1. |
Nowhere
04:55
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NOWHERE
30 days and 30 nights
30 airports 30 flights
30 meals and 30 fights
No one going nowhere
All that junk food made me fat
All alone so bought a cat
It moved next door and that was that,
No one going nowhere
I can’t remember what’s her name
My God that girl drove me insane
I'm never gonna be the same
No one going nowhere
I miss the pleasure not the pain
Not the girl and not the game
Now I know just who's to blame
No one going nowhere
The more I learn the less I know
It doesn’t matter where you go
Just never let your feelings show
No one going nowhere
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I don’t look too close
Or too far ahead
Not much you ever do
Will matter when you’re dead
And I’ve got this feeling
They closed the door
So face first into the wind,
I can’t feel my feet and I can’t see the floor
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I went back it’s not the same
I’m never doing that again
I think I’ll take the morning train
No one going nowhere
Tomorrow if you’re still around
I’ll meet you on the edge of town
I won’t be here when it goes down
No one going nowhere
What I’m saying in this song
Is that we never do belong
Or maybe I just got it wrong
No one going nowhere
Keep the bar set low my friend
If you stand too tall prepare to bend
But it won’t matter in the end,
No one going nowhere
Piano solo
You got the future at your door
This is it - did you want more?
Be careful what you settle for
No one going nowhere
I got one more thing for you
I won’t tell you what to do
But look for something that is true
Now you’re going somewhere
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I don’t look too close
Or too far ahead
Cos not much you ever do
Will matter when you’re dead
And I’ve got this feeling
They closed the door
So face first into the wind,
I can’t feel my feet and I can’t see the floor
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2. |
Remarkable Girl
06:26
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REMARKABLE GIRL
Mike Peters ©2015
V1
Remarkable girl we can let go this world
Find a new place we can breathe
Where people are kind with a smile in their eyes
We both know it's time we should leave
V2
Show me the world as you want it to be
Take me back down to the sea
I'll be your man, you'll be the woman I need
Bring nothing along but the words to this song
Bridge
You are the wind and the sea
You are the only way forward for me
I’ll place my heart in your hands and my life at your feet
CH
Woman of grace
Come show your face
Remarkable girl
There's a place in the world we can be
V3
Come take my hand, just look to the stars
Walk by my side - you're with me
Help me to be who you want me to be
Just you and I as we smile at the sky
V4
Remarkable girl, there's a chill in the wind
But I'm always warm when you're near
It's time we should go now there's no one around
Nobody knows that we're here
Bridge
You are the wind and the sea
You are the only way forward for me
I’ll place my life in your hands and my heart at your feet
CH2
Woman of grace
Gentle embrace
You glide through the sky
And you're willing to try to be free
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3. |
Song For Emma
05:25
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© 2017 Mike Peters
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You roll around inside my head as I stumble through the day
Long conversations with you though you’ve long since gone away
I don’t even know where you are or how you spend your time
But you spend your days with me; you’re here as I spend mine
Music that we made was gold, we’d play like we were one
That summer lay before us and a story had begun
No one saw what I could see when I looked in your eyes
And no one knew how deep we ran, so perfect our disguise
CH
It was all so long ago, those days we sang and played
And I’ll never know what might have been if you only had stayed
But we were in the right place at exactly the wrong time
You had yours to be with, and I had mine
But not a day goes by when I don’t wonder where you are
And think of how you’d grin at me on our way home in the car
So much promise in your eyes, and that yearning in my heart
But knowing it would end before it had a chance to start
And I wonder if you think of me, if I still figure in your life
Do you stop what you are doing and just hope that I’m alright
We always said we’d always know if one of us was aching
I wonder if you even guessed how hard my heart was breaking
CH
It was all so long ago, those days we sang and played
And I’ll never know what might have been if you only had stayed
But we were in the right place at exactly the wrong time
You had yours to be with, and I had mine
Although I never made a move, and it all happened in my mind
What we did inside my head was perfect every time
I guess the thing that hurts the most as the years go rushing by
Is that we'll never even know what might have happened if we’d tried
CH
It was all so long ago, those days we sang and played
And I’ll never know what might have been if you only had stayed
But we were in the right place at exactly the wrong time
You had yours to be with, and I had mine
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4. |
Charlie (got lucky)
03:39
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Charlie got lucky and he laid her down
Charlie got Judy from Kingston town
Judy said "baby I can you set you free"
Charlie said "honey, make a man of me"
Charlie and Judy made themselves a home
But Judy stayed out, left him all alone
Charlie got angry, Judy felt bad
Judy felt trapped, Charlie felt sad
You see, Judy had another guy, something to hide
Grass looked greener on the other side
Charlie kept calling trying to get her home
But Judy wouldn't answer her mobile phone
Charlie got lonely and Charlie got fat
Charlie just stayed in the empty flat
Everything he looked at spoke her name
Judy was gone and but she’d left the pain, yeah
Well then Judy came back and said "honey I’m wrong"
Charlie said "baby you been gone too long
Nobody answered when I called your name
Too late baby I’m not the same, no"
Charlie stood up, Judy sat down
Stared out the window, wouldn’t turn round
Judy said baby "don’t you care for me"
Charlie said "this ain’t how it’s s’posed to be"
Charlie walked slowly through the open door
Judy sat crying on the bedroom floor
He never came back, never called again
Was once his lover but never his friend, no
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5. |
Date Night
03:33
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I should'a known it when we argued all the way to town
I got so angry every time that she would put me down
We sat in traffic and our voices just got really loud
I noticed once again that sure enough we'd drawn a crowd
I said I just don't like the way that this whole thing is going
She turned and said well then I think you better take me home
I said we oughta persevere with this if we were able
Started to realise we really should'a booked a table
It took an hour till the dopey waiter took our order
I said well maybe we should only just be drinking water
She said I think I'll need a drink to make it through the night
I said the way that this is turning out you could be right
The waitress came without a word and simply dumped our meal
My calamari looked and tasted like potato peel
The fish was old and cold and really had a funny smell
It wasn't hard to see the evening wasn't going well
I said I just don't like the way that this whole thing is going
She turned and said well then I think you better take me home
Got to the movies and we couldn't work out where to go
Not looking good cos we'd already missed the early show
We started running just to try to find a place to sit
But it was empty, not a soul and baby we were it
I said I just don't like the way that this whole thing is going
She turned and said well then I think you better take me home
We sat for 15 minutes man one thing was crystal clear
Not hard to see why we're the only people sitting here
The plot was poor and pointless and the acting really bad
She started playing with her phone and I got really mad
I said I just don't like the way that this whole thing is going
She turned and said well then I think you better take me home
Got up and left and slowly crept along the corridor
Nobody saw us as we snuck into the show next door
But they all noticed when she tried to find an empty chair
Sat on a lady's lap, a lap she didn't know was there
I said I just don't like the way that this whole thing is going
She turned and said well then I think you better take me home
We staggered from the bar and headed to another show
But when she spilled her drink it landed in the second row
A tender moment in the show the crowd had waited for
Was when I heard it: oh my god she had begun to snore
I said I just don't like the way that this whole thing is going
I woke her up and said I think I better take you home
There's been a change of plan I think I'm goin' home alone
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6. |
August Sun
03:59
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August Sun
They lay there each morning and watched the dawn
In the cold August sun kept each other warm
Tangled in bedclothes and sleepy eyed
Time standing still and the world outside
Long days they lay there and plan their way
Never quite making the bed today
Kissing her forehead, stroking her hair
Singing to her as she’s lying there
But time has a way of changing things
No one can guess what the future brings
She woke one morning to find he'd gone
She lay there beside him and cried til dawn
Winter crept by and each morning came
But that cold August sun could not ease the pain
Nobody held her or touched her hair
Or kissed her awake as she’s sleeping there
And yet she can still hear his words each day
Still see his face and his gentle way
But the days are so long and the nights so cold
The price for living - is growing old.
© Mike Peters 2015
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7. |
Love's Not Enough
04:54
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LOVE’S NOT ENOUGH
© 2015 Mike Peters
She tells him it’s all over; he hangs there on the phone
But then she’ll say she's sorry by the time that he gets home
Cos she is always leaving, now he can’t stay
No point making plans when you live day to day
She waits there in the kitchen, and wonders if he’ll call
But this time was the last time, his back's against the wall
She sits down at the table and holds it all inside
This love never worked, she don’t know why she tried
CH
What can I do that will make it alright
We find our way back or we kiss it goodnight
We're watching our dreams fall apart as they must
Love is a lot – but love’s not enough
She’s gone when he gets home, she won’t be back tonight
Staring at TV, he thinks about the fight
He’s only home to say goodbye, the tears fill his eyes
This love never worked he don’t know why he tries
CH
What can I do that will make it alright
We find our way back or we kiss it goodnight
We're watching our dreams fall apart as they must
Love is a lot – but love’s not enough
BRIDGE
And when you feel your heart break,
And when you see all your plans go so wrong
You know it's all a mistake
But you still wanna try, and it tears you apart
CH
What can I do that will make it alright
We find our way back or we kiss it goodnight
We're watching our dreams fall apart as they must
Love is a lot – but love’s not enough
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8. |
Days of Laughter
04:40
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Days of Laughter
Mike Peters ©2014
I've been lovin' all the days of laughter
The nights of thunder and mornings after
All since I first met you
Now it's closing time, it's almost over
Could I be your lover, if we grow closer
I think that I just want you
M8:
As you stand at the door
Your eyes on the floor
This moment is slipping away
I can't think what to do now
To hold on to you now
This time I've got nothing to say
Sometimes I think you just can't see me
This isn't easy, I think what could be
Ever since I met you
Bridge:
Have you even told her
How you want to hold her?
Cos maybe she just doesn't know
You need to be stronger
Don't wait any longer
You reap the seeds that you sow
I've been lovin' all the days of laughter
The nights of thunder and mornings after
All since I first met you
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9. |
Sweet Face
05:57
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Sweet Face
©Mike Peters 2015
Coming back home, maybe you should have phoned
The taxi has gone, you're there all alone
You think that you're wrong,
You think that you might be mistaken
It was hard when you left, it felt like a death
What started so well died where it fell
You don't know why you're here, nothing is clear
Don't know where now
Chorus:
And I said "Darlin' I see you there with your sweet face
Standing alone with your suitcase
Tell me are you gonna stay?"
And I said "Darlin', I'm watching you there at my front gate
You look like you'll go but just please wait
Now that you're here will you stay?"
I'll leave you the key, it's easier for me
Baby you're home, I'll leave you alone
I'll call you later, I'm in no rush and we'll go slow
I don't know if you've changed, I'm not the same
The battles are won, the peace has begun
Now that you're here, I think I can see where I lost you
Chorus
Bridge:
If you whisper my name (whisper my name),
I will be here (I will be here)
If you tell me to leave (tell me to leave)
Then I'll go, yes I'll go, yes I'll go.
Chorus
Believe me darlin', nobody knows where the days went
And nobody knows how your time's spent
Everything gets in the way - these days
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10. |
Heartbeats
04:55
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HEARTBEATS
© Mike Peters 2015
Each child that is born has a number,
The number of beats of their heart
This total is set on the day they take breath;
The number is fixed at the start
CH
It cannot be changed, it cannot be fooled,
You don’t know how many are left
They cannot be bought, they cannot be sold,
They’re set when you first take a breath
And what would it be to give some to a child,
Or some to a lover or friend
As our bodies grow old there’s not much of us left,
We don’t need them all near the end
CH
It cannot be changed, it cannot be fooled,
You don’t know how many are left
They cannot be bought, they cannot be sold,
They’re set when you first take a breath
We won’t get one less and we won’t get one more,
The number is set at the start
And all of our magic and all of our prayers
Will not add one beat to your heart
CH
It cannot be changed, it cannot be fooled,
You don’t know how many are left
They cannot be bought, they cannot be sold,
They’re set when you first take a breath
M8
It jumps when you love
It breaks when you hurt,
it measures your passion and pain
But when the number is come,
It stops as it started,
And nothing will start it again
Your heart will just slowly count down your life,
The clock that is keeping the score
And no one can know when their number is up,
And no one can ask for more
CH
It cannot be changed, it cannot be fooled,
You don’t know how many are left
They cannot be bought, they cannot be sold,
They’re set when you first take a breath
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11. |
Already Gone
05:36
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ALREADY GONE
Mike Peters ©2016
And one more night I’ll try so hard to keep that day away
And one more day you’ll just pretend that you want to stay
And one more morning I’ll wake up and feel a lesser man
And we’ll struggle on and smile, and we’ll be the best we can
We’ll sit across the table, and you’ll talk about your day
A nervous laugh, a smile, as you gently pull away
And you are being oh so nice, and trying hard to care
And I’ll pretend you’ll stay with me, you’ll pretend that you’re still here
CHORUS
I know why you don’t leave me babe,
Cos you’re already gone.
The distant look that’s in your eyes, when you think that I don’t see
I don’t know where you go to, but it doesn’t include me
Today when we made love, you pulled your mask across your face
The girl I love has gone, and there’s no one in her place
CHORUS
[Woman]
Please believe me, I once loved you, but I’m already gone
This will hurt you, please forgive me, but I’m already gone
The fear inside tears out my heart, there’s not one damn thing I can do
As we slowly fade away, I know I’m losing you
I can’ t make you love me, and I can’t hold onto you
And I know the day is coming, but I won’t stop loving you
CHORUS
[Woman]
This will hurt you, please forgive me, but I’m already gone
Oh my baby, I’m so sorry, bit I’m already gone
BRIDGE
I can make this right, I can fix this babe I can
I can make us good, I will be your man again
[Woman]
Please believe me, I’m so sorry, but I’m already gone
CODA
I won’t share your future, but I still have our past
And you can’t take it with you
How we were, you and I
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Mike Peters Music TAS, Australia
Mike Peters moves effortlessly from light jazz/rock through to powerful piano instrumentals and poignant ballads. He demonstrates a remarkable talent for melody and a commitment to well crafted lyrics. And with these lyrics he paints very powerful word pictures. ... more
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