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Passing San Ysidro
03:40
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I hear that song about the wind in your hair
Plays in the cabin it’s not freezing in there
It says the sun is all you need to have left
That keeps my head up as I struggle for breath
I’ll be passing San Ysidro in a little time
They can call it God’s country I can call it mine
I keep my head down I’m a demon to some
I hide my accent cause it shows where I come from
I find a criminal who pays me to wear
Out all my bones just keeping them in there
I’ll be passing San Ysidro in a little time
They can call it God’s country I can call it mine
I’ll be passing Lampedusa it don’t matter where
How can you call it God’s country then not want you there?
Cause they don’t let you in
They don’t let you in
He says son don’t you know you’re not meant to be here
And you got to go with it
This here land of the free; not for you it’s for me
Cause I can afford it
I said who put the line there, made the money run out there
Then blame us for trying?
If it was the other way round you’d be leaving your town
If your options were drying
I hear that song about the wind in your hair
It tells me nothing ‘bout the time that I spent there
It’s just a chorus spat out by a hack
They tease me with it as they’re sendin’ me back
I’ll be passing San Ysidro in a little time
They can’t call it God’s country I can’t call it mine
I’ll be passing Lampedusa it don’t matter where
How can you call it God’s country then not want you there?
Cause they don’t let you in
They don’t let you in
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2. |
Try Not to Think of Now
04:52
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You
You say nothing more to me
Pick up your bag and gave a shake to check your money and your key
Turned on your heel and through the door
Like I’ve seen you do so many times before
You close that door real tight
On me
And I
I got nothing more to do
In about an hour or so my heels will make the same mistake as you
In five days nothing much will change
You’ll still have bills to clutch and everyone the same
You close that door real tight
Again
And you can’t go out tonight
To get drunk and dance and lie
So you tell yourself it’s better in the long run
In the long run
And yeah
It will be better alright
But any money that I spend just seems to start another fight
And every day’s like scrubbing dirt
With living coming second place to work
You close that door real tight
It’s yours some more tonight
Cause that’s the way it’s gonna be
So try not to think of now
It could get easier somehow
It will be better soon
Better in the long run
But you can’t go out tonight
You just get drunk instead and fight
And that’s better somehow
Better in the long run
Cause you wake one day thinking
When’s it gonna begin?
I want something back for the years that I put in
So where do we go tonight?
To get drunk and dance and lie
That that’s better some how
Better in the long run
So where do we go at all
When you just can’t afford to fall?
Gotta tell yourself it’s better in the long run
Tell yourself that it’s better somehow
Tell yourself that it’s better in the long run
For the two of us
For the both of us
Did they get you to change?
Did they get you to waste your precious time?
Did they get you to save?
For nothing but shelter at the end of your days
In the long run
They’ll get you in the long run
In the long run
They’ll get you in the long run
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3. |
Get Back Up
03:25
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I woke up and saw the bride about a quarter past ten
She was looking resplendent I was looking for a pen
We were caught in a moment but that was way back when
Because lately your smile seems so much harder to find
And that look on your face never seems to unwind
The mere mention of this and I’d find
The receiving end
I see you standing next to me
But you’ve never seemed so low
Why don’t you get back up
Why don’t you get back up
And I know I’ve got my share and that’s nothing to be proud
There’s a time and a place I shouldn’t say this out loud
But sometimes it’s simple; you gotta get back up
And I know it’s neithers fault the situation we’re in
But you claim for a loss before I even begin
It’s so painful to see that your never gonna let me win
I know you’re stood right next to me
And I know that there’s a love
But I can only hope when this settles down
It’s still me that you’re thinking of
Why don’t you get back up
Why don’t you get back up
Oh look at those blue eyes turning grey
You’re giving me black eyes almost every day
And threatening to way away
Well on you go
Or just get back up
Get on over it
Get back up
Or get on out
Get back up
Get on over it
Get back up
Or you might as well just get out
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4. |
Pushing Statues
03:14
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I don’t see your eyes anymore
I used to see a window now I see a shutter door
I’d love to catch a glimpse
But it’s never like before
And I don’t see
Your eyes anymore
I haven’t seen your face in quite a while
That picture at my mother’s still greets me with a smile
You say
Why you got to break my heart?
Well I drove
Up to your favourite shrine
I bought me some trinkets
‘Cause I liked them at the time
And the man who took my money don’t believe
And he keeps on pushing statues
Cause he’s got that mouth to feed
And you say
Why you got to break my heart
Why you got to break mine
I haven’t heard your voice in quite some time
Your words are still familiar cause they
Taught me them in rhyme
Told to me as statements
Any question was declined
So I haven’t heard your voice in quite some time
Nowadays I sing a different tune
But I’m worried of these words
I’m worried of these words
Because you might be in this room
Saying
Why you got to break my heart?
Why you got to break my heart?
Why you tearing this apart?
Why you got to break mine?
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5. |
Starlet
03:40
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So hard to tell
If they want you dead or wish you well
If they want you in this room you got to sell for sure
So hard to say
If you’re gonna wake up that way
If you’re gonna wake us up and make a day in hell
Lady God damn your soul
I know that you took ‘em all
And God knows they’ll be makin’ a saint of you soon
Hard out to breathe
When I know you’re itching to leave
I ain’t leaving any stuff around lately
With a woman like you
Lady God damn your soul
I know that you took ‘em all
And God knows they’ll be makin’ a saint of you soon
You found a love and you’re never gonna let it go
Hard not to stare
They lift your lids and you don’t even care
They close the case and seal you up in there baby for good
Now your names on a stone
And I can’t get the press off the phone
They wanna know about your latest hit babe and they won’t leave
Me alone
Lady God damn your soul
I know that you took ‘em all
And God knows I was makin’ a fool of you
I know it was takin’ it’s toll on you
And God knows they’ll be makin’ a saint of you soon
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Quoting Sagan
03:24
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You’re red
Was it something I said?
When I told you to stop filling mine
With the mess that you find
In your head
You preach
Who you trying to reach?
With all this talk of space
The look on my face says
I’m no one to teach
You think we can travel that far
But you’ve only brought poison in the tank of your car
If you go into the black
You ain’t ever coming back
Time
It’s a wonderful thing
If left to devise
It makes matter with eyes
And atoms that sing
You think there’s no story to tell
What if space is a desert and we live by the well?
Well?
You go into the black
You aint ever coming back
To a simpler time
Where people had reasons that kept them that way
But you say they don’t get what they gave
I wish we could blow out the candle and step out of the cave
But you’ve gone into the black
And you ain’t ever coming back
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7. |
Taking Liberties
03:23
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Don’t deny me
I’ve an army
And we’ll come for you in your sleep
Is what you told me
But I’d be weary
Making promises you can’t keep
I don’t know
If the writings on the wall
I don’t see
Any letters there at all
Sure we all want you to win
But you remind us of what
We are living in
Don’t deny me
I’ve an army
And we’ll come for you where you sit
Is what you mentioned
Of your intention
But your army may never exist
How long can this go on
How long can this go on
I don’t know
If the speech was worth the crowd
When your kids put their coins right back in
Does it make you feel proud?
Are you sure that you wanted to win?
Or carry your days without living in sin?
Don’t deny me
You’ve no army
They must have all gone in
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8. |
Never in a While
04:01
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Look at your eyes
I’ve seen that look before
But never in a while
It makes me feel better
To remember what it’s like
To think about your love
With no worry at all
You hand me my coffee
Say it’s just the way you like
Suspicious at first
But you’re right
Maybe it’s a blessing
Maybe this time we’ve gotten tired
Tired of all the shit we’ve caused
For nothing at all
Josephine it’s mean to say
I was glad you went away
But now I want you back
Josephine I didn’t mind
‘Cause it seems that you needed time
But now I’ve got you back
I’ll be weary
But I’ll be kind
Forget about language
Forget about all those things I said
If I could catch those words before they left I would
Take them out of service
Retire them from the line
Cause we don’t need that anymore
They meant nothing at all
They meant nothing at all
Josephine it’s mean to say
I was glad you went away
But now I want you back
Josephine I didn’t mind
‘Cause it seems that you needed time
But now I’ve got you back
I’ll be weary
But I’ll be kind
I’ll be weary
But I’ll be kind
I’ll be weary
So please be kind
I’ll be weary
But I’ll be kind
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9. |
Burning Man
04:43
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To the night that looks like it’s wanting to play
To the sip that took all my bad days away
To the smile that makes me just want to go home
I know you’re there so may I never feel alone, feel alone
To the man at the back
Who looked the wrong way at me
I got five things in my hand
That I want him to see
To the night, the words they arrived out of tune
You looked at me ad you knew that I’d emptied the room
You leaned over and said babe I don’t think it’s your time
Forget the room and get back to our bottle of wine
But there’s a man at the back
Who looked the wrong way at me
And I’ve got five things in my hand
That I need him to see
Then and now
I sit all alone, try not to pick up the phone
Prepared with no answer to questions they no longer ask
Sit mostly these days
And try not to mention the haze
Where words had no interest unless they were set
To a blaze
Some people love you
And call you by name
Others don’t listen
Others want something to see
Some people love you
And call you by name
Others don’t listen
Others just want to see flames
To the night
That looks like it’s wanting to play
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10. |
Doubts
04:16
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I told you I wanted to talk to you now
You said: don’t believe what you say
How did you think that those words would come out anyway?
I mentioned I need to get out of this town
You said that I’d just make a mess
What good in sharing all of those things of yourself?
Please
Take this away from me
Bury doubt somewhere else
Please, please don’t let me beat up myself
I don’t think it’s different for anyone here
I think it’s just something we have
A stop valve to keep from repeating mistakes of the past
But how do you know where the line is to cross
When you struggle to meet someone new?
Any you can’t stop from studying the lines on their face
For the signs that they’re doing the same thing to you
Please
Take this away from me
Bury doubt somewhere else
Please, please just leave me be
Please, please take it from take it from
Please, please don’t let this soul beat up its self
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James Edwyn & The Borrowed Band Glasgow, UK
Glasgow sextet James Edwyn & the
Borrowed Band stumbled on to the
scene 2013, their formation
the
result of a series of unlikely
coincidences... Their music is a mix
of alt-country, indie/folk rock and
roots orientated Americana.
They have released two critically acclaimed albums, THE TOWER (2014) and HIGH Fences (2018). They are currently working on a third studio album.
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