1. |
Gardeners' Question Time
00:46
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Proclivity returning
Still nurturing and learning
Question time
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2. |
Balcony Bloom (A Memory)
02:10
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The conifer I bought last year is dying
on my balcony in bloom
Concrete planter with an ashtray on it
on my balcony in bloom
The summer shower passion flower purple
brings my balcony to life
Vibrancy of council block colour
on my balcony in bloom
The greens look good against the grey
on my Kursaal balcony
Could have been a source of joy
if I could only see
the wood for the trees
back then
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3. |
Somebody Else
01:58
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Someone said, "Are you the man from that advert?" and I said
No
You're thinking of somebody else
"Didn't you once knock about with my sister?" I said
No
You're thinking of somebody else
People ask me, "Are you the Tetrapak heiress?" and I say
No
That's somebody else
"Hey" they say, "You're the fella from that band" and I say
No
You're thinking of somebody else
"Aren't you part of that government program?" I said
No
You're thinking of somebody else
Every time someone mistakes my identity I say
No
You're thinking of somebody else
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4. |
Those Magic Changes
02:08
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What's that playing on the radio?
Why do I start swaying to and fro?
I have never heard that song before
But if I don't hear it anymore
It's still familiar to me
Sends a thrill right through me
'Cause those chords remind me of
The night that I first fell in love to
Those magic changes
My heart arranges
A melody that's never the same
A melody that's calling your name
And begs you please come back to me
Please return to me
Don't go away again
Oh make them play again
The music I want to hear as once again,
You whisper in my ear
Oh, my darling, uh-huh
I'll be waiting by the radio
You'll come back to me someday, I know
Been so lonesome since our last goodbye
But I'm singing as I cry
While the bass is sounding
While the drums are pounding
Beatings of my broken heart
Will rise to first place on the chart
My heart arranges
Those magic changes
Oh oh
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5. |
Nondidactic Tactic
03:18
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Me, I see you learning
Assimilating everything
I can't teach you anything
You'll learn much more than I'll ever know about everything
Just do what you want, do whatever you want
I can only guide you with love
Yes, do what you want, forever whatever you want
I can only guide you with love
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6. |
Diamond Hill
00:53
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Remember the day we walked up that hill
Five miles into fog until
I slipped in the mud
We felt magic in our blood
Deformed livestock chewing cud
Remember the day we walked up that hill
Remember the day we walked up that hill
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7. |
Victim of Telephone
00:53
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In blue light I sleep
Still scrolling, beep beep
Just check the scores and I’m done
Duhduhlun duhduhlun duhduhlun
Read Marlow, Kurtz
Eighteen alerts
I drop it in the sea but still it is attached to me
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8. |
Never Have I Run Away
01:13
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It struck me once in a daydream
It struck me twice in the jaw
The change I feared kept me captive
The change I hoped for was my flaw
That's why I lived with all of my failures
And always lived in Southend
Maybe I'm good at keeping secrets
Maybe I always pretend
I have never run away
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9. |
Dr. Simone’s Gum
01:54
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Stories
Energies
of inanimate entities
I want Iggy Pop's copy of 'Footnote To Howl'
Nina Simone's chewing gum wrapped in a towel
and Warren Ellis'
shoelaces
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10. |
Abyss
04:44
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My memory is failing; perhaps it’s for the best
There’s little from my old life kept within my chest
Maybe several photos that I wish had survived
Brief and tiny moments wherein I had thrived
Nowadays I’m better, but never made the grade
Creatively redundant, as always was the case
Fought a losing battle before you had begun
37 records spun less times than your one
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11. |
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Things change, things remain
Like the feverish intimacy of a decades-old friendship
now maintained over thrice-yearly pints
Which is just enough to sustain a thing I cherish
in the face of predictable inevitable change
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12. |
Until Death or Distance
01:47
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Until death or distance, none shall part us
My love for you is deathless
It seems to bind me with mighty cables
which nothing but omnipotence can break
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13. |
Bad Lament
02:06
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It's all blue to my brown eyes
I will cause my own demise
Woebegone, I rhapsodise
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14. |
Palisander
01:01
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Feeling nervous
Need to do this
You're the mother of invention
Holding everyone's attention
as you sing on the veranda
Fingertips on palisander
Strum a gentle chord
and sing
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