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Home Is The Hero
03:12
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Home is the hero who does not rob
On a zero hour job
Some say pride can be a sin
So you play the game to win
Home is the hero
When one swallows their pride
Rivers foaming with so much blood
Some say it's caused a flood
They should hang their heads in shame
For playing the patriot game
Home is the hero
When we are walking side by side
In this so-called land of democracy
Across every divide
We're subject to views of hypocrisy
Home is the hero who does not curse
When we take a turn for the worse
Choose to leave or to remain
The system remains the same
Home is the hero
Who doesn't go outside
Home is the hero
When we are walking side by side
Home is the hero
When one swallows their pride
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Boys In The Bubble
02:52
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Fay is a dancer
She lives the bougeois life
In a Georgian terrace
There's a rumour running rife
Trip the life fantastic in the afterlife
She's a girl in the bubble
Charles is an actor
He lives the bachelor life
Away from his family
The trouble and the strife
Through a comedy of errors
And being larger than life
He's a boy in the bubble
Michael is a player not just on guitar
Has an eye for the ladies when singing in a bar
An effortless charmer, his libido travels far
He's a boy in the bubble
Waiting for trouble in a northern town
Boys in the bubble living in lockdown
They're the boys in the bubble
Warren is a painter with an arts degree
Working as curator at the local gallery
Now he's being furloughed on a lower salary
He's a boy in the bubble
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3. |
173 (Is Just A Number)
05:05
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When I was the age of ten
I couldn’t remember when
In high school from the age of eleven
Wishing I was only seven
Now I’m 173
It doesn’t mean a thing to me
173 is just a number
My voice broke when I was twelve
I was beginning to find myself
Becoming active by the age of thirteen
Playing guitar by the age of fourteen
At fifteen I tried religion
I was seeking some advice and wisdom
By sixteen I was out of high school
Went to college and I thought it was so cool
Losing it at seventeen
I think you know what I mean
Eighteen going through the motions
Nineteen with mixed emotions
Signing on at twenty one
Where’s all the magic gone?
Living in a state of confusion
Reality is just an illusion
By the age of twenty four
I was hoping for so much more
I was a nervous wreck by twenty seven
Wish I could back to being eleven
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You check out the local talent at the bar
And you’re wondering which line will get you far
Where the drinks are two for one
Everybody’s having fun
And they call it happy hour at the sunrise
See the man he wears a superficial smile
He forgets about his workload for a while
Always ready with a joke
While he drinks his scotch and coke
He’ll be spending happy hour at the sunrise
You could steal the floor when given half a chance
Let the music be the reason that you dance
To the rhythm of the drum
While the DJ’s rolling on
You’ll be spending happy hour at the sunrise
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5. |
The Room's Too Bare
02:59
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The room’s too bare
Without you here
A vacant stare at an empty chair
There’s a pillow spare
In the room upstairs
Beyond the bedroom door
Can’t sleep no more
It’s insomnia
Without you here
The room’s too bare
Without you here
The room’s too bare
Heading for a crash
Like the economic mess
Lacking stimulation
The walls begin to crack
With no way of turning back
See me drown in isolation
Behind a closing door
Crouched upon the floor
Can’t take much more
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6. |
Sanctuary
03:05
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In this sanctuary a land of mystery
There’s Peter Pan staring out among the trees
It’s where you long to be,
It’s here you think out loud
Now you need the time to try and work out things
In moments of despair
When life seems so unfair
You’re lost and feeling scared
Don’t cry, don’t cry
You fall back down in sorrow
This life is filled with pain and doubt
The time will come when hope is found once more
I’m sure you’ll find your piece of mind
You need a plan to find a way out soon
You react why should I care?
It’s neither here nor there
You’re trapped and going nowhere
You don’t know why
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7. |
The Busker
03:28
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I play my song on the road to nowhere
Is there nowhere I can go?
I’m busking all round town
At least it's somewhere I can go
Oh why, why, why am I going nowhere fast?
They just sigh, sigh, sigh
Ignoring me as they walk past
Well I try, try, try but no one wants to know
A penny is all I ask
I’m trying to make a living
Sometimes busking underground
Tuning my guitar, so I can make a decent sound
Trying to find a spot to play is harder than you think
I found I took somebody’s pitch
I came in for a lot of stick
A policeman off the street tells me to stop what I do best
He said I should move on or else
He's going to seek arrest
All I need is a drink of coffee
Just so I can stay awake
I’m strumming with my pick
To earn some change for goodness sake
I’ll pack my case and walk away
And find some place to roam
Give up my playing for today
I might as well go home
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8. |
In This Generation
02:53
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Money spending, life depending
Billions have been lost
The party that’s commanding
Still demanding what you've got
Low rates of inflation
VAT on your account
In a nation of taxation
Feeds on your amount
Forget education
They’re charging more tuition
Use your imagination in this generation
Who do you believe in if you don’t believe in God?
It cannot be the government
Now they’ve just lost you your job
Three quarters of the work population are distressed
Cos they’re future's insecure
The weight of debt that’s been left
Should be at the bankers door
Think, act, march, vote
Hang them by a tight rope
Backed by the union
Let’s seize the power and revolt
Students demonstrate in every city that’s around
Cutting jobs and pensions so the deficit comes down
Selling off the woodland to build houses by the scale
With collapse of the economy is Britain up for sale?
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A Piece Of The Action
03:25
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The system is tragic, the measures are drastic
Greed is affecting the living of so many
Scheming like gangsters by rhyming with bankers
They always get a piece of the action, take every penny
They want you to pay now, can’t see any way how
The cost of living is so much, you don’t have any
They’re screwing the young ones, stealing from the old ones
Only a few get a piece of the action among the many
How can they rob us and make us jobless
We never get a piece of the action
They’re always demanding without understanding
Life is increasingly so hard for so many
They add to the tension by robbing your pension
They always get a piece of the action, take every penny
How do they thanks us by helping bankers
Who always get a piece of the action
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Blond Boy Johnson
03:05
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Blond Boy Johnson such a clown
Everywhere he shows up just brings me down
Blond Boy Johnson rides around
On his bicycle through London Town
Everybody knows he’s such a toffee nose
Everybody knows Blond Boy Johnson
Blond Boy Johnson on the streets
The way his hair stands up gives me the creeps
Blond Boy Johnson dips his wick
Went to Eton but he’s still thick
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11. |
The Tomorrow People
03:07
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There’s a fusion in the air
Which no one can explain
The people of today are the children of yesterday
Attitudes have changed in ways we cannot fully comprehend
The children of today are the people of tomorrow
The children of today are the people of tomorrow
There’s graffiti everywhere
That’s never cleaned but always there
From the children of today who were only born yesterday
Deriding every word, causing trouble
Because their parents couldn’t care
The children of today are the people of tomorrow...
Some children grow up bad
Some children grow up good
Although the story’s sad
Some parents do the best they can
If you’re from a broken home
You shouldn’t feel that you’re the only one
Some people of today were just like you yesterday
You don’t have to be alone
There’s always someone there, who’s on the phone
The children of today, they’re the people of tomorrow...
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12. |
A Face In The Crowd
04:26
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Without a face, without a place
You’re on the outside looking in
Without a voice, without a choice
The world can be so lonely
Receiving nothing in return
No light within the darkness
Nobody knows, nobody cares
You’re sleeping rough out on the street
Waking up in stormy weather
You’re just a face in the crowd
You better get yourself together
The sooner the better
Nobody here, no soul around
To help you when you’re feeling down
Nobody stays, they turn away
Nobody stops to say hello
They judge you by the clothes you wear
Perceive you as a danger
Without a hope without a prayer
All they cay see is a stranger
Stepping out in stormy weather
You’re just a face in the crowd
You better get yourself together
The sooner the better
Nobody knows, nobody cares
Without a hope without a prayer...
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13. |
Leaving San Francisco
02:32
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A cloud hangs over San Francisco
Nobody is wearing any flowers in their hair
Without a home they move out of the Mission
Gentrification is smothering the air
Many are leaving San Francisco
While Silicon Valley buy and sell off all the land
Take to the streets of Haight-Ashbury
Yuppies taking over with dollar signs in their head
Tearing the heart and soul out of the city
All the music and the culture among the grateful dead
Moving away from San Francisco
Beyond the Golden Gate Bridge to find some other promised land
Look to the future, leave what's behind you
The dream is over, see what's around you
No peace and love in San Francisco
The suits are taking over to buy and sell off all the land
That's why they're leaving San Francisco...
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Shadow Captain is the brainchild of Liverpool singer-songwriter, musician and award-winning promoter Stuart Todd.
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