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Half Past Two
02:30
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Wake up at 3 am
I’m in the wrong bed
I’m thirty-five minutes from home
I get up, I bump my head
I’m feeling so dead
And so is my phone
My wallet’s almost empty
How did I spend so much on booze last night
And the fact I’m turning twenty
Doesn’t make the whole thing seem alright because
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
The floors empty my mates have gone and left me
And I can’t find my way home
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
The floors empty my mates have gone and left me
And I can’t find my way home
I can’t stand, so I fell on my hands
I wrecked my new vans
And I wore too much cologne
What was my plan, I’m a sophisticated man
And I’m pulling out the brands
But I’m going home alone
My wallet’s almost empty
How did I spend so much on booze last night
And the fact I’m turning twenty
Doesn’t make the whole thing seem alright because
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
The floors empty my mates have gone and left me
And I can’t find my way home
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
The floors empty my mates have gone and left me
And I can’t find my way home
The hard part is
We do this every weekday
And each day, We say that its okay
The things that we say and we do for fun
And each night we go out, We show how we blow out
And then we get kicked out
And we don’t care because
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
We all regret things that we do
But for now I’ll just call a cab home
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2. |
Politics
01:07
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3. |
Snakes And Ladders
03:13
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On a deckchair south of Monterrey
Pack your cases but you wanna stay
There’s a cloud on you
When there’s nothing left to do
Thursday evening and it’s getting late
With my feelings I can hide away
It’s the perfect place
To put a smile upon your face
Playing snakes and ladders with your own emotions
Everybody loves you when you’ve got devotion
Always there when somebody else needs you
You’re falling through your problems with ease
Playing snakes and ladders with your own emotions
Everybody loves you when you’ve got devotion
Always there when somebody else needs you
You’re falling through your problems with ease
Broken record on
Broken record on
Broken record on a major note
Happy Songs will never make you whole
In a world where no one’s home
All the colours monochrome
Talking softly down the telephone
Making plans so you don’t feel alone
Like a TV show
It’s just another episode
There’s a place inside your head
Where you can just sit in bed all day
And rent cheap movies by the hour
Playing snakes and ladders with your own emotions
Everybody loves you when you’ve got devotion
Always there when somebody else needs you
You’re falling through your problems with ease
Playing snakes and ladders with your own emotions
Everybody loves you when you’ve got devotion
Always there when somebody else needs you
You’re falling through your problems with ease
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4. |
Castaway
02:52
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Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Would you be my love if I castaway
Would you see my love that I'd be found one day
For you see my love that all I can do is pray
I won't get castaway
And we have had a lovely time
You and me have had a lovely time
But now it's castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now it's castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Would you be my love if we drifted apart
Would you see my love that you had my heart
For you see my love that we'd be back at the start
And I'd be castaway
And we have had a lovely time
You and me have had a lovely time
But now it's castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
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I’ve been looking for a man who I could be in my dreams
Cos sometimes I don’t wanna be me
A selfish way to hide from all the things I do from day to day
What a way to spend a Saturday
I’ve been looking for a place where I can sit and talk things through
Cos sometimes I don’t wanna cry in front of friends like you
A upfront fee of fifty maybe sixty pounds a day
What a way to spend a Saturday
I’ve been having trouble finding why the weather’s much too bright this night
I have to squint to see the silver lining
And even when I do it always seems to be so grey
What a way to spend a Saturday
What a way to spend a Saturday
What a way to spend a Saturday
What a way to spend a Saturday
What a way to spend a Saturday
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Castaway (Acoustic Mix)
02:50
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Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Would you be my love if I castaway
Would you see my love that I'd be found one day
For you see my love that all I can do is pray
I won't get castaway
And we have had a lovely time
You and me have had a lovely time
But now it's castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now it's castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Would you be my love if we drifted apart
Would you see my love that you had my heart
For you see my love that we'd be back at the start
And I'd be castaway
And we have had a lovely time
You and me have had a lovely time
But now it's castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
Oh woah oh woah oh, oh woah oh woah oh oh
Now I'm castaway
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Wake up at 3 am
I’m in the wrong bed
I’m thirty-five minutes from home
I get up, I bump my head
I’m feeling so dead
And so is my phone
My wallet’s almost empty
How did I spend so much on booze last night
And the fact I’m turning twenty
Doesn’t make the whole thing seem alright because
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
The floors empty my mates have gone and left me
And I can’t find my way home
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
The floors empty my mates have gone and left me
And I can’t find my way home
I can’t stand, so I fell on my hands
I wrecked my new vans
And I wore too much cologne
What was my plan, I’m a sophisticated man
And I’m pulling out the brands
But I’m going home alone
My wallet’s almost empty
How did I spend so much on booze last night
And the fact I’m turning twenty
Doesn’t make the whole thing seem alright because
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
The floors empty my mates have gone and left me
And I can’t find my way home
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
The floors empty my mates have gone and left me
And I can’t find my way home
The hard part is
We do this every weekday
And each day, We say that its okay
The things that we say and we do for fun
And each night we go out, We show how we blow out
And then we get kicked out
And we don’t care because
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
We all regret things that we do
When the lights turn on around half past two
We all regret things that we do
But for now I’ll just call a cab home
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Well the university’s shut down,
And the schools they followed suit
Soon they shut down coffee shops
and the bars and the clubs too
and social isolation doesn’t look that great to me
home schooled education and the work home quarantine
but if we all stick together we can make it out of this okay
The artists take to Facebook, Youtube, Instagram for vids
Hoping they’ll go viral so they can earn a couple quid
Cos no one wants a live show, you’ve got to stay two feet apart
You’re streaming them from your iPhone, so that you can do your part
And if we all stick together we can make it out of this okay
I lost my job on Friday, I can hardly make ends meet
And all the idle bartenders just get pissed and smoke and eat
And shoppers raiding supermarkets with too much for themselves
Mean extra jobs at co-op checking food and stocking shelves
but if we all stick together we can make it out of this okay
My mate Dave’s a DJ, he’s signing on today
Turns out no one’s going out to see people pressing play
and global pandemic can bring a country to it’s knees
and in these times of panic there’s one thing we all need
it’s to all stick together and we can make it out of this okay
And so I’ll write a silly song, in a desperate way
To somehow take advantage of the problems of today
And maybe leave a message telling you to do your part
Or at least bring you some happiness with my witty remarks
It there’s one last thing that I’m trying to say,
Help each other out in the community
Just for now remember, till it goes away
if we all stick together we can make it out of this okay
we can make it out of this okay
we can make it through the rainy days
we can make it out of this okay
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James Harriman Birmingham, UK
James Harriman takes a Folk-Rock sound and collides it with Brit-Pop influences and a Rock N Roll attitude creating a sound that brings old and new together. He delivers a non-stop, high energy live persona alongside catchy choruses and strong lyrics. “You will Laugh, Cry, Dance, Sing and Drink along with Friends and Strangers Alike!” ... more
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