1. |
Piece of The Sun
03:49
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Piece of The Sun
Even in the most peculiar way
The sun may shine today
And everyone deserves a place in the sun
When the night sky mingles with the grey
And street lights fade away
Oh, anyone deserves that place in the sun
Ice on the wind, ripping through trees
You can have all the time that you need
A little less you and a little less me
For a tiny piece of the sun
When we walked, we chose to walk away
It’s just like every day
Returning to a tiny piece of the sun
When we talked we talked around the clock
How you and I may still be battling on
Though our songs may never be sung
Ice on the wind, ripping through trees
You can have all the world on its knees
A little less you and a little less me
For a tiny piece of the sun
From London town through Plaza Mayor
At times we’ve seen it all
But times your baggage weighs just more than you’re good for
More down than up and less than I seem
Could hardly build my own dreams, let alone your dreams
Just a tiny place in the sun
Ice on the wind, ripping through trees
You can have all the time that you need
A little less you and a little less me
For a tiny piece of the sun
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2. |
Save Me
03:56
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Save Me
Though grass may grow across the tracks that we made
Buildings crumble and walls breach
Light may yet pierce the darkest caverns
Like a lullaby floating on the breeze
You sang a song that tore the heart from yesterday
You’ll have me travelling back to
Save me, from my sorry self, babe
For you if for no one else in this world
For that lonely boy and that beautiful girl
Let rivers flow and icons fade
And deserts roll into the sea
The ancient world saw those mighty empires fall
So dust to dust, you and me
You sang a song that tore the heart from yesterday
You’ll have me travelling back to
Save me, from my sorry self, babe
For you if for no one else in this world
For that lonely boy and that beautiful girl
You know it’s hard to ever get even
When everybody’s got their own take
And when it boils on down to the ins and outs where everybody still stands so full of doubt
You’ve got to break it baby. You’ve got to break on away
Break on away now
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3. |
Into The Sea
04:02
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Into The Sea
There was a time when reason and rhyme would walk hand in hand
Run together across the sand
But words fail me as I fall into the sea
Man, it drags me from the light
There was a moment, quite understated, but caught the eye
Where the careless remarks fly
And so suddenly I disappear into the sea
Well it drags me from the light
And I guess you know that I’m sorry
You deserve another kind of guy
All dressed up and no place to go
Honey pie
There was a place where both heart and soul could find coherence
Instead of sitting on that fence
But disappointingly, undertow takes hold of me
It drags me from the light
There was this angel who thought she was able to set the stars alight
Keep me going through the night
I guess she’ll shine on me
When my soul’s far out at sea
She’s gonna pull me, pull me to her light
She’s gonna pull me to the light, babe
Pull me, pull me to her light
Gonna pull me, take me back, take me back, take me back now
Gonna pull me to the light, say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And I guess you know that I’m sorry
You deserve a better kind of guy
All dressed up and no place to go
Honey pie
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4. |
The State I'm In
02:38
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The State I’m In
I can Split a bottle with the broken hearted
Jump into a taxi cab and take them downtown
And I can drink my fill on the road to Reading
Sweetheart, I just won’t put it down
Well I don’t know but I’ve been told
Yeah, the harder you dig, well the deeper the hole
Now, I’m not the king of guy who likes to brag
But I’ve seen Melbourne, the Sydney Opera House, The Southern Cross come out at night
Lord knows, the state I’m in
I’ve got three good chords on an old Guild semi
I’ve got a few good guys and we’re going to have a try
Slipping out of town at a truck-stop somewhere
Sweetheart, as the melody fades, I guess I’m probably a state away
Lord knows, the state I’m in
You don’t have to look to find me
I’m already there
If you look inside yourself with no fear of finding somebody else
You’re already there, you’re already there.
Well, I can Split a bottle with the broken hearted
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5. |
Waves
03:50
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Waves
Lifetime is a blast
All fun and games and flowers in the window
The colours in your hair
Warm with the breeze floating up from Africa
We swam in the moonlight
All hot and cold rushing through my veins now
Disorientate, reinvent
And love you now and see you in the morning
If I could stop this spinning round
Suspend gravity and turn it upside down
Butterfly, won’t you somehow let me
Ride the waves one last time
I dreamt something else, a something else will bring me back to earth
I wish there would be a little more time
There’s a killing joke, you know?
Oh, how we laughed and how we let it all go
There’s a choice of sorts, but it’s none at all
And leaves you standing two-foot tall, disappearing
So if you love me, let me go
A hundred miles from anywhere that looks at all like home and
Butterfly, won’t you somehow let me
Ride the waves one last time
I dreamt something else, a something else will bring me back to earth
I wish there would be a little more time
A hundred miles down this road
Rain will fall and let it snow, I can’t get nothing on my radio
There’s something here you ought to know
When the cannon balls fly
Don’t expect no self-control, when you get to the bottom ain’t got no soul
So don’t expect no cheap tricks out of me
There’s something in the way you move me, I know
It feels like solid gold, so just don’t let it go
Mmmm, baby it’s mine
Yeah, It feels like solid gold
So don’t expect no cheap tricks out of me
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6. |
Because of You
04:24
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Because of You
Because of you we set all the stars alight
Because of you we hijacked a rainbow
And then the moon commenced its evening flight
Because of you. Because of everything
On New Year’s Day and the first day of the spring
At the equinox and on most Saturdays
Because of you, I watched the headlights spill like pearls along the Westway
Because of you always
The future’s wide open,
Grab your bags, don’t look
Back until you’re down the road and gone
And any way the wind may blow
We’ll still be holding on
I’ll catch my breath and then we’ll set the world to rights
Those stolen moments, stolen hours
And come the dawn, I guess we’ll blow this town, my love
On the first bus, with drunken poetry
The future’s wide open,
Grab your bags, don’t look
Back until you’re down the road and gone
And any way the wind may blow
We’ll still be holding on
Because of you I was never quite alone
In the darkness, in the darkness
Because of you you’ll catch me laughing to myself
“So far so good”. So far from anywhere
The future’s wide open,
Grab your bags, don’t look
Back until you’re down the road and gone
And any way the wind may blow
We’ll still be holding on
We’ll still be holding on
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7. |
Strawberry Season
03:16
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Strawberry Season
She says I guess it all depends
On that delicate balance between mood and mellow
She’s tired of trying to pretend
Finally ran out of reasons in strawberry season
You don’t fool me
You don’t fool me
Sometimes the start is at the end
So let’s cliché through and shut out tomorrow
There’s times you’re in another space where I can almost reach you
Almost touch the sky
You don’t fool me
You don’t fool me
She sings the blues like Ella
Caught in a place between lilac and yellow
Evergreen, ever seen the lights of the evening, bayside on fire?
I don’t know your ways
You don’t fool me
You don’t fool me
It’s typically un-topical, if I had my way I’d stop it all and move, love
I know we’ve been here before so fight that good fight through the door and groove, love
Oh, heavy weather’s on my mind
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8. |
One Way Ticket
03:05
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One Way Ticket
I guess that a one way ticket was all that’s left for you
And I know there’ll be no coming home this June
At times the road’s been long, it’s been a friend and stranger too
And I’ve loved and hated every part of you
We all wear vagabond shoes
So give it up with the rhythm and blues
Can anybody sing so low?
We played a whiter shade and let the curtain fall
And the season’s moved around just like the sun
We called it stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s worse for me
But I’d take any day, in any way to let this be
We all wear vagabond shoes
So give it up with the rhythm and blues
Can anybody sing so low?
It’s impossible but true that there was more than one of you
But I’ll still fight for light behind the shadows
Who are you ? How were we to know? Or to just let you go…
Yeah, who were we to know
Yeah, we could just let you go
Yeah, who were we to know
Bye, bye, bye, bye
I guess that a one way ticket was all was left to you
And I know there’ll be no coming home this June
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9. |
Lost On the Way
04:32
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Lost On The Way
So I walked around London
Walked around Cape Finnesterre
Trying to match the pieces
Revolution was in the air
Ever felt the cold in London?
You could drown in the rain up on Finneterre
I was trying to match the pieces
I guess the answers were elsewhere
So I walked around Paris
And I walked up to Birmingham
Saw an open sign and fell inside
A bubbling bar full of drinking men
And it was much the same in Antwerp
And on both sides of the Seine
I was trying to read a message
Game over, insert coin, begin again
Begin again, oooooooh, moving faster than before
We all got lost on the way
We all got lost on the way
So I collected my belongings
Took a long bus ride heading South
Through a mountain range and a couple of days, all the changing landscapes looked the same
And I could hardly keep from crying out
How they robbed them blind in Barcelona
Shook the money from every till in old Seville
And they had their houses, every stone, attacked their rights and stole their home
Game over, insert coin, begin again
Begin again, oooooooh, moving faster than before
We all got lost on the way
We all got lost on the way
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10. |
Breathe
03:21
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Breathe
Remember you, remember me, sitting on the back gate before the dawn
Remember there’s a time for everything so just breathe in this song
Remember black is sometimes white and that right is often wrong
I could swear I caught a glimpse of you up the alley and down the hall
Yeah, we were swimming in the sea
Cutting through the waves
Nothing’s going to ever stop you now
Just breathe, breathe in, be here now
Just breathe, breathe in, be here now
Remember standing by a hot road, a quarter mile’s drive
Tarmac glue and diesel fumes filled the roadsides
Remember standing at the crossroads waving our goodbyes?
If you reach into the corners we’re still standing side by side
And I know, I know, I know
That, we were swimming in the sea
Cutting through the waves
Nothing’s going to ever stop you now
Just breathe, breathe in, be here now
Just breathe, breathe in, be here now
Guess there’s a loft inside of me
Please make it big enough to hold us always
Breathe, breathe in, be here now
Just breathe, breathe in, be here now
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11. |
On The Edge
04:16
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On The Edge
Up on the edge, where you can be nobody
You know it can get cold out there when you haven’t got a prayer in this world
Then sings your soul, baby, she echoes in through the marshlands
There’s a hidden light inside, you know you’ve got to let it shine
Though I guess it’s not for everyone to see
You’re saving grace, you’re love is strong like a temple
Yeah, all the stones they worked, ran their fingers to the bone just to still stand here right now
So, give it to me one more time
La la la la la la la-la-la, give me life
Just give me la la la la la la la-la-la
Coz I’ve got a feeling you’re going to believe in this
So stake your claim, your valleys and your highlands
You know there’s some wild country out there, so you’ve got to get it clear
Find your place, you’d better make your stand
And give it to me one more time
How I meant to tell you that I’m sorry
How your trouble may be on the rise
Life can’t be all fast cars and movie stars
So please just help me to get on by
La la la la la la la-la-la, give me life
Just give me la la la la la la la-la-la, sweet life
Just give me la la la la la la la-la-la, give me life, life, life
Just give me la la la la la la la-la-la
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12. |
Moonbeam
03:32
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Moonbeam
We’re not the same
We’re as different as sun and rain
As different as the light of day to a moonbeam
It’s not in me
It’s in the sniggers and the stares of the passers-by
In the pity and the fear in the people’s eyes
In a moonbeam
If you think everybody owes you
Try to appreciate what others never had
If you can get out of bed on your own two feet
Make your own safe way across the street
Baby, it’s the big time now
Baby, it’s the big time now
Maybe it’s in my moves
In the awkward way that I’m held together
But you’ll find love rides above that measure on a moonbeam
You’ll label me
Cast me in a role of incapacity
But you could learn a few thing from me
Ride my moonbeam
If you think everybody owes you
Try to appreciate something others never had
If you can get out of bed on your own two feet
Make your own safe way across the street
Baby, it’s the big time now
Baby, it’s the big time now
Sun shone today
And the breeze blew in the promise of May
And I know that I will stay to ride my moonbeam
Life’s long or short
But we’ve got to learn to live with whatever we’ve got
So scatter love into the leaves just like a moonbeam
If you think everybody owes you
Just try to appreciate something others never had
If you can get out of bed on your own two feet
Make your own safe way across the street
Baby, it’s the big time now
Baby, it’s the big time now, come on, yeah
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13. |
Rock and Roll Band
03:14
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Rock’n’roll Band
When you’re out on your own, direction untold
And no bright lights to guide you on your way
You might find that you’re sitting in the middle of some place you never wanted to be
And you might find that’s good enough anyway
When you’re washed up on the waves on the tumbling sea of the 21st century
Nights can be long without a glimpse of the dawn, dear
And if you still think of me just casting my nets out into the sea
I hope you’d extend me your hand, keep me from drowning
Headlights, spotlights, the moon hangs low tonight
Just take my hand and join this rock’n’roll band
I’ll see you home tonight
When you’re out making time just cruising the tracks to the end of the line
How am I going to keep myself from me?
When you give a little, take a little, mess it up and just in time there must be a chance so give it one more try
On the blind side of the winding lines of the law
Headlights, spotlights, the moon hangs low tonight
Just take my hand and join this rock’n’roll band
I’ll see you home tonight
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14. |
Bonus Track
01:27
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Adrian Pitts Cádiz, Spain
www.facebook.com/thepresentalbum
Adrian began his career as a young guitar player on stages
around London and South Wales in the 80's.
The 90's saw him move to Spain where he composed and played guitar for bands like Insomnia and Hub before breaking out as a singer in his own right with The Capris and Easy.
The Present is Adrian's first solo project which opens a new facet to his career.
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