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Just Because You can
03:17
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Just Because you can
I see your smile and know your eyes
You know that I realise
Every you time you turn away
You leave a sign for me to say
Just because you can, just because you will, just because you won’t
Won’t get dragged in screwed up
Screwed up with my face in the dust
It’s more than you’re worth
Just because you say I’m killing time
And your friends are no friends of mine
Won't I’ll lay down dumb
I'd rather take it and hold it and cherish it my love
This feeling my love
I give you life and want to say
Condone your weakness under file away
Every night and every day
And all the words you have to say
Just because the sun doesn’t shine all day,
Just because the rain doesn’t always wash it away
Doesn’t mean I’ll block out the stars in your eyes
If they don’t glow bright
Just because you can, just because it’s there, just because it’s free
Please don’t take it my love
Cause this feeling I got, I just got my eyes above
This feeling my love
Just because you can, just because you will, just because you won’t
Won’t get dragged in screwed up
Screwed up with my face in the dust
It’s more than you’re worth
Just because
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You Don't Wanna Know
03:25
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You Don't Wanna Know
I wanna blow your mind part for the very first time
Yes a friend like me who's so accommodating
And nice I thought it was an ignorant
But do you wanna see it, and I know you can't believe it
Cause you built a career on a framework called fear
And you don't wanna know
She's such a clever girl well read
I thought she was a modern one
Open to new things not a stone age one
with a big hole that she can never fill up
Cause look at what you've got, and what you've done and how you feel, you Thought you wanted the least it was out of your reach and didn't wake to try
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The Crow
03:05
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The Crow
Birds fly south and the leaves fall down
Upon the stolen autumn ground
The sun has gone and the crow flies in
To usher in the new born king
Upon the branch in the sullen sky
Like a statue way up high
But why should I leave my nest for you?
Cause I built it up strong
And it’s not for you
It’s wintertime that comes
And you won’t escape the call
Cause it won’t go away
So natural you can hear them say
Lie naked fields on a fertile land
That have shed their crops that were in demand
Now tunnel down and find your warmth
Before Jack Frost comes around
Jack Frost with his thorny crown,
Feeling like the king of the town
But why should I leave my nest for you?
Cause I built it up strong
And it’s not for you
It’s wintertime that comes
And you won’t escape the call
Cause it won’t go away
So natural you can hear him say
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Trying This Time
04:06
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4.Trying This Time
She came, with a giving loving
That’s mined
From her own special quarry shining
I wanna pick you up
Run around and tell the crowd
Enough is enough
I tell you what it’s all about
Someone was seeking louder
With nothing to hide
Up on her knees
Trying this time
Gift wrapped, a crazy beauty surprise
Swimming against your stone wall tide
I wanna pick you up
Run around and tell the crowd
Enough is enough
I tell you what it’s all about
Someone was seeking louder
With nothing to hide
Up on her knees
Trying this time
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You're Doing it Well
03:18
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You’re Doing it Well
Got your job, do it well, don't complain
Got your head down in the lashing rain
You’re cleaning the windows with the Midas touch
Move so well, look so free
Got a sort of spirituality with a common touch
You travel around like a charming man
Rob, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well
Oh God, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well
Built your house, made your dream
You hang out in an Anderson shelter down in the garden
You’re keeping it real with your Princess of Love.
Rob, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well
Oh God you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well
Who would have guessed that?
Oh brother I know
Now I can say that..
Rob, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well
Oh God you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well
Oh Rob, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well
Oh God you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well, you’re doing it well
(Dedicated to Robert and Laura)
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You've Got what it Takes
05:27
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You’ve Got What it Takes
Sorting him out in the night, in vacant lots of darkness, shining truth aloud
With his pencilled-in eyes so light, half-man, half-witch of a stranger - wants out
So he called him a man, set in the sand exuding young one
Swayed and obeyed by the words that they bake
And he talks up his face, cheers when he makes the songs that he longs
They’re out on the stage, these brothers in arms
And he borrowed a mask and jewels from the past, he knows how to gaze
Checked out his bait in the garden of play
You like the sun: shining on,
Taking you out tonight, putting over there, to fright to fright to fright to fight to fright to fright
We're taking you out tonight putting you over there, pushing you out, to fright to fright to fight to fright tonight
Taking you out tonight putting you over there, pushing you out to fright to fright to fight to fright
Taking you out tonight putting you over there, pushing you down to fright to fright to fight to fright
Taking you out tonight pushing you over there, pushing you down pushing you over to fright to fright to fight to fright
We're taking you out tonight pushing you over there, pushing you down, to fright to fright to fight to fright
Taking you out tonight pushing you over there, pushing you down pushing you up, to fright to fright to fright
Sorting him up in the night, in vacant lots of darkness shinning truth aloud
And the hours of days, and days of the years, groomed for heightened sense of course
Pin upt and clear
He’s informed by his way and not by hearsay and views of the ones
He left on their arse in the god-ridden past
He’s a veritable man with red drops on his hands, this sage in a cage
Salt of the earth that all misunderstood
You like the sun: shining on,
(Repeat)
I feel you in me is that so bad to say?
You’ve got what it takes
You’ve got what it takes
You’ve got what it takes
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7. |
Wrap Them Up
03:19
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7. Wrap Them Up
It’s a new life, an on-the-road life
An on-the-road life
And you’re already booked where you want to be now
You’re far away now, not at work
And home is just a four-letter word now
Wrap them up, wrap them up
safe safe safe safe safe safe safe safe
Wrap them up, wrap them up
safe safe safe safe safe safe safe safe
It’s different here, not the same
Compare it all as much as you really want to now
It’s a real life from a rough guide
A lonely planet discovery for all life
Wrap them up, wrap them up
safe safe safe safe safe safe safe safe
Wrap them up, wrap them up
safe safe safe safe safe safe safe safe
Wrap them up, wrap them up
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8. |
Victorious
04:43
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Victorious
You took the wood while I stoked the fire, was your desire
And you used me like you’ve never done before
You took all you could, now it was understood
And I know you don't respect me anymore
It's not worth trying, cause you asked for higher
And you lost it all, was given to you
You took all you could, you know it’s understood
You took all you can and you’re victorious
You feel cheated and ashamed, so you go away
To a far away hill where distant sounds… so sweet
It’s hard but it’s true, ‘cause it’s a sacrifice
To the driving mind that needs a stopping soon
Now I’m going away and you’re going to stay
To work on the image a little more
How can you feel it the love that you have?
Here’s a story and it's not going to hide
Prying open your life
Feeling the point you felt was wanting
You took all you can and you’re victorious
Love is whole and you don’t exist, because you resist
Just unstrap the dirt that was holding you together
You took all you can and you’re victorious
You’ve just got it all now you’re victorious
You just take it all now you’re victorious
David John Hull: acoustic guitars, vocal, bass,
Wah-wah guitar
Allen Devine: electric guitar
Snorre Schwarz: drums
The Man: part production, keyboards
Christian Betz: production
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9. |
The Herd
03:11
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The Herd
I feel the herd inside me
You run along, play, follow the pack
Don’t you know I’m on your back?
Can you help me, please?
I’m about to unfold
Don’t you know I’m not that sold?
Come on take a ride with me
I feel the herd inside me
Maple syrup, sugar candy
It’s wrapped round your centre
Like a sweet straight jacket
I’m a sour of sort’s bitter sensation
Life’s too short for contemplation
Come on don’t suck up to all you’re given
Am I preaching to the converted
Or is this an age thing?
Don’t you know there’s no ideal heaven?
We say we’re different and others the same
In their house we’re all to blame
Come on it doesn’t matter in the end
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10. |
Something So Real
04:49
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Something so Real
Here’s a tune I feel so taken
Leaves a line that comes to awaken
Was it something I said or in my head?
It’s all so mad from day to day
Mixture of glad and sad that stays
Was it something I said or in my head
Like to know just what to say
When words they come and they float away
Something so real I can’t explain
Something so real I can’t explain
Something so real I can’t explain
Sitting back another day
Daydreaming time away
Was it something I said or in my head
Like to know just what to say
When words they come and they float away
Something so real I can’t explain
Something so real I can’t explain
Something so real I can’t explain
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11. |
Out To Sea
03:05
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Out to Sea
Wasn’t it love that we had or a shared moment so bad?
A thin line to a thicker place so mad
Or just some false emotions
Wasn’t it love that was had?
When she came along with her flaunting style
Her stoney magic and her face like tragic, couldn’t stand it
She had her hand up his back pulling his strings
She bottled up his fantasies
And shipped them out
She really shipped them out to sea
Felt she was filling in all the gaps
Between the distance that he had
Getting on a fast track to some strange promotion
Felt like she was filling in the gaps
When she came along with her flaunting style
Her stony magic and her face like tragic couldn’t stand it
She had her hand up his back pulling his strings
She bottled up his fantasies
And shipped them out
She really shipped them out to sea
People say you can’t blame her
Cause what she did was for love
At least that’s what she said
But try not to frame her
But all she did was to run all around in his head
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1959
02:54
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1959
There’s a photo in my mind, doing fine 1959
The two of them flying the flag of a nation
Post-war born country salvation
Golden rings a’worn adoring
Do the jive and all its glory
All of love is in your heart
You shared it out and played the part
Our generation is really out of key
It’s all about me, oh my poor heart
What if a man should fall from the sky?
Asking questions about do or die
Do you want her for herself?
Or do you need her for self-help?
What is it you want with him?
Is he someone to be seen with?
All of love is in your heart
You shared it out and played the part
Our generation is really out of key
It’s all about me, oh my poor heart
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DavidJohnHull Germany
David started playing double bass in various folk, rock, and chanson bands in Berlin. In 1991, he turned to writing songs and has released roughly 17 albums to date. In 2017, the band Golden Dark was formed, and in 2018, the project Shapeless Man was initiated. In 2020, he began working on the radio play "The Pigeon House." In 2023, he started improvised voicing with various projects. ... more
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