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what the butler didn't see - lyrics by cold comfort wk043
VERSE 1:
In Hargrave House there was murder
vile and gruesome the crime was described
In Hargrave House there served a butler
A murderous type in looks,
but not in mind.
CHORUS:
What the butler didn't see
as he slept a drunken dream
put him in hell for life
trapped in a prison cell.
Forever locked
behind a maze of prison doors
What the butler didn't see
As he slept in drunken peace
was the key
to this bloody
murder
mystery.
V2:
In Hargrave House there was a master
who kept a lover, so it's said
In Hargrave House there was a mistress,
cold as ice, but now both are dead.
CHORUS: (see above)
What the butler didn't see
as he slept a drunken dream
put him in hell for life
trapped in a prison cell.
V3:
In Hargrave House, there was murder
2 people died that frightful night
In Hargrave house there served a butler
And a scrubbing maid
saved a frightful life
by a blissful drunken sleep
that dark and
frightful
night...
CHORUS: (see above)
What the butler didn't see
as he slept a drunken dream
put him in hell for life
trapped in a prison cell.
copyright Cold Comfort Music (wk043)
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channeling charlie (alter cold comfort lyrics as appears on this track)
1:
Channeling Charlie
found four words in a book
and this brought him
a world of contentment
Channeling Charlie
wasn't quite that smart
but he could bring back
the dead and the famous
CH:
Channeling Charlie
seer of things
we cannot dream
dreams are not real
but Charlie he sees
the future repeated
again and again
repeated for him
that dark future
2:
Channeling Charlie
once saw a boat
adrift on a sea of
surrender
Channeling Charlie
lived in a dream
but saw own death
on a cinema screen
(DISSOLVE INTO BRIDGE)
in time
and
in space
in war
and
in peace
in life
and
his death
BRIDGE:
He new the time
He new the date
He new the place
He saw the mess
He saw the blood
Flow from his hands
He saw the darkness roll over
his mind
Channeling Charlie
(INSANE CHANNELING SOLO and / or SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
Confíteor Deo omnipoténti et vobis, fratres,
quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo, ópere et omissióne:
mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa.
Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem,
omnes Angelos et Sanctos, et vos, fratres,
oráre pro me ad Dóminum Deum nostrum.
CH: (see above) 2x
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channeling charlie by cold comfort (original lyrics version)
1:
Channeling Charlie
found four words in a book
and this brought him
a world of contentment
Channeling Charlie
wasn't quite that smart
but he could bring back
the dead and the famous
CH:
Channeling Charlie
seer of things
we cannot dream
dreams are not real
but Charlie he sees
the future repeated
again and again
repeated for him
that dark future
2:
Channeling Charlie
once saw a boat
adrift on a sea of
surrender
Channeling Charlie
lived in a dream
but saw own death
on a cinema screen
(DISSOLVE INTO BRIDGE)
in time
and
in space
in war
and
in peace
in life
and
his death
BRIDGE:
He new the time
He new the date
He new the place
He saw the mess
He saw the blood
Flow from his hands
He saw the darkness roll over
his mind
Channeling Charlie
(INSANE CHANNELING SOLO and / or SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
CH: (see above)
CH: fade away.
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk023)
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in a sign by cold comfort
V1:
In a very simple sign
I found my peace of mind
the sign said STOP
it told me more than life itself had taught me
In a very simple sign
I understood my mind had
raced into the future
fueled by lies
I could not verify
CH:
The sign said STOP
The sign said much
the sign said go back
and listen to her touch
what you see and what you hear
is useless information
in matters of the heart
in matters of the deepest kind
The sign said STOP
V2
In a very simple sign
I turned my life around
I looked to feelings
and knew that they were driving me insane
instead of guiding me they pushed me to an edge
In a very simple sign
I understood my mind
had lost all self control
had stopped a little short
of taking more than I could hold
(inside)
CH: (see above)
BRIDGE:
STOP!
(completely insane musical audio breakdown)
STOP!
STOP!
STOP!
STOP SHORT!
(silence)
V3 (slower) :
In a very simple sign
I found my peace of mind
the sign said STOP
it told me more than life itself had taught me
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk022)
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wolf kier - sticky
03:50
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sticky by cold comfort
CHORUS:
let's get sticky
let's make sticky babies
let's do the sticky thing
over and over again
V1:
Saw you on the rifle range
shooting sticky bullets
with a sticky hand gun
shoot me shoot me sticky
CHORUS: (see above)
v2:
Saw you at the shopping mall
shooting sticky dollars
at sticky cool stuff found
shoot me shoot me sticky
CHORUS:
BRIDGE
Sticky is as sticky does
Sticky boys/girls make sticky love
sticky mess
sticky time
sticky baby, come and be
come be sticky mine.
v3:
Found you in my bed
shooting sticky stuff
done with you, now get lost
shoot you shoot you sticky
CHORUS: (see above)
CHORUS: (repeat) chant, whatever.
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk034)
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There will be a fair by cold comfort (original lyrics)
V1:
There will be a fair
in our town tomorrow
the whole town prepares
for the influx due tomorrow
Dancing is expected
Forgetting will be known
the men dress our park
the women dress their homes
CH
There will be a fair
The sweet september air
will flood
with sunight
V2:
There will be a fair
in our town tomorrow
I've spoken with the mayor
and he says he welcomes all
Food and drink we'll share
will those who join our song
As we prepare for fall
and pack the summer slowly away
CH
There will be a fair
The sweet september air
will flood
with warmth
V2:
There will be a fair
in our town tomorrow
the smallest children
will make memories
that they will keep
until their own small ones
can come to share
in this day at the fair
BRIDGE:
800 years of hardships
800 years of growth
we owe it to our home place
to celebrate it's birth.
800 years of riches
200 years of war
our small town will stand
to see 800 more
V3:
There will be a fair
in our town tomorrow
all invited there
will know our luxury
Dancing is expected
Music will be played
Singing will be tolerated
Gaiety expected
BRIDGE 2:
All the world should know
All the World will come
All the world will see
That we are happy here:
That we are proud to share
OUr pretty parks and homes
With all who venture near
to join with us and ours
in our annual "glad we made it" fair, yes...
CH
There will be a fair
The sweet september air
will flood
with native music
lyrics copyright cold comfort music 2011 (wk10)
credits
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LYRICS:
Aunt Christina's Curse by Cold Comfort
Aunt Christina had a cottage
On a cliff beside a lighthouse
by the sea,
(the sea so wide)
And when I was depressed
she'd send a copy key
and invite me to stay
For days all on my own.
(on my own, alone)
CHORUS:
Aunt Christina's curse
was to make all matters worse
to smother with her love for
all God's children
I found in today's mail
Aunt Christina's card and key
and wondered for a time
about the sea
(the sea so wide)
How I could run away
from all my big mistakes
and take some time alone
Four days on my own sounded fine
(on my own, alone)
CHORUS:
Aunt Christina's curse
was to make all matters worse
to smother with her love for
all God's children
BRIDGE:
All God's Children
All God's Children
Have an Aunt Christina
with a curse
for making every matter worse
All God's Children
are burdened with her sin
And I will never love again
No I will never love again
For all the pain it brings
to all God's Children
V3:
Four hours of driving
Left me good time for deciding
Could I leap off of that cliff
into the sea?
(the sea so wide)
And find there piece of mind
what else could I find?
in that cottage
On a cliff beside a lighthouse
by the sea,
(on my own, alone)
With that gift of love
my Aunt Christina
found me.
Copyright 2011 Cold Comfort Music (wk020)
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chance shapes this troubled path by cold comfort
v1:
I must have needed something
a lie to keep me whole
I took this troubled path
deep into my soul
I came upon a theatre
full stories quickly told
and watched in awe before me
a world I'd never know
CH:
Chance strikes the troubled path
chance strikes and plays its hand
chance strikes the poor and brave
truth shapes the troubled path,
If I survive, fully alive,
I'll never be the same
v2:
The darkness fell around me
All things fade to black
the screen it flickered brightly
revealng lines etched in my hand
The troubled path of fate
in shadows deep and bold
in this theatre in the wasteland
a troubled path into my soul
CHORUS: (see above)
Bridge:
If this is the end
if this is the end
then the lie should reveal
if this is the end
if this is the end
how I came to here.....
(solo)
v3
The pictures were astounding
the memories not clear
the meanings slowly folded
20 layers deep.
The only answer likely
the only insight clear
was that all the paths I'd taken
had gently lead me here.
CHORUS: (see above)
The cavalcade concluded
ending in a final chase
The lights rose all around me
the aisles they quickly cleared
I sat there for a life time
to keep from others that I'd wept
at what chance had put before me
and what little I had left.
CHORUS: (see above)
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk033)
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A universe of stars by cold comfort (wk012)
V1:
A universe of stars
shines bright above our bed
and right now we're a part
of this broad cosmos
I cannot surely tell
where you start and I end
a universe of stars
gently moving
round the sun
CHORUS:
near and far
near and far
shining bright
near and far
you and I
and our place in line
with a universe of stars
V2
A universe of stars
we're counted in that number
we're suddenly a part
of all of nature
I don't want to see the end
I don't want to stray that far
but a blanket as big as the universe
surrounds us.
CHORUS: see above.
BRIDGE
near and far - shines so bright
near and far - this sacred night
I found a universe of stars
a universal web
a prism of all colors,
like thoughts
inside a dreaming head
that's spun around us
spun around us...
CHORUS: see above.
V2
A universe of stars
we're called upon to shine
where magic meets the silence
of this space
I don't want to see the end
I don't want to stray to far
but a blanket called the universe
is wrapped around me
with your arms.
OUTRO
and we're a part
of that universe of stars
that universal star
that flickering light
right there. right there
that one there...
that's our love.
goodnight, my love.
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk012)
credits
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take me to your leader by cold comfort
v1:
take me to your leader
make me kneel and beg
take me to your trailer
strap me to your bed
take me to your conscience
or did you lose the map?
I'm blind but not forsaken
I don't mind the crap
CHORUS:
take me, baby, take me,
take me to your leader
Don't wanna miss this moment
Steal it, Steal it, Steal it
Baby, take me.
v2:
take me to your honey pot
sweet and dripping wet
There's things I don't remember
And things I can't forget
take me your pimp
take me to your man
take me to your ATM
hold me by the hand
CHORUS:
take me, baby, take me,
take me to your leader
Don't wanna miss this moment
Steal it, Steal it, Steal it
Baby, take me.
BRIDGE (and solo) :
Take me, take me, take me, take me...
I want it, I want you, I want this,
Take me to your bed.
(marching)
I forget
I forgot
I forget
I forgot
I forget
I forgot
such a fool!
V1 (repeat)
CHORUS:
take me, baby, take me,
take me to your leader
Don't wanna miss this moment
Steal it, Steal it, Steal it
Baby, take me.
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk030)
credits
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the woman's a liar by cold comfort
The woman she is a liar
She couldn't be much higher
all her truths are second hand
she says she loves me now, but I doubt.
The woman is a liar
Emotions from greeting cards
pulled into her design
I love you today, baby, love you today.
CHORUS:
Liar: I can't believe
Liar: You live to deceive
Liar: You're heart doesn't know
What your conscience denies.
Liar: Ice and Fire
Liar: Pure Desire
Liar:Full denial
Liar: Can't you see
Liar: Girl made a fool out of me.
The woman is a liar
She'll lie on command, spin on a dime
She'll give you her hand for the moment
and then leave you to stand
in dim shadows made by her smile
CHORUS: (see above)
BRIDGE:
Her heart and her head's disconnected
My passion inflamed by the split
Her body knows secrets she can hardly keep
Fantasies spin like a dervish around her.... and...
Ripping GUITAR SOLO
The woman's on fire
I'm burned by her flame
She calls it choice
but I know it's desire,
the girl is on fire.
The woman is ice,
I'm Frost bit and yearning
She calls it the truth
But I know it's a lie
The woman is ice.
CHORUS: (see above)
copyright 2011 cold comfort songs (wk038)
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