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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Welcome to the Holy Land, Fretwork, Stone and Feather, The Weaving Shed, Don't Try This at Home, Man Walks into a Bar, Medication, Zeitgeist, and 23 more.
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Twist of Lime
05:32
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Twist of Lime
Today I will think twice about
A twist of lime
In another margarita
Open my eyes if skies are blue, are blue and empty
Diggers on my pavement out drilling and scraping the days away
Junkie floats along the white lines from Hilltown down to the Overgate
And her motability scooter helps her wobble to yet another greasy take away
Too much traffic, too much bad shit in Juturama City
Oh I know I’ve got tequila and Ludwig and Foxtrot to comfort me
And I see the sun is out showering her gold on the Tay
And I’ll go down and tongue worship any girl I can find who’ll put up with me
But the sweat and the rules and the kissing of arses to land yourself the latest smartphone
And the bullshitting bullies and bosses are all flocking like carrion birds of a feather
Some days it’s all I can do to slap my cock in my pants in the morning and keep it all together
Music saved me today
At home tonight I’ll raise my glass
To Juturama City.
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Man Walks into a Bar
02:54
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Man Walks into a Bar
Man walks into a bar
With a ten spot and a cheap guitar
Says this Dundee dive bar’s what I need
Got to make my fingers bleed
I’ve got to make your heart burn and your sweat run down the wall
I’ve got stick a dirty poison needle in your soul
I want your pretty eyes to water when you listen to my song
Cos if it doesn’t sting and hurt you know I played it wrong
She died and left me taking everything
Except a crying baby and this set of strings
God knows I try, God knows I fail
So, I scratch the truth out with my fingernails
We all feel better getting high on someone else’s pain
You’ve heard this old song before and now you’re hearing it again
I’m only getting over it when I push it further down
I let my guitar start the fire then burn it to the ground
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Your Shift Barry
02:13
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Fireside Angel
07:18
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Fireside Angel
Fireside angel, my fireside angel
Burn my blood and dance the dance
Burn my blood and dance the dance
Fireside angel, my fireside angel
For one perfect little death
For one perfect little death – we dance
Colour white or colour blue
Vows are broken and only the rain
And the gale are true
Twist and break me
Twist and break me
Fireside angel, my fireside angel
Seven fingers broken bones
Seven fingers broken bones
Fireside angel, my fireside angel
Ragged corpses lead the way
As ragged corpses lead the way – we dance
Colour black and colour blue
Hearts are broken and only the storm
And the sea are true
Twist and…
Twist and…
Kiss these lips and die with me
Kiss these lips and die with me
Angel Angel
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Last Summer
02:15
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Last Summer
All the thirsty flowers bow their heads
All the bees and sparrows leave the fields
All the hawks and owls won’t lay their eggs
In one perfect summer which never ends
All the grass is yellow and the earth is hard
All the hungry cattle rest their bones
We’ll hide beneath the stones and we’ll fear the sun
‘til all the greedy monsters are dead and gone
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Cloudburst
03:12
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Cloudburst
Tears rain down, eyeballs bleed
Storm clouds roll, heart disease
But I don’t mind, no I don’t mind how this story goes
I don’t mind
You and I made heaven cry
But I don’t mind, I don’t mind how the truth gets bent
I don’t mind how our story ends
Tongues and eyes and hearts and fingers burn with holy fire
Greed and jealousy and hunger, lust, and red desire
Tongues and eyes and hearts and fingers burn with holy fire
Greed and jealousy and hunger, lust, and red desire
Taste like this
The land shall flood, Mountains quake
The lake of Blood, the dam shall break
But I don’t mind, I don’t mind and I can’t pretend
Because I don’t mind how our story ends
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The Touch
03:19
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The Touch
Barren years, sunless days
I have not felt the touch
Burning tears, moonless nights
Gathering my thoughts
I will not bow to beauty
To fantasy or lust
I will not mend or find my rest
Until I feel the touch
Comfort is the easy lie
Virtue crowns the fool
Some foretell a brighter light
If I let go of you
But joy and peace are no release
From matters of the soul
I will not hang upon a kiss
Until I feel the touch
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Captain Nibbles
03:03
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Remembrance
02:52
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Remembrance
Thanks for your kind remembrance
For sharing your oh so precious memories
And I’m sure that the flowers you sent were beautiful
So glad you could make it
And you with your twisted arm
So bitter I can taste it
Through your sincerity and charm
Oh, what could be more heartfelt than the printed word
A pale bloom pressed on cardboard with her favourite song
Is there somewhere better that you’d rather be?
Couldn’t we just let her legacy
Alone?
Did she put you out by loving strangers so far from home?
Was she worth a hole?
Was she worth a stone?
Thank you for your kind remembrance
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Hairy Egg
02:37
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Hairy Egg
Oh, God I want you
Oh, my God I want to
Cover your ham slices with my coleslaw
Find the piece that’s missing from our jigsaw
I want to
We purr like we’re sympatico and rub our sticks together
But we’re completely incompatible birds of a different feather
But I want you
If lust and flesh were everything, we’d be an atom bomb
We’re still living in the moment, but the moment’s been and gone
But I still want to
We’re like a lobster flying through the air
Like an egg with hair
But I want to be the butter on your bread
I want to be the bonfire in your bed
I want what I have to say to be unsaid
Oh, God I want you
Oh, my God I want to
Be the fish inside your batter
For sex to be the only thing that matters
You know I want you
If body heat was all the fuel we needed to take off
I wouldn’t keep on calling round to try to call it off
But I’ve got to
I want to do my talking with my hands
I know I’ve got to think outside my pants
But I don’t want to
Like a billionaire in abject squalor
Like an adverb to a professional footballer
You’re a goddess, I’m a fool
I know we did it beautiful
But lover this is hard knock school
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Avalon
03:09
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Avalon
The crystal ships are leaving
They drift out from the coast
They came to take our dreamers
And our ghosts
She was blue and he was turning
A whiter shade of pale
The rocket men are flying
To the dark side of the moon
They’re taking back our heroes
Too soon
In a starless sky with diamonds
Up those stairs to Paradise
The spirits of the radio
Dance out with the moonlit knight
The Peace Train is leaving
All aboard for Avalon
It came to take our dreamers
Back home
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Feeding the Fish
04:59
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Feeding the Fish
Magnus feeds a penny to the fish
Magnus holds my hand and makes a wish
The wind runs her fingers through my hair
And suddenly you’re there
Karen holds a lost child on the phone
He feels her heart, he knows he’s not alone
Her gift of love is infinite and free
And calls her back to me
Bring me the sleet and the wind and the rain
Bring me your fear and your hurt and your shame
And I swear I will stay strong
I swear I will be strong
No matter how fast this world spins
It cannot leave you behind
I sing this song for everyone I love
For every kiss and every healing touch
Feel me forever at your side
Forever at your side
Magnus feeds a penny to the fish
Magnus holds my hand and makes a wish
The wind runs her fingers through my hair
And suddenly you’re there
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Richard Gorman Dundee, UK
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1 Acquire Albums 2 Acquire whisky 3 Ensure no interruptions for the next hour 4 Dim Lights 5 Turn it up
Drink and repeat as required.
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