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I’ve been tiring of these love songs
You’ve been playing on my mind
Where does all the music come from
Going in and out of time
Drain your cup of all my sunshine
So the rains they’re gonna fall
I’ve been dying on the inside
Let the drunken clown go forth
It still matters to me
Does it matter to you
It’s hard to believe
You’re feeling this too
Was it me who cast the first stone
Into a past so far behind
I’ve been swaying on your tightrope
All this love it travels blind
It still matters to me
Does it matter to you
It’s hard to believe
You’re feeling this too
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The Voyage
04:39
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Always reaching out for love, across a great divide
Lovers we can lose ourselves, inside the mists of time
To stumble for 1000 miles then finally lead astray
You asked me was I drinking, I said yes, my life away
But I’m in heaven when you smile
I’m in heaven when you smile
I want to dance upon the sand, with both hands waving free
The moon could light a silver path from twisted memory
Silhouetted by our lives, upon a sea of fate
I always meant to be on time, but now it feels too late
But I’m in heaven when you smile
I’m in heaven when you smile
Take a voyage for your love
Take a trip on a diamond ship and sail it to the stars above
I know that you’ll appear
Keep sailing through my years
I have lain alone at night, haunted by my dreams
A pillow full of promises, bursting at the seams
With all the scenes from this affair, my head it could explode
Please don’t think that I don’t care, I walk a rocky road
But I’m in heaven when you smile
I’m in heaven when you smile
I’m in heaven when you smile
I’m in heaven when you smile
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Hopeless Heart
03:17
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Remember how the day could break
Everyone still smiling, nothing could be fake
Cut me like a diamond with that I can make no mistake
Everyone who leaves me, leaves with a hopeless heart
Remember those who left to soon
With half damp eyes I stare into the gloom
Inside a golden temple, you’ll find me howling at the moon
Everyone who leaves me, leaves me with a hopeless heart
Oh darling where you rest
A shoreless cosmic ocean, full of dreams of those who loved you best
Oh darling where you lie
Inside the sapphire of our mind, in the emerald of our eye
Remember that very first day
You pour me out a whisky, nothing we could say
Hold me in your arms and help me make the pain go away
Everyone who leaves me, leaves me with a hopeless heart
Oh darling where you rest
A shoreless cosmic ocean, full of dreams of those who loved you best
Oh darling where you lie
Inside the sapphire of our mind, in the emerald of our eye
Once I could not be told
In the blinking of an eye everyone gets old
But now I know it’s different, I let myself fall into the fold
Everyone who leaves me, leaves me with a hopeless heart
Everyone who leaves me, leaves me with a hopeless heart
Everyone who leaves me, leaves me with this hopeless song
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Silver Linings
03:27
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Don’t be a fool, you’re in love with her and you know it’s true
She could shoot you down, you’re not bullet proof
Keep on smiling, for every silver lining shines on you
Here comes the rain, pouring down, gonna soak you through
To the bone, somehow lovers do
Keep on smiling, for every silver lining shines on you
With every silver lining there lies a cloud
That’s the simplest of truth
As the sun is shining they’ll lay you down
Like a pharaoh in your tomb
Don’t be afraid, you can be the best, you can carry on
You can scream and shout, you could be someone
Keep on smiling, for every silver lining shines on you
There in the dark, stands a Sinnerman , he’s gonna set you free
He’ll be good to you, please be good to me
Keep on smiling for every silver lining shines on you
With every silver lining there lies a cloud
That’s the simplest of truth
As the sun is shining they’ll lay you down
Like a pharaoh in your tomb
Silver linings
Silver linings
Keep on smiling, for every silver lining shines on you
Shines on you
Shines on you
Shines on you
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Someday
04:10
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Someday, our planets may align
Someday, eclipsing every valentine
Someday baby, you ain’t gonna worry for me anymore
Someday, these castles made of sand
Someday, falling from our broken hands
Someday baby, you ain’t gonna worry for me anymore
I paint a picture, a paradise in mind
Show me the colour, brush strokes back in time
Someday, we’ll evaporate to dreams
Someday, floating on so endlessly
Someday baby, you ain’t gonna worry for me anymore
Someday, the season has to end
Someday, the words we wrote we can’t amend
Someday baby, you ain’t gonna worry for me anymore
I paint a picture, a paradise in mind
Show me the colour, brush strokes back in time, brush strokes back in time
Someday baby, you ain’t gonna worry for me anymore
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6. |
Black To The Ground
03:37
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I’ve been heeding every warning
I’ve been shaking in my shoes
These opinions we’ve been forming
Are based on someone else’s news
You’re bringing me down, black to the ground
You’re bringing me down, black to the ground
I’ve been losing some religion
Under parodies of faith
You’ve been tabling a motion
It sits right underneath your plate
You’re bringing me down, black to the ground
You’re bringing me down, black to the ground
It hit me so hard like a bolt from the blue
I know what I said, I never said it was true
Only you, only you
You use such impressive language
You’ve got my head right in a spin
The bats have left the bell tower
But now the walls are closing in
You’re bringing me down, black to the ground
You’re bringing me down, black to the ground
From the Holy Roman Empire
To the Conquistadors of Spain
All these kings we’ve been dethroning
Now only Donald Trump remains
You’re bringing me down, black to the ground
You’re bringing me down, black to the ground
It hit me so hard like a bolt from the blue
I know what I said, I never said it was true
Only you, only you
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Plymouth Song
03:51
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A tor up on the high line
Of Devon’s rolling sky
And down the wooded valley
Our years are flowing by
It’s only now I wonder, if our ever loving son is gonna shine
The boats they fill the harbour
Where the sea birds rise and fall
For every Pilgrim Father
There’s a plaque upon the wall
It’s only now I wonder, if our ever loving father cares at all
The lonely dockyard’s daughter
By the old gate she will stand
A lamb unto the slaughter
Keeps a wedding ring to hand
It’s only now I wonder, if our ever loving daughter understands
Take it slowly my love
Someone’s been smiling on us
Take it slowly my love
Someone’s been smiling on us
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By My Side
03:19
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You’re tired of being alone
You could spend all day staring at your mobile phone
When the stars refuse to shine in your eyes
You’ll be by my side
You value being free,
You’ve come around to all the things you could not be
When the stars refuse to shine in your eyes
You’ll be by my side
You’ve been running away from yourself again
You’ve been running away from your oldest friends
Misty morning, swirls round you, a day in the life
Upon the ocean, that could not drown you, the trouble and the strife
The rains they start to fall
When the clouds above obscure all that you’re looking for
When the stars refuse to shine in your eyes
You’ll be by my side
You’ve been running away from yourself again
You’ve been running away from your oldest friends
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Believe In Me
04:31
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Stop just where you are
Look inside my oaken, black and broken heart
The only one was me
A sickness turns inside my eyes, I see the things I should not see
How do I justify,
A thousand wrongs, if I was weak then I would die
A beauty left in spring
If I could lead a better life, if I could hear the robins sing
If you believe, believe in me, we could be so much better
If you believe, believe in me, we could be so much better
we could be so much better
we could be so much better
Inside a state of mind
Question your mortality, you will seek and you will find
The answer to it all
Denied I've lied, I've compromised, integrity before a fall
Where we go from here?
Pointless revolutionary, all good men are insincere
The politics of doom
One last chance, I change myself, sleep well my son, we'll be there soon
If you believe, believe in me, we could be so much better
If you believe, believe in me, we could be so much better
we could be so much better
we could be so much better
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Long Way From Here
02:46
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Laid it all to waste, shadows cross her silver face
She smiles like a fire in the sun
Wanted to be free, slept alone and often sadly
Saw only what the lonely truly see
Seems a long way, a long way from here
A long way from where you hoped to go
Three weeks she spoke in her mother tongue
Kingdom come and hallowed be thy name
Shadows of herself she became
Lost inside a sound, her words are bleak and often profound
Lady Day could sing her night away
Don’t know where you are, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker
A love supreme could bring it home again
Seems a long way, a long way from here
A long way from where you hoped to go
Three weeks she spoke in her mother tongue
Kingdom come and hallowed be thy name
Shadows of herself she became
Shadows of herself she became
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The Medusa In Disguise
04:08
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Delusions of illusions, I can live without
You stole all my thunder, of that I have no doubt
If I am like the refugee, the war cannot be won
And you are like Medusa, searching for the sun
For all this lack of vision, I’m yet to find a cure
I’m heading for a home town, I’ve never seen before
If I am like the serpent hiding from your eyes
You are like Medusa, in beautiful disguise
In beautiful disguise
In beautiful disguise
Inside a distant memory, she said, I’ll turn you into stone
The Medusa turned her face to me, she bled, her eyes were not her own
Her eyes were not her own
Her eyes were not her own
For every foolish move I made, there’s a another up my sleeve
With every single card I played, I wanted to believe
I am like the singer, alone upon the stage
And you are like Medusa, waiting to be made
Waiting to be made
Waiting to be made
Waiting to be made
Waiting to be made
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Al Shalliker Plymouth, UK
Al Shalliker is a singer-songwriter and musician from the city of Plymouth in England. The lead songwriter for Plymouth band Watershed, who were prolific live performers nationwide over a period of more than 20 years, Al is now producing music as a solo artist. His debut album, ‘Silver Linings’, was released in April 2021 and featured the two singles Where all the Music Comes From and The Voyage. ... more
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