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Live at Katie Fitzgeralds (Live, CD or Download)

by John Wesley

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1.
Pretty Lives 06:50
We are the center of a spectacle We are the focus of our own lies Tread the well worn path to respectable Abusing the promise of our pretty lives We so often thought ourselves invincible We'd drink and laugh and challenge the very gods in the sky Now we become invisible Carry the ashes of our pretty lives These are the moments that make up our pretty lives These are desires that keep us down Desperate and drowning in all but the candles we light These are the wishes to never be found These are wishes we never should have found There was a time we were invincible holes in the armour come from our own knives Punch drunk, we stagger in the firelight of principle And gather the ashes of our pretty lives
2.
Our Hero 04:01
Our hero lives in a box at the bottom of a Coca-Cola sign Like some great altar to God flashing messages all the time Here doesn't come here to worship, no, he comes here to live At night he crawls through the city to take whatever we don't give He used to have a little baby, but a fragile thing can soon be gone A little cold never hurt you and me, but her she didn't last long Our hero stares at the stars, watches them turn red and white Says these are men who made this, and this is not God's light Hear me, Hear me I'm at the bottom of the red and the white sign Hear me, Hear me Cause I'm coming for you Our hero can't read so he don't know what that sign says And you can be damned sure the taste of a coke never passed his lips He knows these are men who have made this and their day soon must come All the people at the bottom prayin' Lord thy will be done And they're shoutin' Hear me, Hear me I'm at the bottom of the red and the white sign Hear me, Hear me Cause I'm coming for you Like Don Quioxte chasing some dragon into the night Our hero dreams of the battle that he topples that red knight Topples that red light Our hero lays in the grass dreaming of his little sweet child He remembers holding her hands and touching her little sweet smile If a man can create this neon tower into the sky Where the hell was the God of the Coca-Cola sign the night she died Hear me, Hear me I'm at the bottom of the red and the white sign Hear me, Hear me Cause I'm coming for you
3.
I've grown tired I've grown cold nothing causes any harm to me hated things I hold I can't feel what you give to me see the skin's burned from my hands I remember what you promised me like some desperation Angel I come running back to you... My eye have numbed my words have died can't witness what I've become God could burn my eyes I can't bear you to look at me is there nowhere I can hide I hold on to what you promised me Like some desperation Angel I come running back to you and in desperation Angel I've come running home to you trust in me my angel you'll never know what I've been through never know what I've been through no no, never know what I've been through I'm your desperation Angel I've come running home to you and in desperation Angel I've come running back to you running back to you running back to you running back to you running back to you
4.
Well here we are boy and I'm through dreaming all these colors I've been flying have lost the will to keep me high and I'm not amused... So I said hey you're no a star so are you through screaming cause all this paranoia's got you hiding in the dark and I can't see you... Well shine the light and you can come on in can't you see I'm on a mission you can stay if you are wishin but I'm waiting... see my daddy hit the doorway when I was just a kid said he'd gone to find the sunshine and bring it back for me and I'm waiting waiting for the sun to shine Do you see my scars it's dark and they're glowing all these tiny little punctures are a doorway to the sun a doorway to the sun think I'll have another one I know he's in here I can feel him lookin for me I hear him laughin like he did like he did when I was young daddy's bringin me the sun and I'm waiting waiting for the sun to shine
5.
Shiver 04:23
I'm a bit unavailable You seem a bit gone Rumors of right and wrong, assailable Delivered from tongues of those untamable Yet loosed Upon we See you hurt See you leave Then you shiver I watched you Shiver oh Then you Shiver till... I can not breathe any more No I can not be here alone You shiver I watched you Shiver oh You Shiver till I No shield, entirely covered us Faith, seems to crumble into dust Leaving us just ourselves to despair of Feeling the sting of the poison arrows So loosed Upon we See you hurt See you leave... Then you shiver I watched you Shiver oh Then you Shiver till... I can not breathe any more No I can not be here alone No I can not dream anymore No I can not see anymore...
6.
Used Up 03:46
There's no sense in need There's no sense in your disbelief That you could want love That you could ever need love That you could ever come to me Just take my hand Feel the warmth in us to understand How you could ever want love How you could ever need love How you could ever come to me I am not used up I am not I am not cold, put your hands on me I am not torn I am not We will have love It will set us free... Down on my knees I must suspend this disbelief That you could ever want love That you could ever need love That you could ever come to me I am not used up I am not I am not cold, put your hands on me I am not torn I am not We will have love It will set us free...
7.
So Bad 02:37
You took a turn for the worse when I caught up to you last night flickering it's saving light And though improper thing we may do not always just or always right every once in a while I see you smile like everything will be alright You always wanted to be so bad you always wanted to be one of the stars in the evening sky one of the doves flying free Winter stole upoon you in your twenty second year fragile as a wedding smile you began to disappear and as the worst of this comes on you you know I'll never leave your sight as the night goes out of this room child just pray and hold me tight It's time to close your eyes child it's time for you to sleep there ain't no more pain and no more tears and this promise I will keep And though improper things we may do not always just or always right in your heart an angel smiles and guides you through the night
8.
Always Be 04:03
Voyeur of life, of love Outside in the rain And the wind?come in But you wait Till the stars fall from the sky You watch Till the sun burns your eyes But you wait Till the stars fall from the sky You watch Till the sun burns your eyes Come into me you will always always run, away with me you will always always be one, into we we will always always be the sun, with me we will always always, be... fortunate one... yet how alone we become when you wait till the stars fall from the sky you watch, till the love burns your eyes Come into me you will always always run, with me you will always always be one, into we we will always always be the sun, yes me we will always always... be... Come into me you will always always you will always always be one, into we we will always always be...
9.
How easily forgotten how easily replaced your loved ones become... We are the wreckage strewn behind you love's own casualties from the battle that you won You could not wait to fly your flag you could not wait to raise you man in victory I know you hate to be mistaken for the woman of just an ordinary man... To be the lover of an ordinary man I'm down on my knees I'm crawling across the floor to you I'm holding out my hand God I do not understand why I'm down on my knees Now I'm troubled by your silence I'm troubled that you no longer dare to lay with me under the night stars or walk unhindered on your own two legs you could not wait to lose your new freedom you could not wait to carry your new chains I know you hate to keep him waiting so you'd better drag yourself back to him again I wanna feel alive I wanna feel awake to make these night stars go away I wanna feel alive I wanna feel awake I wanna feel anything and everything this world will let me taste I wanna see you cry I wanna see you break I wanna see you crash into the walls of your own infamy
10.
King of 17 03:12
Your momma and daddy can't take care of themselves So I'm gonna look after of you Your daddy loves liquor and your momma needs help Cause all of her nightmares came true I got this car when my granddaddy passed So meet me just after last bell I 've got twenty dollars it'll get us some gas We won't get to far and we won't get there fast But it's twenty dollars further from hell Leave it to me cause I'm 17 Leave it to me we'll get through If' you'll be my queen then I'll play a king I'll always look after you Just leave it to me I am a king at 17 Leave it to me... I am the King of 17 We head to the east to catch up to the sun You smile as you watch it rise We come from nothing, we leave nothing behind my world is the hope in your eyes Leave it to me cause I'm 17 Leave it to me we'll get through If' you'll be my queen then I'll play a king I'll always take care of you Just leave it to me I am a king at 17 Leave it to me... I am the King of 17
11.
Fly Boy 04:10
Mama their eyes burn Holes right through me when I walk by them How do I offend? They make me wanna hide Sometimes I turn my head away and try Yet I cannot disappear She said they don't know you They don't shine the way that you do This world ain't good enough for the likes of you You got to get away You got to fly boy, find your powers and a cape You got to make your escape, and get away These years have not been kind Each new day brings a struggle of a different kind But hell I don't mind A busy man looks through me His money'd eyes blind to what he will not see He don't know the secrets I keep Well I am happier than he, 'Cause I'm gonna fly boy, gonna find powers and a cape I'm gonna make my escape, gonna get outta here I know about it, I know about it. The world has lost all its dreams I know about it. The world won't let us breathe. Won't set us free Each day we run this race Consumed by self we miss the brave face Or we look away But not me. I'm gonna rise above this caste you made for me Gonna be everything you dream but will never be. I'm gonna fly... 'Cause I am Flyboy, got my powers and a cape Gonna make my escape, gonna get outta here
12.
High upon a hill Looking over the ruins burning still Where was I for all of this. Where was I for all of this. You never looked so bad she said I didn't know I could do all this she said I didn't know all this could burn with just a kiss Burn with just a kiss I didn't know You didn't notice Rome was burning You didn't notice you had the flame still in your hands Why didn't you notice Rome was burning As the passion filled your eyes You couldn't see to find the home you'd left behind Like all the lovers that live blind Lovers that live blind No you couldn't see You didn't notice Rome was burning You didn't notice you had the flame still in your hands Why didn't you notice Rome was burning
13.
I was a child, life in your arms you hold me the fire in your eyes stopped the bleeding the love in your heart kept me breathing I feel I'm dying again. I've got nothing but hatred for my lover and friend the lion in your eyes watches me screaming the cold in your heart keeps my blood freezing Thirteen days, before you left me here staring thirteen days, before you tried to stop caring Stare into the dark the emptiness of hell comes to enfold me take a long look at your sweet creation did you get a thrill to watch my heart breaking Thirteen days, before you left me here standing alone thirteen days, before you left me to die on a phone I cannot pretend, can't find an end oh, how I miss you I was your lover and you were my friend I pray to God I never see you again Thirteen days, before you left me here waiting to hold you Thirteen days, before you forgot what I told you Thirteen days, that you gave to me only to take from me Thirteen days, before you left me here breaking
14.
Light filters into the room Beams split into multitudes Of angels, rainbows, or any dreams I make them be Got pictures of you and me Got a letter of apology Return address as far away as you can be My head keeps searching for The parts of you I adore I promise I will ignore How mean you could sometimes be, if you'd just Please come back to me Please come back to me Please come back... Healthy, relationship, words that never seem to fit need and greed have become more apropos I'm convinced there's nothing more Than the struggle that's in store For any soul brave enough to claim love Well I claim you, if you'd just... Please come back to me Please come back to me Please come back... feel the heat, you know I... feel the cuts, you know I'd... be a star that could lighten up your sky you know I'd... give you love, you know I'd fill your heart, you know I'd be a star that could sparkle in your sky if you'd just... Please come back to me Please come back to me Please come back...
15.
She Said No 03:33
It's been long since we've spoken thought that I might give a call did you like the flowers, a small token a gift for you is no trouble at all It isn't easy here without you the days are long, nights way too hard I was hoping I could see you I miss your eyes, they touch my heart she said no Our little lady is asking for you don't understand where you have gone all she knows is she can't hold you thinks that she's done something wrong Life isn't easy here without you she wakes at night to call your name I tell her you love her and you miss her but words from me just aren't the same oh baby come home please she said no You never face the consequences you'll always find some alibi you leave us behind all cut and bleeding you turn your back and you don't know why no you don't know why She said no It's been a long time since I've held you no other woman fills my arms I want to believe that you still love me somehow I know you're still there I'm falling apart and I eed your answer just see my eyes and you'll find it there find it there She said no

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Live at Katie Fitzgerald's features a live solo acoustic performance from June 2006 at Katie Fitzgerald's Irish Pub in Stourbridge, England.

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released October 1, 2006

All music and lyrics by John Wesley
Recorded by Ian Bond
Mastered by Mark Prator at RedRoom Recorders, Tampa, USA
Show presented by Adrian Holmes / Moriarty Music
Photography by Lasse Hoile
Cover artwork by Rebecca Dearth

Thanks to Adrian, Ian, Rob Galardi, Richard Schwarz, Porcupine Tree, all the staff at Katie Fitzgerald's and everyone who helped make it a special night.

The show was edited from the original recording so that we were able to get as many songs from the evening as possible on the disc. I chose the best performances and left off the hours of "whitty banter."

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Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist. On tour with Vertical Horizon. Performed with Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Fish, Sound of Contact, Big Elf, Mike Tramp. Newest album, a way you'll never be... Free music downloads at www.john-wesley.com check them out.... ... more

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