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My Own Way
05:39
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I've been waiting for something good to come along
I've been sent here for the kill
Who's to say what's right and what is wrong?
I'll do what I want and say what I will
But I'm sick of this feeling and I just can't steal it
I'm not begging like a dog for scraps of something new
I'm sick of this feeling and I just can't steal it
Something to take a bite of
Something on which to chew
I'm not begging I'll get it on my own
You couldn't give me anything I'd ever want to own
I'm not begging I'll get it on my own
You couldn't give me anything I'd ever want to own
My own way
I've been stealing from all your books and all your songs
Had my fingers in the till
Who's to say what's right and what is wrong?
I'll do what I want and say what I will
But I'm sick of this feeling and I just can't steal it
I'm not begging like a dog for scraps of something new
I'm sick of this feeling and I just can't steal it
Something to take a bite of
Something on which to chew
I'm not begging I'll get it on my own
You couldn't give me anything I'd ever want to own
I'm not begging I'll get it on my own
You couldn't give me anything I'd ever want to own
My own way
I soak it up like a sponge in your bath
I took every last drop right out of the tap
But now the bath is empty and the sponge is full
I'm getting out, I'm getting out, I'm getting out and up
It's bitten, yes it's bitten, yes it's bitten bad
It's bitten back the things that you never knew you had
But I'm sick of this feeling and I just can't steal it
I'm not begging like a dog for scraps of something new
I'm sick of this feeling and I just can't steal it
Something to take a bite of
Something on which to chew
I'm not begging I'll get it on my own
You couldn't give me anything I'd ever want to own
I'm not begging I'll get it on my own
You couldn't give me anything I'd ever want to own
My own way
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2. |
The Week That Was
03:30
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Weeks of pain and weeks of shame
Did it again and again and again
Weeks of doubt and weeks of hell
Walking on broken glass eggshells
Then the penny dropped
And the dreaming stopped
The curse was lifted
And the bubble popped
That was the week that was
Where does the time go when held down low
No room to breath no room to grow
Where does your worth go when you’re made to feel
No longer valid no longer real
Then the penny dropped…..
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3. |
Memphis Exile
05:10
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When The Birds flew away they started from Grass Roots
Lost out to The Leaves but had the finest fruits
In this brave new world some kind of black folk-rock
A few lineups later, they couldn’t be stopped
Chorus:
Alone and alone
Alone and alone
Alone and alone
Alone again, all alone
Three down the line on the red telephone
Alone again, alone again all alone
They really knock you out
The powerdrive energy Funk
L.A. Love supreme
The psychedelic punk, the psychedelic punk
Chorus
And when The Doors opened up
They fell in on themselves
It all came crashing down
They never would leave that town
The there’s Mr. McLean
He’s not always seen
As a vital cog in the music machine
Now he’s dead and gone
His sound is growing strong
He’s getting through, yes he’s getting his dues
Chorus:
Art no longer sits under Orange Skies
It’s three strikes and out and now he’s doing his time
He tells the story from the days of his life
Behind the bars of the Stars and Stipes
Razor blade melodies
Razor blade melodies and words of hate
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4. |
New Morning
04:38
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5. |
Like I Do
04:00
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You don’t see the, you don’t see the
The things I see, the things I see
Like I do
Do you see the, do you see
The things I see, the things I see
Like I do?
When the story’s told
And it’s all been sold
Cards on the table
You’ve got no soul
When it all comes down
You’re a bit of a clown
Troubled once but I’m laughing now
Like I do, like I do, yeah
I’m glad I’m me, I wanna be me
What about you?
I bet you can’t get to sleep at night
Because your dreams are black
And it don’t feel right
I know you’re at the end of the line
You know I’m at the start of mine
Like I do, I do, I do, yeah
When the story’s told…..
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6. |
Torch Song
04:37
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There’s a friend of mine
He keeps the faith
Keeps on bombing
Keeps burning away
He got feet for dancing
Got a head for highs
Keeps on bombing
Right through the night
Chorus:
So Mr Casino Man
Won’t you shine your light
Watch him out on the floor tonight
Mr Casino Man
Won’t you shine your light
Watch him out on the floor tonight
Can you hear Gene Chandler
Does it shiver your bones?
Can you hear Geno Washington
Through the speaker cones
Non-stop dancing
All night, no break
Pure adrenaline
To the sound of The Snake
Chorus
Soul’s on fire
And so’s the sun
Lord, I gotta keep on, gotta keep on moving.
Two types of powder
One for the floor
The other keeps him dancing
Forevermore
Thank you good Lord
Pass the torch to him
Thank you friend
For keep on keeping in
Chorus
Shine your light
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7. |
Song of the Gun
03:27
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Took my heart, kill my soul
There’s nothing in me willing
Tied to a door, chained to a floor
Standing back on the edge of nothing
Suicide could save me, suicide could damn me
Chorus:
Shine a light on yesterday
And keep on keeping on
No shine in the morning
When gun is your song
Life can drag you down
There’s always something coming round
I’m going where I die my day
I’m living what you say
Chorus
Said the man, all left alone
He ain’t got diamonds in his soul
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8. |
Better Living
04:43
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Dreaming’s good but not too much
To dream too much is dangerous
Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous, yeah.
I’ve got to burst this bubble now
Your thoughts are gonna keep you down
Keep you down, keep you down
So put your head in something real
Something you can see and feel
See and feel, see and feel, yeah
Chorus:
Better living, inside out
Better living this time around
Are you gonna be up
Or are you gonna be down?
Gonna be up or are you gonna be down?
Better living, inside out
Better living this time around
Are you gonna be up
Or are you gonna be down?
Gonna be up or are you gonna be down?
Well what’s the use in fake-believe
When you shine on in reality
Reality, reality, yeah
You don’t know but you hold the key
You are just too blind to see
Blind to see, blind to see
The day will come, you’ll have your time
A time and place where you can shine
You can shine, you can shine
Chorus
What’s the time?
Is it time to shine?
So kick out the cold grey morning blues
Hold up your head and put on your shoes
Open the freezer, defrost your brain
The one you stole to numb the pain
Chorus
Shine on.
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9. |
Bricks and Ballbearings
03:35
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Turn that echo down a bit on that or what?
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10. |
Dead Pool
06:38
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I’ve been living a mixed-up life too long
I lost my woman, mind and songs
Paranoia strikes and I’m all alone
The ever-growing darkness surrounding the Golden Stone
There were those who told of a death on this trip
A darker force had taken a grip
I’d come to the point where you just gotta fight
The past painted black, but the future was bright
Chorus:
I’m choking, I’m coughing and I can’t breathe
My eyes full of water, I can’t see
The panic attacks are forcing me back
I try to defy, but there’s death in their eyes
Exotic dreams and nightmare visions,
Poison in the water confusing decisions
Inward, outward, flamboyant or stripped to the bone
Six sides of the Golden Stone
Kicked out of the gang that gathers moss
I’m searching for hope when it seems all is lost
In 62 had a head full of blues
And a mind full of hope, now it’s demons and dope
Chorus
Panic attacks, forcing me back
I can’t breathe and I can see
I slip, I slip, I’m losing my grip
Above is the sky, below are the tiles
Heaven and hell, I’m hearing their smile
I’m sinking, sinking, sinking in the Dead Pool
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The Kustom Built Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
THE KUSTOM BUILT - a motley crew made up of members from Newcastle & Sunderland who came together on the dance floors of
various North East clubs including Riverside, Ku Klub and Rockshots.
The long-lost tapes of their only LP lay buried underground for 20 years. They were dug up, baked in an oven, and mixed to create Demolition. Out now on DiJi Records.
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