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For The Love Alone

by The Amateur

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Amateur 03:27
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TO GO OUT AND WIN IT ISN'T WHY YOU'RE IN IT THAT IS NOT YOUR REASONING IF ITS NOT IN YOUR HEART YOU DONT WANT TO BE PART WINNING ISNT EVERYTHING (AMATEUR) YOU DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE (NO MATTER) YOU DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE NEVER MOTIVATED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE WORK YOUR FINGERS DO YOU DON'T CHASE THE MONEY OR THE MILK AND HONEY AS A PAYMENT OVERDUE (AMATEUR) YOU DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE (YOU PREFER) TO DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE (AMATEUR) YOU DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE (NO MATTER) YOU DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE I WANT TO BE LIKE THAT DO THE THING I SHINE AT FOR THE LOVE OF WHAT I MAKE NEVER WANT TO SELL IT NEVER BEG FOR CREDIT DO IT FOR THE DOING SAKE (AMATEUR) AND DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE (YOU PREFER) TO DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE (AMATEUR) YOU DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE (NO MATTER) YOU DO IT FOR THE LOVE ALONE
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It Takes Time 03:30
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BUILDING A GOOD THING NOT GETTING DEFEATED STARTING FROM NOTHING TIL IT IS COMPLETED SEEMS TO BE THAT IT TAKES TIME MAKING A SUCCESS OUT OF THE ENDEAVOUR STARTING FROM MUCH LESS GETTING IT TOGETHER SEEMS TO BE THAT IT TAKES TIME DAYS AND WEEKENDS MONTHS AND SEASONS YEARS AND DECADES DAYS AND WEEKENDS (AND YET THERE IS NO GUARANTEE) MONTHS AND SEASONS (OF FINISHING SUCCESSFULLY) YEARS AND DECADES (THE ONLY THING CERTAIN TO FIND) (IS THAT IT TAKES TIME) DAYS AND WEEKENDS (THERES NO GUARANTEE TO ARRIVE) MONTHS AND SEASONS (BEFORE YOU GET OLD AND YOU DIE) YEARS AND DECADES (THE ONLY THING CERTAIN TO FIND) (SEEMS TO BE THAT IT TAKES TIME)
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Melody Runs 03:30
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WHEN MELODY RUNS AROUND THE CORNER I STAY WHERE I AM TOO SLOW TO JOIN HER TOGETHER, WE USED TO GO EVERYWHERE (MELODY RUNS, SEE HOW SHE RUNS) WHEN MELODY RUNS OUT OF THE PICTURE I STAY WHERE I AM I CAN'T GO WITH HER TOGETHER, WE USED TO GO EVERYWHERE (MELODY RUNS, SEE HOW SHE RUNS) MELODY RUNS, SHE RUNS AWAY I CAN'T KEEP UP LIKE I COULD DO ONCE I CAN ONLY STAY AND WONDER AT THE WAY MY MELODY RUNS WHEN MELODY RUNS TOWARD TOMORROW I STAY WHERE I AM TOO OLD TO FOLLOW TOGETHER, WE USED TO GO EVERYWHERE (MELODY RUNS, SEE HOW SHE RUNS) MELODY RUNS, SHE RUNS AWAY I CAN'T KEEP UP LIKE I COULD DO ONCE I CAN ONLY STAY AND WATCH HER WHILE A TEAR FOR MELODY RUNS SHE USED TO WALK BESIDE ME MELODY WAS WHERE I'D BE NOW FAR WIDE AND FREE MELODY RUNS, SEE HOW SHE RUNS
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Don't Know How It Feels 03:19
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HOW CAN I SAY THAT I'VE BEEN THERE AS WELL IN THE VERY SPOT YOU OCCUPY HOW COULD I LOOK IN YOUR EYES AND TELL WHAT WOULD ONLY BE A LIE HOW CAN I SAY THAT I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TELL YOU WHAT'S THE BEST THING YOU COULD DO SAY NOW WHAT'S THE WAY HOW TO PROCEED WHEN I REALLY HAVE NO CLUE I DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS I WISH I UNDERSTOOD IF I KNEW HOW IT FEELS MAYBE THEN I'D DO YOU GOOD HOW CAN I SAY I'VE WALKED THE ROAD YOU'RE ON WORN THE VERY SHOES UPON YOUR FEET GONE THE VERY DISTANCE THAT YOU'VE GONE THAT WOULD ONLY BE DECEIT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS I WISH I UNDERSTOOD IF I KNEW HOW IT FEELS MAYBE THEN I'D DO YOU GOOD I DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS WHAT SHOWS ACROSS YOUR FACE I WON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS TIL I'VE REALLY BEEN THERE ACTUALLY IN YOUR PLACE
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If You Never Try 03:00
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YOU'LL NEVER NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING TIL YOU TRY YOU'LL NEVER NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LETTING PASS YOU BY YOU SAY IT'S MORE THAN I CAN HANDLE YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT BUT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING TIL YOU TRY NO YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LETTING PASS YOU BY YOU SAY THAT YOU DON'T SEE IT WORKING YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT BUT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW FOR CERTAIN NO YOU WON'T REALLY KNOW FOR CERTAIN IF YOU NEVER TRY IF YOU NEVER TRY I SAY THAT I'M AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WE COULD FACE BUT FACING THEM TOGETHER IS A FUTURE I'D EMBRACE NOONE COULD LOVE YOU MORE THAN I DO IMPOSSIBLE YOU SAY YOU STILL DON'T SEE IT WORKING BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY KNOW FOR CERTAIN NO YOU CAN'T REALLY KNOW FOR CERTAIN IF YOU NEVER TRY IF YOU NEVER TRY
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Mother Nature 04:13
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MOTHER NATURE I STARE DOWN AT MY FEET THAT LOOK AS IF THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE COUNTRY FOR SO LONG THEY WALK THE CITY STREET THAT FEELS A MILLION MILES FROM WHERE THEY RAN WHEN I WAS YOUNG THEY USED TO LOVE TO FEEL THE GRASS ON ALL THE FIELDS ON ALL THE HILLS AROUND MY HOME A NATURAL APPEAL I DIDNT CARE AT ALL IF I WAS OUT THERE ON MY OWN AND NOW I LIFT MY HEAD TO FEEL IM THERE AGAIN WHEN THERES GREY ABOVE ME I CAN SEE ITS MOTHER NATURE IN THE RAIN AND IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE CITY SCRAPER AND I THINK ABOUT MY YOUNGER DAYS AND I REMEMBER RUNNING IN THE HILLS SURROUNDED BY MY MOTHER NATURE AND NOW I LIFT MY HEAD TO FEEL IM THERE AGAIN A SIMPLE MEMORY AS FRESH AS ALL THE AIR THAT USED TO WHISTLE ROUND MY EARS THE LANCASHIRE COUNTRY THE VALLEYS AND THE HILLS THAT WERE MY HOME FOR ALL THOSE YEARS AND NOW I LIFT MY HEAD TO FEEL IM THERE AGAIN WHEN THERES GREY ABOVE ME I CAN SEE ITS MOTHER NATURE IN THE RAIN AND IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE CITY SCRAPER AND I THINK ABOUT MY YOUNGER DAYS AND I REMEMBER RUNNING IN THE HILLS SURROUNDED BY MY MOTHER NATURE WHEN THERES GREY ABOVE ME I CAN SEE ITS MOTHER NATURE IN THE RAIN AND IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE CITY SCRAPER AND I THINK ABOUT MY YOUNGER DAYS AND HOW I LOVED HER RUNNING IN THE HILLS SURROUNDED BY MY MOTHER NATURE AND NOW I LIFT MY HEAD TO FEEL IM THERE AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN
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A Caravan Came 03:50
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WHEN I WAS A BOY I READ THAT OVER THE HILLS A CARAVAN CAME ONCE UPON A TIME IT SAID THAT OVER THE HILLS A CARAVAN CAME FATHERS STOOD AND DAUGHTERS STARED WHEN OVER THE HILLS A CARAVAN CAME MOTHERS HURRIED UNPREPARED WHEN OVER THE HILLS A CARAVAN CAME TRAVELLING THROUGH THE SUN AND THE RAIN SUDDENLY THEY REALISED THE MOMENT HAD COME YEARS OF WAITING OVER NOW THE JOURNEY WAS DONE FOR THE PRODIGAL SON JOY AND LAUGHTER FILLED THE AIR WHEN OVER THE HILS A CARAVAN CAME ALL THE VILLAGE GATHERED THERE WHEN OVER THE HILLS A CARAVAN CAME ALL OF THE PEOPLE ONE AND THE SAME WELCOMING THE TRAVELLER WITH ARMS OPEN WIDE STRIKING UP THE MUSIC BY THE WARM FIRESIDE WHERE THEY DANCED THROUGH THE NIGHT (DANCING IN A CIRCLE TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUM HOLDING HANDS TOGETHER TIL THE DAWN OF THE SUN DANCING IN A CIRCLE TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUM HOLDING HANDS TOGETHER TIL THE DAWN OF THE SUN I WAS JUST A LITTLE GIRL WHEN OVER THE HILLS A CARAVAN CAME) I WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY WHEN OVER THE HILLS A CARAVAN CAME READ THAT BOOK WITH SO MUCH JOY THAT I WOULD BEGIN AGAIN AND AGAIN I WOULD BEGIN AGAIN AND AGAIN I WOULD BEGIN AGAIN AND AGAIN SECRETLY IMAGINING THAT I WAS THE MAN RIDING THROUGH THE SUN AND RAIN IN THE CARAVAN WHEN THE STORY BEGAN
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Story of My Life 03:24
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AFTER ALL THE WORDS I READ THE PICTURES I SAW OF A FUTURE UP AHEAD A LIFE THAT WAS IN STORE YOUNG AND MIDDLE AND OLD AGE THE KIDS AND THE WIFE SUDDENLY ON EVERY PAGE THE STORY OF MY LIFE IS READING VERY DIFFERENTLY THE PAGES ARE RIFE WITH TALES I DON'T WISH TO SEE IN THE STORY OF MY LIFE WHERE'S THE END I HAD IN MIND AS SHARP AS A KNIFE SUDDENLY I SEEM TO FIND THE STORY OF MY LIFE IS READING VERY DIFFERENTLY THE PAGES ARE RIFE WITH TALES I DON'T WISH TO SEE IN THE STORY OF MY LIFE IT'S READING VERY DIFFERENTLY THE PAGES ARE RIFE WITH TALES I DON'T WISH TO SEE IN THE STORY OF MY LIFE IT'S SET AROUND ANOTHER TOWN WITH PEOPLE I DON'T REALLY KNOW AND NOBODY TO SETTLE DOWN IT'S TELLING OF A DIFFERENT MAN THAN WHO I ALWAYS THOUGHT I'D BE AND NOW THE STORY I BEGAN IS READING VERY DIFFERENTLY (ITS NOT THE STORY THAT I BOUGHT IT'S NOT THE STORY THAT I SOLD ITS NOT THE STORY THAT I THOUGHT IT'S NOT THE STORY THAT I TOLD)
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Home Fires 03:42
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TONIGHT, ITS HARD TO STAY HERE WITH THE AIR SO COLD AND THE SKY SO CLEAR HARD, HARD TO REMAIN HERE WITH NO-ONE TO HOLD NO-ONE TO PULL NEAR FAR FROM THE GOOD TIMES AROUND THE HOME FIRES IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT HARD, HARD TO BE WAITING WHEN THE WINDS SO SHARP IT'S LACERATING FAR FROM THE GOOD TIMES AROUND THE HOME FIRES IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT, TONIGHT THE NIGHT'S SO VERY COLD HERE IT COULD BRING A CHILL THAT MAY NEVER LEAVE MY BONES SO FAR FROM THE HOME FIRES I COULD GET SO ILL THAT I NEVER GET BACK HOME HARD, HARD TO KEEP GOING WHEN OUT ON THE NORTH COAST I COULD BE GLOWING FROM ALL THE GOOD TIMES AROUND THE HOME FIRES IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT THE NIGHT'S SO VERY COLD HERE IT COULD BRING A CHILL THAT MAY NEVER LEAVE MY BONES SO FAR FROM THE HOME FIRES I COULD GET SO ILL THAT I NEVER GET BACK HOME, GET BACK HOME, GET BACK HOME, GET BACK HOME
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Streets Are My Friends 03:13
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EVERY STEP WALKING THE CITY I CAN'T FORGET THIS IS MY HOME HERE IS MY HOME ANY OLD SIGN ANY OLD WINDOW PASSES THE TIME THIS IS MY HOME NOW THIS IS HOME I'M NOT ALONE STREETS ARE MY FRIENDS UNDER THE CITY LIGHTS EAST AND WEST ENDS STREETS CARRY ME CARRY ME ON MY COMPANY WHILE YOU ARE GONE EVERY NEW FACE EVERY NEW CORNER CARRIES NO TRACE HERE IS MY HOME I'M NOT ALONE STREETS ARE MY FRIENDS UNDER THE CITY LIGHTS EAST AND WEST ENDS PEOPLE I SEE CARRY ME ON THIS COMFORTS ME WHILE YOU ARE GONE
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Sun Setting 03:06
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THE TWINKLE IN YOUR EYE IS GROWING DIM AND SOON IT WILL BE NOTHING AND ALL THE WHILE YOU THINK "GOODBYE" AND I BEGIN TO REALISE I'M WATCHING THE SUN SETTING SETTING ON THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE SHARED THE SUN SETTING LEAVING MORE BEHIND THAN UP AHEAD THE WARMTH I USED TO KNOW FROM YOUR EMBRACE IS REALLY GETTING COLDER AND AS YOUR ARMS ARE LETTING GO I LIFT MY FACE AND WATCH OVER YOUR SHOULDER THE SUN SETTING SETTING ON THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE SHARED THE SUN SETTING LEAVING MORE BEHIND THAN UP AHEAD
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Old Year's Night 03:00
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OLD YEAR'S NIGHT OLD YEAR'S NIGHT FAREWELL TO THE YEAR GOING NEVER AGAIN TO APPEAR FIVE TO MIDNIGHT IS HERE AND ITS OLD YEAR'S NIGHT OLD YEAR'S NIGHT FINAL BELL IS TOLLED WHAT WAS HOPEFUL AND NEW IS NOW OLD SEND IT OFF WITH A SONG IN THE COLD OF THIS OLD YEAR'S NIGHT OLD YEAR'S NIGHT ONE MORE YEAR HAS PASSED DRINKING ONLY TO WHAT COULDN'T LAST NOTHING NEW ON AN OLD YEAR'S NIGHT

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released September 15, 2013

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The Amateur London, UK

The Amateur is the project of multi-intrumentalist Dominic Clark, one of the three members of The BDI’s (originally The Panda Gang) who enjoyed a ten year career releasing several albums and singles in Japan and the UK.

Former BDI members Brent Thorley (vocals) and Ian Pakes (drums) still feature heavily. Also featured are Argentine vocalist Gabi Mocca and afro-beat saxophonist Tunday Akintan. ... more

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