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In Transition

by Dave Bradley

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Mercury in Transit With wings on your heels and solar wind in your hair You dance around to face the Sun, No time for subtle scares A message to the world it seems, the one that doesn't care Will they listen to your warning in transition they appear "What comes around, comes around," you tell them as you fade Evolving, revolving, spinning out your day You wonder why nobody cares, nor listens to a word you say Your message told above the clouds, it's price they'll have to pay In transition, in transition, moving on In transition, in transition, counting on a transition to a better world the journey comes undone But the mercury is rising, so it's time to look beyond the sun No wind in your sails, and death around you draped You travel 'cross the ocean waves the torment to escape The message from the world: Your life you'll have to scrape And never heed the warning of transition taking shape "What's going down's going down!" you cry out as a slave Churning, returning, the sea becomes your grave You wonder why nobody cares, nor offers any word to save Your message lost below the sea a crisis for the brave Your message lost below the sea a price no one should crave In transition, in transition, moving on In transition, in transition, counting on a transition to a better life the journey comes undone And the mercury is rising, so it's time to watch beyond the sun (look beyond the sun)
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Radio Love (Radio Edit) I'm writing a song they can play on the radio I'm playing a game with the words but I want to know Will you sing along or sway in a way that shows? That there's a chance you'll hear what I want you to know You can't tune out the words that I sing as the music flows Though static comes and goes My love it only grows Radio love, listen to the late night show Radio love, tuning in to what you know Radio love, catch the rhythm of my hope Radio love, it only goes to show Did you hear my song they played on the radio? It had the words I wrote just to let you know Want you to sing along in a way that shows That there's a chance we're in tune and our love can grow You can't tune out the words that I sing as the music flows Though static comes and goes My love it only grows My love it only grows Radio love, listen to the late night show Radio love, tuning in to what you know Radio love, catch the rhythm of my hope Radio love, it only goes to show It only goes to show
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Time Lapse 04:00
Time Lapse When you come right down to it, it was never going to last Days and weeks and months went by but years would never pass Words had never failed me...at least not until today But anger rose and doors were closed, seemed nothing more to say Just one thing...I really ought to touch So, sit right down, don't turn your head, won't beat around the bush There's angry words and painful deeds, it's all a crying shame The thing is that I love you and we're none of us to blame Come on, come on, come on, come on Let's take another shot Just focus on the day today Leave everything we're not Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on Let's give it our best shot Just focus on this day today Give-it everything we've got
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P.O.V. 03:22
P.O.V. Oh, can you see the world as I see it? Standing close to the water's edge when I noticed, the last thing on my mind Hadn't thanked you for our time together, hadn't thanked you for being so kind Something chased away my feelings, chased away my foolish dreams Something's lost but I don't see that anything's quite the way it's meant to seem Can you see the world like I see it, And does it look as grey to you? Is it any wonder I'm in the habit Of trying to change your point of view? Oh do you see the world like I see it? Is the light still fading on you? There's still a chance for us to grab it And bring the colours back into view Walking back from the water's edge, now there's nothing, there's nothing on my mind I hadn't felt that we could make it at all I'm the fool, I'm the fool when you're unkind Can you see the world like I see it, And does it look as grey to you? Is it any wonder I'm in the habit Of trying to change your point of view? Oh do you see the world like I see it? Is the light still fading on you? There's still a chance for us to grab it And bring the colours back into view
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A Word to the Wise Sitting back on hope and despair Not really the place you want to be No, not anywhere Checking out without a care Another day, another road Won't bear your heavy load Even though the story's told a thousand times or maybe more You feel you're the only one, who ever cries A word to the wise, there's no relief, no, no release in the bottle Just reflections of the stranger you see in your eyes A word to the wise A word to the wise No need to despise yourself you see as you change You can walk away, but you might, but you might find it happens just the same
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Time to Unwind (It's Over) I saved your life you nearly drowned On the river bank, where Martha fell You turned to me and then you frowned Said I don't believe in Heaven and I don't believe in Hell Catching up with all the things that we thought unreal I know that won't appeal to those hoping for a little more You turned away your wounds to heal Said I didn't think this way when I was walking through that door It's not over till the last tear has dried, all the acid's neutralised and the anger has subsided When it's all over, don't you want to set aside a little time to unwind when it's all over I sailed away I nearly drowned On one of those seven seas, I really couldn't tell I failed to say I was neither lost nor found Still don't believe in Heaven, but I sure saw my own Hell It's not over till the last tear has dried, all the acid's neutralised and the anger has subsided When it's all over, don't you want to set aside a little time to unwind when it's all over A little time to unwind when it's all over There's still time to unwind, it's over Time to unwind, it's over
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0 2 B Sorry 4 (Nothing to be sorry for?) It's a well-worn path we take each day The fighting maps our lives You cast a stone, the glass it breaks The home we had divides And time moves on we separate The pain it blights our lives You cast the steel, my heart it aches For a love we can't revive It's a careworn child that takes each day As if it were their last They cast the mould with risks they take Leave traces in their past As they move on they instigate The future of their lives They steel the cast the passion play With love they will survive Now there's nothing to feel sorry for I've heard it all before There is no reason to deny the pain Nothing to be sorry for I heard it all the time There's nothing left so keep an open mind It's a frightened world we see each day We're running for our lives Don't cast the stone, don't shoot the gun Lay down the bloody knives Can we move on and relegate The pain that blights our times Just blunt the steel, my heart won't break The love we must revive Nothing to feel sorry for I've heard it all before There's nothing left but to keep an open mind There's nothing to say sorry for we denied it at the time Nothing left, no place that you can hide Now there nothing to feel sorry for I've heard it all before There's nothing but to keep an open mind Is there nothing to say sorry for? We denied it at the time Nothing left no place you can hide Nothing to feel sorry for I've heard it all before There is no reason to deny the pain Nothing to be sorry for I heard it at the time There's nothing left so keep an open mind There's nowhere left So no place left to hide There's nothing left There's no place you can hide
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The Mighty Fall Suddenly it's gone You cannot see what you were missing The pain inside has grown so strong A future lost, no new beginning Time is moving on The winds of change swept you aside Took your faith with all your pride The years just crawl along Didn't you hear them calling? "Brother can you spare a dime?" Or was it just like any other day? Oh, couldn't you feel yourself falling? You really didn't spare the time To make it unlike any other day Tortured by the view You cannot turn your head to see or look beyond the window You wonder what you're missing Nothing is forgiven You cannot see it's true You were never one to listen You turned away and searched beyond the blue Oh, how the mighty have fallen Wonder if you changed your mind It would seem like any other day Oh, how the misery claws you Wonder if you'd had the time Would it have seemed like any other day? Time is moving on You cannot reach what you were missing The pain inside has grown so strong A future lost, no new beginning Any other day Any other day, the mighty fall Any other day
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Sunnyside Upside Down You know, I was born with my sunnyside, upside down? And I was drawn to that darker side of the town Between the rights and the wrongs, Lord I was torn! Yes, I was born with my sunnyside upside down They pass me by every day, smiles upon their face I can but try not to catch their eye, keep my own space Can't you see why, I must deny this God-foresaken place? Yes, I was born with my sunnyside upside down Taking the path of least resistance is the safest thing to do The road less travelled is steeper, but Lord what a view! And so for years I would walk in the shadows out of town You came along, lifted me up turned my whole world around Helped me not stray, showed me the way, Now I can walk without a frown Though I was born with my sunnyside upside down You lit up my life so my upside is the right way around So he was born with his sunnyside upside down? Could he not see any good side in the people all around You came along lifted him high, pulled him up off the ground Though he was born with his brightside upside down Now he won't fall for the wrong side of a frown Yes, he walks tall with his sunny side the right way around
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Christmas Present Do you remember...waiting for the snow, to fall? Do you remember...waiting for Santa's call? Do you remember...the Salvation Army Choir? Do you remember...chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Oh, now, we beseech you to stir and makes us wise Oh come, won't you 'waken and open up our eyes? Do you remember...the words of those good ol' songs? Do you remember...the times when rights were wrongs? Oh Lord, we beseech you to stir and makes us wise Oh please won't you wake and open up our eyes? Now's the time to change your mind Stir your heart, feel love divine The Christmas past is now long gone The present time, a gift so strong (Wrap it up and keep your heart warm) Do you remember...the carols round the tree? Do you remember...a time when all were free? While there's still time to change your mind Stir your heart, let love inspire The Christmas past is now long gone The present time all we belong
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For crying out loud Heaven-sent lovers chasing milk and honey Spend their time like everything's just so sunny No little hitches, taking all their pictures Still the feeling's healing with its homespun riches Never lets them down, keeps their head off the ground Rolling down saddled without a frown or a breakdown Come on strong, holding on so long Send the preachers back 'cause we're living like there's nothing wrong A long lost brother shaking out the cash It's just not funny how that greed spreads like a rash Selling on his pitches, a real rags to riches Steal the wheeler's dealing in his pulled up britches Never seen him round, but kept his ear to the ground Rode in saddled with a frown and a takedown Coming on strong, and hanging out too long Just send the teachers back 'cause we never learn when we are wrong One more mother, her love unspoken All the time is lost and her heart's all broken Laying out her son, he lies with the stitches Keep the kneelers praying in their worn out britches Never hit the ground, keep her heart above the clouds Stardust dazzled with a frown and a breakdown Going in strong, moving a bit too long Bring it all back home 'cause it don't look like there's nothing wrong For crying out loud For crying out loud For crying out loud For crying out loud
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It's Never Too Cold to Snow Sick and tired of the changes in the weather Don't you know that I've been praying for the sun But, I'm resigned to coping with the stormy weather Whether or not you change your mind and say that you will come Well I know, you always take it everywhere And, I know there'll come a time When you open up, I really couldn't care And you'll find out when you're frozen...that it's never Too cold to snow, no matter what they say When your heart is chilled in the cold light of day You can wrap it up warm, keep the weather at bay When it's time to light the fire you'll find another way It's never too cold to snow... Feeling tired and I know you're under pressure Can't you tell that I've been feeling all your pain Now, I'm defined by hoping we can stay together But I'm sure I'll just be stranded in the rain
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Blink ...and it's gone Another year, another song 'though any broken soul can stumble along Well, I turned seventeen the year she died Still can't believe that was '89 If I could go back I wouldn't offer that ride Now, I have to drink to clear my head I really don't care what The Good Book said Another Sunday morning will soon be gone If The Bible or the bottle is the choice I got Well I can't tell if I can take it or not Lord, the truth is all the trouble that I got You know…I'm still here? Just hanging in, I can hear those angels calling, calling me to prayer But, maybe I'll just take another shot The Bible and a bottle is all I got Well, it seems, nothing else will clear the air The Bible or the bottle is the choice I got And I don't care if they get it or not It's The Bible or the bottle like it or not I can’t take what's wrong and make it right And I can’t say I won’t drink tonight That’s the truth, And that’s the trouble It's not The Bible, It's the bottle That's the truth and it's no trouble It's The Bible or the bottle It's The Bible not the bottle You read The Bible at the bottom of a bottle

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released June 8, 2016

Words and music, arrangements, all instruments and vocals, production and mixing - Dave Bradley

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Guitarist, singer-songwriter. Acoustic and electric indie pop and rock originals. Singer, guitarist with C5, bigMouth, TyrannoChorus, CTW, with DJ Ad, and BarbD

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