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Rambling Rose
03:54
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I'd rather be a Rambling Rose
Than face your throw-away forecourt flowers
I'd rather live free as a bird
Than die here in your ivory tower
I'd rather wear a crown of gold
Than this noose of sparkling diamonds
I've been trying to settle down
I've been hoping I'd come around
But wishful thinking
Has never paid off for a girl like me
And wishful thinking
Is a wasted ticket in your rigged lottery
You say I wrapped myself around your roots
While you were reaching up for the sky
And time and again I have clipped your wings
But did you ever know how to fly
You make me wear a crown of thorns
While you go chasing new horizons
I've been trying to settle down
I've been hoping you'd come around
But wishful thinking,
Has never paid off for a guy like me
And wishful thinking
Is a one way ticket to blind misery
I'm plain bored,
I don't know get what you mean
Just my point
You must want me to bleed
That's your choice, Dear...
Sweetheart you don't understand
How can a moment pass so slow
When time keeps running past by your eyes
And a handful of uttered words
Forces a girl to have to lie
I'd rather wear my heart in stone
Than have to sit here and watch you crying
I've been trying to settle down
I've been hoping I'd come around
But wishful thinking
Has never paid off for a girl like me
And wishful thinking
Is a wasted ticket in your rigged lottery
And wishful thinking
Is a lie we're sold by guys like you
And wishful thinking
Ain't gonna see us through..
I'd rather be Rambling Rose....
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2. |
Queen Of Silence
02:52
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Girl you know you vex me so
Defiance is your default mode
The Queen of Angry Silences
A hundred petty violences
A disapproving look can last for miles
A thousand silly words to make you smile
Darling so you know
I love your very bones
But girl you vex me so
Girl you know I broke my heart
I know I had it wrong from the very start
I am no good at love
Don't know what I was thinking of
But time changes every little thing
Your face just blossoms like the spring
I'd chase across the world for you
My place is with your heart it's true
I'm on the ground but looking up
And reaching hands to pull us
Luck has placed us here
Now I know what to do
For the Queen of Angry Silences
A hundred petty violences,
A disapproving look can last for miles,
A thousand silly words to make you smile,
Darling so you know,
I love your very bones,
But girl you vex me so.
Darling so you you know,
I love your very bones,
But girl you vex me so.
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I Don't Need Him Anymore
03:04
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I DON'T NEED HIM ANYMORE
I don't want to walk with him,
I don't want to talk with him,
It's been a long time coming,
But I don't need him any more,
Too busy making love to cry
Two arms to hold me oh so tight
It's been a long time coming
I don't need him anymore
I've been thinking on the bitter past,
But now I'm happy to be free at last,
It's been a long time coming,
But I don't need him any more.
I filled up my cup,
With heartache and wine,
It's no secret that I let myself
Get hurt time after time,
I was bruised I was broken,
No one could make me whole,
Won't you be my salvation,
The one to soothe my soul?
Bowled over with this love affair,
It seems so easy but it hurts to care so deeply,
Please say that you will always be there,
For I don't need him anymore
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4. |
Redemption Day
04:43
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REDEMPTION DAY
I'm not so proud of the things that I've done
Not to you, not to anyone,
I give you my life, screw up in your hands,
Unfold it and tell me your plans,
i could not figure it out -the sense in it all,
Your decisions making prisons for both of us,
And time's not a healer, he opens old wounds,
For me and you,
For me and you,
I'm still waiting for me and you,
For me and you,
I see you walking away,
From me and you,
From me and you.
Give me that bottle, I'll give you my all,
Ignoring the writing that's there on the wall,
I'll wear my doubt picked out in threads on my sleeve,
And sleep like the dead when you leave,
This love is like wine - red as the sunset that fell,
On the hills where we lay in each others arms,
But we're caught in the vines,
That snake through the rifts
Between me and you,
Me and You
I beg absolution for the things I confessed,
Stay up all night saying things I regret,
And the 5am light on a tear-stained cheek
Won't bring you the solace you seek -
And this unmade bed is emptier than a poor-sinner's soul on Redemption Day,
And I'm still an old fool,
Singing the same sad songs,
About me and you,
About me and you.
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Angeline
03:58
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Angeline, Angeline,
You've got the prettiest mouth I've ever seen,
And you can say I'm not your type,
but I'm the best there's ever been Angeline
So get down on your knees,
Do you have to be so loud,
So we drew a little blood,
But I hear everything they say in town,
You get around,
And we both know what that means,
Come closer Angeline
Show a little strap - your dress is riding high,
Laugh a little too loud trying to catch my eye,
I can tell you like it hard,
I can tell you like it mean,
You don't even have to ask me Angeline
Why you lying there - your face is just a mess.
What happened to your hair - pull down that cheap old dress.
Do you think you drank too much - but you were screaming out for more.
Do you have to make a scene - stop crying Angeline.
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6. |
Crimson Red
04:59
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So you've got a lot of points to prove
This I see but what's that got to do with me
How far far far are you prepared to sink
I think your low down dirty...
Lies, Lies, Lies...
Are all that you have left
Your small town Life Life Life
Has sucked you dry
Don't speak of of Love Love Love
When you can barely spell the word
You're love is Knives Knives Knives
I'll watch my back next time
Crimson Red is how I bleed for you
My sympathy's a silver thread you shot through with blue
I've seen you green grenn eyes that match your jealous heart
Your black black soul will sing for what you tore apart
Fall, Fall, Fall in love again
How many times has that been
Since we made, prayed and gave our final vows
I'm wondering who's the sorriest,
Now can't you just make up for your past mistakes
Quit puzzling Why Why Why
I treat you as I do
Don't speak of Love Love Love
And walk down by the riverside,
Your love is Knives Knives Knives
I'll watch my back next time
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Ali Pibworth Perth, UK
After a lifetime spent playing for other people, teaching, enthusing, and being a lynchpin in the social/musical life of
Perth, lockdown created an opportunity to document Pibworth's extraordinary writing talent. There's an openness and honesty about these songs too easily obscured by her vivacious and colourful lifestyle.
Don't let her fool you - there's real talent and intelligence at work here
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Ali Pibworth recommends:
Jubilant, solipsistic honesty on a plate. One of the most beautiful albums to be released in recent years from one of my very favourite Scottish Songwriters.
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