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Tau Boötis
05:38
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Will you play my song on the radio?
I got these tunes dressed up with nowhere else to go
It’s been a bad old day on the radio
They said that Lennon died and I just don’t know where I’m gonna go
Bad bad day on the radio
Richie Havens passed away and so I’m feelin’ rather low
So will you play my song on the radio?
And send it into space as far as it can go
I wanna live forever on the radio
And float through endless space as far as I can go
So will you play my song if you please
And send it all the way to Tau Boötis
S'alright,
Bring the funk brother,
Say what?
Say what?
Wanna know what we got?
We put the funk in the trunk
Right next to the punk
We got the rock, we got the roll
We gotta ton of Motown soul
Prog rock, country, string quartets
Classical from A to Z
Classic rock, heavy metal - whoa!
Did we pack the kettle?
To Tau Boötis
We bring you our melodies
To Tau Boötis
On Tau Boötis it’s ’69
The ’70’s coming down the line
We got ’60’s pop and we’re packing jazz
Reggae beats and razzmatazz
We put the funk in the trunk
Right next to the punk
We put the funk in the trunk
Right next to the punk
Tau Boötis
Here come the seventies
Tau Boötis
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2. |
Cordova
05:02
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There’s a big blue southern sky
and Alabama’s passing by
like an old piano roll
feeding music through my soul
On the road to Tupelo
with the fuel gauge sinking low
when a freight train through the trees
led me to your empty streets
Like a river rolling by
I can’t keep still
Just a wayfaring stranger
with time to kill
I’m two hundred miles from home
my arrival time unknown
and my girl she waits for me
up in Memphis, Tennessee
And I wanted to sit a while
under Main Street’s lonesome sign and maybe
I’d catch a quick smile from you
oh Cordova, will you ever make it through?
Now I’m on the move once more
see what the highway has in store
there’s a big blue southern sky
and Alabama’s passing by
Like a river rolling by
I can’t keep still
Just a wayfaring stranger
with time to kill
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3. |
Doll's House
02:17
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She moves through her garden
Like she’s moving through the fair
Her beauty is mirrored
By the flowers in her care
Angels dance while
Magic charms are
Woven through her hair
She lives in a doll’s house
Where the oak tree sheds it’s leaves
Her spirit is soaring
Where the owls live and breathe
Angels dance while
Magic charms are
Woven through her hair
She moves through my soul
Like the waves caress the shore
We live in a doll’s house
Everyday I love her more
Angels dance while
Magic charms are
Woven through her hair
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Trundling over the hill with very little grace come the... (metal monsters from outer space)
They’ll knock down your town and mess up your place… (metal monsters from outer space)
On time machines with flashing lights... (metal monsters from outer space)
They travelled through time to wreck our Saturday night... (metal monsters from outer space)
Only smart Alec teens can save our race from... (metal monsters from outer space)
In a battle Royale they’ll deliver our dreams from the... (metal monsters from outer space)
But even wise cracking teens will need something more for the... (metal monsters from outer space)
Shaggy, Scooby and a Hollywood score for the... (metal monsters from outer space)
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5. |
Labrador Intermezzo
02:24
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Mr Dilly Boon
That’s what they call him
Mr Dilly Boon
That’s what they say
When Mr Dilly Boon walks in the room
The lady labs all look his way
When Mr Dilly Boon walks in the room
The lady labs all look his way
Alright!
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6. |
Space Shanty
05:56
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Nothing comes but shafts of light
Within my lone domain tonight
Nothing shall penetrate
Within the wheels of afterlife
Shadows bleed upon the knife
No-one else shall know
Eyes I dare not meet in dreams
Singing songs through time machines
Nothing shall penetrate
Your star is shining,
from the other side,
through zero gravity,
where light and time collide.
Endless journey,
a light year or two for me,
through bending space we drift,
escape velocity.
Through the ether,
and through eternal skies,
on and on and on we go,
and break our earthly ties.
Red shift, blue shift,
to the other side,
melt into your mind,
and ride and ride and ride.
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7. |
Tommy Atkins
03:50
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Tommy won’t let the storm get through,
Tommy Atkins keeps his rendezvous,
With the going down of the sun,
He’ll not surrender his gun,
Tommy what became of you?
What became of you?
With toil and frown upon their brow,
Every Mrs Atkins wonders how,
And when they’ll bring the boys back home,
Until she’s dragged down by the stone
Laid to rest in distant fields of mud,
Where Tommy stemmed the tidal flood,
Come the hour will come the man,
Tommy made his stand,
Tommy what became of you?
What became of you?
With blood and trench foot on his breath,
Comes the harbinger of death,
One last route march to Heavens gate,
Cheer up boys and greet your fate
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8. |
Waiting For The Sax Man
03:03
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I’m gonna drink
’til I’m sober
well at least
'til I fall over
gonna play
my geetar all day
until that sax man
blows my way
I’m gonna drink
'til I getcha
or maybe ’til
I wake and forget ‘cha
gonna play
that geetar to dust
until that sax man
lifts me up
Playing guitar
in an old smokey bar
waiting for sax man to come
let’s all play
and jam the blues away
I’m gonna drink
down to the label
and beyond
as long as I’m able
gonna play
this geetar all day
until that sax man
walks my way
Playing guitar
in an old smokey bar
waiting for sax man to come
let’s all fly
and wave them blues goodbye
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I fly by night
I’m on the loose
I stay two steps before the hangman’s noose
I walk the wire
I duck and dive
I stay two steps before the reaper’s scythe
Before nightfall cocoons your soul
be sure to play some rock and roll
before the devil knows you’re dead
play one last solo in your head
I burn my bridge
I crawl the floor
I stay two steps away from the, the devil’s door
I dance through fire
I pick and choose
I stay two steps before the mess of blues
Before nightfall cocoons your soul
be sure to play some rock and roll
before the devil knows you’re dead
play one last solo in your head
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10. |
Edgeless
03:21
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Are you lost little baby?
Did you not find what you were looking for?
But the universe is endless
The universe is endless…it’s
Edgeless
Edgeless
Going on for light years
Weaving through your smiles and through your tears
At the crossroads of another day
Before you finally lose your way in
The observable universe
Is it a blessing or a curse?…well it’s
Edgeless
Edgeless
A solitude in which you’re never alone
You’ll reap the seeds your life has sown
At curtain fall on this passion play
You’ll watch your own edges drift away
You’ll be at one with the heavens above
Omnipresence and all that stuff…and you’ll be
Edgeless
Edgeless
Boundless possibilities
Beyond the Earth beyond Tau Boötis
Do the dishes and feed the cat
Within the edges that hold you back from
The expanding universe
Unfathomable universe…that’s just so
Edgeless
Edgeless
Suspended through two spools,
Music be your flame and be your fuel
Are you lost little baby?
Did you not find what you were looking for?…in
The observable universe
This beautiful universe
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Paul Duggan Dover, UK
Paul Duggan is a composer, musician, tracking, mixing and mastering engineer who works out of his own Blackswan Studios for Low Voltage Records, somewhere in England.
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