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Spike Oatley 'Live At Humbug'

by Spike Oatley

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1.
Would You? 03:15
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Wind it rose rattled the bones inside of the skin Skin it crawled right down the hall where the outside blew in Dust like shame disturbed the rain and the heavens fell to hell Toothless grin of the world you're in chewed you up and spat you out You've been working too long Untie and rest your hands Come off the tightrope you're on I think you've given enough Would you let go when love gets old and tired and torn? Would you? Bend of knee she turned to grieve, laid the flowers to ground Life was hard with the love of God oh God its harder now Cos when your calls just hit a wall they can only echo And braking words to a failing God they just stick in your throat You've been working too long Untie and rest your hands Come off the tightrope you're on I think you've given enough Would you let go when love gets old and tired and torn? Would you?
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This Love Was Blind 03:20
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Its time to brake a heart, its time for you to leave I'll give you back the feathers you gave me Go light another fire another beacon in the dark Strangers hands just waving from afar Take whatever of it is that you need I won't be fighting hard or playing for keeps We're not that different you and me But we've grown so far apart This love was blind its plain for all to see Don't tell me how I feel you don't know me anymore Please as you leave just don't quite close the door Take whatever of it is that you need I won't be fighting hard or playing for keeps We're not that different you and me But we've grown so far apart This love was blind its plain for all to see
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Gods Hill 03:15
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Seems it takes a lot of angry hands to turn that wheel Spilt some words upon the earth and up grew a great big deal No man is ever clean of what he's already seen Preacher man he saw the light and now he's blind to reality His heaven hangs there empty, reapers calling out the names His hells over flowing turns out everyones to blame Cos no man is ever free from what he already knows No man knows his freedom until its already gone Pray hard and prey on thee They want my babies to believe Hang like the punchbag as they drop the punchline Just get told we're pre disposed and to shake this state of mind They count your days as numbered as they drag you up Gods hill Pay for your redemption with one hand in Gods till Pray hard and prey on thee They want my babies to believe Man these days are long since all hope has gone Look up and open wide just don't look into the light Pray hard and prey on thee They want my babies to believe
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Judging Stones 04:21
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It feels like push has now turned to shove Why has all of her pain derived from love? Time ticks out another circle to cast it's spell on the youth If you bury your thoughts then they will bury you Many a hand throws it's judging stones and like windows we brake All their eyes are looking at you in a light tinted grey Broken windows from their judging stones so painful Your black and white world it can't cure a girl, so wasteful What good is good in your world fuelled with lies? How can a soldier of truth really ever survive? And i'm tired of fighting for you when I don't know what for And I'm through with your judging, leave it at the door Many a hand throws it's judging stones and like windows we brake All their eyes are looking at you in a light tinted grey Broken windows from their judging stones so painful Your black and white world it can't cure a girl, so wasteful
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Troubadour Blues 03:23
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I'll beg like a dog for more Scrape all the coins from the floor They say you can't pay your way with your soul My wealth is in love but not gold As I live my days i'll move in ways that not all here will understand If i can be your roaming sea I promise you I won't let you drown This troubadour's got the blues Guess there's just too many ways to lose Am I a glitch in your machine? Or the curb that you fall from to wake you from your dream? As I live my days i'll move in ways that not all here will understand If i can be your roaming sea I promise you I won't let you drown I'll beg like a dog for more Scrape up my pride from the floor This troubadour's got the blues I don't play your game so why should I lose? As I live my days i'll move in ways that not all here will understand If i can be your roaming sea I promise you I won't let you drown I won't let you drown, I won't let you down I won't let you drown, I won't let you down
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Echo Your Call 03:52
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Danced like lightning in the moonlight across the sand Swear you've been hiding for so long Where are you now? Break down you wasted walls I'll echo your call New moon rising keep your light burning on Slow tide, turning Did they turn you out? Keep turning on Break down your wasted walls I'll echo your call You can't trap the light at the break of dawn Break down your wasted walls I'll echo your call
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Against The Grain 04:08
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Head full of teeth but none in a row Theres a crack in the door and when it glows it's time to rise Night fell to day like the swing of a tail Hands feel for walls its all morning brail to the waking eyes And we'll crush the grapes so they'll have their wine There isn't a taste that hasn't been refined Preaching freedom from a rattled cage Spitting feathers from the nest you made all in your mind A way off the radar are you out there? Find a space with no cross to bare or axe to grind Cos what you give and all they take it keeps you pushing hard against the grain Don't wanna go this one alone Like yo yo's from heaven things come and they go but thats ok Won't you throw me out a line? I'll spin you a yarn for the good old times about the good old days And we'll crush the grapes so they'll have their wine There isn't a taste that hasn't been refined Preaching freedom from a rattled cage Spitting feathers from the nest you made all in your mind A way off the radar are you out there? Find a space with no cross to bare or axe to grind Cos what you give and all they take it keeps you pushing hard against the grain
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Somewhere To Hide 03:21
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My girl she's got healing hands and she helps everyone Some they live forever out on the run How long before they find what they'r eloping for? Send me a postcard through my front door They say it takes one to know one but i'm willing to give it a go So brave man with your strong hand who's there to catch you when you fall? Im so damn tired of beating my head against this wall I think we'll have to go somewhere to hide away from it all Lets go and find a vacuum with room for two We can sail for ever miles from their view With nobody snatching or snapping at your heels We'll just send them postcards and head for the hills They say it takes one to know one but i'm willing to give it a go So brave man with your strong hand who's there to catch you when you fall? Im so damn tired of beating my head against this wall I think we'll have to go somewhere to hide away from it all
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Puppet Of Fear 03:33
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Wet eyes leak a jealous mind and you're giving up too soon He stands a hollowed man he's not letting go of you Help me i'm falling back again They come and leave with everything And I hope you hear this Too far it's gone too far and you're body aches out a tear No strings controlling him cos you are a puppet of fear Help me i'm falling back again They come and leave with everything And I hope you hear this

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released September 2, 2015

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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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