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We'll Wave From The Shore

by Adam Beattie and the Consultants

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1.
Bone Dry 04:11
Bone Dry We lived inside each others coats Now you’re gone but still you float Through the air that I still breath These thoughts are warm but I wish you’d leave So the air is fresh and I can start a new Let me forget about you You make me angry. You make me sad. These hollow gestures should make me glad You devoured my kindness but buried your soul And when you unearthed it, I suffered the toll. Out of Bone dry soil you grew Let me forget about you Let me forget about you So I packed my bags All I owned, memories like rags I pocketed the past, closed the book, Gave our love one last look Out of Bone dry soil we grew Let me forget about you Let me forget about you
2.
Dirty Water 03:53
Dirty Water Dirty water, grease and grime I might as well be doing time I clean all day but look at the state I’m in Think they want me to wash the colour from my skin chorus steal a moment I will sing my song rambling about what’s right and wrong stand on the corner people pass me by I’m just a twinkle in society’s eye I’m an unmarked grave in the east of town I smile so proud as I look down I shine your shoes and press your shirts But now you’re alone, alone in the dirt Chorus My songs are sung by others now They’ve outlived me, I’m not sure how “He had to live in struggle, he thrived on it” Remembered as gold, lived in shit. Chorus
3.
We’ll wave from the shore Crooked stairway, broken glass Cold winter coming, coming fast Bethnal Green road, high price squalor Bishopsgate in the city growing sleeker and taller They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore We wake with a shiver, squabble with time Lend each other money, drink Lesley’s wine We swim with the shackles, hide in the seams The detoxification of our broken dreams They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore Bridge - Gone are the struggles of bread and water Stealing crusts and doing time It’s hard to avoid, broken bikes and old toys Packaged holidays waiting in line Captains of our boat, standing firm and tall While the wind passes and rain splashes through holes in the wall Mother nature gave us this inclination to roam But now we’re raking through the rubbish for the philosopher’s stone They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore
4.
May Wonder Never Die The sun comes through the window. The sounds of the street begin to grow. You twist a little and turn to me. The morning fills your heart with glee. I will recall these days until I...
5.
Dancing in the kitchen The tap drips the rhythm, the sink rings the rhyme The whole world turns inside out, through your eyes on mine We’re dancing in the kitchen, while everyone is gone The words still hang upon the wall, the air still sings our song The sun shines like our spotlight, it mingles with our dancing shoes It makes the dust kind of sparkle, takes away the morning blues We’re dancing in the kitchen, a pan of water boils The steam surrounds our silent waltz, and ingrains us on the wall We’re dancing in the kitchen, while all the world’s asleep The stairs begin to creek under feet, the radio turns on
6.
Blood in my eyes Woke up smiling, with the sun so high Laughing in the face of all the people passing by And as the day wore out, and the sky grew grey My heart grew blue, seeing you was so far away Oh baby, I’ve got blood in my eyes for you Oh darlin’, there’s a space in my heart You filled my head with what the future may hold Before I knew it, I was out in the cold I didn’t even get to the end of the street I was back in your arms, feeling your heat Oh baby, I’ve got blood in my eyes for you Oh darlin’, there’s a space in my heart I woke with a sweat, I knew it was wrong I could feel it in my bones, the conception of this song The blood ran hot, lust turned to woe My body felt abandoned from my head down to my toes, to my toes I wrote you a letter, I sent it first class You’ll maybe read it, at the bottom of your glass And as you raised your head, with your glazed red eyes I’ll be gone, like a bird into the skies Oh baby, I’ve got blood in my eyes for you Oh baby, there’s a space in my heart
7.
Every time we say goodbye Every time we say goodbye It’s only me who sheds a tear My one true love just passed me by and I fear It’s never to return Now the past just seems so golden And who knows what’s up ahead If you take the road and go all around the world You’ll come back to nothing at all The trees are forever in bloom The rosebush at the doorstep never weeps The sun it always shines and you are always mine Time will tell us all we ponder Dropping like a feather or a nail And in our darkest hour all our love may flower Taking root on a rolling stone
8.
Thrill Seeker Cutting up, cutting down If I can stay under long enough, maybe I can drown Lost within, lost without I’d be the only one who survives the drought I’ve got you, and you’ve got me Love is but insurance for the young and free I can’t be forgiven. And I can’t be forgot All things in times of need have got us in this knot Chorus: I’m a thrill seeker, mark my words I’ll remember your name if you give me your card I’m a thrill seeker, I’ve got words of stone If you stick by me, I’ll help you get known I couldn’t get it over, so I went under Came for the sunshine, left with the thunder I’ve got nothing left, cause I got nothing right Everything perishes, nothing’s worth the fight Chorus
9.
GLIMPSES OF YOU I felt as if my skin may rip. My voice slipped The words had no grip on my thoughts My thoughts had no hold on my heart I spilt my beer down my chin, the last sip of you And I turned to show my tears to the world As I took my sorry self to the door My senses get only glimpses of you, the rest is in my mind You’re right here in this empty bed. In this empty bed. You left me many weeks ago, the door just slammed. You stretched me out and pinned me down. This pain is satisfying. I can’t bear it A fight is not an option now, even if I chose to fight. I should have saved you up. Rationed you. But instead I devoured you and now you’re gone My senses get only glimpses of you, the rest is in my mind You’re right here in this empty bed. In this empty bed.
10.
Man Running 03:56
Man Running Fistful of rum and pockets full of smoke He shot with a bang into the street This one square town has no late bars He should have left while he was still on his feet And now every bank knows his name And each address holds only the fame Of a man running under a cloud dark with rain A cloud dark with rain A bruised and broken home has left him all alone Now he reads his fortune in the stars But from these streets the sky is clear The moon is just a tear Everything that you drink is what you are Making drinks to make some money, making money to get drinks made When every night is just this, even years begin to fade For a man running under a cloud full of rain A cloud dark with rain
11.
Gabriella 05:16
Gabriela You say you’ve never been on a train You’ve never left your home The sun comes downs on the gypsy towns My mind begins to roam You can’t leave and I can’t stay Our wondering hearts make the world this way I float like a dandelion in the hot red/red hot night deep as the blood of St. valentine But when the cheer from the day has gone I fall like the night time You can’t leave and I can’t stay Our wondering hearts make the world this way Take the road and you’ll never get there Lost and alone, nobody to care One should not eat the bread until the baker is fed Or you run the risk of it being laced with lead They say you should help yourself before you help one another But you’ll be up a dry creek with your throttle and your rudder The steel wheels grind like the gears in my mind They scream as they slow down And like the smoke trail vale that leaves our fate so pale We dissolve into the night time Chorus
12.
Go as if on water Go as if on water, my dear Go as if on glass, but be fast Go as if on gravel, and unravel your love for me I’ve found my self in trouble, when I’ve hung my heart in a frame So now I keep it in my shoe, wrapped in a picture of you Go as if on water, my dear Go as if on grass, make it last Go as if on pins, let the blood rinse itself of me But now the blood runs from my shoe, the picture of you is soaked through So I hang it up to dry, but the ink just bleeds and you cry Go as if on water, my dear Go as if on ice, like two dice Go as if on fire, and retire from this life with me

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released February 8, 2010

Adam Beattie - vocals, guitars, banjo,
piano, harmonium, wurlitzer, toy piano
Callum Sadler - electric guitars, organ
Colin Somervell - double bass
Kit Jolliffe - drums
Jim Willis - violin, mandolin
Justin Young - musical saw
Will Heath, Ben Faulkner,
Oliver Talkes and Dave Tunstall -
backing vocals

All songs written by Adam Beattie
Recorded at 8 Forest Grove, London
between 6th and 14th of June 2009
Recorded and mixed by Paul Gallagher
Mastered by Jon Astly
Produced by Adam Beattie,
Callum Sadler and Paul Gallagher

Cover photography by Noemie Goudal

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Adam Beattie Scotland, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Adam Beattie has released 5 studio albums. His latest album ‘Somewhere Round The Bend’ received critical acclaim, "Uplifting reveries of love" - MOJO Magazine, "5/5 Master of powerful narratives” - RnR MAGAZINE, “8/10 “Stirring folk balladry” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT, “A very fine record, full of great moments” - RODDY HART, BBC RADIO SCOTLAND ... more

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