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Where I Should Go?
04:22
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WHERE I SHOULD GO?
Two forward, one back I’ll be no star
Three forward, two back I won’t go so far
One forward, three back where I started. But people still try to own me.
Steps to the side Don’t do that, do this
Knock me off my stride Take care who ya kiss
I’m pinned to the spot and I’m spinnin’ I’m pinned to the spot and I’m spinnin’
Chorus I’m just a man
I wanna know With no master plan
Where I should go. ‘Cept I try very hard to hurt no one.
It seems I have no way of knowing. So why should they care
I can’t find my bed How I wear my hair
I can’t find my head. Can’t they take me as they find me.
I can’t find the road that I’m goin’
I am me
It’s all I can be.
I know what I want but can’t go there.
Things people say
Stand in my way.
Pin me to this spot where I’m spinnin’
I’ll be no star
I won’t go so far
But people still try to own me.
Don’t do that, do this
Take care who ya kiss
I’m pinned to the spot and I’m spinnin’ around
I’m just a man
With no master plan
‘Cept I try very hard to hurt no one.
So why should they care
How I wear my hair
Can’t they take me as they find me.
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2. |
Sweet Fallen Angels
04:57
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PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
Dear table in front of me, I wish you’d look around
To the folks trying to listen but can hardly hear a sound
Save your shouts and your laughter as you swill your beer.
But don’t mind me up here
Chorus
I’m pearls before swine.
I must believe or go out of my mind.
Ommmmm!!
It strikes me now, you don’t know me at all
To you I’m interference, I’m just paper on the wall
Well perhaps I could move you if you would only hear.
Ah but don’t mind me up here.
I’m outwardly confident but deep inside I’m shy.
Deep inside I’m angry and deep inside I cry.
I don’t deserve your rudeness or this salt tear.
Ah but don’t mind me up here.
To all you people who reached out your hands
You spoke words of kindness, you seemed to understand.
You looked to this front table with a sigh and a sneer
Thanks from me up here.
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5. |
The Jigs
05:06
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6. |
Namenlos
03:11
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NAMENLOS
He bore no name
He had no number
He was master of the house
He was loving'
He was evil
Respectively to man and mouse
CHORUS
Time for moving on
Time for moving on
Namenlos, Namenlos
You're really gone?
Cotton wool packing razor blades
Like a Gurkha in the night
Black magical
Supernatural
Chieftain of sacrificial rites.
Mysterious and yet so obvious
You were there in black and white
You were cool
You were strong
I didn't think you'd lose the fight!
So rest in peace my little friend
No one's gonna take your place
We loved you and we still do
You left one hell of a big space
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7. |
How Did You Feel?
03:29
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HOW DID YOU FEEL?
How did you feel on the day I was leaving?
Were you heartbroken when I went away?
I’d seen you dress in the brightest of colours
Like freshest spring flowers
But grey on that day.
Chorus.
Keep yourself warm, keep yourself cosy.
Treat yourself decent. Please write when you can.
Here is my home but my heart is aye with you.
I too will be with you as soon as I can.
Trembling lips tried to smile as we parted
That fragile smile only lasted a while.
Driving’s not easy, and this was my secret,
With tears upon tears, mile after mile.
All being well, I’ll soon be beside you.
Me and my rainbow, my dearest friend.
Battlefield curries, brunches at Sainsbury’s,
We’ll laugh till we cry this song over again.
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8. |
My Martin & My Motorbike
03:35
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MY MARTIN AND MY MOTORBIKE
I’m done up in leather
I’m all black and shiny
Astride two wheels, my guitar behind me.
Two out of three things that I like.
My ma ma ma ma Martin and my motorbike. Uh Huh uh! Etc.
Some say I’m thick between the ears
Some keep sayin’,”It’ll end in tears.
Why don’t he use a car.”
Some wanna swap with my guitar.
Well, I could be your daddy’s dad
I’m a deluded old dude it’s oh so sad.
Roy Rogers had his horse.
This is just me with mine, of course.
You’ll never know if you’ve never tried
The comradeship between those who ride
OOOOh! How good it feels……
On two wheels. When I’m…..
When a blue blackbird is passin’ by
And a black flight case points to the sky.
Who could that be?
Probably me!
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9. |
Pete & Myra's Wedding
04:34
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Where I Should Go
Two forward, one back
Three forward, two back
One forward, three back where I started.
Steps to the side
Knock me off my stride
I’m pinned to the spot and I’m spinnin’ around
Chorus
I wanna know With no master plan
Where I should go.
It seems I have no way of knowing.
I can’t find my bed
I can’t find my head.
I can’t find the road that I’m goin’
I am me
It’s all I can be.
I know what I want but can’t go there.
Things people say
Stand in my way.
Pin me to this spot where I’m spinnin’
I’ll be no star
I won’t go so far
But people still try to own me.
Don’t do that, do this
Take care who ya kiss
I’m pinned to the spot and I’m spinnin’ around
I’m just a man
‘Cept I try very hard to hurt no one.
So why should they care
How I wear my hair
Can’t they take me as they find me.
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10. |
Mellow
03:28
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MELLOW
C G
You will mellow
Fm C
You will mellow
G
Given time, you will mellow
C G
You will mellow
Fm C
My good fellow
G C
All whites yellow with time.
Hot-headed morality
You know just how this world should be.
You see so red your eyes are burning me.
You will mellow with time.
Misplaced supremacy
You have the nerve to look down on me
You’re only the same as I used to be
You will mellow with time.
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11. |
Go Home To Glasgow
03:25
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GO HOME TO GLASGOW
I know it’s a real strange thing to say
But I’m very very glad you’re going away.
Your eyes are tired, your mind’s already gone.
This long road’s not all cruel, nor is it strictly kind.
It’s hard playing songs when home plays on your mind.
Chorus.
Go home, home, home.
Home, home, home.
Go home.
Go home to Glasgow home.
It’s a shame to be sitting there all uneasy in an easy chair.
I understand. That chair is not your own.
I hope you slept so very well. You never said.
Sleepin’s never easy in an unfamiliar bed.
The last gig’s been and gone. Tomorrow you go home.
Relax a while. Have another beer.
Your head’s so full of lust and love and your little baby girl.
It won’t be long till you’re back in your world.
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12. |
Ye Jacobites By Name
04:03
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