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Down By The Wayside

by Martin Baker

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1.
Fingers Through The Flame 05:47
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I just don't know where to turn The water's gone I feel no burn I just don't know what to do The water's gone And flown right through I put my fingers through the flame I don't know why, I feel no pain I'm getting old I can't explain I just can't go through this again (repeat) Fingers through the flame Fingers through the flame I put my fingers through the flame I just know what to say The water's gone and leached away I just don't know what to think The water's gone, yet still I sink I put my fingers through the flame I don't know why, I feel no pain I'm getting old I can't explain I just can't go through this again (repeat) Fingers through the flame Fingers through the flame I put my fingers through the flame (repeat)
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Colours 04:23
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Some colours are red Most colours are blue These colours remind me of the things I used to do Some colours are black These colours are white These colours remind me of when things were quite alright I can see colours in the air It's amazing, the colours I have seen It's amazing, the colours of my dreams, It's amazing, the colours on my wall It's amazing that I'm still here At all. At all. That I'm still here at all These colours are good Some colours are bad These colours remind me of the good times that I had Some colours go up These colours go down Colours remind me of the faces of sad clowns I can feel colours in the air It's amazing, the colours I have seen It's amazing, the colours of my dreams, It's amazing, the colours on my wall It's amazing that I'm stil here At all It's amazing, the colours I have seen It's amazing, the colours of my dreams, It's amazing, the colours on my wall It's amazing that I'm stil here At all
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Burn The House Down 04:21
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She's so good looking He's such a boor They don't know what they're fighting for The face of an angel He's such a whore This could be the start of the third world war But they get on like a house on fire Set the match to this funeral pyre Watch the flames grow higher and higher Burn the house down Burn the house down Burn the house down Burn the house down (repeat) And when they've burnt it down They're going to turn around They're going to drive right down To the sea She listens to Five Live He reads The Mail Sure as eggs, this is going to fail She listens to dubstep He listens to Grieg There's no way on this earth they'll agree But they get on like a house on fire Set the match to this funeral pyre Watch the flames grow higher and higher Burn the house down Burn the house down Burn the house down Burn the house down (repeat) And when they've burnt it down They're going to turn around They're going to drive right down To the sea Burn the house down Burn the house down Burn the house down Burn the house down (repeat) And when they've burnt it down They're going to turn around They're going to drive right down To Brightlingsea
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Clouds 03:25
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Clouds in my whiskey Clouds on my lungs Clouds in the deeps sea Yeah, there are clouds round the sun Clouds in my coffee Clouds in my tea Clouds in the ocean Yeah, there are clouds in the sea It may come as scant surprise I've got clouds in my eyes Clouds round my judgement Clouds every night Clouds in the city Clouds steal my light Clouds round midnight Clouds every day Clouds in my X-rays Yeah, there are clouds in my way It may come as scant surprise I've got clouds in my eyes I got clouds in my eyes It may come as scant surprise I've got clouds in my eyes I got clouds in my eyes I got clouds in my eyes I got clouds In my eyes
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But Me 03:14
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I just don't know what I should be doing now I don't know if I should hold his hand I look in the garden Out under a tree The whole world's battle-hardened But me But Me I look at the ocean Stare out to the sea The whole world's in motion But me But me I just don't know what I should be saying now I don't know if things are going to plan I look in the garden Out under a tree The world's battle-hardened But me But me I look at the ocean Stare out to the sea The whole world's in motion But me But me But me But me But me
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Stones 03:25
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I throw these stones so politely I these stones twice nightly I wish I could throw these stones Every day I throw these stones so weakly I throw these stones so meekly I wish I could throw these stones away Away And I throw these stones When I'm on my own And I throw these stones These stones I throw these stones forever I throw these stones but never Let these stones fall to the floor I throw these stones twice nightly I throw them so politely I wish I could throw these stones no more No more And I throw these stones When I'm on my own And I throw these stones These stones These stones won't break No homes These stones won't break My bones These Stones
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I'm OK 04:31
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My friends all say That I look so down My friends all say I wear a permanent frown Then they all ask me Is everything alright? I just smile And turn down the lights But I thank you all For the kind words you say But I guess about things In my own fucked up way Cos I'm Ok Live to fight another day Despite what they say Yeah, I'm OK My friends all say That I look so blue Then they all ask me Is there anything they can do? Then they all ask me Is everything fine? I just smile And drink my wine But I thank you all For the kind words you say But I guess I'll just go about things In my own fucked up way Cos I'm Ok I'll live to fight another day Despite what they say Yeah, I'm OK Yeah, Im OK.
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No Yeah 04:26
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I'm feeling so much better But that's not really true I'm feeling stronger But, if only they all knew I can not, I will not struggle for the air And I say no, yeah No, yeah I will not, I can not fall into despair I say no, yeah No, yeah I will tell you what you really need to hear: No, Yeah No, Yeah I will tell you what you really want to hear: No, Yeah No, Yeah I smile and take the blows But no one gives a damn No one really knows There's a boy inside this man I can not, I will not swallow the same air And I say No, Yeah No, Yeah I will not, I can not fall into despair And I say No,Yeah No, Yeah I will tell you what you really want to hear: No, Yeah No, Yeah I will tell you what you really want to hear: No, Yeah No, Yeah No Yeah No Yeah No Yeah I say No Yeah No no yeah I say I will tell you what you really want to hear: No, Yeah No, Yeah I will tell you what you really want to hear: No, Yeah No, Yeah
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Falling 04:40
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Didn't sleep a single wink last night Stared at the gap in the curtain Trying hard not to think what's right That all said I know for certain That I'm falling Falling for you Yes I'm falling Falling for you Went for a walk in the park this morning Try to wash all my sad thoughts away Went for a walk in the rain this morning Practiced all the words that I've got to say Cos I'm falling Falling for you Yes I'm falling Falling for you Head over heels You know that it's true Head over heels You know that there's nothing I can do Head over heels You know that it's true I'm falling for you Yes I'm falling Falling for you Head over heels You know that it's true Head over heels You know that there's nothing I can do Head over heels You know that it's true I'm falling for you Yes I'm falling Falling for you Yes I'm falling Falling for you x
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Madison Avenue 03:36
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Reach for my paper Try and find my pen Open up my treasure box Empty it once again In Madison Avenue There's a man don't care what I do In Madison Avenue It's where it all falls down It's where it all falls down Talk to my starling friends And I stare at the world I sit where this river bends And I wonder what it's all worth In Madison Avenue There's a man don't care what I do In Madison avenue It's where it all falls down It's where it all falls down I hope it all burns down I hope it all burns down In Madison Avenue There's a man don't care what I do In Madison Avenue I hope it all burns down

about

Recorded 'live' and in single takes at Wayside Studios, Nutbourne, using all manner of old valvey, transistor, gaffer-taped, rusty, noisy stuff so, consequently, full of hiss, breaths, squeaks, mistakes, glitches and greenies but also hopefully full of truth, love, passion, heart and intent. No autotune, over dubs, cleaning or soul bleaching. It's raw. In more ways than one.

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released July 27, 2013

All music by Chris Martin and Gary Baker. All lyrics by Chris Martin.

Martin Baker are: Chris Martin- Acoustic guitars and voices. Gary Baker, Saxophones and Cor Anglais.

Self produced and engineered. With thanks to Julie and Nigel at Wayside for support, Rioja and the chance. Thanks to other halves, family, friends, some special people, starlings and everyone who's ever come to a show.

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Martin Baker London, UK

Grisly but sensitive sad folky old duo who' quit bands years ago to occasionally produce their wistful blend of jazzy acoustic melancholia.

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