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Trouble Will Find You
03:09
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You know you cant dissolve into thin air
And neither can you stand there and despair
It's right behind you each and every where
Wherever you go trouble will find you
Now it knows your name it won't forget
Just like your shadow marks your every step
And in the face of everyone you've ever met
Wherever you go trouble will follow
It's the cold of night the creaking of the stairs
It's the sound of endless ringing in your ears
It's the sickly taste of salt within your tears
No matter how you cry trouble won't spare you
Try hiding but it's already too late
Try running 'til your legs won't take your weight
In each and every road you'll ever take
No matter how you run trouble will catch you
You know you cant dissolve into thin air
And neither can you stand there and despair
It's right behind you each and every where
Wherever you go trouble will find you
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2. |
Walking Blues
03:14
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A rut so deep may as well be a grave
This sleeping town has left me in my wake
Tired of pacing floors in dead of night
Head in hands I lay here now defeated by the light
So I'm passing through
With these walking blues
A thousand traps are littered on the road
The pavements crack behind me as I go
Consumed by all the things I've left behind
Another futile mile I know I cant escape my mind
What can anybody do
With those walking blues
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3. |
Song of the Seasons
02:33
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She sings a song of the seasons
Summers rolling deep about to Fall
Preparing for the hardened heart of Winter
Hoping Spring brings someone new to call
Oh how strange
It's all changed
And I never saw it coming
All along
She sang songs
With the motor running
She sings a song of the seasons
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4. |
Bitter End
03:03
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Bitter End has many houses
Built while dreaming of contentment
Now it harbours quiet resentment
Wondering what went wrong
At Bitter End
Proud displays of cars on driveways
Hide the cracks of disillusion
Peering through the netted curtain
Everything's uniform
On Bitter End
Crushed by ordinary failure
Assigned to roles that undermine
Dreams and expectations of youth
Sunshine blinds everyone
On Bitter End
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5. |
Spilt Milk
02:56
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Woke early again
Was remembering when
Thinking further along
To where it all went wrong
Now it's hurting my brain
Can I hope to regain
With a positive mind
Move it on down the line
Tell me what's wrong with this scene
Kitchen floor is so unclean
Crying over spilt milk
Oh what might have been
With no recompense
I'm thinking over events
Until I'm further away
From where it all made sense
And the answer's the same
No matter who is to blame
Still I'm writing in vain
A notice of complaint
Tell me what's wrong with this scene
Kitchen floor is so unclean
Crying over spilt milk
Oh what might have been
Evening rolls around
And I can hear the sound
Of the wheels in spin
To rebegin the begin
And it will never resolve
Because my focus dissolves
Carry over the pain
Snakes and ladders again
Tell me what's wrong with this scene
Kitchen floor is so unclean
Crying over spilt milk
Oh what might have been
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6. |
I Need to Sleep
03:34
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Living life against the clock
Anxiety is pulling my strings
Coiled tight I'm dead inside
With no-one to release the springs
I'm half-awake half in dreams
I need to sleep
At the point where tempers blow
Everyone's on tippy-toes
Rationality has gone
The train of thought still rumbles on
I'm half-awake half in dreams
I need to sleep
And everyone thinks they know what's going on
In your head
And that's nothing at all
Living life against the clock
I'm stumble on until I drop
I'm half-awake half in dreams
I need to sleep
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7. |
Life in the Wheel
03:02
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This life in the wheel
Each day plays the same
So unable to feel
Anything but disdain
For this life in the wheel
Such a sad and sorry deal
What a shame
Best you know your place and don't step out of the line
Don't get ideas above the station you're assigned
Take in the scenery for it's all you're gonna see
Powered by inequity it's different rules for you and me
This life in the wheel
Each day plays the same
So unable to feel
Anything but disdain
For this life in the wheel
Such a sad and sorry deal
What a shame
You're working hard but always stuck in the same place
Look down you'll see your wheel is tethered to a base
Powered by inequity it's different rules for you and me
Take in the scenery for it's all you're ever gonna see
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8. |
Tired Old War
02:52
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It's a tired old war
Been going on too long
And a lot of good people done wrong in vain
Grown so weary and desensitised
By dividing lines and the media lies
And commentaries that try to rationalise
How we're doing alright taking innocent lives
It's a tired old war
Been going on too long
And a lot of good people done wrong in vain
Conflict doesn't seek to understand
Still it comes disguised with a compassionate hand
Politicians add to the fatigue
Never knowing for sure what they're trying to achieve
Peaceful resolution holds no sway here anymore
Just a distant dream behind a double-locked door
It's a tired old war
Been going on too long
And a lot of good people done wrong in vain
How to carry on throughout the fight
All i know is it's wrong and I know that I'm right
Grown so weary and desensitised
Got a heavy heart and even heavier eyes
It's a tired old war
Been going on too long
And a lot of good people done wrong in vain
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9. |
Barbara
03:06
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I wandered lonely in the crowd
Until some eyes stared out aloud
She had convinced me she was same
But it was all part of a game
Played by Barbara
Now I flinch at every mention of your name
Barbara
And it seems I've only got myself to blame
Barbara
So I disclosed just how I felt
I should have kept it to myself
She had been talking around the town
And now I'm never gonna live it down
Thanks to Barbara
Now I flinch at every mention of your name
Barbara
And it seems I've only got myself to blame
Barbara
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Downtime in the Panopticon
See what goes on
With the monitors gone
And no privatised eye
Scrutinising from on high
Just starlight twinkling off and on
Panic in the observatory
Raised by alarm
With no thought of the harm
For the ones left behind
In the darkness of their minds
And cold wind whistling through the trees
See the wolves in congregation
See them howling in formation
With no watchmen at their stations
Watch the pillars fall
Chaos shall claim it's dominion
Without sanctioned intervention
It will claim us all
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11. |
Bottlenecks and Barriers
03:02
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Bottlenecks and barriers
Many bumps in the road
All the false starts and delays
With no signposts on the way
How is anybody meant to know
Where we're all supposed to go
Some get lost in the line
'Til they run out of time
Bottlenecks and barriers
Bridges burned lessons learned
All the smiles and the cries
Access granted or denied
How is anybody meant to know
Where we're all supposed to go
In a game ruled by chance
Fortune and circumstance
Bottlenecks and barriers
In the rearview mirror gone
Only hindsight and blindsight
And the storms yet to come
How is anybody meant to know
Where we're all supposed to go
Better learn how to climb
Or it'll leave you behind
Bottlenecks and barriers
Many bumps in the road
All the false starts and delays
With no signposts on the way
How is anybody meant to know
Where we're all supposed to go
Some get lost in the line
'Til they run out of time
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12. |
Discotheque After Dark
02:41
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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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