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What The New World Teaches The Old (2002)

by Phil Smith & Corsage

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What the New World Teaches the Old When last we met when last we walked out together I remember when things were happening oh the beauty of time fades memories one of the pleasures of getting old (or so I think I’ve been told) but when you look back I want you to remember what the new world teaches the old What the new world teaches the old just remember what the new world teaches the old That’s all in the past now that’s all been laid to rest now your secrets were not news to me I knew them all long ago... so don’t worry, baby, don’t worry baby just come in from out of the cold cause all you have to do is remember what the new world teaches the old What the new world teaches the old just remember what the new world teaches the old And I hope that we can see us again yes I hope that we can see us again and just as the rivers run red and the shepherd returns to the fold please, please I want you to remember what the new world teaches the old ! What the new world teaches the old just remember what the new world teaches the old
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The Comeuppance Hey baby, the endless summer just ended I know you tried to change but you done a bad job, you ain't mended it's like we've been living in some kind of trance but now it's time you got your comeuppance Hey baby you think you're master of the game but let me tell you after a while all looks look the same wont take it for granted won't leave it to chance yeah, it's time you got your comeuppance As soon as I have leave to enter then I'm gonna go but before I do there's just one thing you should know you say you're a victim of circumstance but now it's time you got your comeuppance There's a crisis in the war camp all defenses are down I heard what you been saying to your booze friends all over town so come here close for one last dance and then you gonna get your comeuppance
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Magpie 04:54
Magpie Magpie gonna pick up all the pieces little black bird scavenge put the pieces together it’s all too confusin’ now magpie don’t know what to do ain’t no center holding ground magpie, he sees through building nests from garbage bits of clay and straw cram the pieces in now hello, jackdaw ! Magpie he be happy now everything going according to plan millions of magpies screaming taking litter out of your hand it’s a magpie world it’s a madcap world take what you can get now it’s lying on the ground. Magpie he don’t care about the where and when he just know to take the people close and be good enough to be their friend now there ain’t no looking back there ain’t no thinking about magpie, he delivers the goods so don’t you throw anything out….. it's a magpie world
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(Everything) Reminds Me Of You No matter what I try to do everything still reminds me of you that building in the distance the menu on the table everything I look at I’m still unable to forget the way it was when things were true because everything still reminds me of you Now you’d think that another place would erase any trace of your beautiful face but I can’t get away oh no it’s not true cause everything still reminds me of you I can’t see a show I can’t go anywhere I can’t see anyone I know every little face and every little chair cause me to stop and stare and to wonder where I can get away from you I don’t know what to do cause every single thing still reminds me of you Oh maybe there’ll come a time when I don’t really mind and nothing will serve to remind but until that day there is no way I can’t work or play in this gloom because everything still reminds me of you yeah they do and all things do and I swear its true it keeps me feelin’ blue but baby, baby, baby it reminds me of you Yeah, I hope that I can say that finally one day I’ve managed to get away from you… but it's okay because now I know the way I’ll look at things and say they remind me of you I won’t worry about these feelings that flow out I won’t try and throw ‘em out they remind me of you they remind me of you they remind me of you yeah everything still reminds me of you.
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See You At Sakura See you at sakura when the cherry blossoms bloom a once a year rendezvous beneath the cherry moon and every year the blossoms come and I see you every year a new bloom every springtime on your face that greets me here See you at sakura, sakura, sakura, sakura So I'll see you at Sakura where the cherry blossoms bloom this once a year rendezvous beneath the cherry moon cause every year the blossoms come and I see you every year a new bloom every springtime on your face that leaves me here (with a petal and a tear) See you at sakura, sakura, sakura, sakura Ohanomi
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The Party Is The Most Precious Thing The party is the most precious thing the party is the most precious thing and it’s not because of thee I sing cause the party is the most precious thing The party is the most precious thing the party is the most precious thing don’t even care about that diamond ring cause the party is the most precious thing The party is the most precious thing the party is the most precious thing off to the place where the clown is king cause the party is the most precious thing and it’s not because of thee I sing cause the party is the most precious thing

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Cover Design: Robin Mitchell.

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released January 1, 2002

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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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