LYRICS
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Shot of Democracy

You wouldn't know unless you knew • You wouldn't see unless they want you to • And all that stuff on the news it goes on and on…
We got ourselves a new Crusade • Step in line there are souls to be saved • This is the home of the brave so come on come on…
Gotta fight !!
We've a million Christian soldiers coming for you • And there's one more thing I have to share with you
We've God on our side….We've good on our side
I heard your leaders and peers • They're all one from one big old family • But that's not the way we do it here • You need a Shot of Democracy
Its not for the money or oil • We got that coming out of our ears round here • I'll just put my flag in your soil and so long….
Got the right!!!
And a million Christian soldiers coming for you…
Picture of Jesus on my bedroom wall • He seems to live & look a lot like you • Sometimes I think I hear him say to me • It's time to come home.
Choose your side, Take your side, Who's your side?
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Hard on You

It's strange but true I'm getting over you • It's always heads you win and tails I lose • And if you think that I've been hard on you
It's easy if I try.
I spread your perfume on my favourite clothes • I'd tell you more but it's too close to home • 'Cos I'm good at leaving well enough alone
Believe me if you like…..
'Cos it's nights like these when I'm hard to please • I just hold my breath and get scared to death • And I'm sorry too if it's hard on you.
I taught myself to cherish what we find • Take what we need and leave the rest behind • But I'll only kill myself so long as I
Can live to see the day…
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Apparent Depth

When I'm not falling through the cracks • You've got me standing on the lines • I pray for love to rescue me • And blow it every time.
To get it right, to try to straighten out all those lines • As you throw another curve to leave me blind
I just fall….into your Apparent Depth.
They say that I am so naive • That I'm just chasing second best • The more you talk to me in tongues • I can only second guess.
To get it right, as you try to straighten out all those lines • Learn that better days are never far behind
I still fall…into your Apparent Depth.
But it's all forgiven now and I'm still trying to put it all back to how it used to be.
It leaves me weak…it leaves me weak. I'm not waving, just drowning…
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No Problem Child

Mother of Pearl slipped back to her ocean • Our little girl left all out to sea • Caught in the middle on a cushion of plenty…
I opened your eyes and I let you discover • No big surprise, you saw much more than me • But none of your good friends bought into your halo...
I picked you up when you bloodied your knees • And we laughed at the promise of summer
There's not enough fiction to cover your needs
….but it's No Problem Child.
Cynical world, it'll cut off your fingers • Before you can see you're dumb in both ears • You'll feel the rejection like all those contenders…
You picked me up when I bloodied my knees • And you laughed at the promise of summer
There's not enough fiction to cover my needs
….but it's No Problem Child
Many's the time it felt kind of clumsy • Rhythm and Rhyme were our common ground • Before they accuse me of not paying your ransom
I paid my fucking ransom…….
I picked you up when you bloodied your knees • And we laughed at the goddess of summer
There's not enough fiction to cover your needs • As you played all the latest contenders
Yeah I'll pick you up when you're down on your knees • As you forced me to walk on the water
I can cut out the sickness but not the disease
….but It's No Problem Child.
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Silhouette

You gotta laugh or else you'd cry • We gotta live at least to try • A cigarette, an empty chair
You were my friend, the best I had • And you played it all on an old guitar
A Silhouette with truth to tell • On everyone you cast your spell • But you never leaned on the friends you loved
As they came along to call your bluff • But you'd trade it all for an old guitar • And it was something special
I'm sorry, so sorry it had to end this way • But don't worry, no worries • I'll take my turn one day……
You had to leave, we said goodbye • You made us laugh, you made us cry
But you saved us all with that old guitar • Hung it all on a faded star • Never believed we'd come this far
But it was something special
All you had was that old guitar • When Heaven called you to the stars • Never believed we'd come this far
You gotta laugh or else you'd cry • We gotta live, at least to try • Now all that's left is an old guitar
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Boomerang

You say you heard all my jokes before • I wonder how many you get??
You say you don't like my folks no more • And you might say something you won't regret
You've thrown me away twenty times before • But I just keep on coming back
I could be your Boomerang • But you always shoot me down • You could never understandVIt's too true 'cos absence makes the heart grow colder
I'm such a sucker for your clever little mouth • And falling for those bedroom eyes • Too many crosses on my heartline today
You better wash those dirty little lies
'Cos you pull me in and you push me out.. • I've even taken off the door.
I could be your Boomerang • But you always shoot me down • You got me eating out your hands • It's too true 'cos absence makes the heart heal over
I might say something that I wont regret • I might meet someone I wont forget
I might feel better when you're not around • Move up to Canada and form me a band
I might grow a beard and sail out to sea • Find a big girl and have a little fun • I'm no spring chicken but I'll give it my best shot anyway….
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Grinning Souls

Lived on a island full of Grinning Souls • Where the wake up call is an hour away
I don't need much but a far off world • From the nagging song of the mocking bird
I lived the life of a prodigal son • Where the colours run to the heavens…
Lived in a world full of Grinning Souls • In a golden grove where 'llamandas grow
I don't know much but we all found God • On a lonely shore in the after glow
I hate to leave, I've got sand in my shoes • And I got nothing to lose but this moment…..
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Cos you were good to me • You believed in me • I was welcome at your table
You gave life to me • All a friend could need • Showed me all that I'd forgotten
Those endless skies with the longest waves • I lost my jaded ways to this heaven…is this heaven???
'Cos you were good to me • Taught me how to see • It was all I ever needed
You gave life to me • All a friend could need • Showed me all that I'd forgotten
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Left of Heaven

Just nineteen when he got off the plane • And both his feet never touched the ground
Trying to find his balance, we fell for the rules he made
He lived a little Left of Heaven • He walked a little right of the storm • And if there's a little Left of Heaven
Save it all for him…
Beyond the reach of prying eyes • His magic spelled the darkest delight
Never any order or routine to blind his way…
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Understudies

Can I take your picture girl or will it steal your soul? • 'cos lately you've been climbing up the walls
What's this imperfection, I can see it in your eyes • It just was because….it just was because.
Every time that something starts to happen • Every time you seem to take the fall • But you don't see what we all see
So this one goes out to all the Understudies • Yeah this one goes out to all the undiscovered • This one's a shout to all the lost and lonely
Who look a lot like me, can't you see?
If patience is a virtue, why's it seem more like a curse • You even seem to have lost the way to smile
You don't see the forest for all those pretty trees • You miss 'em by a mile, you miss 'em by a mile
I believe that something's bound to happen • I believe it has to come your way • If you'd just see what we all see…….
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GetupandGetoverit

I wish I was my brother 'cos in spite of what he's paid • He always finds a reason to work fifteen hours a day
He had far too much to think last night • And nothing much to say
So I think about my mother and all she means to me • We were hangin' out at Oistins
And she danced to Bobby Vee • For someone so invincible she never learned to cry
If you want it you can have it, • If you want it…..GetupandGetoverit!!!
I've a secret list of baby names, I hide it in the dark • I never really read it but I know it off by heart
'Cos they'd really love to be here, I know they'd sing along….
If you want it you can have it, • If you want it…..GetupandGetoverit!!!
I went to see my father so I tidied up his grave • Sang him all my latest songs and he liked the way we played
I never really knew him…
Did you ever write a letter to your lover or to God? • Then decided not to send it, just fed it to the dog
Then pretended not to notice when it all went up in flames
So If you want it you can have it, If you need it, no need to steal it, If you want it…. GetupandGetoverit!!!
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Capture

Capture me and you will see • Capture me and set me free
I say that I won't, but I can't 'cos I don't see the lines upon my face are the smiles that I can't replace
Vide Cor Meum