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OTHER SIDE OF TOWN - Paddy Stratton/Paul Fitzgerald WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AMOUNGST THE DEBRIS ON THE CITY SIDE OF TOWN SAY IT DOESN’T LOOK SO PRETTY NOW WE’VE BEEN PULLED AND PUSHED AROUND LAY ME DOWN UPON THAT MOUNTAIN THAT WAS ALWAYS FREE TO CLIMB SHOW THE MUSIC AND THE MAGIC THAT YOU ALWAYS HAD IN MIND AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT YOU MADE MY DAY INTO A GOOD ONE IF YOU’RE HERE TO STAY YOU’LL MAKE EACH DAY INTO A GOOD ONE. ITS COMING ROUND AGAIN ITS THAT FEELING MY FRIEND I HOPE THIS FEELING NEVER ENDS WHEN I’M LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AT THE REFLECTION OF A CLOWN AND I SEE THAT IT’S AS SIMPLE TO SCREW ME UP OR SCREW ME DOWN NOW THEY’VE COUNTED ALL OUR MONEY AND THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN DO IF YOUR POCKET BOOK IS EMPTY THEN YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THE FEW IT’S A COMFORT TO SAY THAT YOU MADE MY DAY INTO A GOOD ONE IF YOU’RE HERE TO STAY YOU’LL MAKE EACH DAY INTO A GOOD ONE. ITS COMING ROUND AGAIN ITS THAT FEELING MY FRIEND I HOPE THIS FEELING NEVER ENDS
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Even If Even if I try The world won’t fit my eyes If love was all I could be Then you would be here with me Live in troubled times Don’t look between the lines If love was all there could be You’d still be here with me Such is life and all I see --- Life is such With all that lives inside of me That there is no place beyond the soul Even though we wander blind Among the wrecks of human kind Love is going to keep us in control Even if I try The world won’t fit my eyes Imagine how life could be If you were here with me Guess we’ve all seen the signs We live in troubled times If love was all we could be Set the whole world free
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Please don’t make me Well I was down and busted In the land of the midnight souls Seemed like no-one could be trusted Seemed like I lost my very soul Then I looked out in the darkness Stretched out my hands for I could not see I hoped someone there could see me (could hear me) And I hoped they’d set me free I said oh now I’m looking for something Oh now but I just can’t see Oh now looking for something to set us free Don’t make me anymore paranoid than I have become Don’t you make me anymore paranoid than I have become Please don’t make me anymore paranoid than I have become Thought it was done, and dusted The curtain had been drawn I closed my eyes and trusted That the sun would fill the dawn And I stood there in your doorway And the scales fell from my eyes And I saw that road before me I knew I’d found my prize I said oh now I’m looking for something Oh now but I just can’t see Oh now looking for something to set us free Don’t make me anymore paranoid than I have become Don’t you make me anymore paranoid that I have become Please don’t make me anymore paranoid than I have become Now I’m standing on the shoreline Of a dark troubled sea But I’m anchored in your arms now And the waves can’t pull me free The tides can push and pull me And the sun can hurt my eyes But the future just can’t fool me And just like dust I’ll rise
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I heard them say that they have a bill of rights Yet they gunned a man down and created a fight Nobody wanted another street fight For the fear of the state and all of its might Time and time and time again you ask me for the light All I can tell you is that if I know the truth I would save it for St Louis pray it for St Louis say it for St Louis and blues. I heard them say that they have a bill of rights But they tore up the law on that crow black night Young Michael Browns on a deep six holiday The jury is out, that’s the way they’ll stay I watched the snail going up the wall seemed to know where its going maybe nowhere at all Seems like the nation has pulled up lame I would save it for St Louis pray it for St Louis say it for St Louis and blues. solo Time and time and time again you ask me is it right All I can tell you is that if I know the truth I would save it for St Louis pray it for St Louis say it for St Louis and blues I heard they them say that they have a bill of rights But they shot a man and you know that’s not right The river rose and there’s rumours of a flood The levees broke and spilled the burgundy blood.
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IN A BAR 03:21
Well I heard the joke that had been spoke sometime before this In a bar on the downside It was smart it was a lark And it was told as a true story Just to put you on the inside And whispers are turned into full-blown novels For even the vision wobbles as you fall into line Talk cheap but no one can really hide it Even as they deny it happens all the time Then they tell you how they love you And that they really care And now they’ve burst the bubble How they have to be elsewhere. Well I heard the joke that had been spoke over a cocktail In a bar on the upside It was slick told by a dick And it was sold as true story Just to keep you on the outside And whispers are turned into full-blown novels They all become swimsuit models, the weather turns out fine Swear blind, the mountain becomes a pebble They laugh at the cloth cap rebel, as they sit down to dine Then they tell you how they love you And how much they really care And now they’ve burst your bubble They’ll have to be elsewhere.
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One More Dance Oh dear don’t ever let the fear take you apart For in truth you’re destined to rise on And steer most carefully when you’re in the dark For in truth there is an horizon to guide you One and more are looking out for something Not a lot more they can do Another chance to see what they can hide in One more dance and the river shall be mine One more dance and the river shall be mine One more dance for the river is time And dear, the sick sad moments of night Will pass, cause your destined to rise – above them And dear your love’s the kind that makes the waves part Cause in truth you are a survivor In the dark I hold your face before me Hear the night wind moan and sigh There’s a star, I think its come to guide me One more dance and the river shall be mine One more dance and the river shall be mine One more dance and the river shall be mine One more dance for the river is time And they never listen and they couldn’t understand It’s all in the dancing Come on baby won’t you hold my hand One more dance Join the dance and see where it can take you Heaven’s closer than you think Cut the cord and see where we can sail to One more dance and the river shall be mine One more dance and the river shall be mine One more dance and the river shall be mine One more dance for the river is time
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TOUCH HER. You were in a storm Trying to get warm Trying to be She just kicked you out No place to be After all this time The demons in mind Won’t let you be So when you touch her You don’t feel for her ahhhs here Diamonds in the dark Just salt tears that smart Know this to be But there’s no magic fix to ease the misery So after all this time The demons in mind Won’t set you free When you touch her She don’t feel for you If you love her Need her And I can tell you for free After all this time she’ll ask you why the whole damn things so weird You want to touch her But she can’t feel for you Anymore Its panic not alarm That’s doing her harm Know this to be And there’s no magic charm to ease the misery You chase down your blues no time to lose Can’t set her free
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You said the words You Sang the song I heard it many times before And every time it’s wrong The picture of you that I had Turned its face against the wall It somehow made me glad You said its gonna be alright Won’t you show me You said its gonna be alright You don’t know me……… You lit the fire In which you burn You’ve done it many times before And yet you never learn Beneath the same old sickle moon We stand together but We sing a different tune You said its gonna be alright Won’t you show me You said its gonna be alright But you can’t show me You said its gonna be alright You don’t know me……… Your heavy heart Will never fly And look you change to black The colour of the sky The bones are sinking in the sea Your tears are crying out that it was meant to be. You said its gonna be alright Won’t you show me You said its gonna be alright But you can’t show me You said its gonna be alright You don’t know me……
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SOME PEOPLE 03:17
SOME PEOPLE FROM MY WINDOW I GET WEARY LOOKING DOWN AT THE TROUBLE I SEE AND SOME PEOPLE NEVER GET A REST SOME OTHER PEOPLE ONLY GET THE BEST HOW IT’S SHARED OUT ONLY WE CAN GUESS I GUESS I GUESS MONEY’S SHORT BUT SMILES ARE SHORTER THE GOLDEN GOOSE GONE TO SLAUGHTER AND SOME PEOPLE WORK THE LIVE LONG DAY SOME OTHER PEOPLE DREAM THEIR LIVES AWAY THE MEEK INHERIT, I THINK THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY THEY SAY THEY SAY THE WEAK GET SWEPT ASIDE HOW LOUD THEY CRY JUST SHORT OF HEAVEN SCREAMING HELP ME AT THE SKY YOU WIN A BET YOU LOSE A FRIEND YOU COME OUT EVEN IN THE END SOME PEOPLE ARE LOST AND THROWN AWAY SOME OTHER PEOPLE GO SAILING THROUGH THEIR DAYS YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY THEY SAY THEY SAY FROM MY WINDOW I GET WEARY LOOKING DOWN AT THE TROUBLE I SEE AND SOME PEOPLE NEVER GET A REST SOME OTHER PEOPLE ONLY GET THE BEST HOW IT’S SHARED OUT ONLY WE CAN GUESS I GUESS I GUESS

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Paddy Stratton has written for The Levellers and other artists. FINALLY is his first release with his new band.
This album began its life in 2010 as a series of demos. In 2014 I met Paul Fitzgerald and with the help of my talented friends began recording FINALLY.

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released November 10, 2015

Guitars, dobro, MARK FLANAGAN
Keys JON MILLS
Drums GEORGE FOTHERGILL AND RORY FITZGERALD
Bass PAUL FITZGERALD
Vocal and guitars PADDY STRATTON
Backing vocals LILY AND MAISIE BUCK
Trumpet on Evenif I try LEO ALTERELLI
Produced by Paul Fitzgerald

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