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1.
SPARE ME THE THERAPY 03:31
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The people have spoken But they're wrong This record is broken But it's on Auditions are open Sing along As god is my witness I'll be gone Spare me the therapy Give me the truth Strange that instead of me It seems to be you Who call it heresy I call it truth Stop with the remedy Give me the cure Turn on the lights and Open the door What was it meant to be What was it for The people have spoken In a word The whole situation Is absurd But I got a thesis Peer reviewed That people are shitbrained In a group Spare me the therapy Give me the truth Strange that instead of me It seems to be you Who call it heresy I cal it truth Stop with the remedy Give me the cure Turn on the lights and Open the door What was it meant to be What was it for She stands on the battlements To stare at the war But none of it's relevant To her anymore There's none of the elegance Only the gore So spare me the therapy Give me the truth Some blame the hangman Some blame the noose Some give the family all the abuse For cutting them loose
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SCREAMING AT THE VOID 04:15
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Screaming at the void's a modern day disease But it seems to suit the state I'm in She must once have brought a young man to his knees But this bride has lost her angel wings I'm a shade of alligator But I still cried seven tears At the memory of you near And I've been a Steady sinner For at least a hundred years But there are some things that I hold dear I'm in trouble with you leaving I'm in trouble See the bright lights of the city shining double I'm in trouble you're the reason I'm in trouble And it can't help that I'm grieving in a bubble I would like to see more of you if you please Cos it seems to suit the state I'm in Did you know there's something killing all the bees And I want you more than heroin There I said it I regret it All those times I did you wrong But they never lasted long And remember How your temper Seemed to shepherd me along Into the arms of anyone I'm in trouble with you leaving I'm in trouble See the bright lights of the city shining double I'm in trouble you're the reason I'm in trouble And it can't help that I'm grieving in a bubble Once bitten Twice eaten My prison Your freedom Red letter Black writing I'm better At Skyping I'm endearing, good at steering Not the best at changing gear Which is why I need you here I'm a writer, you're a fighter Why not intertwine our fears For at least the next few years I'm in trouble with you leaving I'm in trouble And it can't help that I'm grieving in a bubble I'm in trouble you're the reason I'm in trouble And the whole rest of my evening is a puzzle
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RUN LIKE A THIEF 04:40
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No sweat only sweat on your bedsheets More often we fake it The compliment slip that you left me Two lines but I'll take it I'll take it And I'll run like a thief I'll run like a thief And the devil may keep Asking after me I'll take it And I'll run like a thief I'll run like a thief And the devil may keep Asking after me I put my soul into the firing line And for what Six months of sick lungs and dead songs and what have I got And now you're looking to me To feed Your lack If it's okay 'll take My sane mind back I'll take it and I'll run like a thief I'll run like a thief And the devil may keep asking after me I'll take it and I'll run like a thief I'll run like a thief And the devil may keep asking after me No sweat only sweat on your bedsheets More often we fake it You dream while you sleep and I'm sleeping I'll dream when I'm waking And I'll take it And I'll run like a thief I'll run like a thief And the devil may keep Asking after me I'll take it And I'll run like a thief I'll run like a thief And the devil may keep Asking after me No sweat only sweat on your bedsheets More often we fake it The compliment slip that you left me Two lines but I'll take it
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SILICON 04:11
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Silicon welling up inside of me Welling up inside of me Til I could almost bleed out Bleed out Silicon nothing but a fantasy That I could never tease out Tease out If money made me stay It was looking in your eyes It was looking in your eyes That made it seem okay If money made me stay It was looking in your eyes It was looking in your eyes That made it seem okay Silicon welling up inside of me Welling up inside of me Til I could almost bleed out Bleed out Silicon I don''t seem that mad to me I don't seem that mad to me I shudder and I freeze out Freeze out If money made me stay It was looking in your eyes It was looking in your eyes That made it seem okay If money made me stay It was looking in your eyes It was looking in your eyes That made it seem okay Ha You got me faking my heart out You got me faking my Faking my With the silicon With the silicon With the silicon Ha You got me faking my heart out You got me faking my Faking my With the silicon With the silicon And the silicon And the silicon And the silicon And the silicon And the silicon And the silicon And the silicon Silicon Silicon
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JE DANSE DONC JE SUIS 03:05
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Vole ma vest Dérobe ma femme Tu as ma peau Mon Criss voleur Alors, bouges ces jambes Comme Zizi Jeanmaire Écoute le groove Tu perds, tu trouves Je danse donc je suis Je vis dans l'esprit De fébrilité Ce'est ca ce'est ca c;est ca Je pense que les gens Sont tristes tous le temps Parce-que ils s'assois C'est ça ç'est ça ç'est ça N'importe quoi J'ai un secret Sur Descartes, René J'ai déjà vu Mais n'ai pas lu Je danse donc je suis Je vis dans l'esprit De fébrilité Ce'est ca ce'est ca c;est ca Je pense que les gens Sont tristes tous le temps Parce-que ils s'assois C'est ça ç'est ça ç'est ça N'importe quoi Je fais souvent ce rêve étrange et pénétrant D'une femme inconnue, et que j'aime, et qui m'aime Et qui n'est, chaque fois, ni tout à fait la même Ni tout à fait une autre, et m'aime et me comprend Est-elle brune, blonde ou rousse ? - Je l'ignore. Son nom ? Je me souviens qu'il est doux et sonore Je danse donc je suis Je vis dans l'esprit De fébrilité Ce'est ca ce'est ca c;est ca Je pense que les gens Sont tristes tous le temps Parce-que ils s'assois C'est ça ç'est ça ç'est ça N'importe quoi
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DEATH ON A TRAIN 04:34
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Black liquor running down a rosary And I'm back quicker than a homesick honey bee I amaze myself I gave myself A year to see Cut by a dagger from a heavenly cloth But I owe for my swagger Yeah I stole it off Of a soldier girl With a victory curl And a Klashnikov Red China looking back on Doris Day No finer weapon than a thing that stays In your head for years The question is The role it’s played Death on a train It is sacred The luck of thirteen It is sacred Missing the will It is sacred Affair of the pearl It is sacred Incredible theft It is sacred The Spanish chest It is sacred The problem at sea It is sacred And Pollensa bay It is sacred Thrust like a spanner in the main machine And you know Kenneth Branagh's an officious queen Cos he made himself He gave himself the lead you see Looks like a child next to our Suchet Who was born for the moustache back in the day It’s so sad to see a tragedy Go down that way Death on a train It is sacred The luck of thirteen It is sacred Missing the will It is sacred Affair of the pearl It is sacred The problem at sea It is sacred And Pollensa bay It is sacred The call of the wings It is sacred All of these things They are sacred
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THE THREAD 03:48
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Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet I see the thread I dread to pull it Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet I see the suckerpunch in the corner of your eye I see the money and the meaning running dry I’m not reeling I’m just asking myself why Am I exposed to you I’ve felt the heavy hand of lovers gone astray I heard the boys' band and I had to look away I’ve been to Samarkand and may again someday I’m not opposed to you Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet I see the thread I dread to pull it Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet But in the darkness I’m a danger to myself I think of heartlessness and precious little else And if they cart me off to Salem for my health That would be nothing new Push the button, pull the needle, hold me close You hate divas. I was never one of those But they suddenly just doubled up the dose And now I’m speaking truth Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet I see the thread I dread to pull it Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet And then I heard the angels calling Some were raised and some were fallen You might find that stuff appalling But I need it. Yes I need it. Helps to see the bigger picture Isn’t that I’m stuck on scripture Only that I know a stricture When I see it. When I see it. Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet I see the thread I dread to pull it Can’t fight the world Can't fight it Can't fight it Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet Can’t fight the world Can’t fight a bullet Can’t fight the world Can't fight it Can't fight it
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QUEEN B 04:12
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Aphrodite Friday 5am Monday morning Wednesday's child again When you're running scared from your own skin Any little sin'll suck you in Queen B Why try to crucify me You're the one they pay to see The one who gets to go free While I get to get stoned Sit on the edge of your throne And wish I could live here alone Yeah I wish I could live here Mother Mary Scary Queen of Strops What to cut to when the music stops I've been staring, wearing down the clocks Trying to count the ticks but not the tocks Queen B Why try to crucify me You're the one they pay to see The one who gets to go free While I get to get stoned Sit on the edge of your throne And wish I could live here alone Yeah I wish I could live here Queen B Why try to crucify me When you're the one they pay to see The one who gets to go free While I'm left being me

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Second album of the year from First World Blues Problems. Recorded and mixed in lockdown by James Walmsley.

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released April 28, 2020

Written, recorded, performed and produced by James Walmsley.

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FIRST WORLD BLUES PROBLEMS Dublin, Ireland

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By the start of 2020 everything had fallen apart. My woman had done left me. All I had in this world was my guitar....But I was still quite middle class.

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