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Heart & Mind 1999

by CROOK

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1.
Tell me Johnny what’s wrong with this town As we hit the lights and the cold, wet weather tell me what makes you proud Johnny says as a quick reply as he ties a final lace “I make my pride out of nothing and I wear it on my face” Are you right now, lets hit the night and make someone happy Are you right now, lets hit the night and make it buzz The good old days of clogs and lace lie broken and uncovered And we use the mill as shelter waiting talking to each other It may seem like a broken dream but are you looking out Cos’ the light still glows in a northern face and I don’t need to shout Are you right now, lets hit the night and make someone happy Are you right now, lets hit the night and make it buzz Are you right now, lets hit the night and make someone happy Are you right now, lets hit the night and make it buzz hit the night and make it buzz I love this place, backed up with northern face From the docks to the hills, I will leave this place I will leave this place in my will, will Two young lads from a town up north walk through the waking hours And the dawn cuts sharp on the hills behind the spread of chimney towers Look at me is the face you see a picture of this place Cos’ I make my pride out of nothing and I wear it on my face Are you right now, lets hit the night and make someone happy Are you right now, lets hit the night and make it buzz Are you right now, lets hit the night and make someone happy Are you right now, lets hit the night and make it buzz hit the night and make it buzz I love this place, backed up with northern face From the docks to the hills, I will leave this place I will leave this place in my will, will
2.
Tilly 02:50
Close your eyes I have a surprise for you and only for you Been livin’ my days running away and I think of your name, Tilly’s your name Now it sounds sweet enough when it’s just off the cuff But I put it to song and nothing can go wrong No reason to sing just your inspiration A song for you, imagination The spark in your smile has told me to do this A song for you Tilly, song for you miss And repeat
3.
Warmth like steel and I burn in the furnace that it came from You are strong like the hands upon the tools Yet as hard as the weapon in the end I still feel your warmth like steel Like a knife, like a sword, like a spear, like cupid’s arrow You went away, you stabbed my heart,you stabbed my heart Like cupid’s arrow, like cupid’s arrow When I awoke my chest was red and wet So I slept for a long long, oh long long, oh long long time Oh the sleep made the pain seem easier well some consolation The sand it felt smooth in my eyes in my eyes Like a knife, like a sword, like a spear, like cupid’s arrow Like a knife, like a sword, like a spear, like cupid’s arrow I still feel your warmth like steel Your eyes like steel ( I can not tell, It’s just imaginary) X 3 You survive like steel You laugh like steel, You laugh like steel, You laugh like steel I still feel your warmth like steel, warmth like steel So now you sit and talk to me Yeah but your eyes they burn straight through my head Your tongue, it cuts with no memory and no recollection I search but all I see, all I see is steel I still feel your warmth like steel (I can not tell my love that it’s just imaginary) X4 your warmth like steel X4
4.
Hurricane 03:41
There’s a hurricane a blowin’ through my head Mixin’ all the pictures with the said And done too much to say that I am useless But not enough to qualify for success X4 Well I do believe that every step I take Can cause another open door to shake The handle turns around a quarter circle Here I go again another unfamiliar room X3 Why is it so hard to see nothing I’m either in tears or I’m joking, oh yeah I’m joking X3 Try just sittin’ there and thinking I’ve tried to juggle all the things that please me I’ve even tried to stop myself from trying But nothing scores a ten without it then just fading, without it fading X3 Change all the rules while I’m sleeping Change all my thinking to feeling, oh yeah feeling X2 Try to find the stony ground to avoid Building something out of nothing Then getting nothing X4 So I’ll score my pen across this sordid page And storm around about another rage Then sit crying like a wounded mother Is any of it worth a fuck Hurricane (repeat)
5.
Long leather coat down to his knees The head that has the price is in the breeze Two guns a blazin’ from his hips This man’s a legend in the sticks Oh men of violence men of pride History has taught us to fight Oh men of violence men of pride History has taught us just fine Well my daddy told me to be strong The weakness of the arm is of the soul And always fight your battles on the field The secret of your strength is never yield X3, never Oh men of violence men of pride History has taught us to fight Oh men of violence men of pride History has taught us just fine There’s a woman crying for her love Looking at her face she’s had enough Looking in her eyes I think she’s dying Yeah history has taught us just fine Oh men of violence men of pride History has taught us to fight Oh men of violence men of pride Men of pride Men of pride pride pride pride From clubs and rags to ground and flags From pain comes gain to guns and power Oaths with fire I will not tire Till I am rich above the poor Rule the world with fist and more From tribal war to ordered law My uniform will make me tall A show of strength the weak will fall Reduce the land to ash and bone Stand like a man but have I grown Well I’m a man of violence a man of pride And I am gonna use aggression on my side Gonna block with words and I’ll thrust with song And I am gonna lash out if I see wrong Oh men of violence men of pride I am gonna use aggression on my side Oh men of violence men of pride Men of pride Men of pride pride pride pride yeah we’re fine
6.
Dig an Inch 03:31
A boy of seventeen and he got locked up for laughing Cos his mother never told him he could be a sailor So he got blown away by the winds of misfortune And he landed in deep water with an arm full of sewage And the crime of unfeelin’ struck again Well it’s told and told and told how God loves a poor man Listen to the broken hearts and say that we understand But have you listened to the jabberings and abuse of the vagrants Who stumble to be understood in a world that’s forgot them And the crime of unfeelin’, the crime of not understanding struck again And if we just dig an inch from the surface If we just dig an inch from anyone We’ll all feel bare Pretty girl I knew once and she once had a family She took on board a problem and her family well they lost her Cos’ they didn’t know the difference between loving and duty And while other people soiled her they washed their hands And the crime of unfeelin’, the crime of not understanding struck again And if we just dig an inch from the surface If we just dig an inch from anyone We’ll all feel bare I could sit and talk to you like this for hours And to you it might not make much sense But usually the words unsaid are usually the most intense So come on take a tip from a caged up bird Compensate your prison by singing a verse And maybe this crime of unfeeling Yeah maybe this crime of not understanding Yeah this crime of not sharing Will go unfed, it will go unfed, go unfed, it will go unfed And if we just dig an inch from the surface If we just dig an inch from anyone We’ll all feel bare Dig an inch (repeat)
7.
Listen 05:04
Listen, listen, listen, just listen Listenin’, Are you listenin’, are you listenin’ to yourselves I look around the room at the faces Of everyone looking and listening Who cares about knowing Who knows about history Who’s gonna stand up and live for today We’re tearing it all apart And we’re loosing it at the start We’re listening with one pair of ears And one set of eyes *There’ll be a time when the big talk will end And the silence remaining will hold and then send To the void of unhappiness that’s caught in our lives
8.
To Times 04:09
I keep my hands a busy for to keep the devil at bay Ask my father for that busy hand I’ll tell you what he’ll say Keep a workin’ for the money lad a workin through the day My daughter here is worth a year of toiling at the hay I’ve seen you grow and what I know I’ll love you till I die I’ll work the land and by my hand I’ll earn the right to lie Upon the bed when we are wed and this’ll be no lie I vow to make you happy so your father can’t deny
9.
Without You 04:44
Do I have to fall in love with you Can I stand upon my own without you Am I breathing on my own Don’t the notes make up the song Do I write because I care Are the words just here for you For you, for you Will you tell me what to wear for me and them Will I have to dye my hair and then pretend Can I do this by myself will I need your strength and help Do you own my heart and mind If you take me please be kind Please be kind, oh be kind So I sit here feeling small and helpless Sitting waiting for your call with interest Up till all hours writing wrongs Plead with you to sing along Do you really understand My life is covered by your hands Your hands, oh your hands Do I have to fall in love with you Do I have to fall in love with you Shall I brave the day to day Work it out another way Keep my soul and still be true Knowing who I am I’ll make it through without you Without you (repeat)
10.
Watch your fading eyes collapse To sleep and dream of what is ours A veil of silence meets your ears Telling me how much we care I feel the shiver of the night I wear it’s cloak and I don’t think twice Do you think I watch the stars With no bruises without scars I kiss your head, you slap my face Didn’t think you’d be surprised It’s not for another heart That I leave you here tonight, ooh tonight And I walk alone my soul feels raw I made a move but was it right Need the space to feel alive But the feeling is now my wife It’s now my wife, the feelin’ is now my wife now my wife I broke both our hearts (X 4) You curl around the last six months Do you think I lied for pleasures sake Did I throw our love at you Walk away and laugh it through No I did it for us both We need to fly and taste the world Did still waters make love true I made a move but I feel like you Feel like you, I feel like you, feel like you I broke both our hearts (X 4) Watch your fading eyes collapse To sleep and dream of what is ours A veil of silence meets your ears Telling me how much we care I feel the shiver of the night I wear it’s cloak and I don’t think twice Do you think I watch the stars With no bruises without scars, without scars I broke both our hearts (X 4)
11.
Fly 06:05
Loosening my chains resting my reigns Here in my head I float off my bed Troubles like a sack they nearly break my back Free them as I try I still can’t fly, can’t fly From this resting place always see the skies Breathe to an empty space breath out so I won’t die The cause of all this thought is all that I’ve been taught Relax and then ask why I still can’t fly, can’t fly Give me the wings and I will fly Give me the space and I will try Give me a break, give me a break, and I will fly And if you give me love I will fly Those magnificent men ( X 4 ) I know the world is crazed with external stimuli Skin so easily grazed and hearts are broken wide We act and be so brave when it’s easier to cry Come on open what’s inside come on let’s fly Let’s fly high, let’s fly high Fly, fly, fly, fly, fly ( X 4 ) Those magnificent men in their flying machines in my head X2 Those magnificent men X4

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"When faced with something new, hold your intellect & emotion with equal regard"

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released June 1, 1999

All music & lyrics written & performed by Mike Crook

Album recorded & produced by Mike Crook & Steve Murphy

Vocals on "To Times" by Diane Watson

Album Photo by Chris Holmes

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