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WORDS AND MUSIC:
Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar
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WORDS AND MUSIC:
Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar
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Was that somebody screaming it wasn't me for sure
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I lift my head up from uneasy pillows put my feet on the floor
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cut my wrist on a bad thought and head for the door
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outside on the pavement the dark makes no noise
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I can feel the sweat on my lips leaking into my mouth
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I'm heading out for the steep hills they're leaving me no..
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cho..ice and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king
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we belie........ve through the lies and the hating
,---3---,
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that love goes free
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for want of an option I run the wind 'round
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I dream pictures of houses burning never knowing nothing else to do
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with death comes the morning unannounced and new
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was it too much to ask for to pull a little weight
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they forgive anything but greatness these are scoundrel days
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and I'm close to calling out their names as pride hits my fa..ce
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yeeheehee and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king
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we belie.......ve through the lies and the hating
(uoh no!)
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that love goes free........ through scoundrel days..... yehy.... hm
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ah ah
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I reach the edge of town I've got blood in my hair
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their hands touch my body from everywhere
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but I know that I've made it as I run into the air
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hmeah yeah
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and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king
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we belie.......ve through the lies and the hating
(uoh no!)
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that love goes free........ oh wo through scoundrel days
THE SWING OF THINGS
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o . ~--d o . ~-d
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You say the world's an eventful place
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you give me news I don't want to know
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you say that I should care that I should speak my mind
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oh but how can I speak of the world rushing by with a lump in my throat and
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tears in my eyes oh have we come to the point of no turning back or is it
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still time to get into the swing of things
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let us walk through this windless city
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I'll go on till the winter gets me
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"Oh sleep..." you wrote "sleep my dear..." in a letter somewhere
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oh but how can I sleep with your voice in my head with an ocean
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between us and room in my bed oh have I come to the point where I'm losing
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the grip or is it still time to get into the swing of things
. . . .
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oh when she gloves in the dark and I'm weak by the sight of this
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breathtaking beauty in which I can hide oh there's a world full out there
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of people I fear but given time I'll get into the swing of things yes
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when she gloves in the dark and I'm struck by the sight I know that I'll
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need this for the rest of my li.........fe but I know
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that I'll need this... ...the rest of my life oh but I'll
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nee....d this you know that I'll nee....d this
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what have I done what lies I have told I've played games with the ones that
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rescued my soul oh have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip or
(oh but I'll neeeee...................d this)
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is it still time to get into the swing of things
I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
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it wasn't rain that washed away rinsed out the colours of your eyes
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putting the gun down on the bedside table I must have realized
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it wasn't the rain that made no difference and I could have sworn it
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wasn't me yet I did it all so coldly almost slowly
o--------d
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plain for all to see oh c'mon please now talk to me
(aaah!)
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