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Girl from Glasgow
03:22
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I'm in the east, you're in the west
Fifty-five minutes just to see your face
Can we fight to pass the test -
If we can love from a different place?
You text me up, and I get train
Through to Queen Street, platform nine
You wait outside and call my name
Run and hug, your arms fit into mine
Oh I'm falling into a daze
Oh it's time to hit the stage
The amps are loud, my ears are ringing
It's not been long but we're near the last show
I knew for sure when I heard you singing
I fell in love, I fell in love;
I fell in love with a girl from Glasgow
I take you back to The 'Burgh
We're watching stars up The Royal Mile
And I come so close to shouting I love you
You make me happy and you make me smile
Oh our music's all the rage
Oh it's time to hit the stage
The amps are loud, my ears are ringing
It's not been long but we're near the last show
I knew for sure when I heard you singing
I fell in love, I fell in love;
I fell in love with a girl from Glasgow
Tonight's the night that ends it all
Will I ever see you again?
It's time to say goodbye; farewell
to more than just a friend.
The amps are loud, my ears are ringing
It's come around, now we've reached the last show
I knew for sure when I heard you singing
I fell in love, I fell in love:
It's time to get back to living
I had a great time, I'll miss you so
I'll see you Christmas, we'll still be singing
I fell in love, I fell in love;
I fell in love with a girl from Glasgow
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You'll Never Know
03:38
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My friends are laughing, what they hey?
So they found out, what can I say?
Well it's not as if I'm the only one
A couple love-hearts to your name,
It's all part of a bigger game:
Well, I'll tell you now, it's only just begun
So let the difference make them stare,
A couple of years - hey, I don't care
Cuz you're the one to make my sparks ignite
But if I wanna stand out in your crowd,
I gotta make my point real loud
Well, I'll be the one to take you home tonight
So tell me tell me tell me if you could ever feel the same
Let me be the one for you to drive your heart insane
I'll wait outside the door for you, all night, cold in the rain
But then it hits me hard, you'll never know
If you let me make you mine,
I'll shower you with gifts and valentines
Well, I'd do anything just to see you smile
With your perfect hair and perfect cheeks,
Just let me sweep you off your feet
Well, I'll look after you and love you all the while
So tell me tell me tell me if you could ever feel the same
Let me be the one for you to drive your heart insane
I'll wait outside the door for you, all night, cold in the rain
But then it hits me hard, you'll never know
Perfection has its downfalls and reality kicks in
It's a never-ending battle; it's a fight that I can't win
I guess you'll never tell me you could ever feel the same
And I guess I'll never be the one to drive your heart insane
So maybe we'll never get the chance to carry out a cute romance
But there's nothing more I'd ever want from you
So maybe you'll never know it's real, or know my name or how I feel
But I love you - hey, yeah I do
Do do do do do...
Hey, yeah I do
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Angel Smile
03:53
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In a cityscape of lights and towers fifty miles away
Lived the stories that you told of aspirations gone astray
Drunken nights on streets; and innocence just trying to catch a break
To show the world your heart of gold that I hope for every day
You tell your stories of the past from a town you won’t call home
Leave their poisoned words behind you, they can’t knock you off your throne
Still, you say you hate to cry to me your worries but I know
I’d rather that you spilled your world than dealt with it alone
Beyond the streets we walked along beneath those April stars
And beyond the tales we talked about our puzzle’s missing parts
As I stare into your angel smile, I stop living in the dark
And I can’t see why anyone could ever break your heart
So don’t listen to the lies or fear that make your life so tough
Or the voice inside your head that says that you’re not good enough
In my eyes you’re more than just another diamond in the rough
And I’m the one here fighting to be worthy of your love
In a cityscape of lights and towers fifty miles away
You paint my skies with sunshine when all I’ve ever known is rain
I would hold your hand and tell you everything will be okay
With your angel smile so close to mine, I hope you’re here to stay
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Heart Beat
03:16
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Summer skies lit up the world that day,
and your blue eyes really lit up my smile.
The first time in so long that I’ve felt this way,
but you drove my heart that whole extra mile.
The butterflies inside of me, they all flew away;
a couple hours passed and we seemed to move
Closer together ‘til you held my hand,
and from the very start I knew it was you
We took it to a dark and gloomy night
When being with you never felt so right
The only one I wanted by my side
Your kiss forever haunting on my mind
I asked you if we could be something more
The night you dropped my back and my front door
And now that I can feel your heart beat loud
That moment of my dreams had come around
We’re driving all day, turn the music up:
"Oh, come on darling, won’t you hold my hand"
And I’m feeling so good under your control,
and I don’t even know what you have planned
A movie or a candlelit dinner for two,
or just another day of sweet ocean breeze
But if I’m spending every second with you,
then nothing else could matter to me
Like trying to keep you talking everyday
The weeks I was a thousand miles away
Just dreaming of you waiting back at home
Well maybe you could really be the one
And so I broke the walls I wouldn’t before
I showed you that I’m no-one else's but yours
And now that I can feel your heart beat loud
I know you’ll turn my whole world upside down
What did I do again?
We need to stop pretending
Now my head is spinning round in circles, I can’t get it to end
But now I’m dreaming of the past I miss
and all the days I got to call you my own
Until you showed up in the middle of the night
and you told me that you got it all wrong
I know that we can change our hearts in time
But I never planned for you to change your mind
And even when you asked if I’m alright
Know everything I say will be a lie
Know everything I say will be a lie
Know everything I say will be a lie
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Broke
04:09
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The world's in darkness, and I didn’t see
The weight of your psyche that was held over me
No words or tears could bring you around
Before you brought my heart and soul crashing down
Every paranoid thought would echo loud through my brain
'Til even our best friends didn’t know what to say
Well now you're gone, and now I’m alone
But I just want you to know when he’s by your side
That you’re still floating in the back of my mind
That I believed all your lies
And now you broke me for the very last time
And I don’t understand what goes on in your head
Why you went back on all the things that you said
Well not a day will pass me by
Because you broke me for the very last time.
I still talk to our friends to find out how you’ve been
Doubting myself, wanting to let you back in
But you're busy chasing an unhealthy lust
In the form of a boy who cheats and stamps on your trust
Still my heart beats alone to the sound of no drums
As I look back on who you’ve made me become:
Unhinged and afraid - now I won’t be the same
Well I just want you to know when he’s by your side
That you’re still floating in the back of my mind,
That I believed all your lies,
And now you broke me for the very last time
And I don’t understand what is happening to me
And why I’m struggling to break myself free
No matter how hard I try
'Cause still you broke me for the very last time.
And while he might look better
You just need to remember
He’s still playing with your heart just like before
And if you’re out there listening
I’m back here wishing
You’ll come back and be the one I can adore
But I just want you to know when he’s by your side
That you’re still floating in the back of my mind
I see the world behind your eyes -
The ones that broke my heart that final goodbye
So now you have him holding you tight,
And you're telling the world he's the love of your life
But I still won’t give up the fight
Even when you broke me for the very last time
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Alarm Bells
03:37
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Well I guess it all began like a usual little mystery
Of life, this time I thought I wouldn’t have you left as history
But stories came and gone, now I don’t know of you and me
Oh oh
Well it wasn’t long ago, I swore I wrote this out my life
But now you’re back again, I promised that you wouldn’t come twice
When I told myself before that I could finally be alright
Oh oh oh oh
Do you hear the alarm bells? Well they’re warning me to stay away
I’m hoping somehow, someday I’m gonna catch a break
You told me you were better; that you were beating to a different sound
But I hear the alarm bells, and you’re not gonna catch me now
See a flashback to that night you try to lure me through your door
Wave the apple, poison venom trying to bring me to the floor
But I knew almost right away that I had seen this all before
Oh oh oh oh
Now I’ve grown up, I don’t have that time for all your little games
Or your drama, temper tantrums, play the victim, all the blame
That you throw around like wildfire when it doesn’t go your way
Oh oh oh oh
Do you hear the alarm bells? Well they’re warning me to stay away
I’m hoping somehow, someday I’m gonna catch a break
You told me you were better; that you were beating to a different sound
But I hear the alarm bells, and you’re not gonna catch me now
Don’t know you-oooh-ooh-ooh
So now you’ve left your scars, complacent, just don’t wait for the applause
'Cause I’m not wasting any more time on another lost cause
Do you have anything to say before your final curtain draws
To a close?
Do you hear the alarm bells? Well they’re warning me to stay away
I’m hoping somehow, someday I’m gonna catch a break
You told me you were better; that you were beating to a different sound
But I hear the alarm bells, and you’re not gonna catch me now
No you're never gonna catch me now
C'mon, try and catch me now
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Time Bomb
03:37
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We both saw it coming
It was only a matter of time
Until you hit the ground running
Leaving me questioning why
You had left me with nothing,
nothing, but scars
And now I’m alone
Struggling to rebuild my walls
That you broke long ago
When you took me to be one of the fools
I don’t know what to believe in
Anymore
But how’d we end up like this? Broken souls from a kiss
Fragile hopes get shattered by the pound of your fist
When you took our whole world to break it all up
Don’t tell me a lie, don’t you say that you tried
Keep on chasing hearts, twist your own and break mine
I never thought we’d wind up down this road
But you couldn’t wait to detonate
Torching our blue skies, they’re fading away
Now you’re just a little time bomb waiting to blow
Now I swear I’m not trying
To claim that I’m some innocent victim
I’m not sitting here crying
And screaming that I know how to pick ‘em
You just won’t catch me lying
As I tell ‘em how I felt about you
And I don’t know whether
I did something to drag you down
But I knew when you met him
That you had never planned on sticking around
I’ve got to treat myself better
Than I ever did before we were two
Did I cut the wrong wire, starting a fire
And setting light to my only desire?
I should’ve ran but I got stuck in the blast
Don’t tell me a lie, don’t you say that you tried
Keep on chasing hearts, twist your own and break mine
I never thought we’d wind up down this road
But you couldn’t wait to detonate
Torching our blue skies, they’re fading away
Now you’re just a little time bomb waiting to blow
So stay with the sleazy, the players and the crazy;
Baby, I’ve heard it all before
With you, the nice guys always finish last
Don’t tell me a lie, don’t you say that you tried
Keep on chasing hearts, twist your own and break mine
I never thought we’d wind up down this road
But you couldn’t wait to detonate
Torching our blue skies, they’re fading away
Now you’re just a little time bomb waiting to blow
Or you’re finding someone else and looking to go
Go! Go! Go!
So you left me a grenade all set to explode
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Happy
04:36
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I remember that feeling, the night we drifted apart
As I tore up the pictures and letters like you tore up my heart
And I slam your car door, to walk bare foot in the night
What we had wasn’t perfect and I shouldn’t have held on so tight
Now you wake up this morning, dry throat and red eyes
While I’m sat in a coffee shop, watching the world passing by
A hot maple latte, so sweet and so gold
Like the months we once had before I set myself for dying alone
But it’s not fair to blame; no faults, mistakes or indiscretions change the way I feel
But you don’t feel the way I feel
Well I don’t hate you, but I don’t love you like before
And I’m sorry if I villainised you, we both deserved so much more
But back then, I never thought that you would build a life with someone new
But if you’re happy, I am too
Now you’re spending your evenings lying next to some guy
While I’m standing in thunder storms, showing you rose coloured skies;
But I keep fighting my corner to beat through life on my own
'Cause I got my hopes and friends and dreams to keep me going strong
But the fairy tale I thought we lived in had burned out, and the walls weren’t gonna hold
I should’ve listened when they said to let go.
Well I don’t hate you, but I don’t love you like before
And I’m sorry if I villainised you, we both deserved so much more
There was a time you made my heart beat loud but now I don’t know what to do
But if you’re happy I am too.
And I wanted to hate you, but my heart’s had enough
And I wish it was different, but you can’t make yourself fall in love
Well I don’t hate you, but I don’t love you like before
And I’m sorry if I villainised you, we both deserved so much more
But back then, I never thought that you would build a life with someone new
But if you’re happy, I am too
And in a perfect world, moving on would be an easier thing to do
But if you’re happy, I am too
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True
03:34
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I’m drowning won’t you let me breathe?
Choked on words that I just can’t scream
I watched their faces as the truth sunk in
Now I’m trapped in oceans that I just can’t swim
Oh won’t you help me push on out?
They said be true to yourself
Don’t hide from nobody else
The ones who matter will stay by your side
You gotta be who you are
Don’t let them tear you apart
Just be proud, don’t lose control, it’s your life
I watched a hand crash through the waves
Are you bringing hope, can I still be saved?
Or have I’ve lost the battle and the war?
I didn’t know what I was fighting for
The coloured lights came down
As you wrapped around and held me oh so tight
And I lost my fear as you echoed through my ears
And gently whispered back my own advice
You said be true to yourself
Don’t hide from nobody else
The ones who matter will stay by your side
You gotta be who you are
Don’t let them tear you apart
Just be proud, don’t lose control, it’s your life
And now the world’s gone ecstatic
While my head melts to panic,
From solving everybody’s problems but my own
Well I’ve just watched them grow
But not anymore
So, I’ll be true to myself
Won’t hide from nobody else
The ones who matter have stayed by my side
So I guess the best place to start
Was when I gave him my heart
I don’t regret it, but I’ll mend it in time
You let me breathe
You let me breathe
You let me breathe
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10. |
Secret Love Affair
03:55
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Hey, you’ve been quiet; it’s been a while, time flies
How’s life been treating you? Have you been seeing other guys?
Well I keep having flashbacks to a dark October night
Praying I might see you under mid-west skies sometime
One time we were together, but you’re still halfway round the world
Can I look into your eyes again before the memory’s blurred?
And hear the words you whispered when I had you in my arms
My head’s racing round the stars and stripes, still thinking you’re the one
My paper heart still beats for you in different shades of red
As I regret not saying everything I wish I’d said
And yeah, I’ve still got my fears and baby they’ve got me
But I’ll push through despite them if it can bring me to your knees
So tell me what you’re dreaming of; a secret love affair?
So beautiful, yet treacherous, a feeling all too rare.
You scrape away my innocence and leave my feeling bare
While a single candle flickers, burning heat, I breathe your air
The heat vamps up in a burning flame
Locked eye to eye, your worth the pain
Feeling lost in a foreign dark
You dance to the beat and watch the sparks
Fly away as the sun comes up
Is this what it’s like to feel true love?
Your name, to live, will stay with me
In bitter-sweet and darkest dreams
Our queen blew out ten candles as we blew our last kiss
Still feeling you so gentle as you drew back from my lips
And it’s breaking every fibre as we part one final time
You drive back home, I close the door, prepare to catch my flight
And maybe just one day I’ll call you mine again
You’re waiting with that gorgeous smile as I get off the plane
And run into your arms like it’s movie’s final scene
Have the happy ever after like you’ve always hoped and dreamed
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Happy (Songwriting Memo)
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