MARTIN BARRE: A TRICK OF MEMORY

Bug

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Way Before Your Time

I was thinking about some time ago
Way way before your time
Everything is so plain to me
It was just some sort of joke

Way way way before your time
Way way way before your time

Take me down
Take me down that road
I don't know
I don't know where it leads
I need someone to help

Lying in my bed awake
It seems so far away
How we got away with what we did
Well the answer lies with you

Way way way before your time
Way way way before your time

Take me down
Take me down that road
I don't know
I don't know where it leads
I need someone to help

You can hide behind the dark
Make believe there's no-one looking back
If we looked a little strange
Keeping us from going quite insane

I was thinking it had all been said
Nothing left to do
Things in my head just can't be new
Just how do you begin?
 

Bug Bee

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Empty Café

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Suspicion

Where did I go wrong
So sure I'd get caught
The law found me at last
No pity for this man

A mans great weakness 'till he dies
He never learns to stop telling dirty damn lies
The moment of truth comes a little too late
Just twenty yards from the Pearly Gates

Take me take my lies
Wash my mouth out clean
Is it time to swear my oath
Throw me at your feet.

A girls great strength every day of her life
Is gift that cuts deeper than any long knife
A memory that stays sharp
Gives nothing away
I know she's waiting for her perfect day

Six good men with narrow eyes
Look down on my sad face

Kind Judge
Listen to my case
Have mercy
I didn't know my mind
That girl
Sold me down the line
She hopes
They throw the keys away
 

I Be Thank You

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A Blues For All Reasons

It is a moment of wonder
When I see you smile
It fills my life with joy
Tells me it's all worthwhile
Help me to tread so lightly
Which way to sway
Am I right or wrong
Am I the one who must say?

This is a bad road to travel
This is a strong stream which flows
Hold on to what you can learn and follow me

Take my hand
Lead me on
For good or bad
Put your trust in me

Witness my weary habits
Frown on my stupid ways
Don't try to understand
Where I have failed myself
Is it too much to take
My heart is too weak
Just give me one solid reason
To guide you through jagged rocks

This is a bad road to travel
This is a strong stream which flows
Hold on to what you can learn and follow me

Take my hand
Take my hand
Lead me on my way
I will go where the rivers flow
To my home

This is a terrible thing
Judging our right is not wrong
Who is the one to say
We are not perfect inside
There is but one good reason to carry on
The smile that lights up your face
Stokes up the fire in me

This is a bad road to travel
This is a strong stream which flows
Hold on to what you can learn and follow me

Take my hand
Take my hand
Lead me on my way
I will go where the rivers flow
To my home
 

A Trick Of Memory

She looked across the room, met my eye, moved on
I did not trust myself, was it me she saw
And then when I saw her later, she smiled at me
I couldn't speak one word, she laughed, I froze

That day, I remember well
A friend and more than I could tell

Waiting for the right time
Fighting for the best chance
Hoping she remembers
A trick of memory

So many got between us, I had to fight
You talked to them with such a graceful ease
Whatever made me, I'll never know,
But I pushed on through
Words seemed to tumble out in a rush

Was it a trick of memory, I heard you say
You would meet me later in some bar
We could talk alone, just face to face
So all I can tell you now,
Is it started strong and will always grow
 

Steal

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Another View

You just use me like a stepping stone
Your dog even knows how to treat it's bone
Talk to me like you use the phone
Leave your message after the tone

Be the apple of your eye not the stone in your plum
Treat me good treat me bad
I know, you need another view

I hear your voice before I see you come
You think I act kind of stupid and dumb
If I could get just one word in
Your respect I'd try to win

Be the apple of your eye not the stone in your plum
Treat me good treat me bad
I know, you need another view
 

Cold Heart

Cold heart on a warm shore
Cold feet in shallow water
Sore eyes strain in the dark
Reach out your hand

Will you be there?
Waiting for me
Just one more time
You've heard it all before
A stranger to your shore
Older but wiser
Stare into my eyes

Time changes nothing
My memory serves me well

The turn of the tide
The wind on your face
A far distant shore waits for your sweet embrace

Days draw long the night holds no rest
Thought of a land lying far to the west

Cold heart on a warm shore
Cold feet in shallow water
Sore eyes strain in the dark
Reach out your hand

Never look back
Keep your eyes open wide
On the edge of the land
See how it nears
I'm coming home
Our time is here
Closer to you
Love lies much deeper
Than you'll ever know

The turn of the tide
The wind on your face
A far distant shore waits for your sweet embrace

Days draw long the night holds no rest
Thought of a land lying far to the west
 

Bug C

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Morris Minus

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In The Shade Of The Shadow

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