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Mazet
02:24
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In a bright and crowded night street, there used to be a bar
Where a group of friends would sit and talk and play n the guitar,
If most of us had had a good day, and the atmosphere was right,
We'd sit and drink and play guitar until half way through the night,
Sometimes a group of French girls, would happen to walk in
We'd sit out on the terrace, some you lose and some you win.
One guy made a record, another refused to sign
There was no need to hurry then we al had lots of time
Now none of us is famous, and one of us is dead
We're a long way from that cafe now but it stays there in the head
And if you're ever in that cafe where the songs have never changed,
The faces all are different now
But the people are just the same!
La la la la la la la
C'etais dans La rue du quartier
La Saint Andre des Arts
Apres q'on a fait la manche,
On joue a la guitarre.
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Migration
03:19
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Living in the city, I miss the salty air
I've been hanging round here so long I just have to get away somewhere
I'm going down to the station, getting on that train
Leaving this city I don't know when I'll be back again.
Once I get my train fare together and pay off my hotel bill
Nothing's gonna stop me no one gonna make me stand still
I'm going on down to the south of France and maybe on into Spain
but I'm leaving this city and I won't be back again.
Come on let's hit the sunshine, the Mediterranean Sea
half the guys are already down there honey won't you come on down with me
Won't you come down, won't you come down, won't you come down with me.
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Doing it all Alone
01:21
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Doing it All Alone
Walking by the side of the Seine, working out when you can see me again
You know it's not my dream
Waiting for you to come back from Marseille,
Hanging out every night the cafe it's really not my scene.
I'm leaving it all behind just to clear out a big space in my mind you know
I'm gonna be so much better off babe,
Better off on my own
Doing it all alone.
Waiting by the side of the road, just sitting looking after the load
until they never say when
Then I'm trying to get me some sleep, and I hear the bed start to creak
They're gonna do it again
I'm leaving it all behind just to clear out a big space in my mind you know
I'm gonna be so much better off babe,
Better off on my own
Doing it all alone.
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Joan of Arc
03:12
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The nights are getting colder and the evenings are getting dark.
The honeymoon is over and the winter soon will start
But here inside the sun will shine and keep our love alive
When we take a ride it's light is going to help us to survive
And you can deal with vultures
Now that you've followed their game,
It's just the sight of the carcasses, driving us all insane
So let it thunder just let it snow, and let the bad days just come and go
You and I have seen it, just forget about the show
And when the cafe gets too crowded we can just get up and go
And you can deal with vultures
Now that you've followed their game,
It's just the sight of the carcasses, driving us all insane
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I only came for my Suitcase
and to tell you where I'll be
I only came to say goodbye
So don't tell me why I should stay, I've made up my mind
I'm leaving today
Living alone I can get it together
Living alone I can see where I'm really going and that's where I'll go
even though I'm still madly in love with you
I'm leaving today
I realise I could be happy just living here with you
and all the things that together you and I could do
It's not easy to leave it, I still believe in it
But I'm leaving today
I don't suppose that you would really dig it
If I asked you back ten years from now,
When I've finished everything I've got to do
It's the same for you, Go out and do it
I'm leaving today
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Last Subway Home
03:30
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Now it's time to catch the Last Subway Home
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Keep On Moving
03:07
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Keep on moving.
Walking down the road, though I can't see clearly,
Keep on moving moving, keep on moving
Burning down the motorway think I missed my turnoff,
But I keep on moving, just to keep on moving
I've been travelling through the country, travelling through the town
I've gotta keep moving and never slow down.
I'd really like to stop somewhere, and make my mind more clear,
But everywhere something tells me, You can't stay here....
So I keep on moving
Just to keep on moving.
Sitting on the train, looking through the window,
And everything is moving
Coming to the station I've gotta find my suitacse
And everybody's moving.
Get you passport ready,
Please keep in line
Don't stop or you'll miss the boat,
We're gonna be on time if you keep on moving...
Keep on moving
I'm going crazy, I'm going crazy,
I've been travelling all night, travelling all day,
I've lost my direction I don't know the way.
Somebody help me please,
help me if you can
I don't know where I'm going,
I don't know where I am,
So I keep on,
Gotta keep on moving
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Now That I'm Living Here
03:13
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In the morning when she brings the tea
She breaks the cup and looks at me but I'm not there
Stumbling through the dark she kicks the dog
He starts to bark but I'm just lying there
Why don't you wake up and get out of bed
Why don't you go outside and do something instead
Now that I'm living here there's so much to do
Now that I'm living here, living with you
In the evening she comes home finds me sitting all alone
with my guitar
She talks about the time of day there's nothing I can do or say
I wonder who you are
Why do you waste all day searching for papers
Singing your stupid songs annoying the neighbours
Now that I'm living here there's so much to do
Now that I'm living here, living with you
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Walking by the side of the Seine,
Working out when you can see me again
You know it's not my kind of dream
Waiting for you to come back from Marseille,
Hanging out every night the cafe
You know it's not my kind of scene.
Waiting by the side of the road,
Just sitting looking after the load
Until they never say when
And then I'm trying to get me some sleep,
When I hear the bed start to creak
They're gonna do it, all over again
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Living in a Time Warp
07:55
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You wake up in the morning
Take a look around
See something crazy
Feel a strange sound
It's just the people of this planet
Moving back and fore.
You're right out past it now and you can't come back now more
You take a walk to the post box
It's like a trip to Mars
Your feet are stuck to the sidewalk
But your head's right up in the stars
You always were a dreamer,
didn't hardly every speak,
Grew out of everything
Now you're just a freak,
Living in a Time Warp
You meet up with some people
Who look a bit like you
Hang around for a while
They're living in the time warp too.
When they finished the cofee,
You wander home alone,
Left to walk those corridors,
You gotta walk them all alone,
Living in a time warp.
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Andy Roberts England, UK
Original and unique songs through the decades
in the classic
"contemporary folk" solo
acoustic
singer songwriter style.
Influences: Roy Harper, Mike Chapman, Loudon Wainwright, Beefheart
... more
Andy Roberts recommends:
Just great guitar playing
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