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Try This At Home

by Chris Swinney

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1.
Not Going Down 03:34
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You’re playing games You think it’s easy You’re the one everyone admires It’s a shame they won’t believe me Until the day your hand goes in the fire Nothing you say will make it better Nothing you do could put it right this time I read the signs down to the letter It wasn’t hard to predict the crime But I’m not going down Though it’s a shame that you ever tried To make me look the clown When there you stand so undignified Looking good to all who follow Looking cool, wow you’re awesome In your crapulence you’ll wallow Until you find you’re sinking under I’m not going down Though it’s a shame that you ever tried To make me look the clown When there you stand so undignified So black is white and white is black You won’t agree and that’s a fact But underneath you don’t believe a word you say So I’m not going down Though it’s a shame that you ever tried To make me look the clown When there you stand so undignified
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Throw Me A Line 02:17
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Come on baby throw me a line I’m falling deeper into this heart of mine My head is trying but it’s losing every time I’m getting mixed up signals What did you say? Is there any reason for me to stay? Every time I make a move I just get… Shot down in flames Love plays many strange games You let me win enough So I’ll be coming back again Maybe you’re afraid After all that’s passed But every word I say Has to let you know that this is gonna last How much longer is this gonna last? So many questions that I’m dying to ask Every time it gets too serious I’m… Shot down in flames Love plays many strange games You let me win enough So I’ll be coming back again Come on baby throw me a line…
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Mary Won't Let Me Go 03:37
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Seemed like forever I’d been wandering in the dark Out on the open road And I couldn’t see the signs Losing direction every time I took a turn How would I ever learn? Felt so important But I was only killing time Taken by hopes and dreams Impossible to find Where there was once a life Just stood an empty shell Playing the part so well Mary won’t let me go She holds me in her arms And never lets me fall Mary won’t let me go When I’m out of control And I lose sight of it all Mary won’t let me fall Without you here I’d have never really known What it feels like To come in from the cold I know that you’re with me When my world begins to shake I know that you’ll guide me When I finally awake It’s easier to define the error of my ways Believing the words you say Mary won’t let me go She holds me in her arms And never lets me fall Mary won’t let me go When I’m out of control And I lose sight of it all Mary won’t let me fall Mary won’t let me fall
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All That I Can Hide (I Will) 03:58
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Feels like everybody wants a piece of me No one needs to ask at all ‘cause it’s for free Sneaking in the back door for my mp3s There is no solution here that I can see In broad daylight They won’t have their fill So all that I can hide, I will Walking down the street but I just can’t get through Put it in the box they need it more than you How can I be sure just who I’m giving to Maybe I’ll just keep it for myself Big suspicion Hangs around me still So all that I can hide, I will Now I’m not one to be mean But it’s all just take and I’m not that green Somehow if we just could meet halfway Pay the money just like you should That puts me more in a giving mood Helping to make this world go round Feels like everybody wants it all their way Somewhere around zero is the price to pay Seeing as it’s too late now to have my say Maybe I’ll just keep it to myself Get the job done But they won’t foot the bill So all that I can hide, I will
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It Always Ends This Way 04:16
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Seems I never had this much energy You’ve had a lasting affect on me Got to be here where you want to be Though this is not what I’d choose Here in the dark it’s a lonely place And I might regret all this time I waste I don’t think that your logic’s based In the same world as mine It feels like I’m learning to fly But I fall to the ground The times when I’m not standing still You’re spinning me round and around I asked for the truth You gave me a lie It keeps coming back I’ll never know why This feeling inside I can’t override And at the close of the day It always ends this way Sometimes it’s a game I can never win And always the same hole I’m falling in How could I believe it would all begin After one heavenly night I’m trying to turn back the hands of time Hold you once more in these arms of mine Spare me the truth if it’s so unkind Just let it fade away and die It feels like I’m learning to fly But I fall to the ground The times when I’m not standing still You’re spinning me round and around I asked for the truth You gave me a lie It keeps coming back I’ll never know why This feeling inside I can’t override And at the close of the day I asked for the truth You gave me a lie It keeps coming back I’ll never know why This feeling inside I can’t override And at the close of the day It always ends this way
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Don't Try This At Home 03:52
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There’s no need to worry You’re safe in our hands We’ve done this millions of times And nothing will be left to chance We’ve done our training We know what to do Some things are way in too deep For the everyday people like you Well, you can try But it’s all gonna end up in vain Maybe you’ll get by With a sense of achievement in your second best ‘Til you end up believing just like the rest Don’t Don’t Don’t try this at home Don’t Don’t Don’t try this at home While we’re on the subject Who do you think you are? Trying to tell us our business When you wouldn’t know where to start Though we haven’t seen it We know it couldn’t be right The consummate skills that we have Just couldn’t be yours overnight Well, you can try But it’s all gonna end up in vain Maybe you’ll get by With a sense of achievement in your second best ‘Til you end up believing just like the rest Don’t Don’t Don’t try this at home Don’t Don’t Don’t try this at home
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Makes Me Feel Good 03:21
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It makes me feel good When I’m looking out of our front door And seeing all that we’ve been working for It makes me feel good It makes it worthwhile Out of all the struggle and the pain We finally found a place out of the rain It makes me feel good Though we could never know The way it all would go We knew that we were good at holding on It seemed like overnight When it all just turned out right And the deepest darkest clouds they blew away And it makes me feel good Watching as another day arrives Seems like it’s our very own sunrise It makes me feel good And it makes me feel good Holding on to you for all I’m worth Holding on for better not for worse It makes me feel good
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Over The Moon 03:38
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They’re making a journey Way up in the stars Might meet themselves travelling back ‘Cause they’re going so far They asked me if I would join them Gonna be away for a year I must admit it’s a chance in a lifetime But you’re staying down here Fifty two weeks and I won’t be there to hold you You might find somebody else You’ve given me a good reason For wanting to stay But I’ll be over the moon if you love me Over the moon if you care If I wake every morning and look by my side I’ll be over the moon if you’re there Floating up high on this feeling The planets must all be aligned No way I’ll ever be falling to earth ‘Cause I’ll be over the moon if you’re mine I know they’re heading for heaven And there’ll be so much beauty to see I won’t really feel that I’m missing out “Cause you’re like heaven to me Fifty two weeks and I won’t be there to hold you You might find somebody else You’ve given me a good reason For wanting to stay But I’ll be over the moon if you love me Over the moon if you care If I wake every morning and look by my side I’ll be over the moon if you’re there Floating up high on this feeling The planets must all be aligned No way I’ll ever be falling to earth ‘Cause I’ll be over the moon Over the moon if you’re mine
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Pull It Down 02:51
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Tell me what you want me to say I’ll only say what you want to hear We’ll get along much better this way In a world where everything’s alright You can say whatever you feel Anything you want to reveal I’ll hang on every word like it’s true ‘cause you know I’d never lie to you I can take your honesty Even if you think it cuts right through me Everything you try to be Is not the same as what’s showing Watch me as I build it up Then come and try to pull it down See me when I’m flying high And hope that I’ll crash to the ground Tell me what you want me to say Only what I know you can take Everything is going okay And you know I wouldn’t lie to you I can take your honesty Even if you think it cuts right through me Everything you try to be Is not the same as what’s showing Watch me as I build it up Then come and try to pull it down See me when I’m flying high And hope that I’ll crash to the ground When I try to see the light You cast a shadow over me And every time I get it right You’ll be the last one to see
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What Amazes Me 04:01
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Just don’t speak Don’t say a word I’ll tell you what you’re thinking You and me We’ve already heard Before we get the chance to say Coming over on the airwaves There’s no need for tuning in Just don’t ask If you need a hand I’ll always be there for you The spell was cast I knew it was planned The moment I first saw you I will catch you if I have to But I don’t want to see you fall in the first place I tell you what amazes me How all those things just came together It was plain to see What could take a lifetime Or even never be Worked out eventually Without us knowing Sometimes it feels We stand alone While this world falls around us But through it all We’ve learned to trust The hands of fate that found us
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Now, Forever 02:55
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You’re here I’m with you It’s now where we belong For all we’ve been through Looks like we’re holding on It’s now, forever This love will never fall Two hearts endeavour To hold together through it all The past That held us Just wouldn’t let us go At last This moment Is all we need to know It’s now, forever This love will never fall Two hearts endeavour To hold together through it all You’re here I’m with you It’s now where we belong For all we’ve been through Looks like we’re holding on It’s now, forever This love will never fall Two hearts endeavour To hold together through it all
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The Last Time 03:01
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This is the last time you’ll see me this way I’m tired of the anger in every day Let it wash over my body and run down the drain Sick with the struggle And bruised with the fight Into the mud and then out like a light Come to my senses then do it all over again Raise the flag Toe the line ‘Cause I seem to be losing all of the time Just surrender then you’ll find Everyone gets their own way This is the last time you’ll see me this way I’m tired of the anger in every day Let it wash over my body and run down the drain
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T.J's Tune (instrumental) 02:04
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Chris Swinney's fourth album from 2009.

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released April 26, 2014

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Chris Swinney Wooler, UK

Chris Swinney is a singer, songwriter and producer from the north of England. He has released five albums and one EP since 2000. He has also recorded lots of individual tracks for download. All of these are now available from Bandcamp.

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