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Spellbound Baby
03:33
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Spellbound Baby (Simon Meader)
Just one look in those big black eyes
And without a fight I am hypnotised
Don't know if this is witchcraft?
Don't know if it's a spell?
All I know is that I want you, girl
Chorus:
And I'm
Spellbound Baby
Spellbound Baby
Can't let go because you drive me crazy
Drive me crazy
Drive me crazy
Don't stand a chance because I'm Spellbound Baby
I've always got you on my mind
Can't eat
Can't sleep
My life is getting behind
I've lost all sense of reason
I've lost all sense of pain
All I want is just to see you again
Chorus
At night I dream that you're here with me
I wake alone
But I just can't see
Spellbound Baby
Spellbound Baby
I've got to get control!
One more look in those big black eyes
And once again I am hypnotised
I've got to find an answer
I've got to find a way
Before I find I've wished my life away
Chorus
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2. |
Burn Bright
03:08
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Burn Bright (Sam Whimpenny)
Listen to the words the wise men say
They will come back to you someday
You could guess it all my friend
Pay Attention!
It’ll make sense to you in the end
Burn Bright Burn Long
Some are Teachers, some are Knowers, there’s no doubt
Trust Philosophy that let’s you shout
Anyone can make this grade
So what’s your name?
Burn Bright Burn Long
Gotta get through to you
It’s up to you what you do
If no-one returns your calls
Your world is your four walls
Time doesn’t fly it crawls
You can begin again…
Burn Bright Burn Long
Essence isn’t everything you know
Theory can begin what life won’t show
Summer’s in the back room now
And here she comes
How is life looking now you’ve done your sums?
Burn Bright Burn Long
Burn Bright Burn Long
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3. |
True Drop Out
03:01
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True Drop Out (Sam Whimpenny)
So what’s the news have you found the new magic wrapped up in a glossy magazine?
Who did you tell? Where love ends don’t you know life must go on?
And in your selfless oblivion
Tired and alone
I bet you been told that before
And that old cross of bones…
Do you really think it does more than I can?
You know where I’ll be: on the streets down the way, but I won’t be begging tonight
And I’ll fall asleep, crashed out in a barn somewhere while you’re still uptight
And who can have won
This undeclared race?
Me in my workers rags
You in imitation lace
Ain’t it about time we got to know one another?
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4. |
Cross That Bridge
03:45
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Cross That Bridge (Sam Whimpenny)
Have you ever wondered if you’re going nowhere?
Have you ever thought of changing the Plan?
Now is always good, now is where we are my dear
So listen to your heart it’s beat is strong
It’s beat is clear
We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
We’ll fight that fight if we must
We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
We’ll shine our light and we know who we trust
People always tell you life is such a trial
Maybe they should fall into their own trap
Here is where we are, here is looking good to me
So listen to your heart
It’s beat is strong, its beat is clear
We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
We’ll fight that fight if we must
We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
We’ll shine our light and we know who we trust
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5. |
White Flag
04:31
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White Flag (Sam Whimpenny)
I am the perfect prisoner
I am the perfect prisoner
It’s all over in a matter of moments
When she smiles I know I can’t compete
It’s all over in a matter of moments
My surrender is complete
Put up a white flag
Nations have fallen for less than this
Nations have fallen for less than this
It’s all over in a matter of moments
If it’s a question of the company I keep
It’s all over in a mater of moments
Is it my fault I’m losing sleep?
Put up a white flag
If only there was someone I knew
Someone to talk to
Someone to say it’s alright
If only there was someone I knew
But I got plenty of friends
And they all say the same thing:
Don’t
Put up a white flag
If I told her she’d never know
Even if I told her she’d never know
It’s all over in a matter of moments
If this is crisis then I hope it lasts
It’s all over…
Maybe now I can forget the past
And put up a white flag
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6. |
Million
02:32
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Million (Sam Whimpenny)
Time has made another guess
There could be more
Turning from the meaningless
What am I for?
Love has made a life at last
No need to look into the past
And you can know
When the wild winds blow
I will be there
Tiny hands that grasp the world
I will hold it still
You who were the oyster’s pearl
Now you are so real
Who can see your destiny?
No-one can give a guarantee
But you can know
When the wild winds blow
I will be there
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7. |
Timing
03:05
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Timing (Lyrics Sam Whimpenny)
Will you show me heaven?
I’ve been waiting for some time
Quarter past eleven
Patience is a vice of mine
The moment is in mime
The silence is the show
Emotions can be blind
Listen to the radio
The stories and the dreamers live tonight
The answers will be hidden, out of sight
Our Destiny is certain and it’s right
It’s just a matter of timing
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8. |
House Rules
05:14
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House Rules (Sam Whimpenny)
Begins with a “f”
And ends in a “y”
It’s got an “e” a “d” an “l” a “t” and two “i”s
The root of all heartbreak
The cause of all hell
The chance of a lifetime
Goes down at the bell
I’m in love with two women
I’m in love with two women
I can’t be the first
In my head and my heart
I can’t quench the thirst
I could tell you tomorrow
I could tell you today
But I’m never gonna tell you
At least not this way
It ain’t gradually fading
As these things sometimes do
It’s getting so big
I can’t think of anything but you two
My mind is wide open
I can’t see an end
You’re both my lovers
But you’re both still my friends
I can’t be the first
In my head and my heart
I can’t quench the thirst
I could tell you tomorrow
I could tell you today
But I’m never gonna tell you
At least not this way
One love is always there
To her needs I can tend
One love is lonely
I only see her now and again
One love is stable
One love is sure
One is so beautiful
There can’t be a cure
I’m in love with two women
I can’t be the first
In my head and my heart
I can’t quench the thirst
I could tell you tomorrow
I could tell you today
But I’m never gonna tell you
At least not this way
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9. |
L Star Chimes
03:14
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L Star Chimes (Sam Whimpenny)
Hear the moment rise silently
Someone else’s cries merge with me
Watchful moon will blink her eye
In the leafy canopy
In candlelight and secrecy
Morning will remember me
Hold the dawn in time preciously
Shadows now will mime. Set us free
Chimes of friendship visiting
Summoned here by ritual
Feel the love of Ancestry
Giving strength to al
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My How Times Have Changed (Sam Whimpenny)
I’ve been sleeping here too long
Time for a change
Everyone just can’t be wrong
Where was I today?
Maybe I could get to like you
Maybe I’ll stay cool
My How Times Have Changed
So the city says goodbye
In so many words
Opinions are no more liars
In so many words
Wishing that I’d never met you
Isn’t helping me now
My How Times Have Changed
With the squealing of breaks outside
I must be gone
If they ask for a souvenir
Tell them I was wrong
Is that me in the distance?
Have I started so soon?
My How Times Have Changed
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11. |
Soon
04:00
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Soon (Sam Whimpenny)
Someday soon it’s gonna be OK
And I can hear your doubts
I can see your worries
Someday soon
We will be on our way
And I can hear the engine
I can see the road ahead
No-one ever said it would be easy
No-one ever said it would be fair
Someday soon we will be in the sun
And you will se your dream
And I will hear my heaven
Someday soon
We’ll smell the cleanest air
And I will kiss you there
And we will laugh again, my love
No-one ever said it would be easy
No-one ever said it would be fair
But we’ll get there
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Porvari Eastbourne, UK
Friends for more than 30 years and musical collaborators for over a decade, Porvari are founded on Sam Whimpenny's infinitely varied lyrically rich and melodically diverse songs enhanced by Simon Meader's guitar, mandolin and synths plus B.L. Underwood's encyclopaedic understanding of the recording process & occasional epic guitar solo. ... more
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