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Where did it go wrong, please tell me,
Who do I blame, just name them,
What do we do in this moment.
Take to the streets, they’re empty,
Storm the Parliaments, they’re shut down,
No one in charge, but the rodents.
But we’re not going to let this thing get out of hand, you know.
We’ve got a plan, you know.
Cause we’re not going to lose the best things we’ve ever knew,
Just because some bad wind blows.
Talk to the trees, they’ll listen,
Talk to the bees, they know,
Talk to the rivers, they’ve been around.
Open your mouth, and speak out,
Open your eyes, and see,
Open your heart, it’s a key.
Cause we’re not going to let this thing get out of hand, you know.
We’ve got a plan, you know.
Cause we’re not going to lose the best things we’ve ever knew,
Just because some bad wind blows.
From the mountain tops to the seas,
The swallows will swoop to the breeze,
If we just fly from our greed, only take what we need.
No one’s going to be left behind, this is our moment to shine,
If we break down the walls in our minds, we will find,
We hold onto the best things, that we ever knew…cause we chose to.
That we hold onto the best things, we ever knew…cause we chose to.
That we hold onto the best things, that we ever knew…cause we chose to.
And now we’re going to get back our snow.
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2. |
Love Ghost
04:42
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If I die, as I know I will,
Please don’t sigh and shed no tears,
Just move on and embrace the years.
And if you meet someone so new,
I hope they take you to London, maybe Peru,
Just try to be natural too.
But, I will break through all your doors,
I will smash up all your floors,
If you love them more than me.
I will crash through your windowpanes,
On the stairs I will complain,
If you love them more than me.
Oooh…..
What we had is just grains of sand,
The past is another place, another land,
So far from the touch of hands.
And if you meet some cool guy or girl,
Please don’t cry and please don’t sigh,
Just wave us goodbye.
Oooh…..
But, I’ll break through all your doors,
I will smash up all your toys,
If you love them more than me.
I will crash through your windowpanes,
On the stairs I will complain,
If you love them more than me.
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3. |
Girl in the Gallery
03:43
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I get the bus every weekend, just to see you.
I find you in room three, all alone.
Dressed in green, you’re the dream,
That lights up my longing.
I’m in love with you.
We ‘ve only fleeting moments to spend together.
I hold my breath as the others look away.
I put my lips to yours, for a second.
On my wild away day.
I can tell no one about you.
They’d only laugh and smile if they knew, ooo, ooo oooh.
Girl in the Gallery,
My girl in the Gallery,
I’ve lived alone, most of my days.
No friendly hand has touched my heart,
Touched my face.
But you’ve given me the gift of imagining.
You have made me new, Oo ooh.
I can tell no one, about us.
They say John you’re, just so crazy enough,
To be in love,
With a painting.
Girl in the Gallery,
You’re so real to me.
My girl in the Gallery,
You’re just everything to me.
I can tell no one, about us.
They say John you’re just so, crazy enough,
To be in love,
With a painting.
Girl in the Gallery,
You’re just so real to me,
My girl in the Gallery.
You’re so real to me.
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4. |
Guilt Gaming
04:15
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Here we are again guilt gaming
Playing out memories, trying to fix past mistakes.
Could have been a better man, a better lad, a better dad,
Was I too weak, was I too mean, was I just an ass.
It’s such a waste of space,
Trying to fix yourself in this human race,
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here we are again guilt gaming,
Playing out memories, trying to script happy ends.
Can’t see the wood for the trees,
And those not so pretty deeds.
Lost in a maze that likes you best down on your knees.
Cool down, check out, hit the key and end the blame.
Replaying old memories is a fool’s game,
That always ends the same.
So comes on let’s go.
Cut those cords, let’s go.
Come on let’s go.
Let’s live and let’s go.
While you’re down the regrets mine,
Wasting all of your precious time,
That is the crime.
Here we are again guilt gaming
Playing out memories, trying to fix past mistakes.
Could have been a better man, a better lad, a better dad,
Was I too weak, was I too mean, was I just an ass.
It’s such a waste of space,
Trying to fix myself in this human race,
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah.
Come on let’s go.
Cut those cords let’s go.
Come on let’s go, let’s love and let’s go.
Come on let’s go, oh oh oo.
Love and let’s go.
(No more guilt gaming).
Love and let’s go.
(Come on, let’s get out of here)
Love and let’s go.
(Let’s live and let’s go)
Love and let’s go
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5. |
I Love You Baby
03:57
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You’re my magic, you’re my number one hit,
You’re soft, you’re warm, but you don’t take shit,
You’re everything, that’s cool.
You’re a spell, a lazy day, my dream, my drug, my Pilgrim’s Way,
A Comet cross the air.
And when you came into my life,
Your moved so slowly,
You took me by surprise.
You’re my Mermaid, you’re my sexy stroll,
Laughter on a Handy call,
A glance, an electric shock.
Eyes of coral, washed with rain,
Games of Muhle on the train,
Crazy, calm, intense.
And when you, you came into my life,
You moved so slowly, well you took me by surprise.
You’re everything I could ever need,
A lucky charm, a mountain stream,
My favouite football team,
I love you baby.
A glimpse of heaven, a place of rest,
An endless quest, my party guest,
I love you baby.
You’re fierce, you’re loyal, you fight the right,
You’re a cup of coffee, you’re a Riesling Dry,
Take me on your ride.
And when the lights go down, and the guests are gone,
There’s always one, to be there by your side.
That’s me.
And when you, when you came into my life,
You moved so slowly, well you took me by surprise.
You’re everything I could ever need,
A Schmetterling, a mountain stream,
My favourite football team,
I love you baby,
A glimpse of heaven, a place of rest,
An endless quest, my party guest,
I love you baby
You’re everything I could ever need,
A lucky charm, a mountain stream,
My favouite football team,
I Love You Baby
A glimpse of heaven, a place of rest,
An endless quest, my party guest,
I love you baby
(Repeats)
Oh yea, I love you baby
Oh yea, I love you baby,
I love you baby,
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Hometown
04:05
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The pub flower boxes are free of soot.
They’ve opened up the river to tourists that don’t give a fuck.
The statue of its most famous daughter is pigeon-shit free,
Welcome, welcome to Virtual Reality,
Surely, you can see.
The once busy markets have lost all their street-cred.
Once hot factory chimneys cold and so long dead.
There’s nothing happening, but the parking’s free,
Welcome, welcome, to Virtual Reality,
Let’s get pissed at 3 (15:00).
Nobody’s going to do anything about it,
A mercy killing’s best.
Nobody’s going to do anything about it,
The town’s on its last legs.
Wrap up the fine old buildings,
And level the rest.
Once was a byword for productivity.
Strong social movements helped the poor and society.
The tide of history has washed it all away.
Welcome, welcome to Virtual Reality,
Surely you can see.
Nobody’s going to do anything about it,
A mercy killing’s best.
Nobody’s going to do anything about it,
The town’s on its last legs.
Wrap up the fine old buildings,
And level the rest.
Nobody’s going to do anything about it.
2x
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7. |
The Day You Went Away
03:46
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I picked up the phone,
And I heard the news,
You had gone on a sunny morning walk,
And the stars tumbled from the sky,
The day you went away.
Took you for granted,
So self-obsessed,
Never had time to touch or caress,
Now I’m in a real mess,
The day you went away.
Showing me how to drive a car,
Not sure I will ever get so far,
But the sand was slipping by
The day you went away.
Tilting at clouds,
Punching at wind,
Begging God to show you to me again,
Oh Oh Ah, Ah……..
Standing on touchlines,
Urging on,
Joining me in a James Taylor song,
But shadows of the evening were long,
The day you went away.
Giggling like kids at Pete and Dud,
Sampling beers at our local pub,
Chances I never took to say
The day you went away.
Smashing at stones,
Tearing at clothes,
Trying to do harm, Heaven only knows,
To myself…Oh Oh Ah…ah ah ah….
Tilting at clouds,
Punching at wind,
Begging God to show you to me again,
Oh Oh Ah, Ah……..
Smashing at stones,
Tearing at clothes,
Trying to do harm, Heaven only knows,
To myself…Oh Oh Ah…ah ah ah.
Tilting at clouds,
Punching at wind,
Begging God to show you to me again,
Oh Oh Ah, Ah.
I picked up the phone,
And I heard the news,
You had gone on a sunny morning walk,
And the stars tumbled from the sky,
The day you went away
The day you went away
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Oliver's Song
04:34
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Oh you, you with the funny face,
Oh you, pull memories from outer space,
Oh you, starting out on life’s big race,
The warm wind calls you from outside,
The birds are winged to help you fly.
It’s going to get better,
All the stars are shining bright for you.
It’s going to be marvelous,
All the heavens are full of love and people who’ll catch you if you fall.
Oh you, you with the funny face,
Oh you pull the memories from far away.
Oh you, starting on life’s big race
The warm wind whispers from outside,
Asking you to take a ride.
It’s going to get better,
All the stars are shining bright for you.
It’s going to be marvelous,
All the heavens are full of love and people who’ll catch you if you fall.
Long ago I shared, your fears and your tears my friend,
But, they were both there, holding me so tight,
That all my fears flew like paper planes into the night.
Oh, you , you with the funny face.
Oh you with that marvelous face,
The warm wind calls you from outside,
Asking you to take a ride.
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No Secrets
04:38
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She picks her lovers like sweets, from a paper bag.
Checks through her I-phone for her next dinner dates.
Checks that her coat matches her new cool shoulder pads,
Can’t see the mob as they crash through her garden gates
He sips green tea he saw in a Tinder app.
Flicks through GQ for the next, cool, grooming tips.
Pats his new abs that he bought from a doctor in Harley Street,
Can’t hear the bomb as it blows off his manicured lips.
Oh my love, can you hear church bells chime?
As we go around the carousel, for one last time.
They’re drowning like rats in the middle of the Mittlemeer.
Drone strikes kill 10,000 school kids in southern Sudan.
A bat in Newhaven poisons shoppers in Rotterdam.
But we don’t care, we’ve still got Netflix on demand.
Oh my love, can you hear the church bells chime?
As with go around the carousel, for one last time.
Oh my love, can you hear the church bells chime?
As we go around the carousel, for one last time.
Oh my love, can you hear the church bells chime?
As we go around the carousel, for one last time.
Oh my love, there are no more secrets to hide,
As we go around the carousel, for one last ride.
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Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving.
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time.
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving.
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go.
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time.
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again.
I have no fear of time.
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?
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Nick Nuttall Berlin, Germany
Nick is both a musician and a climate activist living in Berlin, Germany. His songs are small, miniature, short stories cast
in often melancholic melodies and perhaps inspired by 70s and 80s songwriters like Carole King, James Taylor, Fairport convention, Joni Mitchell and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.
Just Because Some Bad Wind Blows has been produced by Bernadette La Hengst
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