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The Lights
(Launch 30th August 2008)
All songs © 2007 J Holmes, D O'Reilly, J Sewell & M Zazvonil.
Except 'If You Can't Catch Prince Charming'
© 2008 J Holmes, D O'Reilly, M Ryan & M Zazvonil.

The Lights
Routine Blues
Don't Fight It
If You Can't Catch Prince Charming

SELFtitled
2007
All songs © 2007 J Holmes, D O'Reilly, J Sewell & M Zazvonil.

The Lights
Manipulator
So, Sophia
Routine Blues
Seen
Lightning at The End of The Tunnel
Dream On
Angel (Where'd You Go?)
Mother Laura
Don't Fight It
A Good Song

The Lights

Do you think you need a repair?
Is everything working alright upstairs?
Coz you let her go again;
And I don’t think she’s that stupid,
Do give you her heart again
And let you tear

Somebody turn the lights on

Third times a charm, well not for you;
Unfortunately in your case you’ll only get two.
Coz the third time is mine
And I won’t be that stupid
To give her any sign
She’s number two.

How much do you think you need?
Don’t you think you’ve got enough mouths to feed?
Is there a reason you can’t choose
Or are you just selfish?
A girl for a different mood
Is that what you need?
Cheat! Well…

Somebody turn the lights on
The lights are on
But there's nobody at home

And now the girl is mine
And your never gonna get her back,
You better clean up your act
And now you’ll pay the fine
She’s telling everyone she knows
And boy this is gonna blow
You’ll never find another lover
And now you’re gonna sit at home
You’re gonna be alone.

And now she's mine
Turn out the lights!

Look at the way she walks on by
You can see the evil in her eyes
And your just making everyone’s life difficult
You lie and you run,
and leave us to melt in the sun.

Manip-Manip-Manip-Manipulator,
Manipulate us till we die.

It’s cool when you have her,
But she’s a back-stabber
Your just a ladder
You don’t really matter

She’ll lie to your face subconsciously
She’s ruining our lives can’t you see?
And your just making everyone’s life difficult
Wrapped up in your own
You don’t even know – WE KNOW!

Somebody cut the bunnies loose,
The guard dogs ran right out of juice.
They’re roamin’ the streets,
They’re lookin’ for meat,
I hope to God that they find me!

Yeh she’s – the head of the pack,
Yeah she’s – on the attack.
And I’m – right out of luck,
Coz she’s walking right past me - dude what the f***?

I don’t know exactly what you think
about me so why don’t you just tell me?
Every time you walk right past my door,
It just hurts a little more and more.
I don’t think you quite understand,
I’m not your average sailor man.
Even though I know just what you’ll do,
I’ll day to you – so, Sophia c’mon!
:
Oh no, the farmer's found out,
Now he’ll be on the look-out.
He’s roamin’ the streets,
He’s lookin’ for meat,
I hope to God he don’t find me!

Yeah he’s – lookin’ for her,
Yeah she’s – loosin’ her fur.
And I’m – right out of luck,
Coz if he finds me – dude I’m f***ed!

So, Sophia, so, Sophia.
So, Sophia c’mon!

Ssh, here he comes!

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Routine Blues

I caught the bus,
I caught the train.
All the people look the same.
They're all over-tired,
Over-worked.
Over everything life is worth.

No, no, no.

They all act
Like you aren't there,
Because they're too busy playing with their hair.
Lookin' at their watch,
Lookin' into space,
Lookin' through their bag, just in case

Woah, woah, woah.

Routine blues.
Day, day, day, day,
after day.
We do the same thing, same time,
The same way.
That's why we have
Nothing to say -
Routine blues,
Routine blues.

I went to school,
I went to work.
Teachers hate me, boss is a jerk.
And then I got back home,
Had my tea,
Fell asleep in front of the T.V.

Woah, woah, woah.

Then I had a dream
Of a change in routine.

Hey mister are you looking at me?
Judging just what you see?
Hey no, I'm just going bout my day.

Hey misses are you looking at me?
Do you like what you see?
Hey, no, just get out of my way.

What've I gotta do,
Just to be seen,
By you?

Hey madam won't you come by my way?
I've got something to say.
Hey, no, but you've been awfully nice.

Hey sir won't you come by my way?
I've had a really rough day.
Hey, no, I really don't have the time.

Can you see me now?
I've got a feeling you can see me now.

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Lightning at The End of The Tunnel

Hands touch so low
So lets put on this show
We tried to take it slow
Stuff that baby lets just go

Lightning at the end of the tunnel
Lightning at the end of the tunnel

Light up the glow
The anxiety starts to grow
Looks through the door
And steps towards…

Now and then
You’ve got another thing coming
So tie the knot and drop the line
Take my hand and you’ll be mine

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Dream On

You get closer to it everyday
Have to remember to do it your way
The prices are cheap yet life is so rich
So when it just seems like a bitch

Dream on, when you cannot dream for long
Go on, when the road just goes on
Hold on, when you know you’re gonna fall
Keep hope, when the future starts to drown

It’s been a long day, you want to go to bed
A million things run through your head
You have to look forward, forget to look back
Or you might as well just...

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Angel (Where’d You Go?)

Just before you go,
Let’s put on a show -
Me and you,
Can be the stars.

Fly on a carpet,
We’ll watch the sunset -
And we won’t
Know where we are.

Angel you just got here
Now you’ve disappeared.

Angel, where’d you go?
Where’d you run to now?
Run to now…
Tell me it aint so,
We’ll get her back somehow;
Or is she really gone?

Tell me that you’re here -
You’ll always be near.
You’ll never,
Ever be far.

Gotta interrupt,
‘Cos something’s come up
Now we don’t
Know where you are

Girl can you see my tears?
No you can’t ‘cos you’re not here!

Oh here we go again.
Does this ever end?

Oh so now you’re back -
This time it’s no act.
And you wanna
Start over.

How long will this last?
You seem to act fast.
But still you
Gotta love her.

Knew this couldn’t last long –
Wish I could’ve been proven wrong!

Oh here we go again.
Does this ever end?
Well it did...

And angel do you know,
What keeps me hanging on?
Hanging on
There's something we don't know
And I'll see you once more
Once more

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Mother Laura

Do you ever wonder why?

Mother Laura
Laying down listening to her headphones,
Completely off in her own zone –
It’s been a long day at school.

For five minutes
A brief moment of happiness,
And then her sis’ shows the stain on her dress –
But Mother Laura still stays cool.

The baby’s making a horrible noise,
The brother’s stepping on the sister’s toys –
But still she carries on like it’s her choice.

Mother Laura
Will you ever break free?
Mother Laura
There is so much you don’t see.
Mother Laura
Seems like that’s what you’ll always be.

Laura’s mother
Once again stumbling in drunk off her face,
Complaining that the food she made has “No darn taste,”
She hides the tears away

Mother Laura
Standing there wiping the dishes,
Just wondering, hoping and wishing –
But of course she won’t say.

Her father’s there looking miserably sad,
The kids are driving her completely mad –
But still she seems to think that it’s her bad.

It’s too much,
Life untouched.
She’s so down,
Wants to be found.

Father Jason
Tells Laura she wants to marry her,
Getting tied down so early is not her concern –
Someone really loves her.

He has to leave
On a missionary course that goes for three years,
Laura says that she will wait right here –
“You have nothing to fear,”

So now she’s back to reality,
The craziness of raising a family
But who will raise her?

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Don’t Fight It

I broke up with my girl but that’s alright
I’m over it now, I’m with you tonight
There’s nobody home ‘sept in the back room
But your dad won’t wake up till April or June

C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon
Don’t fight it!
Don’t fight it! Yeah,
Just come over here
And put your lips like this
All I want is your sweet kiss…
Huh!

Girl I know you’ve got a boy who like you a lot,
But you’ll regret it unless you give me a shot.
You’ve liked me a while, and I’m here tonight
So don’t be scared ‘cos I won’t bite… hard.

There’s a moral I live by
If you want it it’s not wrong
We’ve only just come to realize
It’s what we’ve wanted all along.

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A Good Song

This is a good song.
This is a great song.
This song's too good for snobs like you.
Maybe, if perhaps, just possibly not;
You'll forget the whole lot,
And we'll forget about you.

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If You Can't Catch Prince Charming

Don't you just hate waking up in the morning,
And the first thing you see is you?
A pimple up there, you need to shave down there,
And you could lose a kilo or two.

Don't you just hate waking up in the morning,
And the first thing you see ain't her?
Instead you've left a space, where you imagined her face,
And you're life needs to be transferred.

You ever think about why,
It has to be you,
Who plays the fool?
You're no Prince Charming,
To play it cool.
And there's an ocean out there,
With lots of fish in the sea;
And if you can't catch the right one,
You could be with me.

Don't you just wanna be the lucky guy,
Who gets everything he wants?
Instead you're the guy who can't make up his mind,
And doesn't know what he wants.

And don't you just love to bitch and moan,
About everything that's wrong?
And every time you complain, it's like it's happening again,
So you put it all in a song.

And so I think about why,
It has to be I,
Who plays the fool?
I'm no Prince Charming,
To play it cool.
And there's an ocean out there,
With lots of fish in the sea;
And if you can't catch the right one,
You could be with me.

And there's a notion out there,
With lots of fish in the sea,
And if you can't catch the right one;
And there's an ocean out there,
With lots of fish in the sea;
And if you can't catch the right one,
You could be with me.

So if you can't catch Prince Charming.