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Ducks In A Row
02:57
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Ducks In A Row
Down by the river
Somewhere round a quarter to one
Let’s meet by the river
Somewhere round a quarter to one
Spread ‘neath the trees
Hiding from the summer sun
I’ll set myself down
Sipping on a sparkling wine
I’ve set myself down
Sipping on a sparkling wine
40 odd degrees
We’re gonna have a hell of a time
Sitting on the bank
Watching the river flow
We’re sitting on the bank
Watching the river flow
Birds chirping in the trees
Ducks lined up in a row
We’re packing it up
Just as the sun goes down
We’re wrapping it up
Watching the sun go down
The last ones to leave
Not a single soul around
22 degrees
We’ve had ourselves a whale of a time
The last ones to leave
Not a single soul in sight
Birds chirping in the trees
All my ducks standing in line
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2. |
It Is What It Is
04:13
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It Is What It Is
There’s no use wishing
No reminiscing
No second guessing
Now
Take what comes your way
It is what it is
Forget the folly
The melancholy
The saying I’m sorry
Now
Take what comes my way
It is what it is
Let bygones
Be long gone
Now where to
Not where from
All right
And no wrongs
Que sera sera
A new day dawning
No point scoring
There’s no use poring
Over how
Take what comes my way
It is what it is
Let bygones
Be long gone
Now where to
Not where from
All right
And no wrongs
Just let go
Don’t hold on
C’est la vie
Will be
What will be
Will be
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3. |
Just To See You Smile
03:02
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Just to see you smile
I’m on the sunny side up
A glass half full kinda guy
But I’d go to kingdom come
Just to see you smile
As a rule of thumb, I float to the top
I’d swim against the tide
But I’d make tracks to hell and back
Just to see you smile
In broad daylight
In the depth of night
When I’ll be feeling low
You come around
You switch me on
From woe to go
I lose sense of who I am
Every once in a while
I turn around and head for home
Just to see you smile
In broad daylight
In the depth of night
When I’ve lost my glow
You come around
You switch me on
From woe to go
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4. |
Justified
01:48
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5. |
My Philosopher's Bed
04:07
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My Philosopher’s Bed
I think, therefore I am
Sometimes I think, I don’t give a damn
I’m filled with existential dread
Lying down in my philosopher’s bed
Seek wisdom, know thyself
Sometimes I’d rather be someone else
Lost in thought
Wracked with doubt
I’d rather be out and about
Simone, Jean Paul
And Albert Camus
This navel gaze
Is making me blue
I want to look
On the bright side of life
Get these wise guys
Outta sight
Between being and nothingness
Futility and uselessness
Lying low in Plato’s cave
It’s reality that I crave
Hypothesize
And postulate
Fantasize
And fabricate
You suppose
And I negate
In this case
Better never than late
The problems of the modern age
Much easier to disengage
Thinkers all, join the queue
As we contemplate just what to do
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Standing On Your shoulders
When I’m standing on your shoulders
I can almost touch the sky
When I’m standing on your shoulders
I can almost touch the sky
With the strength that you provide
I can just see eye to eye
With the grip of your embrace
I can almost face the world
With the grip of your embrace
I can almost face the world
But when you’ve gone away
I’m bound to come unfurled
I have come to rely
Upon the steel in your nerves
I have come to rely
Upon the steel in your nerves
I shudder when I think
It’s much more than I deserve
When I’m standing on your shoulders
I can almost touch the sky
When I’m standing on your shoulders
I can almost touch the sky
The ground beneath your feet
Will always get me by
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7. |
No Plans But You
05:34
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No Plans, But You
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Nowhere to hide
Nowhere to run
Given half a choice, I’d choose
Got no plans, but you
Sliding down the bank of a deep ravine
Falling in
To some surreal dream
Here I am, I’m coming through
Got no plans, but you
I’m alive
Like the stars in the sky
I am alive
Just like the stars
I will shine
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8. |
Signed and Sealed
03:33
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Signed And Sealed
I’ve been irascible
Always on pins
Almost impossible
With trivial things
Incomprehensible
Making no sense
Nigh inexcusable
Though I meant no offence
With you I’m compatible
In so many ways
Completely inseparable
Nowadays
We’re undetachable
Evenly keeled
Now we’re indivisible
Signed and sealed
Signed and sealed
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Neil Fernandes Perth, Australia
I once played in a band called The Cheap Nasties, that became The Manikins. That all ended in 1981. There was then an
interim period, when life intervened.
Now that I've got time on my hands, 40 years down the track, I'm writing songs again. I hope you like them.
If so, spread the word. Thanks x
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