1. |
Model Son
04:02
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2. |
Senorita No
03:46
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Señorita No
(Skaith)
She tells me there's no streets I should walk down here
She says there ain't no air I can breathe
As for the politicians - well, forget them all
There's no one at the top you ever should believe
She says "We are so far from God here"
I say "Señorita no".
She says "We are so close to America".
I say then, "Well let's fall in love in Mexico".'
She says there's nothing you can't buy down here
Cops come at 10 cents a time
They're just criminals in uniform - I say yes but keep your voice down
Don't want them stealing anything of mine.
She says "We are so far from God here"
I say "Señorita no".
She says "We are so close to America".
I say then, "Well, let's just fall in love in Mexico".
En los estados unidos there was a czar called McCaffrey
Sworn to wipe out dope, coke and ecstasy.
Because poor Miss America, so pure and innocente
Is being forced to take drugs by these narcotraficantes
But my señorita says she don't think so.
She say señor gringo no.
I say señorita no.
She says "We are so far from God here"
I say "Señorita no".
She says "We are so close to America".
I say then, "Well let's fall in love in Mexico".'
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3. |
Look Away
04:26
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Look Away
(Skaith/Jones)
Nobody likes a wagging finger
Nobody likes to think that its them
Everyone just keeps their nose clean
Here in downtown Bethlehem
Eyes front, head down and you'll be Okay
Just look, just look and then look away.
Just look, just look and then look away.
Nobody pays to hear a lecture
Not when the world's an open book
You're free to squirm in any direction
As long as someone's on that hook
Small leap, long fall in this sad ballet
Just look, just look and then look away
Just look, just look and then look away.
Look away from the man who can't pay his way
You keep wishing that the clock would spin round
Somebody's screaming on your mobile and you say
You'll never ever get used to that sound
But you will, you will, you will get used to that sound - someday.
Trust me - we can get used to anything.
Nobody wants to miss the last bus
Somebody has to jump the queue
Shield your eyes but read the faces
You know they'd do the same to you.
First come, first served, it may you be you one day
Just look, just look and then look away
Just look, just look and then look away
....
Keep your head down,
Keep your nose clean,
Keep your eyes front,
Keep your arms crossed,
Keep your chin up,
Keep your mouth shut,
Keep your tongue tied,
Keep your hands off,
Keep your foot down,
Keep your hair on,
Keep your lip stiff,
Keep your arms crossed,
Keep your chin up,
Keep your mouth shut.
You can get used to anything
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4. |
The Spearcarrier
04:39
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5. |
Shot The Messenger
04:31
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Shot the Messenger
(Skaith)
One day there was a knock on my door
I went and opened it wide
It was a messenger from you
I said, you'd better come inside.
But first take off those shoes,
Don't bring that rain in here
He said I bring you more than rain
I've come to change your life I fear
I said I'd try to understand
I said I'd try to understand
I Said I'd try to understand
But I shot the messenger then
I just shot the messenger then
Shot him through his heart
I shot the messenger then.
I shot him good style
One day there was a knock on my door
I went and opened it slowly
It was a man who'd just been shot
He said it ain't that easy.
He said you will love long
Her love is deep inside her
But sometimes lovers must be gone
And separate their lives - Sir.
I said I'd try to understand
I said I'd try to understand
I Said I'd try to understand
But I shot the messenger then
I just shot the messenger then
Shot him through his heart
I shot the messenger then.
I shot him dead style
One day there was a knock on my door
I went and opened it slowly
It was a man who'd just been shot
He said it ain't that easy.
He said you will love long
Her love is deep inside her
But sometimes lovers must be gone
And separate their lives - Sir.
I said I'd try to understand
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6. |
Race Me Down
04:50
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7. |
Somedays The Big Fish
04:19
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Somedays the big fish are so close
So close to shore, I could just scoop them with my hand.
But then I never want to stretch that far
Instead I stay restless, restless on dry land.
And if you could talk,
If you could talk to me
If you could talk to me you'd make no sense of what I'd say.
Because me I talk,
Oh yea me, I talk I talk
I talk in calendars
But live an endless day to day.
Somedays the cloud burst and I can't
I just can't remember what it was like before the rain.
But then the tides they just recede
And I'm left here waiting, all this wreckage to explain
And if you could talk,
If you could talk to me
If you could talk to me you'd make no sense of what I'd say.
Because me I talk,
Oh yea me, I talk I talk
I talk in calendars
But live an endless day to day.
In my ideas - alive or inactive?
In the mirror - unpleasant or attractive?
In the future - alone or collective?
In this dilemma - oh I need a detective.
And if you could talk …
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Love Didn't Get There First
(Skaith/Jones)
Bobby is bursting, she's so full of empty
She reels like a drunk who is crazy for thirst
And there came a big spider
God he sat down beside her
Its a pity - that love didn't get there first.
When Bobby was young
Young Bobby was ancient
And she fell for a line that was old and rehearsed
This still married spider, he helped to decide her
Its a pity - that love didn't get there first.
Its a pity - that love didn't get there first
A touch made her tremble, her lovers resemble
The vile Valentino she silently cursed
This generous spider, left nothing inside her
Its a pity- love didn't get there first
Its a pity- love didn't get there first
So his face in a locket,
She keeps in her pocket
Its a fate that she has weighed and a hate that she has nursed
The web and the spider, the strands that untied her
Its a pity - that love didn't get there first.
Its a pity- that love didn't get there first
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9. |
Lucky Man
03:59
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Lucky Man
(Skaith/Gamiz)
I could tell just by the way she walked down my street
She wasn't from this part of the world.
I guessed Dutch, I was close.
In fact she was a Copenhagen girl.
And we stared and we smiled (kinda)
And me I used to dream at night
After three, three months of this – my God I swear!
This girl was driving me wild.
Oh Lucky man
That such women should be in this world
Oh lucky man,
That such women should be here at all.
Well one day, one fine day
Finally I plucked up the courage to speak
She said yes, she would like to talk
But at this hour she had a friend she had to meet
But she said with a smile (kinda)
Why don't you come along for the ride
Three's a crowd I always liked
She said tonight we give my friend a surprise.
Oh Lucky man
That such women should be in this world
Oh lucky man,
That such women should be here at all.
Oh lucky man
….
I go cold to think in case
A slight delay in time or place
A different hour a different day
And chance may not have brought her to me
Makes me kind of lucky!
Oh Lucky man
That such women should be in this world
Oh lucky man,
That such women should be here at all.
…
Mujeres tan bellas que llegan por la calle
Que llegan de Copenhagen, compadre.
Vienen de tres en tres, son de este mundo,
Vienen de Copenhagen, compadre.
Soy un hombre de acción, soy un hombre de suerte
Soy un hombre de acción, compadre.
Mujeres tan bellas que caminan por la calle
Que llegan de Copenhagen, compadre
Vienen de tres en tres, soy un hombre de acción,
Soy un hombre de suerte, compadre
Juego de tres en tres, a veces ni me ves
Juego de tres en tres, compadre.
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10. |
Believer In Miracles
03:53
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Believer in Miracles
(Skaith)
I don't believe in human nature
There's more to us than DNA
We are the ones given imagination
There's nothing here that has to be this way
I am a believer in miracles
I am a believer in we
From each depend on their ability
To each, depend on their need
Sounds good to me.
Still sounds good to me
It was a hot day in Mexico City
This man doing handstands on the underground train
Falling over for pennies, the only work he could think of
Covered in dust, embarrassed and shamed
I am a believer in miracles
I am a believer in we
From each depend on their ability
To each, depend on their need
Sounds good to me.
But a miracle is what we'd need.
I read this line on the tube, it went through me
"There's nothing one man won't do to another"
I look around me and I can't disagree
But to try and change this world is worth the pain of failure.
Nothing has to be.
Rich and poor don't have to be.
I am a believer in miracles
I am a believer in we
From each depend on their ability
To each, depend on their need
…
Sounds good to me …
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11. |
Fake
03:21
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Fake
(Skaith/Jones)
Give me fake
Don't give me real by mistake
I want an invitation to the imitation you
Give me fake
Right through to the neon day-break
Give me fake
Don't give me truths I can't take
I want it bogus through and through
I want the inauthentic you
Give me fake
Do I make myself opaque?
Love has beaten at my door before
And left junk-mail on my floor
Love has beaten at my door before
And left junk-mail on my floor
Give me fake
Don't give me real by mistake
I want an invitation to the imitation you
Give me fake
Do I make myself opaque?
Give me fake
Don't give me real heartache
I want phoney I want fraud
I want a ticket to Tussaud's
Give me fake
Not for pity's sake.
Love has beaten at my door before
And left junk mail on my floor.
Love has beaten at my door before
And left junk mail on my floor.
Give me counterfeit pesos
I'll buy you bakerlite pearls
I'll give you a copy of the heart I gave to someone else's girl
We'll dine on mock-turtle soup
While the rice paper moon lights up
A player piano
And a Lloyd Webber tune. (Oh!)
In the replica Eden we will be Eve and the snake
But make sure that the apple that you give me,
Make sure that the apple you give me
Oh make sure that the apple you give me
Is fake.
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Steve Skaith Band UK
Steve Skaith was the singer and co-writer of the band Latin Quarter. When the band split up in 1998 Steve went to live in Mexico where he met and formed the Steve Skaith Band with Mexican musicians. Since returning to the UK in 2007, Steve Skaith has been playing with British musicians and has completed a forth album, entitled "Latin Quarter Revisited". ... more
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