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Love Always Finds a Way
03:28
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No more romance, I told myself
No more leaning on someone else
No more falling, falling too fast
Gonna leave those love affairs all in my past
So I turned my heart into solid stone
It was so much simpler being on my own
I was done with heartache, heartache and pain
Didn’t want to go through that all over again
But love always finds a way
Yeah love always finds a way
I let my work take over my life
Didn’t want anyone wasting my time
I was feeling better in my own skin
Didn’t want to let anyone, anyone back in
Just when I thought I was doing OK
Me and you got drunk on a rainy April day
Like a bolt of lightning from the blue
I felt myself falling for you
Cause love always finds a way
Yeah love always finds a way
Don’t you know love always find a way
Yeah love always find a way
Yes it does
It always does,
Love always finds a way
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2. |
Where The Fig Trees Grow
04:12
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I remember stepping off the plane
Swirling heat rising off the runway
First flush of love, summer romance
Sweating palm as I held her hand
Underneath the Sicilian sun
First heard her speak in her mother tongue
That was a long time ago
But I still dream of where the fig trees grow
We were staying at her family home
Couldn’t get a minute with her alone
We had to sleep in separate rooms
Old habits die hard down in Syracuse
Old man strumming on a mandolin
Smell of sunscreen on my skin
Feel the sand between my toes
I still dream of where the fig trees grow
When the house was asleep in the afternoon
I would sneak up to her bedroom
We’d make love to the AC hum
Say a ‘Hail Mary’ when we were done
Evening dancing in the old town square
Cigarette smoke hanging in the air
Fumble on the back seat driving home
I still dream of where the fig trees grow
I think of her every now and then
Our summer romance came and went
Heart beats fast when you’re twenty three
And drunk in love like a honeybee
Underneath the Sicilian sun
First heard her speak in her mother tongue
That was a long time ago
But I still dream of where the fig trees grow
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3. |
Here We Go Again
03:38
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When will we be done
Falling in and out of love
We’re still playing games
Some things never change
Days go by, years just fly
You and I, we’re such a shitshow
The lights come up and the credits roll
In a crazy world we can’t control
You’ll still be my lover and my friend
I’ll break your heart and you’ll break mine
We’ll make up a million times
Every time we think we’ve reached the end
Here we go again
As our love unfolds
Seasons come and go in us
When we drift apart
We end up where we start
Days go by, years just fly
You and I, we’re such a shitshow
The lights come up and the credits roll
In a crazy world we can’t control
You’ll still be my lover and my friend
I’ll break your heart and you’ll break mine
We’ll make up a million times
Every time we think we’ve reached the end
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
The lights come up and the credits roll
In a crazy world we can’t control
You’ll still be my lover and my friend
I’ll break your heart and you’ll break mine
We’ll make up a million times
Every time we think we’ve reached the end
Here we go again
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Manhattan
03:27
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The lights up on Broadway,
They don’t look like home
Don’t feel I’m at peace here
Don’t feel I belong
I walk from Manhattan
Over Brooklyn Bridge
I take in the skyline
And the gathering mist
It’s a beautiful city but it ain’t home
No it ain’t home
I miss all the sirens
of the Old Kent Road
I miss all the people
and the places I know
The Statue of Liberty
Looks lonely out at sea
Guess I know what she feels like
‘Cause I’m lonely as can be
It’s a beautiful city but it ain’t home
No it ain’t home
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Vanished in the Blue
03:14
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My best friend had never had a girlfriend in his life
Then one day to our surprise he got himself a wife
He flew her to South Bermuda on a sunny honeymoon
I haven’t seen my friend since then, he vanished in the blue
He caught the boat and sailed away
Sailed into the sunset down South Bermuda Bay
He fell in love like young men do
Fell in love and vanished in the blue
I wonder if he’s walking round with a moustache for disguise
With a long blonde wig and a pair of Ray-Bans to cover up his eyes
Maybe he’ll just show up like that guy with the canoe
Walk into a police station, dazed and confused
He caught the boat and sailed away
Sailed into the sunset down South Bermuda Bay
He fell in love like young men do
Fell in love and vanished in the blue
I think about my absent friend every single day
I look out on the rolling sea and hope he’s doing OK
Strange how fast someone can change, someone you thought you knew
Strange what a man will do for love, just vanish in the blue
He caught the boat and sailed away
Sailed into the sunset down South Bermuda Bay
He fell in love like young men do
Fell in love and vanished in the blue
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Love in the 21st Century
03:46
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I spend my evenings sifting through
A sea of faces, each one new
Trying to find the perfect match
And wondering who will like me back
A flashing heart lights up my screen
She’s asking how my day has been
Call it luck or call it destiny
This is love in the 21st-century
She’s pretty and she’s five foot three
She works in foreign policy
She doesn’t smoke, drinks socially
And she doesn’t live too far from me
Before I start to overthink
I suggest we get a drink
She says, “Thursday works for me”
This is love in the 21st-century
Thursday finally comes around
6pm at the Rose and Crown
I’m early so I find a spot
To calm my nerves and watch the clock
6pm soon comes and goes
Still I wait but she doesn’t show
I call but she won’t answer me
This is love in the 21st-century
See I’ve forgotten what it feels like
To have someone to kiss goodnight
The touch of someone else’s skin
And that shivering feeling deep within
She was just a face on an iPhone screen
But she meant much more than that to me
Guess she’ll remain a mystery
This is love in the 21st-century
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Have Mercy
03:27
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I love my family, I love my home
I love the country where I was born
I love music and I love to sing
These things I love more than anything
I love the bird song up in the trees
I love the sunshine and the gentle breeze
I love this planet on which we live
These things I love more than anything
Have mercy on the things I love
Have mercy on the things I love
Have mercy on the things I love
Have mercy
I love the feeling of being in love
I love the goodness that’s in all of us
I love life and all life brings
So please have mercy on all these things
Have mercy on the things I love
Have mercy on the things I love
Have mercy on the things I love
Have mercy
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8. |
Call it a Day
02:32
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When my parents sold my childhood home
and the agent came to view
I felt that I could punch that guy,
it’s all I wanted to do
He was talking ‘bout my precious house
like it was just some bricks and clay
When my parents sold my childhood home
I sulked for days and days
But I grew up and I learned
Nothing in this life ever stays the same
Yeah I grew up and I learned
Sometimes you just have to call it a day
When my heart got broke for the very first time
I couldn’t get out of bed
All the time playing in my mind
the hurtful things she said
Didn’t know it then but we were always meant
to go our separate ways
But when my heart got broke for the very first time
I cried for days and days
But I grew up and I learned
Some things have to end and that’s OK
Yeah I grew up and I learned
Sometimes you just have to call it a day
There’s an art in knowing when to call it a day
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9. |
Cocoon
03:42
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Like a treehouse a hundred feet high
Where no-one can see us but the birds flying by
Like an island that’s miles out to sea
There’s a place we discovered for just you and me
Burnt toast in the kitchen
Dirty socks on the floor
That comfortable feeling
That I get when I walk through the door
Our cocoon, that’s where I want to be
Our cocoon, that’s where I feel at ease
Like a sparrow gathers its nest
It’s there I find comfort, comfort and rest
When the wind blows and the rain’s pouring in
We’ll hold tight to each other till the sun shines again
I’ll wash up the dishes
You’ll water the plants
We’ll hang up our pictures
And by the light of the TV we’ll dance
Our cocoon, that’s where I want to be
Our cocoon, that’s where I feel at ease
Our cocoon, that’s where I want to be
With you in our cocoon
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10. |
Grown Up
02:21
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No one can tell you not to stay up late
And send you to bed by half past eight
No one’s gonna make you eat up all your greens,
no one can make you go to school again,
or stop you hanging out with the wrong kind of friends
Ain’t life great now you’re all grown up?
Now you’re grown up you can do what you like
Now you’re grown up you can stay up all night
Now you’re grown up no one tells you what to do
Now you’re grown up you can drive your own car
Now you’re grown up you can drink in a bar
But now you’re grown up you wish you were a kid again
No one can tell you what clothes to wear
To tie your shoes or brush your hair
No one’s gonna put a ban on trash TV
No one can stop you drinking sugary drinks
You can guzzle ‘em down till they make you sick
Ain’t life great now you’re all grown up?
Now you’re grown up you can do what you like
Now you’re grown up you can stay up all night
Now you’re grown up no one tells you what to do
Now you’re grown up you can drive your own car
Now you’re grown up you can drink in a bar
But now you’re grown up you wish you were a kid again
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11. |
The Whiskey Song
02:58
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Oh, I wish I’d never drunk that whiskey
And I wish I’d never kissed that girl
I wish I’d gone to bed but I was drunk out of my head
Oh, I wish I’d never kissed that girl
I wish I’d never got her number
And I wish I hadn’t asked her name
But I’m the kind of guy who never thinks twice
Oh, I wish I’d never kissed that girl
Cause that girl only brought me sorrow
And that girl only brought me pain
If I could go back to that night
I know I’d try to do things right
And I’d never ever kiss that girl
I wish I’d never asked her back to my place
Though we sure had a mighty fine time
Cause I paid a heavy price for one night in paradise
Oh, I wish I’d never kissed that girl
Cause that girl only brought me sorrow
And that girl only brought me pain
If I could go back to that night
I know I’d try to do things right
And I’d never ever kiss that girl
Oh, I wish I’d never met her boyfriend
And I wish he hadn’t knocked me out
Cause it really fucking hurt falling face down in the dirt
Oh, I wish I’d never kissed that girl
Oh, I wish I’d never kissed that girl
Yeah, I wish I’d never kissed that girl
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12. |
We All Need Someone
03:16
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When your boat starts to sink
And you’re too scared to think
We all need someone to pull us back from the brink
We all need someone
In the dead of the night
When there’s no end in sight
We all need someone to carry the light
We all need someone
Someone who you can depend on
Someone to share life’s load
Someone who’s there when you’re all alone
There can be times in everyone’s life
When we need someone to make it alright
And when someone needs you, you’ll help them through
You’ll be that someone
At the end of the day
When the light fades away
We all need someone who’ll make it OK
We all need someone
We all need someone
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Ed Blunt London, UK
Ed's lyrics hold a mirror to the millennial experience, from swiping right for love in the digital age to arriving
(fashionably) late to adulthood.
His genre-blurring songs, likened to Paul Simon, James Taylor and Randy Newman, are tales for the 21st century rich in unfiltered truths and his signature dry humour.
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