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When You're Around (NYC)
04:15
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WHEN YOU'RE AROUND
When you're around, I love the sound
I simmer down, in your town
One day I'll stay, you'll see
Then it's just you and me
Easy as NYC and me
When you're around, I love the sound
The leaves are brown in your town
One day you'll set me free
How lovely that will be
Easy as NYC and me
One day I'll find the key
How sweet 'the sound' will be
Easy as NYC and me
When you're around, I love the sound
This clown don't frown in your town
One day you'll set me free
Free from me
Easy as NYC and me and NYC
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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2. |
Live
03:20
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LIVE
You can go your way & I can go mine
Live for the day that our paths intertwine
And it's cool, if there's no rules
f you believe it but it's not my way
If no-one is hurting i'll be okay
I'll accept and show you respect
And who's not to say
That maybe someday
It won't be our way, live
You do it your way & I'll do it mine
We'll meet at the end, both cross the line
Space, in the same place
You read my mind and hate you won't find
You hold my hand though you can't understand
But I don't care, as long as you're there
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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3. |
Off The Record
04:22
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OFF THE RECORD
Here in southern California
I'm feeling old, beyond my years
So many pitfalls, you'd think they'd warn you
So much blood, regret & tears
Flatter to deceive, accept it or leave
It breaks my heart, tears it apart,
I knew it would, off the record
This is mankind, that blows my mind
I knew it would, off the record
Someone bought this soulless city
Took its feet right off the ground
Narcissism is such a pity
When there's so much to go around
So take your morales and leave
This town don't deal in reprieves
Chorus
Internal conflict is rife in me
I fight my thousand yard stare
Yet somehow this is reality
It's time to clear the air
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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4. |
If You Ever
02:39
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IF YOU EVER
If you ever turn to me for the answers
If you ever think of me as 'the sign'
I will feel the need to write you a love song
If you ever lay your head next to mine
If you ever look my way because you need to
If you ever smile because you read my mind
I will feel the need to wrap my arms around you
If you ever lay your head next to mine
Sunrise, on a coastline ride to nowhere
Sunset, silhouettes and the truth
Moonlight ends it right
The day has turned to night
But none of it has meaning without you
So if you ever say that now means forever
If you ever put it all on the line
I will feel the need to tell you that I love you
If you ever lay your head next to mine
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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5. |
Fall From Grace
02:34
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FALL FROM GRACE
There's too many lies in this case
There's too many lines on your face
There's too many tell tale signs of what took place
Too many falls from grace
Too many days that went to waste
Near misses that you could almost taste
Too many memories that you can't erase
Too many falls from grace
Here comes your past again bringing you down
Escaping is easy but ends underground
Seems it's time to face it and turn it around
Then new life is found
Where you've been so long?
No more lies in this case
Only sweet smiles on your face
Welcome back to the human race
No more falls from grace
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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6. |
My Darling Starling
04:00
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MY DARLING STARLING
I want to state a fact, instead you state & I react
I could drink from your cup but I fear you'll fuck me up
And oh, oh, how that feels
From the highest high to the lowest low
When starling swoops, seeds won't grow
But my hopes rise up as starling soars
From the highest high to the lowest low
Me to your nest you lure, where I am so insecure
I could stay, we could 'mate' but I fear to instigate
And oh, oh how that feels
Chorus
Starling you will destroy, my darling you bring me joy
You trigger the man, the boy, the war in me
I hope I have the nerve, to seek it all not self-preserve
To settle I refuse, because it's not all unless there's all to lose
And oh, oh how that will feel...
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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7. |
Time
03:14
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TIME
Time goes by, don't know why
It's always on my mind
Sad, then mad, now I'm glad,
Nothing changed but time
Time, let's you know the reason why
Moves the grey from your blue sky
Won't expire until you die
So don't let it pass you by
Time stood still as it will
Once in a while
Took my breath, paused my death,
All she did was smile
Time goes by, don't know why,
As the world turns
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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8. |
The Dreamer's Road
03:49
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THE DREAMER'S ROAD
Once I saw an open road, I took it's path
You can imagine the excitement & the content of the aftermath
Driven by an open mind & a pounding heart
And though a huge ration of passion didn't seal it, it was a start
Now driving down that Dreamers Road, it can get rough
As if the burden of hope & expectation is not enough
They'll tell you that it can't be done and "Are you a fool?"
And though you'll ask yourself those very questions, you won't be ruled
And when time comes down to take me, I hope I'll look back & smile
In the knowledge I did good & lived it, at least for a while
Driven by the look you gave, that made my day
And by all the loving that you gave me, then took away.
Driven by the love I see & wondering when
My dreamers road will lead me to you, to feel that way again
I may not have made no headlines, or rolled in fields of gold
But I played the cards dealt to me, I did not fear, fear & fold
Still driving down that Dreamer's Road, still on it's path
Still feeling the emotion whilst living in the aftermath
Driven by the songs I sing, they're what I am
And as long as they can evoke emotion I'll give a damn
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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9. |
Natural High
03:27
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NATURAL HIGH
Before I die, I'll feel that high
Replace the lies, with natural highs
Two dreams go walking, two side by side
Two dreams start talking, two worlds collide
Waves of emotion, two islands stormed
Rendered defenceless, one love is formed
Chorus
We'll tumble down the hillside & plateau as one
We'll make love in the green grass, inhibitions gone
We'll sail across the oceans, we'll take that walk in the park
We'll laugh with foolish notions, lay on the beach 'til dark
Chorus
From crossing over the threshold, we were our lucky charms
We will remember fondly, as we die in each other's arms
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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10. |
The Drive
03:28
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THE DRIVE
I took a drive on the open road
I set my mind to the easy mode
I don't know when I'll be back again
I've had enough of the old commute
It's time to process what I can't compute
Then again, that could take a day or ten
On the drive I search my soul
Let go of what I can't control
Take a chance or two, it fills a hole
I take a swim in the ocean blue
I climb a tree which i never do
Take time to revisit the beauty of you
Now the drive meets the county line
And the paths they intertwine
Either way I'll be fine
I'm heading back to reality
But who named it so and why can't it be
Reality, the drive & me
Words & Music By:
Damian Joyce
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11. |
The Bliss
03:06
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THE BLISS
Once I went roaming to see what I what could find
On the eve of my destruction you were cruel to be kind
Glad you got the invite to the heart of my soul
Now we're running with it, gonna take it to the hole
And it's all down to this, you, me and the bliss
Now days end in a kiss, you, me and the bliss
Clowns to the left of me, wankers to the right
Bitches in the middle trying to cause a fight
Though I am aware of it, I think I am immune
For all I care this could be the surface of the moon
Chorus
Now my plate is so full, I need nothing on the side
Cruise control is set, I don't need no fancy ride
This bliss is going nowhere, so no matter where I roam
I switch to autopilot & the bliss takes me home
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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12. |
Goodbye
03:29
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GOODBYE
Sweet love, you're killing me
You're my everything, potentially
But with your guard up I can't get inside
Though god knows I've tried
But then I see that look that says it all
And there's nothing left to say at all
And every time I see that look, I'm high
And one more thing, goodbye.
This love is not reality
Though in my heart it longs to be
Suffering like a clown
Long enough to write it down
Chorus
Some day we will be friends
I'll pluck up the courage, or at least I'll pretend
We'll share stories from way back when
Though I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then
Words & Music by:
Damian Joyce
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13. |
Hard Times
04:01
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HARD TIMES
One day the world spent too much money, cash it didn't have
We all saw red & now we're in it, discipline's up for grabs
These are hard times, these are very hard times
You may sink or you may swim, you may lose or you may win
But these are hard times, these very, very hard times
The house is in foreclosure and you can't afford a beer
Oh look! There's a new ferrari and a narcissist at the wheel
These are hard times, these are very hard times
You may run or you may hide, leave us to stem the tide
But these are hard times, these are very, very hard times
Billions up in oily flames, the price of the unjust war
Hundreds dying daily, hell is keeping score
These are hard times, these are very hard times
You may stew on that chance you rue
Or maybe there was nothing you could do
These are hard times, these are very, very hard times
I'm feeling pretty sick now but I can't afford the pills
Do I blame myself or the faces on the bills (that I don't have)?
These are hard times, these are very hard times
So the writing's on the wall, I guess I'll start to dig my hole, phew!
These are very hard times
Words & Music By:
Damian Joyce
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Damian Joyce Manchester, UK
Originally signed to record industry giants EMI, Damian Joyce has released 3 original albums:
Born & raised in
England, he also spent 18 years living, writing & performing in LA & Vegas. His music has appeared in Hollywood films.
He has toured in 76 countries, covering 6 continents & has penned 2 novels entitled 'The Dreamer's Road' (Parts 1 & 2) based on his life story.
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