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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Ancient Songs - EP 2 (2023), Ancient Songs - EP 1 (2023), It All Slips Away (The Remixes) (2016), A Procession of Dreams (2014), What The New World Teaches The Old (2002), western roll (1996), Primitive Road (1993), Big Night Out (1989), and 2 more.
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Dark Ages
03:03
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Dark Ages
What can I do
when I can't think clearly?
Go up to my room
so dark and so dreary
there's nothing to do
in this sleepy city,
just slouch on the couch
and watch too much tv
(just slouch on the couch
and watch too much tv)
Out of a job
phone never ringing
TV is dead
windows are broken
everything's late
but what does it matter?
turn out the lights
the party's over....
Listen Phil, these are the dark ages
We're all waiting 'till the roof caves in
Shaking it up inside these dark cages
And as for my friends
if that's what you'd call them
they've given up
quit without warning
Cathy quit school
to live with a doctor
yeah, Cathy quit school
to live with a doctor...
Went to the church
watched them get married
a fight on the bus
drunks in the alley
in churches and bars
answers demanded
now is the time
when heartaches are standard
Listen Phil, these are the dark ages
We're all waiting 'till the roof caves in
Shaking it up inside these dark cages
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2. |
Grecian Formula
03:47
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Grecian Formula
In this day and age
I hear the people say
“What’s the world coming to ?”
“What’s the world coming to ?”
there are reds under the bed
there are reds under the bed
there are reds under the bed
Burns hot-line, go ahead….
In every capital
I watch the people speak
each one has their answer
oh, each one has their answer
but that’s not how we do things here
that’s not how we do things here
that’s not how we do things here
give me another drink, dear…
I have known the answer
in every separate wave
and it’s not what you’d expect it to be
no, it’s not what you’d expect it to be
it’s the Grecian Formula
it’s the Grecian Formula
it’s the Grecian Formula
in the jugular…
It’s not in the Kremlin
or any capitol
and it’s not where you’d expect it to be
no it’s not where you’d expect it to be
but it’s near
yes, it’s near
oh, oh it’s near
there’s no need to fear…
It’s all part of a pattern
just look at history
now I’ve found the formula
now I’ve found the formula
we need leaders
we need leaders
we need leaders
forget your parking meters…
Every single day
another leader calls
soon they’ll have the formula
soon they’ll have the formula
all over the world
all over the world
all over the world
look out boys and girls….
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(Someone) Watching Over Me
I walk down the street
and what do I see?
someone, someone,someone
watching over me
I know what is, I know
but I can't believe
someone, someone,someone's
watching over me
So when I sleep
I hope you'll be
the someone, someone,someone
watching over me
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4. |
The Shame I Feel
03:48
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The Shame I Feel
You gotta help me with my past
I got a problem and I think it's gonna last
I can't shake it cause I know it's real
you gotta help me with the shame I feel
Looking for love in the U.S.A.
playing those games down on old Broadway
I take what I can and what I can't I steal
you gotta help me with the shame I feel
It's got me running
It's got me hiding
It's got me all over town
I'm in panic
I'm transatlantic
but it keeps hunting me down...
I want you people to love my ass
get down on your knees and give me a bath
take me back to your place and buy me a meal
I can't help it 'bout the shame I feel
I love you baby, oh you're so tender to me
take me in your arms and end this misery
nothing is wrong if nothing is real
you gotta help me with the shame I feel
It's got me running
It's got me hiding
It's got me all over town
I'm in panic
I'm transatlantic
but it keeps hunting me down...
Breakfast in bed and tea for two
I'm so guilty think I'll marry you
I'm sure that we can work out some kind of deal
you gotta help me with the shame I feel
Oh honey, I'm a guilty man
just trying to do all the best he can
but it's my guilt that gives me that sex appeal
you gotta help me with the shame I feel
you gotta help me with the shame I feel
you gotta help me with the shame I feel
you gotta help me with the shame
I feel
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5. |
Wirehead
02:33
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Wirehead
I've got a wire in my brain
and words can't explain
just how good it feels
and it feels so real
and it turns me on
when I want it to
send away
and get one too
No more pain
there's a wire in my brain
no more pain
there's a wire in my brain
no more pain
there is a wire inside my brain
Circuit in your head
and our world is dead
no more greed
wire is all I need
and it feels so real
and it turns me on
when it wants me to
send away
and get one too
No more pain
there's a wire in my brain
no more pain
there's a wire in my brain
no more pain
there is a wire inside my brain
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6. |
Force Beyond Control
02:42
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Force Beyond Control
The world needs shaking
every now and then
but every time I shake it
I start shaking again
I'm shaking in my boots
yeah, just shaking in my boots
it's like an alien being's taken over my soul
cause love is a force beyond control
I'm tossing and a-turning
and I can't sleep
the love you give me baby
make's my skin a-creep
Love is a baby
love is a beard
love is a franchise
isn't that weird ?
Love is a monster
love is a play
love is tomorrow
but never today
Love is an airport
love is the sea
love is something
which happens to me
Love is the light
love is the way
love is like love
what more can I say?
Force beyond my
force beyond my
force beyond my
control.
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7. |
Change Of Heart
03:15
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Change Of Heart
Did she play those classic games
where the rules change every minute
and every minute lasts for hours
and you can't decide which side you're on
no, you can't decide which side you're on
Did she have a change of heart?
did she have a change of heart?
did she have a change of heart?
There's nothing you can do
there's an upset in the making
and you wish that she was here now
and you wish that you could tell her
and you wish that you could tell her
Did she have a change of heart?
did she have a change of heart?
did she have a change of heart?
Did she have a change of heart
where the rules change every minute
and ever minute lasts a lifetime
and you can't decide which side you're on
no, you can't decide which side you're on
Did she have a change of heart?
did she have a change of heart?
yes, I think she changed her heart
why, yes I think she changed her heart
oh yeah I'm leaving this town
I'm leaving this town today
cause I can't decide
which side....
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8. |
I'm Nothin'
01:58
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I'm Nothin'
I'm nothin'
and I can't live this way
I'm nothin'
and I got nothin' to say
is there nowhere I can turn?
ain't there nothin' I can learn?
so I won't be nothin'
just for a day
I'm nothin'
and it feels so bad
I'm a zero
empty, tired and sad
maybe I'd be something
if you'd only look my way, yeah
but I know you can't see nothin'
so it's nothin' I will stay
I'm nothin', nothin', nothin'
and I live a nothin' life
someday soon I'll marry
and I'll have a nothin' wife
really hate being nothin'
but ain't nothin' I can do
nothin' only makes nothin'
so I ain't got nothing for you.
I'm nothin'...
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9. |
Sleep Sleep Sleep
02:55
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Sleep Sleep Sleep
All I want is sleep
the birds outside go "cheep"
I get out of the heat
underneath the sheets
Sleep sleep sleep
sleep sleep sleep
sleep sleep sleep
Time to go to bed
rest my aching head
think I'll get a drink
from the kitchen sink
and I....
and then I...
and then I just
Sleep sleep sleep
sleep sleep sleep
sleep sleep sleep
Now I'm fast asleep
you won't hear a peep
I'll sleep so very deep
asleep, asleep,asleep
Sleep sleep sleep
sleep sleep sleep
sleep sleep sleep
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10. |
I'm A Lion
03:39
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I’m A Lion
I’m a lion for you baby
I’m a lion for you baby
I’m a lion for you baby
and I’m gonna growl
I’m a lion to you baby
I’m a lion to you baby
I’m a lion to you baby
and I’m gonna prowl
I’m a lion with you baby
I’m a lion with you baby
I’m a lion with you baby
right now
and I’m gonna howl
You’ve been warned
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11. |
Rome
04:32
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Rome
Vancouver's not the place for me
I don't like the scenery, oh no
Rome is where I'd rather be
with the statues and machinery, yeah, yeah
Rome
I'd watch the wind on the western shore
the sun it sets on the western world once more
a New Romantic roaming Rome
a soldier in his ancient home, yeah yeah
Rome
Here we are at the Luv-A-Fair
dancing away our despair
my face is now my corsage
the living light of a dying age, yeah yeah
Rome
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12. |
On The Prowl (demo)
03:38
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Phil Smith & Corsage Vancouver, British Columbia
Emerging out of Vancouver during the post-punk era, the musical collective Corsage features the core group of Phil Smith (vocals), Bill Napier-Hemy (guitar), Ron Allan (bass) and John Cody (drums). Over 7 albums and numerous live performances and broadcasts, they have collaborated with some of Vancouver's finest musical and artistic talents on songs that run from trance to hard pop to techno-folk. ... more
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