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Chalk & Clay
03:24
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Many homes I have known, but the Chalk & Clay,
Of Chiltern downs, Bedfordshire towns, still remains,
In a vital part, a place in my heart, I can’t explain, I can’t explain.
Heathfield lane, in love again, a fight is planned,
The playing fields where Scotty Hills, made his stand,
As they walked, somehow he talked, the fighting down, the fighting down
Drunken nights, riding motorbikes, mirrors smashed,
Forest fires, pulling out the wires, phone booth pranks,
Stockwell Park, times in the dark with Tara Jayne, Tara Jayne
Many homes I have know, but the Chalk & Clay,
Of Chiltern downs, Bedfordshire towns, still remains,
Though many times I have tried, to run away, to run away, to run away
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Song About the Day
04:05
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We watched those planes land,
And I held my new toy in my hands,
And back there the old car factory still stands.
In a company car we ride,
It’s got pink and green letters down its sides,
And with the windows down, all your paperwork, can fly
Never told you how
That day
Still means something, to me now
Well no boy could deny,
There’s nothing like your father by your side,
And a lot of times, you were working, but that day you were all mine
Never told you how,
That day
Still means something, to me now
And now that you are gone,
The love you showed me still carries on,
And I may not be the boy I was that day, but I’ll always be your son
Never told you how,
That day,
Still means something, to me now
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Never Wanted a Fancy Car
02:20
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Never wanted a fancy car
One that runs will do
Didn’t need it to get that far
Just to get to you
And you said if I made it
We would never part
Never wanted a fancy car
Or a broken heart
Took a job in the local store
when you moved away
I know you thought that I was worth more
than that job could pay
bought a new coat on Sunday
thought I looked real smart
Never wanted a fancy car
Or a broken heart
and I drove on a different kind of road
and we parted ways
but I know it’s just a story I have told
but I wanted to tell it my own way
Never made to your new home
Couldn’t get that far
Wore my new coat to keep me warm
Fitting the tow bar
You took the guy from your new class
I hear he looked real smart
Never wanted a fancy car
Or a broken heart
Never wanted a fancy car
Or a broken heart
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Jenny
03:47
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You never love someone
the way you love them when you’re young
but it can’t go on and on how it began
a lovers magic fades
and if nothing takes its place
all that’s left is an ordinary man
Jenny tries to love me, Jenny tries to love me the best she can
when I look in jenny’s eyes
I no longer see the light
it hasn’t quite turned out the way she planned
and if she had her chance again
I know that she’d turn the clocks back to when
she settled for this ordinary man
Jenny tries to love me, Jenny tries to love me the best she can
I took for granted what we had, and worse
I didn’t truly understand its worth
but Jenny knew that it would never work
The choices that we make,
the paths we didn’t take,
the words we didn’t say or understand
they never disappear
and to me it’s been made clear
I am such an ordinary man
Jenny tries to love me, Jenny tries to love me the best she can
Jenny tries to love me, Jenny tries to love me the best she can
mmmmm….. mmmmmmm…. mmmmm
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5. |
These Walls
02:07
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Shifting walls
Plaster lines
A list of jobs
We’ll get round to,
After a while
The highest room,
With walls now white,
The room where I
Fell in love with you,
By surprise
Of all the walls I’ve ever known
Yours are the ones, that I’ll call home
Home
Unclear voice
Uncertain times
I feel like I
Finally made a choice,
That was wise
That was wise
That was wise
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Still Dreaming
05:37
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“You’re living in a dream world,” he said,
“this talk of being an artist,
It’s all in your head”
And I wondered what it was you meant
Were you saying my dreams were a waste of time?
That I should give up on them?
I can only hope that I,
Made it clear between you and I,
That I’m Still Dreaming
Tried to live by your advice,
Flitting around from job to job,
Trying to build some kind of life
But when I lay in bed at night,
And allowed my dreams to visit me,
I knew that things were not right
I can only hope that I,
Made it clear between you and I,
That I’m Still Dreaming
It’s not your fault you didn’t comprehend,
We’re just different kinds of men,
Particularly when it comes to dreaming
But something changed and I’m not sure when,
But when I came to visit you,
You’d say “Play Anji, Ben”
And maybe it was that the time had come,
That you could see me as my own man,
And not only as your son
I can only hope that I,
Made it clear between you and I,
That I’m, Still Dreaming
You finally came to watch me play,
Closed your eyes and took her hand,
Let your pain drift away
And I played guitar at your bedside
As the nurses made you comfortable
As your time passed you by
I can only hope that I,
Made it clear between you and I,
That I’m, Still Dreaming
I can only hope that I,
Made it clear before you died,
That I’m, Still Dreaming
That I’m, Still Dreaming, That I’m Still Dreaming
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Make an Introduction
01:18
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Summer of '99
03:48
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The smell of ferns is in the air
As I carry my bags from the off license where
Tommy got served if he talked just right
Cheap vodka and coke for us tonight
Cheap vodka and coke for us tonight
And we stole glasses from the campsite bar
risked the wrath of Alan Parr
but his daughter drank with us as friends
this is the night my childhood ends
this is the night my childhood ends
That summer night always returns
Whenever I catch the smell of ferns
Whenever I catch the smell of ferns
The headland paths are mud and sand
as Claire from bath she takes my hand
And the grass was damp but I did not care
As we lay down together there
and Claire from Bath lets down her hair
That summer night always returns
Whenever I catch the smell of ferns
Whenever I catch the smell of ferns
And I know nostalgia often casts
a rosy glow on days gone past
but those teenage memories last
the smell of ferns is in the air
as i seek out the benches where
I used to laugh with my old friends
and we wished those summers would never end
how we wished those summers would never end
how we wished those summers would never end
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This Old Life
03:36
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There are many ways that I have found
Of keeping a good man down
Just a shame that man is me
Walking along with my head stuck on the ground
Digging my own brains out
Trying to let those feelings free
And I know there’s so much more,
I could let this old life bring
If I hold back all those thoughts
That keep running down my dreams
Gotta listen to your dreams
And I’m trying to work things out
But I’ve not quite got there yet,
And as I move through these doubts
I know I’m accruing debts
to you
There are many times that I’ve let down
The standards that I’ve set out
On the way my life should be
People tell me it’s hard to come around
To a new way of feeling ‘bout
All the wrongs that I have seen
and I know there’s so much more
I could let this old life bring
If I hold back all those thoughts
that keep running down my dreams
gotta listen to your dreams
gotta listen to your dreams
gotta listen to your dreams
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When There's Time
02:11
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I am not, one of those
For filling time
And I have got, what I’ve choose
by knowing I
I will walk, on higher roads,
When there’s time
I am not, the kind of man
Who must let it be known,
That I have got, stronger plans
Than I have shown
I will walk, on higher roads
When there’s time
When there’s time
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Ben Morgan-Brown Devon, UK
Ben Morgan Brown is an acoustic guitarist whose instrumental compositions have been described as “just beautiful” by Grammy
award winning producer & songwriter Joe Henry.
Nature, nostalgia, and the antics of his three-year-old border collie Jake feature heavily in his music, which draws inspiration from, and comparison to, players such as Bert Jansch, William Tyler, Toby Hay, and Sarah Louise.
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