to friend, God bless you dear And guide you through these weary years To where the skies are always clears Oh no, I cannot take your hand God never gives is back our youth The loving heart you slighted then Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth
Face To Face We are only scratching the surface There is a time and a place for Confrontation Since we got together Since we all got together again I found the key Heavenly conversation I can't make it alone And when I'm with you I want to be with you Face to face who am I to say After all the things I said along the way Face to face who am I to say After all the things I said along the way I want to know about it Your sense of freedom We need nutrition If we're gonna turn this around Let s eminate from the depths of depression It's not too late, you made a great impression There is no replacement And no substitution If we're really gonna care and share You have made us aware Face to face who am i to say After all the things i said along the way Face to face who am i to say After all the things i said along the way
Overriding Volunteer While bodies burn, the children learn How the money's earned, with growing concern In the gallery, three distinguished strangers Who had found there way home Ricochet and muzzle flash Superfluous, luxurious, Commodities, communities Democracies, security They don't want your money Overriding volunteer They don't think you're funny at all. Overriding volunteer Lindesfarne and Banochburn Inadequacy, inaccuracies Heritage, more discoveries While the fishermen sail the seas Chemicals, minerals, culture and war, Is that all this place is good for Hundreds of years, unsettled scores Rivalry and bribery They don't want your money Overriding volunteer They don't think you're funny at all. Overriding volunteer Initiative on the killing floor Each man is there for the next man That's the horror and the terror of war And your overriding volunteer Inter-unit strife, think about your wife Another mission rehearsal, so you know the procedure. The rotor wash, N.C.O., incursion and extraction. Numbing the population, evacuees, contingency.. They don't want your money Overriding volunteer They don't think you're funny at all. Overriding volunteer Movie reels on a photo slide In a mountainside where the warlords hide Send them to the sky Send them to the sea Spread them all over the land The slaves and the gold and the ivory The artist cry, as the good ones die Charities and the refugees The monetary man with a momentary plan They don't want your money Overriding volunteer They don't think you're funny at all. Overriding volunteer
Living Without You As I arrive, (know that I'll survive) I have to leave again Hello what's your name, Try to call me insane, Goodbye to the shame Goodbye to blame Living without you Sure ain't easy. From social works into a, Social scene, Hello what's your name? Try to cal me insane, Goodbye to the shame Goodbye to the blame Living without you Sure ain't easy lord I have often been acquainted And often had to leave From school to occupation From women to children As I arrive (know that I'll survive) I Have to leave again (know that I believe) Hello what's your name? Try to call me insane Goodbye to the blame Goodbye to shame Living without you Sure ain't easy lord From social work into a Social scene Hello what's your name? Try to cal me insane Good bye to the shame Good bye to blame Hello to the flame Hello to a change Livin' without you Sure ain't easy lord Living without you Sure ain't easy Hello what's your name Try to play the game Hello to the flame Hello to a change Living without you Sure ain't easy Living with out you
Now and Forever In sunny season Pollution, high resolution Talking about a revolution All around the world I got a reason A wahwahchichiwahwahblamblam For the love of the people yeah Of which I am one Well I love you and I wanna be true with a girl like you I want you now and forever How could I be new when I gotta be true? I want you now and forever Don't want to lose you Two tone in the zone Talking about emancipation With your northern soul If you want it Well I suppose by the look of your clothes You're talking about imagination Be who you want to be Well I love you and I wanna be true with a girl like you I want you now and forever How could I be new when I gotta be true? I want you now and forever Middle 8 In love we trust Meditation what a good vibration I'm a rhythm maker Take me to the sun Get it together White waters swimming in troubled waters Washing in holy waters A lot of peace of mind Well I love you and I wanna be true with a girl like you I want you now and forever How could I be new when I gotta be true? I want you now and forever Well I love you and I wanna be true with a girl like you I want you now and forever How could I be new when I gotta be true? I want you now and forever
This Is How I Feel I love you even more Holding on, drifting, for the meantime Call my name, if you need me some time In tenderness, the sweetest kiss Now i want to show you affection. Holding you tight, right through the night, through everyday I should have wrote you a letter many times I found you, in the wilderness Now i want show you, commitment You're free to cry on my, shoulder, anytime You're gonna fly when you get older, all the time In tenderness, the sweetest kiss Now i want to show you perfection It's been a long, way, home When it's cold outside, and it's raining, raining down I found you, in the wilderness Now i want to show you affection Now i'll love you, if you want me to I'm gonna love you, even when i'm poor I'm gonna love you, gonna love you even more
Pearls Of Wisdom Some people are working hard Working hard on their style On the back streets of the front line You see signs of the crimes Absence make the hard grow fonder How could patience ever hurt you? Don't check my status Just give me the standard thing Pearls of wisdom Encompassing pearls of wisdom Embrace those pearls of wisdom Good people flow as only Jah would know Don't want to see you fall I just want to see you set yes Don't want to see you fall I just want to see you set yes I guess it's true What they say about you Yes it's true, true, true What they say about you well Poor people inspiration Have you seen what's really going on? With a little leverage This time I got more coverage Absence make the hard grow fonder How could patience ever hurt you? Because it's virtue.. Don't check my status Just give me the standard thing Pearls of wisdom Encompassing pearls of wisdom Embrace those pearls of wisdom Good people flow as only Jah would know Don't want to see you fall I just want to see you set yes Don't want to see you fall I just want to see you set yes
Adorable Take me down to the river That we started to flow How can you be a flower? When you're fighting the power With my hands on your hips I'm caressing your lips Your exceptional baby And adorable baby She lives out of her handbag With no life in her phone I see her breaking down And she's all on her own When we go out to party Only once in a while You're adorable And exceptional baby You got me right where you want Not where I want to be I got you right where I want you Not where you want to be Don't get out of your mind Like most people we know You're exceptional baby And I want you to know With my hands on your hips I'm caressing your lips Your adorable baby And exceptional baby Take me down to the river That we started to flow How can you be a flower? When you're fighting the power When we go out to party Only once in a while You're adorable And exceptional baby Don't get out of your mind Like most people we know Your adorable baby And exceptional baby With my hands on your hips I'm caressing your lips Your adorable baby And exceptional baby Your adorable baby And exceptional baby
Overcome She took a whiff of my scliff and she started to check my behaviour - Take my hand She said would it be good if you started to look for your saviour - Holy land Smoke on your spliff it will give you lift have a good time - Say my prayers Fully aware of the people that care in the world - Be my friend I never wanted any struggle - Overcome - Why don't you come over? I never wanted any trouble - Overcome - Why don't you come over? I only wanted your love - Overcome - Why don't you come over? I only wanted your love - Why don't you come over? Why don't you come over? Heaven's above would you give me some love in return - I have learned I wanted to touch to tell just how much I love you - Stay with me I'll travel the world I'll be missing you girl and our baby - Ease the pain Flat on my face must have fallen from grace it's disgraceful - Our family tree I never wanted any struggle - Overcome - Why don't you come over? I never wanted any trouble - Overcome - Why don't you come over? I only wanted your love - Overcome - Why don't you come over? I only wanted your love - Why don't you come over? Why don't you come over? I only wanted your love - Why don't you come over? Why don't you come over? I only wanted your love - Why don't you come over? Why don't you come over?
28th February Road
Shine Sunshine early morning Sun-rays on a frosty morning It's time to shine Walking on fallen leaves No one's sure but she believes It's time to shine Sunshine on a summer's day Sunshine take my blues away Sunshine make me feel alive Sunshine make me wanna live Sun kissing me on my mind Sun sun kissing me on my min Sun kissing me on my mind You're starting to shine Sunburst it's a brand new sign Sun kissing me on my skin It's time to shine Walking on fallen leaves No one's sure but she believes It's time to shine Sunshine on a summer's day Sunshine take my blues away Sunshine make me feel alive Sunshine make me wanna live Sun kissing me on my mind Sun sun kissing me on my mind Sun kissing me on my mind Sun sun kissing me on my mind Sun kissing me on my mind You're starting to shine Starting to shine You're starting to shine Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I don't wanna leave you, oh I just wanna turn you on I don't wanna leave you, oh I just wanna turn you on Sunshine on a summer's day Sunshine took my blues away Sunshine make me feel alive Sunshine make me wanna live Sun kissing me on my mind Sun sun kissing me on my mind Sun kissing me on my mind You're starting to shine You're starting to shine Starting to shine You're starting to shine You're starting to shine You're starting to shine You're starting to shine You're starting to shine You're starting to shine
After The Fall She blows with her fury and drives the rain The judge and the jury, diminish my pain You do nothing at all, you know nothing at all Your bitter kiss in the morning, after the fall Do you know where you're going Do you know what you'll see Well the earth and your rebirth Are you what you want to be Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You do nothing at all, you know nothing at all Your bitter kiss in the morning, after the fall We danced in the moonlight to a music sublime And we're holding that awareness until the end of time You do nothing at all, you know nothing at all Your bitter kiss in the morning, after the fall
Troubadour
I never step on the cracks on my road My mother said that she'd break all my bones You're climbing the walls, the closer you shave Pull up your socks as you dig your own grave Troubadour, troubadour Troubadour, troubadour One day you will lose everything that you own You sit in your throne as you sit all alone Up the creek without a paddle, having the edge A short fuse, I'm in the heart of the lord Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Troubadour, troubadour Troubadour, troubadour Middle-west I never step on the cracks on my road My mother said that she'd break all my bones You're climbing the walls, the closer you shave Pull up your socks as you dig your own grave Troubadour, troubadour Troubadour, troubadour
Non Albums Tracks
Crosstown traffic You jump in front of my car When you know all the time That ninety miles an hour, babe, Is the speed I drive You tell me it's alright You don't mind a little pain You say you just want me to Take you for a ride Crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don't want to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I'm tryin' to get on the other side of town I'm not the only soul who's accused of hit and run Tire tracks all across your back Baby I can see you had your fun But darlin' can't you see my signals turn from green to red And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead Crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don't want to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I'm tryin' to get on the other side of town Crosstown traffic Crosstown traffic, yeah Yeah Crosstown traffic, yeah Yeah
Nobody's Uncle
( Straight for the country EP / Lyrics by Chris Shaw ) How many times do you need telling Not everyone wants what you're selling You never listen you always know best You want the whole world to go west Your unsold stock started smelling The lack of sales got you yelling Glamour and glisten is all you do best Nobody wants to go west You've pushed it around all over town You had to have a hand in every game going down Your the psycho at the party you aren't cool Everyone round here knows you're a fool Nobody's uncle no ones pal Nobody round here's gonna call you Al Nobody wants to play your tedious game You'd stay at home if you had any shame You think every fight has a winner You think every man has his price Business is business and all's fair in war Sadly you never think twice Waving the banner of freedom Wielding the Roman cross Like a club or a sword to drive home the word Who'll have to pick up the costs You're not big you're not clever you're not brave Carpet bombing people to their graves Billions of dollars in a flash There is a better way to spend the cash Nobody's uncle no ones pal Nobody round here's gonna call you Al Nobody wants to play your tedious game You'd stay at home if you had any shame Nobody's uncle no ones pal Nobody round here's gonna call you Al Nobody wants to play your tedious game You'd stay at home if you had any shame
Stay With Me
( Straight for the country EP ) We know that we'll hook up And we'll have a ball Cold in the whistling wind I have got you on my mind girl Hot like the burning sun You're four hundred miles away Stay in my arms, stay by my heart Like a bird in the sky, freely With the face of an angel, gracefully We know that we'll hook up And we'll have a ball My lady's far One day I finally land there I look at the stars And I know she's out there Stay in my arms, stay by my heart Like a bird in the sky, freely With the face of an angel, gracefully We know that we'll hook up And we'll have a ball I love your eyes Meeting you was one surprise girl I've met many girls No-one quite like you girl Stay in my arms, stay by my heart Like a bird in the sky, freely With the face of an angel, gracefully We know that we'll hook up And we'll have a ball Wet in the pouring rain She comes and takes away the pain High on a mountain-side How many times I've lied Stay in my arms, stay by my heart
The Duke
( Straight for the country EP ) People of the book be strong Join hands and lift your heads The wind on the water kicks the waves into spray And it's driven to the shoreline to grind the earth away Show your face, lift your hands Show your love, show your heart Fire in the sky makes the rocks from the clay Which water grates to dust again for wind to whip away We must purify evil With the power of love Round and round chasing ever on The wheels of Shiva's chariot rolling over me Cast aside all that you know Only the truth can save us now The Ley of the land, a pathway to follow Only seen from the old straight track, straight track People of the book be strong Join hands and lift your heads He who climbs a tree worth climbing Will get the help deserved, deserved Show your face lift your hands Show your love show your heart We walked through the forest to the top of the hill And sang our song by the stones, by the stones We must purify evil With the power of love Rolling and a rippling its way through the brook Bank, brae and burn Bank, brae and burn, brae and burn
The Wizard
( Black Sabbath )
Misty morning, clouds in the sky Without warning, the wizard walks by Casting his shadow, weaving his spell Funny clothes, tinkling bell Never talking Just keeps walking Spreading his magic Evil power disappears Demons worry when the wizard is near He turns tears into joy Everyone's happy when the wizard walks by Never talking Just keeps walking Spreading his magic Sun is shining, clouds have gone by All the people give a happy sigh He has passed by, giving his sign Left all the people feeling so fine Never talking Just keeps walking Spreading his magic
Think For Yourself
( The Beatles )
I've got a word or two To say about the things that you do You're telling all those lies About the good things that we can have If we close our eyes Do what you want to do And go where you're going to Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you I left you far behind The ruins of the life that you had in mind And though you still can't see I know your mind's made up You're gonna cause more misery Do what you want to do And go where you're going to Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you Although your mind's opaque Try thinking more if just for your own sake The future still looks good And you've got time to rectify All the things that you should Do what you want to do And go where you're going to Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you Do what you want to do And go where you're going to Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you
You are looking inside
( Straight for the country EP ) I'm glad you're doing well at school I'm glad to hear that things are cool Don't be afraid of anything It will all work out I knew you when you were a girl I read you fairy tales, I sang you a lullaby I stop and think about you know Just where you are, in this world You have nothing to hide Your feeling inside Your feelings and mine You are looking inside I support everything you do I am backing you all the way I really enjoy hearing from you It's great to hear your voice Somehow You have got a gift You turn it around You make everything alright You have nothing to hide Your feeling inside Your feelings and mine You are looking inside