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If I Were A Bell
06:38
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Ask me how do I feel, ask me now that we're cosy and clinging
Well sir, all I can say is if I were a bell I'd be ringing
From the moment we kissed goodnight
That's the way I’ve just gotta behave
Boy if I were a lamp I'd light, or if I were a banner I'd wave
Ask me how do I feel, little me with my quiet upbringing
Well sir, all I can say is if I were a gate I'd be swinging
Or if I were a watch I'd start popping my spring
Or if I were a bell I'd go ding, dong, ding, dong, ding
Ask me how do I feel from this chemistry lesson I'm learning
Well sir, all I can say is if I were a bridge I'd be burning
Yes I knew my moral would crack, from the wonderful way that you looked
Boy if I were a duck I'd quack, or if I were a goose I'd be cooked
Ask me how do I feel, ask me now that we're fondly caressing
Boy if I were a salad, I know I'd be splashing my dressing
Ask me how to describe this whole beautiful thing
If I were a bell
If I were a bell
If I were a bell I'd go ding, dong, ding, dong, ding
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Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
When I drive them high steppin' strutters
Nosey pokes'll peek through their shutters and their eyes will pop
The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown
The dashboard's genuine leather
With isinglass curtains you can roll right down
In case there's a change in the weather
Two bright sidelights winkin' and blinkin'
Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'
You can keep your rig if you're thinkin' that I'd care to swap
For that shiny little surrey with the fringe on the top
All the world'll fly in a flurry
When I take you out in the surrey … with the fringe on top
When we hit that road hell for leather
Cats and dogs'll dance in the heather
Birds and frogs'll sing altogether and the toads will hop
The wind'll whistle as we roll along
The cows'll moo in the clover
The river will ripple out a whispered song and whisper it over and over
Don't you wish you’d go on forever
Don't you wish you’d go on forever
Don't you wish you’d go on forever and you’d never stop
In that shiny little surrey with the fringe on the top
I can see the stars gettin' blurry
When we ride home in the surrey
Riding slowly home in the surrey with the fringe on top
I can feel the day gettin' older
Feel a sleepy head near my shoulder
Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder, ‘til it falls ker-plop
The sun is swimmin' on the brim of a hill
The moon is takin' a header
And just as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still
A lark'll wake up in the meadow
A lark'll wake up in the meadow
Hush you bird my baby’s a-sleepin'
Maybe got a dream worth a-keepin'
Whoa you team, just keep a-creepin' at a slow clip-clop
Don't you hurry with the surrey
Don't you hurry with the surrey
Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top
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Belongs To You
03:36
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Now the future has a face, and that face belongs to you
Now I’m here in your embrace and I know just what to do
The vision of future is clear and I know there’s nothing to fear
With destiny placing you here, beside me
Though the picture in my head has been happy since the start
The image that it showed me always missed a crucial part
The detail of who it would be, sharing a lifetime with me
Then you came along and the answer was totally clear
You released the missing piece
That’s made complete the picture
So the story has an end, but today is just the start
All the troubles in creation couldn’t lever us apart
Now the picture I’m seeing is true, and it’s such a magnificent view
Now the future has a face and that face belongs to you
You released the missing piece
That’s made complete the picture
So the story has an end, but today is just the start
All the troubles in creation couldn’t lever us apart
Now the searching for answers is through, I’m spending a lifetime with you
Now the future has a face and that face ... belongs to you
Belongs to you
Belongs to you
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Now's The Time
06:04
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There’s no use retrospectively
Wonderin’ what it’s like to be
The one that gets to hold her hand
Avoid her eye line just in case
Let desire go to waste
That ain't a useful plan
Don’t waste your time drawing circles and lines
When she probably thinks you’re divine
Eleanor, Lucy, Amy or Jane
Go for it or you’ll go insane
Baby, now’s the time
All those things you wanna be
You sit back expectantly
Watching all the world go by
You spend your hours feeling blue
Hoping it’ll come to you
Forget all your mistakes and try
Don’t waste your time drawing circles and lines
With your dreams sitting so far behind
Whether the aim is flying a plane
Or trying to sound like John Coltrane
Baby, now’s the time
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Just
07:32
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Can't get the stink off, he's been hanging round for days
Comes like a comet, suckers you but not your friends
One day he'll get to you and teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do
That's what really hurts
Is you do it to yourself, just you
You and no-one else
You do it to yourself
Don't get my sympathy, hanging out the fifteenth floor
You've changed the locks three times
He still comes reeling through the door
One day he'll get to you and teach you how to get to purest hell
You do it to yourself, you do
That's what really hurts
Is you do it to yourself, just you
You and no-one else
You do it to yourself, oh
One day he'll get to you and teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do
That's what really hurts
Is you do it to yourself, just you
You and no-one else
You do it to yourself, yeah
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6. |
You Might Be The One
04:07
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Dear miss, if I may speak so formally
There's something I must say
It comes in the form of an apology
Here's hoping that you'll still want to stay
Though we as a pair are so very new
We've only just begun
It might be a sin but I can't hold it in
I'm sorry, but you might be the one
I'm risking it all to tell you I've fallen
Hopelessly in love with you
I'm no Mercer or Porter but darling you oughta
Listen to my message too
So miss let me paint you a picture of
Our moment in the sun
I know that it's soon but I'll give you the moon
I'm sorry but you might be the one
I'm risking it all to tell you I've fallen
Hopelessly in love with you
Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, now me dear (well, sorta)
We all have a message that's true
So miss if I may speak impatiently
Please tell me we're not done
I'm crossing my heart that this is the start
I'm sorry but you might be the one
I'm certain that you dear are the one
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Last July
06:50
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Why'd you lie, last July, when you said that you loved me?
There was I, flying high, thinking everything's lovely
Still together in December ... but it started last July
August came, September rain drizzled into October
Through a fine November time, I didn't know it was over
Love in pieces by December ... crumbling since July
Vows were taken, now forsaken
Slow releases, shattered pieces
That year's Christmas cheer disappeared completely
Made me pine for summer time, when the living was easy
Still together in December ... but it started last July
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Brick By Boring Brick
04:20
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She lives in a fairy tale, somewhat too far for us to find
Forgotten the taste and smell, of a world that she's left behind
It's about the exposure, the lens I told her
The angles are all wrong now, she's tearing wings off of butterflies
Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds
Well go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Ba da baya da ba ba da
So one day he found her crying, coiled up on the dirty ground
Her prince finally came to save her, and the rest she can figure out
But it was a trick and the clock struck twelve so make sure
To build your home brick by boring brick
Or the wolf's gonna blow it down
Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds
Well go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
You live in a world of magic 'cause your real life is tragic
You live in a world of magic
If it's not real you can't hold it in your hand
Or feel it with your heart
And I won't believe it
But if it's true you can see it with your eyes
Or even in the dark
And that's where I want to be, yeah
Well go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Ba da baya da ba ba da, ba dat dat baya dat bay doh
Ba da baya da ba ba da, ba dat dat baya dat bay doh
Ba da baya da ba ba da, ba dat dat baya dat bay doh
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9. |
Revolution
04:52
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For me our love has always been beyond compare
But lately I'm uncertain it's a feeling that we share
I look into your deep brown eyes and see the same old face
But something's different in the warmth of your embrace
The messages you're sending me get colder every day
Now some guy says he loves you and you think that that's ok
I was too blind to see that those two things were linked
Now it's survival of the ruthless and baby, I'm extinct
There's been a revolution in your heart
It's caused the faith I had in you and me to fall apart
There's been a revolution in your heart
The picture I had in my mind has been forced to depart
Bring back the angel from the image in my head
She'd never leave my aching heart to be misled
Now she's been led astray by greener looking grass
I'm still here if you're wanting me but something's got to change
It's looking evermore like that can't be arranged
Today's the day that you decide it all
There's been a revolution in your heart
It's caused the faith I had in you and me to fall apart
There's been a revolution in your heart
The picture I had in my mind has been forced to depart
There's been a revolution in your heart
It's caused the faith I had in you and me to fall apart
There's been a revolution in your heart
There's been a revolution in your heart
It's caused the faith I had in you and me ... to fall apart
Let's go back to the start
Will you step up and save us
Will you step up and save us
Will you step up and save us from this revolution baby
Will you step up and save us
I promised you my heart, you promised me yours
The path that we're treading just leads to divorce
The picture I had in my mind has been forced to depart
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10. |
Take The A Train
04:34
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You must take the A Train
To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
If you miss that A Train
You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
Hurry, get on down it's coming
Listen to those wheels a-thrumming
All aboard, get on the A Train
Soon, you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem
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Tom Lindsay Coventry, UK
Pianist, singer, bandleader and songwriter, combining exciting musicianship with an easygoing charm
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