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Mawkishish

by James Jefferys

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1.
Skeletons 03:21
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James Jefferys - Skeletons I'm digging up all these bygones Undercover of the night Even though eyelids are heavy, No-one helps me with my plight Paranoid of being caught Chilly blues, dramatic thoughts Riding bullets through the forest Tween the trees into the falls Ain't it just like me? With my secretive worries... Don't want to hear about your needs! And now I'm bored of that thing, I need to be entertained. Why do presents all need wrapping, Slowing down the angry blame? Dirt under my fingernails, Skeletons are in one place Wonder what I could do now, Poke them in their bony face! Ain't it just like me? With my secretive worries... Don't want to hear about your needs! Ignore the way they're dead And don't you worry! Hiding from myself and police They look above (I'm underneath!) Held by breath a thousand years A stroke of luck to say the least! Ain't it just like me? With my secretive worries... Don't want to hear about your needs!
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Future Song II 02:45
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James Jefferys - Future Song II Let me take you back To some time in the future There's promises of broken streams And no-one tries to shoot ya Denim is unfashionable (Like tuberculosis) What sows the rows the contribute To everyone's psychosis? Sweet wooden coffin Sings a song for me Inside there's still nothing I've not already seen on TV Lost my privileges Then I lost the plot Lost more than I knew had - Maybe more, but I forgot Denim is unfashionable (Like tuberculosis) What sows the rows the contribute To everyone's psychosis? Static shows a different picture, And it's one in black and white That's why we come out in the night! Sweet wooden coffin Sings a song for me Inside there's still nothing I've not already seen on TV
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Habit of This 03:59
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James Jefferys - Habit of This Oh please don't see that boy again I know he's handsome, dark and strong And lately all I've done was wrong The empty bottles and debris Are only symbols if you want them to be I'm wasted Passed out by your fence and then Discovered by the garbage men, all twisted Lifted up at five am, And told that I could ride with them, all twisted Try not to make a habit of this... They tried to keep my half awake, Asked me of the plans I make And what I'm looking forward to Nothing sprang into my mind, Slowed down by the undefined And all that I could think of was you Passed out by your fence and then Discovered by the garbage men, all twisted Lifted up at five am, And told that I could ride with them, all twisted Try not to make a habit of this...
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The Swan 03:51
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James Jefferys - The Swan Vapour trails pierce the puddles in the sky Lonesome needle memories of aircraft gone by A reddish blemish from a radiator grill Whipped up by the blades of a rich revolving mill The chewed-up diamond question Is why they gave the best ones To the most ambitious bidder Who dug them in a hole and hid them? Whispers tip.-toe through the starving grass Let nothing but fanatics pass But hold their tongues, neglect to say The tail end of the rainbow's grey You see it as a future Like the cygnet sees the swan Time delays the young one's tutor Yet builds its dreams upon 'The Swan' The chewed-up diamond question Is why they gave the best ones To the most ambitious bidder Who dug them in a hole and hid them? You see it as a future Like the cygnet sees the swan Time delays the young one's tutor Yet builds its dreams upon The chewed-up diamond question Is why they gave the best ones To the most ambitious bidder Who dug them in a hole and hid them?
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Villain Sleeps 03:13
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James Jefferys - Villain Sleeps Businessmen in bowler hats Look at that, look at that Burning bush aristocrats Look at that, look at that Pennies for the laundromat Look at that, look at that Every villain sleeps Build up to the leap Everything you see is mine, Wait in line, wait in line Practice how to click in time Wait in line, wait in line Every villain sleeps Build up to the leap When you're feeling useless, Think at least that you're not being used Silent and toothless Ask, at least - how could you be refused? Cleaner on the morning bus, Look at us, look at us, Wouldn't want to make a fuss, Look at us, look at us...
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Electric Fields 01:29
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James Jefferys - Electric Fields The sun, the peeling of the bells I close my eyes, pretend I'm somewhere else Invisible electric fields Ploughed right now, then they're tilled The breeze, the soft whirlwind of smells I close my eyes, pretend I'm somewhere else Purity, electric fields Look at me, I'm floating in your spills A splash, the distant tide that swells I close my eyes, pretend I'm somewhere else Flipping through electric fields You'll be there when things again are real Flipping through electric fields You'll be there when things again are real
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Coffee & Corks 03:18
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James Jefferys - Coffee & Corks Someone else's plectrum is floating in my tea Someone else changes the world sitting beside me Real pictures, celluloid still warm from the machine Latte stains to not avoid it clashing with our jeans Coffee & Corks Some things that cameras never caught Coffee & Corks All the best lessons are never taught Then out come the violins, we all forget the day Poets crumple pages of their masterpiece away Hippy grips a steaming mug of freshly made chai A Spanish girl sat in the corner tries to catch my eye Coffee & Corks Some things that cameras never caught Coffee & Corks All the best lessons are never taught
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Knell #3 02:06
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(instrumental) (the other Knells can be found on Must, Crust, Rust, Dust)
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Beanstalk 03:36
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James Jefferys - Beanstalk (Still one hundreds floors left to climb) Strangers in the basement Chain gangs on the stairs Police ready to save them From patrolling bears Could've saved my energy Plant some of those magic seeds Then laid back and rode the beanstalk Eyeballed from the first step They want to clink your glass You're already adept At perfecting the pass Hope springs ephemeral An endless tape records All the dregs and seminal Spouting of the Lords Could've saved my energy Plant some of those magic beans Then laid back and rode the beanstalk Firemen turn their backs Declare your motives rotten One of them clasps his axe And hacks you all the way to the bottom Could've saved my energy Plant some of those magic seeds Then laid back and rode the beanstalk Could've saved my energy Plant some of those magic seeds Then laid back and rode the beanstalk
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Birds, Sunday 8th May 2016 01:26
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Birds, Sunday 8th May 2016

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Written, performed, recorded and mixed by James Jefferys. ℗ James Jefferys 2016

Drums on track six by Jackie Jansen, but he doesn't know it.

Thank you to HC Molbech, without whom none of this would be possible.

This is mawkishish.

James

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released May 13, 2016

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