Verve--A Northern Soul

A NEW DECADE 

A New Decade
The radio plays the sounds we made
And everything seems to feel just right
Coming through your lonely mind
Well I've seen things
That scarred and bruised and left me blind
So come on, listen along with me
I think you need a little company


And how long will I run for?
Who am I running from?


And it makes sense
The youth coming up and making you dance
'Cause I've got some living inside of me
So come on I could use the company


And how long will I run for?
Who am I running from?
But now I've seen my face in a cardboard wall
Nobody comes, nobody calls


How long will I run for?
Who am I running from?
Teenage tears sting my eyeballs
In a town where I wasn't born
And I will never suffer
So come on, come on, come on
But now I see my face in a cardboard wall
Nobody comes, nobody calls


If you're looking for me
I'm there and it's you
If you're looking for me out there it's true
If you're looking for
I'll be looking for you
If you're looking for me
Then I'm looking for you
If you're looking for me
Then I'm looking for you
If you're looking for me
Then I'm looking for you



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THIS IS MUSIC 

I stand accused just like you
For being born without a silver spoon
Stood at the top of a hill
Over my town I was found


I've been on the shelf too long
Sitting at home in my bed too long
Got my things and now I'm gone
How's the world gonna from take me?


Finding myself used to be hard
But now I see the light
If love is a drug
Then I don't need it


I've been on the shelf too long
Sitting at home in my bed too long
Now it's time to hear my song
How are you gonna take it?


I've been on the shelf too long
Think the words without the song
Never had a way to go
Tell me now I'm taking it
I've been on the shelf too long
I've been on the shelf too long
I've been on the shelf too long


We've got a lot of living to do
There's a door in my mind that's open wide
Come inside come inside


Jesus never saved me
He'll never save you too, and you know!
I've got a little sticker on the back of my boot
This is music


And now I see the light shining bright in my eyes
If love is the drug then it ain't for me
Well music is my life
And loved by me
I'm gonna move on the floor with my sweet young thing
Down down down we go till we reach the bottom
Of our soul with this is music



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ON YOUR OWN 

Tell me what you seen
Was it a dream? 
Was I in it?
Life seems so obscene
Until it's over
Who knows?


All I want is someone who can fill the hole
In the life I know
In between life and death
When there's nothing left
Do you wanna know?


You come in on your own
And you leave on your own
Forget the lovers you've know
And your friends on your own


Tell me if it's true
That I need you
You are changing
I've seen this road before down on this floor
It is hurting me


All I want is someone
Who can fill the hole
In the life I know
In between life and death
When there's nothing left
Do you want to know?


You come in on your own
And you leave on your own
Forget the lovers you've know
And your friends on your own
You come in on your own
And you leave on your own
Forget the lovers you've know
And your friends you have told


Lies
I've got to get rid of this hole inside
Lies 
I've got to get rid of this hole inside
I'm coming in on my own
I'm coming in on my own
I'm coming in on my own
Lies 
I've got to get rid of this hole inside
Lies 
I've got to get rid of this hole inside
Lies 
I've got to get rid of this hole inside...



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SO IT GOES 

Life
Roll my die
Change this life
You said this movie was mine
But now you go and change your mind
This is my life
So it goes
You come in on your own in this life
You know you leave on your own
'Cause I don't need no cause
When my feelings fall
You showed me things I didn't want to see
I don't believe that love is free
Sure fine way to treat a man


So it goes
You come in on your own in this life
And you know you leave on your own


Life
This is my Life
So it goes
You come into this life on your own
You know you'll leave on your own
Life
This is my life
So it goes
You come into this life on your own
You know you leave
I'm just a poor little wifeless fella
I'm just a poor little wifeless fella
I'm just a poor little wifeless fella
I'm just a poor little wifeless fella
Another drink and I won't miss her
Another drink and I won't miss her
Another drink and I won't miss her
Another drink and I won't miss her



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A NORTHERN SOUL 

This is a tale of a Northern Soul
Looking to find his way back home
He's coming from that same old road
You know the one your folds don't know


I want to see if you know me
I was born in a rented room
My mother didn't get no flowers
Dad didn't approve of me, do you?


I'm alive with something inside of me
And I don't think I'm coming back
So come on come in inside of me
Let's spread it all around


Give me your powder and pills
I want to see if they cure my ills
I've no time for love and devotion


No time for old fashioned potion


Take a look into my eyes
I tell you so many lies and then I'll let you go into the night
And I don't think I'm coming down
I'm alive with something inside of me
And I can't seem to get it out



I'm gonna die alone in bed
This is a tale of a northern soul
Looking for his way back home
And my friend said, "Come in side of me
And your speakers are telling the truth
Coming through and into your room on a river of sound"



This is a tale of a northern soul looking for his way back home



And if he sees it I know I'll know (repeat)



And there's fighting on the street below
I know there's fighting on the street below
But I don't care 'Cause I'm a Northern Soul
And I'm looking for a way back home



Too busy staying alive (repeat)



Too busy living a lie, too busy living my life
Too busy staying alive



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BRAINSTORM INTERLUDE 

Coming in 


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DRIVE YOU HOME 

Your face so pale
Hasn't see the light for days
But on the hill
You had no place to say "The skies are all mine
And I'm proud to be here
But when my lover cries I feel his tears"
I was gonna drive you home
I was going to tell you who I wanted
We came back to the same place
We didn't speak just danced in our minds


Oh lover I know this ain't what it should be
But let me take you home
I'll show you what you should see
I was gonna drive you home
I was gonna tell you who I wanted
I was gonna drive you home


I'll never change for anyone
I know it's there but I just can't see it
I know it's there but I can't see it
A little light with you and me in it
I know it's there but I can't see it


I was thinking about the times I could have had
And whether they turn out good if they turn out bad
I was going to take you home
Show you things your lover wouldn't know


My angel, my lover, my angel
My mind lover, my mind lover
She's my mind lover



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HISTORY 



I wander lonely streets
Behind where the old Thames does flow
And in every face I meet
Reminds me of what I have run from


In every man, in every hand
In every kiss, you understand
That living is for other men
I hope you two will understand


I've got to tell you my tale
Of how I loved and how I failed
I hope you understand


I've got to tell you my tale
Of how I loved and how I failed
I hope you understand
These feelings should not be in the man


In every child, in every eye
In every sky, above my head
I hope that I know
So come with me in bed
Because it's you and me, we're history
There ain't nothing left to say
When I will get you alone


Maybe we could find a room
Where we could see what we should do
Maybe you know it's true
Living with me is like keeping a fool<
 

In every man, in every hand
In every kiss, you understand
That living is for other men
I hope you know that I am me so come on
I'm thinking about history
And I'm living for history
And I think you know about me
Cause I am


And one and one is two
But three is company
When you're thinking about the things you do
And you're thinking about the things you do
I want to tell you my tale
How I fell in love and jumped out on my bail
I hope you understand there's more in a smile than in a hand
In every sky, in every kiss
There's something that I might have missed


Why am I going to
A place that now belongs to you
But you were weak and so was I
Let's pick it up, let's even try
To live today, so why not smile
Don't dream away your life 'Cause it is mine
Is that a crime (repeat) this life is mine
The bed ain't made but it's filled full of hope
I've got a skin full of dope



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KNOCK ON MY DOOR


She knew my feelings were jangled and frayed
She took me into a wind blown alley way
She showed me a world a boy should see
I'll thank her 'till the day that I die


So, here we go
No knock on my door
Believe it 'till you see
what living has done to me
And I'm sure that I need holding


I took her to a room and I showed her myself
She made me feel proud that I would stand for
There's nothing that this girl wouldn't do for me
For that I've got to thank her and I mean it


So, here we go
A face in the crowd,
Jump up and jump down
Baby, can you see through me?


Sure, I've been here before
No knock on my door
No love in the
Baby, please be my


Sure, I've seen it before
No knock on my door
Love in the 
Can be painful, I know

Cry, I cry every night
I need to hold you tight
Oh, can you see me
knocking down your door?


Sure, there's times I have hoped
There's times I have dreamed
Oh, but it seems that much to me to me, my love
I never seemed to it out, my love


I'm shakin'
Yeah, I'm shakin'


She knew my feelings were jangled and frayed
She took me into a wind blown alley way
She showed me what a boy should see
I'll thank her till the day I die
So, here we go
No knock on my door
Believe it till you see what livin' has done to me
And I'm sure I need some company
I took her to a room and I showed her myself
She made me feel proud and I was thankful
There's nothing that this girl wouldn't do for me
For that I've got to thank her I mean it


So, here we go
A face in the crowd
Jump up and jump down baby
You can see through me


Sure, I've been here before
No knock on my door
No love in the jar baby please be my star
Sure I've seen it before
No knock on my door
Love in the jar has been painful
I know
I know


Cry, I've cried every night
I need to hold you tight, baby
Could you see me knocking down your door
Sure there's times that I've gone and times I have dreamed
Oh, but it seems that I pushed you in my life
Can't seem to get it out my life


Shakin.
Yeah I'm shakin
And I'm shakin



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LIFE'S AN OCEAN


Life's An Ocean
Too much commotion, too much emotion
Dragging me down
Living for today, don't have time to pray
Ready for the game
Take a line of fickle flame


Imagine the future
Woke up with a scream
I was buying some feelings
From a vending machine
Say that I will see
Something more than I have
There's something inside of me
Crying out for something else
And if someone hears my scream
Put it in a letter to me
Slippery slimy road down


Life's an ocean too much commotion


Not enough emotion to satisfy me
Slippery slidy road down
It's slippery slidy road down


Hold my hand and we'll walk down
Dry those eyes and we'll walk down


Slippery slidy road down
Life's an ocean, life's an ocean
Too much commotion, too much emotion



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STORMY CLOUDS 

I wanted to tell you my story
How my life seemed to change in a matter of days
The heavens break I am walking tall
How come change always seems to bring the rain


Stormy clouds, new horizons
Come and get it, if you want to
So hop on the train 'Cause it kills the pain
Blues player going to another town
Believe me this boy here is sinking
Just drinking


These streets, these times
They tie me down through with you
But I feel no pain
Stormy clouds, new horizons