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Taking No Chances With You
(Gavaghan)
Taking no chances with you
Every little thing, oh you pretty little thing
Has gotta be just like you want it to
The contracts are signed
I learnt all my lines right on cue
Taking no chances with you
Taking no chances with you
Fixed in my head, I'm better off dead
If you should ever take leave of me
Waited too long, this time I'll be strong for God's sake!
No room for a single mistake
And I don't have a chance left to take
Well, it's about time that a woman like you
Kept me in line, at the front of the queue anticipating
You strolled in through the waiting room door
Took my meagre possessions right up from the floor
Suffocating, girl without you
Now I'm a buzzin' like a big bumble bee
Since you trained your pretty eyes upon me
Taking no chances with you
No stop and start, learnt it by heart
Floating out there in the bay
All those bad memories that I threw away
Yes, it's true!
I'm taking no chances with you
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He's Got John Terry Eyes
02:28
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He's Got John Terry Eyes
(Gavaghan)
Mally's on the run again
Keeps getting closer each time
His ugly mug, staring out of the Echo
With his John Terry Eyes
They knew the rotter on sight
30 years of wandering and fumbling and squandering
His folks don't care of his plight
'cause the fella ain't right!
Mally's in the news again
Looks like he's upping his game
A trending topic, all the comments myopic
Upon whom to apportion the blame blame blame
Well they knew the fella weren't right
All of those years long ago
The council wrote the letter
Not a single soul knows of his plight
But the fella ain't right
Mally's on the run again
Keeps getting closer each time
His ugly mug, staring out of the Echo
With his John Terry Eyes
Hurry up and put him right back
Catch him please and throw away the keys
Don't let him out of your sight
'Cause the fella ain't right!
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Breakdown
03:13
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Breakdown
(Gavaghan)
Open my eyes, recategorise
Nothing to see here
This lobsided smile, it took a while
Just doesn't wanna be here
Breakdown, shake down
All my troubles away
Better in the morning
In the light of a brand new day
It's not for me, this new reality
Shutters down disappear
And fall away, what can I say?
I was never meant to be here
Breakdown, take down
All the nonsense I've spouted today
Better in the morning
In the lies of a brand new day
Close my eyes, decompartmentalise
Cast away the sorrow
Find a place of comfort and grace
Any moves that I can borrow?
Breakdown, face down
Other factors at play
Better in the morning
Under the eyes of a brand new day
So on it goes
And on it doesn't go
For every fall a reason
Bodily blows
Ideas to and froing
Another personal act of treason
Breakdown, make down
All my troubles away
Better in the morning
In the light of a brand new day
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Bagsy Charles' Oyster
02:16
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Bagsy Charles' Oyster
(Gavaghan)
I was broken, defeated, alone
Till I called the only truth I've ever known
Girl I can't believe how much I love you
It's gonna be the death of me
You greet me with your open arms
And warm me with your endless charms
Can't put into words how much I love you
It's gonna be the death of me
From my toes up to my finger tips
When you kiss me with your ruby lips
I'm lost in a lover's haze
Through every passing fad and craze
I can say with growing certainty
Together we will always be
Girl I can't believe how much I love you
It's gonna be the death of me
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Alex Gavaghan Liverpool, UK
Guitarist with The Cubical. House trained, can eat solids, bought own jumpers, Gas Central Heating, three or four lady owners, comes with own pens (red one leaks), detachable feet for easy storage, needs tuning, pick up only.
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