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Joker's Jailhouse
03:24
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If you smile too long
Well then you'd better not stay
And if you dream in colour
Then they'll send you away
If your tailored shackles
Lie in heaps on the floor
Then they'll be coming soon
And they'll be locking your door
I played my guitar on a clean street
And the people said hey louse
We're gonna send you away
To the jokers jailhouse .
If you don't give in
To what the grey men say
And if your money's spent
Before you send it his way
If you talk of peace
Without a smile or a sneer
Then you're not the kind
That they want around here
I played my guitar on a clean street
And the people said hey louse
We're gonna send you away
To the jokers jailhouse .
(O'Toole)
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2. |
The Anxiety Rocket
04:01
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I love you baby
You know that that's no lie
But you've been haunting me
Every time I try to close my eyes
My body's shaking
I can't control these sweats
My limbs are twitching
And my bed sheets are getting twisted and wet
You've got everything that a boy could want
But all I want to do
Is shut my eyes and see your smile
Night times on the edge of sleeping
All the voices come a’ crawling,
Sneaking and creeping through my mind
The boosters loaded
Ready for the take off blast
I feel it coming
I feel the rocket coming fast
She flies all night
All night All night All night .......
The sun is setting
My heart is sinking with that glow
Until you're mine again
It seems there's such a long way to go
This painful pleasure
To love a girl as cold as you
Gives me a troubled mind
But to kiss those lips what am I supposed to do
You've got everything that a boy could want
But all I want to do
Is shut my eyes and see your smile
Night times on the edge of sleeping
All the voices come a’ crawling,
Sneaking and creeping through my mind
The boosters loaded
Ready for the take off blast
I feel it coming
I feel the rocket coming fast
She flies all night
All night All night All night .......
(O'Toole)
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3. |
My Little Tree Grows
03:35
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Well I remember that summer
When my love was a seed
Planted down on that sweet ground
Shadow topped by the trees
But that flower sought sunlight
So I helped her to grow
She was perfect and restless
And the whole world she wanted to know
I’m making my way through the forest
To that place I knew years ago
Well I’m tiptoeing gently on memories
A final hello to see how she goes
How my little tree grows
She was new to the wild world
Gently holding her hand
Well I led that young lover
To the march of a band
But the years were our canyon
It was too hard to cross
So I walked from that sweet time
My legs getting heavy, my heart full of loss
Well I’m making my way through the forest
To that place I knew years ago
Well I’m tiptoeing gently on memories
A final hello to see how she goes
How my little tree grows
She was gone like an echo
Ripples fade on a pond
But I’ve just got to see her
Just one more time though the years have been lost
I’m making my way through the forest
To that place I knew years ago
Well I’m tiptoeing gently on memories
A final hello to see how she goes
How my little tree grows
Well I’m making my way through the forest
To that place I knew years ago
Well I’m tiptoeing gently on memories
A final hello to see how she goes
How my little tree grows
(O'Toole)
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Skymaker
05:37
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Our time it walks on stormy waters
Blind men they seize the horses reins
Steering a course from what’s important
Signing their names in blackened stains
How can we tell you
That we love you
All tomorrows’ children
When we’re burning up your skies?
Scorching the sweet face
Pushing poison into the mothers’ veins
How can we look you in the eye?
All men should prey for a skymaker
He’s going to sweep those heavens clean
He’s gonna stop those forest fires
He’s got to re-invent the dream
How can we tell you
That we love you
All tomorrows’ children
When we’re burning up your skies?
Scorching the sweet face
Pushing poison into the mothers’ veins
How can we look you in the eye?
Somewhere outside a child is crying
Somewhere a river’s running dry
A million people run for high ground
Shaking their fists towards the sky
How can we tell you
That we love you
All tomorrows’ children
When we’re burning up your skies?
Scorching the sweet face
Pushing poison into the mothers’ veins
How can we look you in the eye?
(O'Toole)
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It’s a long way back from the edge of the world to your heart
It’s a long way back from the edge of the world to your heart
I know I let you down baby that’s no lie
Since you kicked me out I’m alive but I’ve died
It’s a long way back from the edge of the world to your heart
There’s a long way to go but I’m crawling on my hands and knees
There’s a long way to go, you’ve got to listen to my pleas
I can’t articulate it but you’re getting me thinking
I’m too fond of drug taking, hard drinking living
It’s a long way back from the edge of the world to your heart
Well I know what you’re trying to say to me girl
Real cold emotions coming up from your well
It’s a long way back from the edge of the world to your heart
There’s a long way to go but I’m crawling on my hands and knees
There’s a long way to go, baby listen to my pleas
I can’t articulate it but you’re getting me thinking
I’m too fond of drug taking, hard drinking living
It’s a long way back from the edge of the world to your heart
To your heart
To your heart
To your heart…..
(O'Toole)
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6. |
The Dark Road To Venus
04:44
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You lie behind the black mask
Your eyes are softly pleading
You don’t know if I watch alone
Or if you are live streaming
As you feel my touch upon you
And you feel that shuddered spell
You find the path to heaven
With a little trip through hell
There’s something born of sweetness
As the cracking cat it flays
You’re damned in degradation
As your suffering brings praise
Prometheus stole fire
But you’re stealing so much more
Now you’re begging for permission girl
To crawl upon the floor
When you’re lying tied and undressed
There’s something special between us
When you feel emotional ties
You’re on the dark road to Venus
Keep breathing hard my sweet love
As I sink into your flesh
Emotions getting tangled
As they weave into a mesh
You’ve stripped away your self
Replacing safe with trust
Now I want to live forever
Till we crumble into dust
When you’re lying tied and undressed
There’s something special between us
When you feel emotional ties
You’re on the dark road to Venus
Your bliss it writhes in darkness
As the neon glare it fades
Your tethers bite your sweet skin
Like some kissing razor blades
You want to scream “I hate you”
But there’s love upon your lips
And you want to pull away now
As you’re pushing up your hips
You hide behind the black mask
Your eyes are softly pleading
You don’t know if I watch alone
Or if you are live streaming
When you feel my touch upon you
And you feel that shuddered spell
You find the path to heaven
With a little trip through hell
When you’re lying tied and undressed
There’s something special between us
When you feel emotional ties
You’re on the dark road to Venus
(O'Toole)
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7. |
Nothing Pretty
04:08
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In the city
There ain’t nothing pretty
Just look over your shoulder
And see how this world’s getting older
Well I’m needing
A new chance to breathe in
The night spits its shadows
Lights come from windows like arrows
All the small men are dying
While the minister’s spying
Chaining your hands to these walls
In the city
Ours, no room for pity
We’re choking on distance
Everyone fights for existence
Now we’re sliding
The whole world is hiding
Like frightened lovers
Building a force from the others
Now the priest gives his blessing
In the hotel undressing
Kill them with trust in his name
In the morning when I wake up from my drinking
I see your face next to mine
And so I gaze out of the window as I’m thinking
I’ve just got to get right out of here
Just got to get right out of here
Just got to get right
Just got to get right
Just got to get right out of here
In the city
There ain’t nothing pretty
Look over your shoulder
And see how the world’s getting older
Well I’m needing
A new chance to breathe in
The night spits its shadows
Lights come from windows like arrows
All the small men are dying
While the minister’s spying
Chaining your hands to these walls
In the morning when I wake up from my drinking
I see your face next to mine
And I gaze out of the window as I’m thinking
I’ve just got to get right out of here
Just got to get right out of here
Just got to get right
Just got to get right
Just got to get right out of here
(O'Toole)
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8. |
The Slide Of Time
03:07
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When magic dripped like honey
From the trees my life was funny
Full and endless
When shards of light caught dust
And every sparkle I could trust
To light the way
Well I’ve got some regrets now baby
As the doubts fill my mind
This fairgrounds last ride
Is the slide of time
My fortitude of youth
I found was fickle in the truth
That time is passing
At first it slid like tar
And then like water from a jar
Not everlasting
Well I’ve got some regrets now baby
As the doubts fill my mind
This fairgrounds last ride
Is the slide of time
When magic dripped like honey
From the trees my life was funny
Full and endless
When shards of light caught dust
And every sparkle I could trust
To light the way
Well I’ve got some regrets now baby
As the doubts fill my mind
This fairgrounds last ride
Is the slide of time
(O'Toole)
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9. |
Up From The Riverbed
04:51
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Dive down swimming around
Dragging up the shipwrecks up from the riverbed
Dark caves under the waves
You’re ripping up the rocks to see what’s in my head
Get off my back why don’t you babe
You make me feel I love to hate
You conjure up my darkest days
Because you know I’m haunted
You hold all the keys
You’re unlocking doors to bad things inside me
Your tongue it fires like a gun
Acid drop lines dreamt in cruelty
Get off my back why don’t you babe
You make me feel I love to hate
You conjure up my darkest days
Because you know I’m haunted
Get off my back why don’t you babe
You make me feel I love to hate
You conjure up my darkest days
Because you know I’m haunted, haunted, haunted….
(O'Toole)
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10. |
The House Of Open Arms
03:43
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Welcome home my travelling friend though you’ve never been here before
I every face you’ll find a trace of hope behind the door
Come in by the fire
We’ll make a wish come true
This is the house of open arms
And it’s always here for you
Come in
You’ve walked that road so long my friend now there’s stones inside your shoes
You’ve hope to gain but you’re edged in pain now there’s nothing left to lose
Come in take a drink now
Let peace caress your heart
Put down your case
And wash your face
And make a brand new start
Come in, come in, come in
Come in, come in, come in
How you whispered stars and used your lips
And it echoes round these walls
No judgement here can cause you fear our wisdom learned as fools
Come in by the fire
And make a wish come true
This is the house of open arms
It’s always here for you
Come in, come in, come in…..
(O'Toole)
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11. |
Sniff The Riff
04:43
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When Jimi’s silhouetted frame
Upon the stack could light a flame
The notes that bent towards the sky
And thunder clapped and heavens cried
Feedback the guitars please my lifeline
Electric love and a pickup clicks and blows my mind
So Jimmy turns another page
And Peter’s windmill fanned the rage
The angel touch of Peter Green
And George’s strings began to weep
Feedback the guitars please my lifeline
Electric love and a pickup clicks and blows my mind
(O'Toole)
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