You twist my soul

You bring me down, like a lonely street

You raise me up till I’m on my feet again

It’s like, it’s like you twist my soul. 

You twist my soul

Like a force from another planet

You give me hope, till I just can’t stand it

You really, really, really, really, really twist my soul

I could be there in Market Square

Trying to figure out those twelve bar blues

Or, stuck in a hole, like a rabbit on the run

Well I got you, I got you to pull me through

You twist my soul

You send the wind to move my sail          

You give me strength in case I fail

You got me, you got me, you got me, you twist my soul

I could be there in Market Square

Trying to figure out those twelve bar blues

Or, stuck in a hole, like a rabbit on the run 

Well I got you, to pull me through

It’s been an awful long time

Since you wandered out to nowhere

I can feel the pain like a soldier in love

I’m just a stone’s throw away

I’ll be there before the end of the day

CHORUS:

It’s closer (than you think) 

Yes, it’s closer, (than you think)

It’s closer to the place we always used to stay

There’s a certain circle of friends that say

You’ve got some kind of lover

Doesn’t matter, I still want to be your man

If you could give me a minute in time

I’d find a way to rewind you

CHORUS

BRIDGE

It may not be my place to say

But I really think that we were made 

For each other, every day

Well, it may not be my place to say

But I really that think we were made

For each other, every day (REPEATED)

It’s been an awful long time

Since you wandered out to nowhere

I can feel the pain like a soldier in love

I’m just a stone’s throw away

I’ll be there before the end of the day

CHORUS

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Once you were known as the town of Valencia

Urban reform has taken its toll

Perhaps time has changed your reflection

But beauty can never be shook apart from your soul

The sun is alive like the stars in your virgin sky

Love makes your chimney tops blush

Just look what you’ve done

Pray to the gods of Valencia

They may have mercy on you

And sacrifice all of their power to give us their sun

From Sierra d’Espadan down through south Costa Blanca

Let gulls fly your oceans and sandpipers run

Cold bitter winds are so seldom visible

Well, the gods of Valencia relented and gave us their sun

The sun is alive like the stars in your virgin sky

Love makes your chimney tops blush

Just look what you’ve done

Pray to the gods of Valencia

They may have mercy on you

And sacrifice all of their power to give us their sun

Once you were known as the town of Valencia

Urban reform has taken its toll

Perhaps time has changed your reflection

But beauty can never be shook apart from your soul

But beauty can never be shook apart from your soul

But beauty can never be shook apart from your soul

It’s not my style to be sentimental

It’s just that my DNA

Is on the wrong side of gentle  

There’s no doubt it’s not the best way

But it’s what we signed up for

So put that sign on the door

It’s just my point of view

I’ve been stupefied by you

You’re like a national treasure 

Better than the sum of all its parts

Don’t want to put too much pressure on words

When I can give you my heart

So come on, let’s walk on a tight rope

Let’s dwell on faint hope

Well it’s just my point of view  

I’ve been stupefied by you

I used to be so busy 

Like a paper in the breeze 

I’d get so dizzy

Like a finch in a deep freeze

Seeing you on the stairs in high school

Made me weak in the knees

I got so stupefied by you (REPEAT)

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Watching treasured memories

Photos make eternity

They’re everything and anything and you

Seeing time in circumstance

Painted in an angel’s dance

It’s everything and anything… and you

CHORUS:

You’ve crossed the stream to the other side

You’ve scaled the mountain top, regardless of its pride

You’ve got the power now; the wind is waiting to

Reserve an angel’s dance with you

Floating from a shiny cloud

Rain befalls your little town 

On everything, on anything… on you

Washing down a weathered gate

Spinning time is worth the wait

You’re everything, yes anything… it’s you

CHORUS:

Watching treasured memories

Photos make eternity

They’re everything and anything… and you

Seeing time in circumstance

Painted in an angel’s dance 

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The sins of the son are the sins of the father before him

The hearts that he broke were the ones that were used to adore him

So come on, take a look at him now

He just wants to be in command  

Cancel that appointment 

Cuz you don’t want a date with the Boogie Man

The trade that you ply is a trade that is human disaster

The pain you receive only leads to your dying much faster

So, come on take a look at him now

He just wants to be in command

Slip under the covers

Cuz you don’t want a date with the Boogie Man

Some say he’s warm to the touch 

But you know that ain’t much

I think he’s crazy and you know that maybe I’m right

Don’t tell me I’m wrong

Why don’t you say to him, “Na, na, na, na, na… … na?”

Red be the colour of choice, not a statement of fashion

Trying to last through the day is your only distraction

So come on, take a look at him now

You don’t want to be in command  

Cancel that appointment 

Cuz you don’t want a date with the Boogie Man

Some say you’re cold to the touch 

But you know that ain’t much

You want a lover, it’s yours to discover you’re right

Don’t tell me I’m wrong

Come on and say to him, “Na, na, na, na, na… na”

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I don’t know which road I should be takin’

I just know my foolish heart is breakin’

You don’t seem to give no clear direction

It’s just as though we had a bad connection

CHORUS:

Well, I don’t know what I’m gonna do 

Don’t know if you’re lying or you’re telling the truth

And I don’t know what I’m gonna do

Cuz I’m chronically ecstatic about you, babe

I’m talking about you, babe

Oh, I’m talking about you, babe

You say there’s a northern wind that’s blowin’

It caused your crowded thoughts from growin’

You don’t seem to want give no clear direction

Like a broken traffic light in a busy intersection

CHORUS

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You sit around at Sammy’s Grill with a book, beside the bar

You always walk from Market Street, cuz you don’t own a car

I know you like your coffee with a bit of aspartame

I know everything about you, but your name

Your staring really creeped me out, I prayed that it would stop

Admittedly, I very nearly had to call the cops

But after weighing options, you’re really not to blame

I know everything about you, but your name

CHORUS:

Don’t know your name 

There isn’t time to wait

Don’t know your name 

I hope that I’m not late

There is a click between us

I hope you feel the same

I know everything about you, but your name

Your hair is such a compliment to everything on you

You pay your bill with Master Card, while buffing up your shoes

Time is very fickle, it’s steadily a game

I know everything about you, but your name

It’s not a common practice, the way you never quit

A flattering display is such that I’m okay with it

I feel that click between us, I hope you feel the same

I know everything about you, but your name

CHORUS:

BRIDGE:

Love tries to keep me in the dark

Here’s hoping I can win your heart

Your anatomy is off the charts 

Come on baby, can’t you feel that spark?

CHORUS/BRIDGE

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You’ve got your way with gentlemen

They see you as a prize

You send them invitations

Then you cut them down to size

You don’t have much compassion

You always deal the cards

In never ending circles

And it makes you look so hard

CHORUS:

But you’re just so delectable

Yes, yes you are

So often that you’re courteous

So seldom are you blue

But every now and then

I feel a little bit of Lucifer in you

I’ve seen you flaunt your memory

Your leery, crazy eyes

A coat of claret velvet

With never ending thighs

You hold such high positions

Your followers are stuck

They tremble as you walk away

And it hits them like a truck

CHORUS

You wear your flaming hair up

Into a hasty plume

Your nails scratch out the surface

And deep down to the womb

You thrive on superstition

You always keep your space

It tempts me like an apple

But it haunts me face to face

CHORUS

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I got a dog named Spot, you should see him run

Well, I got a dog named Spot, you should see him run

He come all the way from Hammerton

Just to spray my new mowed lawn

Well, I got a friend named Dick, you should see him run

I got a friend named Dick, you should see him run

He come all the way from Hammerton 

Just to spray my new mowed lawn

Jane got a kid named Sally, you gotta see them ride

(Ride Sally, ride)

Jane got a kid named Sally, you should see them ride

(Ride Sally, ride)

They come all the way from Hammerton

Just to be by my side

I got a dog named Spot, you should that cat run

Well, I got a dog named Spot, you gotta see that cat run

He come all the way from Hammerton 

Just to spray my new mowed lawn

He come all the way from Hammerton

Just to spray my new mowed lawn

He come all the way from Hammerton

Just to spray my new mowed lawn

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There was a young lad named Andrew Mc Fee

Saw no future in the old Scottish town of Dundee

It was 1881 and the times were so stale

So he crossed the great sea, lest his prospects should fail…   “Mind yer heid!”

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CHORUS:

Mind yer heid, mind yer heid,

Your troubles are many indeed!

Don’t ever give up,

Without filling your cup!

Mind yer heid!

Well, he came to the Canada’s, Victoria’s fair land

Without pennies or clear destination in hand

He roamed to Singhampton, near the town of Duntroon

Cuz the name made him think of some old Gaelic tune…   “Mind yer heid!”

With no job, no religion, not a hint of his plans

He decided to join a great Highlander’s Band

The captain in charge took a shine to our lad

Presented him bagpipes and Buchanan plaid…   “Mind yer heid!”

Well Andrew, he practised from morning till night

Till he finally became the best piper in sight

He played for the farmers and the nobles who’d died

And his living was made from his talent and pride…   “Mind yer heid!”

Andrew met a beauty, her grace was her fame

In church they did marry, Laura Chisholm her name

Two children they bred little Donald and Dand

His money was small, but his family was grand…  “Mind yer heid!”

Now Andrew went hunting in late ninety-four

With his gun and his pipes and his great horse McCore

In search of a pheasant, thru bogs and thru fen

He pulled out his gun and reloaded again…   “Mind yer heid!”

He shot at a critter, a grey goose so large

But he tripped on a crag and his rifle discharged

His leg was so shattered, that blood ever poured

And he lay on the earth, cuz his time weren’t much more… “Mind yer heid!”

McCore fled the scene, leaving nothing to show

No water, no fiddles, just his bagpipes in tow

Well, Andrew aware that his life was declined      

He just played the last tune that came to his mind… “Mind yer heid!”

He died by the dusk, in the bogs of Duntroon

Just a vision of beauty, by the light of the moon

He was left there forever, in the damp, fertile land

With only that rifle and bagpipes in hand…  “Mind yer heid!” 

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Now my songs are done

My moment in the sun

Walls come crashing down

There’s no one left around

It’s a signal, it’s a sign

That I have passed my prime

It’s a killer, it’s a drag

When time begins to sag

When everything goes your way

You just smile, cuz it makes your day

But when sorrow strikes instead

It’s like a sucker punch to the head

Just say, “A… a…, a… all men”

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