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Something Else
04:15
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My time has come
I’m leaving home
It’s not like anyone’s gonna feel sad when I am gone
I made my mark
I broke some hearts
There’s plenty of fathers shotgun mad, I’m moving on
Look in my eyes
I’m worldly wise
You’re soon gonna see that I have learned a trick or two
Step out my way
Cos now’s my day
I’m coming so fast there ain’t a thing you can do
There’s pickings out there for a guy like me
Gonna raise my game and you will see
So you heard all there is to tell?
The hell you have, I’m something else
So now you know
This is no show
There is no fence or lock or door I won’t get through
Get out the way
Cos now’s my day
I’m coming so fast there ain’t a thing you can do
Chorus x 2
There’s pickings out there for a guy like me
Gonna raise my game and you will see
So you heard all there is to tell?
The hell you have, I’m something else.
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Luckiest Man
03:01
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Tell me how we got this far
I let you down at every step I’m
Running from your bed to the bar
You forgive and I’ll forget
Sit me up and lift my head
Put the bottle in my hand I’m
Crawling from the bar to your bed
We can talk when I can stand
Look at what you have in front of you
Look at what you’re holding in your hands
Look who’s always standing by you
Who do people call the luckiest man
What is there that’s not in front of you?
What is it you don’t have in your hands?
Who else could you want beside you?
Can’t you see you are the luckiest man?
If I’m gonna do this (I will be)
In it up to my neck (but I)
Just dip my toe in (while I’m)
Making out I’m getting wet
Been trying us on (for size and)
I thought we would fit (but we just)
Look good in the part (and I want)
Something deeper out of it
Isn’t this what you were looking for?
Is there somewhere better you can go?
Is there somewhere you’ll be happier?
All you need is here you just don’t know
Funny thing with dreams is
They look different when you wake up I
Thought this was all I needed
But it’s not enough to make up for it
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3. |
This Place
02:59
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Who’ll offer a hand
From your merry-go-round?
With all this much fun
Surely there will be one
We’ll run and we’ll dance
We’ll play dare and chance
We’ll have such a time
And all of your friends can be mine
And after farewells
There’ll be tall tales to tell
Of great derring-do so please
Try to speak fondly of me
When I’m here alone
I remember my home
And I can recall
How my kith and kin would
Would cherish this place
And we all as one would
Share our food and our faith
Now that’s history
So what of today?
They wait in a line
For the spade and the coin
There’s food on the plate
There’s drinking til late
They have such a time
But their eyes are different from mine
And now I wait here
For in time you’ll come near
Though you will not see
How I run to keep your company
When I’m here alone
I remember my home
And I can recall
How my kith and kin would
Would cherish this place
And we all as one would
Share our food and our faith
They’ll say I am brave
And worry I’m safe
But come with me, no
We part when I go
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4. |
Better Gone
04:19
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Can’t remember when I looked back
Can’t remember when I turned aside
Can’t remember what I am missing
Ask myself why don’t I run?
Been filling my eyes with silver
Been filling my pockets with sand
Been filling my hands with trinkets
So weighed down that I can’t run
I been marching I been walking
I been creeping I been crawling
I been stumbling I been falling
When I should have run
You can look the other way
You can look like you seen it all
You can look the innocent
Just watch me run
If only what I touch would break
Cos all that I have here is fake
For mine if not for heaven’s sake
It would be better gone
And those of you for whom this way
Is cause enough then I would say
Think on, because you’ve had your day
You would be better gone
You’ve had your pound of flesh and more
Your heads are rich, your hearts are poor
My legs are weak, my hands are sore
I would be better gone
I’ll give up everything I own
I’ll swap the fat for skin and bone
If I must, I’ll be alone
I am the better gone
So this is where I get and go
Broad for narrow, high for low
Deep for shallow, fast for slow
I will be better gone
I’ll take the hammer to the rock
I’ll break the hold of every lock
I’ll beat the walls until they crack
I’ll fill your eyes with fire and flak
I’ll fill your ears with crash and roar
You will taste it in the air
And then I will be gone
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What a Pair We Make
03:44
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Got our guard well up
Got to watch our step
Can’t afford a slip
With so much at stake
What a pair we make
Swop a nervous glance
Brush each other’s hand
Have to take a chance
With so much at stake
Not sure where to start
Playing our best cards
Try a bit too hard
With so much at stake
What a pair we make
Take a look at me
There’s my heart upon my sleeve
What I feel is true
I want to be with you
We were meant to be/With one another
We were meant to be/Here for each other
We were meant to be/In love together
We were meant to be/Lovers forever
That electric touch
Didn’t dare so much
Too afraid to rush
With so much at stake
What a pair we make
Suddenly we find
Fingers intertwined
Holding on this time
With so much at stake
Speaking with our eyes
Knowing with our smiles
Sharing with our minds
What a pair we make
What a pair we make
Take a look at me
There’s my heart upon my sleeve
What I feel is true
I want to be with you
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6. |
If I Can Ever Sleep
03:17
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Don’t think back
Our stories are too dark
If I can
Ever sleep
I will not wake without your
Breath on my face
Wet with the tears of our days
If I can
Ever sleep
I will not wake without you
Keeping me close
‘Til black and blue turn to rose
If I can
Ever sleep
I will not wake without you
Walk in the sun
We’ll see no darkness again
If I can
Ever sleep
I will not wake without you
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7. |
27 Days a Week
03:13
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We make a pretty picture in flagrante delicto
Much more of this we’ll set the place alight
We should get out on the town and
Have ourselves a smooch around
Make a bit of noise and give ourselves a fright
Got a grin across our faces from lingering embraces
And knowing glances keep us laughing too
What a way to start a party
Set to max and getting flirty
Some more of this, no telling what we’ll do
Shouting out from far to near
Turn your head and you will see us
Arm in arm
Hand in hand
Gonna run the town ragged til there’s no-one standing
Toe to toe
Cheek to cheek
Gonna live our lives twenty-seven days a week
Forgotten all the days and lost count of all the ways
To screw it up and leave a mess behind
Now our journey is complete
So loosen up those dancing feet
Do a Travolta been a long time please be kind
Reaching out from far to near
Turn your face and you will see us
Twenty-seven days a week, we’ll never get a wink of sleep
And no time like the present to begin
Lucky stars foretell no ending
Cos our signs are still ascending
All the ducks are in alignment for a win
Look around you, far and near
Lift your eyes, you will see us
Chorus x 2
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Put your drink down
Come outside with me
There is something I want you to see
Warm my face with your sweet breath
Hold me close beneath a Tyneside sunset
Friday nights we
Tell a week of tales
Fill our glasses, laugh at all our fails
These are friends beside us every step
Walking home beneath a Tyneside sunset
Sit yourself beside me
Hold my hand and tell me
How you feel about me
I just want to hear you say
That you see what I see
That you feel what I feel
That you need what I need
That you’re never far away
Ruby river
Drifting glassy cold
Quiet window jewels, grey and gold
Here’s a picture that we won’t forget
You with me beneath a Tyneside sunset
Let’s stay out
Until the colours dim
And the quiet of the night comes in
Here and now is where I’m happiest
Loving you beneath a Tyneside sunset
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Will Good and The Mattes England, UK
Will Good and The Mattes is the public persona of SteveC, a songwriter in the far north of England. The (mostly) guitar-based approach is focused on (mostly) songs on anything from climate change to political rant to personal crisis.
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