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Voice on the radio
04:14
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Voice on the radio
Voice on the radio
Talking to everyone
But somehow not talking to me
Seven till nine
Is visiting time
But he never quite makes it to me
At school they adore me
Are you really his kid?
Well who you trying to kid?
Who is he but someone everybody knows but me?
Face on the screen
Makes me want to scream
But somehow she never hears
Liberated woman
Is the role that she plays
But who, who's kidding me?
At school they adore me
Are you really her kid?
Well who you trying to kid?
Who is she but someone everybody knows but me?
Voice on the radio
Talking to everyone
But somehow not talking to me
Liberated woman
Is the role that she plays
But who, who's kidding me?
© Heather Wastie
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2. |
Keep it at bay
03:25
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Keep it at bay
The lights are against me
The world is turning away, away
Shaking me off its back
Giving me the sack
Troublesome day, troublesome day
Why are the gates all closed
For me, for me, for me
Who wants to give so much
Who wants to show how much
Joy there can be
I thought we had a chance
But I won't keep you hanging on a
I thought we had a chance
But I won't leave you hanging on a chance
That's the way the story goes
Your story and mine
But I guess that doesn't stop you loving me
Or me loving you
Keep all your thoughts inside
To show them would give the game away
Just what you mean to me
No-one will ever see
Love never will be free
So keep it at bay
© Heather Wastie
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Holding a candle
04:02
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Holding a candle for you
Rosy cheek,
hearth light,
silver eyes
shine bright.
Blink and she’s gone:
one-two-three-one with you.
Lost in a photograph on the shelf,
dancing so gaily all by herself.
No words can break through,
she’s holding a candle for you.
Days have names,
hours chime,
seasons change,
out of time.
Blink and they’re gone.
Summers were long with you.
Holding the past in a fond embrace,
keeping her heart in a distant place.
No words cane break through,
she’s holding a candle for you.
Silent room,
empty chair.
Go to talk,
no-one’s there.
Tell her he’s gone.
She doesn’t want to know,
playing the record she’s played before,
waltzing so lightly across the floor.
No words cane break through,
she’s holding a candle for you.
Tears will fall,
flames will die.
Memories
cloud the eye.
Blink and they’re gone.
© Heather Wastie
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4. |
To you I turn
03:21
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To you I turn
Until I fell in love with you
I was torn
Between flower and seed
My want and my need
I am fulfilled when I'm with you
Smiles are for free but mine's for you
For someone else
My smile would not be real
You hold all that I feel
You have my heart within your palm
Please don't let it come to harm
For if it breaks
Then it may never mend
I am a willow, let me bend
You're my reason
You change each season
You are my fortune
You know that I tune to you
Whatever I do
You have my future in your hand
And I hope you understand
That I have chosen this way
To be free
Have faith in me
I am awake, we are entire
I changed a candle for a fire
But let me hold the flame
That will not burn
To you I turn
© Heather Wastie
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5. |
Nothing fits together
02:51
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Nothing fits together
Waking early
Wipe the sun from off my face
A bottle lying empty in an unfamiliar place
O nothing fits together without you
Sitting silent
Sipping coffee all alone
A pile of dirty washing and a garden overgrown
O nothing fits together without you
Loved together, lived together
Died together too
How can anybody understand?
I wrote you a song so you'd be happy
But you never knew
No you never knew
Reading headlines
On the papers in the hall
I'm staring at the letters but they make no sense at all
O nothing fits together without you
Loved together...
Carrying baggage
To a safe and distant place
I'm looking in the mirror but there's just an empty space
O nothing fits together without you
© Heather Wastie
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6. |
Love is a lady
04:42
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Love is a Lady
I see your face and then I caught you
I made your way and then I leave you
World carry on and I might see you
Love is a lady, I might need you
I lose my way and then I found you
Today I laugh and cry, I'm bound to
World carry on and I might see you
Love is a lady, I might need you
Love is a lady who has passed me by
Love is a lady who still makes me cry
© Andy Middleton
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7. |
Sad girl solo
03:15
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Sad Girl Solo
Sad girl solo,
Sad she's happy,
Happy she's sad,
Glad she's sorry,
Sorry she's glad.
Never did quite fit into everything,
Did she?
Always came back with something,
Didn't she?
Sad girl solo stands outside,
Watches other world collide,
Wishes her world could be real,
Longs to know what others feel.
Others cannot feel her pain,
In oblivion they remain,
For she is locked inside her cell,
With her own private heaven and hell.
Sad girl solo, in need of comfort, opens up her mind
To friends, to see if they can find
What's wrong inside.
"We understand," they say.
"We sometimes feel the same."
And for a while alleviate her pain.
Sad girl solo, searching for the key
To set her mind, her soul, her body free,
While all the time she holds it in her hand,
For she alone has power to understand.
© Heather Wastie
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8. |
Mr Walker
02:59
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Mr Walker
Everything you do takes such a long time, Mr Walker.
I've known you all my life but you don't know me.
And you're always alone,
Is there no-one at home, Mr Walker?
Are you making up for something that's missing
Or just glad to be free?
Glad to be free -
Is it freedom you're after?
And you're trying so hard -
Is it all a charade?
I can't understand why she wears that old fur coat in summer;
She must think it looks okay or she'd leave it at home.
It don't go with her shoes,
What a colour to choose, Mr Walker.
Is she happy or crazy
Or waiting for good times to come?
Glad to be free -
Is it freedom we're after?
And we're trying so hard -
Is it all a charade?
Don't you remember me now that I'm older and wiser?
I've been away three long years and it's hard coming home.
And you're here just the same,
What's the aim of the game, Mr Walker?
Is it your way or my way
Or are there more answers to come?
Glad to be free -
Is it freedom we're after?
And we're trying so hard -
Is it all a charade?
© Heather Wastie
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9. |
You turn me over
03:22
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You turn me over
There's a man behind bars and he's looking at me
And I get the impression he likes what he sees
But the cage is too strong and the reasons are wrong
And life can't be just as I want it to be
But you turn me over
And I want you for my lover
You turn me over
And I want you for my lover
He gives all he has and he takes what he can
And he knows there will always be some other man
And I’ll never know how but what matters is now
And wasn't it always a part of the plan
To turn me over?
O I want you for my lover
You turn me over
And I want you for my lover
To steal is a sin but your eyes never lied
As you took all my senses and opened them wide
And I can't explain why there's a hole In the sky
Maybe it's all in the mind
That you turn me over
And I want you for my lover
You turn me over
And I want you for my lover
There's a man behind bars and he’s looking at me
And I get the impression he likes what he sees
But the cage Is too strong and the reasons are wrong
And life is just as I want it to be
When you turn me over
And I want you for my lover
You turn me over
And I want you for my lover
You turn me over
© Heather Wastie
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10. |
Partyline
04:48
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Party line
Take what you want from me
You can have such a good time with me
On the party line
Call me on the party line
Tell me your troubles
And I will soothe them all away
I’ll burst your bubble
And you’ll come back another day
I won’t check up on you
And I don’t want to know your name
I won’t get stuck on you
For every customer’s the same
I won’t give up on you
And I will always play your game
I’m not in love with you
Which has advantages I’m sure you will appreciate
If you think about it
© Heather Wastie
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11. |
Don't just walk away
03:01
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Don't just walk away
I don't want you to love me
Just care enough to hold me
Lie quite still beside me
Not just walk away
I wanna feel you breathing
And kiss you as you're leaving
So stay until my heart stills
Don't just walk away
You don't want me to need you
You just want me to feed you
Well that's the way it is
So don't just walk away
I wanna feel you breathing
And kiss you as you're leaving
So stay, stay until my heart stills
Don't just walk away
You save me from unsuitable lovers
And I show you what it is to be free
You give me the time to recover
But the only one I wanna love right now
The only one I need to love right now
Is me
But I wanna feel you breathing
And kiss you as you're leaving
So stay, stay until my heart stills
Then just walk away
© Heather Wastie
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Moulin Ridge Kidderminster, UK
Heather and Andy began writing songs together in 1975 and have finally released their debut album. Many of the original vocal recordings – some going back to the late 1980s – have been used, as each captures a moment in time.
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