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Mocking Bird
03:28
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I don't know how to make it better, lost this thing called trust
Cold light of day, just the two of us
Now my hands are burning, my head's so sore
Looking for another way, than the way we're heading towards
Chorus
We're on the border of a place called no return
There’s a distant sound of a mocking bird
We’re on the border of a place called no return
There’s a distant sound of a mocking bird
I feel so betrayed, guess you do too,
It all comes down to a point of view
And from where I'm standing
You crossed the line, you're no longer a friend of mine
Chorus
I received your message, "Time marches on",
I can't get myself to lift up the 'phone
'Cause from where I'm standing
You crossed the line, you're no longer a friend of mine
Chorus
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It sure helps, you’re not hanging around
Everybody’s figured you out
You’re wasting my time like a slot machine
Throwing me lines like a beauty queen
Telling everybody there was something between
Chorus
You and me and nobody else
You and me and nobody else
Now you’re gone, I feel like messing around
But nobody’s got what you’ve got
You're swaying like silk on an ocean breeze
Singing like the wind in the poplar tress
Giving up everything that came between
Chorus
It’s not safe, living on the edge without you
Making like it’s better that way
It’s bringing me down like a purple pill
I’m making excuses like a little kid
Meanwhile everything is going downhill for
Chorus
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3. |
Happy Daze
04:02
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I bend to tie the lace, of the right-angled woman
Who moves so impossibly slow
While the boy holds the hand, of the last standing statue
By the derelict church in the snow
In a backstreet a poet, and the sisters of mercy
Line up for their shots and their songs
But nobody listens, to the sound of the river
That’s stopped, ‘cause it was just can’t go on
Chorus
Happy daze, all our wishes come true
Happy daze, for me and for you,
We’re all in a daze, we get what we want, happy daze
By the park near the playground, there’s champagne and bouquets
For the man who has fooled more than most
And satellite tv beams wall to wall coverage
Of the dream that got lost in the post
Chorus
A baffled professor, can’t say why the colours
Of the rainbows are fading to grey
But everyone knows that sooner or later
Someone will just have to pay, to pay
Chorus
A baffled professor, can’t say why the colours
Of the rainbows are fading to grey
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4. |
Shining
05:20
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You tell me you're sorry, but you, don’t let it show
Tell me you’re different, I don’t know
You act the same, ‘though you’re drenched in the chaos of a mayday parade,
Thinking that nothing has changed, while the pavement cracks and your footing gives way
Chorus
what’s that in the distance, it’s shining, it’s shining
what’s that insistent light I see
what’s that in the distance, (and it’s) shining, shining
what’s that insistent light I see
Why do I stay here and listen to, platitude
No-one is better you say, (well) not even you
And who’s to blame, for the glass that is shattered all over my place
Sweeping it up won’t be easy, there’s always a trace
Chorus
Now that it’s over please tell me, where do we go?
Everything ends that’s your story, (well) I already know
Is there nothing else, but the road that is strewn with a million regrets
Of how it could be so much better, if only, if only….
Chorus
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5. |
Slip Away
04:02
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Feel I’ve been taking pictures, on a package tour
Playing roles, like an amateur
I need to let it go, lie into the bends
Take a deep breath of nothing to lose my friend
Chorus
If I can write myself
Then maybe time
Won’t slip away
Like a passer-by, at a midnight feast
Face in the crowd, you’ll never see
I'm gonna' make it real, sing out loud
Turn it around, face the crowd
Chorus
I’ve been a substitute, who’s never been called
Next in line, he’s gone and missed his turn
I need to let it go, lie into the bends
Take a deep breath of nothing to lose my friend
Chorus
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6. |
Love on Those Steps
03:51
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In a street, in the rain, almost touching
Intimacy floods the space between
Escaping now you say, “it’s over”
Move away, leave
Reduced to this, so much colder
Tears burn my face, in the rain
Don’t look back, move on, no hostage
Rain attacks, time hangs still
There’s love on those steps, love there
Love, in the corners of your heart
Reach for it, hold on now
It might be all that you get to leave behind
Reach for it, and hold on now
It might be all that you get to leave behind
Love lost, love ended Amen
Love lost, love ended Amen
Love lost, love ended Amen
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Another Day
04:02
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An angel hangs from her rear-view mirror
Tears on her face, as she considers,
The decision she's made, she hope’s it is the right one
Hand in glove as she grips the wheel,
Trying to decide how she really feels
Now she's made the break, will it be the last one
Chorus
She's gone, drives into the sun
Sets on everyone, every day
Gone, heading towards the sun
Sets on everyone, but there's another day
Miles and miles of road and blues,
Calls her friends lets them know the news
How she made the break, had to happen some day
Stops off at a roadside place,
Combs her hair, makes up her face
The waiter says, I hope you had a nice day
Chorus
Back out on the open road,
Her eyes are tired, her coffee's cold
Listens to her favourite tunes and wonders
Arrives at the old familiar door,
And the open arms she's been waiting for
Sips a glass of red and then begins to wonder
Chorus
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8. |
Tuning Into You
06:13
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(yes) there were times, I ignored you
never coming home at night, spoiling for a fight
making like it's you who's to blame
but in my heart, forever adored you
didn't always let it show, how were you to know
there's no place I'd rather be
lately I've been finding a beat, picking up on where I should be, lately I’ve been find a beat
Chorus
tuning into you, finding your wavelength
tuning into you, lost in your sound
tuning into you, finding your wavelength
tuning into you, lost in your love
and I brought you down, tried to control you
thinking only of myself, trying to make some sense
of this mess I found myself in
but then your love, found and consoled me
shone a light into the black, guided my way back
into your arms, wrapped around me
lately I've been finding a beat, picking up on where I should be, lately I’ve been find a beat
Chorus
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9. |
Enemy of Love
03:37
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You are the silent gun, stab in the back
Kiss on the cheek, man in the mask
The number withheld, poisoned pen
You’re the killer of joy, can’t wait ‘till the end
Chorus
You’re the enemy, the enemy of love
You’re the enemy, the enemy of love
You leave the child with no hope, song with no tune
Take laughter from life, colour from bloom
See only one side, the side that you’re on
Your idea of company, is being alone
Chorus
You never turn a cheek, make amends
You seek to destroy, what you don’t understand
Never open your heart, or listen to learn
There’s so much more to it all, than you ever can sell
Chorus
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10. |
To Know You
03:18
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Let me think, feel
Talk, and reveal
Let me reach as far as it goes
To know you
Why does it hurt to make it so real
So much said by a single tear
Holding it in’s not bringing me closer
To knowing you
Chorus
This chemical need, magnetic pull
Primitive urge, civilised want
Always so present ineffable need
To know you
Knowing it’s something can never be known
Diurnal spinning, spinning me round
Yearning to learn what can never be known
To know you
Chorus
Let me think, feel
Talk, and reveal
Let me reach as far as it goes
To know you
Let me reach as far as it goes, to know you
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11. |
Worth it to You
04:32
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You risked it all, to step on the moon
Gaze down on us, from above
Gave it all up, to put your hand in the wound
Flesh made you swoon, from me
Chorus
Was it worth it to you, worth it to you
Was it worth it to you, worth it to you
To throw it all away
Ran over the hill, to prove yourself
Let everyone know, you’re so brave
Played the part, and learnt all the lines
Believed it was real, ‘til you fell
Chorus
You reached the top, found nobody there
No-one else, but you
Risked it all, to trip to the moon
But you came down too soon, to care
Chorus
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Tony Tyrrell Dublin, Ireland
Clarinettist turned sax player, then songwriter, I played and wrote for the critically acclaimed acoustic rock outfit, The
Afternoons (shortlisted for the Choice Music Award).
I have now recorded a solo album at Attica Studios, engineered & produced by Tommy McLaughlin (Villagers)
The first single, Happy Daze was released May 13th 2022. The album was released August 2022.
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