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The Sun is Up
03:25
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Today is Tuesday, or is it Wednesday?
I lose track of time
We are walking along the roadside
Your hand is in mine
Shops are closed, guesses are open
The future is unknown
We see people, they look happy
Together alone
And on days like this I think about how simple life can be
Oh, the sun is up
Shining in the sky
Yeh, the sun is up
Right before our eyes
And on days like this I think about how simple life can be
Oh, the sun is up
By half-past nine we reach the water
And sit down to stare
Smoke rises from the sugar factory
Life’s not that unfair
All is still, there’s no commotion
The boats are unemployed
I say to you that Mother Nature
Has gotta be overjoyed
And on days like this I think about how simple life can
Oh, the sun is up
Shining in the sky
Oh, the sun is up
Right before our eyes
And on days like this I think about how simple life can be
Oh, the sun is up
Ooo, ooo
Hey, hey
And on days like this I think about how simple life can be
Oh, the sun is up
Today is Tuesday, or is it Wednesday?
I lose track of time
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2. |
The 966
04:00
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It’s 7.34 am and freezing
Thank God the 966 arrives on time
The always friendly lady driver greets me
I say hello and on the bus I climb
Riding to the city in the fast lane
The world outside is looking cold and grey
But I sit back, and I think about things
Like everything that I should do today
Today I’m on the 966
Past the traffic jam it slips
I am a spectator looking on
No responsibility
With a tablet on my knee
One moment I’m here and then I’m gone
I like to stare at cars through my window
They form a sprawling multi-branded line
Independent people going solo
The price of independence, wasted time
‘Have a nice day,’ says the lady driver
As I alight from my morning ride
I think about how smiles can be so healing
A remedy more doctors should prescribe
Today I’m on the 966
Past the traffic jam it slips
I’m just a spectator looking on
No responsibility
Just a tablet on my knee
One moment I’m here and then I’m gone
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3. |
Let's Just Stay Inside
04:26
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Early morning bliss
Lying next to you
Light filters through the window pain
Another day anew
Now here comes the rain
Like an ocean spray
The rhythm beating overhead
Drives our blues away
The world we know
I hardly recognise
We’ve got no place to go
Let’s hold on tight
And stay inside
Should we seize the day?
Or, just let it go?
The way that I feel right now
Let’s go with the flow
There’s plenty to do
And, hell, we’ve got the time
But crossing off my to-do list
Is far from my mind
The world we know
I hardly recognise
We’ve got no place to go
Let’s hold on tight
And stay inside
Early morning bliss
With you by my side
Don’t want to face the world right now
Let’s just stay inside
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4. |
Breaking Strings
04:32
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There comes a time you need to move on
Your tired of playing, the game’s too long
Take the plunge into the great unknown
Light a candle to lead you on
It’s time to grow, time to rearrange
You can’t forward without the strain
I’ve got to feel elation and fear
The mould sets firmer every year
Parting ways, letting go
Looking to the future
Breaking strings that hold me down
I leave them scattered on the ground
The earth is dry, I’m wilting in the sun
It kind of scares me what I’ve become
I’m gonna mark a line in the sand
I’m stepping over, take my hand
Parting ways, letting go
Looking to the future
Breaking strings that hold me down
I leave them scattered on the ground
No one knows what’s on the other side
Could be Hell or maybe a hell of a ride
It’s funny what one does for a sense of pride
Parting ways, letting go
Looking to the future
Breaking strings that hold me down
I leave them scattered on the ground
On the ground
On the ground
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5. |
Parallel World
03:14
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Saving bits and pieces for a rainy day
Celebrating fortune when it comes our way
You paint sunbeams, I stare at the moon
That’s the way it is for me and you
Contemplating madness at a fearful time
Talking ‘bout the ever-changing pantomime
You scroll Pinterest, I spin my cocoon
That’s the way it is for me and you
When the sun goes down
No one is around
I will be with you
In a parallel world
A choir sings Hallelujah, and it makes you cry
Those no longer with us you still hold inside
You’re wide open, I hold firm and true
That’s the way it is for me and you
When the sun goes down
No one is around
I will be with you
In a parallel world
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6. |
Driving
04:06
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Green light on
We’ve hit the road
Driving south
To unload
Sky is clear
Here comes the sun
It feels good
On the run
Driving
We speed past
Wind at our heels
Grazing cows
Open fields
Lockdown fades
For a time
Freedom’s our
Paradigm
Driving
Soon we will
Return back home
A place that we
Call our own
But don’t let
This dream go cold
Let’s drive again
Uncontrolled
Driving
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7. |
Sometime in August
04:07
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Sometime in August
I’m gonna catch a plane
I’ll push off these shaky isles
To see you once again
From coach class in the sky
I’ll watch the clouds passing by
Sometime in August
I’m gonna catch a plane
I can’t wait to touch down
And make up for lost time
It might feel peculiar
But I’m sure we’ll be fine
We’ll take a train into town
And soak in all the local sounds
I can’t wait to touch down
And make up for lost time
Sometime in August (I’m thinking ‘bout)
Do you remember
How life used to be?
Got a passport will travel
To anywhere we please
That was then, this is now
It seems so long ago somehow
Do you remember
How life used to be?
Sometime in August (I’m thinking ‘bout)
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8. |
Mouse in the House
03:11
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You see a mouse slipping by
Out of the corner of your eye
He so stealthy
He so quick
Slicker than a candle stick
If looks could kill that mouse would surely fry
There’s a mouse in the house
Hiding from the rain
There’s a mouse in the house
Messing with your brain
There’s a mouse in the house
Driving you insane
You run fast to higher ground
On a chair where you can’t be found
It’s your castle
On a hill
You stand there so very still
Can you not see that you are safe and sound?
-Chorus-
I’ve devised a wicked plan
Do not fear everything’s in hand
I’ll set a trap
Late at night
With bait to whet his
Appetite
It’s me or him and time to take a stand.
-Chorus-
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9. |
Into the Blue
04:01
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Passion guides you in troubled times
Your faith is strong, you’ve seen all the signs
You are riding
Forever riding
Into the blue
It’s like you’ve got fuel to burn
To reach Nirvana and get your turn
You are riding
Forever riding
Into the blue
Into the blue
Your destiny
Into the blue
It is no fantasy
Into the blue
Close as close can be
You stand firm like Hadrian’s Wall
Opposing forces won’t make you fall
You are riding
Forever riding
Into the blue
I wish that I could see what you see
Because the forecast looks cloudy to me
You are riding
Oh riding
Into the blue
Into the blue
Your destiny
Into the blue
It is no fantasy
Into the blue
Close as close can be
Into the blue
Into the blue
Your destiny
Into the blue
It is no fantasy
Into the blue
Close as close can be
Into the blue
Into the blue
Oh, into the blue
Into the blue
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10. |
Two
03:03
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11. |
Sparrow Sings
03:43
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Time moves
So slow
Until
We grow old
Sun shines
A new day
Rise up
Let’s make hay
I think of these things
As the sparrow sings in the morning
I think of these things
As the sparrow sings
World turns
Rules change
Fade out
Or rearrange
I think of these things
As the sparrow sings in the morning
I think of these things
As the sparrow sings
Do you think about the things I do?
I’d kind of like to know your point of view
I think of these things
As the sparrow sings in the morning
I think of these things
As the sparrow sings in the morning
Oh, I think of these things as the sparrow sings
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Andrew Healey Auckland, New Zealand
Andrew Healey is a songwriter from Auckland, New Zealand.
To licence his music, visit www.songbroker.nz
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