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So far away
03:15
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A light breeze blows across my face
As I walk down the street a stranger to this place.
Blue sky above, the sun beats down.
You can really relax in this faraway town.
The beach is a sea of people
I'll just sit back and watch.
Everything moves so slowly here.
Everything is relaxed.
So far away.
Into the night all the bars are alive.
Music and laughter drifts up into the night sky.
People all colour, each one of them a star.
Sit back and relax
All worries are so far away.
So far away.
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Like the sun
04:53
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Lying on my bed on a Friday night
Waiting on the washing machine finish it's fight.
There's a world outside, places I've never gone
Tonight in my room I'll settle just for a song.
The wind is picking up and throwing things around
Sheltered inside it only reaches me through sound.
What did I think was going to happen tonight.
The light nights of the summer lie ahead
Yellow and green early sky turning red.
Wish that I could step out of my skin
Find a good woman forget everything.
The heat will slow things down
People together all over this town.
What did I think was going to happen tonight.
When the good times return
We will shine like the sun.
When the good times return.
What did I think was going to happen tonight.
When the good times return
We will shine like the sun.
When the good times return
We will shine like the sun.
When the good times return.
When the good times return.
When the good times return.
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Hard work
03:19
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A feeling in the morning
Forgotten by the night.
The trouble taken yesterday
No longer given thought.
Best efforts have been made.
Trying times ahead.
The last thing I'd expect
Was the first thing on your mind.
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Found
03:04
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All the thoughts in my head
Running around and around.
The beauty of a cloud in the sky as the sun goes down.
Sometimes I feel lost but there's always a chance I'll be found.
Thinking of the words I heard and how they were said.
Wished I could be strong wished I was somebody else.
Crawled up stairs and lay down on my bed.
Thankful for a place to rest my head.
I've always found something
When I'm looking the other way.
Bird on a fence looks around and then he flys away.
There's times when I'm lost but I always find myself okay.
Thinking of the words I heard and how they were said.
Wished I could be strong wished I was somebody else.
Thinking of the words I heard and how they were said.
Wished I could be strong wished I was somebody else.
Crawled up stairs and lay down on my bed.
Thankful for a place to rest my head.
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Little song
02:53
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Walkie talkies that didn't quite work
And a silver sticker never to be found.
A paddling pool on the well worn grass
A clubhouse in the hut that stinks of creosote.
Spent the day down the park
Have to go home for my tea and then I'll be back again.
No job, no car and no debt.
Just need some air in my tyres and I'll be okay.
Jump the burn at the widest part
Show the moon to the passing train.
Hide and seek, staying lost in the woods
Climbing trees and a secret hideaway.
Bad tempered cat and an oversized dog
Two fat pigs and a fish in a bowl.
No job, no car and no debt.
Just need some air in my tyres and I'll be okay.
Just need some air in my tyres and I'll be okay.
Just need some air in my tyres.
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6. |
Shelly
02:56
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There's a time and a place for that kind of behaviour
It might as well be here and now.
Try and break the shell.
Try and look you in the eye.
I'm not sure if it's worth it.
Not sure if I have the time.
There's a time and a place for that kind of behaviour
I'll save it for a different time.
Hard to break the shell.
I can't look her in the eye.
I'm not sure if I'm worth it.
Not too sure of the time.
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Underdog
02:24
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Only two legs either side front and back
His best friend pulls him along on an old homemade cart.
Eyesight is failing he's deaf in one ear
His fur coat's faded and dull looks like he won't last the year.
Not looking for pity only something to eat
And a cold bowl of water in the hot summer heat.
Don't know what he's thinking when he's wagging his tail
I'll back this underdog though I know that he'll fail.
Life will soon be over for the underdog.
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Everything's wrong
03:12
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Once I had a dream
I was so happy, so serene.
But I woke up, now everything seems wrong.
I used to run about
I used to speak up I used to shout.
But now I struggle and everything seems wrong.
I tried to look my best
I tried to keep up with the rest.
Still everything seems wrong.
Time just keeps moving on
Old feelings have all gone.
A dream is just something to wake from.
A dream is just something to wake from.
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More of the same
02:52
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Drum beat kicks in
Guitar rings away
The singer a young confident man.
Not sure what he's singing
Sounds like he was in love
But now he only feels pain.
Trailers end
Film starts to play
The star a pretty young woman.
Not sure of the plot
Looks like she was in love
But now she only feels pain.
Hoping for change
For now they only feel pain.
More of the same.
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Tonights song
03:10
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It's only the day but my head is away in the night.
A job that needs done and a song that needs sung it's okay.
There's no wrong or right there's no demons to fight on the way.
It's only the day but my head is away in the night.
There's a million different ways.
How will it play.
Hearing the sound new feelings I've found in my heart.
No walls to be found it's an easy way round when I'm there.
Sing out and share with the good souls who care they can see.
Hearing the sound new feelings I've found in my heart.
There's a million different ways.
How will it play.
There's a million different ways.
How will it play.
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Straw Scotland, UK
Straw are a folk/experimental band from Fife, Scotland. Graham Munks is the core writer for Straw aided and abetted by co- writer Fergus Black . Derek Barclay is the third member whose prescence with backing vocals, mouthie and occasionaly guitar completes the trio. Straws music covers many genres, 'Munksy' and Fergus along with Derek have created an often beautiful and surreal and peculiar album ... more
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