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Open Doors
04:29
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Open Doors
My way is simple
You’d agree
I know the people
Who can open doors for me
Watch me from a distance
See me climbing higher
I take for granted
Things you can only desire
No need for ability
A life already planned
Elite expectations
My wish is your command
Watch me from a distance
As I get to the top
One way trajectory
That will never… stop
Nothing spoils my apatite
Nothing blocks my view
How could so much be possessed
By such a few
Watch me from a distance
As I get to the top
Doors keep opening
They never …… stop
Never have to worry
In front from the start
Born with a full set of silver spoons
Born a class apart
My life sparkles like a diamond
My road is paved with gold
I know the system
I know the code … to open doors for me
My way is simple
You’d agree
I know the people
Who can open doors for me
Watch me from a distance
Safe in my part of town
Always be on the ‘up and up’
As long as I keep you down
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2. |
Parting Shot
03:38
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Parting Shot
And she said
I’m not your solution
And she said
It’s not me you’re looking for
She said
There is no resolution
Nothing I can say
That’s not been said before
She said
There’s no ME in your future
And she said
I’m not the settling kind
She said
Do I have to paint you a picture
Nothing you can do
To make me change my mind
And she said
Got to find your own solution
And she said
It’s not me you’re looking for
She said
But I’ll make this contribution
Can’t show you love
But I’ll show you the door
And she said
I’ll find myself without you
And she said
I’m not the answer to your prayers
Nothing left
Nothing to hang on to
You’re confusing me
With someone who cares
And she said
I’m not your solution
And she said
It’s not me you’re looking for
She said
I can’t give you absolution
Nothing else to say
It’s all been said before
And she said
Some things are meant to last
And she said
but this isn’t one
She said
You have quickly become the past
The clock is ticking – It’s
Time that you were gone
And she said
I’m not your solution
My face hurts
Pretending that I care
She said
This is all an illusion
You’re looking for something
That isn’t really there
And she said
I’m not your solution
And she said
It’s not me you’re looking for
Then she said
Left me with this parting shot
I know what I need
And it’s nothing that you’ve got
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3. |
Prairie Sunset
03:10
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Prairie Sunset
It’s cold on the mountains
It’s cold on the plain
Desert wind’s howling
Tears apart everything
I set up the camp fire
It starts to rain
Old cowboy
Out alone on the range
Prairie Sunset
Midnight blue - moonlit sky
A wide open range
Gives me peace by and by
Prairie Sunset
Prairie sunrise
Freedom from fences
Freedom to ride
You can’t tame a free man
In a barbed wire cage
Lonely are the brave
In this golden age
Prairie sunrise
Prairie Sunset
Things may be changing
But never forget
There’s comfort in this skyline
And the earth red brown
Lay my head on my saddle
On this stony ground
It’s all I can wish for
All I can pray
A Prairie Sunset
At the end of the day
It’s cold on the mountains
It’s cold on the plain
I am a man who has travelled
To there and back again
Maybe my time’s now passed over
But I’m not finish yet
Riding into
That Prairie Sunset
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5. |
When You’re In Love
04:11
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6. |
Our Days Are Done
05:19
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Our Days Are Done
I’ve seen the future
I’ve seen what’s to come
Our planet is a wasteland
Our days are done
Grains of plastic on our beaches
Replace grains of sand
Earths so saturated
With more than it can with stand
I’ve seen the future
It’s not like the past
The way things are going
We’re not going to last
Our days are done
Our days are done
Cleaning up this mess we made
We’ve only just begun
I’ve seen the future
We all know how it’s going to end
Worldwide destruction
Wringing of hands won’t mend
Gestures that are but a token
No political will
When the lights go out
They’ll be talking still
Toxic city smog
Blocks out the sun
We breathe in the poisons
Our days are done
Heavy metal contamination
Deforestation
Reef destruction acceleration
Rainforest desiccation
I’ve seen the future
It’s not like the past
The way things are going
We’re not going to last
Global pollution
World leaders talk in tongues
Synthetic fibres in the food chain
Fish - micro particles in their lungs
Over-population
All consuming urban sprawl
Enforced migration
Will destroy us all
Pervasive materialism
Crave things we don’t need
Buy more and more
To satisfy consumer greed
International corporations
They know the score
Throw away technology
What’s it all for?
I’ve seen the future
Looked back at what we’ve done
Was it all worth it?
Our days are done
I’ve seen the future
Dark days to come
Too little too late
Our days are done
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7. |
Historical Figures
05:26
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Historical Figures
Historical figures footprints in the past
Years to remember - labels that last
Historical figures dates we can all recall
Historical figures empires rise and fall
1492 Columbus sailed with his crew
Ventured where no one would dare
Claimed a continent and all its value
Discovered people who were already there
Historical figures dates written on a time line
Numerical landmarks events define
1519 Cortes had a scheme
Wealth for himself and his nation
Won fame and fortune but did it really have to mean
To destroy a civilisation?
Historical figures like waves upon the shore
Historical figures it’s happened all before
1832 the great issue
Parliamentary reform was overdue
Today, you could say, it still remains the same
Power is in the hands of the privileged few
Historical figures scar and shape our identity
The Boyne, Culloden , Kosovo and Wounded Knee
Dates keep the memory alive
Refuse to forget to survive
Hang on to those defeats at all costs
Be defined by what you’ve lost they’ve
Historical figures success or disaster
To be remembered forever and ever after
Historical figures no need to be accurate
History will always belong to those who write it
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8. |
My Latest Crime
06:40
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My Latest Crime
You point the finger
And everything I say or do is wrong
Suspicions linger
But I think I knew it all along
No one else in history
Could be as guilty as me
Just a face that fits
My latest crime
It’s a mystery
……. Which law I broke this time
Evidence slippery
But still I’m the one that’s doing time
Let’s just agree
It must have been me
Confession to
My latest crime
Nobody can be
As guilty as me
Left the scene
Of my latest crime
I admit
I think we’re living in a dangerous time
Can’t help commit
When even thinking has become a crime
Turning it over in your mind
Searching to find
A punishment to fit
My latest crime
Nobody can be
As guilty as me
Just an innocent victim
Of my latest crime
Blameless
…… or an accessory?
Willing accomplice
Imprisoned in your sweet custody
Tried and tried
To detect your lies
That’s just another of
My latest crimes
Somewhere else at the time
But it’s easy to find
The guilt that sits
With my latest crime
Gather up your witnesses
Record each and every felony
Recall all the instances
Discount my testimony
The culprit’s still at large
But I must be guilty as charged
When did I commit
My latest crime?
Nobody can be
As guilty as me
An innocent victim
Of my latest crime
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9. |
Tempting Fate
03:05
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10. |
Intense Blue
03:42
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11. |
The Last Time With You
06:03
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The Last Time With You
If I had one last chance to do
Anything that I could choose
If I had just one more thing to pursue
I’d choose the last time with you
Time may have passed by
Life has pushed through
But everything still seems brand new
Everything must have a last time
And I’d choose the last time with you
Climb up the every hill to enjoy the view
Swim in a sea darkest blue
If I could do that just one more time
I’d choose the last time with you
If I had just one more time to have déjà vu
I would choose all the time that I spent with you
Explored places that I never knew
Did all those things too good to be true
If I could do them just one more time
I’d choose the last time with you
If this was the last dance
And I could have any partner to choose
If this was the last dance
I’d choose the last time with you
I’d choose the last time with you
Now waltz ….
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Mel O Songs England, UK
A man of eclectic tastes and influences writing in a bunch of diverse styles and genres on a heap of different instruments
‘A one man musical tour-de force’ (AK)
www.youtube.com/channel/UCALdlqMjjl2vHH2SIT3mvCA
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