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Casual Sincerity

by JOYSHOP

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1.
Frost 04:43
The northern lights adjust To suit the mood of the night at hand Like fading fireworks They light the pathway as best they can And like a penny falls Into an open purse The sky is losing snow And won't be reimbursed The white flakes scattered across the sky Look like polka dots in the twilight Your frozen fingers have gripped mine tight And I am happy to be by your side The nights are growing old The days are growing a tougher skin My scarf is butter-soft The ice I'm skating is wafer-thin Now lets bet you and I Are two peas in a pod The odds are looking good The goods are looking odd Chorus Like frost I will be there on the ground by the door Waiting for your footprint to fall to the floor Just like frost I'll cling to your window outside Gathering ice like you gather my pride Well just like frost on your nose when it's cold I'll be on your mind as the seasons unfold And just like frost I'll melt away And miss you more than words convey Chorus
2.
Moreish 03:38
There's a sparkle in your eye You are young and bright and witty Please don't let that sparkle die And please don't go to the city You're better than pinstriped suits and fur-lined cars I know you'll go round the bend in trendy bars You've got so much more to give But you won't wait, you won't wait You've got all your life to live But it can't wait, it can't wait 'Cos you taste like peppermint After eight, after eight You've got so much more You've got so much more to give Well they say that desperate times Often lead to desperate measures But I thought you weren't the type To give in to corporate pressures Is this not the time to live the most each day And later confront the debts of excess play Chorus
3.
You think you're better than me And it's funny 'cos it's true But don't you see, hypocrisy will be the end of you You think you're tall as a tree And smite me 'cos I'm small But soon enough, your stilts will wilt and as I rise you'll fall You think you're wise as an owl, But you twitter like a bird And I've observed the squawk you talk, is verging on absurd You built a tower in the sky And babbled from it's top The people came, to scream your name but you refused to stop The words are un-canned, the life you planned has gone awry And now your number is up, 'Cos you float like a bee But breathe fire like a dragonfly, a dragonfly I'm a ghost not a shell, I thought you could tell You know me all too well I'm not here, I'm there, I'm floating in the air You know me all too well, all too well I'm a man and not a mouse, you could have found that out But you're devout Like a trashy teen, to gossip magazines, and their view they don't count They don't know, now't Now I'm under your skin I'm into the bone marrow, You don't know where to go Or just which lie to swallow, because you beg stole and you borrowed You think you're bigger than me, you think you're better than me, You think you're wise as can be, well I find that that obscene 'Cos I'm big and you're small, I'm smart you're not clever I said not at all, and I meant never ever ever
4.
A Home 04:09
A home is more than bricks and mortar Built with stones and washed by waterfalls A street is more than cars and people Folks on mobiles making feeble calls And I like you am far from home And I am more than flesh and bone A war is more than hurt and hustle Why do people turn upon their own For a man is more than blood and mustle Lest he finds his dignity disowned Chorus And what we all say in the evening will soon be forgotten by dawn The morning will come without warning and we'll fall asleep on the lawn And while we all dream our bodies will rustle in the leaves And in high esteem I'll hold you 'cos you are dear to me Chorus When I arrived in this dingy town nothing but my plimsolls touching the ground I was a mess, a bed head, could have been left for dead I did not know which way to turn because my bridges all were burned But you who believed in me gave me new life; reaffirmed my faith in a stranger Now I feel loved, heavens above, I am lost in sweet surrender Chorus
5.
I know a girl with skin as white as pearl I kinda called her burly, why I did I do not know And you can tell she didn't take it well She hit me with a welly, in between the down-bellows Well I'm just a fool with words Fool enough to burst I'm just a fool with words And always pick the worst Out on the down, feelin' out and down I paddled in a fountain and got talking to a duck And with a quack he told me what he lacked He needed cash for crackers, but I didn't give a buck Chorus Down at the fair I pulled a gypsy's hair He came from Tipperary and was looking debonair I took a trip giving him the slip Started off quite tipsy, ended looking worse for wear Chorus
6.
When I say yes you say no When I say flood you say flow When I say sham you say shmuck When I say fame you say luck Now let me run over this simple plan once again You're gonna count your chickens while I'm countin' to 10 And if you muck it up I'm gonna get you a casket For putting our eggs in one little basket (oh-oh-oh-oh) When I say beer you say wine When I say fun you say fine When when I say high you say low When I say hey you say ho Chorus
7.
Envy 02:39
Something struck me hit me right between the eyes And it's not love, no it's envy and it comes as no surprise So please release me, so I can find my night (You won't release me, and I can't find my night) Something knocked me, took the rug from 'neath my feet And it's not help, it's hinder, in attempt of my defeat You won't release me, you will not let me sleep
8.
Call Me Out 03:48
Murky eyes and ruffled lips Your face is a page but I'm reading it like a brick Drunken words and twisted wires I'm trying to make amends but I'm starting fires And this is the way that I tell you This is the way that I call you out Sometimes I wish that I could not Sometimes I wish that I could not hear your heart One year on but two steps back You've learned the lines well but I'm seeing straight through the act Empty arms and empty praise I'm trying to swim but I'm sinking without a trace Chorus
9.
Over-priced but under-sold You'll soon be worth your weigh in precious metal Roll the crimson carpet out The jack of clubs has come and will not leave Fate loved me but now does not I heard it from a rare clairvoyant petal First you thrash me then you run You broke the heart I fastened to my sleeve Oh you're killing me now You're over the moon and I'm under the ground Oh it's killing you too That they fought over me But poured scorn over you Oh it's payment in kind That you're half what I love and half what I despise Oh you're killing me now, you're killing me Out of time but into greed Your pots will slowly turn to copper kettles Sneak a breath then spit it out Enjoy the pound of freshly scented truce One obsession at a time; Your grip is getting loose around the nettles Time to flee, and fly you will A felon with a melancholy muse Chorus
10.
Unweave, unravel unwind My soul has found a place to breath Unreal, unruly, unwise A place of rare release I'm in love with a man who misled me In love with a place no one knows In love with a sea that accepts me In love beyond reproach Yeah I'm lost in a view that amazed me I'm lost in a note on the air I'm lost in the ocean that raised me I'm lost beyond repair Chorus I'm bewitched by the choir in the quarry Bewitched by the crash of the waves Bewitched by the kindness of strangers Bewitched but not awake I'm undone by the eyes that undress me Undone by the cut of your suit Undone by the buckle you fasten Undone and done for good I'm undone by your voice
11.
Well this ain't sweet and it ain't pure And it's taken me out of my comfort zone and into yours Lord it ain't dusk but it ain't yet dawn Yeah it's somewhere that's in the between, above and beyond And Lord, Lord I feel bare My hand is grasping thin air Well you ain't wrong: I ain't complete But you're trying to sell me a catapult I do not need This ain't your fault, but I've got lost Cos I launched myself into your orbit and did not tie off Chorus You ain't a ball, and this ain't no chain But I think I'll sneak out of the window before you awake For this love ain't wild, but it ain't tame And the bloodhounds have taken to my scent, and they want their game Chorus

about

Joyshop recorded their first album during 2009-10; a lively and melodically-rich debut that established the five-piece as the foremost folk 'n' roll band in the UK (service stations).

The record has been praised as 'a lovely fresh sound' (Linda Oliver), 'clever people music' (Josh Ritter), and 'like tonic for my ears’ (David Jensen). Opening track 'Frost' has been used in the soundtrack of several indie films.

This free download has been made available to celebrate our 5th birthday.

Folk 'n' roll for the soul x

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released June 16, 2010

Guitar and vocals: Tom McNeill
Violin and vocals: Beth Winter
Keys: Nick Pike
Double Bass: Tim Firmston-Williams
Drums and percussion: Elliot Sefton-Nash

All lyrics by Tom McNeill
Produced by Joyshop
Mixed by Tim Firmston-Williams
Mastered by Kevin Paul

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