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Mirage
07:03
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Mirage (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1979)
All alone beyond the hills
Beneath a cloudless sky
All the things I thought had gone
Are right before my eyes
Sun beats down relentlessly
My eyes are filled with sand
How can this be happening
How can I understand
The nameless evil has been stirred
The mutant march can now be heard
Black the tide advancing on
Death lies in it's wake
Icy whirlpool draws me down
Pray for my soul's sake
My brain is screaming without sound
I feel I'm slowly going down
Beneath dark waters now I drown
I see so clearly now
I am no longer alone
If you could see somehow
If the truth could be known
You will come here someday
But you have nothing to fear
You feel alone but come what may
Those that we love are so near
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For Whom
05:18
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For Whom (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1983)
Maybe I've been wrong
But I wish I could see you now
And though it seems so long ago
I need you still
I've never been a slave to truth but
I meant every word I said
Every move I made
I made for you
If you need a friend
You'll always find me here
I'll stay by you until the end
I love you still
And we'll watch the years go by
I'll be right here by your side
We can turn the tide
We can turn the tide
I know that I've been wrong
But I wish I could touch you now
I know I let some chances slip
Give me just one more
I never gave a damn for truth but
They cannot hurt you now
Don't let them hurt you now
And we'll watch the years go by
I'll be right here by your side
I meant every word I said
Every move I made
I made for you
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The Hum
04:15
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The Hum (lyrics P Chisnell, music P Chisnell, C & P McMahon 1983)
Up and down the street the lights go on
says Ethel to Joe "can you hear the hum"
"oh go to sleep"
"oh go to sleep"
But the hum got worse & sleep got less
Soon poor old Joe couldn't dream of Tess
Trouble was near
Trouble was near
The cause they found was underground
Ethel dashed indoors to phone the town
"moles are at war"
"moles are at war"
In recessed dim blind panic reigned
As moles brown and black fought a battle of hue
How do they know who is who?
How do they know who is who?
Now all their troubles are soon to pass
As the man from the town brought out his gas
Now we can all get some sleep
Now we can all get some sleep
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Gabadon
03:34
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Gabadon (lyrics P McMahon, music C & P McMahon 1982)
You can run over stray dogs
Squeeze the crap out of hedgehogs
Switch on the key he
Pours out smoke like a chimney
It runs on diesel
You can run over weasels
Out on the road he
Gobbles miles like a roadie
The power of gods is in the hands of men
You're at the wheel of Gabadon again
Four wheel drive to cope with snow
And drive saloon cars off the road
The rear suspensions gone
Driving power at my command
The power that rests within these hands
On the wheel of Gabadon
When it's raining the roof leaks
Nought to sixty in three weeks
When you change down to overtake
It screams like a mandrake
Mickey Mouse gauges
The grime of the ages
You can run overt wall coz
It steers like a walrus
The power of gods is in the hands of fools
and mighty Gabadon a madman's tool
The squeal of brakes the crash of gears
manic laugh suppressed for years
All control is gone
When the feeling's more than I can stand
I'll close my eyes and take my hands
From the wheel of Gabadon
At the wheel of Gabadon again
Flesh and metal shall be one again
At the wheel of Gabadon again
Lost along the A1(M) again
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Rogers Revenge
03:38
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Roger's Revenge (P McMahon)
the was a time when music seemed to mean much more - more than this
than a crowd of yoyo's bouncing on the floor - and off the wall
what are you trying to prove
puritan blues ain't my kind of music
put the beat behind - keep an open mind
in my life it seems I've played too many roles - yeah, rock & roles
to believe in everyone would be impossible - impossible
what are you trying to say
everything flows in it's own sweet way
songs of yesterday - give it up just play
everyone needs some expression
given the time for reflection
simple communication - you and I
in the end it all comes down to one criterion, criterion
all that matters is the process of communication - communication
what have we learned so far
bridging the spaces with lead guitar
did it get to you? did you feel it too?
what the hell!
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Don't Leave Me Here
05:28
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Don't Leave Me Here
time was when you were on my side
giving me strength to fight the tide
the tide has turned, I'm sinking down
don't turn away, I need you now
don't leave me here
strange to think of how it might have been
taking the chances with every scene
the lights go up, the curtain falls
what I need now is your applause
don't leave me here
lightning strikes, thunder rolls
lacking the credence to ride the storm
one more flash will blind me
take my hand and guide me
don't leave me here
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Fallen Leaves
03:49
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Fallen Leaves (by Paul Chisnell, Paul McMahon, Chris McMahon & Rob Heeley)
Leaves long since fallen have been blown into the roadside
Their veins bleached a blatant silver against the reds and golds of autumn
By winter's frosty hand
Fallen Leaves
The warm room beckons shuttered windows blazing fires
Forlorn we shelter against the late of glowring gales
Laughing in glee as it hesitates and destroys the delicate web
Woven by the summers evening in my head
Fallen Leaves
A glass of cider sitting on the warm earth
Dust of countless feet treading on towards the autumn
Where the leaves have long since fallen
Fallen Leaves
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The Load
07:59
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The Load (P McMahon)
silence, breathing, pulse beats slow
lifeblood courses, veins dilate
eyes stare blindly, pupils glow
cataclysm imminent
you can only wait
reason nods politely slips out by the back door
logic reels & shakes it's head & looks away
intuition sighs, it's seen this facile play before
manic laughter every mad dog has it's day
limbs work disjointedly, mouth slack in vacant dismay
a scarcely articulate puppet, the madman at play
wake look around you the walls that surround you
are padded and grey, there's no glass, there's no cutlery
external sensory input is zero
the psyche implodes, psychic shrapnel tears holes in your mind
take the strain, the power can hold back the pain
ebb and flow, alone you must carry the load
chasing rainbows
on where god knows
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The Ember
04:40
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The Ember (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1984)
How far down can you go? How much does it show?
Losing faith in the game nothing fits the same
Total breakdown final closedown
Three stand stark on the stage
One night standing pain unending
Til the end of the age
Passing, leaving behind, children of the blind
Lifeblood, red rivers flow, the ember can still glow
So many things have ended, so many race run
That when the night comes down again
Who the hell has won?
Hold on, nothing is real, don't heed what you feel
Don't cry, we must be strong, nothing last for long
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The Ceiling's Coming Down (lyrics P McMahon music P Chisnell, C & P McMahon 1983)
It's Friday night & I just got paid a fiver or two
Two excuses to celebrate by sinking a few
Propping the bar up in the Gropers Arms talking too loud
Vision blurring speech centre's gone the rooms spinning round
I get the feeling the ceiling's coming down it's spinning & reeling above my head
I get the feeling something's falling on my head
Down to the nightclub for a handful more the beers warm & flat
There's not much strength to take your legs away in the water of gnats
The morning after the night before I wish I was dead
Mouth like the floor of a parrots cage there's carrots diced on my bed
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Freedom Road
03:26
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Freedom Road (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1984)
A human race to change the world
With flags of liberty unfurled
To run down freedom road living golden chances
Wide eyed & open faced wanting all the answers
You have no place to call your own
Surrounded by the great unknown
to walk down freedom road outstretched fingers reaching
unsure & overawed by the banshee screeching
You have no guide to help you on your way
You were a slave to freedom anyway
To crawl down freedom road heartbeat racing faster
Word wise & stony face looking for your master
Freedom Road free to live free to try
Freedom Road free to give free to cry
Freedom Road washed in blood but paved in gold
Freedom Road washed in blood and cold as stone
Freedom Road washed in blood leave it alone leave it alone
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Mountain
06:28
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Mountain (lyrics P McMahon music P Chisnell, C & P McMahon 1984)
High touching everything
Light guild the eagles wing
Touching the moments reflecting the light
Reaching the fountain reeling in the height
Hide in the shadow of a mountain
Core eroding marrow to bone
The seeds of silence are sown
Living behind breezes cooling in fie
Rising to capture the flames of desire
Light in the shape of a mountain
Flash revealing tendon & bone
Betraying framework of stone
Leaving behind in the stone of the pyre
Picture portrayed in the heart of the fire
Fly down the face of of a mountain
Light replacing muscle & bone
Behold the blood of the stone
High seeing everything
Might sear the granite ring
The mountain rises in fire
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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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