1. |
Nowhere Fast
02:24
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NOWHERE FAST
I'm in a mess 'cause my broadband's stuck in sinking sand
I got it half price 'cause they tell me it's second hand
Bought it from a fake tanned man from Birmingham
A gang land, big bang, tin can, Superman
Ring tones, free fones, safe homes, crumple zones,
Let's go, broken bones, who's to know - sleeps alone?
It's buy one get one free you see
With no guarantee
It's buy one free
You can fall for the price
No life guarantee
I don't need you and me now
Delivered in a week straight from the factory
Extended memory, full service history
The best you've ever seen
Grown from last years seed
With the rarely seen, final scene
Got it from the winning team
Out of reach, on the beach
Can you practice what you preach?
Tell 'em what you mean, keep 'em keen
That'll teach you something
I'm out of reach, on the beach
Can you practice what you preach?
Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen
That'll teach you something
It's in the can, big man with the best laid plans
New improved, in demand, this stuff is factory canned
Peter Pan took Japan over land, underhand
In the back, front, this is the night
That I teach you something
So give it all up when they raise the stakes
Lock the gates, on the make, give and take on a plate
Love the chase, hate the pace
Off the case, back to base
Face to face, first place, lead the race to outer space
Look back, head back, mind the gap, heart attack
Get the knack, lead the pack
Beat the trap for the craic
Took flak, head back, mind the gap, heart attack
Got the knack, lead the pack, beat the trap
Only do it for the craic
For the crack
Copyright © 2005 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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CHILLIN' OUT
Forgive me, 'cause I'm just chillin' out
I'm not crashing the stock market, bringing the bank system down
Forgive me, 'cause I'm just chillin' out
I won't fight for my country, this war ain't my argument man!
We're just laughing and joking and drinking and smoking all night
We're hoping and praying they'll pass if we turn out the lights
Turn them out
Forgive me, if you all got bills to pay
I'm a king of the Internet, a subject of something less grand
We're just talking and joking and laughing and smoking all night
We're hoping and praying they'll pass if we turn out the lights
Turn them out
Turn out the lights and chill out, chill out, chill out!
Forgive me, 'cause I'm still here today
I'm just making my fortune the less-than-unfortunate way
We're talking and toking and chilling and smoking all night
Just hoping and praying they'll pass if we turn out the lights
Turn them out
Chill out, chill out, chill out!
Copyright © 2003 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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3. |
Train Pass This Way
04:04
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TRAIN PASS THIS WAY
That town it must have been
A bad town, embodied scene
I got lost on the way to somewhere
I got lost on the road again
Well I'm not listening anyway
Shut my mouth, got nothing to say
What town is this station in?
What time does the train pass this way?
We've been to both the cities
We got the summer scene
This place is such a pity
One down, bring another three
What town is this station in?
What time does the train pass this way?
Still got to make the great escape
What time does the train pass this way?
That's how it must have been then
The west won, the rest is lost
Please state your destination
How much does this ticket cost?
What town is this station in?
What time does the train pass this way?
Still got to make the great escape
What time does the train pass this way?
Gotta tell me what town?
Gotta tell me what town is this station in?
Gotta tell me what town?
You gotta tell me what town?
You gotta tell me what town is this station in?
You gotta tell me what town?
You gotta tell me what town?
You gotta tell me what town is this station in?
What town is this station in again?
Tell me what town is this station in?
Gonna tell me what town?
Gonna tell me what time?
Gotta tell me what time?
Gotta tell me what time does the train pass this way?
Gonna tell me what time?
Gotta tell me what time?
Gotta tell me what time does the train pass this way?
Pass this way
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EMERALD (THIS IS FOR YOU)
I met you on an aeroplane, the last year of the century
We were heading to the South of France - you were there for company
Into the Great Unknown we travelled, strangers in the sky
I said I was "Just scared of falling" when you laughed at my fear of heights
So this is for you, this is for you
This is for you, this is for you
I hope it makes you feel good
We spoke of times that laid ahead, the greatest of escapes
Making plans for better days, as we landed in the rain
And the last thing I remember, you were waving from the taxi cab
Gone but not forgotten, to hold but to never have
And when I got 2,000 miles away from who I used to be
I tracked you down but I never got a chance to speak
And I'd love to get to know you, better than I ever did
So I wrote a song about you, it was all that I had to give
So this is for you, this is for you
This is for you, this is for you
I hope it makes you feel good
This is for you
I hope it makes you feel good
Copyright © 2002 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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5. |
On (Original Version)
02:56
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ON
I got shot of a bad feeling today
I tripped a hundred thousand miles and lost it on the way
I got feet that are cold and I'm wanting to go
I got nothing here cos everything is on the road
And I say "Hey!"
And the road goes on
And the feeling goes on
And life goes on yeah!
Got space and freedom here today
A hundred thousand miles away and still I'm in the race
There's a lot of positivity we can use
A hundred thousand people here and none of them can lose
And it's a long shot, it's the only one
Top slot, doing what it takes to stay
This field of hungry people can't be wrong
Doing what it takes today
And I say "Hey!"
And the road goes on
And the feeling goes on
And life goes on yeah!
I hope to see this energy remain
Made a hundred thousand pounds and threw it all away
I gotta feeling that I really can't miss this time
And I say "Hey!"
And the road goes on
And the feeling goes on
And life goes on yeah!
A new sound and the word gets around
That the world keeps spinning and I am here today, oh yeah
One hundred thousand people can't be wrong
Doing what it takes today, yeah yeah yeah
What it takes to stay
And I say "Hey!"
And the road goes on
And the feeling goes on
And life goes on yeah!
Copyright © 2006 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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ALL OVER THE WORLD
I’ve been 34 years in the same old place
I’ve been looking for a way to get off my face for most of it
I’ve been down and out in this no-horse-town
With a head full of worries and a heart full of frowns
I got over it!
I'll see you between here and the deep blue sea
If you look beneath the surface it's plain to see my love
Don’t let it get you down too soon
Got the sun – got the moon to help you
Don’t let it get you down too soon
Got the sun – got the moon
Got the stars in the sky - got the ticket we can fly
Let’s pack in our jobs and leave the whole world behind
Go leave the whole world behind
There’s a mountain up ahead to climb
Let’s run to the top while we still got time – are you up for it?
I’m with you for the rest of this life of mine
If you want to we can dream about castles in the sky
Don’t let it get you down too soon
Go leave the whole world behind
All over the world – they’ll be singing your song
All over the world
It's all over, it's all over
It's all over the world
It's all over, it's all over
Go leave the whole world behind
Copyright © 2002 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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7. |
Question Of How
04:30
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QUESTION OF HOW
She said "You'll have a good life"
I said "You'll have a good day"
I've done my time in the shade
Must seek alternative ways
Three hundred thousand in cash
She told me "Take it and leave"
It brings me out in a rash
But there's a remedy
I'm stoned - you're drinking
I know - just what you're thinking
It's not a question of where - just a matter of when
It's not a question of who - it's just a matter of them
Is this property yours? I could've sworn it was mine
I'm beginning to doubt you all the time
You wanted to know - I'm doing fine
Avoiding the flow - most of the time
You're talking too much - I don't agree
There's never enough of this equality
It's just a question of how
Everything can be, will be, should be
Everything must be left in place by now
It's just a question of how
Anything can be, will be, should be
Everything must be left in place by now
It's just a question of how
I'll decide when the time is right
I'm locked and ready to go
I'm locked and ready to go
They wanna see me again
Better see what they got
First they're taking the blame
Now they're taking the lot
They can show me the way
And I can show them the door
Get a reason to love this life some more
It's not a question of who, it's just a question of you
And you've got blood on your hands and I got soles on my shoes
It's a ridiculous lie to think that I'd never stay
I'm only 24 hours away
Selling the past to pay for the future
Do what you're told but only if it suits you
Copyright © 2005 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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8. |
I Am He
02:49
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I AM HE
The man who threw it all away
For a carriage on a slow train
To find out if his soul would stay
Regret to inform you
I am he
It was me
The boy who jumped into the river
Swam the lake yet can't forgive her
Lost in search of saintly sinners
Sorry to say that
I am he
That was me
The ripples on the pond last June
The perfect circle harvest moon
The sound in someone else's room
In case you didn't notice
It was me
I am he
So every time you pass this way
Whatever Godforsaken day
Has weathered you like time's escape
If someone's still there then
The man who threw it all away
For a carriage on a slow, slow train
Not a marriage or a family
I'm sorry to say that
This is me
Something freed my mind
Copyright © 2005 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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TROUBLE ON THE MOTHERSHIP
They found the Holy Grail for sale on E-bay
Sold to a nameless, faceless DJ
A teenage found on the freeway
Looking for a misplaced, disgraced Saturday
It ceases, picking up the pieces
Flowing freely, feels so easy
Through Brick Town, to the low ground
Through to the bridge - something big still going down
At the zoo there's a few
That have left the boneyard
N.F.G. written on the placard
Cool breeze still bringing in the smell
Of a car in flames in a lane near Hell
Nice planet! We'll take it!
Not in that colour but we only need the half of it
We've cracked it, feels fantastic
Can't stay 'cause there's trouble on the Mothership
On the Mothership, on the Mothership
Got cones on the Yellow Brick Road
Got a hole in the sky where the ozone goes
Deep down they caught you thinking
Better keep it up 'cause the eyes are blinking
Missed it, drinking, listing, sinking
Missed it, drinking, listing, sinking
One choice - stick or twist?
Can't stay 'cause there's trouble on the Mothership
We've cracked it, feels fantastic
Can't stay 'cause there's trouble on the Mothership
They found the Holy Grail for sale on E-bay
Sold to a nameless, faceless DJ
A steel age, teenage, found on the freeway
Looking for a misplaced, disgraced Saturday
Can't stay 'cause there's trouble on the Mothership
Can't stay on the Mothership
Copyright © 2005 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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10. |
The Green Field
03:42
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THE GREEN FIELD
The tents go up and the rain comes down
The city of green is a river of brown
There's old friends playing your favourite tune
I'll meet you in the Green Field, Saturday noon
(I'm only asking but I'd love to hear 'Yes')
Let's spend our lives forever
Go somewhere else together
I'm only asking but I'd love to hear 'Yes'
When the van packed up and the tent fell down
I saw the prettiest girl that had ever come to town
I asked her name when I asked her for a light
She said "I'll meet you in the Green Field, Saturday night"
Let's spend the night together
Go somewhere else forever
We're only dreaming we don't need to wake up yet
Pretend there's no-one out there
Spend a beautiful life together
I'm only asking but I'd love to hear 'Yes'
It isn't over when a Saturday comes, yeah
I get around but it never seems to go, yeah
I got a reason for the sun to be there
The best days of our life
I'll meet you in the Green Field, Saturday noon
(Wessex girls are still the best now)
Let's spend our lives forever
Go somewhere else together
I'm only asking but I think I know the answer
Somewhere else forever
Let's spend our time together
I know you know my name, I'm always out there, yeah
I'll meet you in the Green Field, Saturday noon
Copyright © 2005 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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THROW ME A LINE
Why don't you sing that song for me?
The one they sang when they set the people free
We we're laughing all the way to the bank but the bank was closed
So we bought a cheap bottle of wine, so the story goes
To bed
And I'd love to take you home
But the ceiling came down so we got no place to go
Once in a while (it) does you good to go without
'Cause it all works out just fine in the end, no doubt about it
You said you want to know me
I guessed you'd want to show me
Why don't you throw me a line?
Why don't you wear that dress for me?
The one you wore back in 1993
We were laughing all the way to the end when the credits ran
So we headed off into the night when the lights went down
Too bad
You said you want to know me
I guessed you'd want to show me
Why don't you use that time?
Go ahead and make it mine
Don't make it wrong to know me
Go ahead if you want to show me
Why don't you throw me a line?
Go ahead and throw me a line
Go ahead and throw me
And I'd love you here with me
But the waters ran under the bridge and out to sea
So if you see me smile, it did me good to go without
'Cause it all worked out just fine in the end, no doubt about it
Go ahead and throw me a line
Why don't you throw me a line?
Copyright © 2002 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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12. |
The Nerd Song
03:16
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THE NERD SONG
We went on a date, it went real well
Went to her house and my feet smelt
So I left real free and early
Yeah, I don't have a lot of luck with the ladies that's true
Can't find a way to get through
Everything I say comes out like I'm some kind of nerd
Yeah I'm a hopeless nerd
And it hurts that I know you've heard
That I'm a hopeless nerd
And I can tell you all about the RAM in your computer
I can make a program do exactly what you want it to
But I'm just failing fast when it comes to you
When it comes to you
Don't know what to do
Everytime we're through and I still know
There's nothing left to show
That I can be somebody, run to you
Yeah I'm no good with women that's true
I'd rather be at home with a computer
'Cause it wants to do what I want to do
I'm a selfish nerd
I'm no good with words - so you've heard
So you've heard, so you've heard
That's why you're leaving, you're leaving - good!
I'm no good with people that's true
I'd rather be at home with a PC computer
I see what I can see
On the screen it's there in front of me
I got no complications, no obligations
Nothing to stop me ever going where I wanna go
So where do you wanna go today?
'Cause I bet I don't wanna go too
It's a lot like me and you
I still laugh at how we joked about
Taking on the World
When we don't know where it is
Where it is
Yeah I'm a useless nerd
I'm no good with words
I see you've heard
I got words
I said words not worms
Copyright © 2006 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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IN YOUR HEAD
I hope it's in your head
All the words I said
And what it means to me
If you don't agree
Well then it's in your head
If you want me to save the World
Then you better give me more than a day to do it
If I'm out to save myself
Then I'd better get the World to give me help
You work, breathe, eat, sleep
Laugh, cry, love and you die
There's no point kidding yourself
It's just a habit of life
I hope it's in your head
All the words I said
And what it means to me
If you don't agree
Well then it's in your head
When they said it would be hard
They never said it would be virtually impossible
When I said I was here for good
I meant I was here for good times
And I don't wanna say "Could've told you so..."
But you were in the right and it was time to go
So forgive me if I speak my mind
I never was the silent type
You got that "get rich - get big" thing in your head
Yeah, you got that "get rich - get big" thing in your head
I hope it's in your head
All the words I said
And what it means to me
If you don't agree
Well then it's in your head
Copyright © 2003 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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14. |
Gentle Folly
03:29
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GENTLE FOLLY
In every person I see only you
In every other I see substitutes
And if the rain will come and wash this all away
'Cause I'm not leaving here without you
Gonna take my time on the breeze
If the chill don't come then my city can't breathe
And I'll get back you
Send a freight train through to reach your love
I've seen no other good enough
And it's my right to love you
In every feeling I sense only you
I'm not the first one to be spoken to
And if it takes all night
Gonna let it take all night
'Cause I'm not leaving here without you
And the bells will ring and the church will sing
And the people cling but they don't know a thing
And I'd love to make it too
But the deed is done with the gift of the son
And the two are one 'til the slip of the tongue
And until that day we're a race un-run
Not yet begun
In every colour I see shades of only you
In every person I see perfect truth
And if it takes all night
Gonna let it take all night
'Cause I'm not leaving here without you
And the bells will ring and the church will sing
And the people cling but they don't know a thing
And I still believe it's true
Send a freight train through to reach your love
Hope the truth is known with the slip of the tongue
And until that day we're a race un-run
Don't forget to hide your footprints when you go
When you go, when you go
When you go, when you go
Don't forget to hide your footprints when you go
When you go, when you go
When you go
Copyright © 2007 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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15. |
Adrift
03:10
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ADRIFT
He took a knife to a tree
Said something about eternity
And he carved his name deep in the grain
Next to hers
There never was a better time
To burn the books and breath new life again
To the end
He was so mesmerised, in too deep
Down at the wishing well, daring to dream
And when he awoke he seemed alone
Next to her
Set adrift
She had a date with the World
Went somewhere without speaking a word
And she took her chance, left in a trance
Next to him no friend
There never was a better way
These open roads, they're all the same
In the end
In the end
And she apologised in her sleep
She was the last in line
Judas she dreams
And when she awoke
She was alone next to him
Set adrift
Copyright © 2005 Jason Allen. All rights reserved.
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Jason Allen England, UK
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Somerset, England. Jason has written and self-recorded multiple
solo albums and EPs, the most recent of which (February 2024) is called Borrowing Power From The Mill.
More information can be found at www.jasonallen.co.uk
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