1. WON'T BE YOU
Words by Sophie Bancroft + Tom Lyne, Music by Sophie Bancroft ©2004 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
Who's gonna put the bin out
Who's gonna put the bin out
Now that you've gone and done the dirty on me. Who's gonna change the lightbulb
Who's gonna change the lightbulb
Now that you've gone and done the dirty on me. Won't be you Who's gonna carve the chicken
Who's gonna carve the chicken
Now that you've gone and done the dirty on me. Who's gonna walk the doggy
Who's gonna walk the doggy
Now that you've gone and done the dirty on me. Won't be you. All my kissin, you'll be missin
When you're sitting home alone.
My sweet loving I'll be giving
When I'm round my neighbours home. Who's gonna check my oil
Who's gonna check my oil
Now that you've gone and done the dirty on me. Who's gonna light my fire
Who's gonna light my fire
Now that you've gone and done the dirty on me. Won't be you.
2. I WOULD RATHER BE ME
Words + music by Sophie Bancroft ©2007 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
I would rather be me
I'm not what the magazines want me to be.
Perfect ain't my cup of tea,
I would rather be me. I'm quite happy with mine.
You think yours are bigger or smaller, that's fine.
You and me, we share a design.
I would rather be me. Images of airbrushed thighs,
Sparkling teeth and whitened smiles.
Hairless legs go on for miles.
Peachy little cheeks. Why do questions of size
Often end in those little white lies?
Perming hair, it's always unwise.
I would rather be me. Images of airbrushed thighs,
Sparkling teeth and whitened smiles.
Hairless legs go on for miles.
Peachy little cheeks.Be comfy in your skin.
It don't matter much if you're fat or your're thin.
I would rather be me.
This is the way that I am.
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3. STORMCHASER
Words + Music by Sophie Bancroft ©2006 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
She threw herself onto the bed
Fixed the headphones to her head
And chose an MP3 track and set it on repeat.
The song described exactly how she felt inside,
Words explained emotions she had felt
But never knew where there. Tears came and wouldn't leave
And drifted like a piece of wood
Upon a stormy ocean, without a shore in sight.
I chased the storm and bit my tongue
And left her lovingly alone.
I hope she understands there's nothing I could say. I know the emptiness she's breathing in.
I know the loneliness inside.
You won't believe I understand the pain that she is feeling
As she looks at me with reddened eyes
Through tears she has to cry. Storm clouds will come and go
A part of her I'll always know
But don't forget the peace that follows the rain.
Her eyes will clear, a perfect blue
There's not a cloud in view
Until the beautiful intensity of pain is there again. Nothing that I can say
Nothing I can do
Nothing that I can say to chase the storm from you
Chase the storm from you. The chosen soundtrack of her tears
Have lasted through these stormy years
On tape cassette and CD and now on MP3.
And still the voices resonate the disappointment of her fate
The melody finds tears that she has still to cry. I know the emptiness she's breathing in.
I know the loneliness inside.
You won't believe I understand the pain that she is feeling
As she looks at me with reddened eyes
Through tears she has to cry.
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4. ALWAYS EVER AFTER
Words + music by Sophie Bancroft and Geoff Martyn ©2005 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
Only you, it's only ever after, always the same.
Beautiful sky, the flowers that lie beneath your feet cry out.
Forever young, within these fields we wander always.
Sun and sky, the clouds forever rolling over and over. Wonderful place, it's where my heart is happy always.
Lonely days, lonely days I fall down to you, always.
Holding me, I don't know if you will always.
Open eyes, to ever know you want me, don't you? Always, always, always ever after. See through moon, shows his face before the sun dies.
As evening falls, the stars have been above us always.
Sleep tonight, let these heavens hold you always.
A million times, like before and after, always. Always, always, always ever after.
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5.STREETS OF SUMMER
Words + Music by Sophie Bancroft ©2007 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
Before the silver kissed my hair, I journeyed far
To find my dream of sunlit serenades
That filled the air on streets of summer. Bathing in the candlelight,
Sipping wine, enjoy the sight of passers by
Who sway in playful rhythm on the streets of summer. Hey there my gypsy lover, stay here
And dance with me.
Haunting the memories of days when I was young and free.
Keep still my gypsy lover, stay there
Where I can see.
Fading away to ever after, won't you take me with you. One of those nights on one of those streets
A young man swept me from my feet with diamond eyes
Twinkling eastern promise on the streets of summer.
Held me close and held me tight
Took me places through the night I'd never known.
Led me hand in handsome hand on streets of summer. Hey there my gypsy lover……. Fiddle music everywhere
Sound of passion filled the air,
Intoxicating rhythm as we danced upon the streets of summer. Promise we'd meet soon,
Write our thoughts, never lose the feelings
We'd found in moonlit corners on the streets of summer. Hey there my gypsy lover……. The bus arrived to take me home
Catch the flight, Pass the moon that lit my tears
Glistening as they fell upon the streets of summer. If I had known that never again I'd feel so free
As I felt when your lips sang the serenades
That promised me the streets of summer.
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6. SKIN
Words and Music by Sophie Bancroft ©2006 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
Dance the same dance
Learned all the lines.
Feeling comfy most of the time.
Then I fall by the wayside with you.
There's nothing else I can do. We drink a little too much
Stay up too late.
Caught in a pattern of passion and hate.
Then I fall by the wayside with you.
There's nothing else I can do. n the outside looking in
I can see beneath my skin and bones and blood.
I'm addicted to you.
On the outside of the wall
I can see where I would fall and fade and crave.
I'm addicted to your love. We smoke together
Getting out of our minds.
The telly's running conversations dry.
Then I fall by the wayside with you.
There's nothing else I can do. On the outside looking in
I can see beneath my skin and bones and blood.
I'm addicted to you.
On the outside of the wall
I can see where I would fall and fade and crave.
I'm addicted to your love. But I can't stay long
Find the right from wrong.
And the strength to leave so I can breathe.
So I can breathe.
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7. CLUMSY
Words and Music by Sophie Bancroft and David Scott
© 2005 MARINA SONGS
Carelessness causes fire in the homes of this great land.
It's not the bed you left unmade, the cigarette in your hand,
The wet towels on the floor, the dishes left to stand. You're clumsy with my heart, you're clumsy with my feelings.
You're clumsy with my heart and you'll never have a clue
What carelessness can do. Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning too
Thursday morning, Friday brings more thoughtlessness from you.
Sweet nothings left unsaid. It's sad to say but true. You're clumsy with my heart, you're clumsy with my feelings.
You're clumsy with my heart and you'll never have a clue
What carelessness can do. Conversations ending as the years keep rolling through.
Pass the milk, see you later, is the best that we can do.
It's all that we can do. You're clumsy as a rule, unthinkingly you're cruel.
You're clumsiness is casually mean.
And that's the way your carelessness can seem. Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning too
Thursday morning, Friday brings more thoughtlessness from you.
Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning too
Thursday morning, Friday brings more thoughtlessness from you.
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8. MY OH MY
Words + music by Sophie Bancroft ©2006 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
String arr. by Tom Lyne
My oh my, eyes don't cry.
Why oh why, the tears on my lips have dried.
Time passed by, frozen in my ways.
I always thought I'd see you again.
Always thought I'd see you again. Misty clouds make way for clarity.
Handsome face, the one I expect to see,
Fades away, deceives my point of view.
Always thought I'd see you again.
Always thought I'd see you again. Time pass by, wash away the memories,
That make me cry, as I'm waiting here for you.
The healing touch, never meant that much until you left me alone.
Without you, I feel numb. My oh my, eyes don't cry.
Why oh why, the tears on my lips have dried.
Time passed by, frozen in my ways.
I always thought I'd see you again.
Always thought I'd see you again.
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9. DREAMING
Words + music by Sophie Bancroft © 2005 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
Heaven sake it feels so clear
Life itself is heaven here.
Wide-eye stare, I must believe
Take a breath I cannot breathe Dreaming, Dreaming Paper bag, a butterfly
Dance before my watchful eye.
Petals falling, waterfall
Scented carpet, invite all Dreaming, Dreaming All the things I should be I can
All the things I could be I am
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10. WATERFELL
Words + music by Sophie Bancroft © 2005 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
I see a waterfall, it's coloured green and gray.
It frames a fantasy that I never could believe
Until today, and it makes me want to stay. And we walked hand in hand,
You saw what I could see.
And though we never spoke
We felt the same rain from the waterfall. Does the colour green mean the same thing to you.
Is there any way, we will ever know the truth,
What each of us sees, and each of us believes. And all I know is what I see in front of me
And all I know is the way it's meant to be
And all I know is I want to be with you. I found a silver locket, contained a lock of hair.
I put it in my pocket
So noone would know that it was there, it's my secret. I spent some quality upon a street with you.
And though we never spoke
We shared the same view of the time and space. Does the colour green mean the same thing to you.
Is there any way, we will ever know the truth,
What each of us sees, and each of us believes. And all I know is what I see in front of me
And all I know is the way it's meant to be
And all I know is I want to be with you.
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11. CALGARY BAY
Words + music by Sophie Bancroft ©2005 ASCAP/PRS/MCPS
And the light was beautiful
And the wind with soothing soul
Made the sun set warm on Calgary Bay. And the silhouettes
Of the trees with no regrets
How they lean with a style
On Calgary Bay. And those who are weary
Lay there a while
And offer a smile in return
In Calgary Bay I'll stay. And the seaweed birds
In the magic trees
Keep their silent guard
On Calgary Bay And the sand of gold
From the rocks of old
All embraced by the sky
In Calgary Bay. And those who are lonely
Lay on the sand
And felt the great hand of time.
In Calgary Bay I'll stay. And those who are happy
Gaze at the sea
Becoming as one with the clouds.
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