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The Lights of Te Atatu
04:56
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We were young, we believed our love was strong
Still just kids, make it up as we went along.
Talked about the future with youth upon our side
I made a call, packed a bag, got to build a better life
Sky so clear, looking from my window seat
My goodbye, I know I’m gonna find my feet, and …
The lights of Te Atatu shine for me
They look like diamonds through my tears and jewels on the sea
If I ever make it back, will she still be there for me
Or have I wasted everything on a dream that might have been?
Tried so hard to get her on the telephone
So remote, I shoulda never left her on her own
Then somebody else came along and showed me my mistake
There was nothing I could do from far away
That letter was hard to take
I was lost, no matter how hard I try
Memories will haunt me til the day I see …
The lights of Te Atatu shine for me
They look like diamonds through my tears and jewels on the sea
If I ever make it back, will she still be there for me
Or have I wasted everything on a dream that might have been?
Maybe I was running to the place where I’m going to be me
But I haven’t begun
Got a little busy in the city and I never looked back
Having too much fun
Time rolls on, while other people come and go
There’s no love, nothing like I used to know
Buried myself in another life, working seven days
Spend my nights with an old guitar, play my pain away
If I could I’d sing this one for her
Side by side we’d walk along the shore, where …
The lights of Te Atatu shine for me
They look like diamonds through my tears and jewels on the sea
If I ever make it back, will she still be there for me
Or have I wasted everything on a dream that might have been?
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Baby, What Can I Say?
04:48
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Baby, what can I say, as I turn to walk away from you
Baby, what can I say, as I turn to walk away
Baby, what can I say, as the night wraps its arms around me
As I step out into the cold, black air
No-one could see that this was coming
So someone told you love was fair.
And she laughs and she cries
Why is it so hard for you to love me?
Why is it so hard for you to care?
Baby, what can I say, to make it seem like life carries on
To make the loveless disappear
To leave you able to trust again
To leave you free from fear
And she laughs and she cries
Why is it so hard for you to love me?
Why is it so hard for you to care?
When you give me love dressed up like pain it isn’t easy
Put a different picture in this frame and make it go away
Baby, what can I say, as I turn to walk away from you
Baby, what can I say, as I turn to walk away
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The first time it’s a dream
The second time, seduction
I feel like breaking free before it feels like function
But look at you, you don’t look any older, maybe it’s just the light
Here we go again, crying on the wrong shoulders
Never lose sight of the deal we made.
Hey, I never said that I’d be true
And you, you knew that you would never stay
After all these years what are we doing here?
Let’s put the past behind us
Keep the future clear
There’s nothing like a memory for bringing up the fear
But look at you, you don’t care about heartbreak, baby that’s not my style
Here I go again, coming on like a lightweight with a sucker-punch fixing to fly
Hey, I never said that I’d be true
And you, you knew that you would never stay
After all these years what are we doing here?
If it hadn’t have been for you I wouldn’t have discovered
What I needed to know about those other lovers
So why do I stay when there’ll be nothing to show
At the end of the day except a heart that broke
But look at you, giving in to desire, maybe I need to try
Here I go again, intellectualising when I should have just said goodbye
To the deal we made.
Hey, I never said that I’d be true
And you, you knew that you would never stay
After all these years what are we doing here?
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4. |
Gang Brawl
03:03
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Gang Brawl, Gang Brawl
Promoter’s on the run
The bands don’t wanna come
There’s never been a better time to think of number one
But number one is drunk
He knows his record stunk
He’s hanging out with younger kids and dressing like a punk.
Gang Brawl, Gang Brawl
Imagine all the fuss
They’ll make of all of us
We’ll tell 'em thanks for nothing, you can stick your magic bus.
But what about the rights?
Give up without a fight?
There’s gonna be a movie they’ll get me and you to write
But we all get stagefright
From too much limelight
You better get over it now
Or we’ll perish as performers
And lose our rights to boogie
It’s gonna get mean
When you’re setting up the scene for
Gang Brawl, Gang Brawl
And now the scene has grown
Start looking to your own
We’d love to make a deal but we’re not waiting by the phone
You’re playing hard to get
It’s not like we just met
We’ll take it on the chin and have you got a cigarette
Gang Brawl, Gang Brawl, we’re the only ones to trust
Gang Brawl, everyone else has gone bust
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5. |
Whatever You Need
04:05
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Hey Babe, it’s been a while
Since I saw your smile
If you need a place to be, come on by
We’ll talk like we used to do in the sunshine
My friend, don’t be sad now
Things can’t be that bad now
If you need a place to hide, that’s okay babe.
Maybe somewhere you can cry, far away babe
And when all’s said and done, if you know they’re the one
Whether here, whether there
Remember the darkest hour comes before the light
And sometimes to save the things you love, you’ve got to fight
There may be words you need to say, don’t be vain
Forgive and forget, don’t worry about the blame
My friend, spread your wings now
Be true to your dreams now
If you need a place to cry, it’s okay babe
After all that you’ve been through, night or day
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6. |
The Reason I Care
05:18
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Ain’t no sentiment describes how I feel
Maybe no word for it but it’s so real
I bear witness I bear the scars
Offered you everything took only my heart
Everybody has a right to love someday
Nobody’s business to stand in their way
That’s the reason I care for every woman out there
Who looked in your eyes and fell in love with you.
For every heart that you held in your hand
You made a desolate place without a promised land.
Another lover same old scene
They’ll get lonely and desperate or somewhere between
Smart money says, take the smooth with the rough
Then you realise your best is never enough
That’s the reason I care for every woman out there
Who looked in your eyes and fell in love with you.
For every heart that you held in your hand
You made a desolate place without a promised land.
Like a raindrop no-one can hold you
Like a sunset leaving a loving glow
Another home-bake Casanova
Your heart's a desert where no love can grow
Just because you can doesn’t mean you have to.
Every time you feel you win there’s always going to be another loser
But as you always said, “c’est la vie.”
That’s the reason I care for every woman out there
Who looked in your eyes and fell in love with you.
For every heart that you held in your hand
You made a desolate place without a promised land.
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Simple Love
04:17
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Young love, sold love
Taut love, bought love
Old love, learned love
Fraught love, burned love
These are the things I know, this is the way I show
Why love, where love
Try love, care love
High love, enough love
Goodbye love, tough love
These are the things I know, this is the place I go
Bad love, ghostly love
Son of a bitch love, I’m gonna kill ya love
Dirty love, free love
Over love, all over love
Cool love, anxious love
Bold love, fractured love
Blame love, golden love
Daily love, not beholden love
These are the things I know, this is the time to go
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8. |
Sunday Morning
04:00
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Sunday morning and lovers walk home
There’s people in corners who breakfast alone
And I don’t care if they find out
That I’m in league with those who know
You’re not going to get there by worrying
Or living the life of a saint
So get out there and live, boy
You’ve only one chance
To lay all those old ghosts to rest
Damn it and hope for the best
Sunday morning, that dangerous day
When those who have answers are leading the stray
Though some of us choose an alternative way
To lay all those old ghosts to rest
Damn it and hope for the best
Misfortune’s a weight on your chest you don’t need
Oh, and it feels like I’m falling into her arms
Feels like I’m falling into her arms
Oh, and it feels like I’m holding something so warm
Feels like I’m holding something so warm
That I need
Oh, and it feels like I’m falling into her arms
Feels like I’m falling into her arms
Oh, and it feels like I’m holding something so strong
Feels like I’m holding something so strong
That I need
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9. |
Nothing Lasts Forever
03:56
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Dreamed of you the other night
Face to face, it was a beautiful sight
We talked about the lives we could have had together.
How many times did I say to you
So many ways to show my heart is true
But tables turn and fingers burn
Nothing lasts forever
I’m only happy when I’m thinking of you
My inspiration when I’ve got to get through
It isn’t easy but it’s all I can do to feel alive
I never asked you for any guarantees
I’d sacrifice everything except my liberty
To hear you whisper the sweetest things to me in the night
Walking through your neighbourhood
Head held high, feeling good
With every step time falls away, it’s easy to forget her.
When the winter sunshine turns to snow
I hold on to my rosy glow
This history is part of me
Nothing lasts forever
I’m only happy when I’m thinking of you
My inspiration when I’ve got to get through
It isn’t easy but it’s all I can do to feel alive
I never asked you for any guarantees
I’d sacrifice everything except my liberty
To hear you whisper the sweetest things to me in the night
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10. |
Baby Says She Cares
04:21
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Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
It’s early in the morning, the key turns in the door
I hide my face in the pillow
Is this my evermore?
Another way you test my patience, every time you come home late
Slide in under the covers
But you know that I’m awake
Then I remember the very last thing she said
And I remember there’s a sunrise up ahead
Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
Nothing you can tell me I ain’t heard before
Somehow I believe you
When you walk in through that door
Say you’re out there working, just taking up the slack
I find you’re deceiving
You’re never coming back
Then I remember the very last thing she said
And I remember there’s a sunrise up ahead
Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
If you really loved me you’d be there for me
To hold me in your arms and care for me, be there for me
Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
Baby says she loves me, baby says she cares
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Dominic Blaazer Auckland, New Zealand
Dominic Blaazer; singer/songwriter
Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, found myself in
London then matured in Auckland.
A Riot of Colour, C86-era John Peel session and three 12" singles. The Chills, The Peter Stuyvesant Hitlist, Pet Rocks and Smoothy. Also quality-time alongside SJD, Don McGlashan and The Clean.
I've absorbed much along the way so welcome to my own world of music.
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