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The Arms That Won't Let Go

by Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures

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The wind blew in the city plastic bags take too the sky the workmen tear down the autumn trees the town's got bigger fish to fry the motorcade went rolling past all flags and flashing lights and the evening sounds of sirens that punctuate the night but no one's looking on the patriots are gone. the sign reads no peddlers and no beggars but plenty of strangers you can find they're talking up a storm out there as the waters rise behind no one's building bridges and no one's building raft's I guess they think we'll hide out in the subway till the worst of it has past there's a flood heading this way the water's deeper everyday. ooooo oooooo you can't turn back the tide ooooo oooooo they'll soon be nowhere left to hide The mayor he held a meeting with the banks and pharmacies and his ladies were in waiting the rest of us down on our knees the barricades are bending the cracks are in the floor you've got these messages you're sending but no one's beating down your door the crowd are huddled in the distance putting up the least resistance ooooo ooooo you've got to enjoy it while you can ooooo ooooo they'll soon be nowhere left to stand
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Days Like These (free) 02:36
sitting on the luggage under the over weight sun watching for the loner trying to find a donor take to his heals and run breaking all the ice at the wedding buffet didn't know it was a sculpture this party's got a puncture wishing you were far away and we've all had days like these yes we've all had days like these when even just yourself is had to please yeah we've all had days like these Waking in the cargo hold of a broken down train seeing you were stranded all the passengers abandoned only an illegible post it note to explain trying to hold a door in a hurricane wind slams and takes what matters the surgeries in tatters you want to find a way to begin
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it's midnight by the pool at the Tropicana underneath a firework sky I may only have change and some mints in my pocket but I am going to drink this bar dry there's cigar smoke and gunpowder filling up the air and you can't move round here for Hawaiian shirts some come for the gambling but stay for the women and others are just here for the dirt and it's rare in this town that they hold hands so when they do you feel the whole world change and there's nothing romantic about concrete no matter how the plastic palms are arranged but for a moment at dusk at red rock I thought that maybe we had broken through and if there's anyone on earth I'd want to share that with then baby that someone is you the band loosen their bowties and then they take their complimentary one for the road the stand up comic got a standing ovation even though none of the audience showed and the wind hits your skin like gravel when you find yourself north of the strip outside a gun & liquor warehouse with barred up windows you took a wrong turn somewhere on this trip and it's rare round here to find honesty so when you do you feel the whole world change and there's nothing romantic about the desert it's just lonely and lost and strange but for a moment at dusk at red rock I thought that maybe we had broken through and if there's anyone on earth I'd want to share that with then baby that someone is you
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Here comes the sun it's that time already you're not the one who's winning and your heart is heavy Summer last year took the best of me because Summer don't respect no privacy Windows open up and down this block every secret for the stealing when this town's too hot Summer you will be the end of me because Summer you don't respect my privacy yes I've had my moments the closest to me they could tell the ones I cherish most picked me up each time I fell don't mail me out your judgements leave your opinions on the shelf the only friends you'll ever need let you be yourself against a wall of golden concrete they're standing almost in their birthday suit they love this thick bright blanket but the shade is my escape route Summer strips off everyone but me because summer don't respect your privacy
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under the fake sky half arsed badminton with a wave she jumped right in the cotton snow on the tea stained lake with a deep breath we jump right in small hours filled with movie screams wake the town up from their sleep to them I must be too far from home these back waters running deep under the night sky board games and barbecue with a gasp she jumps right in when all the colours are stripped back to blue save me I say as I jump in in the back pocket of the world you find your feet and those before you carved their name when you're on the ledge it's 1868 from up here it's all the same
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lizard in lightbulb rotting like an old boat stamping on a sandwich ripping up a bank note baking under bright sky like waking in a dog's throat locked away your sense of fun I'm living life on the run old show new crowd madelines, tea cakes hunting for a tin gun everybody makes mistakes sitting on a gold mine ain't no great shakes if signs say closed down and the sun is buried underground You just don't make sense to me you're not living in reality there's empty numbers on your board your world is rotten at the core you're looking back and all is there is a whole lot of nowhere it'll crash again have no doubt what the hell is that about? I thought the dinosaurs died out Big man small mind no beard short hair bad suit, cheap tie wanders why we don't care dancing in the gallery holding down the liquor store beating up upstairs banging in the corridor crazies on the gogglebox empty 10 screen cinema throwing out a chese wheel uncle's got a new bra jumping at the big bang don't you get where we are enter office hold nose this is where shit flows
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wedged into the front seat like luggage tight feeling more awake than in the dead of night something bout this scenery just feels right let's watch the sunrise through the rear view mirror the sunrise through the rear view mirror of our rental car you're in the kitchen cooking up a storm revolutions being made out on our concrete lawn while the blueprint for the past is being redrawn we'll watch the fireworks on our tiny phone watching fireworks on the tiny two inch screen of your mobile phone it isn't easy with a busy head it isn't easy taking the hit it isn't easy to see what's angering me it isn't easy seeing where we all fit I abandoned myself outside a shopping mall I got Audry Hepburn's long distance call my heart is the bat and my brain is the ball let's watch them die through the lens of a camera I'll watch them die through my camera lens it isn't easy with a busy head it isn't easy taking the hit it isn't easy to see what's angering me it isn't easy seeing where we all fit it isn't easy pretending that it isn't easy it isn't easy knowing where to sit it isn't easy to hear what's near to me dear it isn't easy knowing where we all fit
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Hiding Away 04:04
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Come across to the island yes come across to the island come over to the island because it is the only place to be Come across to the island the weather is fine we're all basking in the warm sunshine yes the other boroughs maybe cold and damp so come over to the island and set up camp we've got everything you want and all that you need for once in your life believe what you read and come across to the island come across to the island come across to the island and be with me Come across to the island I just can't say enough coming over would convince you we got the good stuff The stories it could sing you if we all gave it a voice come across to the island you're making the right choice to come across to the island yes come across to the island come across to the island and you will see You may have reservation pulling into grand central station that the place, while being grand is too busy for you to stand too hurried and too loud you think you'll get lost in the crowd but if take a deep breath and find your way onto the street you'll be surprised the individuals you will meet on the island you're an islander now you're on the island you're an islander now come across to the island this ain't no reality TV test it can chew you up if you're not careful this place is only for the best but once you're here you'll find your feet you'll see it's good for your health lets burn down all the bridges and keep this island to ourselves oh come across to the island come across to the island come over to the island it is the only place to be
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Give It Up 04:07
What's that your holding out on your sleeve sometimes we all hope for a little reprieve some space away from the crowd where we can finally breathe and see straight there's too much food on this plate it's hard to just stop when the path comes a calling your paper feet fumble you just can't get the ball in and mixed up memories begin to start falling out of view this puzzle needs a clue Give it up for a Sunday spent on the river Give it up for that first major chord Give it up for the park in the centre of a city Give it up for the last book you adored These moments in life in the wide open they hide lost in the empty market you can't find your guide and everyone tells us what matters is inside everyone is their own moon and their own sun Give it up for watching rain from the window Give it up for a mountain top laugh Give it up for a cinema shadow Give it up for a late night bath Give it up for the arms that won't let go Give it up for the first and last kiss Give it up for the twinkling smile on their face Give it up for the things we'd all miss if we didn't stop and take time to give it up Give it up for falling asleep on the sofa Give it all up for friends and family Give it up for all the guilty pleasures Give it all up for the strangers you see who might stop and take the time to give it up
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You are searching for a story trying to write yourself a part something you can play out something straight from the heart you'll have to keep on hunting judging by the looks on their faces you've been looking for love in all the wrong places You think that propping up the bar is going to help point the way you think that scoping out the pool hall will help you one day Well don't play detective if you don't know what the case is and stop looking for love in all the wrong places you are looking for love in all the wrong places Stop looking for love you have to let it find you one day you will relax and something will remind you the best times you've had are when you just let it ride you can search for all your worth but love has got a good place to hide Wearing all that aftershave and waxing down your hair opening the collar on your shirt may make a few people stare but in this life it's not enough just to cover all the bases seems like you are looking for love in all the wrong places yes you are looking for love in all the wrong places You can look to the sky but there is no answer there the pages of your favourite novels may as well be bare you can look out at the ocean but you can't stop the tide the only place that is left to look is inside look to yourself if you want to see what a disgrace is stop looking for love in all the wrong places don't be expecting the conquest if you can't enjoy the chases and stop looking for love in all the wrong places love is not a picnic and it's not a day at the races and you're looking my friend in all the wrong places you have to let your heart put you through your paces and stop looking for love in all the wrong places
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You gotta keep warm and be kind was a lawyer now a shoeshine living in a foreign land playing in a rubber band I'm holding court and avoiding the fine give the cannibals a piece of my mind never clean and never tanned gotta get myself a hat stand it is limitless to limit us pull the reigns and drag the bus spelling mistakes fill the air they are writhing on the walls out there I needing space and time to adjust it's all so small for such a fuss the only light from a dying flare moving men forgot to handle with care can't get used to your suits can't get high on your lie I keep it down around town can't take your poison cake can't get by on a sigh do you hear the sound? they're selling my flesh by the pound the corner store's an empty box a new landlord but the same old locks this still feels like the place to be comfort in the surrounding sea please keep my boat from off the rocks hold your horses and stop the clocks someone could drown in this debris I should like to give the world a cup of tea can't get used to the sound of boots I'd rather die than convince you to buy I'll take a step back from the widening crack can't sign on your line can't fly and can't be bothered to try there's no more slack on this rack
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by the light of the flickering tube that's when I fell in love with you by the brick under a vanishing sun that's where the day and the west was won We covered up it was cold outside but the waters still ran away with our hearts We took the pulse of the place from that rippling tide let the smiles stay amongst the photographs on the balcony in amber and blue that's when I found this future was through just as the wall around the old town will crack I think it's time to take the souvenir back The game was up it was cold outside the flight is dry an engine's mumbling the place was where she had left it and it had no time to hide let's kick the dust and the wind off the wing by the sound of distant slot machines I worked out what everything means trying to get you in a taxi and away from the crew that's when I fell in love with you
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A smoke filled cellar a hard wood floor the sound of laughter scatters across the moor The light is up and you're still awake from the night before but you can't get to sleep when the wolf is at the door. Last night you dreamt all sorts of stuff up but this morning it all seems impure that old wives tale you were once told isn't really a cure Your mouth's an ash tray Your eye's are raw why is it you're alone now that the wolf is at the door He keeps banging he's trying to get in The moon is reflecting in his razor grin hide Grandma in the cupboard and snuff out the light lets try and turn this siege into an even fight. The bus conductor puts us all in our place and scolds the kids on the second floor The driver checks his rear view mirror it's the noise he tries hard to ignore but with a look of panic he leaves the stop he just can't take any more no one will blame you if you put your foot down when the wolf is at the door Don't be fooled by his suit and tie if he gets in here we are all going to die Stick Grandpa up the loft and grab the nearest saucepan lets all put our heads together and come up with a plan. The dust errupts and you hear the roar and just for a second theres nothing else to hear anymore you look at the clock it's a quarter to four I guess there's no time like the present to have the wolf at your door. He's in the house and he's tearing around you really wish you could be swallowed up by the ground forget your aunty in the pantry it's every man for himself all these days without sleep they're bad for your health. the all clear's been rung out and it's limping away you feel almost well enough to begin the day hopefully this time everything you try won't feel like a chore sometimes even the weakest ones can keep the wolf from the door.

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A bunch of songs that were lying about either having not been included on an earlier album or were waiting to possibly go on a future album plus some songs I did for soundtracks and one for a charity video.

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released August 3, 2013

Guitars, Mandolin, Banjo, Ukulele, Percussion, Drums, Keyboard, Harmonica, Vocals - Jon Cross

All songs written by, performed and produced by Jon Cross

℗ 2013 Miscellaneous Plumbing Music
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Songwriting and banging your instruments together

The main thing I love to do is write songs. I pick up various instruments from ukulele to piano, accordion to percussion and electric guitar to harmonica and bang them about to try and get close to the noises I hear in my head but the writing comes first. ... more

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