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Boy In The Attic

by David Philip Ireland

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Not Dead Yet! 03:38
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I don’t drink, I don’t swear I’m just growing old disgracefully and I don’t care I’ve got style, I’ve got poise I’m deaf in one ear so I make a lotta noise It’s alright, it’s okay I’m at the centre of the universe and I’m here to stay I feel strong, call it faith And let me divvy my philosophy ‘It’s never too late’ The blood’s still pumping The heart’s still thumping Let me tell you something I’m not dead yet I don’t kill, I don’t bitch The sap’s still rising, It’s the sixty-year itch Give me love Give me peace When the pressure hits high Give me sweet release It’s alright, it’s okay I’m lucky with the genes and the DNA Felling strong, feeling great So let me divvy my philosophy ‘It’s never too late’ The blood’s still pumping The heart’s still thumping Let me tell you something I’m not dead yet You can’t bring me down, cause there’s a fire in my soul My volcano heart is burning With the beat of my life and the pulse is racing I don’t fear the reaper cos it’s him that I’m chasing The blood’s still pumping The heart’s still thumping Let me tell you something I’m not dead yet
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Home Made Mini 01:58
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Sweet sixteen, a Singer machine A length of poplin in aquamarine A reel of cotton and a two inch seam Let me help you with that zipper, if you know what I mean… I’m all fired up, I’m lean, I’m skinny Let me take you back and run you up a home-made mini. In my Lurex jacket and my Prince of Wales Let me button up my breeches and dust off me tails Peter Pan collar, Op-Art nails You had a handle on my candle that couldn’t fail I’m all fired up, I’m lean and skinny Let me take you back and run you up a home-made mini Every other guy wants to take you out tonight But I’m a tough little bugger And I’ll give every one of them a damn good fight Alright? Sweet sixteen, a Singer machine A length of poplin in aquamarine A reel of cotton and a two-inch seam Let me help you with that zipper, if you know what I mean… I’m all fired up, I’m lean, I’m skinny Let me take you back and run you up a home-made mini.
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Secret Lovers 03:46
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It was sixty nine and the heat was on It hadn’t been long since that old ‘Dear John’ When the paperback boy in the pouring rain met the wolf in the baa-lamb’s clothing He told his lies with a silver tongue Filled my head with a poisoned hum And boy, you should have seen him run like a bullet from a gun And he ran to you And he stole your heart with his tales of the valleys As he ripped us apart And he took the prize with a hunter’s knife And he severed all the ties Chorus: Nobody knew that we knew each other That you and I were secret lovers Cos we’d been together for oh so long If only in our minds It was New Year’s Eve and the rumours flew With my ‘Hapsash’ hair and my platform shoes And nobody there even had a clue in the roughhouse and confusion So I hid in the shadows losing you, paving the way for a life of blue Then It took a bit of magic and cosmic glue to put us back together Then I ran into you And I won your heart, Tilting at windmills, lunch in the park And we stitched the quilt with invisible thread And patched it back together… Chorus:
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Mayflies 05:26
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Mayflies – words and music Cas Greenfield Mayflies, you looked so sad and lonely how the time flies Mayflies, how long have I loved you – from the dawn of time Mayflies – oh how we changed in their eyes Bright eyes, love-in-a-mist traps my little mayflies She has the power of creation - she brings my days to life She’s my sun in the morning, my silver moon at night I never want to close my eyes - can’t take those sweet goodbyes It’s like walking with an angel when she’s on my mind It’s different from any love I’ve ever known It’s a new love, it’s a strange love, it’s a love that is so old She’s my quiet revolution - the power behind this throne She’s the simple solution – can’t find it on my own She’s my soul's evolution – our love has grown and grown While the world turns its circle and other loves have flown It’s different from any love I’ve ever known It’s a new love, it’s a strange love, it’s a love that is so old Mayflies, you looked so sad and lonely how the time flies Mayflies, how long have I loved you – from the dawn of time Mayflies – oh how we changed in their eyes Bright eyes, love-in-a-mist traps my little mayflies Mayflies, living for the day, living for the night - Mayflies Mayflies, living for the darkness, living for the light - Mayflies Mayflies, living for the moment love takes flight – Mayflies
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Change Of Heart 07:05
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I was thinking of the time when love was something new When our hearts beat as one and our love was in tune Oh, how I need to see you now if only for a while But you had a change of heart You said the end was fated, but I don’t believe in fate For me the end came much too soon For you it came too late But when I close my eyes it’s like we’ve never been apart Who had the change of heart Chorus; Change of heart change of heart The magic just ain’t there Change of heart change of heart The pain’s too much too bear It hurts right here, but you don’t even care Cause you had a change of heart Did you really think my love was no more than a game Something to turn on when you wanted to play Maybe I was crazy to let you lead me on Till you had a change of heart Do you remember? Do you recall? When love was new, we had it all We were forever, right from the start Who had the change of heart?
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Boy In The Attic 05:26
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Boy in the Attic – words and music Cas Greenfield The world was at his fingertips The words were on his tongue The blood was on his hands The boys were on the run The sound of pain was on his mind The rain was on the roof The tissued lies inside his head Were inches from the truth… But the boy in the attic told his darkest tales Of sutured skin and bloody trails While the Dick in the diner joshed the frails He turned the page And staked the mail The boy in the attic, the fly on the wall Had a twist in his tale That fooled us all… The ink poured from the quills and nibs And ran against the grain The line between the truth and fibs We’re driving him insane The tattooed pages writhed with life The shadows hid the light The needle points that pierced the skin Were shimmers in the night But the boy in the attic told his darkest tales Of sutured skin and bloody trails While the Dick in the diner joshed the frails He turned the page And staked the mail The boy in the attic, the fly on the wall Had a twist in his tale That fooled us all… The dirty deeds upon the page were twisted from within The secrets passed from hand to eye were tantamount to sin The body count was growing, the alibis were thin The wired chair was humming and the padre stank of gin
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Poison Pen 04:14
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Poison Pen I’ve got something you just don’t understand I hold your fate in the palm of my hand Little women, little men I can change your lives with one stroke of my pen I can make you live, I can let you die I can make you laugh, I can make you cry I can take your pain turn it into joy I can take a girl and change her into a boy Slow Poison dripping from my pen Turning the screw ‘oh… you tell me when Cold blooded murder, little ticking bombs There’s no way out, but you and me are gonna get along just fine… Slow Poison, tainted blood Something in the DNA and the chemical scrub Slow Poison, Quicksilver thumbs The last thing you’ll see is that setting sun… I’ve got something you just don’t understand I hold your fate in the palm of my hand With my p p p p poison pen I’ve got something you just don’t understand I hold your fate in the palm of my hand Little women, little men I can change your lives with one stroke of my pen Slow Poison dripping from my pen Turning the screw ‘oh… you tell me when Cold blooded murder, little ticking bombs There’s no way out, but you and me are gonna get along just fine… Pppp poison pen I’m always making notes nailing down the facts was it a Diamond tip or woodman’s axe? Don’t turn the page if you can’t stand the fun Remington ribbons, little Mac bytes Nail-biting days insomniac nights Hand-crafted vellum, Park Drive Lights Overheard confessions in the dead of night
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Green Fingers 03:35
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Green Fingers She ran her Green Fingers Up and down my spine The way her perfume lingers I wish that she was mine There’s a slow number I’d like to take her to So that we can work out what it is her green fingers do… Hey hey… Brushwood bonfire smouldering on a summer night There’s a lone wolf howling and somehow it don’t feel right There’s a full moon glowing, glinting in the corner of my eye And the winds in the honeysuckle vines make me moan and sigh… Chorus: Green Fingers Up and down my spine Green Fingers I wish that she was mine Green Fingers She’s making me grow She’s taking me to places I’m not sure I ought to go… Hey hey… Estuary shoreline burning in the evening sun The seabirds are circling, telling me the race is run A commotion in my DNA is telling me that she’s the one Now there’s a notion in the corner of my mind – hey, let’s have a little fun… Hey hey… Chorus: I like my coffee strong and black, she likes her coffee white I drink it all the blooming day, it keeps me up all night Chorus:
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Immortals 04:18
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Immortals If World War Three is on the way there’s nowhere we can hide La la las and pillow dark won’t help to stem the tide So we try cling to something that nothing bad can change: That we lived our little lifetimes through a bright and golden age And love will hear my beating heart We are like marble We are like granite We are like air Like the sphere of a planet Like the arc of a rainbow rising up to the sky We are immortal and immortals never die And in this last cold day of winter at the keening of the knives I give thanks to love and nature for keeping us alive I don’t know where we’re headed before my soul takes flight So let’s smash the walls of darkness down and step into the light… And love will heal my breaking heart We are like diamonds The core of the sun Like the stars in the heavens We are second to none The arc of a rainbow rising up to the sky We are immortal and immortals never die
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Splinters and Sparks 02:41
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Splinters and Sparks And he said And she said There were so many words that were left unspoken And she cried when he lied The hurt was deep and their hearts were broken Tears obscure the lost horizons Dreams are fading fast On the shores of distant islands Drifting in the past Who was right? Who was left in the silent storms and the hollow theft? Who was weak? Who was strong? Who was shadow-dancing all along? Dancing on the edge of nowhere Splinters and sparks Playing games of solitaire All alone in the dark Dancing on the edge of nowhere Splinters and sparks Playing games of solitaire All alone in the dark

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released January 18, 2018

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David Philip Ireland is a writer, poet, musician, broadcaster and experimentalist.

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