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Breathe
00:41
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So the news is not going your way, today
Time to change and make it up
Get it down and send it on it’s way. And pray
No-one tries to look it up
Come on people, everybody gets a free ride
Step down, roll up, everybody come inside
It doesn’t matter cos everybody gets a free ride
24 hours later it’s inside, the minds
Of everyone who thinks like you
Little footnote, it’s a pack of lies, don’t mind
It must be true cos it’s online
Check for life signs, what you said is there for all to see
(Don’t dare call it conspiracy)
It’s your truth now and no-one’s gonna tell you anything
To change it
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All the Things
03:47
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How many times can you stick to the lines you’ve written on your hand?
The same old thing and the people sting back at you in this land
But there are some of all the crazy, hazy folks I don’t understand
Who seem to like nothing more than a reckless, headless ragtime band
I don’t know your name and now we’re standing in the rain
Say it once again, and maybe I’ll remember when
The sun was out, the clouds had gone and all the things were right
Have you ever stopped to think about the time you stopped to think about me?
I didn’t think so, it’s been so long and I know you’ll never let it be
Tell me a joke before we go up in smoke, I couldn’t tell you how I felt at the time
So listen now as it all shuts down, there’s a mountain here to climb
Take me down to where the lights are low
Turn the radio on slow
How do you feel now it’s done?
Can you believe you’re on the run?
Helplessly moving out of time inside
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When I Had All The Time
01:56
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One Autumn day, I was there in an upstairs room
I didn’t know what to be but I knew it soon
This was the place where I found all the peace in my life
When I had all the time
Now that I’m gone from the place I can hardly breathe
But the place is always in my heart so I didn’t leave
When I go back in my mind, everything looks so fine
When I had all the time
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Jump Back
03:56
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You woke me up at a quarter to three
and I couldn’t believe how you sounded on the phone
Almost like it was a regular night
And your voice was inside but I couldn’t hear the tone
Jump back in time my friend, it’s the same as it always goes
Jump back and show your hand cos I’m here to save my soul
Jump back in time my friend, you gotta tell me all the things you gone and done
Jump back, let’s hear the plan, I’m here to reach the sun
All the time on the road and I didn’t know
What to expect when I fell back down to Earth
It was different, the same, can’t explain
But I knew later on that it couldn’t work
You want it back, but you can’t have it back
Can you tell me the time that you first heard the chimes
You want it back, so go and get it back
Did you listen to anything I said yesterday?
You want it back, but you can’t have it back
So you better be ready for any attack
My mind is gone and I don’t want it back.
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Operator
03:47
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Operator, can you tell me why I’m disconnected
All through the day, and all through the night I can’t explain how it feels
Nothing is real inside my mind
Here we go now, on an endless train
I can wonder, how we got here, again
It’s been too long it seems
I’ve seen it in my dreams
It starts in black and white and then the colour makes the scene
Can’t sit down, there’s too much to do
Want to get back, to what I’m s’posed to do
So maybe it’s a waste of time
To dream and take the best out of my mind
Gotta see the light again
Cos nothing, nothing’s working my friend
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Wish You Wouldn't Hide
02:38
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seems just like a dream i had today
all the walls around me fell away
the star above me makes my head spin round
so leave me here to just enjoy the sound
so nice to see you in my dream just last night
makes me feel better that you're still here inside
i wish you wouldn't hide
do you know how far the time has gone?
you wouldn't recognise a thing except this song
you're just hiding out, you gotta be
tucked away still watching your tv
what's the news? what you been up to?
so many questions that i can't begin to ask
can you still see me? perhaps you can free me
from everything all at once crashing down on me
somehow i cont see, it's not supposed to be
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California
04:49
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We were all just flying high this time
Taking everything just as it seems
Up on the fifth floor we were hanging out
But I know I don’t recall
We had places to play and to go
Didn’t know what to expect, yeah
But we were here and at least I believe that we were
But I don’t recall
Look down, on the strip I know you’re there
I wish, you’d held on at least another year
Oh well, here goes another shot
Don’t tell me that’s all that you got
California, could have warned ya
You made a mess of me
California, wish I’d called ya
Cos you made a mess of me
Seven hours just passed me by
And my head is not my own
Is it worth all this just to be free?
Cos I know, I need to get home
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Led By Clowns
03:37
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Taking away without giving a grain, it’s everything we already knew
Don’t be surprised by the look in their eyes, I think they’re taking us for fools
They don’t even hide how they feel deep inside, it’s the same and a shame for us all
It’s all been a trick and it’s making me sick to think some of us still want the rule
Don’t be led by clowns. They’ll always let you down
Save, save us all, from the hand we were dealt when we were climbing the wall
Look all around, you can’t think this is sound, I don’t know what to tell you at all
Maybe someday this will all go away, I don’t think we can stand anymore
We’ve gotta try to look fear in the eye and show them all the open door
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Don’t look now I swear I saw you in a different light
Long ago, it wouldn’t make me even think twice
Now I can’t help thinking of a situation
when the world won’t turn and give into temptation
But I know, yes I know, Everything is gonna be alright
Counting 3,2,1 I think we’re just beginning
And it’s 10,9,8 to tell you that we’re winning
And I know, yes I know Everything is gonna be alright
Save my place, I’m heading out to get a little air
The one big problem in there isn’t any anywhere
One last shot and it’s in the bag
Don’t know what to make of all the time we have oh no, oh no, oh no
So step right up now and take my hand
I think the world is waiting just to understand oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
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Past Midnight
06:24
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Coming back out from the dark, Time to look all-around
Save yourself before it’s all too late, so quiet I can’t hear a sound
Someone said something but I couldn’t make it out again, out again ohh..
Tell me that there is much more to this than meets the eye, the eye is watching
Walking around in a daze again, somebody switched off the light
Help me find my way around and maybe it’ll be alright
So as the screen turns black and white, the sun comes up just past midnight again
Maybe now we can look again at everything all around
Take some time to just rewind and shut the whole thing down
So as the screen turns black and white, the sun comes up just past midnight again
the sounds turned down to minus one but the colours coming back too strong again
Come and tell me the things that you see and the way that you feel but don’t let me go
I didn’t wait too long, to play along
Is it me or does everyone think that they know what the hell has been going on
Or is it just insane, to play this game
I can’t think why, you’d think an eye, could be watching you always
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No One's Joking
04:16
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I didn't know this, but i never notice
the things that make me understand
this time I'm hoping nobody's joking
you know i never had this plan
i said it time and time again, perhaps you just weren't listening
i'm right on the edge
I don't know how many more times I've got to read between the lines
cos I don't care anymore
I don't care, you're not me, I'm ok, don't think you understand
head in your hands, stay where you are, no one's joking
welcome to small town, take a good look round
i hope you're liking what you see
and here they come now, our resident clowns
just don't know what they wanna be
another day I'm getting round to all the things that bring me down
I'm right on the edge
never mind I'll carry on pretending and depending on
but i don't care anymore
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The musical outlet of Dave Ody with invaluable help from others including, but not limited to, Robbie Burley, Phil Davies
and Pat Martyn.
Mothboxer has been releasing music since 2007, and has released 9 albums to date.
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