1. |
Breakout
04:31
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Late last night
She heard him pounding
On her screen door
He was breathless in the rain
He said "darling
It’s a town of losers
Where the winners don’t last long
If I stay I know I’m done"
He said "I can’t take it no more
Gotta breakout here tonight
I can’t take it no more
Gotta breakout here tonight"
She’s sleeping easy
In her seat
Of rexine leatherette
He lights up a cigarette
The flash of headlights
The blur of signs
As a rusty blood sun rises
In a desert morning sky
He said, ‘‘I can’t take it no more
Gotta breakout here tonight
I can’t take it no more
Gotta breakout here tonight’’
Woah-woah
Woah-woah
Woah-woah
Woah-woah
Streets lined with methadone stares
Gunshots and sirens fill the cold night air
Same scene that they’ve known so long
You want out but you’re dragged in when you’re young
You’re chewed up and you’re spat straight out
‘round here they’ll only bring you down
They'll bring you down
So breakout
Ohhh
Breakout, breakout, break-break, breakout
Breakout, breakout, yeah, gotta breakout
Breakout, breakout, break-break, breakout
Breakout, breakout, yeah, gotta breakout
He said, ‘‘I can’t take it no more
Gotta breakout here tonight
I can’t take it no more
Gotta breakout here tonight’’
We’ll hold to tomorrow
Leave behind your sorrow
There’s something better waiting up ahead
Forget your doubts
And darling let's breakout of here
Tonight
Woah-woah
Woah-woah
Woah-woah
Woah-woah
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2. |
Stuck
03:51
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Na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
I’m a little tired now (so is everyone else)
I feel a little wired now (god you’d fight with yourself)
Is it day 62? (could be 62 more)
My girl deserves a sainthood (that was so clear before)
Oh I try
And I try
But the words slip out of my mind
Sometimes I got a feeling like I’m stuck in the middle
Cr-Crazier than I’ve been ever before
Sometimes I got a feeling like I’m stuck in the middle
Wo-won’t be long ‘til I’m flat-back on the floor
Na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
I just destroyed my notebook (left the water too near)
The house well gone and dried up (still gotta call the plumber)
I’d kill to take a long drive (better stay within 5)
Rang the doc because my hearts fried (lucky you’re still alive)
I’ve gotta rock and roll
And roll and rock
It takes it’s toll
Give me sugar, leave me high
Somewhere on my rock to die
Oh I try
And I try
Yeah I try to put everything right
Sometimes I got a feeling like I’m stuck in the middle
Cr-Crazier than I’ve been ever before
Sometimes I got a feeling like I’m stuck in the middle
Wo-won’t be long ‘til I’m flat-back on the floor
This world’s a ticking time bomb
Hope no one set the time wrong
This world’s a ticking time bomb
Hope no one set the time wrong
Oh I try
And I try
Yeah I try to put everything right
Sometimes I got a feeling like I’m stuck in the middle
Cr-Crazier than I’ve been ever before
Sometimes I got a feeling like I’m stuck in the middle
Wo-won’t be long ‘til I’m flat-back on the floor
Sometimes I got a feeling like I’m stuck in the middle
Cr-Crazier than I’ve been ever before
Sometimes I got a feeling like I’m stuck in the middle
Wo-won’t be long ‘til I’m flat-back on the floor
This world’s a ticking time bomb
Hope no one set the time wrong
This world’s a ticking time bomb
Hope no one set the time wrong
This world’s a ticking time bomb
Hope no one set the time wrong
This world’s a ticking time bomb
Hope no one set the time wrong
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3. |
Heat of the Night
04:17
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Walking down George’s Quay
But man I’m really lost
I tried to make a lucky break
Made mistakes and I’ve paid the cost
Wanting things that can never be reached
Tell me are they just lies?
I take what’s left of what I got
And I throw it away
In the heat of the night
The heat of the night
The heat of the night
The heat of the night
I go out late and get a drink
Longing to escape
They say that there’s more good than bad
But it all feels the same
When there’s something that rips your heart
When this city tears you apart
And spits you out ‘til you’re eye to eye
With the darkness that waits
In the heat of the night
The heat of the night
The heat of the night
The heat of the night
And your touch burns (baby like a fire)
Your kiss burns (baby like a fire)
Your love burns (baby like a fire)
Your touch burns (baby like a fire)
Your kiss burns (baby like a fire)
Your love burns (baby like a fire)
Your touch burns (baby like a fire)
Your kiss burns
Baby like a fire
In the heat of the night
The heat of the night
The heat of the night
The heat of the night
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4. |
Sad Old Town
05:03
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Billy took himself a little midnight stroll
When he stumbled ‘cross a woman
Sleeping in the cold
He’d heard it on some channel things were on the rise
So forgive him when he says it took him by surprise
Hey Billy!
Lost in this sad old town
The shadow of decision
Hit him hard and cold
And a long trail of excuses
That began to take hold
A mirror pressed to his face
Still he turned he an eye
Kept his head hung down real low
And just walked on by
Hey Billy!
Lost in this sad old town
If there’s still a little fight left in the dog
And that feeling in your heart don’t sit right
Ring the bell and keep the beating of the drum
In this sad old town tonight
He’s got himself a kid and a sweet young wife
But there’s an itch inside which keeps him looking out for strife
Grappling with that rope tightening ‘round his neck
And a paper on the fire to keep his habits in check
Hey Billy!
Tell us what’s going on?
If there’s still a little fight left in the dog
And that feeling in your heart don’t sit right
Ring the bell and keep the beating of the drum
In this sad old town tonight
Hey Billy what do you say?
Hey Billy, how much more can you take?
Will you bend?
Will you break?
I don’t know
Lost in this sad old town
Hey Billy, how much more can you take?
Will you bend?
Will you break?
I don’t know
Lost in this sad old town
If there’s still a little fight left in the dog
And that feeling in your heart don’t sit right
Ring the bell and keep the beating of the drum
In this sad old town tonight
Billy took himself a little midnight stroll
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5. |
The Other Man
03:01
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There’s another man
Who’ll hold you tight
He’ll kiss your lips when you sleep tonight
There’s another man
Who offers something that I can’t
There’s another man
Whose praise you’ll sing
He’ll buy you all your pretty little things
While my heart it rusts
And your locket gathers dust
I lead the lost
Though blind myself
I see shadows fall
They try and test
I just want you happy, yeah
Even with this other man
Even with this other man
Now this other man
I saw him smile
In my darkest dreams
Where our love was foiled
And I woke in fear
In a sea of tears
When he took your hand
I lost your heart to the other man
Whoa
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6. |
Listen (ft. Juice)
04:12
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Woah
They’re closing down this town tonight
The hounds have been let loose
The streets are filled with fire
And the burning of old wounds
Folks are so damn tired
Of the same old front-page news
Listen to the storm outside
It’s tearing down the walls which have shaped your life
Woah
Listen to the storm outside
It’s gonna blow the shame away
My son please take care
When you’re walking through the streets
Ancient demons didn’t leave
Seems the scene is on repeat
Our suffering is meaningless
We’re stuck with this disease
I hate it but believe that they’re still hanging from the trees
The strange fruits are overripe like souls beyond the grid
Imagine what it means to send this message to your kids
I guess I really can’t
The second I pretend
I put a dagger through their chest
And feel like lying through my teeth
My fellow men
The only thing I can is to offer you my shoulder
And to promise that I care
And even if it takes just a splinter of that load
Or adds a glimmer to the coal
I want to mentally connect
I have the highest of respect for those who don’t fire back with hate
And inspire us with strength by fighting kind and with their heads
Like a lion on its back
Suppressed desire to attack
The entire world can see it‘s time to finally react
A silent scream shall flash and erupt the walls
That have shaped your life
People, It must be done
The columns shall break, but here is the clue
All lives don’t matter until black lives do
Listen to the storm outside
It’s tearing down the walls which have shaped your life
Woah
Listen to the storm outside
It’s gonna blow the shame away
And can you tell me
How many hearts must break?
And lives must it take?
Why does the colour of your skin
Decide who lives and dies?
Who gains and who’s denied?
My history’s steeped in sin
It’s steeped in sin
Its ugly face is here again
Woah
Woah
Listen to the storm outside (how many hearts must break?)
It’s tearing down the walls which have shaped your life
(And lives must it take?)
Woah
Listen to the storm outside
It’s gonna blow the shame away
(Why does the colour of your skin)
Listen to the storm outside (decide who lives and dies?)
It’s tearing down the walls which have shaped your life
(Who gains and who’s denied?)
Woah
Listen to the storm outside (my history’s steeped in sin)
It’s gonna blow the shame away
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7. |
Here's My Face
04:18
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She was born into a family
Where the gods just flip a coin
Out learning to fend for herself
While her brother was doing time
Got a tattoo on her wrist
Just some words that her daddy’d say
‘There’s a story to be written’
Such a pity he drank his away
Here’s my face
Ripping through a crowd of endless heartache
I will make it
Even if takes some time
Here’s my face
Filling up the sky like a desert starlight
I will make it
Even if it takes some time
Cut her teeth in all those movies
She played out in her dreams
The ones where she’s just killing it
And she’s nobody’s queen
It’s far from burning coffee
Scraping tips in late-night bars
Donna tells her "darling, one day
You’re gonna be my Hollywood star"
Here’s my face
Ripping through a crowd of endless heartache
I will make it
Even if takes some time
Here’s my face
Filling up the sky like a desert starlight
I will make it
Even if it takes some time
Sometimes she feels frozen in the flight of the trapeze
No cradle there to catch her
There was never really need
She takes a breath
Draws it in
This moment may not come again
Steps into the cold dark night
To find her stage there up in lights
Here’s my face
Ripping through a crowd of endless heartache
I will make it
Even if takes some time
Here’s my face
Filling up the sky like a desert starlight
I will make it
Even if it takes some time
Here’s my face
Ripping through a crowd of endless heartache
I will make it
Even if takes some time
Here’s my face
Filling up the sky like a desert starlight
I will make it
Even if it takes some time
Here’s my face
Here’s my face
C’mon!
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Colm Egan Augsburg, Germany
Colm Egan is known for his carefully crafted and emotionally stirring songwriting, which incorporates folk,
alternative/indie rock and traditional influences.
His music explores themes of human experience which are driven forward by a chorus of jangling electric guitars and warm synthesizers or softly supported with acoustic Instrumentation..
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