1. |
LADBROKE GROVE
03:21
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everywhere I go to baby
see them walking by me
down in Ladbroke Grove in a corner
I sit me down and play my guitar
and nobody cares or understands
throw a dime to lend a hand
oh I've got the numbers baby
I’ve done my research now
in designer dresses - skin stretched
tight over high cheek-bones, sunglasses
and nobody cares or understands
throw a dime to lend a hand
get together, come remember
those who've lost their dreams
and watch the clouds roll over me,
down in Ladbroke Grove
to Denmark Street through to old Soho
is where I used to go
he said 'don’t need your music and your hair’s too long
go back to Ladbroke Grove’
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2. |
KEEP THE FAITH
04:17
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the questions stand
there was no plan
show yourself here to us
see our backs against the wall
the lightening’s flashing through the night
the thunder comes and goes
keep the faith strong through it all
but for you where would we be?
a land of make believe
lost in a lost world
of you and me
there are wars that can’t be won
forgive our wayward sons
still searching, for we’re wanting to believe
so lead us home
when we’re alone
we are old school enough
you can let the world restart
we’ll step forward out of this darkness now
and find our way beyond
the shadows of the heart
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3. |
RETROLAND
04:36
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don’t take us forward to tomorrow
or to forks along the road
so many choices
beyond just tainted love
still - we may hark back to an era
through a halo of the years
so many voices
a kaleidoscope of colour
so don’t hold me back
oh lead us back
to where we can be found
listen won’t you come along with me
just to see what we can see
where we look like belonging there forever
dancing in RetroLand
‘cos in this world it don’t bother us
and we never feel nervous
living back in RetroLand again we dream…
a new wave full of promise
electronic techno beat
dark days behind us
alternativity
coming towards me and through my fingers
like the sand and dust of time
79-80
are friends still electric?
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4. |
TO SEE THE WORLD AGAIN
05:06
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the city simmers softly
so hazy and ghostly
obscuring a promised frontier
bring a chair up to the table
if you are willing and able
we’ll soar higher than any sky here
oh, it’s the real thing
to see the world again
and distant shores lines
we will walk my friend
so seize the moment
to swim beneath the stars
and when we close our eyes
a new world will arise
now lend me this moment
as time’s creeping forward
I'll light you a candle to see
you can't go backwards
‘cos that time is over
it’s onwards and upwards only
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5. |
LOVE HEART DREAMS
03:29
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circles spin round
recall that starting sound
echoes drifted from tomorrow
back to the memories
of days from the summers we had
these love heart dreams
look, can you see?
here, there and everywhere
use your eyes to believe
where will we go?
who will we know?
heads can’t rule a heart
we don’t need to be told
we will find a way
chanced on an open road
watched all the flowers grow
above, the sun was fading yellow
danced in the afterglow
a feeling, you’ve gotta know
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there's gonna be a place
a place where we can both belong
but we’re outside looking in
that’s got to be so very wrong
here come the good times
good times are within our reach
you’d better make me laugh
if you wanna stay with me
there’ll be no sad times
just never ending fun
when we are driving blind
no clouds and always sun
nothing's as bad as it may seem
close your eyes and try to dream
war’s from the other side of peace
to be won if you believe
we’ll find a secret highway
we’ll sail on shining seas
heaven’s just beyond the stairway
and as we’re reaching for the sun
we’ll hold on to what we’ve become
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7. |
MIDNIGHT STAR
04:05
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what can we do,
we’ll never win,
when this midnight’s closing in?
and where will we go
we all need someone here to talk to
this love
was all around
and in the way she smiled
and I remember
when to be friends was enough
come my way
and I'll be good to you tonight
my midnight star
I’ll do the best I can for you
if you’re feeling blue
just want your love….
her fragrance is all
as she enters my hall
hear her footsteps on my stair
then softly she goes
within the shadows of this dawn
my love
was never too close
yet I remember when
she’d come calling
but never too near to be mine
come my way
and I'll be good to you tonight
my midnight star
I’ll do the best I can for you
she’s still the one
yes, she lingers on in my mind
when I’m feeling blue
you’re my midnight star
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8. |
BELLA DONNA LADY
05:46
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here the watcher has no choice
they’ll not hear my screaming voice
being much too wise to fate
I’ll be witness to disaster
hope’s never bought or sold
since the end is never told
it’s telling me to be aware
of a story I’ll not master
it was in Chicago
down at Marshall Fields where I’d go
was the heat of a summer night
but not for free like down Key Largo
bella donna lady
only you can save me tonight
can’t live without your love
some love in my life
yes bella donna lady
only you can save me
with some love in my life
bella donna, bella donna
earnt the dollars to lose half
took the kids and cleaned me out
built a house and then I watched
All the lawmen and her take it
became a drifter on the road
out of small time Idaho
drove a beat up Cadillac
it was coloured white and yellow
came to the city
where the neons lights were pretty
but Chicago’s got a lonely wind
but come the night we’d get down ’n’ dirty
found the blues in Chicago
in O’Leary’s to drown my sorrow
then down to the Ambassador East
of all the people, all the places….
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9. |
ON ROSEMARY ROAD
03:17
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It’s not raining
I’m not complaining
radio’s playing our own song
I never worry
with you the sun always shines
along this road I walk along
beautiful day
woke up, the world’s come to me
the clouds all part
see how it shines
I don't know why
inside’s burning so brightly
can’t stop denying this smile within
on Rosemary Road
so come tomorrow
all happy to live as one
no borders or battles to be won
so don’t ever worry
no more hatred, an end to armies
here’s the road to walk along
beautiful day
woke up, the world’s come to me
the clouds all part
see how it shines
I don't know why
inside’s burning so brightly
can’t stop denying this smile within
on Rosemary Road
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10. |
ONE LAST HURRAH
04:27
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let me weave a story
of a man at seventeen
dreaming of the glory....
the stage was set
the lights were shining brightly then
still the music soars
with these strings that swell
one last hurrah....
one more chance to change the story
one more time to let it out
one more pitch for fame and fortune
one more chance to turn it around
before we all descend to madness
before we touch the flames of fire
one more day to see a sunrise
one more chance to feel desire...
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Nigel Spencer Lincolnshire, UK
singer/songwriter from Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, producing a melodic rock/pop string sound. Tracks from 2017 recorded on Logic DAW; between 2007- 2016 recorded on TASCAM 8 track. Tracks 1977-1998 are for archive purposes primarily recorded on 4 track cassette but still can be downloaded if wished at a negligible price due to original sound quality. Many thanks for passing by........ ... more
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