All Copyright. Colin MacIntyre 2007.

The Final Arrears

I don’t know when to go out

I don’t know when to stay in

I don’t know how to belong

I don’t know where to begin

Reach out your hands

Where it lies is where it lands take home

The final arrears, it’s the final arrears

Join all the hands take a photograph

And smile before the final arrears

It’s the final arrears and I’ve used all my tears

I don’t know where they are now

I don’t know who I could call

Would they remember me now

My family

Chorus

I don’t know who I am now

I don’t remember the fall

All the gradual declines

Have taken they’re toll

Chorus

Hold onto the photographs

Hold onto your friends

Make hay with the memories

They’re part of the pain I’m feeling now

They’re part of the pain I’m feeling now

They’re part of the pain I’m feeling now

They’re part of the pain I’m feeling now

Feeling now

Am I Wrong

Come back my love

I’m trying to fight again

I’m getting it right again

Come back my love

Try to be brave again

I’m taking the strain again

I’m punching my weight again

But by now

I saved your life

Am I wrong

Am I wrong

Come back and be strong

I’m timing it right again

I’m taking the fight again

Come back my love

It might just be fate again

I’m taking the strain again

I’m punching my weight again

But by now

I saved your life

Am I wrong

Am I wrong

Am I wrong

And oh I’ve won the fight

But I’d fight again

I’ll let you out to let you in

If only to be right or wrong

Am I right or wrong

Come back my love

Try to be brave again

Try to be brave again

Come back my love

I’m taking you up again

I’m taking you out again

Stop running away again

But by now, I saved your life

And by now, I’ve faced the fight

And just now, I saved your life

Am I wrong

Am I wrong

Am I wrong

Oh Mother

Oh mother I’m fine, I seldom get down

At least not for a day

Oh mother I’m fine, not for some time

Have I been in pain

Oh mother the time, wont wait for us now

We can’t wait in vain

Oh mother don’t cry, we’ll try to get by

We’ll try to be brave

Got a feeling coming round

Holding me down

I’ve got a hold of you

So open

Open

Oh mother you called, your voice hangs above

The fog in my brain

Oh mother the time, mother the time

Might tick for me now

Oh mother the pain, is part of the joy

And that is the deal

Oh mother I’m fine, I’m blinking in time

To block out the fear

Got a feeling coming round

Holding me down

I’ve got a hold of you

So open

Open

I’m feeling so alive

The Supermarket Strikes Back

Honey get the kids, honey sort the leeks

Make sure that the barcodes match the receipts

Honey there’s a store, a new place in town

They’re selling new blades for my mower

New blades for my mower

It’s funny how it pays, it’s funny how it works

When you follow the codes from Head Office alerts

I read about a guy, he went walking away

Just walking and turned himself over

He turned himself over

Who tilts their head back and then swallows the pills

And expects to feel alive?

I’ve finally found, a new place in town

They’re selling new blades for my mower

New blades for my mower

And this is the last time

That I’ll sit with my mouth wide open

And wait for the flies to come in

From the grave of a grocer

The grave of a grocer

Honey I’m awake, honey I’m alive

It’s funny ha ha when I tickle your sides

My neon’s above, 24 hour love

My carrots are frozen all over

They’re frozen all over

Who tilts their head back and then swallows the pills

And expects to feel alive?

I’ve finally found, a new place in town

It’s funny I thought he looked older

I thought he looked older

And this is the last time

That I’ll sit with my mouth wide open

And wait for the flies to come in

From the grave of a grocer

The grave of a grocer

And I try to be a man

And I try to be a man

And I try to see the life inside of me

And I tilt my head back and I swallow the pills

I no longer feel alive

Re-order the rolls, straighten the pies

My prices are starting to lower

They’re starting to lower

And this is the last time

That I’ll sit with my mouth wide open

And wait for the flies to come in

From the grave of a grocer

The grave of a grocer

My place in the sun and my house near the ocean

My place in the sun and my house near the ocean

Is fading away, it’s fading away

And I’ll hand myself over

I’ll hand myself over

I’m catching you up and I’ve picked up your gloves

And I’m catching you up and I’ve picked up your gloves

And I’m walking your dogs and I’m walking your dogs

And I’m catching you up and I’ve picked up your gloves

And I’m walking your dogs and I’m walking your dogs

And I’m walking your dogs and I’m walking your dogs

Live Like The Automatics

Live like the automatics

Live like the automatics

Fighting the world alone, battling mobile phones

Fighting society, never did much for me

You want it you got it

Then say that you saw it

You want it you got it

Then say that you saw it

You want it you got it

Please say that you saw it

A weirdo a weirdo a weirdo falling

Live like the automatics

Live like the automatics

Fighting society, never did much for me

Living inside the mould, watching the planets fold

You want it you got it

Then say that you saw it

You want it you got it

Then say that you saw it

You want it you got it

Please say that you saw it

A weirdo a weirdo a weirdo falling

Live like the automatics

Live like the automatics

Live like the automatics

Live like the automatics

Fighting society, never did much for me

Fighting the world alone, watching the planets fold

Live like the automatics

Live like the automatics

Live like the automatics

Live like the automatics

We look over our shoulder

And the sunlight never gets older (we’re miles away)

Don’t Take Your Love Away From Me

Don’t take your love away from me

It’s hardly insane for me to let you know

Don’t take your love away from me

It’s got to be insane for me to let it go

And you let me notice

And you set me free

And you helped me notice

About the world outside of me

Don’t take your love away from me

I have to turn away from you to let it show

Don’t take your time to say to me

Why does it feel so strange for me to want it more

And you let me notice

And you set me free

And you helped me notice

About the world outside of me

And by the dawning

I better take time to face it

A new day dawning

Don’t turn away

Don’t turn another page from me

Or turn your love away from me

I want it more

And you let me notice

And you set me free

And you helped me notice

About the world outside of me

Minister For Genetics & Insurance. M.P.

I lost a friend

The second that I turned around and chose to spend

My second life in office mediocrity

My first was in a state gone from my memory

I’m waking up with the Minister

Turn on a new debate

Working with industry

Catching another plane

I’m waking up with the Minister

Turn onto pay-per-view

Taking a final stand

Staring in TV land

A new debate

Working night & day to feed my family

I’m pushing pens and pushing pens

The claims they stake

Insurance claims on aeroplanes

My life is here

I’m waking up with the Minister

Turn on a new debate

Working with industry

Catching another plane

I’m waking up with the Minister

Turn onto pay-per-view

Taking a final stand

Staring in TV land

We’re Minister’s abroad

We’re Minister’s at home

We’re trying to keep our jobs

Economy class and smile on the planes

I’m waking up with the Minister

Turn on a new debate

Working with industry

Catching another plane

I’m waking up with the Minister

Turn onto pay-per-view

Taking a final stand

Staring in TV land

We’re Minister’s abroad

We’re Minister’s at home

We’re trying to keep our jobs

We’re trying to climb the rope

We’re Minister’s abroad

We’re Minister’s at home

We’re trying to keep our ropes

I’m bored

I’m bored

5 More Minutes

5 more minutes

5 more minutes with you

5 more minutes

To do what we do

5 more minutes

5 more minutes instead

5 more minutes

To say what I nearly said

It’s only seconds away

It’s only second away

It’s only a war in my head

It’s only a war in my head

5 more minutes

5 more minutes with you

5 more minutes

To do what we do

It’s only seconds away

It’s only second away

It’s only a war in my head

It’s only a war in my head

It’s only a war in my head

It’s only a war in my head

5 more minutes

5 more minutes instead

5 more minutes

To say what I nearly said

Gravity

Say it

I wanna’ hear you say it

I wanna’ see the laugh lines

I wanna’ see your lifelines

Get set

Get set ready don’t stall

Don’t stall at all and your feelings

Your feeling will devide

We regurgitate the teardrops and bellyaches

And the star signs the star signs tell the lies on you

And where’s your, where’s your sense of gravity

If you drown, at least I saw you down

At least I saw you..

Fake it

I wanna’ feel you fake it

My love is in the out-house

My love is in the house now

Strip down

I wanna’ see you strip down

Down like a clown now

I wanna’ see his hair shine

Get set

Get set ready don’t stall

Don’t stall at all and your feelings

Your feeling will collide

We regurgitate the teardrops and earthquakes

And the star signs the star signs tell the lies on you

And where’s your, where’s your sense of gravity

If you drown, at least I saw you down

At least I saw the top of

The top of what you want from me

Saw you drown, at least I saw you down

The bellyaches are here

We will syndicate the teardrops and bellyaches

And the star signs the star signs tell the lies on you

And where’s your, where’s your sense of gravity

If you drown, at least I saw you down

At least I saw the top of

The top of what you want from me

Saw you drown, at least I saw you down

At least I saw the clown now

At least I saw the clown

The bellyaches are here

Asylum

I’d lend you my mind but I’m crazy

I’d remember times but I’m carefree

So please sit on the sunny side of me

I send all the signs but they fail me

I’d fill in the forms but I get hazy

So please sit on the sunny side of me

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum here I come again

I’d lend you my crown but I’d get stable

I bend I must bend to the crazies

So please sit on the sunny side of me

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum here I come again

And I want to feel real not confused

Night and day

Night and day

Somebody else must be with me

Somebody else must be with me

Must be with me

I’m losing control of control again

I’m falling in love with love again

So please sit on the sunny side of me

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum here I come again

Clones

Home of the clones

I went walking on my own

Queen of the scene

I think I knew then what could be

A real high low

On the find I’ll go

On the find I’ll go

On the find I’ll go

And a real high low

On the find I’ll go

On the find I’ll go

On the find I’ll go

The clones are here on the side of the street

Turning inside out

The clones are here on the side of the street

And we, we don’t belong

And we, don’t understand

Queens on the streets

The early evening walks with me

I tried life on a whim

You play to lose you play to win

A real high low

On the find I’ll go

On the find I’ll go

On the find I’ll go

And a real high low

On the find I’ll go

On the find I’ll go

On the find I’ll go

The clones are here on the side of the street

Turning inside out

The clones are here on the side of the street

And we, we don’t belong

And we, don’t understand

The clones are free on the side of the street

Turning inside out

The clones are here on the side of the street

And we, we don’t belong

And we, don’t understand

And we, we don’t belong

And the chance slips through our hands

Her Is You

I don’t want to lose her

I don’t want to hurt her

I don’t want to lose her

And her is you

I don’t want to use her

I don’t want to abuse her

I don’t want to miss her

And her is you

I don’t want to hurt her

I don’t want to need her

I don’t want to need her

And her is you

I don’t want to lose her

I don’t want to break her

I want to love her

And her is you

And her is you

And her is you

You

You

Us

Only if I let you go will I ever be true

Only if I let you know will I ever feel you

There are things that I’ve held before

But I’m scared to drop ‘cause I want this more

And I like to feel that I’m in control

But the truth is out that I can’t let go

And I’ll let you know when I let you go

And I’ll let you know when I let you go

And I’ll want you more when I’ve let you go

And I want to know why I can’t let go

And the simple things are so hard to know

But I can’t afford not to let you know

Do you mean to be what you mean to me?

‘Cause I need to know oh I’ve got to know

And I’ll let you know when I let you go

And I’ll let you know when I let you go

And I’ll need you more when I’ve let you go

And I want to know why I can’t let go

I was Us when you were you and

I was Us when you were you and

I was Us but you’re still you and

You’re still you and you were you

And I’ll let you know when I let you go

And I’ll let you know when I love you so

And I’ll need you more when I’ve let you go

And I want to know why I can’t let go

I was Us when you were you and

I was Us when you were you and

I was Us but you’re still you and

You’re still you and you were you

And…

And you you

I guess you knew, I guess you knew

I never knew it was old news

Fine

Can

Can

Can

I let you go inside my head

A little while with nothing said

The simple things are what I want to be

I opened up but now I’m closed

Today I’m just on answer-phone

Tomorrow’s what I really want to say

Can anyone feel anything inside of me

Can anyone see anything inside of you

‘Cause I can see

I changed it all I changed it all

I tried so hard to break my fall

I couldn’t see your things surrounding me

I’ll find the light

I’ll find the light

I’m wakening all through the night

I’ll find a way home to you

Can anyone feel anything inside of me

Can anyone see anything inside of you

‘Cause I can see

But you don’t let anyone else in I know

Anybody I know

Yeah and you don’t let anyone else I know

Anybody I know

Yeah and you don’t let anyone else in but me

Anybody can see

Yeah and you don’t get down

I believe in you, you know I do

Been opened up and cut in two

And everything inside breathes for you

I love you more I love you more

Your coloured hair lies on the floor

The smell of you is just the smell of me

Can anyone feel anything inside of me

Can anyone see anything inside of me

‘Cause I can see, when I work it out I’m sure