The man the 80's left behind
MILES
All I Ever Wanted
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 2018)
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And when I wake in fear I’ve left you in my dreams
I need to feel your arms around me
I need to feel your face upon the heart that skips or you
Squeeze and show how much you love me
Baby kiss me till there’s nothing left for you to kiss
I need to feel your breath inside me
And see you starry eyed like nothing else exists for you
Let me see inside your very soul
And I will give you all my love
My full appreciation
Its all I ever wanted baby
How does it feel
How does it feel yeah
Let me take you to a meadow full of buttercups
And we’ll make love beneath the summer sky
Cling on to my waist as we kick away the autumn fall
Will you hold me in your arms the day I die?
And I will give you all my love
My full appreciation
Its all I ever wanted baby
How does it feel
How does it feel
And I’ll show you the stars my baby
My souls eternal flame
You’re all I ever wanted yeah
How does it feel
How does it feel
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Guitar
And when I hold you nothing else in life exists for us
Time itself just falls apart
Oh lay with aside the warmth of an open flame
Kiss me till we drift away
And I will give you all my love
My full appreciation
Its all I ever wanted baby
How does it feel
How does it feel
And I’ll show you the stars my baby
My souls eternal flame
You’re all I ever wanted yeah (you’re my baby)
How does it feel
How does it feel
And when I wake in fear I’ve left you in my dreams
I need to feel your arms around me
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Always Trying
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1985)
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You might say you could love me as much as I love you
But do you think you could want me as much as I need you
Because. deep inside my heart there's a feeling you're supplying
Its a love that never dies and always trying.
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When I feel that I'm on my own there's one thought lights my fire
The feeling of you by my side, the source of my desire.
Cus my sun sets in your eyes and its a feeling I am loving
And we'll never be apart while you keep me dreaming
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II would be a happier man if you showed me your love tonight
You would make me happier darling if you held me tight
Set my soul alight.
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You must know how much I think of you and need you more each day
Show me that you believe me, there's so much more I could say
You see, everything I do. And yeah it feels so satisfying.
I do it all for you, I'm always trying.
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Bread & Jam
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 2022)
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And when you danced upon the Fleapits stage,
With people calling out your name,
You never got to make your starring role
I think the war was part to blame
You saw that city burn from Hill & Steel,
When fire watching was your trade
Then gather round joanna singing songs
Those were the happiest of days.
You used to search for snowdrops in the spring,
And always to love those daffodils.
You had that cheeky smile behind your eyes,
My every wish you would fulfil.
You always dreamt of living by the sea,
You’d walk for miles along the beach.
But you found you peace was back at home,
So many dreams were out of reach.
Then you tied the knot and moved away,
To the heights of your teens.
You often yearned for those West Park days
That remained in your dreams.
You chose your home for your new family
You’d sing and play the keys to your new clan
Never asked for anything but taste the air
And live quite happily on tea with bread and jam
And when you lost your loved ones far too soon
You had the strength to keep aground
My only aspiration is to be like you
But feel that at the end I let you down
So many things I wanted to say,
Standing at the bedside.
And as you slowly slipped away,
I held your hand and cried.
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Ahhh
Ahhh
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Bushbury Hill
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 2012)
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I’ve seen the lights over Singapore sling
And I’ve seen a Beatle when he start to sing
I’ve seen the crocks out when they start to swarm
And touched all the places where our King was born.
But nothing can compare to my playground years
I’d do what I wanted with nothing to fear
Living my life loving each day to day
Feeling protected and no one to pay
I used to sing on those swings in the park,
Parky would ring the bell to make his mark
Inside the tunnels away from the showers
We’d hide away for a number of hours
I used to race on my hopper in June
And be in awe at the size of the moon
Pendrill Road garages, we used to play
We’d seek and hide till the end of the day
When I used to jump into Baggy pants sand
Slide down the banks in my jeans of no brand
I fell in love yeah I’m loving it still
I was created on Bushbury hill.
Ohhh Bushbury hill
I was in love and I’m loving it still
Ohhh Bushbury hill
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We’d sit on the wall of the Went without jack
Eating the sweets from the bottles took back
Weekends we’d watch Sally James on TV
Then check out the Wrekin for something to see
We would play curby till we got moved on
I’d sit on the banks until I’d lose the sun
I’d go to Kempthorne to visit my friend
Then came the day when it all had to end
When I used to jump into Baggy pants sand
Slide down the banks in my jeans of no brand
I fell in love yeah I’m loving it still
I was created on Bushbury hill (Ohhh Bushbury hill)
I used to race on my hopper in June
And be in awe at the size of the moon (Ohhh Bushbury hill)
I fell in love and I’m loving it still
I was created on Bushbury hill.
Ohhh Bushbury hill
I was in love and I’m loving it still
Ohhh Bushbury hill
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Creatures of the Storm
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1986)
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The forest is empty not a soul in sight
Then I hear a movement, the sound of the night
The clouds are blotting out the sky, the wind strikes at my fear
But above the clash of the thunder all that I can hear are the creatures of the storm
(Look out now, look out now, look out now yeah)
For the creatures of the storm
(Look out now, look out now, look out now yeah)
Nothing’s stirring, it’s giving me a fright
Only the flash of the lightning brightens up the night
I feel I’m being watched by evil eyes from around a tree
But as I look for the culprit there’s no one there but me and the creatures...
(The creatures of the storm)
Who look at me from three sixty I can’t see them at all
(The creatures of the storm)
They lurk about and there’s no doubt it’s you I want to call
(The creatures of the storm)
I whistle a rhyme but there’s no time as thoughts begin to form
I might lose my wit, and have to submit to the creatures of the storm
(Look out now, look out now, look out now yeah)
For the creatures of the storm
(Look out now, look out now, look out now yeah)
I’m all alone, and the darkness is blinding
I’m all alone, and the darkness is blinding
I’m all alone, and the darkness is blinding
(The creatures of the storm)
They look at me from three sixty I can’t see them at all
(The creatures of the storm)
They lurk about and there’s no doubt for you they want to call
(The creatures of the storm)
I whistle a rhyme but I’m out of time when thoughts begin to form
I might lose my wit, and have to submit to the creatures...
(The creatures of the storm)
Who look at me from three sixty I can’t see them at all
(The creatures of the storm)
They lurk about and there’s no doubt it’s me they want to call
(The creatures of the storm)
I whistle a rhyme but I’m out of time as thoughts begin to form
I might lose my wit, and have to submit to the creatures of the storm
(Look out now, look out now, look out now yeah)
For the creatures of the storm
(Look out now, look out now, look out now yeah)
For the creatures of the storm
(Look out now, look out now, look out now yeah)
For the creatures of the storm
(Look out now, look out now, look out now yeah)
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Day to Day
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 2012)
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Ba, da, da, daa, daah, ooh
Every time that I'm close to you, you make me smile, you take my breath away.
I only wish you knew the way I feel about you but I can't say.
You'll me up with your intoxicating smile lights like the sun
Everybody talks about you, dreams about you, oh you turn me on
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Oh I wish I could take you out and show you off and see the things you do.
You can show me what its like to feel the way when someone feels for you.
You're forever in my life although you'll never quite know what you do, yeah, yeah, yeah
And when I see your face I have to hide the things you put me through.
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Why do we stay, in this life of day to day
Lets get away, tonight.
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Do, do, do, do, ba, da, da, da, daah, ooh
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I wanna be with you, I wanna taste the colour of your life
So give me your passion, yeah show me what its like to be alive
We live a lifetime of pretence lets live some spontaneity
Sometimes you have to take the plunge and live your dreams, our fantasy.
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Why do we stay, in this life of day to day
Lets get away, tonight.
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Do, do, do, do, ba, da, da, da, daah, ooh
Do, do, do, do, ooh, ba, da, da, daa, daah
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Dreaming of You
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1985)
If you were out of sight
My love would stay alight
We may be mile apart
But I can dream of you
Dreaming of you
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You know my love for you in everything you do
Is locked inside my mind, it seems so hard to find
But now I’m coming closer to my dreams
My life is not as bad as it may seem
I’m dreaming of you.
Now let me come a little closer to what I’m dreaming of
There’s a fantasy inside my mind in which I find my love
And time and time again I feel this image in my mind
It’s an image of looking for but not yet I can find
Until now life has always been unsure
I’ve now found something new I can explore
I’m dreaming of you (Tell me what do you dream?)
Pictures of the future with an optimistic theme
I’m crying out for you (Tell me what do you dream?) I’m crying out to tell you what is written in my dreams
I’m dreaming of you (Tell me what do you dream?)
Pictures of the future with an optimistic theme
I’m crying out for you (Tell me what do you dream?)
I’m crying out to tell you what is written in my dreams (written in my dreams)
Written in my dreams
Written in my dreams
Written in my dreams
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Guitar
I’m dreaming of you (Tell me what do you dream?)
Pictures of the future with an optimistic theme
I’m crying out for you (Tell me what do you dream?)
I’m crying out to tell you what is written in my dreams
I’m dreaming of you (Tell me what do you dream?)
Pictures of the future with my super sexy queen
I’m crying out for you, you, you oh oh
I’m dreaming of you, dreaming of you
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Forever
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1981)
Is it love, in your heart
That tries to tear, my mind apart.
Can't you see, you will always keep the key
To our love, that will last forever
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Streams of gold (streams of gold)
And sounds of joy (sounds of joy)
Live alone, girl and boy.
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So tell me, is it love
Or the sounds from up above
That show me that I''m frightened of losing you for sure.
Are they the sound of laughter, if I don't see you no more
Forever
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Will there be a tomorrow, strung up high in unbearable sorrow.
Am I fantasising of what our love might mean
Or shall we stay together for all eternity
Forever
Forever
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Holding you (holding you)
Is not to deceive (not to deceive)
Life without you is only make-believe
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So now I want, to tell you to be with me baby
Ooh, another day without you
We could decline away forever
Forever
Forever
Forever
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Forever
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Going Away to Texas
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1981)
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Take off strip disappears from view beyond from what I see
Images surround my mind, and she can set them free
My lovers waiting at her home a thousand miles from here
But that distance grows much shorter when I dream, she appears
The British coastline vanishes from the planes eternal view
The gusty seas behind me and ahead the sky’s so blue
The London chimes begin to call me back to my homeland
But I’m flying away to Texas, USA, you understand?
I’m going away to Texas for the one I’m thinking of
I’m going away to Texas to the one I know I love
And she’s waiting there for me to set my dreaming free
I’m going away to Texas
I’m going away to Texas
I’m going away to Texas baby yeah
Comfort landing Texas airport, what a place to be
I turn around and see my love and what she means to me
I kissed her and held her tight, it’s so hard to conceive
That I’m holding on to my love in this land of make-believe
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I’m going away to Texas for the one I’m thinking of
I’m going away to Texas to the one I know I love
And she’s waiting there for me to set my dreaming free
I’m going away to Texas
I’m going away to Texas
I’m going away to Texas baby yeah
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The Great Marine Machine
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1997/2023)
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Well I'm cruising around Montego Bay, I got the sunshine on my face.
I got no worries for a week or two I've gotten off that old rat race.
I got my pina-colada in my hand and from this world I'm gonna hide.
Gonna eat my ten cooked meals a day and my diameter's getting wide oh
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well I'ma cruising around my Amber cove I don't care what people think.
I got a tan on my back and I don't need jack just as long as I've got my drink.
Well I lis on the deck and I think; "what the heck" as I'm just another feature.
Yeah I'm smoking in the sun and I'm having fun while the ladies they meet and greet ya.
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I just enjoy the fun, while I'm baking in the sun.
The parties turning out supreme, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let no one intervene when you're living in that scene.
On this great marine machine.
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Interval
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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I just enjoy the fun, while I'm baking in the sun.
The parties turning out supreme, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let no one intervene when you're living in that scene.
On this great marine machine.
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Well I'm cruising around Antigua island and me eating's getting sloppy.
I keep thinking I'm having dizzy spells but its the sea that's getting choppy.
I hold onto my drink and my jerky chick, to let go I'm plain refusing.
Yeah I'm taking a risk to trip and slip my disk,
Yeah I'm cruising for a bruising.
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I just enjoy the fun, while I'm baking in the sun.
The parties turning out supreme, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let no one intervene when you're living in that scene.
On this great marine machine, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I just enjoy the fun, while I'm baking in the sun.
The parties turning out supreme, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let no one intervene when you're living in that scene.
On this great marine machine.
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Heavenly
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1977)
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You looked so heavenly
When your eyes met mine in the street
I wonder, if some day
We could possibly meet
When your eyes entranced mine
All my cares were taken away
I’ll play my song for you
Hoping you might see me one day
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Guitar
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You looked so heavenly
When your eyes met mine in the street
I wonder, if some day
We could possibly meet
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Hot Lips Lizzy
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1976)
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Hot lips Lizzy
Well I met her on a Monday
She hugged me on the Tuesday
I kissed her on a Wednesday
How I remember that Wednesday night
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We danced on the Thursday
Then dined on the Friday
Then met up on the Saturday
And I loved her on the Saturday night
I love her, I love her, I want her to hear me oh yeah, oh yeah
I love her, I love her, does she really love me oh yeah, that’s right
Yeah I really love her and I want her to hear me now
I love my Hot Lips Lizzy,
Hot Lips Lizzy,
Hot Lips Lizzy,
Hot Lips Lizzy,
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Guitar
Well I met her on a Monday (I met her on a Monday)
She hugged me on the Tuesday (Hugged me on the Tuesday)
I kissed her on a Wednesday (I kissed her on a Wednesday)
How I remember that Wednesday night
We danced on the Thursday (Danced on the Thursday)
Then dined on the Friday (Dined on the Friday)
Then met up on the Saturday (Met up on the Saturday)
And I loved her on the Saturday night
I love her, I love her, I want her to hear me oh yeah, oh yeah
I love her, I love her, does she really love me oh yeah, yes she does
Yeah I really love her and I want her to hear me now
I love my Hot Lips Lizzy (Hot Lips Lizzy)
Hot Lips Lizzy (Hot Lips Lizzy)
Hot Lips Lizzy (Hot Lips Lizzy)
Hot Lips Lizzy (Hot Lips Lizzy)
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah, come on (Yeah)
Guitar
Yeah I met her on a Monday
She hugged me on the Tuesday
I kissed her on a Wednesday
We danced on the Thursday
Then dined on the Friday
Then I loved her, then I loved, then I loved her, yeah I loved her, yeah I loved her,
Yeah I loved her on the Saturday night. One more time.
I love my Hot Lips Lizzy
Hot Lips Lizzy
Hot Lips Lizzy
Hot Lips Lizzy
Hot Lips Lizzy, yeah I love her
Yeah I love her
Yeah I love her
Yeah I love her
And I loved her,
And I loved her on the Saturday night.
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I Don't Need You Anymore
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1983)
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You say you love me I don’t know how you can
Because I saw you late that night with that other man
And all night long I cried for you and now you’re back with love some more
But can’t you see, I don’t need you anymore
And when I saw you, you really broke my heart
Cus all those things I’d tied together you just pulled apart
So cry for me if you really want to but don’t expect to come back
Because you see I don’t need you anymore
Solo
All night long I cried for you and now you’re back with love some more
But you must see, I don’t need you anymore
I can’t stop loving so baby now please don’t tell me no lies
Tell me the truth it can’t be so hard to say that I’m not the only guy
So cry for me if you really want to but don’t expect to come back
Because you see I don’t need you anymore
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Impossible Dreamer
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1983)
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Impossible dreamer, that’s what you are
You think you’re something special ohhahh
Like a movie star
You say you’re gonna live forever, you say you’ll never die
Well I tell you impossible dreamer
One day you’re gonna cry
Well you’re saying that everyone needs you for sure
Well you’re saying that everyone needs you but I don’t need you no more
For you there isn’t a cure
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Impossible dreamer
I hear the funny things you say, about your love life so far away
When all this time I want you to be a simple lover, for that we will see
Well you’re crying when everyone turns you away
See you’re crying but I try to tell you there ain’t no possible way
It’s the same thing every day girl
Impossible dreamer
Guitar
And now my love life’s drifting away
Well “I don’t want her”, well that’s what I say
Cus she’s a dreamer not made for a wife
Impossible dreamer, get out of my life
Well you’re crying when everyone turns you away
See you’re crying but I try to tell you there ain’t no possible way
It’s the same thing every day girl
Well you’re saying that everyone needs you for sure
Well you’re saying that everyone needs you but I don’t need you no more
For you there isn’t a cure
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Impossible dreamer
Impossible dreamer
Impossible dreamer
Impossible dreamer
Impossible dreamer
Impossible dreamer
Impossible dreamer
Impossible dreamer
Impossible dreamer
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Live Forever
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 2014)
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Bending snaps and stories for your pocket
Who am I to knock it?
We're all gonna live forever
Taking lives is easy if you want to
But harder when you come to
A life you will live forever
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Destroy everything we see by spreading it on my TV ohh
You can all enjoy your wealth as long as you'll live with yourself forever
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You can keep your money and corruption
To lead to your destruction
Would you want to live forever
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Your omnipotent presence is not needed
You've been superseded
We're all gonna live forever
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You can steal and call it business but where's the human in your weakness oh
One day they'll look to be free from the pain and suffering for your greed oh
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La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
I'm gonna live forever
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
We're all gonna live forever
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Politics takes from your hand then takes away your promised land oh
They say that the word of god is to fight and kill right where he trod oh
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You can share they're blood for your religion
If that's your decision, you're living with it forever
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Send the kids out from your tower as long as you remain in power oh
They will fight your fields of glory, keep feeding them your Jackonory
oh oh oh oh oh oh
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Merry Christmas 2U
by Miles Wilkes (c. 2023)
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Santas coming on his sleigh
He’s gonna bring you prezzies and he’s coming today
The kids start running round and round
While mum and daddy party till they fall to the ground
You’ve had your office party with the people who love ya
Your dancing with the the boss’s who all think they’re above ya
Your kisses under mistletoe will start to get sloppier
While Sally’s taking selfies on the photo copier (photo copier)
Merry Christmas 2U, I love those things that we do
Merry Christmas 2U, I love it when we party with such hullabaloo
Merry Christmas 2U, although my bank accounts well overdrew
Merry Christmas 2U, and you and even you too
Tinsels hangin on the tree
There’s Chrimbo entertainment that we watch on TV
The boys and girls have stopped using their brains
Now they’ve finally found their favourite computer games
It’s the end of the year for your occupation
You’ve emptied all the shops for the next generation
They’re ripping off the paper with their smiles and their clapping
Were all those months of preparation worth all the wrapping
Merry Christmas 2U, I love those things that we do
Merry Christmas 2U, I love it when we party with such hullabaloo
Merry Christmas 2U, although my bank accounts well overdrew
Merry Christmas 2U, and you and even you too
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Guitar
Mums cooks all the dinner while your dad takes his turn
by calving up the turkey like he’s done all the work
You’ve pulled all the crackers and you’re wearing your hat.
And you can’t get off the chair you’ve never felt so fat
You’ve eaten all your turkey and you’ve drank all the booze
It’s time to watch the king before you go for a snooze.
You lie back on your sofa now you’ve done your part
While chatting with your in-laws as you try not to faaa...
Merry Christmas 2U, I love those things that we do
Merry Christmas 2U, I love it when we party with such hullabaloo
Merry Christmas 2U, I really want to dance I but just haven’t a clue
Merry Christmas 2U, and you and even you too
Merry Christmas 2U, (Merry Christmas yeah)
I love those things that we do.
Merry Christmas 2U, (Merry Christmas baby)
I love it when we party with such hullabaloo
Merry Christmas 2U, (woh oh oh oh ohhh)
Although my bank accounts well overdrew
Merry Christmas 2U, (Merry Christmas yeah)
and you and even you too
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Modern Transfer
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1981)
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The ally’s dark where men have the right
I stand there looking by an old streetlight
An old man walking down hears a bang
and then gets swallowed up by the ally’s gang
Where in the past they’d do more than stare
Is this the scene of the modern transfer
I stepped back motionless not knowing how to act
By then all around the ally’s gang was tightly packed
An old man lying with blood from his face
Is this the scene of the human race
If I could turn to the past I’d make them beware
Of what the future brought with the modern transfer
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It’s the modern transfer of today
That makes you feel you want to stay at home
I wish I’d stayed at home
Guitar
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With each one pushing sixteen stone
Tonight’s the night I feel on my own
With the closing pressure I began to choke
And that streetlight standing as my only hope
Look at me on my own, don’t just stare
Is this the scene of the modern transfer
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It’s the modern transfer of today
That makes you feel you want to stay at home
I wish I’d stayed at home
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It’s the modern transfer of today
That makes you feel you want to stay at home
I wish I’d stayed at home
Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhh,
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Never B
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1986)
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Though you left me way back then,
I cried each night hoping we could still be friends.
Now the years have passed, and my dreams have gone,
You’re just a memory, without you I’ll go on.
The times you’ve hurt me, the times I’ve cried,
You say you want me but now I’ve found my pride.
You thought I couldn’t live without you,
You thought I would die.
I know your instinct, it’s just another lie well
I’ll never be with you again
I’ll never be a part of you again.
You’re the temptress of desire and eye’s, they burn of ice,
I remember in that other world where you held me in your vice.
And now you’re back with open arms, my mind is so confused,
Do you want me for my love or just to keep yourself amused.
We’ve had our laughs but now they’re over, it’s time for you to go,
You’ll never be the one for me, there’s no more love to show.
So, leave me now, don’t stay any longer and don’t pretend.
I’ll never be a part of you we’ve come to an end well
I’ll never be in love with you again.
Good though it seems, heart broken dreams.
I’ll never be a part of you again.
Please go away, no, no don’t stay.
All I can tell you, there just ain’t no way no.
Dreams are passed, times have changed.
I used to call your number, but your line would stay engaged.
Why should we ever argue, why should we start again.
How could I ever want you when I know we’d just pretend.
Good though it seems, heart broken dreams.
I could never be with you again.
Please go away, no, no don’t stay.
All I can tell you, there just ain’t no way hehay.
I’m never gonna live with you again,
I’ll never be in love with you again.
I could never be with you again (I could never be, I could never be with you)
No, no I will never be, I will never be, I will never be with you.
No, again, no, again, no, again.
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The One I Love's in Canada
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1982)
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Time seems so empty,
The days seem like years
For the one I love’s in Canada
and my mind never clears
Springtime and my lass, she’s far away
I yearn for her loving everyday
But my love is three thousand miles from me
Not at home, she’s far away
Flute
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For the one I love’s in Canada
Not at home, she’s far away
Smiles return as I look at her picture
And I know she’s coming home soon
For the one I love’s in Canada, whom I hold with love so true
For the one I love’s in Canada, whom I hold with love so true
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Reaching Out
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1983)
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You left me, you left because we argued the other night.
You know I thought you, were kidding it was just another fight.
But when you walked out that door, I realised what you were fighting for.
It wasn't just the petty little things I said.
You're fighting for my love not for. my bed, woooh.
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I wanna show you, I wanna show you that my love is still right here.
You know I'm reaching out, for your loving,
it really must seem unfair.
So please come back to me its been so long,
I've realised that I was in the wrong.
I'm reaching out to find what's right for me
and you're the one to set my conscience free.
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I'm reaching out to find my love its so long.
I'm reaching out to bring you back to me.
Its been so long, I know that I was wrong with my love.
I'm really hurt, oh baby can't you see?
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Oh baby. can't you see what you're doing to me
I'm reaching out
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Guitar
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I wanna be with you, every day
I wanna show you, in every way
I wanna. hold you, all night through
Wanna tell you, that I want you.
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'm reaching out to find my love its so long.
I'm reaching out to bring you back to me.
Its been so long, I know that I was wrong with my love.
I'm really hurt, oh baby can't you see?
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I'm reaching out to find my love its so long.
I'm reaching out to bring you back to me.
Its been so long, I know that I was wrong with my love.
I'm really hurt, oh baby can't you see?
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Oh baby can't you see, what you're doing to me
Oh baby can't you see, what you're doing to me
I'm reaching out.
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That Knowing Look
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 2023)
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I feel like I had never lived since the day I gazed upon that knowing look in your eyes.
Don’t wanna be old, don’t wanna be cold,
I wanna feel the heat of the loving gaze when you drop that disguise.
But your eyes,
I shared that knowing look in your eyes.
What are you doing, what do you care
the way you made me feel when I see that stare,
is it such a surprise.
I know what you think of me when you’re spawning my insanity
I can see through your lies.
From your eyes
I shared that knowing look in your eyes.
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Whatever did I say that made you start to think this way.
Did you really think the same, as I try to quench your passioned flame
I wish it was more than lust it should’ve been based on loving trust
Why you so unkind to keep on toying with my mind
Guitar
I set you free like you needed to be
I never stood a chance, just look at me so I killed my replies.
Then I jumped off the train and lived through the pain
Though the dealing with my feelings will drive me insane
When everything dies
But those eyes
You had that knowing look in your eyes
You're putting me through hell, while I try to crack your witches spell.
You took away my heart, then tried to tear my soul apart
My head needs to be healed, from living on a different playing field
Couldn’t live my life alone, if I found that I had been outgrown
But your eyes
You had that knowing look in your eyes
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Woh, woh...
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There's Times
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1981)
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There's times when I see you
There's times when you're here
There's times when I want to hold you without any fear
And there's times when we're together
And there's times when we're at home
You say you'll leave me alone
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There's times in the evening
There's times in the day
There's times when we're fighting
The times when I say
There are times when I'm sure
There are times when I think you don't want me anymore.
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When I tell you I love you
I love you and mean its true
When I say I need someone you know I need you
Ohh you'll leave me again, you know I know
Ohh why can't you come on let your loving show
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Guitar
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There's times when you want me
There's times when we're at home
There's times when we're happy together here on our own
And there's times you say you want me
And there's times you'll say its true
I need more time for me and you
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There's times
There's times
There's times
(There's times when I see you, there's times when you're here, there's times when I want to hold you without any fear)
There's times
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Wolverhampton
(from the album Complex)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1981)
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One, two, three, one, two, three...
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When good old Queen Vic came to visit our town
To unveil her Albert while wearing the crown.
He stands at High Green like he don't give a toss
But we know him best as the Man On The Oss
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We're in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Wolverhampton's where I want to be.
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Deep in the heart of this great country.
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There's many a bloke who would dismiss our past,
But Lady Wulfruna made sure it would last.
And. if you like some footy, here's something for you
Come try it on at the great Molineux.
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Singing Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Wolverhampton's where I want to be.
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Deep in the heart of this great country.
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We was the first to start making your locks,
We knocked up a Sunbeam that. beat all the clocks
We watch the Wolves win from the Billy Write stand
Then scoff battered chips they're the best in the land.
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Singing Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Wolverhampton's where I want to be.
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Deep in the heart of this great country.
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I'd tell you much more about our cities past,
But tell you the truth, well I just can't be arsed
From Tettenhall to Wednesfield, from Bushbury to Penn,
It's tara-a-bit till I see you again.
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We're in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Wolverhampton's where I want to be.
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Deep in the heart of this great country.
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Singing Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Wolverhampton's where I want to be.
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
Deep in the heart of this great country.
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See-ya-n-a-bit
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You're Mine
(from the album Bushbury Hill)
by Miles Wilkes (c. 1981)
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What do I see, when you are there?
I see you, your golden hair,
It’s the sign, lips of wine, you’re mine
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You know it’s true, that when you’re here you’re with me and my mind clears
It’s the sign, mmmmmm, you’re mine, you’re mine
Many years go by I try not to cry but soon you’ll see it’s what you mean to me
Girl I love you, believe it’s true cus without you what would I do?
Devine yeah you’re mine, mmmmm
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Until that day time seems like years, I’m looking through these yearning tears
Show the sign that we’re fine cus you’re mine, you’re mine
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See the sign, it’s devine, cus you’re mine, you’re mine, you’re mine, you’re mine
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