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Stormclouds above me, earthquakes below
Bridges burning behind me, in front lies the open road
I think something's trying to tell me it's time to let it all go
Maybe it's my imagination or is this town losing its appeal
Maybe I've overstayed my welcome
Feels like there's nothing, nothing left for me here
The big city dream has been shattered
Feels like I'm losing control
Life in the fast lane don't matter
This big city living is killing my soul
Millions of people in motion
So why do I feel so alone?
Big city big contradictions
I'm just a poor lost soul trying to find home
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Three o’clock in the morning and I’m thinking of you
Wondering what you are doing and with who
Three o’clock in the morning going out of my mind
Alone in the wee small hours that’s the worst time
I just got home, it’s late, the house is so quiet
I was out looking for company I didn’t find it
Feeling so damned tired but I know I won’t sleep
With you in my system like coffee
Three after midnight time’s creeping to four
I’m tired in my mind, tired to my core
Tired from thinking, thinking bout you
Can’t stop myself picking the scab off this wound
Spinning, head still spinning, mind is spinning, world is spinning, life is Spinning, head still spinning, mind is spinning, world is spinning,
You’re still spinning round...Three hours after midnight
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People Are Cruel
05:07
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When somebody says they love you, it makes your soul feel good
Then somebody says they don't love you no more, breaks your heart in two
There's nothing you can do, people are cruel
Love can be so beautiful but people are cruel
Tiger kills in the dead of night, shark kills in the deep
Eagle brings death in flight, wolf just kills to feed
Nature's way can be brutal, people are cruel
the world is wild and wonderful but people are cruel
People are cruel, they hurt and treat you like. fool
They cheat and lie and they don't care what they do
I just want a friend for life and a love that's kind and true
I'm just so tired of people being cruel
I watched the news today, murder blood and sorrow
War and violence fear and hate I won't be watching tomorrow
Speak of love and truth then we shoot
I've had more than a bellyful of people being cruel
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I Didn't Pull Over
04:07
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It’s Friday night it’s the weekend
She calls me up to ask about my plans
Says the only thing that she has in mind
Is getting up close and being mine tonight
CH: But I didn't pull over I didn’t pull over
I couldn’t pull over I’m gone I shoulda told her
I killed a dog on the highway yesterday
I tried to swerve but it moved back in my way
It ran straight out in front my truck
In my rearview was bones and blood
CH: But I didn't pull over, I didn't pull over
I couldn’t pull over, four lanes no hard shoulder
I want to keep it straight but there’s times I deviate and somebody gets hurt
But when I try and do the right thing I just end up making it worse
It’s Sunday night and the weekend’s done
I don’t feel right but I did have fun
Been too long since I had love in my life
It all goes wrong but I do know why
CH: I didn’t pull over, I didn’t pull over
I couldn’t pull over, it’s too late now cos I’m getting older
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I ain't gonna lie or make up excuses
Cos I know full well what the truth is
And sooner or later you'll find out anyway
So I'm just gonna shut my mouth and pray
I ain’t proud of what I did last night
My low down hit a whole new height
And right now all I can feel is this shame
So I can’t face calling you today
I know you gonna take this bad
I know it's gonna make you so sad
And if this was the other way round
You know I'd be thinking ‘bout kicking you out
So I don't see no point explaining
I fucked up and that says it all
And I'll try not do this again
Cos the gutter gets deeper and dirtier with every fall
And a shower could never wash last night away
So I can't face calling you today
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Malcolm MacWatt London, UK
“MacWatt will doubtless be considered among the best of the new breed of folksingers and songwriters, who speak of the past
as a way to perhaps understand it and move forward” Stephen Rapid, Lonesome Highway
“He shines as a singer and he shines as an interpreter of the eternal folk songbook,” Tom Brosseau, The Great American Folk Show, North Dakota
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