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Turn A Leaf

by Spike Oatley

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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
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Morning Skin 04:26
MORNING SKIN Wash away your morning skin Time to let the future in Wash away your morning blues No point living in yesterdays shoes You stand just like a man I used to know You smile just like a child of long ago Time goes by With each day lived the more you die Mirror dreams often believed Only dreams up what it wants to see Wash your morning skin away Thats what she used to say You stand just like a man I used to know You smile just like a child of long ago Time goes by With each day lived the more you die
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TROUBADOUR BLUES 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
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TRICK OF THE LIGHT Out of your head and the words in your breath they don't make no sense Been clutching at straws as the undertow draws out a consequence Hold your fire or leave Hung like hunger on me Leaf litter falls as the new dawn it calls another falls to lay How deep is the dust does it cover the trust that you can't convey? Hold your fire or leave Hung like hunger on me Don't open fire some live like a country at war They'll turn like a tide The shoreline you saw it was all just a trick of the light Blink of an eye we are just passing by nothing's made to last Clocks won't unwind all this stealing of time that we make an art Hold your fire or leave Hung like hunger on me Don't open fire some live like a country at war They'll turn like a tide The shoreline you saw it was all just a trick of the light Hold on, hold on……….. Don't open fire some live like a country at war They'll turn like a tide The shoreline you saw it was all just a trick the…. Oceans disguise you'll anchor your ship here tonight I'll turn like a tide Grew like a wave and you moved like a trick of the light
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DANCING IN OUR GRAVES Tangled up in why's here yeah and I don't know This situation is starting to get old But old mother nature's got her hold on me Don't mess with her boy she'll put you on your knee's But I know there's a place A basement of dreamers, downstairs dancing in their graves I'll join the dots here just to make the lines I'll paint a picture in the corner of your mind But memories are nothing more than fraying rope Pull a little harder or do I let it go? I don't know but one day I'll be there with them downstairs dancing in my grave And I will miss this precious gift But I can't leave here without you dear So once we've lived out our days Let's go downstairs, go down dancing in our graves Tangled up in why's here yeah and I don't know This generation is starting to get old But oh mayhem maker won't you give me some peace? I'll shed the load here if you just let me be A nomad, I'll find my way Another basement dreamer, downstairs dancing in our graves

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released November 5, 2014

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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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