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Stephen Cummings: Prisoner Of Love
  1. Life Moves On
  2. Mr Ripley
  3. Poor Pilgrim
  4. One Hand Reaches For Another
  5. The Wind Blew Hard
  6. Then Comes Love
  7. Lucy In A Black Dress
  8. Shifting Heavy Circles
  9. Don't Break Up With Me
  10. The World Has No Size Now
Life Moves On

Stephen Cummings

Everything we deny,
Serves to defeat us in the end.
What seems nasty & painful,
Can pay big dividends
Every moment is a golden one
If you are healthy & young
Steady and slow
Sun is sinking low

Life moves on,
Then it’s gone
Life moves on,
Then it’s gone

And in the park
The dogs begin to bark
And you look so cold
Wrapped in sun’s gold
And the idea’s not new
I sing a song for you
Perhaps you better run
The day is almost gone.

Life moves on,
Then it’s gone
Life moves on,
Then it’s gone
Mr Ripley

Stephen Cummings

They should be sleeping
Not lying on the floor weeping
Freedom’s a possession
To be won every day - not a give away
Don’t you see Mr Ripley?

Patricia sold millions of copies
But it made her uneasy
Like a child living in an alien world.
Don’t you see Mr Ripley?

Her death was a model of clarity
Little sweeties bought with her own money
She dropped down on one knee
Don’t you see Mr Ripley?
Poor Pilgrim

Stephen Cummings

Poor pilgrim fights his way through the swarm
Snapped his Levi jacket shut, looks like a storm
There’s somebody lying in my bed
Can’t tell if they’re alive or dead

If freedom is in chains, it’s because of treachery
Freedom will be won painfully
The circle can be broken If we agree
Tread softly
Speak kindly
Speak clearly
And I’ll set you free

Poor pilgrim is invited to the city
The city soaks it all up and expands
The wheel turns and history changes
Tread softly
Speak kindly
Speak clearly
And I’ll set you free

Woke up this morning
I went to sleep last night
I did this and I said that
Nothing has turned out right

I got to get myself together
Calm down like a flat green ocean
Everything crumbles into ruins
I’m a big bag of emotion
One Hand Reaches For Another

Stephen Cummings

Coins thrust into pinball machines
Like cold gold fast flowing streams
When my life was under attack
You brought me back
I was looking for somebody
I was buzzing from the energy
Wind chimes in the soft night
I like the speed of light

You might be game for anything
But you were barely listening
But by strength & submission
There was no competition
What to say and what to do
Now child, be off with you
Tender but never meek
Gently touches my cheek
The Wind Blew Hard

Stephen Cummings

I dreamed I was sailing thru the air looking for a light
I was sailing thru the air looking for a light
And it felt wonderful, flying thru the air
I could stop or go, fast or slow
I’m just learning how to fly,
The wind blew hard and my heart did ache
The wind blew hard and my heart did break
The wind blew hard and running on time
The wind blew hard and my heart did climb

I could feel the ground down below
A ringing quiet that wouldn’t let go
And it felt wonderful, scampering above the serenity
Time has no meaning up here to me
I’m just learning how to fly,
The wind blew hard and my heart did ache
The wind blew hard and I made my escape
The wind blew hard and it was more than enough
The wind blew hard and I was looking at stuff
Then Comes Love

Stephen Cummings

It’s a fine warm day
kiss the blues goodbye
it’s nice and hot
not a bird in the sky
I am sick of waiting for you
I am sick of everything you do
And it began to rain
It will never be the same
Then comes love!
freshness of the breeze
In the high trees,
You waited in your room
It took all afternoon
And the crows cry in the sky
might as well give it a try
Do it again but do it right
with no end in sight
Then comes love!
That’s how I felt today
But it might go away.
Then comes love!
Lucy In A Black Dress

Stephen Cummings

Sweeter than honey,
Sweeter than money
Man, I’m really feeling low
Hey baby don’t be slow
Staring out into space
A stunning look on your face
You remain a beginner
But you can still be a winner

She’s unsure where she’s travelling to
But she’s stuck like glue
Leave it to chance, respect the dance
You can drink till dawn and sing a song
Come outside and I’ll sing along
She is facing me as she walks away
A love like yours will come my way

Well, golly gee, what have you done to me?
Well, baby, how you drove me crazy
There’s no use in me a-crying
I’m sick of trying
Well, you go your way and I’ll go mine
Now and for all time
I’ll find somebody new,
Standing right next to you
Shifting Heavy Circles

Stephen Cummings

I worked all day and feel like shit
I think If I had wings
I’d fly far from here
I’d do big loops and spins

My heart is heaving like a roller coaster
My head is draped in cobwebs
And the day floats away
Over swells in the green bay

Shifting Heavy Circles
Shifting Heavy Circles
Don't Break Up With Me

Stephen Cummings/Billy Miller/Andrew Duffield

Because in my dreams, you taste fine
Walking all, over my mind
Searching for, a good night’s sleep
Brushed a tear, from my cheek

My emotions are oh so strong
In my thoughts all night long
Time and time is turned on
What else can go wrong?

Come on Baby, don’t break up with me
Come on Baby, don’t break up with me
Come on Baby, don’t break up with me
Come on Baby, don’t break up with me

The telephone rang, but not for me
Read your note, carefully
Hands clasped, she reproaches me
For treating time wastefully

This is, where the story ends
Nothing to say, no more pretends
Talking in fits and starts
Aches and shakes, in our hearts
The World Has No Size Now

Stephen Cummings

One day you finally knew
what you had to do,
The world has no size now
Tell me about your despair,
and we will float in the air
The world has no size now
And if it all sounds delicious
Everything can become repetitious
The world has no size now
And the world goes on.
And you’ll soon be gone
The world has no size now

They say act your age
Save it for the stage
The world has no size now
Don’t love me for my money
You’d be disappointed honey
The world has no size now
My wife and I wish you well
but will not follow you to hell
The world has no size now
Love and romance can be quite exciting
But who is doing the inviting
The world has no size now

My heart directs me
but the world expects me
The world has no size now
to know what I must do
my thoughts turn to you
The world has no size now
Though its already too late
And you won’t wait
The world has no size now
Because your determined to do
The thing that’ll see you through
The world has no size now

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