Up On The Downside

This England made me
Between the war and a rockets flying
You found the crib it saves me
And teach me wrong and right

Then the world was talking
But never got its chance to say
When there's too much talking
Nobody hears a word you say

And you won't see
And baby now I won’t hear
These blind communications
Only last throughout the year
And half of what we're saying
Is halfway near the truth
And blind communications
For a million hearts and fools

I am a witness
To a land of a million fools
All placing bets on life
And hate the ones who lose
And all who’re lonely
And never get the chance to say
That their one and only
Would be the chance to even play

Repeat Chorus

Hello Monday
The weekend’s just a blur
I've been burning bridges
And now I'm begging at your door
So I’ll keep on working
'Cos it's a chance for me to pay
But too much talking
When you believed the words I say

Repeat Chorus

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In My Field

I'm in my field
I'm in my stream
And I'm love
I'm in my tree

I take a walk
Nine hundred miles
I cross the stile
I'm in my field

And I'm in love
And it's for free
I'm in my field
I'm in my field

I'm in my field
I'm in my stream
And I will yield
I'm in my field

And I'm in love
Across the stile
Come in my field
Just you and me

We'll take a walk
Nine hundred miles
And I'm in love
We'll count the stiles

I'm in my field
I'm in my stream
Well I'm in love
Just you and me

I'm in my field
I'm in my stream
Well I'm in love
I'm in my tree

I take a walk
Nine hundred miles
I cross the stile
I'm in my field

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Sail On My Boat

I'm gonna sail on my boat and keep it afloat forever
Nobody's gonna tell me how it won't stay together
I got a waiting ticket won't you sail it
Nobody who's staying asleep knows what I'm saying

I'm gonna throw out a rope and keep it afloat, it's granted
& call her Cressy Freedom, Independence or Tansy
I'm gonna wake and take us all to where oh
Nobody's gonna talk me down by stormy weather

Got to sail my boat
Got to keep afloat
I get the need to keep on when I'm sailing

I'll stay the course, I'll make it a choice, I'll plan it
Nobody ever thought you would & they take you for granted
I'll tie down the ropes that keep me afloat and sailing
Nobody ever taught me, teach me while I'm playing?

I’m gonna lift up my voice and sing you a song romantic
And call it Cressy Freedom, Independence or Tansy

Repeat Chorus

Hold on in love take it to where you never
Nobody's gonna tell me how it won't stay together
I've got a freedom ticket lets go sailing
Nobody who's staying asleep knows what I'm saying

Repeat Chorus twice

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Biggest Thing

Up through all the streets you go
But little girl don't find her name
And we’re all gone down roads to homes
Where everybody finds their game

Just behind the street she goes
Where she'll be found behind her wheel
'cos it's the only place she knows
That makes her know just how she feels

'Cos you're biggest thing
That I see
You’ve got me where you want me
You hunt me down, you haunt me
And beg me to believe

All too fast to where she goes
But who'll be first to find her a name
And holding on in Hollywood
But holding on don't make the grade

Just about when it's all right
there’s you and I: we’ll find our way
But its holidays not Hollywood
And holidays don't suit my game

Repeat Chorus

Hollow days and hollow nights
But everyone they find their way
It highlights you when things ain’t right
And makes you want find your place

Repeat Chorus twice

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We Made It More

By the way you went you take it all
And make another sender
By the way it often takes you by surprise
You know the mender
And Oh you play it strange

And anyway
We all got a little bit of something
All got more than we bargained for
Got a need for something
But you and I we made it more

I ain't gonna make another play today
I know, I'm waiting on a sender
I ain't gonna take my weight until you wait
I know, I need another mender
But it's to you I'm making a surrender

And you make another tale
You want to weigh another breakdown
Picking up and heading north
It's all that seems just so relentless
And oh you play it strange

Repeat pre-Chorus & Chorus

But you and I we made it more

Repeat Chorus

We all got a little bit of something
We all got more than we bargained for

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Give Me A Letter

Give me a letter
The sooner the better
I'm out of here

Give me a card
I'm not waiting hard
To hear you

All I'm trying to do
Is all you want to say

Give me a letter
The sooner the better
I'm away from you

Trying so hard
I'm not taking a car
And I'll lose you

All I want to do
Is all I'm trying to say

What I'm trying to say
Is what I'm trying to do

Repeat first two verses

What I'm trying to say
What I'm trying to do
Is keeping up with you

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Mechanical Wonder

The mechanical wonder is
It's just a noise in my room
And I'm chasing the wonder and
It's just a hole in my tune

And the radio plays but it
But it don't sing a song
And the mechanical thunder is
What is all going wrong

And I walk down the road and I
I awake in a tune
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my room

And we rode it once
On a thundering night
So I'll walk with you
Where the locks take flight

Oh machines make our lives today
And I like them the best
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my head

And the radio plays at me
But it don't sing a song
But the mechanical wonder is
How it's all going wrong

And they rode it once ("And we rode it once" on last chorus)
On a thundering night
So I'll walk with you
Where the locks take flight
And we'll keep on through
It's where the road don't roar
Where the farm once stood
Where the union crawls, big time

They're machines that I'm walking from
Though they play in the songs
And the dreams that you're holding on
Don't hold for so long

So I'm hiding machines away
But I'll keep them for you
But the things that you wanna say
Is just a noise in my room

And I look at the picture now
And there's a weight on us all
But the mechanical wonder is
It's a cure one and all

Repeat full chorus with slight variation

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You Are Amazing

You are amazing
It's the truth
And it's often fading
Without you

I don't feel the wind blow
I don't feel the hard rock
I don't feel it when it breaks your heart
I don't feel it all get
To far from the start

You are a lady
It's the truth
And it's often shady
Behind you

I don't feel the hollow
I don't feel it all broke
I don't need it when you make your mark
I don't live in malice
I need a morning heart

Standing here and hollow
It's the only thing broke
The it shakes you and it makes you start
Like a singing widow which won't mend your heart

You are amazing
It's the truth

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If I Gave You My Heart

If I gave you my heart
Where would you be
Would it mean nothing
If not for me

If I gave you my eyes
What would they see
Would they see nothing
If not for me

But I gave you my hand and my sign and my soul on the earth
And I gave up on truth when I heard about the worst
I lived out of love when I gave it away
And I sold off my soul when there's no one to pay

If I gave you my hand
What would it write
Would it say nothing
Or say it's alright

If I gave you my arms
Would they hold you tight
First light of morning
Or bid you goodnight

And I gave you my strength and my worth and I gave you my gift
And I moved on the first and I left us to drift
And I reap from the soil and I build hopes from wood
It's a new better life and we have two and should

And I gave you my dream of the world and we stood on the quay
And we sang to the wind in the whole darkening sea
And I feel my weight and I guard my soul
And I found my beliefs when I found my control
I gave you my hand and my soul on the earth
And I gave up on the truth when I heard about the worst
So I lived out of love when I gave it away
And I sold off my soul when there's no one to pay

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Can't Get Back To The Baseline

 I want more than me and you
The more I want the more it scares me
I will put my faith in you
Won’t you be my missionary
I can’t ... can’t get back to the baseline

Had too much of waiting up
Had too much of things I tell you
It’s the only way and it’s love
Fill my cup oh I’ve said too much
I can’t... can’t get back to the baseline (x2)

I’ve been on freight train buzz
So I’m trying to tell you
the only thing I need is your love
But I can’t...(x4)
I can’t back to the baseline

It’s the way of feeling good
It is all that’s necessary
I guess that it’s from above
I’m no fool but I guess too much
I can’t... can’t get back to the baseline (x2)

Repeat chorus

Fare you well and I will choose
When I’ve found it I will tell you
I belong to the same as you
Won’t you be my missionary
I can’t... can’t get back to the baseline (x2)

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Something For Me

You were arriving
Of this I'm sure
You were just hiding all around your door

That would be telling
And it's not for free
You're all the rage when you're out with me

Gotta do something
Something for free
Gotta do something for me
It ain't complaining
Ah just you see
Gotta do something for me

You won't be foolish
Of this I'm sure
But I'm feeling used when I'm round your door

That ain't complaining
Ah just you see
You're like the same when it's not for me

Repeat Chorus

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All lyrics are © Ocean Colour Scene

All lyrics are © Ocean Colour Scene

 

Mechanical Wonder