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ALMOST MINE (REPRISE)
00:34
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2. |
EARLY BIRD
02:25
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my baby was an early bird
I used to be her second choice
I'm not even third now
she was gone in the morning
now haven't you heard
my baby was an early bird
and she sings
for another man now
and she flew
to another town
my baby she's long long gone
I guess I slept too long
and now I'm lying alone
feeling suicidal
I wanna be on my own
my baby she's long long gone
and she sings
for another man now
and she flew
to another town
I guess I wasn't good enough
I guess I wasn't learned enough
I guess I wasn't fast enough
for an early bird
an early bird
my baby was an early bird
I used to be her second choice
I'm not even third now
gone in the morning
now haven't you heard
my baby was an early bird
I guess I wasn't good enough
I guess I wasn't learned enough
I guess I wasn't fast enough
for an early bird
an early bird
my baby was an early bird
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3. |
ZIGGY PICTURES
02:00
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I'm not missing your eyes babe
not missing your smile
not missing our love
a white knuckled ride
I'm not missing your bad taste
and your phony crying
not missing your boyfriend
what a waste of time
the only thing hon
that really gives me the blues
is not having taken
those Ziggy pictures of you
I'm not missing your ignorance
not missing deceit
not missing your kicks
as I laid down at your feet
I've been selling my soul babe
just to make you smile
won't do it again
I’m not missing you lies
the only thing hon
that still gives me the blues
is not having taken
those Ziggy pictures of you
one thing I'm missing
you know that's true
is not having taken
those Ziggy pictures of you
'cause the only thing about you is the way that you look
yeah, the only thing about you is the way that you look
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you could have been my Joan Jett
but now you hang out with that old-time hipster instead
you could have been my rock and roll
‘cause I know it’s right down into your very soul
they say I'll miss you as a friend
but you don't really lose when you lose fake friends
you know I hate you and the things you do
and I hate myself for loving you
you could have been my Joan Jett
('cause)
don't you know I still love you
don't you remember
remember our life on Mars
don't you know I still love you
don't you remember
remember our life on Mars
'cause you know I still love you
don't you remember
remember our life on Mars
don't you know I still love you
don't you remember
remember our life on Mars
remember our life on…
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5. |
HOW I DIED IN BRUSSELS
04:04
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you know she’d left for a new town
where her past mistakes could not be found
she left me here
found another man
but I could not face myself alone again
so as a surprise I took a plane
head to where she had run to be born again
why did she agree to meet a desperate man
I hoped she could maybe understand
her face hard as stone as she walked the room
I knew I was bound to meet my fate soon
this is how I died in Brussels
I was already dead by Montpellier
sometimes it takes a long time
for a man to know his place
this is how I died in Brussels
let my tears fall down the drain
get me another beer man
it's kill myself or kill the pain
she was living a new reality
far away from trouble
far away from me
she had long left me behind
I had to hear her voice
look into her eyes
she told me straight again and again
how happy she was with her brand-new man
she had truly found her place to be
far away from here
far away from me
she kept checking her phone as I bared my soul
I knew there and then that was gonna be the end of it all
this is how I died in Brussels
I was already dead by Montpellier
sometimes it takes a long time
for a man to see his fate
this is how I died in Brussels
let my tears fall down the drain
just get me another beer man
it's kill myself or kill the pain
her new man is way way cooler than me
he's a scientist
he's a poet
the father she needs
something I could never dream to be
and she made a point of telling me
he's a great lover
he's got no catch
but baby my love he will never match
but I know it's too late to make such claims
and I know it's wrong for me to be in this place
her face hard as stone as she walked the room
I knew I was bound to meet the hand of doom
this is how I died in Brussels
I was already dead by Montpellier
sometimes it takes a long time
for a man to know his fate
this is how I died in Brussels
let my tears fall down the drain
just get me another beer man
it's kill myself or kill the pain
this is how I died in Brussels
where she was born again
how I died in Brussels
now I’m dying once again
how I died in Brussels
this is how I died in Brussels
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6. |
YOU AND YOUR NEW LOVER
02:57
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you knew you'd get no consequence
'cause when you dumped me
you left me in a trance
I died inside just had to hide
with no compassion
just detachment from your side
if I could only share the pain
for all the love I gave in vain
to someone like you
who knows no shame
I see you’ve found some company
in a brand-new city
where you must be feeling free
he looks so cool he must be French
so congratulations
on your brand-new romance
but now let me get back to you
with the only words that are coming through
when I think about him
when I think about you
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your brand-new loverman
I used to feel so bad for you
when I did not reply you
I thought that I was cruel
and after all you've done to me
I was the one who cared
about the way you feel
I hope my message is loud and clear
here's what I think 'bout you my dear
and I'm sorry about what you're gonna hear
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your brand-new loverman
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you, you…and your friends
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7. |
RESENTMENT & REGRET
04:00
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ladies and gentlemen
let me introduce you to my two new best friends
here they come
they're called
resentment and regret
now listen, here's how the story goes
I thought I was smart
before you broke my heart
I thought I was cool
while I was being fooled
resentment and regret
I gave you all I could give
how can I be so naive
hoping that you would stay
but you just turned me away
resentment and regret
I got a hard time to make this come to an end
a bloody hard time to make this come to an end
I thought you could be the one
you only wanted some fun
I must have bored you so fast
now I'm the lonesome outcast
resentment and regret
I've never had anyone
my whole body was numb
how fast I sold my soul
I guess I've lost control
resentment and regret
I’ve got a hard time to make this come to an end
a bloody hard time to make this come to an end
when I spy you on line
when I think about time
when you talk of your man
and you don't understand
when I walk down the street
and I'm dragging my feet
when I'm driving my car
and I'm supposed to go far
when I meet your friends
and the pain never ends
when I met your old man
from your life I was banned
when I lie on my bed
and I wish I was dead
when I stumble to work
can see your name on the door
when they talk about you
I wish they all knew
I’ve got a hard time to make this come to an end
a bloody hard time to make this come to an end
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well he comes from France
while I'm from southern Italy
since the day he was born he was way better off than me
he's a learned professor and I'm just a boring clerk
and what matters most is that he got you in the end
he’s got groovy tattoos and he's so well read
while all that I've got is a bald spot on my head
he's got a wife and two kids and they love their cool, cool dad
while in forty-three years I've never had no one instead
he's got two surnames while I barely have one
he's an exotic mix while I'm just a dull petit bourgeois
he's mysterious and silent and he speaks in metaphors
while I just get confused with too many thoughts and words
from my den of loneliness
I guess that I can tell
one man's heaven is another man's hell
after so many years
I guess it came upon myself
that man's heaven is this man's hell
when the two of you met it was love at first sight
he took you away from me in just one night
you told to my face he was way better than me
as you were putting on brand-new shoes to go and meet with him
now I wake up each morning feeling sorry for myself
I guess one man's heaven is another man's hell
four decades of loneliness and no story to tell
but one man's heaven is another man's hell
and if you see a walking zombie I guess that you can tell
I got six months in heaven for a lifetime in hell
honorary member in the club of the living dead
'cause one man's heaven is another man's hell
after all these years I guess that I can tell you sir
one man's heaven is another man's hell
I said one man's heaven is another man's hell
one man's heaven is another man's hell
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9. |
THAT TIME OF THE YEAR
04:15
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here comes that time of the year
your birthday's coming
it is almost here
and I don't know just what you'll do
but I guess that I won't be calling you
I know you think I act like a freak
but I don't even know what language you speak
and baby don't you know it's been a while
since the last time I saw you smile
in my empty house where we used to meet
on the ragged old couch where you'd rest your feet
oh, wasn't it sweet
so I guess I'll take a walk down by the park
I'll stay in there 'til it gets dark
remember the last time you where there with me
I can still see you there by the mulberry tree
laughing at me
so I'll get me a fancy dinner and a glass of wine
sit down and reminisce about those times
when I used to cook and play some music for you
all the nice things that you'd do
to see me through
here comes that time of the year
it's your birthday again but you're not here
you'll spend it somewhere with someone of your choice
he's the one who's blessed with the sound of your voice
and baby don't you know it's been a while
since the last time I looked into your eyes
you gave me everything I needed most
you gave it to me at such a cost
now it's all been lost
you gave me everything I needed bad
it's been the only time that I have been glad
to be among the living
'cause now
I belong to the dead
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10. |
FREE TO LOVE
02:53
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in another city
in another town
with no one like me to bring her down
she's now free to love
someone else
free to love
someone else
hey mister I know she's with you now
you earned her trust can you show me how?
'cause I had it here and I let her go
I was just too proud to even know
she could be free to love
someone else
free to love
someone else
and even though times may be hard now
she won't look back
she won’t turn around
she’s now free to love
someone else
free to love
someone else
in another city
in another town
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11. |
THE TIME WE'VE NEVER HAD
02:56
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she was looking for something simple
something I always did provide
but in my lifetime of seclusion
I've learned to run and hide
she was not looking for information
she can get that anytime
she was just looking for some kind of notion
I knew I had but it took me a while
In a world of empty confusion
where everyone's talking all the time
she wants to see through the shallow delusions
through the emptiness of this life
she always loved a metaphor
a firm rock on a stormy shore
but I guess I did not pass the test
she must have thought I was just like the rest
I wish I had the time we've never had
and some confidence in myself
and maybe she wouldn't have gone looking for someone else
I kept lying about myself
faking experiences I never had
I was so scared she would just run away
from all my loneliness and all my pain
now she's with someone who's not as lonely as me
and I'm a fool 'cause I could not see
I did not need to lie and deceit
what she wants I've always had in me
now he gets the time I've never had
and the confidence in himself
and now she won't be looking for someone else
and now they get the time we’ve never had
and the confidence in themselves
I know they won't go looking for someone else
I know they won't go looking for someone else
and I know she won't be looking for someone else
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12. |
AIRPLANES
02:59
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airplanes over my head
they all seem to fly
all seem to fly back to you
airplanes fly over my roof
they all seem to head
all seem to head back to you
and as I light my cigarette
watch them flying overhead
I wish I was one of them
flying to you
airplanes over my head
I wish they could fly
wish they could fly me back to you
airplanes fly over my roof
I wish I could fly
wish I could fly back to you
and as I smoke my cigarette
watch them flying over head
I wish I was one of them
flying to you
airplanes fly over my roof
and none of them
none of them will take me back to you
airplanes over my head
I know I will die
I know I will die
without you
and as I smoke my cigarette
and as I'm lying on my bed
I dream I was one of them
flying to you
and as I smoke my last cigarette
and watch them flying overhead
I know you're on one of them
disappearing from view
airplanes over my head
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Ferro Solo Bologna, Italy
My name is Ferruccio Quercetti. I'm based in Bologna, Italy. Since 1996, I'm part of a band called CUT. A few years ago, I've started writing music on my own again, under the name of Ferro Solo. So far, I've released two albums which belong to a single story told in songs. It's called Almost Mine (pts. 1 & 2). These are the songs that kept me alive when nothing was making sense to me anymore. ... more
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