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Scattered

by James Jefferys

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Screen Glow 03:08
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James Jefferys - Screen Glow Nothing the young, anymore We're busy, we're angry, we're clever and bored Everything hurts but we're totally fine And all that is drawn is dividing lines Nothing is comfortable about our beds, We've made our decisions to be here, instead The world is showing us incredible scenes We're satisfied with the glow of our screens Screen glow Take it slow Let it stand See how it pans.... Diminished returns is leaving me short What if the mouse can't even be caught And in amongst clouds of nobody murmuring, Nobody sees that we're looking for vermin? Circles... reducing in sizes Screen glow... stroking our eyes, it's Hard to... look somewhere else Feeling... is not what I felt Separate life From something you saw Things aren't what happen To us, anymore... Screen glow Take it slow Let it stand See how it pans.... Screen glow... Screen glow... Screen glow... Screen glow...
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Angel Bordello 03:02
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James Jefferys - Angel Bordello The lizard sees a fellow Leaving a bordello, it's you... Zipping up your fly Out here in the desert It's no place for confessions, it's true... Angels leave you alone But I see no angels There's just sand and stone Lizard never tells when It watches you sell your soul Sand and more stones Weighing the day, its scales Seem to say that it does Angels cover your ears But I see no angels There's just sand and stone You may well decide that it's worth the torment. Spend another summer in Hell Sheepishly you brush past the burly doormen The angels inside never tell But I see no angels There's just sand and stone But I see no angels There's just sand and stone
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Pip 04:16
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James Jefferys - Pip Lazy apparition Apple pip of nobody's eye If nothing is missing But the grotesqueness of ambition, why do I Need the tiny seed to slip free from my teeth? We sat there for hours Bookend was the setting of the sun I don't want to go home Not after what's been shown Searching for the meaning As though it were something to be found Searching for the meaning As though it were something to be found Watch the budding flowers Long enough to see what they've become We sat there for hours, Bookend was the setting of the sun It's nothing to defend - The willingness to end and start again Spitting out the pips And wish another's growing in the ground Searching for the meaning As though it were something to be found Searching for the meaning As though it were something to be found
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Treasure 04:56
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James Jefferys - Treasure We're completely lost Crunching through the frost Seen this field before (Walking around in circles) See approaching masts On a pool of liquid glass Seen this lake before Floating away on the waves Lying on my back I see the treasure Not so looking forward to find the way.... I'm ready to learn Now that it's my turn Seen this room before You're there to close all the doors Lying on my back I see the treasure Not so looking forward to find the way.... Acting I'm not scared Really I'm not there Don't know where I'm going (But I don't think that's the point) Eternal Grain of sand Show my flying mind where to land Lying on my back I see the treasure Not so looking forward to find the way.... I could lose my balance with a feather Not so looking forward to find the way
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Won't Do It Again 03:28
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James Jefferys - Won't Do It Again Scattered clouds, what matters now Is that you break for me Prove to those who don't suppose It's worth it to believe Trust in this town I know it's let you down... Won't do it again Won't do it again Won't do it again Won't do it again Running from a cunning form Of your own trickery And all along, the problem song Was hiding in the free Trust in yourself This is the real wealth Won't do it again Won't do it again Won't do it again Won't do it again You could travel the world and walk on the sun Make the whole trip with almost anyone And do it with all the love to go round I know it's let you down Won't do it again Won't do it again Won't do it again Won't do it again
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Walk Around 02:45
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James Jefferys - Walk Around Reborn, Acorn, Tumbles down the ridges of the tree Softly, Mossy, Hides itself among the fallen leaves So nears, Five years, Bending with the gentleness of the breeze My one, Bright son, Don't upset me or forget me, please I won't mind If you shake Off your little roots And walk around I won't mind If you shake Off your little roots And walk around
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They're Throwing Me A Parade 05:13
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James Jefferys - They're Throwing Me A Parade They're throwing me a parade And right now, I'm so down It's the closest of shaves Had it come but one day later I don't think they could've saved me Stuffing mattresses and birds, and Lilacs into headdresses Telling friends of friends I'm thinking that they're thinking Their efforts are worth sinking Into me Twirling leaf A neatly scattered light Dampened by the mud Such a fleeting sight Tween' the oak trees and the larches I dream the town is marching Into me Underneath Maybe we should cancel this all I can't afford the hassle of a ball A long old speech would seem wrong And I need all my paper for songs Gather in my honour I should be ashamed My hour is upon us Had it come but one minute later I would have totally lost my faith Maybe we should cancel this all I can't afford the hassle of a ball A long old speech would seem wrong And I need all my paper for songs I'm humbled and amazed With every flag that's raised My feet will touch the ground When they take them down Maybe we should cancel this all I can't afford the hassle of a ball A long old speech would seem wrong And I need all my paper for songs
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Slip 02:04
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James Jefferys - Slip There never was a milky sermon Someone bought a knife here, once Now everything is burning They sat in silence, blade in bag Candle in the pounding dark, Surrender what we had How could such a thing slip your mind? How could such a thing slip your mind?
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That Was That 03:46
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James Jefferys - That Was That Sulking on a stranger In a dingy, dirty bar Weird she let him get this far Meets her friend at three Now it's three-o-eight Good for him her friend is late That was that Her friend is here She leaves him on his own With his beer To disappear Says he can talk to him If he don't get in the way Machine pays out at least once a day One arm crashes down, There's flashing lights and bells Doesn't hear a single word he says That was that One scoop and gone Says he'll count it With the wife at home And disappear Why do you come here? There's nothing here for you But swim around in the bitterness Of a cold and sour juice That was that Your ride is here The moon has begun to disappear To disappear That was that...

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Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by James Jefferys.

℗ James Jefferys 2015

Thank you to H.C Molbech for loan of the mics

Cover art by Niels Vogensen Biasevich. diffuse.squarespace.com

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released November 11, 2015

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