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A Little Mercy
03:04
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Pardon my suspicion
But I reserve the right to raise an eyebrow
I've seen your charade and the bed that you've made for me now
Honey you're an artist
And I know I ain't the smartest but the games up
There's a shadow of doubt, I'll figure it out somehow
All you've gotta do is
Show me a little mercy
Because I've seen all I wanna see
You're so underhanded
And i don't understand just what we're doing here lady
At first I believed now I think I'll be leaving yeah
I've hot my dignity
And I'm gonna do my best to take it with me, but maybe
It's too late in the day and you've already played me yeah
All you've gotta do is
Show me a little mercy
Because I've seen all I wanna see
Stoking jealousy in somebody just by having me here
Making me your muse in a ruse to make someone reappear
All you've gotta do is
Show me a little mercy
Because I've seen all I wanna see
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2. |
It's Snowing in Hell
03:14
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Your rictus smile is giving way like pressure building in a hose
So much for rolling with a punch instead you took it on the nose
Tell me that you’re doing well
It must be snowing in hell
It’s snowing in hell
You thought it all to be a game until the day the dice were thrown
No consolation prize you’re taking only disappointment home
You say you’re happy with the cards they dealt
Like butter wouldn’t ever melt
It’s snowing in hell
Good will has jumped out of the window to a hundred story fall
Yet still you think your faith will be enough to see you through it all
Sleeping through the wake-up bell
It must be snowing in hell
It’s snowing in hell
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3. |
Live Love & Lose
03:38
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Hear the sound of knocking at your door
Fear the sound because you know the score
Every proposition is bound to end the same
It feels unreal buying into the deal
But you do it again and again and again
Left to thoughts you know you cant defend
Emotionally bankrupt in the end
Dial another number and if comes round to when
You said you wouldn't call, you were through with it all
But you do it again and again and again
You live
You love
You lose
Saying never again
Until you do it again
Haunted by the ghosts of lovers past
Each time is no different to the last
Every proposition is bound to end the same
It feels unreal buying into the deal
But you do it again and again and again
You live
You love
You lose
Saying never again
Until you do it again
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4. |
Little Universe
03:06
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I cant chase your shadow
Because I dont know where it goes
There's a world inside your head
That you don't want anyone to know
Because I wonder what you're thinking
And you keep it so well disguised
The stars are out and blinking
While you're looking down on the Earth
From inside your little universe
Some days last forever
And some days they go fast
Your world's forever changing
If I blink then I'm in the past
I guess I've got to keep on running
If I want to stick by your side
Don't dissapear into the distance
And leave me here on the kerb
Please walk me around your little universe
You can lead me by the hand
Or I can tag along behind
I'm a stranger in this land
But you can be my guide
Because I wonder what you're thinking
And you keep it so well disguised
The stars are out and blinking
While you're looking down on the Earth
Please walk me around your little universe
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5. |
That Girl Spells Trouble
02:30
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There will be repercussions
For any indiscretions
Hidden from the one who loves you
She's a sword hanging above you
Spelling T-R-O-U-B-L-E
The girl spells trouble
Games that you've been playing
And all of your betraying
Every room where you've been staying
Will tell all without you saying
Spelling T-R-O-U-B-L-E
The girl spells trouble
Wake in fright
In the dead of the night
You'll never learn your lesson
All the times
She's been seeing you crying
It's as good as a confession
Now eyes stare with suspicion
Shameful tears are blurring you vision
She's a guilty apparition
So be careful what you're wishing
She spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E
The girl spells trouble
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Tell me I been walking a thin line
And I’ll be towing it as soon as you say
I guess I never noticed the danger signs
It seems that you’ll be on your way
Who am I supposed to love now?
You got my undivided attention
My eyes never wandered to either side
All the while there’s been trouble beneath your smile
All the while you’ve been ready to say bye-bye
Who am I supposed to love now?
Lady I trying to be needy
Or saying that you’re trying to deceive me
But you pulled the rug from underneath me
I’ve fallen pretty hard and the floor aint no place to leave me
Tell me I been walking a thin line
And I’ll be towing it as soon as you say
I guess I never noticed the danger signs
Now it seems that you’ll be on your way
Who am I supposed to love now?
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7. |
Bad Guys Always Win
02:42
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Seems like the bad guys always win
Not like the movies long ago
Comeuppance never comes to call
And where it’s gone nobody knows
They used to end up in jail
Now it seems they cant fail
Tell me why is it so?
Now watch them count ill-gotten gains
Not even hiding in plain sight
Instead applauded for their greed
The good has gone without a fight
Hope has slipped down the drain
Will it ever regain?
Tell me why is it so?
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8. |
Hey Girl
03:19
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Hey girl, tell me where you gone
For I don't know what to do, except worry about you
And now it's quarter past two, and I can't stop feeling blue
Hey girl, tell me where you gone
For I don't know where you're at, but I ain't your welcome mat
Won't you please call home and that will be that
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9. |
In the Wrong
03:38
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Jeering down in your judgement
From a council of witches
Pre-formed forever in opinion
Words are scattered like matches
In a palace of cowards
Careless striking will burn it all down
You're in the wrong
You're in the wrong
And there'll be hell to pay for the things that you say
Before too long
You're in the wrong
Traitors standing in line
To sell their souls to the serpent
Watch as ambition consumes their eyes
Masquerading amongst the righteous
Trading in poison disguised
A so-called mission of mercy is lies
They're in the wrong
They're in the wrong
And there'll be hell to pay for the things that they say
Before too long
They're in the wrong
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Trapped between the gloom and all the vampires in this room
Time to go
The blames stops here with me running with such company
This I know
Sneaking out the exit
Now the parties nearly done
With all these faces that surround me
I'm bound to feel lonely in the end
Wave bye-bye
Only seen at night in the pale of the moonlight
Then they're gone
And when I need a friend I know that I cannot depend on them at all
No no no
When I'm gone
Will anybody even know or care?
With all these faces that surround me
I'm bound to feel lonely in the end
Wave bye-bye
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R.J. Archer England, UK
R.J Archer & the Painful Memories are a kick-ass blues-influenced rock n' roll band from Cambridgeshire in England. www.facebook.com/RJArcherMusic
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