1. |
Hope Floats
04:34
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Hope Floats | Dave McKinley
Hope floats
So please don’t sink my boat
Wine flows
To where does the conversation go
Something lift me up and give my bones a shake
Don’t hesitate to replicate the gracious twist of fate
You’d better hold me down, I’m bleeding out, my mouth is dry
Win or lose the life I choose is mine to turn around
And face the sun
Turn my walk in to a run
F-a-c-e face the sun
Turn my walk into a run
Hope has a ghost
In a land of despair just off the coast
It shines a beam of light
To guide the way so the rocks and the boats don’t fight
To the disingenuous the fake and the phony ones
To the almost rans that also fanned the flames that licked the sun
You’d better cool your beans, shape your dreams, you selfish bums
The bell will ring for you and there’ll be nothing you can do about it
But face the sun,
Turn my walk in to a run,
F-a-c-e face the sun
Turn my walk into a run
Something lift me up and give my bones a shake
Don’t hesitate to replicate the gracious twist of fate
You’d better hold me down, I’m bleeding out, my mouth is dry
Win or lose the life I chose is mine to turn around
And face the sun
Turn my walk in to a run
F-a-c-e face the sun
Turn my walk into a run
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2. |
In The Stars
02:57
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In The Stars | Dave McKinley
I can see the writing on the wall
But I love graffiti so it doesn’t bother me at all
Read between the lines
Don’t let your felt tip pen slip outside of them
The colour of my heart was never written in the stars or on the wall
Time for me to rectify my mistakes
Regrets are not necessarily bad things for you to make
Never make an enemy, enemies will always make themselves
The colour of their hearts was never written in the stars or on the wall
Hold me close don’t ever let me go
Been counting down the hours and now there’s seconds left to go
I can’t feel your breath upon my cheek I’m losing all your body heat
The colour of your heart was never written in the stars or on the wall
The colour of your heart was never written in the stars or on the wall
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3. |
Get A Life
03:44
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Get A Life | Dave McKinley
Get a life, get a life, I don’t really care if you live or die
Don’t wanna know what you came here for
Kindly go and show yourself the door
All your dreams are made from the comfort of the shade that you were born in
The rest you have been brave and they’re never gonna get it and they’re never gonna take it away
Alright!
I don’t really care if I am right or I’m wrong,
I’m going to write a song about a man who had to write a song
And I want you all to sing along and maybe you could all shake your thing
Get a life, get a life I don’t really care if you live or die
Don’t wanna know what you came here for
Kindly go and show yourself the door
All your dreams are made from the comfort of the shade that you were born in to
The rest you have been brave and they’re never gonna get it and they’re never gonna take it away
Alright!
Holding back my tears I’ve been holding my tongue
I never promised to be righteous man I never promised to be strong
I never meant to fall this far and I don’t know if I can hold on
I got a beard like a captain but I got no legs for the sea
I don’t like that water man and that water don’t like me
You’ve gone and thrown me over board and watch me sink like a stone
All I wanted was some little blue pills out of the machine
But all it gave me was breath freshener s-p-e-a-r-m-i-n-t!
Get a life, get a life I don’t really care if you live or die
Don’t wanna know what you came here for
Kindly go and show yourself the door
Get a life, get a life I don’t really care if you live or die
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4. |
One Trick Rodeo
04:00
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One Trick Rodeo | Dave McKinley
I don’t wanna say that I told you so
But this is just a heart shaped box that we’re throwing in a hole
Just turn out the lights admit that I was right let’s stop this puppet show
Thank you for the ride, for being by my side in this one trick rodeo
Happy disco propelling glorious noise into your ears
Invading all the spaces throwing shapes and pulling funny faces
And I don’t wanna fall into your arms so hard and cold
I don’t wanna lose you
Pray that we avoid catastrophe,
That’s a waste of time, there’s no one on the line
It’s just a figment of your anxiety,
Nature just destroys itself you see
We are not to blame, we are one of the same
And I know that’s a tragedy
That’s why happy disco propelling glorious noise into your ears
Invading all the spaces throwing shapes and pulling funny faces
And I don’t wanna fall into your arms so hard and cold
I don’t wanna lose you
One trick Rodeo
Happy disco,
One trick Rodeo
Happy disco
I don’t wanna say that I told you so
This is just a heart shaped box that we're throwing in a hole
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5. |
The Down Low
04:40
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The Down Low | Dave McKinley
These are the things that will break your back
And hold your head under the sea
When somebody goes and they don’t come back
It’s easy to sink to your knees
There’ll be a light you can carry the fight to
They’ll be some joy along the way
Even when life’s full of storms
Remember the glory
When something small overcomes the grey
I can’t break my fall
I got no wings at all
Falling is all that I have
Try as I might I just can’t learn to fly
The pavements always coming at me fast
There’s nothing there but the cool breeze of air
The smell of a Cuban cigar
Drinking on a boat
chewing the fat
With old compadres
Composing sonnets for decomposing ghosts
All that I long for all that I love
Is hidden underneath the golden leaves
In the autumn of my mind
Where peace seems so damn hard to find
The winds getting, winter is setting in
Sugar coated poison will quieten down the voices
Through my window love and life will shine
My conscience flows like water just like the bastard ought to
With harmony and clarity in mind
These are the things that will bring you back
And hold your head above the sea
You went away now you’ve come back
I hope that you remember me
There’s still a light we can carry the fight to
They’ll be some joy along the way
Even when life’s full of storms
Remember the glory
When something small overcomes the grey
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Dave McKinley Leeds, UK
One of the finest all original, lyrically exciting acoustic acts to hail from the foothills of the Pennines. His individual blend of genres and influences creates a special sound that’s not stuck in any groove! This melodious singer and thought provoking songwriter takes influence from the likes of The Beatles, Evan Dando, Radiohead and Deus. ... more
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