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in a town, it’s somewhere that I’ve come to
come to know as the place that i am
three months in, still getting looks from strangers
constant danger in the queue for cans
not a hurler, neither a churchgoer
not the first clue how to tie a knot
nor a man who knows his fishing vessels
watching rich kids wrestle on a yacht
I will be here any time you need me
I will be here any time you don’t
doors unlocked I’m probably in the kitchen
weighing up the options that I got
seven weeks of hoovering the carpets
once a week I’m taking out the bins
halfway through a book on Richard Nixon
this might be the version where he wins
every Sunday every Sunday morning
cross the fields right over to the lake
throwing gravel at a knackered speedboat
thinking of the bus I’ll never take
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2. |
Asleep On A Bus
02:21
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I packed my suitcase and I headed for the city
a coke and whiskey, well it set me back €12.50
woah oh
well it’s a nightmare meeting pilgrims knee-deep in it
no end of yelling at a thousand words a minute
woah oh
I followed footsteps though I got lost in the meaning
between St. Brendan and a gang of sick Norwegians
woah oh
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3. |
Captain Of Industry
02:04
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Abba singing waterloo
on a boat in 82
all with no eye contact
i know i know i know i know i know i know
retail opportunities
on the edges of the town
no negotiations
i know i know i know i know i know i know
goalie for the Junior Ds
sailing all the roughest seas
C D E F G H
i know i know i know i know i know i know
with a knapsack on my back
with a knapsack on my back
with a knapsack on it
i know i know i know i know i know i know
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4. |
Westerly Direction
01:52
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oh you’re the only one i want
oh you’re the only one i need
started as catastrophe
ended up as you and me
oh you’re the only one i want
oh you’re the only one i need
started off as something else
oh you’re the only one i want
oh you’re the only one i need
started off a total mess
ended up a weird success
oh you’re the only one i want
oh you’re the only one i need
started off a total mess yeah
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5. |
Disengagement
03:18
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you will find me at my bedside
kneeling in a state of prayer
not sure to whom it’s directed
you could ask me all about it or
you could just leave it there
my heartfelt congratulations
on going bald in formula 1
we’ve all decided on cremations
you could tell me how it’s handled or
you could just get it done
renaults parked along the seafront
no-one daring to get out
please switch off your indicators
you could tell me all about it or
you could just leave it out
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At Home
02:50
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a priapistic endless golden summer
too many people have got my phone number
a demon and another demon bicker
when at home, do what the hell you want
awoken by the sounds of foreign gossip
a panic spreads as key figures are locked up
we’re locked since noon and tried to knock back coffee
when at home, do what the hell you want
all tense from picking up the crumbs at parties
the whole city’s dressed up as Joe McCarthy
a handshake tells you all you needs to know so
when at home, do what the hell you want
if you sail round-the-world you’re hiding something
if you get caught you’ll join in with the hunting
no brand of magic stops a river running
when at home do what the hell you want
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Something More
03:06
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it I were to bring up things I shouldn’t bring up
if I were to mention thing that could upset
if I said something now that would likely change how
how you feel about me oh the looks I’d get
but I’m done being friends I’ve no time to pretend
I’ve not said it before but I just want something more
sat at table 15 under the TV screen
gaelic football highlights blaring from above
every time we meet up I’m clam up I talk shop
I’m so far off course baby I have had enough
but I’m done being friends I’ve no time to pretend
never said it before but I just want something more
if I said what i thought and it all came to nought
ah sure fuck it at least I can say I tried
but a life lived in fear it has gotten me here
babbling incoherently all the time
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No Trades
03:13
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in the county of Clare there’s a man selling prams
it’s his own Vietnam no one ever shows up
in the county of Cork there’s a lady who buys
only when in disguise only when the lights are out
well you’re better off staying where you are
probably better than being somewhere else
yeah you’re just gonna stay where you are
in the county of Meath there’s a Polo for sale
it was used in a raid it will be used again
in the county of Laois you get thin lizzy live
you get thin lizzy live you get thin lizzy live
in the county of Down you will meet in the park
you hand over the cash you will turn round and leave
in the county of Louth angle grinders and saws
breaking all sorts of laws breaking out again
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9. |
Batman, Tonight
02:11
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changing sheets and shredding documents
in a building with low lights
you’re in the middle of your life
I’ll be your batman tonight
bending backwards to get over you
palsy setting in just right
an intermission in your life
I’ll be your batman tonight
I would tell you what I thought of you
if I got the wording right
but as you get on with your life
I’m being batman tonight
and if I only got it right
I’m being batman tonight
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10. |
The Invigilator
04:12
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I’ve been stinking the place up
drinking the cheap stuff
thinking of only you
my head is a mess I’m under duress
still thinking of only you
and I won’t give
probably should give up
not leading the troops
not topping the group
not dropping my thoughts of you
staring at the set from the kitchenette
beset by the thought of you
no new ground has been covered
why would I bother
reset to thoughts of you
I’d say soon that I’ll be grand
the system demands
till then I’ll be stuck on you
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11. |
Wait It Out
02:11
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they’re looking through the walls they’re listening down the lines
and now there’s no escape it happens all the time
and now it’s normalised and it freaks me out
there’s nothing to be done looking like you’re having fun
get something from the fridge and sit down on the couch
and put it in your mouth keep your eyes dead on
wait it out
and when you leave the house pretend to look for keys
pretend to look for keys for rooms you’ve never seen
and cars you’ll never drive then go back inside
and if you use the phone you use a special code
say no when you mean yes and also when it’s no
then let the person go with the best regards
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12. |
Half Past
03:00
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will you come walking oh will you come dancing with me
the stars have aligned now we’re out of our minds don’t you see
will you come walking oh will you come dancing with me
as the temperature drops we forget that we’re all that we got
there’s any number of songs about waves on a shore
i’m guessing the concept is not one you’ve not heard before
there’s any number of songs about waves on a shore
as the sea level drops, we forget when we start and we stop
everything i could possibly want
and a fair amount of what i need
overlap for one day for an hour for a minute
for a second then i’m back on the outside
will you come dancing oh will you come walking with me
the stars will align in their own fucking time don’t you see
will you come dancing oh will you come walking with me
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