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Live @Studio Humbug

by Spike Oatley

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1.
CROWD OF CROWS Well i'll pick the pocket of your soul And then go running down the road Knock upon your favourite door They'll never ever bring you down You're too far away now To be bothered by those things anymore Those days were dark like a crowd of crows That crowd of crows has flown Like crows we've flown into the sun To find where we belong So push your buttons and sound your horns We'll coin a phrase and spend some more Anything to keep you from sin They say theres place way up high Another land sits a clever guy He's got the world upon a string Those days were dark like a crowd of crows That crowd of crows has flown Like crows we've flown into the sun To find where we belong
2.
Make A Wave 03:44
MAKE A WAVE Hey world i'm writing to tell you we've all gone mad The seat that I used to sit has now become a stand And my head is filled with worry not for me but for you I hope you find a space somewhere that you can belong to Start a ripple we'll make a wave Build tomorrow from yesterday Thaw this world thats froze itself insane Hey friend i'm trying to kind of muddle through And if you find that space somewhere make sure theres room for a few Start a ripple we'll make a wave Build tomorrow from yesterday Thaw this world thats froze itself insane
3.
Time Capsule 03:41
TIME CAPSULE You're counting the minutes of every day You're living this frame by frame And some of the words they let escape Echoed we've been betrayed So who am I to fill this empty space No wonder I feel so out of place Cos living this time capsule Is like standing just to fall How far do you want to go? How many more mistakes? Who's to blame? Nobody knows Is it anybody but me? So who am I to fill this empty space No wonder I feel so out of place Cos living this time capsule Is like standing just to fall
4.
KEEP YOUR LIGHT ON My calling girl I call your heart my home Take your time cos it won't take that long Wipe those cobwebs away from your room I'll keep my light on cos you're coming soon Keep you light on Keep your light on for me Keep you light on There has been so many lonely nights A thousand missed calls a million long goodbyes And wipe those cobwebs away from your room I'll keep my light on cos you're coming soon Keep your light on Keep your light on for me Yeah for me Keep you light on
5.
FINDING PENNY There's a sun setting in my soul A swollen conscience with a grip that won't let go I've got tired heavy eyes from a gut full of lies that was told There's a song bird in my ear She tells me all her problems, how they won't disappear She's got two strong wings but they can't do a thing soaked with tears I'm not asking for a change But sometimes to move forward you gotta go back again I'm a simple naive man, a man without a plan and thats my aim Gotta find penny to pay bill She's playing hard to get now it's making me ill It's a never ending game But the rules they aint the same atop of the hill
6.
HIS DAYS HAVE NO SOUND So you sold your soul, played truth or dare and lost it all It's only wafer thin this so called confidence that we live in And it goes round, his days have no sound How could I contain corrosive thoughts within a rusting brain? It's only paper thin this so called confidence you wrap me in And it goes round, his days have no sound
7.
Bare Bones 03:52
BARE BONES There's a man on the street doesn't look to good to me He's got a brown paper bag & he's struggling to speak He's been pardoned by the world he's got people to defy He'll do it all alone cos the people they just walk by Oh are you just a soul & are you trying to find your way back home? he's got a very fragile friend who helps him to get high He's got a pocket full of change just waiting to provide And on and on it goes not to far away from here And if you strip it to the bone then the broken ones appear Oh are you just a soul & are you trying to find you way back home?
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ANARCHY'S TONGUE (SHEPHERDS SONG) Peanut's dreaming dreams in a smoked city She's picking at all of those bones The street corner pours out it's youthful roars Cos they got nowhere else to go Politician soup floods the evening news They're serving for everyone there's no food left for thought cos they ate it all And now i'm tripping over anarchy's tongue And every now and then I can't sleep I watch for the shepherd and his sheep Grass growing tall it never makes me small It always makes me feel kind of new But when I scream big I shrink a bit It lets me slip right out of view The mask on your face it looks out of place It's starting to wear thin We all like to go to the watering hole But we don't all like to drink And every now and then I can't sleep I watch for the shepherd and his sheep

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Recorded live at Studio Humbug in 2011.

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released November 5, 2014

All songs written by Spike Oatley.
All songs performed by Spike Oatley & Gareth Maude.

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Spike Oatley Cork, Ireland

Born & raised on an Island steeped in musical Heritage Spike Oatley is a Singer Songwriter that is very much a product of his environment. Much like his native Isle of Wight just off of the South coast of England his songs are a place to go to, a sanctuary or simply an old friend. ... more

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