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1. |
Under Pressure
04:01
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Under Pressure (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1989)
Set go - I missed the gun again
Who sets the pace
Another day in the chain gang shuffle
Another line across my face
Rule one is that there are no rules and
Rule two is the same
So how come I broke both rules when
I was never in the game?
You keep spinning like a sign in a hurricane
I can't find what it takes
I'm left hanging on the edge of a razor blade
Something's going to break
I can't take this love under pressure
I'm cracking up but I don't care
I can't take this love under pressure
I'm giving it up tomorrow
Slow down what's the need to hurry
We're not going far
Down the road & round the houses
Back to where we are
I can't do without your star in my heaven
I can't see the way
You keep walking on the ice in springtime
Something's going to break
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Devotion
03:31
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Devotion (P McMahon1986)
It ain’t easy running hot & cold
I feel uneasy fever’s taking hold
My eyes are on the ceiling, my heart is in my mouth
My blood it is congealing, my liver’s flying south
Well you promised me the ocean but the ocean has run dry
You promised me devotion but I knew it was a lie
Mocking laughter, fit to bust.
Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust
Gold turns into silver, silver turns to rust
Well you promised me a fortune but you only paid in beads,
Then tried to sell your hard luck story, let me tell you my heart bleeds
You know it bleeds
‘Cos it all adds up to nothing when they let the curtain fall
If it wasn’t for my money I’d have nothing left at all.
You know that one day it’s gonna hit the fan
If you can’t take it easy, take it how you can. Any way you can.
Well you promised me a mountain but the river cut it down
You promised me a dragon but the sorry bugger drowned
Glug
You promised me a heaven then you gave a little hell,
Then left me with an empty heart why don’t you just take that as well?
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Another Country
04:43
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Another Country (Chris & Paul McMahon)
The red lines hit the headlines the cover is blown
The stranger grace and danger we fear the unknown
Truth and slander propaganda the smoke without flame
Mutation alienation the difference is plain
No no never in a million years
No not in this world
You have a fine way of living
You have a nice way of putting me down
But when it comes to forgiving - you don't
This is another country
This is my home I wouldn't change it
Over the border lies the promised land
Religion television the tools and the trade
Discloses blood and roses the land we have made
Divisions politicians scoring points in the game
Two nations for generations we were never the same
No no never in a million years
No not in this world
'Cos when it comes to forgiving - you don't
This is another country
This is my home I wouldn't change it
Over the border lies the promised land
This is another country
This is my home I wouldn't change it
This is the country that I understand
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5. |
The Edge Of Heaven
04:53
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The Edge Of Heaven (Paul McMahon)
Gently falls the night through my window on the world
Diamonds in velvet skies shine in heaven for you
As you sleep tonight starliht finds you
I don't know where you are but I want to be there
I need to be there
You have been my inspiration
You will be my rainbows end
At the edge of heaven we shall stand
Soft as angels wings deeper than the ocean
Footprints on sacred ground side by side
Side by side
You have been my inspiration
You will be my rainbows end
At the edge of heaven we shall stand
Lead me by silent waters stay by my side
I can't deny this feeling it will never die
This will never die
You have been my inspiration
You will be my rainbows end
At the edge of heaven we shall stand
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6. |
See Her Face
03:36
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See Her Face (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1986)
She knows she has the strength of illusion
She will never concede the game
Face to face revealing only what she wants to show
She shines, like the sun on a window pane
She needs no hiding place, see her face
She waits, alone in a web of seclusion
One eye stares at the falling rain
He will come, to burn his wings before the lighted flame
She smiles, cold as frost on the crystal pane
She needs no hiding place, see her face
She moves, he follows as lamb to the slaughter
Dancing only at her command
In the end, his eyes shall see her as she is and then
Her hand cuts the string and the puppet dies
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Fading Away
04:02
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Fading Away (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1986)
Take it from me there's no way out of here
Honest to God there's no escape
Do what you will to keep your conscience clear
Drown your confusion in the Grape
We are the children in the maze lost in the haze
Living in hope of brighter days fading away
Flogging a dark horse down a dead end street
Haunted by spectres of defeat
Why break your heart fighting the stream
Just take the easy way you know what I mean
Just turn around & go with the flow
And if it drags you down that's the way it goes
One little drink can bring us sweet release
Pass me that bottle if you please
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Straw House
04:24
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Straw House (P McMahon)
I see you put your thoughts on paper
Trying to write your fears away
If you don't move no one will see your feet of clay
Watching you drown your brain in whisky
Trying to keep the truth at bay
Hoping if you don't look the world will go away
The sand flows only one way
The North wind blows strong and someday
This house of straw shall tumble down
Welcome to the real world
There's a sign on the door
Beware of the webs they spin
In the house of straw
Didn't you know the sun was shining?
Didn't you know the sky was blue?
Didn't you ever wonder what went wrong with you?
You try so hard to get there
But your road leads down to nowhere
This house of straw shall tumble down
Chorus
Is it the wind that fills the ocean?
Is it the fire that makes you freeze?
Isn't it sad that there's no cure for your disease?
The world turns oh so slowly
The moon burns lost & lonely
This house of straw shall tumble down
Tear down the walls of sorrow
A faint heart knows no tomorrow
This house of straw shall tumble down
Chorus
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Wooden House
04:10
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Wooden House (P McMahon)
He's always tried to keep his distance from the world
He doesn't want to give himself away
I guess it's much too hard to let his voice be heard
so he acts as if he's got nothing to say
Close the doors, turn off the light
No-one's home tonight
He doesn't like to be the focus of attention
So he makes himself the centre of his world instead
Hide away, deep inside
No-one's home tonight
The wooden house has firm foundations
The wooden house is sound
The wooden house is dry as paper
The wooden house is burning down
Well he's been hurt before but he will never be hurt again
He is a wooden house and a house can feel no pain
The walls have ears, the windows eyes
No-one's home tonight
Chorus
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Stone House
05:44
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Stone House (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1987)
Line by line we build our scriptures
With the power of words shining in our hands
It's our story it's our story we live
It's our story it's our story we live
Stone by stone we lay foundations
With the strength of faith the rock on which we build
It's a labour it's a labour of love
It's a labour it's a labour of love
In the arms of the tallest mountain high above the shifting sand
In the world we build together this house of stone shall stand
Day by day we pull together
With the fires of hope burning in our eyes
It's the future it's the future we make
It's the future it's the future we make
In the eyes of a thousand children in the voices of the crowd
By the light that fills the heavens this house of stone shall stand
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Under My Skin
04:10
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Under My Skin (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1991)
I don't know your reasons you never did explain
I did all the talking I guess it was all in vain
I used to think you were behind me now I know for sure
Cos when push came to shove you were right behind
Shoving me out the door
I couldn't believe it when you said you'd decided
I thuoght we were even but it was so one sided
When the flame died along with the passion
You rose like a phoenix I collapsed into ashes
You were under my skin I was lost in your ocean
You were under my skin I was over my head
Tell me how it was for you, was it as easy as it seemed
Was it life and death? was it heads or tails?
Or was it somewhere in between?
I aleways thouight I wass wise to the danger
But all at once you were a perfect stranger
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Under Pressure
04:00
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Under Pressure (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1989)
Set go - I missed the gun again
Who sets the pace
Another day in the chain gang shuffle
Another line across my face
Rule one is that there are no rules and
Rule two is the same
So how come I broke both rules when
I was never in the game?
You keep spinning like a sign in a hurricane
I can't find what it takes
I'm left hanging on the edge of a razor blade
Something's going to break
I can't take this love under pressure
I'm cracking up but I don't care
I can't take this love under pressure
I'm giving it up tomorrow
Slow down what's the need to hurry
We're not going far
Down the road & round the houses
Back to where we are
I can't do without your star in my heaven
I can't see the way
You keep walking on the ice in springtime
Something's going to break
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Safe Harbour
04:46
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Safe Harbour (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1987)
Here am I with the fields and the fire left behind
Walking into daylight with picture of home on my mind
Here am I when the year grows old and the days grow colder
Light a candle in your heart tonight
Let it shine for me let it shine across the water
Set the sails toward that guiding light
I am coming home this time it's forever
All my hopes no more than pebbles on the beach
Now I know that all I need to do is reach my
Safe Harbour again
There you are with the wind and the starss in your hair
Nothing ever changes there's an ocean of wonder to share
There you are when the spring tide turns
You're like a lighthouse burning bright
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New Dark Ages
04:19
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New Dark Ages (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1991)
It's weakness of the species
That we subdivide ourselves
So the problem just increases
We don't relate to anyone else
It's a stupid affectation
To be so proud of what you are
Cos your colour creed & nation
They're just the luck of the draw
There's no violation no disaster worse than war
There's no flag or nation that's worth dying for
They're gonna unleash the tigers
They're gonna let slip the dogs of war
They're gonna unlock the cages
They're gonna lead us into the new dark ages
There's a problem with religion
Persecution seems the norm
Cos it's not a free decision
It just depends on where you're born
No justification No excuse for holy war
There's no God or nation that's worth killing for
And when the iron fist of state loses control
Old hatreds crawl out like a scorpion from a stone
One more chapter lined in red
Let history count the dead
once again
No belief or ism justifies the twisted knife
No political system means more than one life
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The Silence
03:52
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The Silence (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1991)
Well you radiate indifference to my feelings and opinions
You don't understand I can't explain
This is not just a gray train
Well we've talked around for hours playing hide & seek with words
Is it him? is it me? is it them or is it just all three?
And it's all gone wrong
The singer just forgot the song
It's a blank dead end
And the silence falls again
Situation normal all fouled up
We're a hive of inactivity a carnival of sloth
I have been here once before, I don't want to see it anymore
So we all fall down
The king has lost his crown
It's a blank dead end
And the silence falls again
So we've built ourselves a pyre out of mutual respect
Strike a match light the fuse
I guess there's not much left to lose
And it's all washed up
The turtle floats belly up
on an alien shore
Where the children play no more
And it's all played through
The groove is now taboo
It's a blank dead end
And the silence falls again
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Rip Van Winkle
05:20
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Rip Van Winkle (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1991)
You gotta wake up stop dreaming
Time is tight it's running out fast
If you take so much put back nothing
How long do you think it can last
What'll you do when it all comes down
What'll you do when it hits the ground
No one left to pick up the pieces
What'll you do when the siren wails
What'll you do when the system fails
Shock Shock Wake it up
This aint no lullaby
This aint no sweet dream scenario
This aint no lullaby
You aint no Rip Van Winkle
Talkin about faith and freedom
The future's slipping though our hands
Talking bout a world overloaded
How much more abuse can it stand
What do you do when your conscience cries
How can you turn & close your eyes
Hope this nightmare fades away
How can you say that you're not to blame
How can you sleep when your bed's in flames
Shock Shock Wake it up
Gotta wake up start thinking
Take a hand in your owe fate
Talkin bout death by numbers
Pray to God it's not too late
There's too many people and not enough space
Too many heats in the human race
Not enough world to take the strain
What'll you do when there's no more air
Don't pretend that you don't care
Shock Shock Wake it up
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Tunnel Vision
04:13
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Tunnel Vision (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1986)
Don't expect me to deny the space between us
Yet I see no reason why there should be walls
There's no need to lock ourselves away
There's no need for us to fear
The danger that lies in strangers disguise
Let's open our eyes break out from this
chorus (world turtle version)
Black box Tunnel vision you're living in a fools prison
Black box Tunnel vision you know that's a dangerous religion
I don't ask you to believe what I believe in
But at least we could agree to disagree
There's no hate in contradiction
Ask yourself why you should fear
The danger that lies in strangers disguise
Let's open our eyes break out from this
Tunnel Vision, Tunnel Vision
Seeing only the walls of our prison
Make a start try and open up your heart
We are as the others each one just another viewpoint
open wide your blinkered eyes let the walls come tumbling down
We are not the only ones lets not be the lonely ones
There's no need to live with
Tunnel Vision, Tunnel Vision
Seeing only the walls of our prison
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Ship Of Fools
03:59
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Ship Of Fools (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1991)
He's going places moving with assurance through the crown scenes
He's leaving traces totally indifferent to the scorched earth that he leaves
The creed he teaches heaven down the barrel of a smoking gun
He's making speeches words as empty as the head that wants to wear the crown
The flag that he flies the look in his eyes tries to disguise that its the
Blind leading the blind bearing in mind they're going nowhere
He's the captain on a ship of fools
Cruising circles round the swiming pool
Disbelieving in the ocean
A sitting target on a ship of fools
He's building temples monuments to heroes of his cause
Leads by example a paradise of martyrs is a paradise of fools
It's a ship of fools
With a skeleton crew
Where insanity rules
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Stone House
06:18
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Stone House (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1987)
Line by line we build our scriptures
With the power of words shining in our hands
It's our story it's our story we live
It's our story it's our story we live
Stone by stone we lay foundations
With the strength of faith the rock on which we build
It's a labour it's a labour of love
It's a labour it's a labour of love
In the arms of the tallest mountain high above the shifting sand
In the world we build together this house of stone shall stand
Day by day we pull together
With the fires of hope burning in our eyes
It's the future it's the future we make
It's the future it's the future we make
In the eyes of a thousand children in the voices of the crowd
By the light that fills the heavens this house of stone shall stand
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Devotion
03:30
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21. |
More
05:32
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One Day
05:41
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One Day (Paul McMahon)
Every answer begs another dozen questions
Living in this present tense
All the secret signs we use for our protection
They don't seem to make much sense
Sometimes it gets so dark in here
Nothing certain nothing ever clear
It's hard for fools like us to keep believing
One day the walls around us will all come down
One day the light will shine on us all
The restless heart will be at peace
The chains that bind us all will be released
I hope that it isn't too late
I've tried hard but I can't understand the reasons
Please try to make it clear
Why we carry on a search for other Edens
When everything we need is here
Let the unknown soldier sleep tonight
Let him know there's no one left to fight
In this place for fools like us who keep believing
One day the walls around us will all come down
One day the light will shine on us all
The restless heart will be at peace
The chains that bind us all will be released
I hope that it isn't too late
These days everything I do feels wrong
I'd give anything to feel that I belong
In the place for fools like us who keep believing
One day the walls around us will all come down
One day the light will shine on us all
The restless heart will be at peace
The chains that bind us all will be released
I hope that it isn't too late
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Time & Again
04:12
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Time & Again (David Coverdale)
Lately, I realise that it's you
You are the one who makes everything right
Summer days and winter nights
Slowly, I open my eyes
And your smile is there to greet me
And whisper words to tell me it's all right
I'll stay by you in your darkest night
Time and again the situation shows
You make it better
Time and again I realise
You are the morning of my day
Time and again my feelings let me know
You make it better
No wasted words on conversation
'Cause all I want to do is just talk about
The woman I love
The woman I love
I never thought I could be this way
When I hold you in my arms
I know I just want to stay
This is the place I should be
In sweet harmony
With the woman I love
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Haze Sheffield, UK
Sheffield progressive rockers Haze celebrated 40 years of making music with two anniversary shows in 2018. Both shows were
recorded for CD & DVD release.
The bands first studio CD of new material since 2013 'Back To The Bones' will be released on CD & digital download on 4th July 2020
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