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It's All Rumours
03:37
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Nick Frater - It's All Rumours (lyrics)
He writes the papers so they hit the ground
Read that you’re giving him the run around
Well ain’t nothing but the truth
She sells her story to The Daily Hell
Don’t trust a word it’s only kiss and tell
A little scandal, where’s the proof?
Well did I stay, that’s what they’re starting to say
Or did I leave, I don’t know who to believe!
It’s all rumours lying in your arms to night
Its just rumours lying in your arms tonight
Were just rumours, lying in your arms tonight
They say she’s over it and feeling fine
And now you’re dialling up the party line
That speaks nothing for the truth
Desperate times that tell of desperate tales
A red-top press that is too big to fail
But still hangs around for you
But if you go, stayin the night again
Don’t you know, they don’t know what to believe!
Read all about it, you’re a tabloid display,
But I’ll stay a while, I’ll stay a while for you
Don’t put your trust in every word that you read, cos I’ll stay around, I’ll stay around for you.
Don’t put your time in all the games that they play, cos I’ll stay awhile, I’ll stay awhile for you
It’s all rumours lying in your arms to night
Its just rumours lying in your arms tonight
Were just rumours, lying in your arms tonight
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2. |
Buggin' Out
03:08
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Nick Frater - Buggin' Out (lyrics)
You were young once,
But old habits
Seem to lie in your arms tonight
You were alone once
but old habits
Always lie in your arms tonight
You could be breaking out, bugging out
running the lights on red
you could be breaking out, bugging out
Leaving the best unsaid
we could be breaking out, making out
Setting the record straight
but I never want to leave….tonight
You never look back
with cold anger
At the sight of a happier time
Don’t ever look twice
A Soul survivor
Ever rolling me over alone
You should be breaking out, buggin’ out
Running from state to state
We could be breaking out, making out
Staying out way too late
We could be breaking out, buggin’ out
Setting the record straight
You understand, it’s under stood
A few white lies that you never should
But just wait a while cos I might
You never
Hold me down
You’re weighted down
The dawn
You long for the light to leave
But let’s wait a while for the night
Buggin’ out, holding out
Telling your tallest tail
You should be
Breaking out, making out
Calling the shots tonight
We could be
Breaking out, buggin’ out
Running the light’s on red
You could be breaking out, buggin’ out
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Nick Frater - What's With Your Heavy Heart? (lyrics)
What’s with your heavy heart?
Love is just another to fall apart
On a second chance
Falling with my face on the floor
What’s with your heavy heart?
Love is only waiting to fall apart,
Whatever will happen to promises
I don’t know, anymore
What’s with this shaky start?
Loves an even number you roll again
Under your false pretences
Hoping that you throw in a ten
What’s with this achy heart?
Loves was even harder to start before
Whatever will happen to promises?
I can’t say anymore
Always rolling over,
I’m always falling under the ocean
Always roll another
You’re always Stealing thunder devotion
Like promises you’ve broken
What’s with your empty glass?
Right is only half of what might be wrong,
Under these Hogarth skies
Putting all your trust in a song
What’s with your nervous laugh
Might be open secrets you call upon
Whatever will happen to promises I can’t make anymore
Always rolling thunder
Like hiding undercover devotion
Always rolling over,
I’m always slipping under the ocean
Like promises you’ve broken
It’s with a heavy heart
Lately I’ve been watching it fall apart
Under this neon sign
Pointing me the way out the door
It’s with a heavy heart
Lately I’ve been watching it fall apart
Whatever will happen to promises I cant make anymore
Whatever will happen to promises
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4. |
Lucky Strike
03:17
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Nick Frater - Lucky Strike (lyrics)
It keeps me awake at night
Thinking what the hell to say to you
So by next time we meet
I’ll be asleep on my feet
But that’s alright by you
Shared a kiss with you last night
I guess we’ll never get it right
But I wish you were here
To make it all clear
And that’s all I ever want to hear
Cos I wish I knew what you’re thinking
I’d save me from asking and pissing you
But maybe soon we’ll see happy endings on the horizon
But something always comes along to shake things up
Saw you in a dream last night
Never thought I loved you
Now I might
But the cold light of day shows we’ve nothing to say
So I’ll try to see what I missed
Making the same mistakes
Over and over and over again
And when I’m asleep with a dream I can’t keep
Well I know I’ve got cold feet
And all my rhymes are cheap
But I wish I knew what you’re thinking
I’d save me from asking and pissing you
But maybe soon we’ll see happy endings on the horizon
But something always comes along to shake things up
It keeps me awake at night
Thinking what the hell to say to you
So by next time we meet
I’ll be asleep on my feet
But that’s alright by you
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Star-Crossed
05:10
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Nick Frater - Star-Crossed (lyrics)
I would like to leave in the morning
I won’t ask, to know where you’re going
All night, you keep yourself together
I won’t ask again
I would make believe in the morning
Never ask, never give it any warning
All night, you keep it all together
I don’t have the time
And I would like, to know why your heart is
Falling out of line
I would like, to know where my heart is
I don’t have the time
Star-crossed once again
I might run the rains in September
Getting older getting harder to remember
All night, keep it all together
Helps to pass the time
I won’t ask again, maybe knowing
Get my train never say where it’s going all night,
Baby see you later,
Falling out of line
And I would like, to know where your heart is
star-crossed once again
I would like, to know where my heart is
Star-crossed once again
Falling out of line
And I would like, to know where your heart is
Star-crossed all the time
I would like, to know where my heart is
Star-crossed once again
Falling out again
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6. |
Not Born Again
03:49
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Nick Frater - Not Born Again (lyrics)
Well good morning to one and all
See that the sun is coming up
Well I don’t know where to begin
Now that the sun is coming up
And you could be the where to go
The what to do
The question of the hour
And You could see the world that way
Or so they say
Just keep your milk sea sour
You say that “we never can play,
Cos Baby you’re not born again”
Well I pray we can make it this day
Cos Baby I’m not born again
so set down incorruptible crowns
Cos maybe you’re not born again
Well tell me you don’t feel it too
I could be coming up with you
Well say that you don’t want it too
Even Jesus banged a nail when he wanted to
Well you could read the fountain head
and go to bed
and pray your soul to keep
Or set out on a truth tango
To slowly show
Each time you fall asleep
You say that “we never can play,
Cos Baby you’re not born again”
Well I pray we can make it this day
Cos Baby I’m not born again
So set down incorruptible crowns
Cos maybe you’re not born again
Set down,
Let down,
Too late to wait around you
Get down
Come down
A waiting game, I’m tired, we’re all alone
You say that “we never can play,
Cos Baby you’re not born again”
Well I pray we can make it this day
Cos Baby I’m not born again
So set down incorruptible crowns
Cos maybe you’re not born again
Last chance of escaping this dance
Cos baby we’re not born again
So hum drum you’re all fingers and thumbs
And baby you’re not born again
So set down incorruptible crowns
Cos maybe you’re not born again
So set down incorruptible crowns
Cos maybe you’re not born again
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7. |
Desert Ships
03:40
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Nick Frater - Desert Ships (lyrics)
Palm Springs, 75
Putting all you money down on staying alive through it all
Heart strings, caught in a dive,
Blowing all your chances now on saving your pride to notice
All this has gone forever
Taking the time again
Making up time again
Cap Rock, 73
Heading through the dessert just the doctor and me oh maybe
Cold cuts, bring it back
Batten down the hatches for a panzer attack
Oh baby
All this has now gone forever
Making up time again
‘till any-when
Desert ships have gone forever
Salton Seas have left us for a while
All this leaves us stranded here for a little while
Desert ships left stranded here for another year
Fat chance, 71
Take to the limit with an eye on the fun you gotta
Hot sauce, bring in the news
Burning all the edges now you’re scuffing your shoes or maybe
All the water, turned to winter
Shaking the night again
Into the night again
Short shrift, 74
Waking up the neighbours with a round of applause aboard
Desert ships have gone forever
Salton seas have left us for a while
All this leaves us stranded here for a little while
Desert ships left stranded here for another year
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8. |
The Unbroken
03:45
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Nick Frater - The Unbroken (lyrics)
Somewhere I left, I leave behind
A note for you to find
In the back of some old mind
Unbroken stones
Weigh me down
To leaves and left
Apologies to all
For the trip became a fall
Unbroken
Cross your heart another day
Holding on for us to stay
I heard you say
Well don’t you say
I don’t want to hold you down
Lost among this prefab town
you long to go
Well long ago
I just tried to make it right until the unbroken
Somewhere I left, I leave behind
A knot tied to remind
Of the summers that we slept
Unbroken dreams
Of a time, to leave behind
a memory that left
with a song under breath my breath
Unbroken
I don’t want to tie you down
Hanging all the time to say
How right you are
Well right you are
I don’t want to hold you down
Walking round this prefab town
You long to go
Well long ago
I just want to talk all night until we’re unbroken
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Nick Frater - Who Says I Need A Plan At All? (lyrics)
Who says I need a plan at all?
Wishing on the dark stars as they fall
And I don’t need to ask
You only have to see to count them at all
But you don’t seem to notice
You don’t seem to hear this curtain call
Who says I even need a plan at all?
Well try this one for size
Don’t lay it on the line or criticise
But don’t forget to say
Something you might rely on in their eyes
Walking down the sunset
Taking down the writing on the wall
Who says really need a plan at all
Who says I need a plan at all?
Just run into the darkness when it calls
And maybe it's ok there
You don’t seem to feel it when I fall
Who says I even need a plan at all
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10. |
How To Survive Somebody
02:27
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Nick Frater - How To Survive Somebody (lyrics)
God knows I know you well
God knows you know me well
God knows i know you well
God knows if I can tell
How to survive somebody
How to survive somebody like me
Well I hope that I’m alive
Who knows, you may be right
You know we do alright
Who knows you may be right
Who knows if I can tell
How to survive somebody
How to survive somebody ask me now
I hope that I’m alive
Well I am
I do what I can
I wait with baited breath
I settled down, I settled, I settled down
Do you want me to I
Toed the line
I do what I can
Crashing in out in style
I fall apart, I fall apart, I fall apart,
Do you want me to
Who knows
How to survive somebody
How to survive somebody like me now
I hope that I’m alive
(Don’t ask me now I hope that I’m alive)
Don’t tell me now I hope that I’m alive
God knows I know you well
God knows you know me well
God knows i know you well
God knows if I can tell
How to survive somebody
How to survive somebody like me
Well I hope that I’m alive
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Nick Frater Croydon, UK
Croydon based songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist.
Specialising in 60s/70s inspired power-pop.
Making them like that anymore!
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