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The Hooligan's Dilemma
04:01
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Oi! Oi you!
He’s a hooligan, a rioter, a rowdy punk and thug
A shatterer of futures, with a practised callous shrug
He’s a hooligan, delinquent, a ruffian and a goon
A batterer of hope in affrays watched by the moon
But it can’t go on forever, passion lurks, intent to pounce
It’s the hooligan’s dilemma
Is it hate or love that counts? Oi! Oi you!
Yes, it’s the hooligan’s dilemma
Flowers or a fist
The hooligan’s dilemma
A kicking or a kiss
The sweat of macho posturing
Or the smell of sex and love
The soft caress of hand and mouth
Or the smack of leathered glove
No, it can’t go on forever, she doesn’t crave it tough
And there he sees dilemma
Choose hate and be rebuffed Oi! Oi you!
Yes, it’s the hooligan’s dilemma
Battlefield or lovers’ tryst
The popping of champagne corks
Or the rush of beery piss
The assault against the enemy
Or hands held in brilliant sun
The hooligan’s dilemma
You must choose, unruly one
No, it can’t go on forever, she doesn’t want it rough
In truth, there’s no dilemma
Choose to riot, and lose her love
No, she won’t wait forever, and if push should come to shove
In truth, you’re no crusader
Cry havoc, and lose her love Oi! Oi you!
Coda
It’s so easy to hate, so difficult to love
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Aphrodite's Choice
03:41
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Well, I’m just a small fish in a big pond
Ain’t no reason to talk to me
So why you eyeing my direction?
Oh! I’m exploding internally!
Chorus
So catch hold of my love babe
Good god girl! Don’t let me spin
Yeah catch hold of my love babe
Please hold on, and reel me in …. Hold on! … Please hold on!
Oh I’m just like a fish out of water
No small talk, no chat up lines to strut
I’m in your hands babe, I’m pathetic
Oh Aphrodite, choose me and bring me luck
Chorus
So catch hold of my love babe
Good god girl! Don’t let me spin
Yeah catch hold of my love babe
Please hold on, and reel me in …. Hold on! Please hold on!
Bridge
Hold on (hold on) hold on (hold on) hold on please hold on (hold on)
Hold on, (hold on) I’m in a real tailspin
Hold on (hold on) hold on (hold on) hold on please hold on (hold on)
Hold on, (hold on) keep pulling me in
Chorus
So catch hold of my love babe
Good god girl! Don’t let me spin
Yeah catch hold of my love babe
Please hold on, and reel me in
So catch hold of my love babe
Good god girl! Don’t let me spin … no, don’t leave me to spin!
Yeah catch hold of my love babe
Please hold on, and reel me in …. Hold on! Please hold on!
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3. |
December Girl
03:29
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I’m moving slowly, not sure what I should do
Just looking through the smoky, smoky haze … at you
The room is noisy, but there’s silence in my ears
Gotta ask this question before caution interferes
Chorus
Will you be … x 3
My December girl … (my forever) December girl
December girl?
Someone’s speaking Spanish, a Latin rhythm in the air
I can’t dance to save my life, but somehow I just don’t care
There’s a Turkish guy in my way, says he’s from Istanbul
But I gotta ask this burning question, I’m beyond all ridicule
Chorus
Now I’m dancing close to you, read the question on my lips
Handed down through centuries on ancient manuscripts
It’s not a question to be posed so cold and abstractly
So I’ll just say it straight, “Oh, will you be …
Bridge
January to December, autumn, winter, spring & summer
Only thing I wanna remember … You are my forever …
Chorus
December girl … (my forever) December girl?
My December girl … (my eternal) December girl?
My December girl … (my amaranthine) December girl?
My December girl … (my everlasting) December girl?
December girl
La la la la … my December girl
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September Girl
04:03
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Dancing with a miracle, dancing with you
Often when you were a baby
I’d picture you when all grown-up
Would you be like me or your mother?
Either way, I didn’t mind very much
Just as long as you were tall and graceful
Just as long as you were kind and intelligent
Just as long as you looked like an angel
´Cause it seemed to me you were heaven-sent
heaven-sent … heaven-sent … heaven-sent
September Girl (you were my) September Girl
September Girl (you truly were) a miracle
September Girl September Girl
Now you stand before me smiling
Tears of joy flowing from your eyes
You’re in love with a brown-eyed handsome man
Waiting to take you on a magic ride
Just as long as he treats you as an equal
Just as long as he gives you what you need
Just as long as he loves and protects you
Then I can leave you and go join the tumbleweed
tumbleweed … tumbleweed … tumbleweed
September Girl (now you’re his) radiant sweetheart
September Girl (a new life) about to start
September Girl
September Girl
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Dancing with a Miracle
03:55
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Dance away, show your merry heart
It’s not something that comes à la carte
But it was with you right from the start
So, dance away the night
Measure for measure, shot for shot
He’s so lucky it’s you he’s got
You share a love that’ll never stop
So, dance away your night
Chorus
Dance, dance, dance away your night
Dance from the darkness into the light
Dance together, hold each other tight
And dance the night away
Bright illusions are never sage
But sometimes fortune favors the brave
I pray it follows you all the way to the grave
So, dance away your night
Chorus
Dance, dance, dance away your night
Dance from the darkness into the light
Dance together, hold each other tight
And dance the night away
Coda
Baila con el corazón … Baila con el corazón
Dancing, dancing with a miracle
Dancing, dancing with a miracle
Dancing, dancing with a miracle
Dancing, dancing with you
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Michael Sellers Mérida, Mexico
Michael Sellers is a guitar playing singer-songwriter from England, now living and recording songs in Merida, Mexico.
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