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Small talk, Grand ideas -E.Slade
"Have you seen the latest hit movie?
    It's about a man and a lady who've fallen in love,
    And he's head-over-heels,
    But she's famous and choosey
    - it's unrealistic but sometimes you have to switch off."
This man and his small talk are trying to move me
With stories which aren't worth his breath,
While out on the dance floor the tongue-tied lovers
Try to reach heaven while there's still time left.

    Chorus
                My life changing schemes make living seem stranger,
                My aching feet feel like bliss to me now.
                Searching for God on a Sunday morning
                Is like looking for summer all the year round.

"They say life is cheap (if you know where to shop for it)
    And now I have learnt the rules behind luck,
    Pulling pints, pulling muscles, pulling lovers -
    In an age of instant millionaires, it's hard to keep up.
    But I try to be noticed, to survive as the fittest,
    Waging battles, I'll fight to the death!"
Who's sleeker? Who's stronger?
The slick social climbers strive to hit jackpot and spit on the rest.

Chorus

A small voice once told me to be who I want to be,
'Dance towards heaven with the world at your shoes!'
But my feet became dirty, and hard work counts for nothing,
As success is a phone book of the friends that you choose.
And ashes to earth - Princess or poor birth -
to tread on this land we are equally blessed.
Your grave might be grander, but when death has kissed you
degree by degree you're as cold as the rest.

Chrous

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Tracks & Lyrics (Click highlighted tracks for lyrics)		Windows Media	MP3

Postcard from the Gulfside	Brooks Williams
The Maid from Cool Moore	Trad/Slade	Windows Media 169KB	MP3
While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping	Trad/Slade	Windows Media 552KB	MP3
The Tinkerman's Daughter
Small talk, Grand ideas	Emily Slade	Windows Media 278KB	MP3