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Golden Mile

by Hereward Kaye

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1.
One Chance 03:51
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ONE CHANCE I had the chance of a lifetime but I blew it The people round me they don’t know how I do it I could’ve had your affection and I knew it Just had to bowl it straight and sister I threw it (And the devil said) One chance – who do you think you are? One chance, one dance with the superstar One chance, if you want to hold the cards Hi heel, piecemeal, I deal (And the devil said) One chance – get on your bike and ride One chance to do what you do inside One chance – if you’re gonna lead the pack Play the ace not the jack, don’t look back I keep on thinking ‘bout the wino on the corner He looked at me like a fish cold out of water The change was dancing in my pocket doing bossa nova A passer by looked me up and I crossed over rover, over (And the devil said) One chance – who do you think you are? One chance, one dance with the movie star One chance, if you want to hold the cards Hi heel, piecemeal, I deal (And the devil said) One chance – get on your bike and ride One chance to do what you do inside One chance – if you’re gonna lead the pack Play the ace not the jack, don’t look back (And the devil said) One chance – get on the street my son One chance to do what you’ve just begun One chance – if you’re gonna lead the pack Play the ace not the jack, don’t look back
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Diceman 03:31
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DICEMAN Brother I was tired of being a lifelong loser Never doing nothing you could give a name Till chance smiled and made this beggar a chooser I picked up a dice and invented a game If it’s a one I’m a prowler, two I’m a user Three I’m a tramp, who d’you wanna be? Four’s a winner, five’s a loser, six is a number I don’t wanna see Play the role of a diceman - why only live twice man Play the role of a diceman - why only live twice man Now I’ve lost my friends and I’ve lost my family I’ve lost my job and my sanity But you wouldn’t believe all the brothers and sisters Living their lives out inside of me Lay your options on the table, a sacrifice to the God of chance Midday madness in a smoke glass tumbler Let ‘em fly and watch them dance… Play the role of a diceman - why only live twice man Play the role of a diceman - why only live twice man Well don’t give me that bull about a multiple me My friends are just two-faced, I’ve got so many sides to free Inside this sucker there’s a burning hotel You got to open up, get ‘em out, there’s so many tales they could tell If it’s a one I’m a prowler, two I’m a user Three I’m a tramp, who d’you wanna be? Four’s a winner, five’s a loser, six is a number I don’t wanna see In the role of a diceman - why only live twice man Play the role of a diceman - why only live twice man
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Love Rools 03:13
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LOVE ROOLS Baby come down to my home town, it’s really fantastic I’ve got a garden on the windowsill, daffodil made of real plastic We could have a ball, write on a wall you over me girl I never had a way with words you know, but I mean well When I say Love rules okay Love rules okay It’s easy to say, hey Love rules okay Baby come back to me folks flat, creep in the attic Ear to the door, hear me dad snore, bet he’s palatic I’m looking for the bag where the old slag stashes his whiskey You could have a drag, read a nice mag, live a bit risky. Wotcha! Love rules okay Love rules okay It’s easy to say, hey Love rules okay Wanna look down on the whole town, listen to Otis? Never go back to the factory, hand in your notice Well I never had a way with birds, I’m no Valentino Well I never had a way with words, you know what I mean though When I say Love rules okay Love rules okay And it’s easy to say, hey Love rules okay I’m a home spun boy Love rules okay Love rules okay And it’s easy to say, hey Love rules okay I said love rules okay Okay?
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Don't Make Me Wait 03:23
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DON’T MAKE ME WAIT Jesse and Peter have made it at last Onto the other side Made me so happy, I lay on the pavement and cried One day confused, just a ship without a mast Drifting along with the tide Next day the answers came tumbling out of the sky I wish I could join you in the promised land But I build my future on solid sand Please don’t make me wait too long A singer without a song Don’t make me wait too long Please don’t make me wait too long I’m thinking about number one Don’t make me wait too long Give me an aerosol, point me at a wall But give me one thought to believe There’s too many cats with their handbooks & six simple ways to be free They’re there on the pavement making the news I’m stuck in the future in my blue suede shoes Please don’t make me wait too long A singer without a song Don’t make me wait too long Please don’t make me wait too long A singer without a song Don’t make me wait too long Please don’t make me wait too long I’m thinking about number one Don’t make me wait too long
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Too Little Too Late 04:18
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TOO LITTLE TOO LATE Never mind the reason Talking ‘bout the bitter hand of fate Robbery and treason Never mind the system or the state Indians lose to cowboys Arrows in the gate Comedians lose their timing Dogs without a mate And for every winner Some other sucker has to wait So shine on through your fate – too little too late I’m talking ‘bout vermilion Talking ‘bout the colour of my hate You made damn sure I need you – Turn around and tell me needing’s straight Well Indian’s lose to hunger Never seen a plate David beat Goliath But David was a saint And for every birthday another sucker cooks a cake So shine on through your fate – too little Too late for the judge, too little for the jury Long in the tooth for the fire and the fury Never trust a preacher with the power and the glory Well Indians lose to cowboys Arrows in the gate David beat Goliath, but David was a saint So keep your Christians and your Barnaards You’ll never make a dead heart generate Just shine on through your fate – too little Too late for the judge, too little for the jury Long in the tooth for the fire and the fury Never trust a preacher with the power and the glory
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Golden Mile 03:49
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GOLDEN MILE I’ll never really change enough to make it all worthwhile I don’t want to play those games of love, you know it’s not my style I was always the freewheeling kind. Now I’m falling and I know the signs (But you’ll just end up the hooked one brother) I can see it coming by a mile. You’re more convincing than Scarlett O’Hara on a moonlight mile I wanna put between us ten Saharas – pick up the phone and dial Always had an independent mind. Now I’m crawling and I’m out of time (Don’t go telling us your hard luck stories) I ain’t gonna cross the danger line I wanna fly on a supersonic Look through the peepshows on the Golden Mile Take a slow boat to Peking, do my own thing Love ‘em and leave ‘em in my usual style You’re more convincing than the star performers of stage and screen Wearing the look that all the nice girls wear on the centre pages of a magazine You can blow till your dreams run out. I’m only in love when the light goes out (Don’t go telling us your hard luck stories) I ain’t gonna cross the danger line I wanna fly on a supersonic Look through the peepshows on the Golden Mile, take a Slow boat to Peking, do my own thing Love ‘em and leave ‘em in my usual style I wanna fly on a supersonic Look through the peepshows on the Golden Mile, take a Slow boat to Peking, do my own thing Love ‘em and leave ‘em in my usual style I wanna fly on a supersonic and wave it bye bye (too high to fly) I wanna go on a roller coaster and cover the sky (No one ever really changed the world) I wanna fly on a supersonic. I wanna wave it bye bye (wave it all bye bye) I wanna go on a roller coaster and cover the sky (And the time will come you will agree) Nobody is gonna walk the Golden Mile with me With me.
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Bounty Hunter 03:10
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BOUNTY HUNTER Been many many men of glory in the wild wild west With a gun in their pocket and a bullet proof vest Villains and heavies and heroes and hoods The widest of wide boys, the bad and the good There was Mad Mitch the Monkey, remover of men And Dirty Dan Dooney from Deathbed Den Trocero the Tiny, Stiletto the Tall But I’ve just become cornered by the ace of them all Cos there’s a bounty hunter between the border and me Bounty hunter – the coolest dude I ever did see Bounty hunter standing as calm as the sea Bounty hunter, you can take my takings for free Bounty Hunter, the sun is high on the desert and me Bounty Hunter, you’ve got me shaking like a leaf on a tree I’d rather bleed around a shark in a sea You’ve seen the posters, man I’m not worth the fee Let me be Some people strike lucky, some people strike gold But the man who strikes bounty is ruthless and cold Sticks to the shadow, waits behind doors He’s a one man island in a one sided war High boots of leather that don’t leave a print Twin barrels staring before you can flinch Dirty Dan Dooney’s a fly on the wall To the man on the sand dune watching us all There’s a bounty Hunter between the border and me Bounty Hunter – the coolest dude I ever did see Bounty Hunter standing as calm as the sea Bounty Hunter, you can take my takings for free Take it from me
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Greatest Show 04:33
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GREATEST SHOW Surfacing in hatred at the dead of noon Can’t get into costume a moment too soon The man that I greet is a man on the street When I wake up Getting out the Leichner number five and nine Reading my face in between the lines Don’t look at me, mine’s a face you don’t see without make-up Pocket ful of flowers and me daisy roots Toffee apple nose and a big check suit Don’t look at me, I don’t pretend to be a maestro Mirror mirror hanging on the wall Who is the greatest clown of us all? Maybe not me but I’m good for 2d in a side show Just take me where the sawdust is, gee whizz A patch of silver light and it’s showbiz If you don’t think I’m funny you’ll laugh when you see me go down Just take me where the flour’s going to fly Got the kind of face that meets a pie There’s plenty more shows till I change into clothes half this size. Great ringmaster in the sky Harlequin sitting at your side Pantalon, Pierrot and Columbine Can you hear me? Tell me where do old clowns go when they die? Is there a circus on high? In the greatest show off earth, for all I’m worth Am I appearing? Cos take me where the sawdust is, gee whizz A patch of silver light and it’s showbiz If you don’t think I’m funny you’ll laugh when you see me go down And take me where the flour’s going to fly I’ve got the kind of face that meets a pie There’s plenty more shows till I change into clothes half this size. If you don’t think I’m funny you’ll gasp when you see me fly If you don’t think I’m funny you’ll gasp when you see me fly …
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Scared 02:58
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SCARED God I was scared Tick tock, heart stop, shell shock Knock knock who's there? Take your place on the pavement You’re needed out there Like a bomb in a scare. Find a figure in a woodpile Sneak him a nailfile Catch a rabbit in the headlights Try not to glare. Does your mother know you’re creeping When you should be sleeping? Does your mother know you’re listening When you should be upstairs? Heaven sent you, no one meant you You turn up but they still invent you They’ve got your records and they’ve checked your dentures Scared Electrically chaired Moonlight, sunlight, searchlight, spotlight, snared Walk right, talk right, wear white Be warned and beware Don’t play on the stair. Find a figure in a woodpile Sneak him a nailfile Catch a rabbit in the headlights Try not to glare. Does your mother know you’re creeping When you should be sleeping? Does your mama know you’re listening When you should be upstairs? It's not a dream, you won't awaken Just get past the mad alsation Getting thoughts above your station Scared Moonlight, sunlight, searchlight, spotlight Scared Tick tock, heart stop, shell shock, knock knock, who's Scared Heart stopping, door locking, head stocking, knees knocking Scared
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Mistaken 04:41
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MISTAKEN Mistaken, forgotten and deferred Everyone I meet I leave them shaken but not stirred Lose my money on an even chance Heartbroken by each new romance Not faking – mistaken. Mistaken, forgotten and behind If I had to say I loved you honey I’d make it sound unkind So take the fruit while I take the rind I’m tied in white ropes with the other blind Not faking. Hand shaking, mistaken I’m like Pacamac Jack Talking to a cat on the track He said ‘there’s too much to choose Not much to lose And no money back Your chance comes quick as a flash And then high hope hijack’ He didn’t know the train was coming till it ran across his back Mistaken, forgotten and deferred Everyone I meet I leave them shaken but not stirred Lose my money on an even chance Heart over heels by the second dance Not faking – mistaken. There’s fighting in the city Thunder’s on the march When it comes to a head I’ll be in bed Even my dogs won’t bark Footprints chasing footprints There’s been a circling of sharks I ain’t seen so much rain down here Since Noah built an ark Mistaken, still waiting for a sign If I was a politician I think I’d have to resign So if you hear me answer to my name Throw me off that gravy train Hate to see your chance to gain forsaken Who’s faking? Mistaken. Just mistaken
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Barnado 03:50
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BARNADO I dance and I sing A killer waits in the wings Drawing the spring that shoots the arrow Today’s taken years Tomorrow only holds fears And yesterday’s tears trace your shadow Give me a rope Give me some kind of hope I’ll find a God given slope for desperados, desperados Call Barnado She eats from my bin She’s the alleycat’s twin She mean and she thin without sorrow I lent her my heart That was only the start I’ve been taken apart – cats don’t borrow Give me a rope Give me some kind of hope I’ll find a God given slope for desperados, desperados Tell Barnado Give me some rope Let me hope against hope I’ll find a God given slope for desperados, desperados, Where’s Barnado?
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Son Of Sam 04:08
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Beat-Up People 00:58
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A slice of Singer/Songwriter AOR, Recorded at E.M.I. Paris & Maison Rouge London in 1980, with a cast of stellar session musicians, including Chas & Dave, members of Fairport Convention, plus Pete Wingfield, Tom Robinson, legendary Beatles Horn player Howie Casey, Mel Collins from King Crimson & Preston Hayman, Kate Bush's drummer. Engineered and Produced by Genesis producer David Hentschel. All songs written & sung by Hereward Kaye.

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released August 1, 2001

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Hereward Kaye Haywards Heath, UK

Singer/Songwriter, Musical Theatre Composer & Lyricist, Scriptwriter.

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