Our Songs and Lyrics
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Songs
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The tale of a Prussian Heroine
Soppy song about music healing broken hearts
This girl loves money.
Mr Crows Ideal Woman
Don't walk down a dark alley with a pretty girl
Come dance with the creatures of the night
Time travel and memory
A odd tale of love
Folk Law
Mr Crows sitting on a bus daydream, as the world goes past
Passion in a graveyard?
An Autuum song
A young buskers song
A siren's song to lure your soul
Cover Songs
Love for Evermore
Ride on
These Boots
Oak Tree
by Scary Jane
C#M A E G#M
I wake beneath the old oak tree
It’s dappled light shines on me
I don't know which world is mine
Since you vanished into time
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You were my spirit guide
You were the guardian at my side
The only only one in life that was true
I lost myself when i lost you
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(Rhythm change)
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I find a stranger with hazel eyes
And I watch the seven magpies fly
I throw a pebble in the pool
And its ripples show me I’m a fool, a fool, a fool
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(Original Rhythm)
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I know I woke by the old oak tree
Tell me do you recognize me
I lost myself along the way
looking for a better day
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Tree roots entwined in time
The woodland breath links with mine
I don’t know which way to go
but the wisdom begins to flow
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Are you my spirit guide
the one standing by my side
the only one in life that is true
I found myself when I found you
(Rhythm change)
I am the stranger with the pale blue eyes
who hopes my true love survives
Pick the acorn from the dirt
plant it back into the earth
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The Rose
by Pete Crow
I know a little lady so pretty and petite
As fine as any socialite who walks the Paris Streets
And there on her decolletage a beautiful tattoo
Of a leopards head with angels wings
And roses red and blue
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She walked the streets her head held high though her finery was faded
Her tattered threadbare elegance exquisitely paraded
And gentlemen along her route would pause to stare in awe
As wilted flowers on their arms
Through clenched teeth muttered whore
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But a rose is a rose by any other name
A rose is a rose by any other name
And we all know the bordello from which the lady came
But a rose is a rose, by any other Name
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So by the time the war was lost her bed was long since made
With many a Prussian officer eager to get laid
They fought their final battle between her well worn sheets
And left her bed no longer men
I the ultimate of defeats
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But a rose is a rose.......
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Well the rose has long since faded and the brier long since dead
I gaze upon a marble slab erected to be read
It tells a tale of bravery honor death and shame
But in my eyes she was a rose
By any other name
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But a rose is a rose........
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Eleanor Spendthrift
by Pete Crow
Am G F E
Eleonora Spendthrift was an amiable lass
Though she squandered every penny that she had
Her innate inability in fiscal responsibility
Would lead to the insolvency of everyone concerned
Be it gin or pharmaceuticals, or the daily care of her cuticles
She found ways to divest herself of everything she owned
Every penny pound and pony, in a quest to feel less lonely
She parted with her nest egg faster than it could grow
F C F G C
Yes Eleonora Spendthrift was an amiable lass
She though that her impoverishment would magically pass
If she could find a rich man and sit upon his knee
For some strange reason she though that man was me
Imagine her disappointment, when the fly in the ointment
Proved to be the fact that I’m just as skint as she
And could not fund the manner in which she wished to be accustomed
However many times she sat upon me knee
F C F G C
Yes Eleonora Spendthrift was an amiable lass
She though that her impoverishment would magically pass
If she could find a rich man and perch upon his knee
For some strange reason she though that man was me
Love Bite
By Pete Crow
I cope with the abnormalities, Of my immortality
And in that I'm a fine example, To the recently un-dead
Though I can't see my reflection, And pallid is my complexion
I'm told I look quite dapper, In a cloak and opera hat
But I resent the imposition
Of the crazy terms and conditions
Of my un-solicited membership
Of the Creatures Of The Night Club
My world changed completely, When I complied, so meekly
To that pale goth girls entreaty, To kindly walk her home
And therafter to dally, In that dark and dingy alley
That led down to the cemetery, And share a kiss or two
But I resent the imposition
Of the dreadful terms and conditions
Of my un-solicited membership
Of the Creatures Of The Night Club
She gave me little lovebite, Now I can't go out in daylight
And wooden stakes and garlic, Fill my heart with dread
And a Vicar with a Crucifix, Is enough get me shitting bricks
And each sunrise I have to use, A coffin for a bed
And I really resent the imposition
Of these unfair terms and conditions
Of my un-solicited membership
Of the Creatures Of The Night Club
Turn Away
Song by Scary Jane
​Curls the leaf of Autumn's song
Bites the frost of summers end
River of feelings run along
Time has passed for us to spend
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Turn away my sweet love, turn away
Turn away my sweet love, turn away
Turn away.
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Dips the blood red sunset tear
Timeless mist stroke purple hills
Neon lights the darkness smears
separation is the bitter pill
Turn away my sweet love....
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If we can't be as the stars we saw
I am drift wood again till the sunsets end
But if it's not solved by turning away
Sweet love come spend your days with me
Turn away my sweet love, turn away.....
Lady With The Pink Hair and Tattoos
by Pete Crow
The Last of the aging hippies who might slip out for a spliff
The psychobilliy couple with their beehive and their quiff
The band of me in trilby hats who play some wicked blues
But no lady with the pink hair and tattoos
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The good time girls in leather skirts (all of that certain age)
Who'd dance upon the bones of those who prance upon the stage
The stoners and the loners who have nothing left to lose
But no lady with pink hair and tattoos
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Chorus
The lady with the pink hair and tattoos
Is the kind of girl most likely to amuse
With her soft skin kissed by ink
And her hair dyed pastel pink
She's the kind of girl that I just can't refuse
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The Skeleton in the Gucci dress vapid, vacant, self obsessed
The women with the ample curves confident and self possessed
The dashing sky ship captain, and his brave and loyal crew
but no lady with the pink hair and tattoos
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And I thank you all for coming here to join our Jamboree
But of all the smiling faces there is one I can not see
A lady whom I've never met but has always been my muse
The lady with the pink hair and Tattoos
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The lady with the pink hair and tattoos
Is the kind of girl most likely to amuse
With her soft skin kissed by ink
And her hair dyed pastel pink
She's the kind of girl that I just can't refuse
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Underground Rebel
Song by Scary Jane
Should have been at work today,
a year since her brother died
Rain is tapping Rhythms,
she don’t care if she gets fired
There’s people sleeping on the street
country dances to the rich man’s beat
So much greed and hunger here on planet earth
She plays guitar in the subway and she sings for hot tea cups
Gets her songs from the homeless
and the tunes from their footsteps.
So tell her it is raining one more time,
Put some money in the hat of the underground rebel
Young fingers getting colder all the time,
put some money in the hat of the underground rebel
Snow is blocking all the roads,
people freezing in their homes
Shes still in the subway singing out these songs
People walk miles for rice,
companies still get their price
So much greed and hunger here on planet earth
She plays guitar in the subway and she sings for hot tea cups
Gets her songs from the homeless
and the tunes from their footsteps.
So tell her it is raining one more time,
Put some money in the hat of the underground rebel
Young fingers getting colder all the time,
put some money in the hat of the underground rebel….
Crow instrumental…….
Night Dance
By Scary Jane
Birds of the twilight begin to sing,
damp air touches your skin
flowers of the darkness come to life
Sweet floating scents of the night
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Silent wings around the grave yard
The buck moon is just a shard
Moths dance in honey sweet trails
As the dark of the night lifts it's veil
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Come Dance in the dark of the night
Come dance as the the bats take flight
Come Dance as the night jar sings
It's time to open your wings
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The soul born close to midnight
Sees the ghosts in the twilight
As they dance in the lilac silhouettes
Shimmering as the red sun set
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Dim the lights give back the dark
Let the foxes and the night dogs bark
Come dance with no street lights
Set free the creatures of the night
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Come Dance in the dark of the night
Come dance as the the bats take flight
Come Dance as the night jar sings
It's time to open your wings
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Turn away from the urban glow
Come see what there is to know
When you dance away from the lights
With the strange creatures of the night.
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Stolen Black Rose
by Pete Crow
A song half composed of a stolen black rose
Soft carmine lips and a murder of crows
A red lion rampant, a hearten repose
Two panting lovers bereft of their clothes
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His metaphors mixed, infinities split
Sarcasm posing as ironic wit
The nihilist scream at the god of his dreams
Imagined reality split at the seams
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And we're begging you please
Whilst you're down on your knees
Whispering words that you hope might appease
Inform the gods of the passionate pleas
Of a weary humanity eager for peace
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One mans sobriety another's anxiety
Material dreams of a broken society
A wonderful future, a fool and his money
One woman's hope of milk and of honey
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And the dance around the fire in the forest of the night
Naked and happy and hidden from sight
As the dog-collared banker, your inflexible friend
Espouses the judgement he claims is your end.
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And we're begging you please
Whilst you're down on your knees
Whispering words that you hope might appease
Inform the gods of the passionate pleas
Of a weary humanity eager for peace
The Kiss
by Pete Crow
F G Am, F G Am, F G C Am, F G Am
Midnight falls in waves across your shoulders
Silk floats like a mist around your heels
You lingering perfume
Masks the dankness of the room
I remember once again the way life feels
Chorus
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And you know that it's going to be alright
Yes you know that it's going to be alright
You might just wake up screaming
in the middle of the night now
But you know that it's going to be alright
I feel your hot breath burn into my shoulder
And the sweet taste of your loins upon my lips
As you carve another chapter in the tail of this poor fool
With the scarlet blades that are your fingertips
Chorus
Moonlight illuminates your ample softness
In the cool dark aftermath of our embrace
As still entwined I run a rigid finger down
The porcelain perfection of your face
Chorus
Chorus and out!
White Feathers
by Scary Jane
Let this sweet tune pull you to my shore
Where your soul can rest for evermore
In the breathless calm I will sing for you
A secret so old, no soul ever knew
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This song will guide you too my rocky shore
Where your soul will rest for evermore
And I'll call on the muses you soul is the fee
To have my white feathers returned to me
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Come closer to my shore, let your heart desire
My enchantments will set your body on fire
Singing a song no soul has heard before
Of beauty and myths you will never recall.
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This song will guide you too my rocky shore
Where your soul will rest for evermore
And I'll call on the muses you soul is the fee
To have my white feathers returned to me
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My beauty will rob you of your sanity
and never again will you sail the blue sea
This haunting melody sung so bitter sweet
Will lure you to your dom with it's flaming heat
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This song will guide you too my rocky shore
Where your soul will rest for evermore
And I'll call on the muses you soul is the fee
To have my white feathers returned to me
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G Em C G Chorus D G x3 C G D G
Sisters
by Pete Crow
Am G
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Why sit you sisters,
Why sit you and spin
Why spin you the yarn
of the lives of men
Why count the fibres,
you spin into thread
Three score and ten.
Why sit you sisters,
why sit at your loom
To weave the cloth of the fates of men
Why call you the weft,
that you weave into cloth
Why where and when
Why stand you sister,
to stare through the mist
As you’ve stared through the mist
Since time began
Why seek you the place,
to tie of the weave
In the dying breath of a man
And thank you three sisters
For the web that you weave
And call out in honour
the names you are called
And ask you to grant me
a few more happy years
Oh yrdd, oh vedanidi, oh skuld
Pearls Before Swine
by Pete Crow
I'm very sorry Madam, I don't know who you are
You happened to be passing as I hung onto the bar
And I wonder might I join you
Is your madness quite like mine
Shall we share our sadness
As I cast my pearls before swine
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Pearls before swine, pearls before swine
All I've ever done is cast pearls before swine
Pearls before swine, pearls before swine
All I've ever done is cast pearls before swine
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All if I might sit beside you and linger for a while
I'll tell you of adventures in my youth
But I would beg you don't believe a single word I say
For I'm inclined to disregard the truth
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You sit there in your widows weeds, your face behind the veil
As I try to woo you, listen to my tale
I tell of years of drunkenness, whisky ale and wine
And how I came to cast
My best pearls before swine
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Pearls before swine, pearls before swine
All I've ever done is cast pearls before swine
Pearls before swine, pearls before swine
All I've ever done is cast pearls before swine
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And so you say you have to leave, and turn to go away
Saying that it might occur to come and see me play
I say I think that would be nice and kiss your small white handKnowing that you won't forget
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'That strange man in the band'
Pearls before swine, pearls before swine
All I've ever done is cast pearls before swine
Pearls before swine, pearls before swine
All I've ever done is cast pearls before swine
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Blueberry Breakfast
by Scary Jane
Slightly soaked in a red wine haze
We drank last night remembering the days
When we sang in the house where the lightening struck
and our Tangled love ran out of luck
But the music stole our hearts for a lifetime
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Passing years chased away the ghosts
as we shared our songs on Facebook posts
Telling stories of the years gone by
The hearts we shared and the things we tried
And the music stole our hearts for a life time
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Laughter lingers with the memories
and new songs form from the harmonies
Guitars sing on a summer's eve
Sending out my love, cause I know you're happy too
And the music stole out hearts for a life time
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Sunshine in deep blue skies
Bees dance and starlings fly
Blueberry breakfast, hot sweet tea
Gone is the darkness and we are free
and the music healed our hearts for a lifetime
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