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All The World's A Stage
04:11
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Feelin' empty, feelin' down
So I took a train to London Town
Searching for something to do
I met a girl with fire in her eyes
Who told me she could see through my disguise
And said "I know what makes you blue"
So I decided to sit with her and talk for a while
I could see by the wickedness in her smile
That maybe she could teach me a thing or two
She told me how she'd travelled far
With the clothes on her back and an old guitar
Just to see something new
She told me words I would never forget
To live my life without regret
Echoing all through my head
And this is what she said
All the world's a stage
Don't wanna be locked up in this cage
So get outside your head and see the world for a while
All the world's a stage
Go live your life now, turn that page
So get outside yourself and see the world for a while
Get out and see the world
So I packed my bags and I ran away
Thinking 'Carpe Diem! Seize the day!"
So much to do, so much to see
Sat in a bar down in Vietnam
When all of a sudden I saw a man
Who saw right into the very heart of me
Without a word, he picked up a guitar
And he played to me this call to arms
Saying "Son, remember just one thing"
And he began to sing
All the world's a stage
Don't wanna be locked up in this cage
So get outside your head and see the world for a while
All the world's a stage
Go live your life now, turn that page
So get outside yourself and see the world for a while
Get out and see the world
All the world's a stage
Don't wanna be locked up in this cage
So get outside your head and see the world for a while
All the world's a stage
Go live your life now, turn that page
So get outside yourself and see the world for a while
Get out and see the world
Get out and see the world
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Crawling On The Floor
03:27
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People surround me
Gathering around me
Why do I feel alone?
Hard to be happy
With your patience at the
End of it's road
Won't somebody help me to stop these lonely tears? Oh!
I have spent to much time crawling on the floor.
Gasping and choking
I'm sinking and soaking
In this sea of pain
Fighting to open
My eyes but they are broken
I'm the one to blame
Won't somebody help me to stop these lonely tears? Oh!
I have spent to much time crawling on the floor.
Won't somebody rescue me from what I fear? Oh!
I just don't think I can take it anymore
I just don't think I can take it anymore
Another face, a face in the crowd
To fade into darkness and wither away
Please show me a sign, please show me the way
A glimmer of hope, no, it can't end this way.
Another face, a face in the crowd
To fade into darkness and wither away
Please show me a sign, please show me the way
A glimmer of hope, no, it can't end this way.
Won't somebody help me to stop these lonely tears? Oh!
I have spent to much time crawling on the floor.
Won't somebody rescue me from what I fear? Oh!
I just don't think I can take it anymore
I just don't think I can take it anymore
I just don't think I can take it anymore
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You Make Lovin' Easy
04:12
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You, you make lovin' easy
You, you bring me to life
I thought that if it wasn't tough
I wasn't trying hard enough
And love was just a burden to bear
I never thought it could happen
But you, you opened my eyes
The way you look and smile at me
My heart has never felt so free
Could it be that we have cracked the code?
And they say love is work
And full of compromise
But you proved them all wrong
Much to my surprise
It feels like we're breakin' all the rules
'cause love is just a game for fools
But you are my exception and I'll never let you go
When we're at home doing nothing
Or when we're out for the night
I hang on every word you say
The whole damn world could fall away
I wouldn't notice anything had changed
And they say love is work
And full of compromise
But you proved them all wrong
Much to my surprise
It feels like we're breakin' all the rules
'cause love is just a game for fools
But you are my exception and I'll never let you go
Let you go
A life without you is no life at all
You, you make lovin' easy
You, you bring me to life
Darling, would you wear this ring?
We'll take whatever life can bring
As long as I've got you, I've got it made
And they say love is work
And full of compromise
But you proved them all wrong
Much to my surprise
It feels like we're breakin' all the rules
'cause love is just a game for fools
But you are my exception for life
It feels like we're breakin' all the rules
'cause love is just a game for fools
But you are my exception and I'll never let you go
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Hold The Wolves
04:27
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Lying naked on the floor I'm broken
Clothes, scattered round me like discarded layers
I'm tearing deeper
Digging deeper
To cast off madness
Still I'm digging
Mirror, show me something to raise my spirits
Something, something other than this self loathing
Through this darkness
I can't see straight
I need my saviour
To just hold me
When I'm weary
Can't see clearly
Hold me in your arms
And hold the wolves at bay
Pull me, pull me back from the edge of sorrow
Standing at the precipice, taking my hand
Give me strength to make my way back
Home to see my demons conquered
When I'm weary
Can't see clearly
Hold me in your arms
And hold the wolves at bay
When I'm broken
With words unspoken
Hold me in your arms
And hold the wolves at bay
When I am lost
And all hope is gone
I fall in your arms
And I am reborn
When I am lost
And all hope is gone
I fall in your arms
And I am reborn
When I'm weary
Can't see clearly
Hold me in your arms
And hold the wolves at bay
When I'm broken
With words unspoken
Hold me in your arms
And hold the wolves at bay
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When you came into my life, I could scarcely believe it,
The luckiest man on Earth
All of a sudden, my senses were focused
and now I knew my worth
You gave me a purpose that I'd never known
A feeling I'd never felt before
I promised to always do my best
And love you forever more
But now you’re gone and my hearts torn in two
And words are too hard to find
My darling, there’s just no getting over you
And the hole you leave behind
Day after day, we’d look to the future
Staring eyes held wide
So many plans, I could barely contain it
I could not hold it inside
I’d scream from the rooftops, I’d tell every stranger
I’d found a love so true
But all too soon, I’d learn of the heart ache
That comes from losing you
'Cause now you’re gone and my hearts torn in two
And words are too hard to find
My darling, there’s just no getting over you
And the hole you leave behind
Your mummy came home, with fear in her eyes,
And something felt so wrong.
The doctor, she told us your heart wasn’t beating
And that our child was gone
So now you are sleeping, daddy will sing you
One last lullaby
Mummy, she loves you and daddy does too
But we must say goodbye
‘Cause now you’re gone and my heart's torn in two
And words are too hard to find
My darling, there’s just no getting over you
And the hole you leave behind
No matter where I go or what may come,
You’ll always be on my mind
Held in our hearts, our sweet little angel
In the hole you leave behind
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Dan Thomas Sandy, UK
Singer-Songwriter with an alt-rock twist
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