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Le Cercle
03:05
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We’re all led in the same way
The best thing is to break out
Knew what I had to do all along
Thinking fast and I’m feeling strong
I’m heading out of the circle
Life can be clouds and rain
Learn to live with the pain
A dark memory inside my head
Gotta move on is what I read
I’m heading out of the circle
Never mind, never mind
Life repeats itself
But you can still break out
Of the circle
Of the circle
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2. |
Time To Win
03:32
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Time To Win
Time to win this game again
Time to sin, sin again
Time to let go of that modesty
Time to be just vain for a while
Time to win, time to sin
Time to hold your head up high
Time to win, time to sin
Time to hold your head up high
Sometimes we lay back
Don’t even think too much
Then we start to dream
Fall into the trap
Who knows what the future brings
Let you decide for now
Then we stop the dream and become real
Climb out of the trap so we can feel
Time to win
Time to dream
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3. |
Opposites Attract
02:50
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It was a cold, cold winter
A war situation
Wrong place, wrong time
I thought back to when I was a kid
Scene in black and white
I gave what I could
I tried to reach you
But what can you do
When time is running out
I let you go ' cause everything ends
And in this world everything is uncertain
Opposites attract
Wars are fought and won
We learn to love
It was a cold, cold winter
A war situation
I felt like killing you
Me and you we could be good
But then we couldn't work at it
Cause times were hard and work was scarce
And something had to go
A storm approaches, the engine stalls
But us we just sit and wait
Opposites attract
Wars are fought and won
We learn to love
Opposites attract
Wars are fought and won
Opposites attract
Wars are fought and won
We learn to love
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4. |
Blood
03:16
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You loved my hair and my clothes
You took me seriously and let me know.
Whatever I did was okay by you.
I wanted you to leave him.
That blood going round my head...
I hear it.
You saw a pig dying and felt the pain
Caring for others was natural and right
You went into nursing because you were full of kindness
Secrets were kept secret
Smiles with those dentures
White like a tungsten filament lamp
Open yet guarded
Who knew what that smile hid
The misery of separation
I hear that blood going round my head again
I hear it...
Work and more work
you wore yourself out
To hide the pain
Of the pain of the past
I'd never see you until late at night
Too tired to communicate
Bottled up inside
The turmoils ferment
Then copious amounts of alcohol
Never let the poison out in any way
It grew in different ways
That blood going round my head
It comes out in different ways
In different ways...
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5. |
We're Up High
03:39
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I’ll stick to you like barnacles to a boat
I wouldn’t even try to keep you afloat
I can’t let you do what you want to do
I’ll tie you where I want you to stay
But I would do almost anything for you
I’ll keep you warm when we’re up high
I couldn’t even say if things are going right today
I’m just in that mood where I don’t care anyway
When I’m like this I feel so free
Take off all my clothes and jump in the sea
And I would do almost anything for you
I’ll keep you warm when we’re up high
When we’re up high
When we’re up high
When we’re up high
And I won’t cheat I won't lie
I haven’t got a thing to hide
And I won’t quit I won't lie
I haven’t got a thing to hide
We’re up high
Might even run away
Or get down on my knees and pray
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6. |
Maybe We'll Talk
02:05
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Walk the streets with lights and noise
Rain splashing the window sills
Shoes leaking, letting in
Shoulders rounded and tense
Fuming, steam appears
I see steep stairs to a pub down below
Will you let me know what you think
Or I'll walk all night
Chip shop smells, vinegar and fat
People talk at a table near the window
The kids get bored and restless
Adults ignore with consequences
I walk up and down the high street
Hoping for a solution
Waiting for peace
Just waiting for peace
Maybe soon we'll talk
Come high tide and winds from the east
Come smiles and groans,
Grimaces and frowns
Give me a space, give me some space
Then maybe we'll talk
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7. |
Coming Alive
03:31
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Money, it's free from the cash machine
Just don't try to heat your house with it
Money the colour of it
Is green with envy
Is red with blood
Is yellow with cowardice
I shit money
I puke bitcoin
Then I eat it all over all over all over again
Back to the start - Where was I?
Free money
Banks delivering now
It's ours, you greedy bastards!
I dream I could win the lottery
Be free to dream
Be free from the dream
Bee free - to dream
Money - oh free money
Money - yeah free money
Sitting on my arse
Time to get up
Rise up and shout
Hear me, hear us, let us go our own way
Parched from the desert
Of promised democracy
Dried to the bone
Ready to be revived
Coming alive, coming alive
Coming alive to the sounds
Coming alive to the ideas
Coming alive, coming alive
Coming alive it's all around
Think you can revive your battered body
Refresh Refresh
Never looking back never ever looking down
Gonna take you higher, higher
Higher than you’ve ever been
To see there is something better
See there’s something better
See that there is something better
See there’s something better oh
See that there is something better
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8. |
I Caught The Wind
03:52
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Time to think for myself
Days of following are over
Let peace prevail
In the palm of my hand
The surf’s up so time to ride
Unhappiness will subside
I still don’t know who I am
What choices are there left to make
Like Jimmy by the sea and the sand
I caught the wind in my hand
Dissatisfaction in many ways
Best not to dwell
Think too much and you drown
Worries can bring you down
Smile while you can
I caught the wind in my hand
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9. |
There You Go
02:38
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Didn't think I'd grow up - there you go
Didn't think I'd be a hypocrite - there you go
Didn't think I'd vote that way
But I forget the things I used to say
Don't stay out as late as I used to - there you go
Got more consideration for others - there you go
I feel secure and at ease
I'll come into money with my pension scheme
Here I am
What I was a long time ago
I'm not any more
There you go
Didn't think I'd go against -- there you go
Everything I ever said - there you go
I used to love my fellow man
But now I think of none but myself
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10. |
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Feeling good that special note
The one that makes you full of hope
The one that makes your nerves tingle
Makes you want to jump off your seat
How do you produce that Mr Producer
How do you mix that Mr Mixer
A delight to my ears
All the best of all the years
That groove
That loose feel
No effort
It's just automatic
Oh it just happens
One day the whole world will realise
At exactly the same time
Same day, same hour, same minute, same second
It's that one note everybody can sing
It's Love, it's hate
Can be early, can be late
It's dumb, it's blind
It's music of all times
Stand up
Be counted
Be Free
Don't tie me down
Oh it just happens
Tell me Mr Producer - how do produce it
Tell me Mr Mixer - what's the secret of that beautiful note
Spiritual feelings - on a high
Feeling good
Groove to what you do
Stop fighting
Stop moonlighting
Don't work so hard
For what?
Wishing - stop it
Dreaming - stop it
Spiritual feelings
On a high
Feeling good - oh oh
Stand Up
Be counted
Be free
Don't tie me down
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11. |
Tough Old Birds
03:47
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Tough old birds from a time long gone
Doesn’t seem that way today
The differences then were so clear
From the music that we listened to and the attitudes that came from that
And now all that splits us
Is the desire to be better than each other
I don’t care if you live or if you die
Tough old birds like you and me
We survive like people who built the ark
I’ve held every job there is to hold in this town
I know everything there is to know about you
So why when the gossip is riding high
Am I the one who gets the look of the eye
Obliged me - ooh ooh
Kiss me once again like you used to
When you weren’t afraid to be yourself
When the pain of your life was diverted
For that short time in your youth
Show to me that you have desire
You really can think for yourself
When the thoughts of the nation have gone
When the thoughts of the nation have gone
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12. |
St. Raphael
03:03
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Saint Raphael came down - we did meet
And I can honestly say, I knelt down and kissed his feet
I met a man who did such good
I can tell my friends I met a saint
I wanna be one, I wanna be one
Then I could rest my soul
Adrenalin fill my whole
And I’d smile and wave and bless everyone
All in a dream, never to be
Stand at the wall, waiting to see
I met a man - he did such good
I meet them every day
I wanna be one, I wanna be one
Then I could rest my soul
Adrenalin fill my whole
And I’d smile and wave and bless everyone
I just got down from on high
I ain’t going back up there again
I saw shadows so big
Scare you half to death
I wanna be one, I wanna be one
Then I could rest my soul
Adrenalin fill my whole
And I’d smile and wave and bless everyone
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Jim Shepherd (Jasmine Minks) Scotland, UK
Member of The Jasmine Minks, who released albums on Creation Records and Esurient from 1984-89 and then with Poptones, Bus Stop and Cherry Red Records since. I release occasional records on my own label, Oatcake Records, and have collaborated with others such as APB, Sleepyard and The Beat Hotel. My first solo LP/CD is out now. I also still play and record with The Jasmine Minks... ... more
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