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Stoat & Bottle
01:54
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Stoat & Bottle (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1986)
Grab your coat & leave your cares behind
Put your problems right out of your mind
Let's get out & drink what we are able
Then demurely sink under the table
Take a look in the good beer guide
Page two hundred and three
Come along to the Stoat & Bottle with me
Please dont spit on the sawdust floor
Hang your coat on a nail
Don't forget what you came here for is ale
At the Stoat & Bottle there's a friendly atmosphere
The only thing that's lethal is the beer
The world outside the window is the last thing on your mind
The only thing to fear is closing time
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See Her Face
03:46
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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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3. |
In The End
04:38
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In The End (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1986)
Warm glow, creeping through my window, dancing in the air
Your smile, shining in my minds eye, wishing you were here
Where we come from is where we'll go to
Where we come from they'll never know how far from home they are
All we have seen will fade, into the dark
Leaving only ourselves hand in hand
In the end
Twilight, hanging on the edge of night, burning like a flame
Your eyes, flicker in the firelight, whispering my name
We are walking into the darkness
Holding high the undying spark we'll never be alone
All we have seen will fade, into the dark
Leaving only ourselves hand in hand
In the end
Alone we are ended, our souls undefended
we cling to each other for our lives
Fro now we can see, what we are is all be need
And our hears beat together for our lives
Holding the torch high we live though the flame dies
And these are the best days of our lives
In love undefeated our hopes undepleted
now these are the last days of our lives
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4. |
In The Universe
03:46
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In The Universe (lyrics P McMahon Phil Walworth music P Chisnell, C & P McMahon 1986)
Dusk is falling in a windless sky
Breath of cold creeps silently by
Clouds sit still on the sleepless night
A spinning star that sheds no light
Stretching shadows to the evenings end
Linger on until the clouds descend
Silent thunder rocks the star filled sky
Mocking laughter in the seagull's cry
We held the power we danced in time
Searching for reason we lost the rhyme
The call relayed we can do no worse
Than see ourselves in the universe
Forget the shadow rise above the gloom
The wold is nothing but an empty room
Lock the door & close the windows tight
Nothing moves in the surrounding night
Fix your mind on the enclosing deep
Close your eyes in elernal sleep
Lock your heart & throw away the key
Drown your dreams in the uncaring sea
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Humbug
00:30
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The Vice
07:32
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The Vice (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1981)
When the vice of sleep lies broken
And the curtains of night hang torn
Unbidden thoughts are awoken
In the uncertain light of dawn you think you see
Well it can give you the strangest feeling
So gently it slips away
And the friends that you once thought so near
Seem to fade in the light of day
Well it's always been that way
And I think it's too late now
It may be too late
So much time has passed since then
I am no longer sure just how I feel
I don't know why they call time a healer
When it tears your flesh apart
Wipes out all your feelings
Squeezes tears of blood from your heart
Yes it's always been that way
And I think it's too late now
Yes I'm quite sure it's too late
Why does time take all our lives
And rip up apart it tears us apart
Hardens hearts & closes minds
As fetid hands choke life from life to dust
I was there even in your darkest hour
Fight despair only fear & hate devour
I was there even in your darkest hour
Fight despair only fear & hate devour
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Autumn
06:05
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Autumn (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1986)
Well I can still remember how it used to be
When you were here with me
And even after all these years I still feel the pain
Cos I know I won't see you again
Most of the time you'll find me here
At my table by the door
I don't know what I come here for
Landlord, Landlord, Landlord fill the flowing bowl
Until it runs over
In these Autumn years why must I be alone
I would never have left you
Just one more question to ask before I break down & cry
Why did you have to die?
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Resealing
00:33
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Tunnel Vision
04:20
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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 nead 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
Tunnel Vision, Tunnel Vision
Seeing only the walls of our prison
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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Ophelia
07:15
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Ophelia (lyrics P Chisnell music P Chisnell, C & P McMahon 1985)
At the waters edge I stand
A figure in blue etched in the sand
I look for your face
To subdue my craving mind
All I see is myself
My feelings for you you never knew
Try as I might I was bound to lose
I need you touch to satisfy the ache inside
All I feel is your loss
Oh Ophelia were you brave
Or did your love denied
Become more than life itself
Time & tide rise over my head
My silent searching now at an end
I see your face
Death worth the dying
You are forever mine
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11. |
Shadows
05:46
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Shadows (music C&P McMahon & P Chisnell, lyrics P McMahon) 1985
Don't put out the light now
you know I'm frightened of the dark, of the dark
Don't put out the light now
'cos as the darkness grows the shadows come
Here they come creeping
There's one now behind the chair
Poised like spiders
Spinning webs around my head
Closing in around my bed
Put on the light
It's alright now I'm feeling quite safe
Laid here in my bed watching the light burn
They wont come now they're frightened of the light
I know they can't get me cos
I'm no fool, I'm no
Maybe I'm only dreaming
Yes I'm only dreaming
Wake with a start what's that noise
There something in the room
We're choking on darkness that cloys
Staggering blind in gloom
Constricted by spectres of night
stiffing, sweating, blind
No longer believing in light
At all
Behold the light
It's alright now
It's really quite clear
In lucid obscurity enlightenment clouded
The shadows are a consequent of light
A consequent of light
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12. |
Fading Away
04:19
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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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Last Orders
04:30
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Last Orders (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1986)
As the lights go out in England
Gentle breeze blows through the trees
Sighing in a voice like winter
Last Orders please
Last Orders please
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Into The Fire
03:23
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Into The Fire (words & music P McMahon 1987)
Too long marking time
Too far to fall
The fire burns deep my love
If it burns at all
Heat, danger, red eyes glow
Flame, burning, watch it grow
Strike a spark let it feed the fire
Strike a spark and the flames grow higher
Tonight, tonight
Oh, into the fire we go
Oh, into the fire we go
Running hot tonight
The fever is red
Wax & molten flesh
Pools of petrol sweat
Pain, sadness & if we fail
Ash, embers, tell the take
Strike a spark let it feed the fire
Strike a spark and the flames grow higher
Tonight, tonight
Oh, into the fire we go
Oh, into the fire we go
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Another Country
04:47
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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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Safe Harbour
04:14
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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 chanmges 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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Wooden House
04:29
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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
05:27
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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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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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