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Casablanca
01:58
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(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
Hey, hey what’s wrong kid?
There’s something on my mind
(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
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Classic Romance
03:58
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Classic romance
Enfold me like lovers do
Filmed in black and white
A man walks in on cue
In the gaze of the Renegade
Shadows and cigarettes
He sees right through you
Secrets and silhouettes
It’s just a little gesture to love
Driving through the rain in paris
It’s just a little gesture to love
Driving through the rain in paris
It’s la vie en rose
Hey kid it must show
I guess I’m in love with you
Hey kid I guess I’m in love with you
With your head on his shoulder
Whiling away the hours
An orchestra beneath the moon
As the stars come out in flower
His innocent glances
That linger lovingly
Through melancholy eyes
That smile the kindest smile
If there’s beauty in silence
This must be heaven by a country mile
It’s just a little gesture to love
Driving through the rain in paris
It’s just a little gesture to love
Driving through the rain in paris
It’s la vie en rose
Hey kid it must show
I guess I’m in love with you
Hey kid I guess I’m in love with you
I suppose it’s a picture show
And I’m alone not through choice
I’m a sentimentalist
Yearning for a voice
That speaks like the Renegade
Whilst held in his embrace
But even as time goes by
Waltzing around the world
Wouldn’t it be wonderful
To have been Bogart’s girl
It’s just a little gesture to love
Driving through the rain in paris
It’s just a little gesture to love
Driving through the rain in paris
It’s la vie en rose
Hey kid it must show
I guess I’m in love with you
Hey kid I guess I’m in love with you
Hey kid I guess I’m in love with you
Angel I’m in love with you
Angel I’m in love with you
Hey kid I guess I’m in love with you
Hey kid I guess I’m in love with you
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In A Lonely Place
04:50
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“You knew he was dynamite”
I suppose they were right
But the love he gave made up for that
I wish we could have it back
I wish I could have him back
“Is there anything you want to make you happy?
I don’t want anyone but you”
“Is there anything you want to make you happy?
I don’t want anyone but you”
“He has to explode sometimes”
But you pushed a firework
In front of a roaring flame
When you turned the heat on him
He turned his heat on me
You know he proposed to me
But the heat had got to me
“Is there anything you want to make you happy?
I don’t want anyone but you”
“Is there anything you want to make you happy?
I don’t want anyone but you”
“It’s as much a part of him,
As the colour of his eyes”
He lashed out and we said goodbye
I shouldn’t have told those lies
His fuse couldn’t take those lies
“Is there anything you want to make you happy?
I don’t want anyone but you”
“Is there anything you want to make you happy?
I don’t want anyone but you”
Why couldn’t you have called us yesterday?
It would have meant so much to us yesterday
But today it doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter at all
You know I always liked his face
But you put my boy in a lonely place
Your accusations followed on foot
So he got in the car to put
The best distance in he could
Screaming tyres ‘round corners
But there was nothing left here for us
The damage you’ve caused is done
He was innocent all along
It’s over now it’s done
It’s over now it’s done
“I was born when she kissed me,
I died when she left me
And I lived a few weeks while she loved me”
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Sam
04:11
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I like the way that you stand
I like the way that you stare
I like the way you blow smoke into the air
I like the way that you fight
I like the way that you grin
I like the way you laugh at everything
So where do we go from here Sam?
Where do we go from here Sam?
Cause’ I know it just can’t be
But you’ve got a hold on me
Where do we go from here Sam?
I like your steady shoulders
I like your glittering eyes
I like the way your eyebrows raise in mock surprise
I like your face in that hat
I like your body in that suit
I like that your wild and unpredictable (and pretty cute)
So where do we go from here Sam?
Where do we go from here Sam?
Cause’ I know it just can’t be
But you’ve got a hold on me
Where do we go from here Sam?
I like the way your collars up
I like the way you dress them down
I like the way your eyes narrow when you start to frown
I like the way that you scowl
I like the way that you lean
I like the way your mouth moves when you’re acting mean
So where do we go from here Sam?
So where do we go from here Sam?
Cause’ I know it just can’t be
But you’ve got a hold on me
Be kind to me Sam
I like the way that you talk
I love the way that you kiss
I like that there’s no story that you can’t twist
I like the way you say ‘Angel’
I like the way you tilt your head
I wish my heart wouldn’t be so misled
There’s nowhere to go from here Sam
There’s nowhere to go from here Sam
There’s nowhere to go from here Sam
But I’ll always like you all the same
But I’ll always like you all the same
But I’ll always like you all the same
But I’ll always like you all the same
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Cricket's Song
04:09
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So I met a dame
And a funny guy
Then they met each other
I tell you brother
How sparks can fly
How sparks can fly
Ain’t that silly
How close they came
To never meeting
Love’s never fleeting
No one's to blame
No one’s to blame
She never has to wonder about his kiss
Her strings are tied to his
By then he’s learnt how to whistle
When she puts her lips to his
So there’s a bottle
And there’s a match
It’s all a game
Without a name
With a lover’s smile attached
With a lover’s smile attached
They prowl like panthers
Eyeing up and down
But inside they’re kittens
In love and smitten
Eternally bound
Eternally bound
She never has to wonder about his kiss
Her strings are tied to his
By then he’s learnt how to whistle
When she puts her lips to his
I said ‘Are you still happy?’
She said ‘what do you think?’
She never has to wonder about his kiss
Her strings are tied to his
By then he’s learnt how to whistle
When she puts her lips to his
She never has to wonder about his kiss
Her strings are tied to his
By then he’s learnt how to whistle
When she puts her lips to his
They said goodbye to me that night
To sail away from the foggy bay
With a skip in her step for his love
Cos’ his smile will never fade away
Cos’ his smile will never fade away
Cos’ his smile will never fade away
Cos’ his smile will never fade away
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Bogart's Eyes
05:33
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May I sit and talk with you?
I hope you don’t mind
But what’s it like
To be the love in Bogart’s eyes?
The love in Bogart’s eyes
Sometimes I get lonely
Up here by myself
I guess I was born lonely
Always left here on the shelf
But there’s something in the way
He looks at you
There’s nothing brighter
Than the love in Bogart’s eyes
The love in Bogart’s eyes
No one’s ever looked at me
The way he looks at you
There’s nothing more content
Than the way he sighs
His tender touch
As he’s holding your hand
There’s nothing softer
Than the love in Bogart’s eyes
The love in Bogart’s eyes
Some days it doesn’t cross my mind
But most days it does
It really bothers me
That I’ve never been in love
His gentle kiss
As he lifts your chin
There’s nothing sweeter
Than the love in Bogart’s eyes
The love in Bogart’s eyes
A romantic without romance
Is a hard place to be
So excuse my curiousity
I’m loving by proxy
Cos’ that smile of his
When you make him laugh
There’s nothing stronger
Than the love in Bogart’s eyes
The love in Bogart’s eyes
I wish I could find
A love as pure as yours
Should I hold my breath
And cross my fingers?
Till I find the right boy
With Bogart’s eyes
Bogart’s eyes
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7. |
Soldier & The Wildcat
05:42
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Strangers threats
An empty hotel
Tension, death
Hanging like a spell
Candlelight caught howling in the storm
Even with rain it’s warm
Hold on till dawn
There’s a hurricane indoors and there’s a hurricane outside
Stroke her hair gently as she sleeps by your side
Wildcats dream in black and white
Soldier, will you make sure everything is alright?
Evil will whisper
Dark thoughts in her ear
Slithering around
The edge of fear
Wildcat scratches
Wildcat spits
Shutters fly open
It’s time for Soldier
To wrap your arms around her
There’s a hurricane indoors and there’s a hurricane outside
Stroke her hair gently as she sleeps by your side
Wildcats dream in black and white
Soldier will make sure everything is alright
Glass cascades
Down rattling walls
As the tide grows higher
Courage always falls
There’s violence in thunder
Evil cowers under
Your head says one way
Your whole life says another
Soldier can’t walk away
Make a fight of it, it’s the only way
The hurricane has passed
But not from inside
To mask her tears
Wildcat hides
In the shadow of a doorframe
Her eyes plead to you
Soldier don’t go I’m in love with you
Does it have to be you?
Don’t be a fool
They will kill you
I can’t lose you too
I’m in love with you
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Saharan Skies
04:34
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Last night I dreamt of Joe
From the stairs he watched me go
Down the palace steps
To the desert sand
In the distance you could
still hear the band
romancing free
I had to drive the Colonel back
The last briefing before the attack
He could see the looks
Between Joe and me
He knowingly smiled
And said ‘go on,
before we leave’
One last kiss for Joe
One last kiss for Joe
One last kiss for Joe
Before we go
I ran up the white marble stair
Footsteps echoed in the night air
A smile broke out
Across his soldier’s face
Washing away
The war’s tiring chase from his eyes
One last kiss for Joe
One last kiss for Joe
One last kiss for Joe
Before we go
I wrapped my arms around his neck
He wrapped himself around me
Leaning in
Kissing slow
Kissing gently
Please don’t let me go
Cos’ I’ll always love that white dinner jacket
The smell of his cologne
He knew I did
He knew I did
A memory he made just for me
In case the desert didn’t send him home to me
I knew he did
I knew he did
I knew he did
Oasis to oasis
Flamingos fly in the abyss
Our lips brushed
As he studied my face
In those sweet brown eyes
I’m lost without a trace
Palm leaves swayed in the black
His hand softly caressed my back
There were more stars
In Saharan skies
There were more stars
In Joe’s eyes that night
One last kiss for Joe
One last kiss for Joe
One last kiss for Joe
Before we go
One last kiss for Joe
One last kiss for Joe
One last kiss for Joe
Joe don’t let me go
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(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
Hey, hey what’s wrong kid?
There’s something on my mind
Why am I so lucky?
Why should I find
You waiting for me to come along?
(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
(It’s easy to enter, but much harder to leave)
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Sophie Mahon & The Ready Mades Stowmarket, UK
“[Sophie] might have been born a decade too late to be a New Romantic, but she’s bang on time to start the revival.”
- Maddy Costa, April 19th 2016
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