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Whatever It Takes
04:17
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Whatever It Takes (Mitchell)
Remember when we were so small, we could both squeeze into the armchair,
And watch TV all day while Dad hovered in the doorway saying
"go out in the Shropshire sun".
And remember we'd run through the wheat fields wet with morning dew
Remember that I love you, you've got a brother you can call on.
There's a bond, going back to the long vacation
They don't make summers like that anymore.
You know I'll be there for you, whatever it takes
Know you've helped me through all the heart breaks.
You know I'd lay it all down' I'm willing to bleed
You know I'll be there for you whatever it takes, whatever you need.
Everytime I've been on the floor, lost my way you'd somehow raise me
Shove me out the door, Saying "go find your way through that maze".
Like the swing over the river pool, good and bad things gonna come along
But remember love runs deep and strong. And love it has to swing both ways.
There's a bond, started before I existed
Set to last way after we're gone
You know I'll be there for you, whatever it takes
Know you've helped me through all the heart breaks.
You know I'd lay it all down' I'm willing to bleed
You know I'll be there for you whatever it takes, whatever you need.
Heaven holds a place for those who like to pray
If I was under rubble I'm sure I'd do the same
Nostalgia and love could kill me any time
But I keep moving forward, keep moving forward, carrying our name.
You know I'll be there for you, whatever it takes
Know you've helped me through all the heart breaks.
You know I'd lay it all down' I'm willing to bleed
You know I'll be there for you whatever it takes, whatever you need.
They don't make summers like that anymore.
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We’ve All Gotta Lotta Love To Give (Mitchell)
We've all gotta lotta love to give. We've all gotta lotta love.
Don't wanna leave it bottled up inside.
Don't wanna leave it bottled up inside.
We've all gotta lotta life to live. We've all gotta lotta life.
Don't wanna waste it starting at a screen, anymore.
Don't want to waste it staring at a screen.
We've all gotta lottawork to do
But working takes up time
Don't wanna waste a second 'cause it's mine
He gave a gift to you, it's precious time.
We all gotta lotta things to say and sometimes we don't hear
Pause to take a breath and take it in
Maybe someone quiet's onto some thing
Give a little space and let them in
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE:
We've all gotta lotta space to give but sometimes we don't see
Fill it with desire and selfish dreams.
Mainly based on buying better screens
We've all gotta lotta junk to throw
Cause nothing's built to last
Built to break for the economy's sake we know
Then on and on the hamster wheel we go
We've all gotta lotta love to give. How about we do that?
Spend some time and save a dime and grow
Tell someone who loves you that you know they love you
And give that love right back and feel the glow
Take a break from spinning. Look up and say hello
Meet someone's eyes. Smile. Breathe…
And on we go.
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3. |
Piano in the Dark
04:19
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I play piano in the dark and I think of you with tears rolling down my face
I play piano in the dark and I think of you with tears rolling down my face
You know I kind of enjoy it. Sure is good to feel something
You know I kind of enjoy it. Sure is good to feel something
Even if it’s pain – ‘cause you hurt me too it sure is good to feel something
Even if it’s loss – ‘cause I know I’ve lost you it sure is good to feel something
You know I kind of enjoy it sometimes I even bring it on
Sometimes I look at your picture and think of times long gone
Sometimes I bring it on and play piano in the dark and I think about you with
Tears rolling down my face
Sometimes I bring it on and play piano in the dark and I think about you with
Tears rolling down my face
You know I kind of enjoy it. Sure is good to feel something
You know I kind of enjoy it. Sure is good to feel something
Don’t make it that much easier but it doesn’t make it hurt even more
They say that time is a healer, well I guess that’s what we’re waiting for.
I know that I made you angry, I know you really wanted more
More than I was able to give you, couldn’t let you take it all.
Sometimes I bring it on and play piano in the dark and I think about you with
Tears rolling down my face
Sometimes I bring it on and play piano in the dark and I think about you with
Tears rolling down my face
You know I kind of enjoy it. Sure is good to feel something
You know I kind of enjoy it. Sure is good to feel something
To feel something to feel something. To feel something to feel something
They say that time is a healer; guess that’s what we’re waiting for.
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4. |
Six Hours
03:09
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Six Hours (Mitchell)
Well it happened on my last night as it always seems to do.
Beers were flowing all right but the clock was ticking too.
Leaving in the morning with an awful way to go
Can’t stop the day from dawning but can take tonight, you know.
C’mon, c’mon…
C’mon, c’mon…
I’ve got six whole hours – that should do
Got six hours to spend with you
And if love’s out there or fate’s about?
We’ve got six hours…to find out.
Well she caught my eye and caught me. Frank said, “Reel her in”.
Shared the shots she brought me. Well where else would I begin?
C’mon, c’mon…
C’mon, c’mon…
I’ve got six whole hours – that should do
Got six hours to spend with you
And if love’s out there, or fate’s about?
We’ve got six hours…to find out.
[Instrumental break]
Leaving in the morning Black lines and broken hearts
Don’t give any warning
Just rip you cold apart - C’mon, c’mon
I’ve got six whole hours – that should do
Got six hours to spend with you
And if love’s out there or fate’s about?
We’ve got six hours…to find out.
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5. |
Shut Up and Kiss Me
03:53
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Shut Up and Kiss Me (Mitchell)
Closing time we’re moving on
But not to where our friends have gone.
We found a reason to excuse
The kind of line that lightweights use.
We prolong… Carry on.
Take a walk and talk ‘till three
You’re rambling right back at me.
Fool around but watch the lines
We’re pushing but the boundaries fine.
…Barely. Can’t you see?
Just stop leading me on I’ve waited so long.
Shut up and kiss me.
I just can’t take anymore what you waiting for?
Shut up and kiss me.
We enter my house – you hold the door – I close
Too late to walk home now I s’ppose .
I take you by the hand instead
We sleep together in my bed…
In our clothes…Well here goes.
Just stop leading me on I’ve waited so long.
Shut up and kiss me.
I just can’t take anymore what you waiting for?
Shut up and kiss me.
Lying there I’m trembling – thinking what you’re wondering.
I can tell you’re still awake. I just can’t sleep. I just can’t take it.
Just stop leading me on I’ve waited so long.
Shut up and kiss me.
I just can’t take anymore what you waiting for?
Shut up and kiss me.
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6. |
Little Man
03:45
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Little Man (Mitchell/Hoffman)
I’ve got this photograph of you faded round the edges
Eight years old when all was new
With my cowboy hat and plastic gun
Can’t help wondering how you’d view what you have become.
If you could be here now and jump into these shoes
Don’t think you’d thank me much I know just what you’d do.
Run away – straight back to the 80’s quick as you can
Run away - little man. (Oh-oh-oh)
Run way – Don’t think of what your fate is. Don’t give a damn.
Run away little man.
You’re on the wall; you’re in a frame, sometimes I question you.
Why’d she leave? Like you’d explain
Things went wrong impressively, I messed up along the way
And now you’ve ended up as me.
If you could see me now and jump into these shoes
Don’t think you’d thank me much I know just what you’d do.
Run away – straight back to the 80’s quick as you can
Run away - little man. (Oh-oh-oh)
Run way – Don’t think of what your fate is. Don’t give a damn.
Run away - little man.
[Instrumental Break]
I was the one supposed to take care of you
Run away – straight back to the 80’s quick as you can
Run away - little man. (Oh-oh-oh)
Run way – Don’t think of what your fate is. Don’t give a damn.
Run away little man.
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Don’t Push Me Around No More
When you called me a mystery I wanted to remove your head.
Now planning to make you history is soothing me instead.
Beneath the calm exterior we’ve all a wolf to hide
You may want to know me but disturbing him ain’t wise
Don’t push me around no more. Don’t push me around.
You way up in your ivory tower seeing me on the ground.
Well I’ve got strength and love inside - next to the heart that’s open wide
So if I fall I’ll be alright. But don’t push me tonight.
We’re all different people with different strengths and needs
Well viva the difference. In beauty, truth believe.
You don't seem to see that. ‘Hate people not like you
If you’ve no understanding how do you know what we’ll do?
Don’t push me around no more. Don’t push me around.
You way up in your ivory tower seeing me on the ground.
Well I’ve got strength and love inside - next to the heart that’s open wide
So if I fall I’ll be alright. But don’t push me tonight.
I haven’t given up on you. I’m searching for the good.
Taking in every tree not just seeing the wood.
Maybe you can find your love. Search and you might see.
I haven’t given up on you so don’t give up on me.
Don’t push me around no more. Don’t push me around.
You way up in your ivory tower seeing me on the ground.
Well I’ve got strength and love inside - next to the heart that’s open wide
So if I fall I’ll be alright. But don’t push me tonight.
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8. |
American Girls
03:31
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American Girls (Mitchell)
She's an American girl, raised under GW
Didn't know what to make of the world and all the trouble it's going through
Working so hard, never afraid to take a different stance
Seemed cheezy but she knew Sal Albeneze never stood a chance
You try to change opinions one guy at a time
You stick up for what's right
Oh, I know what you American Girls are like
Hey there American girl, I know you don't like looking back
On your good old days, and your old glory ways
because it only highlights the cracks
I'm sorry babe, I ain't got a time machine.
Wanna take a stand? Well, Hand in hand, show me what you mean.
Whilst traveling into the future at 60 minutes an hour
I'll cling on to you tight
Cause I know what you American Girls are like
[Ba, ba, ba, ba…]
I know that there's other, other songs been sung ya
On this crazy mission, I know I've competition
But sometimes you gotta dance with the one that brung ya
String me along but save the last song
‘Cause I'm your Mister right!
And I know what you American Girls are like
[Ba, ba, ba, ba…]
Whilst traveling into the future at 60 minutes an hour
I'll cling on to you tight
I’m sticking with my American Girl alright
Cause I know what you American Girls are like
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9. |
Lowry
02:14
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Lowry (Lyrics by Stephen Bird)
I went for a walk today to forget about it all
And when I found a place to stay I lay down on a wall
Smoke blew off the chimneystack troubles off my chest
I brushed the monkey of my back and stopped to have a rest.
There’s a time to rend, a time to sow, a time to run a ground.
Time to disappear lie low and put your brief case down
My eyes are closed my head is light, wouldn’t say I’m free
But all the world’s washed out and white like skies by Lowry.
My eyes are closed my head is light, wouldn’t say I’m free
But all the world’s washed out and white like skies by Lowry.
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10. |
New York
04:48
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New York (Mitchell)
Taking in view from the Pulaski Bridge, riding over to Queens
Louis Stettner '54 - Invading my subconscious since my teens
You sure know how to stress me out.
Offend all five senses and more
And just when I could say goodbye,
you hit me like a heat wave summer downpour
And you don't even try
I'm in love with you New York, New York
I gotta say it twice
I'm in love with you New York, New York
You know I met my girl on that bridge
Now we're collecting memories just like proof
The evidence is all I see
Escaping in the view up on our roof
You've sure been good to me
I'm in love with you New York, New York
I gotta say it twice
I'm in love with you New York, New York
Maybe we'll grow weary and search for something tame
Leave the catastrophe, for the hum-drum, dreary, plain
The mean friend for the lame
I'm in love with you New York, New York
I gotta say it twice
I'm in love with you New York, New York
You hit me like a heatwave summer downpour
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11. |
Drift Away
05:18
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Drift Away (Mitchell)
When all’s said and done bar the dreaming of the day
The hassle and the scheming needs a space to drift away.
I need a place to wander through to miss you and chase
fleeting thoughts ‘round my mind. I want to be near you and wish I could stay
I picture your face a comforting sight I lie awake hearing things you’d say.
Alone in the morning, I feel you tonight. I think of you and drift away…
Well once again concerns have left me. Time always fly’s.
At least concerned with memories there’s a smile here in my eyes.
I want it all: the ‘perfect-ping’, the future thing, the feelings I can’t seem to hide
I want to be near you and wish I could stay. I wish I could stay.
I picture your face a comforting sight I lie awake hearing things you’d say.
Alone in the morning, I feel you tonight. I think of you and drift away…
Meet me sometime soon, “dreaming’s so cool” you’d say.
Touching fleetingly, holding whilst sleeping
We wait ‘till, morning light breaks the day and takes you away.
I picture your face a comforting sight I lie awake hearing things you’d say.
Alone in the morning, I feel you tonight. I think of you and drift away…
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Robin Mitch Mitchell New York, New York
“British-born, New York-based songwriter bringing you warm and rich acoustic tunes that sound like an invitation to a
perfect cup of tea.”
With thoughtful lyrics and uplifting melodies Mitch’s finely crafted songs have continued to fill hearts, minds and venues since he brought his talents across the Atlantic to Brooklyn in 2009.
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