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There’s a dead bird laying on my windowsill
It ain’t moving, it ain’t singing lullabies anymore
There are stuffed out dreams laying on my shelf
Dreaming’s for the young – I ain’t got to prove myself
The Last dance is on, no need for diggin’ in my pride
You better wake up kid and make a step outside
This life is just a ticking bomb
This life ain’t an easy one
It’s easier living down the road
You’d better come back in or you will catch a cold
This life is just a simple one
Your life is all chocolate stars and candy-apple-dreams
I’m disillusioned and dry like a stone, so it seems
I can’t see us marrying our fortunes together
I’m soaked to the bones – always in for nasty weather
Do me a favor and pull that thorn out of my thigh
And I’ll get your party going, baby all through the night
This life is just a ticking bomb
This life ain’t an easy one
It’s easier living down the road
You’d better come back in or you will catch a cold
This life is just a simple one
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Starstruck
04:09
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I’ve walked the wire so many times
that my feet won’t stop bleeding
My conscience is cheating me
To stay string, to hang on
I can feel it in the air tonight,
this is my time, this is my spotlight
gather ‘round you lovely people
see me crashing down once again
If only I could touch the sky
I can feel it in my bones
It is meant to be, I can see it set in stone
If you could see what it means to me
I’m a long, long way from home
I’ll be back one day, with future of my own
Thirty years and still going strong
Not one day wiser, just a little grey on the edges
But that’s ok for me, if it’s ok for you
Mr. Jenkins can you see me now?
I might not be a superstar,
But this me, this what you will get to see!
If only I could touch the sky
I can feel it in my bones
It is meant to be, I can see it set in stone
If you could see what it means to me
I’m a long, long way from home
I’ll be back one day, with future of my own
And I won’t let it go!
If you believe in me!
If only I could touch the sky
I can feel it in my bones
It is meant to be, I can see it set in stone
If you could see what it means to me
I’m a long, long way from home
I’ll be back one day, with future of my own
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Corridors Of Misery
05:13
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Solitude is my newfound friend
We dance down the aisles of sin
The battles I’ve fought and the hearts I’ve broke
Seek to find me my sleep, they find me in my sleep
I shot a man, looked him deep in the eyes
As life slowly faded away
I held the hand of the devil that night
So now there’s no turning away, now there’s no turning away
So tell me son what should I have done
This life held nothing for me
When dreams fade away, you tend to stray
Down the corridors of misery, the corridors of misery
I worked all my life, I’ve slaved for the man
I gave him my best years
I’ve plowed the fields and I have sowed the seeds
For the harvest one day to come, for the harvest one day come
My father promised me liberty
If I stayed true to myself
So I took a gun and I shot that man
For stealing my precious time, for stealing my precious time
So tell me son what should I have done
This life held nothing for me
When dreams fade away, you tend to stray
Down the corridors of misery, the corridors of misery
I had to face the truth in this life:
You slave until you die
Greed is the devils advocate
It will come and burn you alive
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Shine A Light
04:50
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There are cracks in the pavements, cracks in the walls
Cracks in our hearts and cracks in our souls
So much left unspoken, so many to blame
I don’t feel like going out again
There’s a soldier of fortune, who goes out to fight
He gets torn to pieces by love and by light
There’s a witch selling potions to heal all our wounds
But what in the world does it mean to you
If you want to leave, I will shine a light for you
But if you want to stay, I will make it as comfortable as I can
If you fall to pieces, I will come and find you
I will put you back together again
There’s a nightingale singing songs never to be heard
There’s a lion’s roar chasing it away
There’s a fortunate son waiting for it to come
But all I can do is just constantly think about you
Yes, I think about you!
If you want to leave, I will shine a light for you
But if you want to stay, I will make it as comfortable as I can
If you fall to pieces, I will come and find you
I will put you back together again
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Wasted Life
04:24
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All your life has been a lie
Picking up the pieces, to your demise
Too many times you have compromised
Now you shoot your gun, don’t care who you fight
It was never meant to be this way
You could be the one they wanted, if they would stay
But now they’ve opened that door, to hear that lioness roar
They’d better watch out, you ain’t playing no more!
You’ve gotta get away, you’ve gotta get away
From this wasted life, don’t waste your time
Try to get away, you’ve gotta get away
For a better life, this is your time
To make ends meet without defeat
You’re strong enough, you just need to believe
Gotta get away, you’ve gotta get away from this wasted life
Don’t waste your time no more!
Maybe if you’d give them another chance
They could see the beauty inside you
You could pretend to be best friends
They wouldn’t believe how much you can bend
It could be so easy, you could have a good time
You have so much to give, if they could see how you shine
But you’ve walked through that door, too many times before
Your knees are bleeding from crawling on the floor!
You’ve gotta get away, you’ve gotta get away
From this wasted life, don’t waste your time
Try to get away, you’ve gotta get away
For a better life, this is your time
To make ends meet without defeat
You’re strong enough, you just need to believe
Gotta get away, you’ve gotta get away from this wasted life
Don’t waste your time no more!
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6. |
My Demise
04:05
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You’ve got me wrapped, love
Around your fingers, love
I’m on my knees and I’m dying, darling
Is it me, love?
That you eat men for breakfast, love?
My medusa, darling, I won’t open up my eyes for you anymore
You can burn in hell!
The word’s that you say are to my demise
The thoughts in your head are to my demise
Your tongue down my throat is to my demise
I feel you burning inside!
You’ve had me wrapped, love
Around your fingers, love
I was on my knees, now I’m rising, darling
Is it me, love?
Or are you losing ground, love
The tides are turning
You’re going down, down like a stone
In hell you’ll burn alone!
The word’s that you’ve said were to my demise
The thoughts in your head were to my demise
Your tongue down my throat was to my demise
I feel you burning inside!
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Deterioration Game
04:52
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Chasing through the underground
Under water make no sound
Flying through the colors blue
Racing down the avenue
Screaming violently and unheard
I am breathing fire, I’m an angry bird
Disappointment rants into the world
Oh, dance with me you dirty girl
Oh, what is left of me
In this deterioration game
I’m puzzled, I’m hurting, so pain
Where do we from here with our anger and fears?
Unfortunately unfortunate
I’m a loser baby, I make no bets
My tragically corroding soul
I offer you half and you take in full
Discriminate my lovely mind
The rest is just for you to find
I am gone but I’m every where
You can fuck with me and I won’t care
I just don’t care!
Oh, what is left of me
In this deterioration game
I’m puzzled, I’m hurting, so pain
Where do we from here with our anger and fears?
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It’s all about your bright eyes
Your loveties
Your white lies
When you’re out on the scene
Your words are soothing disillusions
Facts are fiction
Come and sugarcoat me
Your love is a sin
Being with you, is both losing and winning
I don’t know where to begin
But one thing is for sure,
I can’t take anymore
I’m fool for your love
You’ve got me begging you please
I’m a fool for your love
You’ve got me down on my knees
Times are changing
You’re slowly fading
But you’re so strong
Your claws work deep into me
I used to be so hungry
Now you bore me
It’s not easy, no
I’m trying to let you go
Your love is a sin
Being with you, is both losing and winning
I don’t know where to begin
But one thing is for sure,
I can’t take anymore
I’m fool for your love
You’ve got me begging you please
I’m a fool for your love
You’ve got me down on my knees
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9. |
Memory Lane
04:08
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I took a walk down memory lane
Under the sun, through the driving rain
Trying to catch long forgotten thoughts
And places I have been, singing songs of the ever green
I was chasing ghosts down memory lane
Drinking gin, just to ease the pain
Flying high and crashing in vain
Have I forgotten the ugly strain
Of being attracted to the flame
I was a run-down sad clown
Soaking up the blame
I was a beaten dog
Caught in the fog of does and don’ts
I was a run-down sad clown
Soaking it all up
Trying to kill the pain, my friend
I ain’t going back there again
There’s skelletons dancing down memory lane
Strutting somewhere between fear and blame
Through the misty fogs of the could haves and would haves
And all the bittersweet dreams I’ve been chasing around
As they’re evilly laughing at me
I was a run down sad clown
Soaking up the blame
I was a beaten dog
Caught in the fog of does and don’ts
I was a run down sad clown
Soaking it all up
Trying to kill the pain my friend
I ain’t going back there again
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Solitude is my newfound friend
We dance down the aisles of sin
The battles I’ve fought and the hearts I’ve broke
Seek to find me my sleep, they find me in my sleep
I shot a man, looked him deep in the eyes
As life slowly faded away
I held the hand of the devil that night
So now there’s no turning away, now there’s no turning away
So tell me son what should I have done
This life held nothing for me
When dreams fade away, you tend to stray
Down the corridors of misery, the corridors of misery
I worked all my life, I’ve slaved for the man
I gave him my best years
I’ve plowed the fields and I have sowed the seeds
For the harvest one day to come, for the harvest one day come
My father promised me liberty
If I stayed true to myself
So I took a gun and I shot that man
For stealing my precious time, for stealing my precious time
So tell me son what should I have done
This life held nothing for me
When dreams fade away, you tend to stray
Down the corridors of misery, the corridors of misery
I had to face the truth in this life:
You slave until you die
Greed is the devils advocate
It will come and burn you alive
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Martin Connell and the True Dramatics Celle, Germany
Martin Connell is a german singer/songwriter with english/irish roots. Together with his band "The true Dramatics"he has been hiting the road through Germany and everywhere else the wind might take them. To find out the important things about the band, listen to their songs! ... more
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