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Mr Jeays

by Philip Jeays

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1.
FAUST'S A SINGER What if I die one day In a car crash miles away For my wild and reckless speed As a policeman asks of me How I came to hit this tree And I answer 'ha very fast indeed' What if I fade away Tiptoeing to that day When I give up this mortal soul Apologizing everyday For still not being on my way To that black and gaping hole The singer dies oh tragic loss Who gives a damn who gives a toss No pity more those that remain Those whose success you can't explain And ask yourselves when they go Will the ranks of heaven grow Or when it comes their time to die Will the hordes of devils cry You wanted love we closed their eyes You wanted gold we struck them dumb You wanted fame we kept them deaf Now pay the price your time is come And now you're here oh Mr Sting You've made us proud we must admit They gave you love They gave you gold They gave you fame And you gave them shit What if I end my days In an alcoholic haze Drugged up dragged out before my time As the critics tedious Claim yet another genius Taken from us in his prime What if I blow my brain Half way from here to Spain And overnight become more God than man But oh the irony Of dying before they get to see Just how shit I really am The singer dies oh tragic loss Who gives a damn who gives a toss No pity more those that remain Those whose success you can't explain And ask yourselves when they go Will the ranks of heaven grow Or when it comes their time to die Will the hordes of devils cry You wanted love we closed their eyes You wanted gold we struck them dumb You wanted fame we kept them deaf Now pay the price your time is come And now you're here oh Miss Morrisette You've made us proud we must admit They gave you love They gave you gold They gave you fame And you gave them shit What if I meet my fate Struggling to negociate The pleasures of a drunken conquest Heading for that great beyond Between the buttocks of a blonde Suffocating and distressed What if I pass away Before I have a chance to pray To a God I didn't know Ah too late now to change my horse I'll stick to this infernal course Cut me loose and watch me go The singer dies oh tragic loss Who gives a damn who gives a toss No pity more those that remain Those whose success you can't explain And ask yourselves when they go Will the ranks of heaven grow Or when it comes their time to die Will the hordes of devils cry You wanted love we closed their eyes You wanted gold we struck them dumb You wanted fame we kept them deaf Now pay the price your time is come And now you're here Mr Bonio You've made us proud we must admit They gave you love They gave you gold They gave you fame And you gave them And you gave them And you gave them shit
2.
Perry County 05:04
PERRY COUNTY (A song for lil' Steph) Your eyes are the colour of mud and gasoline Rainbows swimming in skies of brown Your hash brown hair falls lazy on your shoulders As you untie it and let it tumble down Then you say You say you're leaving, you're leaving Perry County And this gas station diner and all the rest beside You're going to fly away, far away from Perry County From the seasons and the silence and the clouds that stitch the skies But there's a smile in the eyes of Perry County There's nothing you can say he hasn't heard before He's watched the young girls dream He's watched the old men sighing And he's watched them watch together As the young men go to war There's blood in the earth, in the earth of Perry County The Yankee and the Rebel, the grey and the blue Sometimes you'd swear, you'd swear the grass grows red there And the trees are made of silver and the wind laughs just like you When you say You say you're leaving, you're leaving Perry County And this gas station diner and all the rest beside You're going to fly away, far away from Perry County From the seasons and the silence and the clouds that stitch the skies But there's a smile in the eyes of Perry County There's nothing you can say he hasn't heard before He's watched the young girls smile He's watched the old men dreaming And he's watched them watch together As the young men go to war The Devil took my soul on a road through Perry County Tennessee River came too late to wash me clean And as he dragged me down through the sulphur and the longing I saw his hands they were the colour of mud and gasoline And he said You're never leaving, you're never leaving Perry County Not this gas station diner nor all the rest beside Oh you can fly away, far away from Perry County But you know you'll always be here every time you close your eyes And there's a smile in the eyes of Perry County There's nothing you can say he hasn't heard before He's watched the young girls leave He's watched the old men dying And he's watched them watch together As the young men go to war
3.
The Antelope 04:27
THE ANTELOPE She dusts where there is no more dust He smokes the pipe that doesn't glow She's seen his mettle turn to rust He's watched her lovers come and go And on the wall I've watched them both Since their safari honeymoon I am the symbol of their love An antelope who died too soon And I could almost cry for them But I have only glass for eyes Just like their's when they were lovers The day they took me by surprise Their lives have grown so very late They've lost the strength to slam the door And if she still might try to hate He doesn't notice anymore And he goes out when she comes in And he stays in when she goes out And if their marriage stays within Their promises have gone without And I could almost scream for them But now my mouth is dry and parched Just like their's when they were lovers The day they shot me in the heart And all along the mantlepiece Their memories have overgrown The days together spent in bliss Together now they're all alone They've beaten love into defeat Across this battleweary floor With separate beds for their retreat And silence for their spoils of war And I could almost pray for them But now I need no Gods for hope Just like them when they were lovers The day they killed this antelope They shot me dead and took my head And stuck me to this wall with glue To think I could have run from them But my love I was watching you
4.
THE TEA DANCE Welcome to the tea dance Old debutants getting up on their toes Darjeeling and romance Between potted plants and yesterday's dynamos In the tea rooms the men and women of industry Dancing from dusk till dawn In the old days when the first teenager was born Everyone just stay cool You're not here to play the fool They said But instead While we slept they tripped the Light Fantastic They told us to be strong It wouldn't last for long Soon you'll be twenty one Then you can join us And while manhood's approaching You'll want to look provoking Why not take up smoking They said we'd look cool but we just got cancer Welcome to the tea dance Old debutants getting up on their toes Darjeeling and romance Between potted plants and yesterday's Romeos In the tea rooms the men and women of politics Dancing from dusk till dawn In the old days when the anti war march was born Everyone just stay calm We'll keep you safe from harm They said But instead While we slept they danced the military two step They told us to be strong It wouldn't last for long Put your sunglasses on Wait for the big one With the bomb there's no more doubting No more screaming no more shouting Just one great big family outing They said we'd be safe but we just got cancer Welcome to the tea dance Old debutants getting up on their toes Darjeeling and romance Between potted plants and yesterday's gigalos In the tea rooms the men and women of royalty Dancing from dusk till dawn In the old days when the summer of love was born Everyone keep your head Wait for your marriage bed They said But instead While we slept they danced while swapping partners They told us to be strong It wouldn't last for long The urge will soon be gone When you're married And lone mothers are so taboo But don't try to lose it will you Or Pro Life will try to kill you But who needs them while we've still got cancer Welcome to the tea dance Now it's our turn to get up on our toes Darjeeling and romance Between potted plants and seventies curios Now in the tea rooms we're the people of? yesterday Dancing from dusk till dawn We talk of old days when our rebellious streak was born But these days there's nothing left You can rebel against Right Your future's bright Now you've got alcopops and Britney Spears
5.
RAZORBLADES AND CIGARETTES Razorblades and cigarettes And empty bottles strewn Sitting here I think of you I dream your fingers in my hands And promises of promised lands And I wonder Well I don't know why we hurt ourselves With alcohol and such Sometimes you need to drown a little And I love you very much I used to watch the way you'd smile The changes in your face The passions I'd imagine there But the fires I saw your eyes reflect Were the burning tyres around my neck And I wonder Well I don't know why we hurt ourselves With razorblades and such Sometimes you need to bleed a little And I love you very much The time I spent just missing you Longing from afar The ways I tried to walk to you But this broken glass on which I'd crawl Was it just to you or to anyone at all And I wonder Well I don't know why we hurt ourselves With cigarettes and such Sometimes you need to die a little And I love you very much I don't know why we hurt ourselves Or why we fall in love too much Sometimes you need to dance a little And I loved you very much
6.
The Trains 05:07
THE TRAINS Way back over the passing years To the house I barely yet remember Up in the attic the trains ran frantic Round and round you and me my father And there you smiled at me With that look on your face Like a stranger in a foreign land And yet somehow the trains spoke with a voice We both could understand Time passed quickly and soon the attic Left behind and how the track soon rusted The words all broken or lost the trains All put away forgotten or discarded And silence filled the void Where once stations had been And so the years carried on And everyday you moved further away But now that you are gone Don't walk slowly to that choir of angels Don't hang your head in shame Don't ask yourself what might have been It's different now The slate's wiped clean It's over now So don't walk slowly to that choir of angels And don't hang your head in shame Don't ask but know That when the night is still and clear When I hark back across the years It's not the lies and the shouts I hear It's the trains
7.
SEVEN SIGNS OF AGEING There's seven signs of ageing five signs of problem hair Stain-free deodorants and perfume scented air As you crawl out of the rubble there's no need to despair We've got it over here and soon you'll have it over there You'll have seven signs of ageing five signs of problem hair Stain-free deodorants and perfume scented air And brand new bedroom units full of clothes you never wear Till you're so drugged up on having you'll forget they're even there Where you can make mistakes then sue someone else for free A blame and cash in culture no win and there's no fee While your country's bombing children to set their country free Well someone has to suffer just as long as it's not me And you'll get free toys from Disney if you feed your children shit They can stuff their sorry faces until they've got the set They can drink Coca Cola till they're as free as they can get Till they're lazy and they're fat and they're no longer any threat Then you can watch Madonna advertising Gap While children sweat in sweatshops to bring you brandname crap A brandname badge of honour to put you on the map Just take my hand I'll take you there there'll be no turning back And you'll get interest free credit with nought to pay till May And more and more enticements to overspend your pay Until you can't afford it and they take it all away And you're drowning in your debt a little deeper every day Then we'll give you religion to wash away your sin Just open up your spirit and let the light flood in It's easy and it's quick it does what it says on the tin Just close your eyes then close your mind and put your faith in him And you'll get life everlasting 'neath striped and starry skies And the Cross of St George will rise up before your eyes And this land of hope and glory will feed you bullshit spin and lies Until one day you find your freedom fucked with freedom fries And you'll have seven signs of ageing no-one ever saw Five signs of problem hair you never had before Till karaoke pop stars leave you screaming out for more And you line up meek and mild as they lead you off to war To save your seven signs of ageing five signs of problem hair Stain-free deodorants and perfume scented air And brand new bedroom units full of clothes you never wear Till you're so drugged up on having you'll forget they're even there And you'll sleep a little deeper each and every day Till the starving and the homeless all just fade away And you won't remember life could be any other way And no-one ever listens to a single word you say
8.
Sarajevo 04:18
SARAJEVO Somewhere to the East Where freezing winter winds blow Behind a city wall Call it Sarajevo Two lovers wait together before the dawn Behind that city wall Trapped within the bedlam This man and woman stand A Serbian and a Muslim Hiding in the shadows there He whispers as he strokes her hair Close your eyes my darling Dream of days with brighter suns Where hate will never find us Close your eyes my darling See the sand of distant shores Where death is far behind us Close your eyes my darling And all the world will disappear And all your fears will follow Close your eyes sweet angel We'll go on for evermore And be far away tomorrow Wait for the night to meet the day For the light to light our way For the light of chance to shine on us Wait till snipers clean their guns Or smile and turn away Or dream of their own children Wait for the right moment to come Run like you've never run Run like the hounds of hell are upon you Wait are you afraid? Well so am I Take my hand and we'll fly Towards some better day Go now run take my hand We'll go on for evermore Where hate will never find us Go now run see the sand Feel the warming of the sun Where death is far behind us Somewhere to the East Where freezing winter winds blow Beyond a city wall Call it Sarajevo Two lovers lie together in the mud And beyond that city wall Far beyond that country Living our own lives Sitting warm and safe we Turn our backs on race attacks And tell ourselves it couldn't happen here
9.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE Marriage is love in a suit and a bowler hat that takes the train Everyday and goes to work then takes the same train back again Marriage is love in uniform where bedrooms become the only chance For privates to parade on Saturdays and love is made to march instead of dance Marriage is love in a zoo where we think we see reality But we only see the empty shell of what once was wild and free Marriage is love in a cage to protect our kids from Daily Mail views But kids are just convention's excuse for adults to walk into marriage and into zoos Marriage is love in a church where the death bells of love chime And lovers pretend that they believe and so deceive for the very first time Marriage is love in a grave where lovers pass from this world to the next And vicious old witches take their revenge as they smile and point you'll be next So my darling I will not ask your hand though I love you But I don't need a uniform or a cage or a church to say I do
10.
LOOKING FOR A HORSE TO RIDE See see the drunken man Cold as a corpse He's more dead than alive In fact now he only drinks While he sits and waits For the mourners to arrive He shuts his eyes and goes for gold He shuts his eyes and goes to war He drinks until he kills himself Though he doesn't know what for But close your eyes and leave him be For he'll have time enough to die With his whisky for armour And his pride for a sword Hanging loose by his side He is just a lost knight Hanging on to a shield On life's battlefield Looking for a horse to ride See see the baby lamb Bleating with the flock See how he follows on Walking running with the crowd He mimes the words Though he doesn't know the song He shuts his eyes and goes for gold He shuts his eyes and goes to war He shouts because he wants to shout Though he doesn't know what for But close your eyes and leave him be For he'll have time enough to die With a shepherd for armour And a fashionable sword Hanging loose by his side He is just a lost knight Hanging on to a shield On life's battlefield Looking for a horse to ride See see the smiling girl Smiling all her smiles Flashing smiling eyes Oh and everyone has taken stock And has had his share Since her smile was privatized She shuts her eyes and goes for gold She shuts her eyes and goes to war And if you still don't quite know why You can bet she'll be pretty sure But close your eyes and leave her be For she'll have time enough to die With her beauty for stirrups And her hair for a mane Hanging loose by her side She is just a lost horse Running from field to field On life's battlefield Trying to take lost knights for a ride So so here we stand Together hand in hand Your hair playing in the wind Chance has offered us this horse Oh my darling come Come leave these fields behind Don't close your eyes the night is young These days of hope have just begun I'll sing you songs of endless love I'll burn the forests of your dreams Don't take the flowers from your hair There'll be time enough to die When we are old Let's take this horse and ride Together on the beach And watch the sun go down And try as we go along To not look unkindly upon Those with horses out of reach
11.
THE LAST SONG Remember you told me You make me feel special I made you feel special If just for a while I let you use me When you were lonely I lived for you only I helped you to smile If time were a tailor He'd stitch us together If time were a tailor He'd sew us again But time is a healer Who kills all his patients Time is a healer Who heals us in vain Remember the daylight Coming over the South Downs The tide of the morning Washing night time away The words we had written In the sands of our silence With fingers and kisses All washed away If time were a soldier He'd fight for our future If time were a soldier He'd lead us again But time is a healer Who kills all his patients Time is a healer Who heals us in vain So this is the last song I ever will write you I've loved you forever I've forgotten how long And this is the last song I ever will play you I long to be with you But how long can I long And this is the last song I ever will sing you This is the last song Till I'm dead and gone This is the last song I ever will write you I don't pretend I don't love you But... This is the last song I ever will play you I don't pretend I don't love you But... This is the last song I ever will sing you I don't pretend I don't love you But...
12.
Mr Jeays 06:35
MR JEAYS If one day you see him there All misty eyes and greying hair If your children stop and stare To see him in that state When he can no longer speak his name Nor ever sing a song again Nor take the credit or the blame For all those past mistakes Say If you had known him way back then Before the rot of age set in When he rolled his eyes and revelled in The errors of his ways If you had known that man I knew And not this wreck in front of you I might have introduced you to A younger Mr Jeays When all aflame with youthful zest He raised his eyes and raised his fist And shouted God does not exist Controversial Mr Jeays When he stood up with a passion for An end to violence and war And said tax the rich and feed the poor Oh bravo Mr Jeays Oh if you had known him way back then Before the rot of age set in When he rolled his eyes and revelled in The errors of his ways If you had known that man I knew And not this wreck in front of you I might have introduced you to The rebel Mr Jeays When he took it all upon himself To try and gain enormous wealth Singing songs all about himself Tragic Mr Jeays When on Beachy Head above the rocks His true love he gave unorthodox His last Rolo in a jewellery box Romantic Mr Jeays Oh if you had known him way back then Before the rot of age set in When he rolled his eyes and revelled in The errors of his ways If you had known that man I knew And not this wreck in front of you I might have introduced you to The dreamer Mr Jeays And while others worked their lives away He sat in the park all day Dreaming poetic things to say Conscientious Mr Jeays Sitting there with his cocker spaniel That he decided to call Daniel With his pen and pad and his rhyming manual Talented Mr Jeays Oh if you had known him way back then Before the rot of age set in When he rolled his eyes and revelled in The errors of his ways If you had known that man I knew And not this wreck in front of you I might have introduced you to The work-shy Mr Jeays So if one day you see him there All misty eyes and greying hair If your children stop and stare To see him in that state When he can no longer speak his name Nor ever sing a song again Nor take the credit or the blame For all those past mistakes Say If you had known him way back then Before the rot of age set in When he rolled his eyes and revelled in The errors of his ways If you had known that man I knew And not this wreck in front of you I might have introduced you to A younger Mr Jeays

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released January 1, 2005

Philip Jeays: vocal, guitars, synthetics
David Harrod: piano
Nicky Pynn: violins, dulcimer, banjo
John Peacock: electric guitar
Kasia Middleton: cello
Miranda Sykes: double bass
Ditton Pye: drums

All songs written by Philip Jeays and arranged by the band.
Recorded at Ditton Pye Studios, 2005
Mastered by Rupert Cobb
Cover photo by Paul Jackson

A Ditton Pye Production for Irregular Records

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