The Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley

Lost in the Milky Way
Smile at the empty sky and wait for
The moment a million chances may all collide

I’ll be the guiding light
Swim to me through stars that shine down
And call to the sleeping world as they fall to Earth

So here’s your life,
We’ll find our way,
We’re sailing blind,
But it’s certain ...  nothing’s certain.

I don’t mind
I get the feeling
You’ll be fine
I still believe
That in this world
We’ve got to find the time
For the Life of Riley

From cradles and sleepless nights
You breathe in life forever
And stare at the world from deep under eiderdown.

So here’s your life
We’ll find our way
We’re sailing blind
But it’s certain ...  nothing’s certain.

I don’t mind
I get the feeling
You’ll be fine
I still believe
That in this world
We’ve got to find the time

For the first time
I don’t mind
I get the feeling
You’ll be fine
I still believe
That in this world
We’ve got to find the time
For the Life of Riley

Although this world is a crazy ride,
You just take your seat and hold on tight.

So here’s your life
We’ll find our way
We’re sailing blind
But it’s certain ...  nothing’s certain

I don’t mind
I get the feeling
You’ll be fine
I still believe
That in this world
We’ve got to find the time

For the first time
I don’t mind
I get the feeling
You’ll be fine
I still believe
That in this world
We’ve got to find the time
For the Life of Riley

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Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good

I got it bad
You don’t know how bad I got it
You got it easy
You don’t know when you got it good
It’s getting harder
Just keeping life and soul together
I’m sick of fighting
Even though I know I should
The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fibre
My broken spirit is frozen to the core
Don’t wanna be here no more

Wouldn’t it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was for just one day
And wouldn’t it be good if we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn’t it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
Wouldn’t it be good if we cold live without a care

You must be joking
You don’t know a thing about it
You’ve got no problem
I’d stay right there if it were you
I got it harder
You couldn’t dream how hard it got it
Stay out of my shoes
If you know what’s good for you
The heat is stifling
Burning me up from the inside
The sweat is coming through each and every pore
Don’t wanna be here no more

Wouldn’t it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was just for one day
And wouldn’t it be good if we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn’t it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
And wouldn’t it be good if we could live without a care

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The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Golden brown texture like sun
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight
Never a frown with golden brown

Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with golden brown

Golden brown finer temptress
Through the ages she’s heading west
From far away
Stays for a day
Never a frown with golden brown

Never a frown
With golden brown
Never a frown
With golden brown

Never a frown
With golden brown
Never a frown
With golden brown

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Level 42 - Running in the Family

Our dad
Would send us to our room
He’d be the voice of doom
He said that we would thank him later

All day
He was solid as a rock
But by eight o’clock
We’d be crumbling

One night
My brother Joe and me
Climbed down the family tree
That grew outside our bedroom window

We ran
Though we knew it couldn’t last
Running from the past
From things that we were born to be

Looking back it’s so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the back seat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far - and we all have our daddy’s eyes
Looking back it’s so bizarre

Dad rang
The officer in charge
A man so large
He barely fit his circumstances

He said
Two kids out on the street
Were picked up on the beat
And in the station

So there’s me
With Emily and Joe
Daddy driving home
All heading in the same direction

He knew
No matter what the breaks
We’d make the same mistakes
Couldn’t take his eyes of Joe and me

Looking back it’s so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the backseat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far - and we all have our daddy’s eyes
Looking back it’s so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
Looking back it’s so bizarre

Like a dream within a dream
We’re all somewhere in between

Like a drummer plays his drum
Like a father like a son
... your gonna have to face the music
... face the music

Hey hey
We keep it running in the family
Hey hey
We keep it coming in the family

Looking back it’s so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the backseat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far - ‘cause we all have our daddy’s eyes
Looking back it’s so bizarre

Running in the family

Running in the family - and we all have our daddy’s eyes
Looking back it’s so bizarre
Running in the family

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Tears for Fears - Closest Thing to Heaven

Twenty-eight days of rain
Flash floods in February
Back in our boats again
Bathwater and the baby
What am I gonna do
There’s been a lot of drinking
Looking at ghosts of you
While all the world is sinking

Ten thousand miles into the atmosphere
My body shakes
Is there a welcome here?

Closest thing to heaven
How do you do it?
Closest thing to heaven

Throw your arms round the world
Make love your destination
Here we go boys and girls
Act like a generation
Give me that ball and chain
By now it must be hurting
Blacken your feet again
Just like a beast of burden

When one and one and one make two
I know I’m high
Because I’ve captured you

Closest thing to heaven
Yeah it’s you
Closest thing to heaven

Look the world right in the eye
In the countries that are making billions
Sweet as homemade apple pie
Save the crumbs for all the starving millions
Closest thing to heaven

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