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Reality Bites

by Rob Tunbridge

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1.
I Don't Think So 03:35
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Go to bed - Get up for Work It always seems to be the same routine Weekend comes - Goes too soon Drives me crazy does it do the same to you? CHORUS Thoughts go round and around Some go up some go down Is my mind really sound? I don't think so Thoughts go round and around Some go up some go down Is my mind really sound? I don't think, I don't think, I don't think, I don't think, I don't think so Head is wrong - It just ain't working It always seems to be that way these days Information, brain is melting Going crazy is it just the same for you? CHORUS Go to bed - Think I'll stay here Safely wrapped up in my warm cocoon Going crazy - Well only maybe Laughing faces in my nightmares I see you CHORUS
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Feel Like This 04:33
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Walk away, without a word Don't look back, it'll make it worse And it's not as bad, as it may seem For memories, last eternity. CHORUS And you lie in your bed, thinking of him 'til it hurts And when you say his name it's as if you're casting a curse And it hurts and what's worse is No-one said it would feel like this When was the time? The fleeting seconds gone Around you lie, echoes of the past The letters that, you never, ever wrote Torn photographs, life's little joke CHORUS Now it's done, there's a price to pay Love's embrace, is so far away Emptiness, kept deep inside And if I might say: "It's just fooloish pride". CHORUS
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I'm Not Scared 04:23
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The light in my room is a 60 Watt electric bulb It banishes the darkness to spaces underneath my bed Where scary creatures live, that come out late at night Move around the place, make me wake up with a fright CHORUS Oh I swear that it's true & wouldn't lie to you There's a creature under there wants to chop me into two There's a black, hairy thing, with a thousand flapping wings A million eyes, all different shades of blue There's a funny little thing, wants to get beneath my skin And eat me from the inside coming out And they won't be happy 'til they've got me in their lair And no-one will ever find me there But I'm not scared. No I'm not scared The light in my room is a 60 Watt electric bulb It banishes the darkness to spaces behind a big wardrobe Where scary creatures live, that come out late at night Move around the place, make me wake up with a fright CHORUS
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It Doesn't Hurt, Anymore 04:15
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I used to cry myself to sleep I used to think I'd never eat again You were my life, my blood, my oxygen Without you there I could not go on It hurt so much for the cuts were deep I used to curse your name when I couldn't sleep I don't recall when the hurting stopped But stop it did, the pain was gone It don't hurt anymore CHORUS It doesn't hurt anymore I can say it now I'm sure It doesn't hurt anymore The pain has gone, the pain has gone, it's gone It doesn't hurt, anymore Now I can talk about you easily That's not the way that, it always used to be Confusion reigned inside my head, my heart was dead I was alone My life's moved on as they said it would Not quite the same but, it's still so good I can't recall when the hurting stopped, but stop it did It don't hurt anymore CHORUS
5.
Did You See? 04:01
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Did you see, the sunrise early this morning? Birds were singing, the dew shone like diamonds on the leaves yeah A pink blue sky, a gentle breeze that made the trees sigh A spider's web, floating on the air like silver thread CHORUS And the air was clean and pure Before the world awoke and filled it all with smoke What a joke, you don't have the time To appreciate what is there Why should you care? It's just another day and every day is just the same Did you see, the world early this morning? No traffic noise, to drown out nature's symphony yeah Clouds of white, painting pictures on a blue sky kaleidoscope, as flowers wake and turn to face the sun CHORUS
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Sometimes 03:17
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Sometimes, when I'm on my own I think of you and the way it used to be Remember, the silences When we couldn't say, what was in our hearts CHORUS Facing each other, pretending everything was fine Hiding the hurt, the pain, the questions why I remember, but only sometimes Sometimes, when I'm with my friends I hear your name and I have to fix my smile Remember, when I held you close How it felt, when we knew that we were through CHORUS Sometimes, when I'm watching TV I see a face and it reminds me of you It maybe the smile or just a look in the eye Evoke a memory, of how we used to be CHORUS
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Interlude 03:31
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I see you sitting there - so near but out of reach We know the rules - to the games we play We mustn't touch - we mustn't kiss 'n' tell Silent messages - with our eyes we send CHORUS I never meant for this to happen I never meant to fall in love I knew it from the very first time If I gave my heart it wouldn't be enough We keep locked away - passions burning Go our separate ways - so no-one knows That what you feel for me - is what I feel for you Against the surging tide - we have to swim CHORUS Darkest secrets - we have to hide away We must not show the world - too much love And now we're sitting here - so near but out of reach Confined by the rules - to this game we play CHORUS
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Not Even (Just Mad!) 03:31
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Saturday night and I'm sitting here all alone So I called you up on the telephone you said that you were watching a movie on TV And tomorrow you're doing your hair so you can't see me CHORUS I've been listening to country music on the radio Hearing sweet songs about true love gone bad How the hero goes and gets a gun, shoots his rival down and when I think about you I don't want to get even; just mad You know I heard a rumour from a friend Please don't you deny it and don't pretend When you said you were watching a movie on TV Were you in the arms of another instead of me? CHORUS Baby do you really think I'm kind of slow? If you never want to see me again why don't you tell me so Don't keep me hanging on just like a fool 'cos baby don't you understand that it is so cruel CHORUS
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Doesn't Really Matter + It's Over & Done 08:01
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Doesn’t Really Matter When we kissed it was like the first time And your perfume had me walking on air ooo I swear It didn’t matter if the whole world saw us who cared? We were in love and that’s all we knew And it doesn’t really matter what they all say ‘cos when you fall in love you go slightly insane And it doesn’t really matter come rain or shine We got each other and love is blind Don’t look back, ‘cos the past is buried and gone We found each other but it took, it took so long And the future is ours for the taking it’s there Passion has exploded and now we two are one It don’t get better any better than this Love’s an addiction that you just can’t resist You can’t fight it don’t bother wasting your time It’s an obsession and it makes you lay your heart on the line And it doesn’t really matter, doesn’t really matter at all And it doesn’t really matter, doesn’t really matter at all And it doesn’t really matter now ‘til it’s over and done And it doesn’t really matter now ‘til it’s Over and it’s over and it’s over and done Over & Done There were tears in the morning and the air was blue With you cursing me and me cursing you The love had turned to anger it was there in our eyes What could we believe when there were so many lies? We never stopped to question where it all went wrong Just took it for granted it was over and done Then you ran back to mummy and you turned on the tears While I drowned my sorrow in the whisky and the beer And it’s a strange fact of life but when it’s over and done You won’t remember the bad times only the fun When the love that we shared has been stripped and laid bare Won’t remember the bad times when it’s over and done There’s no going back we’re never given the chance And the scars that we wear are tattooed on our hearts We can never return to those halcyon days When we swore sweet devotion would be ours for always There were tears in the morning and the air was blue With you cursing me and me cursing you Then you ran back to mummy and you turned on the tears While I drowned my sorrow in the whisky and the beer CHORUS (x2) I never realized but you’re a pain in the arse Does it really matter now it’s over and done? There’s the door get your bags take a walk I don’t wanna see your face around here anymore Don’t write me letters and please don’t call There’s nothing left to say ‘cos we’ve said it all Does it really matter now we’ve had our fun? Does it really matter now it’s over and done
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Ain't Easy For Me 03:35
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Is it easy for you to pretend you don't see me? Is it easy for you to say that you don't care? Is it easy for you to live your life as a fantasy? Is it easy for you? 'cos it ain't easy for me CHORUS I never thought for a moment and maybe that's the problem And trusting in you, was it my biggest mistake? When you said that you loved me do you know I believed you? Now I find that it's lies, the tears in your eyes mean It ain't easy for me Is it easy for you to make believe it didn't happen? Is it easy for you, to hide the truth away? Is it easy for you, to dig the dirt and come up smelling of roses? Is it easy for you? 'cos it ain't easy for me CHORUS Is it easy for you, to turn the tears on when you want to? Is it easy for you when you say that I'm to blame? Is it easy for you, when you go to bed, to go to sleep at night? Is it easy for you? 'cos it ain't easy for me CHORUS
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All For You 03:35
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You said didn't like the cornfields, 'cos they looked kind of plain So while you were sleeping, I drew circles in them now they look kind of strange No-one saw me do it & they're blaming invaders from Mars If you really want me to, I'll gather up all the stars from the sky for you CHORUS All for you, do it all for you All for you, do it all for you All for you, do it all for you You didn't like the oceans you said they were the wrong shade of green So while you were sleeping, I painted them aquamarine No-one saw me do it now they're blaming invaders from Mars If you really want me to, I'll gather up all the stars from the sky for you CHORUS You didn't like the scenery said the mountains got in the way So while you were sleeping, I moved them to a different place No-one saw me do it now they're blaming invaders from Mars If you really want me to, I'll gather up all the stars from the sky for you CHORUS
12.
Rain 03:14
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Eyes wide open I can see it all Dark clouds overhead, rain begins to fall People rushing by, no time to say hello Don't you wonder, when it rains, where all the happy people go? CHORUS When it rains, when it rains where do the happy people go? When it rains don't you wonder where the happy people go? When it rains, when it rains where do the happy people go? When it rains don't you wonder where the happy people go? Can't avoid it so why make a fuss? Walking on the water is beyond most of us No ray of sunshine and you're feeling kinda of low Don't you wonder when it rains where do the happy people go? CHORUS Head down hurry, trying to keep dry From this deluge that's falling from the sky No smiles on the faces that are moving at full flow Don't you wonder when it rains where do the happy people go? CHORUS

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Originally released in 2001, this album, like StoryTeller, was recorded using some very basic equipment and a 4 track tape deck.

On the original album, the tracks "Doesn't Really Matter " and "It's Over & Done" were two separate tracks segued together. For this release they have been joined together to make one track.

All tracks digitally remastered for this download version

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released April 30, 2016

All instruments & Voices: Rob Tunbridge

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Rob Tunbridge Chelmsford, UK

Rob Tunbridge is a singer/songwriter, based in Chelmsford, Essex England.
His music draws on his love of Glam Rock from the 70's and Synth Pop from the early 80's and was once described by a music critic as: "Status Quo, meets Erasure, crashes with Depeche Mode and Slade, the result being, a unique style of music that can only be classified as Rob Tunbridge!" ... more

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