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1. |
Messed Up
04:29
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Back then you liked every little thing
That made my body sing
All we got wrong was the timing
And then you just stopped trying
Caught up in a dream of you
Reality there but I pushed through
You knew my mind, I knew yours
We knew the risks, we knew the flaws
So in love
I’d run away if I could
We were two crazy kids never grown up
I always knew that I was never enough
We just fell in and fell out of love
It’s all messed up
So just in case I still matter
That’s when my heart was shattered
And now from here ever after I’ll
Pretend it never happened
You tried to take all that I had
I’d got it good, I’d got it bad
Lost all I ever wanted then
You took away all my sense
So out of love
I’d ran away if I could
We were two crazy kids never grown up
I always knew that I was never enough
We just fell in and fell out of love
It’s all messed up
I’d got it good, I’d got it bad
You tried to take all that I had
Lost all I ever wanted then
You took away all my sense
We were two crazy kids never grown up
I always knew that I was never enough
We just fell in and fell out of love
It’s all messed up
It’s all messed up
We fell out of love
So out of love
But it’s all messed up
It’s all messed up
It’s all messed up
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2. |
When I'm Bad
03:40
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Pauly walked out looking for the weekend
Emptied 50 from the atm
Blew it all on cheap cologne and one shots
Took it to his one and only friend
But when he came around
I had to turn him down
Now he resents me
With pockets empty
Had to draw him a picture and what it said was
When I’m good I’m not so good
But when I’m bad I’m better
I wish I could help you
But I’m changing like the weather
And if I’m still not understood
I’ve found a higher bidder
Cause when I’m good I’m not so good
But when I’m bad I’m better
Meanwhile in the backstreets of my memory
Young Brazilian boy, forget his name
Took me to his home to meet his family
Mamma said I’d put that boy in shame
Couldn’t make an exception
Left him for deception
Just blew him away
What can I say?
Had to write him a letter and what it read was
When I’m good I’m not so good
But when I’m bad I’m better
I wish I could help you
But I’m changing like the weather
And if I’m still not understood
I’ve found a higher bidder
Cause when I’m good I’m not so good
But when I’m bad I’m better
Couldn’t make an exception
Left him for deception
Just blew him away
What can I say?
Had to write him a letter and what it read was
When I’m good I’m not so good
But when I’m bad I’m better
I wish I could help you
But I’m changing like the weather
And if I’m still not understood
I’ve found a higher bidder
Cause when I’m good I’m not so good
But when I’m bad I’m better
When I’m good I’m not so good
But when I’m bad I’m better
I wish I could help you
But I’m changing like the weather
And if I’m still not understood
I’ve found a higher bidder
Cause when I’m good I’m not so good
But when I’m bad I’m better
When I’m good, not so good
When I’m bad, I’m so much better
When I’m good, I’m not so good
When I’m good I’m not so good
When I’m bad I’m better
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3. |
Fever In The Night
04:37
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I’ve got the fever in the night
I got the shivers running down my spine
And that’s not right
Something whispers from the other side
I get the fear
Every time I feel you coming through
You touch a part of me you shouldn’t do
I got the fever in the night
I got the fever in the night
I get those tremors in the dark
Something staring deep into my heart
And that’s too far
Stone cold fingers push me down in time
I get the fear
Every time I feel you coming through
You touch a part of me you shouldn’t do
And then you walk around my soul
Feel you walking round my soul
And then you walk around my soul
I feel you walking round my soul
I see temptation in your eyes
An image burning deep into my brain
And that’s no lie
Through each pleasure runs the sting of pain
And I know
If I surrender like you want me to
You’ll touch a part of me you shouldn’t do
I get the fever in the night
I get the fever in the night
I get those tremors in the dark
It’s something staring deep into my heart
And that’s too far
Stone cold fingers push me down in time
And I know
Every time I feel you coming through
You touch a part of me you shouldn’t do
And then you walk around my soul
I feel you walking round my soul
And then you walk around my soul
I feel you walking round my soul
I feel you walking, walking round my soul
Walking round my soul
If I surrender like you want me to
You’ll touch a part of me you shouldn’t do
And then you walk around my soul
I feel you walking round my soul
And then you walk around my soul
I feel you walking round my soul
I feel you walking, walking round my soul
Hey, I got the fever
Hey, I got the fever
Walking round my soul
Walking round my soul
I feel you walking, walking round my soul
Oh, I got the fever
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4. |
Round and Round
03:40
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Patched up and aching, fall to your knees.
Your body’s broke in places no one sees
One more if you’re able
One more if you stay
Stretched out on the table cause you’re D.O.A
You’re going round and around and round and round again
You’re going down and down and down and down again
Chained to the table, broke at the wheel
Thrown out on the street before the final deal, so
Sell your apartment
Sell up your car
They’re easily parted when you play those cards
You’re going round and around and round and round again
You’re going down and down and down and down again
Gaze through the bottle, stare out the jar
Black out the light cause you’re a falling star
One more for the ladies
One more for the road
Fall out at daybreak still on overload
You’re going round and around and round and round again
You’re going down and down and down and down again
You’re going round again
Heading on down again
When is it going to end?
Eyes like a reptile, face pulled on tight
Skin looks like leather in the fading light, so
Take to the needle
Take to the knife
Throw off the bandage from your crazy life
You’re going round and around and round and round again
You’re going down and down and down and down again
Yeah!
You’re going round again
Heading on down again
When is it going to end?
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5. |
Laughter From Her Room
03:58
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Is there anybody sacred in your life?
Does anybody need you?
I had one thing that was precious in my life
I never could deceive you
And that’s ’cause I believed you
That’s until I hear your
Laughter from her room
Laughter from her room
And if there is some confusion in your mind
It should stand to reason
All the traces of the sounds you left behind
Spoke of your deceiving
Shook me from believing
All it took was hearing
Laughter from her room
Laughter from her room
It’s all ringing in my head
But the world it keeps on turning
All the things that you had said
Are in flames and now burning, burning
Never could deceive you
And that’s ’cause I believed you
That’s until I hear your
Laughter from her room
Laughter from her room
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6. |
Basement Of My Heart
04:02
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It’s cold down here
In the basement of my heart
It’s cold down here,
You better light the flame
You better let the fire start
Well it’s dark down here
In the basement of my heart
It’s dark down here
You gotta throw the switch
Flash a lightning from the sparks
Let the fire start
Lightning from the sparks
Moonlight from the stars
You gotta make it happen,
Lost in time and space
It’s a cold and lonely, lonely place
In the basement of my heart
It’s night down here
In the basement of my heart
It’s night down here
(So dark)
Throw a rope around the moon
Steal the moonlight from the stars
So lost down here
In the basement of my heart
So lost down here,
You gotta break me out
You gotta tear this place apart
Let the fire start
Lightning from the sparks
Moonlight from the stars
You gotta make it happen,
Lost in time and space
It’s a cold and lonely, lonely place
In the basement of my heart
It’s so cold down here
Mmmm
You better light the flame
Let the fire start
Well, it’s dark so dark down here
Mmmm
It’s dark down here
You gotta throw the switch
Ooooh
Let the fire start
Lightning from the sparks
Moonlight from the stars
You gotta make it happen,
Lost in time and space
It’s a cold and lonely, lonely place
In the basement of my heart
Basement of my heart
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7. |
Walking With Shadows
05:35
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Sometimes I drink too much
And I act so dumb
Try to convince myself
That I'm having fun
But I'm walking with shadows by my side
Switching off my phone
So I can be alone
Don't want to be found
This life's is too damn loud
When you're walking with shadows by your side
And it's never been easy
But why is it so very hard?
Forcing a smile to hide
All of those fading scars
And I don't want to show it
Or give myself away
But I'm walking with shadows by my side
My life's a landscape of lies
That I have built up to the sky
Trying to tell myself
That I can be somebody else
But I'm walking with shadows by my side
It can help to believe
That one day I could be
At ease and at home
And like I've never known
To walk with shadows by my side
And it's never been easy
But why is it so very hard?
Forcing a smile to hide
All of these fading scars
And I don't want to show it
Or give myself away
But I'm walking with shadows by my side
And it's never been easy
But why is it so very hard?
Forcing a smile to hide
All of these fading scars
And I don't want to show it
Or give myself away
But I'm walking with shadows by my side
And it's never been easy
But why is it so very hard?
Forcing a smile to hide
All of these fading scars
And I don't want to show it
Or give myself away
But I'm walking with shadows by my side
Yes I'm walking with shadows by my side
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8. |
Back To The Start
04:34
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If I could, I know I’d surely go back there
I’m no good, running away where I am
Hiding away where I am
I don’t need, any more hotels or cab fares
If I hear “Have a nice day” one more time
I could go out of my mind
But I could be back in a day
And I should be true to my senses
Before I’m so numb I can’t say
I don’t think so, I don’t need this
All of my roads lead to you
All of my memories go back to the start
Back to the places I knew
Back to the days when I sang
From the heart
What might change?
Are the fields there that I ran through?
What remains?
What of the friends that I had?
What of the friends that I knew?
And if there is nobody home
Or even a home I remember
The pain I would feel there alone
Might just hurt me ‘til I break knowing
All of my roads lead to you
All of my memories go back to the start
Back to the places I knew
Back to the days when I sang
All I need
All I want
And all that I feel
All of my roads lead to you
All of my senses go back to the start
Back to the places I knew
Back to the days when I sang
From the heart
From my heart
From my heart
From my heart
All of my roads lead to you
All of my senses go back to the start
Back to the places I knew
Back to the days when I sang
All of my roads lead to you
All of my memories go back to the start
Back to the places I knew
Back to the days when I sang
From the heart
From my heart
From the heart
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9. |
Better For Knowing You
04:16
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Never known anyone look at me the way you do
You opened the door to my soul and walked straight through
Even if you don't understand I know you try to
Connection out of the blue when I now know what I mean to you
You got my head in your hands and you open your eyes
Kiss away my tears and replace them with sighs
I could never want to lose you and now I realise
Life is too complex, too beautiful to ever pass on by
You'll always know me better
Than I know myself
Don't ask me where this leads cause it'll shatter
Don't ask me where I've been cause it don't matter
Don't ask me how I feel you know I'm better
Much better for knowing you
Much better for knowing you
My head gets so fuzzy and so messed up
But you'll let me be myself you won't interrupt
Whatever's right or wrong, sometimes all down to luck
Meeting someone who can give more than they took
You'll always know me better
Than I know myself
Don't ask me where this leads cause it'll shatter
Don't ask me where I've been cause it don't matter
Don't ask me how I feel you know I'm better
Much better for knowing you
Much better for knowing you
Even when it's hard to say you'll always know the truth
Whatever that is worth I'll always be there for you
Always be there for you
Don't ask me where this leads cause it'll shatter
Don't ask me where I've been cause it don't matter
Don't ask me how I feel you know I'm better
Much better for knowing you
Much better for knowing you
Don't ask me where this leads cause it'll shatter
Don't ask me where I've been cause it don't matter
Don't ask me how I feel you know I'm better
Much better for knowing you
Much better for knowing you
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10. |
Little Girl
04:19
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She’s a little mixed up and a little let down
She thinks it’ll be ok when he finally comes around
Somewhere back in time she’s covered up the hurt
Keeps it all hidden now so far away from her
But it’s always there because it’s everywhere
She don’t know who she is
Where she’s going or where she’s been
She don’t know how to turn this round
Pick up her pride and finally make it alright now
She don’t know who she is
Where she’s going or who she’s with
She don’t know how to turn this round
Pick up her pride and finally make it alright now
In the shadows of her memory she remembers a little girl
So insecure and wrapped up closely in her own world
Always wanting so much just to please
To finally feel love could she ever know what it means
She don’t know what it means and is falling it seems
She don’t know who she is
Where she’s going or where she’s been
She don’t know how to turn this round
Pick up her pride and finally make it alright now
She don’t know who she is
Where she’s going or who she’s with
She don’t know how to turn this round
Pick up her pride and finally make it alright now
She’s got it on her mind
It’s turning round inside
She forces it down but it’s always gonna rise
She don’t know who she is
Where she’s going or where she’s been
She don’t know how to turn this round
Pick up her pride and finally make it alright now
She don’t know who she is
Where she’s going or who she’s with
She don’t know how to turn this round
Pick up her pride and finally make it alright now
Make it alright now
Make it alright now
She’s got to make it alright now
Make it alright now
She’s got to make it alright now
Make it alright now
Make it alright now
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Rebecca Downes Birmingham, UK
Winner of Female Vocalist and Emerging Artist of the Year at the British Blues Awards 2016, and Female Blues Vocalist of the Year at the FORM UKBlues Awards 2018, Birmingham (UK)-based Rebecca is an independent artist creating original blues/rock music with her co-songwriter Steve Birkett and performing within a 5-piece band or as a duo with Steve. ... more
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