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I've watched you from afar for a long, long time
Laughing, joking, smiling with our friends
And I fell: fell in love with you
The way you are, the who you are
But you will never know
I see you everyday and it tears me apart
That I love you so and you don't know
But it's better this way
'cause you might say no and tear my heart apart
You might say no and leave me in the dark
You might say no and my life would surely end
But I don't have the courage
Though I know you are a true, true friend
There's a part of me so terrified
you'll reject what you see
And I couldn't bear the pain
if you walked away
So I won't tell and you won't know
And it's better this way
'cause you might say no and tear my heart apart
You might say no and leave me in the dark
You might say no and my life would surely end
I've got to find the courage
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2. |
Pink Skirts
03:49
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Pink skirts don’t do it for me
Though I know I should be swayed
By genetic propriety
And though I’m not a synesthete, if you could turn your smiling face into a colour, that colour would be Gold, and your gold makes my world
I’ll wear the pink if you wear gold
And here is my final thought
I love you
Whatever you do makes my world
Don’t ever change who you are
I only ask please burn that damn pink skirt
‘cause pink skirts don’t do it for me
Though I know my fashion sense
Is out of whack - like Christmas pudding in the spring - The best time for love
Walking down the boulevard hand in hand I’ll buy you pink roses
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3. |
Piece of the Heat
04:17
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Hey there cutie pie
Want to see what we can do if we really try
My pants are on fire just for a glimpse of you
I'll give you everything I've never possessed
I'll give you half of the medicine chest
I'll love you faithfully at least 'till the end of the night
So you want to come and play with me
Join in with the fantasy
Come along and taste a piece of the heat
Come on and play with me
We'll trip the light so fantastique
Down and dirty take a piece of the heat
Hey there sleepy head
Want to see what we can do if we stay in bed
You've got me riding - riding the edge of my mind
I'll pledge my heart if it'll make you stay
I'll pledge my soul if you could banish the gray
I'll love you faithfully at least 'till the end of time
So you want to come and play with me
Join in with the fantasy
Come along and taste a piece of the heat
Come on and play with me
We'll trip the light so fantastique
Down and dirty take a piece of the heat
Come on and play with me
Come on and play with me
Come on and play with me
Come on and play with me
So you want to come and play with me
Join in with the fantasy
Come along and taste a piece of the heat
Come on and play with me
We'll trip the light so fantastique
Down and dirty take a piece of the heat
'cause I love you
Come play with me ...
And I need you
Come play with me ...
And I want you
Come play with me ...
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4. |
Sincerity Machine
04:38
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So you’ve fallen in love:
Though you’ve never met her in your life.
Chatrooms are just boss:
Getting jiggy via broadband
is just the latest way to wreck your life.
And you think you know them well:
though you’ve never seen a picture,
or heard a spoken word...
You need to turn on your sincerity machine
Add a reality check to everything you’ve seen
She says she’s got blonde hair
and movie starlet looks
But really she’s a he, a cross dressing,
aged east end ....
And do your parents know
of your plans to run away and elope
with an unseen chatroom beau?
You’ve been talking for a while,
but who’s playing who
in this minefield of online desire
You need to turn on your sincerity machine
Add a reality check to everything you’ve seen
She says she’s got blonde hair
and movie starlet looks
But really she’s a he, a cross dressing,
aged east end ....
You’ve got to - start again
Plugged in. Switched on. Firewired.
Networked. Jacked in. Turned on.
You need to turn on your sincerity machine
Add a reality check to everything you’ve seen
She says she’s got blonde hair
and movie starlet looks
But really she’s a he, a cross dressing,
aged east end ....
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5. |
Gin or Ginseng
05:26
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The day was over as I packed away the wardrobe
Saving our things for a summer’s day that would never come
And as the light fades my tears flow ever faster
The last words spoken were in anger not in love
You were the one that made my life worth living
You were the one to bring me back from the brink of hell
Where was it written my life should be torn asunder
In a twisted wreck on the A 21
Gin or Ginseng won’t help me now
It’s Valium that I need
To take away the pain of losing you
Gin or Ginseng won’t help me now
It’s Love that I need
To take away the pain of losing you
Six months later it’s noon and I’m in bed still
My life was back in hell on the day that I lost you
I can’t imagine it’ll ever get much better
You were the one, the one meant for me
Gin or Ginseng won’t help me now
It’s lovethat I need
To take away the pain of losing you
Gin or Ginseng won’t help me now
It’s Love that I need
To take away the pain of losing you
Ten years on I’m married with two children
I love them muchly with nearly all my heart
Yet deep within me is the love we shared together
The keystone of my life as was and is still now
Gin or Ginseng won’t help me now
It’s love that I need
To take away the pain of losing you
Gin or Ginseng won’t help me now
It’s Love that I need
To take away the pain of losing you
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One Voice
05:59
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One small voice from heaven
Whispers gently in my ear
Lets me in on secrets
Tells me things I want to hear
Tells me of life a million miles away
Across the ocean it’s greener there they say
One small voice that tells me
To live the life I choose
Says don’t waste a minute
With love you can never lose
Tells me the earth is turning under my feet
All life is sacred don’t leave it incomplete
I’d give my life just to see your face
I live and die in a different place
‘cause we are only dreaming
Make believe we’re only dreaming
One small voice that loves me
No matter what I do
A light to guide me
When I’m down and feeling blue
Holds my hand gently rocks me off to sleep
Dries my tears when it’s too much I start to weep
One small voice that tells me
Where to find true love
One voice that guides me
Through the smooth and then the rough
Tells me the truth no matter how much it hurts
Everybody needs someone to wash their shirts
I’d give my life just to see your face
I live and die in a different place
‘cause we are only dreaming
Make believe we’re only dreaming
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Spring of Teal
02:45
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When you came into my life I was doing fairly well
and I believed the walls I had built would last
a thousand years or more
It was if a ‘Spring of Teal’ had arrived to tear apart
my quiet life destroy my solitude
and muddy the waters deep.
I’ve got no one to talk to any more
except a window on the screen
I can’t share my thoughts with anyone I know
And I can’t accept what’s plain to see
I can’t accept what’s plain to see
I don’t know what to do and I don’t know what to think
Yet I know the walls I’ve built are crumbling around my feet
It was if a ‘Spring of Teal had arrived to tear apart
my quiet life
destroy my solitude muddy the waters deep
I’ve got no one to talk to anymore
except a window on the screen
I can’t share my thoughts with anyone I know
And I can’t accept what’s plain to see
If this is love I don’t know what to say
If this is love I don’t know what to do
I’m so confused it’s tearing me apart
I’m like an angst ridden teen I’m feeling blue
like an angst ridden teen I’m feeling blue
Feeling blue
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8. |
Train
03:47
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I'm on the train of life going nowhere fast.
I've got a ticket to ride don't know how long it's going last.
I've got to get off this train sort out my life - it's time.
Put my troubles behind me and get on the up-life line.
We're heading for the up-life line!
We're heading for the up-life line!
We're heading for the up-life line!
Now it's time ... for the up-life line!
Since I left school I've never known what to do.
I've drifted about, taken drugs and signed on too.
I've needed help never known who to ask or why.
Though my philosophy's changed now I've learnt how to cry.
We're heading for the up-life line!
We're heading for the up-life line!
We're heading for the up-life line!
Now it's time ... for the up-life line!
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9. |
Love Song
04:41
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Every time I hear that love song
Your face your smile come back to me
And every time I think of you
I know I'm not where I should be
'cause I love you
I love you
And the world can go round without me
'till every one can plainly see
My love for you is undying
It'll last for eternity
Every time I think of you girl
Your scent sweet breath flood through my mind
And everytime I see your picture
I know I must have been really blind
'cause I love you
I love you
And the world will go round without me
'till every one can plainly see
My love for you is undying
It'll last for eternity
Oh I love you
Love you so very much
I can't live without you
Live without your touch
'cause I love you
I love you
And the world will go round without me
'till every one can plainly see
My love for you is undying
It'll last for eternity
For eternity
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10. |
Hey Kids
05:10
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Hey kids your Mama don't care
I don't wanna push you but you've gotta go
Hey kids your Mama don't care
It's night time in the city and you never know
Hey kids your Mama don't care
You've gone into her bedroom to try on her underwear
Hey kids your mama don't care
And when you get out on the sidewalk you can be a millionaire
I think it shows, his funny nose
The rent man came today
Nearly caught fire on the telephone wire
We spent our time believing all the shit we got at school
We're gonna move out today
Hey kids your Mama don't care
I don't wanna push you but you've gotta go
Hey kids your Mama don't care
It's night time in the city and you never know
Hey kids your Mama don't care
You've gone into her bedroom to try on her underwear
Hey kids your mama don't care
And when you get out on the sidewalk you can be a millionaire
Masquerades and razor blades
Always far from home
We've been a long time on the end of the line
Sitting round the table drinking Vodka all the night
Getting freaked out away
Hey kids your Mama don't care
I don't wanna push you but you've gotta go
Hey kids your Mama don't care
It's night time in the city and you never know
Hey kids your Mama don't care
You've gone into her bedroom to try on her underwear
Hey kids your mama don't care
And when you get out on the sidewalk you can be a millionaire
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11. |
Joanna
04:49
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Pale as ivory
Hair down to her waist
Her tinkling laughter
A smile that lights her face
Such stunning beauty
Is hers and hers for keeps
My stumbling advances
Are enough to make her weep
Joanna...... It can never be
Cupid’s arrow
Missed you then hit me
I’ll love you always
‘till the sands of time run dry
But you’ll live your life
And I’ll live mine
She’s my idol
My perfect ideal
From the moment I saw her
Fate cast its seal
She moves in circles
That different from my own
She lives in Mayfair
And I ... I have no home
Joanna, it can never be
Cupid’s arrow
Missed you then hit me
I’ll love you always
‘till the sands of time run dry
But you’ll live your life
And I’ll live mine
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12. |
Dealing With Liquids
04:09
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We revolve around each other
Like planets in our own universe
One and all desperados in love
Will you play nicely?
Will you give me a call?
And I, for who am I?
A lonely soul living on the edge
And you, you could rescue me
Hook line and sinker, we'll love 'till the end.
In the bleak winter dawn he stands shivering on the parapet looking down into the fast flowing waters of the river below. Nothing in his life seems worth the trouble of continuing now that his truly beloved has let him go. Life plays tricks, and none crueller than a jealous suitor who lied to them both. But love is the most powerful of the emotions - and this tale has a happy ending!
And I, for who am I?
A lonely soul living on the edge
And you, you could rescue me
Hook line and sinker, we'll love 'till the end.
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Kamakura Wales, UK
Nick Calvert started Kamakura as a one man project band.
It organically grew to a three piece
with the addition of Mick Dorey (keys), Mark Wright (Guitar), and 'Dealing With Liquids' was recorded,
Kamakura's final iteration as a band was a five piece, with the addition of Nick Ward (Drums) and and Martin Haslam (Bass). They toured England, then split.
Now Nick continues the journey.
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