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It's Always The Quiet Ones

by Mel O Songs

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Drowning In The Blue 06:24
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Drowning In The Blue Hey, Hey baby It's been a long, long time Watching you go's so hard Knowing you're not mine I should forget you I've all the reasons why But I'm drowning in the blue of your eyes Drowning in the blue of your eyes Time after time you tell me You don't want me anymore Couldn't wait to pack your things And walk out of our door I should forget you For all the times you've lied But I'm drowning in the blue of your eyes Drowning in the blue of your eyes Caught like a worm on a twisted pin Hooked, lined and sinkered you reel me in So in love with you I've forgotten how to swim I'm just drowning in the blue of your eyes Drowning in the blue of your eyes A price I cannot pay A love I can't afford But just one look from you And I'm falling over-board I should forget you And all those nights I cried But I'm drowning in the blue of your eyes Drowning in the blue of your eyes Throw out a life line I'm sinking fast No friendly liner floating past I hear the Sirens calling and I'm not tied to the mast I'm just drowning in the blue of your eyes Drowning in the blue of your eyes Didn't feel you slip away Never would have known You'd be casting me adrift For a new life on your own You.... amaze me The things you kept inside But I'm drowning in the blue of your eyes Drowning in the blue of your eyes If I should say too little if I should say too much If I should trip and stumble tongue tied to this cross I'm clinging to the wreckage with a dying albatross And I'm drowning in the blue of your eyes Drowning in the blue of your eyes Hey, Hey baby It's been a long, long time Watching you go's so hard Knowing you're not mine I should forget you Admit that love can die But I'm drowning in the blue There's nothing I can do.... I'm just drowning in the blue of your eyes
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All Right Now 04:15
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It's A Kind Of Freedom 06:41
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Lately I've Been Thinking 04:50
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5.
Sheds 05:20
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Sheds Not that long ago They used to build ships here From Pallion to Hendon The yards lined the banks Doxford’s, Laing’s, Austin & Pickersgill’s Depford, Monkwearmouth North Sands And here worked the men Who built the great vessels From keel to smokestack Each a proud trade of their own Riveters, shipwrights Boiler makers and welders Platers, crane drivers And more Above the toil, the noise and the turmoil Rows of pigeon lofts stand Birds flutter easily And rest secure Held gently in cupped, callused hands Far away from the steam cranes’ loud clatter Away from the heat and the foundry floor’s din Here in this pigeon loft nothing else matters Tenderly, soothing each soft feathered wing Within these walls These 10 old doors Provide a safe haven of calm And in these callused hands Each bird understands Held gently in work hardened palm Below on the river Cranes standing like sentries Guard skeleton ribs The iron ship’s bones By his shed’s open door Stands watching the skies Waits for his birds To fly home Above the town From this perch he looks down This is the place he feels free “Within these walls These 10 old doors Make a safe haven for me”
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Dirty Old Town (revisited) 03:22
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Dirty Old Town [revisited] Welcome to this dirty old town A reputation well renowned Shattered glass lies all around Even kindness wears a frown Fighting talk in late night bars Burning bins and burning cars Views exchanged with iron bars Battles lost I’ve got the scars Round here trouble comes free Nightmares are reality No such thing as society It’s just the way it’s meant to be Trouble leads to my front door Can’t stand up crawl on the floor Don’t even ask what it’s all for Dirty old town has its own law Hope lies bleeding kicked in the head One last drink then home to bed Hunt in packs or wind up dead They always said I’m easily led Round here trouble comes free Raised up on this debris Don’t tread on my liberty Outside now just you and me And life is harder now They say life is hard Life is harder now And life is so hard Dirty old town what a disgrace No hope, no chance, no saving grace Dumped out of the human race A sink estate - sunk without trace Welcome to this dirty old town Society‘s cruel hand-me-down Shattered lives lie all around Paradise is lost not found Round here trouble comes free Reality is life’s enemy Don’t make waves don’t disagree Blame it on authority And life is harder now Life is hard And life is harder now Life is so hard
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But I Do 04:00
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8.
Same Mistake 04:37
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Same Mistake Could have been so different - now it’s just like last time How can I begin to explain? Swore to myself when I promised quite clearly ‘I won’t make that mistake again’ Holding my tongue when I should have spoken Only got myself to blame I said it before, now I’ll say like the last time ‘I won’t make that mistake again’ Should have spoken up, showed my own feelings No grounds to even complain It’s been said before and like I said the last time ‘I won’t make that mistake again’ Lessons learned, intentions set clearly But always turns out the same Walking away, hear myself still repeating ‘I won’t make that mistake again’ Seen it all before, knew what was coming Any excuse be just lame Pick up the pieces and say like the last time ‘I won’t make that mistake again’ Could have been so different - now it’s just like last time How can I begin to explain? The promise I made to myself now lies broken ‘I won’t make that mistake again’
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The Prime Minister's Trousers 02:59
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The Serpent And The Rod 10:18
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Arduis Fidelis – The Serpent And The Rod He lies alone He lies alone He never came to fight for king and country He never came with a weapon to be drawn He came to aid both foe and comrade He came to mend what shells had torn Did he hear the whistles blowing? Did he hear the rattles crack? His PH mask offered no protection From the phosgene gas attack He lies alone He lies alone Not for him the comfort of the aid post No field ambulance tented dome Not for him the casualty clearing station Base hospital, transport home He lies alone – the earth it slowly drags him down He lies alone – swallowed into the ground From this rain filled crater Glass eyes from hooded head stare Making a stand for his conscience Sacrificed on a muddy alter of despair He lies alone – Over the battlefield he trod He lies alone – faithful to the serpent and the rod He lies alone He lies alone He lies alone . . .
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Keep On Going On 02:48
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12.
Windfalls 04:21
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Windfalls – Season of Betrayal (2007) Margaret Schlesinger I saw you with her in the orchard Hands fluttering bodies not quite touching Studiously avoiding that final moment when Like moths hypnotised by lamplight You would dance the dance of irresistible desire Stooping to pick up windfalls Together you harvested your spoils Caressing their smooth sun-kissed skins Fingers probing seeking out the flesh That yields when exposed to the melting blitz Of a white hot Indian summer Next (2013): Through the misted window pane I watched you kiss, again, again You took the fruit from the tree Just the way you did from me You were Adam She was Eve Eager, ready to receive Bonded now by need and lust Broken now, my love and trust Heard her beg again! again! Heard her beg again! again! Smashed hands through the glass Trailing blood through the grass Walking now the path of pain Heard her beg again, again! Branch of jealousy, branch of thorn Here my second sin was born Swung the axe, ignored their pleading Apple crushed, serpent lies bleeding
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Many Roads To Travel 04:28
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A collection of songs played purely acoustically

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released September 14, 2018

All songs written my Mel O
(except Windfalls - words by Margaret Schlesinger)

All instruments played by Mel O

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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)

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