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Telegraph Road
05:23
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They tell me that I'm not the great believer
In spirits that will visit from the past
But when I walked alone where once were sleepers
I saw navvies that were digging at the cast
The sound of steam, the smell of those great engines
Now overgrown, the old road still survives
Forging over streams and bridging rivers
Progress speeding over time, I say...
On the Telegraph Road
Keep moving on, moving on
On the Telegraph Road
People don't understand, understand
That's how it rolls
On the Telegraph Road
They came and took away the sleepers
But they left the trackside poles
To become a faint and understood reminder
Communication started by the rails
Every single mile of the new railroad
Cable was suspended by the track
And with every inch of that invention
A wire that could send a message back
On the Telegraph Road
They were moving on. moving on
On the Telegraph Road
People don't understand, understand
So it goes
On the Telegraph Road
They said the days of steam were nearly over
So they tore up miles and miles of track
But now we rue those changes
And we're never going to get it back
On the Telegraph Road
They were moving on, moving on
On the Telegraph Road
People don't understand, understand
So it goes
On the Telegraph Road...
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2. |
Angel
03:57
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Woah, the Angel…
We can never have it all
With our backs against the wall
Oh no
You always have to pay the price
The memories your money buys
It's shameful
Well I'm telling you my friend
If you lend an ear
Then I'll be truthful...
It started long ago
With more hopelessness
Than anyone could ask for
Well I took a mighty step
She let me in and so we wept
Tearful
She took me to her bed
Something happened in my head
The Angel
She gave herself to me
I never thought that it could be
Angel
A thousand nights of passion
Bodies weaving
Wrapped in satin, Angel
Well we didn't eat, we didn't sleep
Had Lucy made the trip so sweet
Angel
Woah, the Angel…
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3. |
Chain Gang
06:28
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I think I know your problem
The colour of his skin
Deny the right to freedom
You may raid a village
You may burn a house
But look into his eyes see white
See fear like yours
You take his wife, his children
To a far off alien land
And bind them up in shackles
You may use your whip
Use pain to drive him on
But can't hear the cries
His blood, it's red like yours
Working on the chain gang
Working on the chain gang
Working on the chain gang
Working on the chain gang, chain gang
Help me to uncover
Help me to unwind
Help them to salvation
Working on the chain gang
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4. |
Mystery
04:31
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It's a mystery
That I can't explain
All my heartache turns to pain
It's a tragedy
I can't work it out
Here we go around again
I just, just don't know
Going to and fro
Goin' round again
Can't work it out
I just don't know anymore
Why can't I ask you to forget it
It's a Mystery
A Mystery
That I can't explain
It's a Mystery
That I can't explain
All my heartache turns to pain
It's a tragedy
I can't work it out
And I know it's so obscene
I just can't help
The way I feel no more
Why don't I ask you to forget it
Why don't I ask you to forget it
Why don't I ask you to forget it
Why don't I ask you to forget it
Well it's a mystery
That I can't explain
It's a Mystery
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5. |
Time & Tide
03:44
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'Time and Tide wait for no man'
Take your chances now and don't be dumb
If you leave it all too long
You won't finish off that song
The tide will wait for no-one
Don't waste your time
Looking for the other side to break it
You won't make it
Don't even think that you can be
A nobody, somebody will change it
If you make it
And you gotta give it style
You know it's true
You gotta give it all
Gotta give it all to you
'Time and Tide wait for no man'
Take your chances now and don't be dumb
If you leave it all too long
You won't finish off that song
The tide will wait for no-one
As a boy he'd sit and dream
Of making it big, or being famous
Now as a man of seventy
The chance has gone, he didn't take it
He never made it
You gotta give it style
You know it's true
You gotta give it all
Give it all to you
'Time and Tide wait for no man'
Take your chances now and don't be dumb
If you leave it all too long
You won't finish off that song
The tide will wait for no-one
'Time and Tide wait for no man'
Well take your chances now
And don't be... Dumb
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6. |
Mother's Ruin
04:00
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Mother's Ruin by the bed
She's gone completely off her head
Do you really want me to take her by the hand?
Better things are left unsaid
Leave the bottle there instead
Now do you think I'll ever make her understand?
She drains the bottle, where's the next?
I told you to forget her
Her head is half dead
Killed all the brain cells in there
And when the whisky bottle's dry
And she's staring at the sky
She can't move to make a reply
You can't help but hide the lie
There's no reason, not a rhyme
Forget the worries but in time
Wonder why you that can't see what she once saw
Blurring pictures of a life
Stumblin' slowly through the strife
Scared to stay or go she's only wanting more
She drains the bottle, where's the next?
I told you to forget her
Her head is half dead
Killed all the brain cells in there
And when the whisky bottle's dry
And she's staring at the sky
She can't move to make a reply
You can't help but hide the lie
Mother's ruin
Mother's ruin
Mother's ruin by the bed
She gone completely off her head
Mother's ruin by the bed
She's gone completely off her head
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7. |
One And The Same
03:21
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You and me, we're one and the same
It's just a game that we play
How could we both be so wrong
We've both learned the truth about lies today
I'm not missing her
Not missing her
I'm not missing her
Not missing her at all
It's just a sign of the times
No one stays true today
We live with our lies
How could we both be so wrong
When did it all change
And you misbehaved
I feel so ashamed
That it's gone too far
Why can't we ask no questions here
Why must we always take the blame
We see the love disappear
And we do, we do it all again
You and me, we're one and the same
It's just a game that we play
How could we both be so wrong
I'm not missing her
Not missing her
I'm not missing her
Not missing her at all
Not missing at all
Missing at all
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8. |
Pretender
04:54
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Two sides to a picture
That hangs on the wall
Two faces of someone
I can't see them all
The sound of the traffic
Drives through my brain
And into the walls
I feel my energy drain
Go into the bathroom
Look into the glass
Reflecting my nature
Reflecting my past
How many people
Have looked through that plate
How many hearts and tears
Did that take
I'm asking you, who's sorry now
How many times
Have you been burned
And how many times
Have you missed what you learned
I'm asking you
Who's sorry now
Go into the bathroom
Look into the glass
Reflecting my nature
Reflecting the past
How many people said
Who's sorry now
How many people
Have looked through that plate
How many hearts and tears
Did that take
And I'm asking you, Who's sorry now
How many times
Have you been burned
And how many times
Have you missed what you learned
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9. |
Prosopagnosia
03:19
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Prosopagnosia
Everybody knows you're to die for
Give out in those places
But she won't know those faces again, no
She's so outrageous
She'll get you
Get under your skin
And so contagious
She'll know when she get you
But she won't know what'll happen to him
Bodies are her pleasure
Wrapped up in black leather
Or lace or fur
And the money in black cases
But never any faces she'll remember
She's so outrageous
She'll love you
More than anything
And so contagious
She'll know when she gets you
But she won't know what'll happen to him
Prosopagnosia...
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10. |
Living The Dream
06:09
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Gifted in song
Writing the tunes
In another way, for another day
Living next door
He's learning the score
In a proper way, but a better way?
They meet and they play
And they work in the day
Their jamming is fun
But what will become
Will it just fade away?
It was so out of sight
I could have been right
But then I could have been wrong
Living my dreams
For all that it seems
I should have been strong
A year or two passed
Better tunes came at last
We're on our way... We're on our way
Then a Genesis guy
Heard the tunes
Said 'send a man today'
They met not afar
They had a cigar
Told we're on our way
But it was never to be
They just couldn't see
They were meant to be made
It was so out of sight
I could have been right
But then I could have been wrong
Living my dreams
For all that it seems
I should have been strong
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TemperToo London, UK
TemperToo is two people - Steve Hubbard (vocals, keys & bass) & Ian Ormiston Stables (electric & acoustic
guitars).
Gigged around London as TemperTemper in the 80s. The band lost touch for 30+ yrs, until Ian located Steve on Facebook in 2018. Started writing and recording as TemperToo.
“Telegraph Road” album released May 2021.
“Monkey In The Machine” album released Jan 2024.
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