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Lyrics & Poetry 

I Won't Hide 

 

Verse

There is a place where I go

when the world gets rough with me 

Like all those times when I covered my face

when we played hide and seek 

 

Bridge 

I always thought

I would be invisible 

But in the end 

All it did was make me miserable 

 

Chorus

So I stood up 

And opened my eyes 

Threw down my hands 

And took a step outside 

I took a deep breath 

And shouted outloud 

Well I promised myself 

I won't hide, I won't hide now 

 

Verse 

So when the wolves leave here 

I will take up my sword and shield 

Like all the people who use all their courage 

To fight in foreign fields 

 

Bridge 

I always thought

I would be invisible 

But in the end 

All it did was make me miserable 

 

Chorus

So I stood up 

And opened my eyes 

Threw down my hands 

And took a step outside 

I took a deep breath 

And shouted outloud 

Well I promised myself 

I won't hide, I won't hide now 

 

 

 

Hopscotch 

 

Verse

Hopscotch on the pavement 

Dodging cracks in the pavingstone 

And I walk this tight rope wall 

On my old route home 

 

Bridge 

I'm not the one to go along with the grain 

But I've always been who I have been 

So don't tell me now that I'm the one to blame 

So I'm calling my cards in 

 

Chorus

Don't put me down

My hopscotch love 

I've been haunted by these wall

So close the blinds 

And shut the doors 

then I won't be haunted 

No more 

 

Verse 

Did I hear the bell ring? 

Salvation, comes from all the strangest things 

But i never said a word 

So stubborn in my silence 

 

 

Bridge 

I'm not the one to go along with the grain 

But I've always been who I have been 

So don't tell me now that I'm the one to blame 

So I'm calling my cards in 

 

Chorus

Don't put me down

My hopscotch love 

I've been haunted by these wall

So close the blinds 

And shut the doors 

then I won't be haunted 

No more 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home 

 

Verse

Well I've been lonely 

Far too long 

The grey light of morning 

Is bringing me home 

Well we have suffered 

A world full of sin

But I'm home again 

 

Chorus

So when we break even 

We never sit still 

Nothing is broken if you have the will 

I dont know how 

And I don't know when 

But I'll be home,

I'll be home

when you come home again 

 

Verse

So lord I've been trying 

As hard as I can 

But I've got no money 

And I've got no plans 

And now my cars broken 

I'll walk myself there 

I'll live off my hopes and my dreams 

Like I don't have a care 

 

Chorus

So when we break even 

We never sit still 

Nothing is broken if you have the will 

I dont know how 

And I don't know when 

But I'll be home,

I'll be home 

when you come home again 

 

Bridge/Chorus

Are we lost ? 

In the crowd 

Well I can't see you there 

No I don't know my way out 

But I'll find you 

In wind storm or rain 

But I'll be home 

I'll be home 

I'll be home,

If you come home again 

 

 

Simple Said Than Done 

 

Verse 

One day, your brother skipped town 

Your momma she cried 

And your father broke down

I saw alot of hearts break that day 

Its a sad thing 

No reason or rhyme 

He was too scared of living out a familiy life 

buts its not fair to take away his fathers pride 

 

Chorus 

But its all more simple said than done 

Two sides of every story 

A coin left in the sun 

Shines brighter than in the rain 

And its okay for you to say 

Hes the one to blame 

But its all more simple 

Yeah its all more simple said than done 

 

Verse 

Life for your brother got bad

Its started with a baby

That he wasnt supposed to have 

Then he, got fired from every single job he had 

Then he, got caught, just driving round town 

With a gun in his hand and a bottle of crown

Then he had to spend a sleepless night

In a cell down-town  

 

Chorus X 2 

But its all more simple said than done 

Two sides of every story 

A coin left in the sun 

Shines brighter than in the rain 

And its okay for you to say 

Hes the one to blame 

But its all more simple 

Yeah its all more simple said than done 

 

Verse 

One day, your brother skipped town 

Your momma she cried 

And your father broke down

I saw alot of hearts break that day 

Its a sad thing 

No reason or rhyme 

He was too scared of living out a familiy life 

buts its not fair to take away his fathers pride 

 

 

Friday Night 

 

Verse 

Oh, I told you darling 

Don't youve know you're the stars that shine 

When I'm tired, and I'm feeling down

You just take away that stress of mine 

 

Chorus 

When you're not around 

And I'm feeling down 

Well it never feels quite right 

Cause you feel like a Friday night, to me 

 

Verse

Oh, And when you're failing 

And your time has been haunting you 

Just take, another long deep breath

And forget about your dues 

 

Chorus 

When you're not around 

And I'm feeling down 

Well it never feels quite right 

Cause you feel like a Friday night

Oh the world never feels quite right

Cause you feel like a Friday night to me 

The Yorkshire Man 

 

Verse 

Johnny was a mine worker down in the old steel mine 

He'd rise before the sun came up and never pay a mind 

His father worked in vinegar 

And Johnny tagged along 

And when the day was over 

His old man would sing this song 

 

Refrain 

Get your coat and your cap 

And your Pipe in your hand 

And have another smoke 

With your old man 

 

Verse 

So Johnny met a girl 

And he had a child or two 

His Julie was his gem 

And his steven's eyes were blue 

Well johnny was a quiet man 

A mand of little words

But when Julie came home crying 

He would sing this song he'd heard 

 

Refrain 

Get your coat and your cap 

And your Pipe in your hand 

And have another smoke 

With your old man 

 

Verse 

His Steven had grown up 

And his Julie moved away 

But he remained in yorkshire 

And he smoked his pipe each 

When Steven came to visit 

He'd sit by his fathers side 

And when the day was over 

He need but give his son the eye 

 

Refrain x 2 

Get your coat and your cap 

And your Pipe in your hand 

And have another smoke 

With your old man 

 

Instrumental 

 

Verse 

So many long years on 

Johnny was a good old boy 

He never asked for more 

And he lived his life with joy 

but Johnny's memory's failing 

Our Johnny's fading fast 

But when he gets to singing 

This old song will be his last 

 

Refrain x 2 

Get your coat and your cap 

And your Pipe in your hand 

And have another smoke 

With your old man 

I Am Not An Ocean 

 

Verse 

Hold on my friend 

I've learnt a lot 

On this road 

And these daily fears are hard to bear 

When nobody else knows 

 

Verse

Well its not as if I'm perfect too 

Ive had my rights and wrongs 

But ive learnt a thing or two about life 

And how hard it can be to be strong 

 

Chorus

But I am not an ocean 

And you are not alone 

There is no storm 

Hanging over your head 

So dry off your eyes and move on 

 

Instrumental Verse 

 

Verse 

So learn from me 

Don't take my road 

Do as I say now 

And not as I've wrote 

Cause I'm a martyr for my own cause 

Don't make me a martyr for your's 

 

Chorus

But I am not an ocean 

And you are not alone 

There is no storm 

Hanging over your head 

So dry off your eyes and move on 

 

Bridge 

Well its not easy 

But I'm sure 

Somewhere close 

There's brighter shores 

For you Darling oh 

 

Chorus

But I am not an ocean 

And you are not alone 

There is no storm 

Hanging over your head 

So dry off your eyes and move on 

 

 

 

Extraordinary 

 

Verse 

I See, the pink and purple sky 

The clouds that move aside 

But I can never see 

The fire, that flickers in the dark 

That never seems to stop 

And it keeps on blinding me 

 

Pre-Chorus

So I'm lost 

But I wanna know where I'm going 

And you 

Always fool me in to thinking 

 

Chorus 

Can you really be

everything I wanna see?

Enough's not quite enough

I wanna see Extraordinary 

Can you really be 

everything I wanna see?

Enough's not quite enough

I wanna see Extraordinary 

 

Verse 

I know

That time's not on our side 

We're all humans full of pride 

And its always in our way 

And there's times 

Where we all feel alone 

Drinking wine by the bottle 

Eating dinner on our own 

 

Pre-Chorus

So I'm lost 

But I wanna know where I'm going 

And you 

Always fool me in to thinking 

 

Chorus 

Can you really be 

everything I wanna see?

Enough's not quite enough

I wanna see Extraordinary 

Can you really be 

everything I wanna see?

Enough's not quite enough

I wanna see Extraordinary 

 

 

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