Roads All Narrow

by EP Emsley

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1.
-All My Blues Tonight- Headlights bouncing off the white-lines speeding, Down a highway full of ghosts, A driving rain beats the Tarmac as I start to lose track, Start to lose my hope; Highlights; images of my life washing down, The windscreen with the rain, Driving every little thing home every bad decision, I ever made… Sitting here at the cross-roads, Under Heaven’s stormy skies; Well I never felt so alone; Dear, As I do; with all my Blues tonight… Spotlights; helicopter search lights looking for, A madman on the run, Who knew it’d come to this girl; who would be the trigger, And who would be the gun; Headlines printed on my hubcaps spinning, On a highway where I don’t belong, Driving every little thing home; was I so wrong, Now the thrill has gone… Sitting here at the cross-roads, Under Heaven’s stormy skies; Well I never felt so alone; Dear, As I do; with all my Blues tonight; They say it’s always darkest; before the dawn, But I just can’t see a way; to carry on, Without your love girl; you know I’m lost. Song lyrics: “All My Blues Tonight” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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-Angels in the Rain – When the world’s against you from the start, When you try your best and it falls apart, When you’re still awake through the longest nights, And you just don’t know how to put things right … When your heart’s been broke and it’s no joke, When you just can’t find your way back home, When you play the game but find the rules have changed, And you’re holding on just trying to keep sane … Let the rhythm of the sound of rain surround you, Let the rhythm of the sound of rain console you, Let the rhythm of the sound – of the rain, Surround you – in love again… When the sun goes down on all your dreams, When storm clouds gather and steal your sleep, When the sound track to your life’s the blues, And no-one seems to get just what you’re going through … When the evening comes and shadows grow, When there’s no escape from the things you know, When you close the door just to be alone, And the tears start and the tears flow … Let the fleeting wings of a thousand Angels, Wash you from your head down to your toes, Let them wash the hurt from your heart and soul, And lift you up where there’s still hope … ______________________________________________________ Song lyrics: “Angels in the Rain” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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Wasted 04:30
- Wasted – Sleeping in my corner of this town, Since the sun came up ‘till the sun goes down, My days are done running with the crowd, Here come the Monday blues, And all I can do is snooze … See; I’ve got nowhere to be I’ve got no job, I’ve got no friends around none to speak of, I’ve got no-one for me since I lost your love, I’ll just be sleeping here without you, Dreaming of the things we used to do … It’s just another day I’m wasting, Just another day; away, I spent another day going nowhere, But then that’s all I’ve ever done, Ever since I was young… So put me in a corner and call me names, Put a dunces hat on for my shame, I don’t know what you think you can change, When I’m just too long in the tooth, To make the changes you want me to … See; I had nowhere to be for all my life, I was drowning; I was waving trying to catch your eye, Feeling like some fool in a nursery rhyme, So put your hands on your head, Just like Simple Simon said … It’s just another day I’m wasting, Just another day; away, I spent another day going nowhere, But then that’s all I’ve come to expect, And that’s exactly what I get. Painted in a corner; I’m on the floor, I’m the only one to blame and that’s for sure, So keep the booze flowing I don’t care no more, Tomorrow I will change my ways, Tomorrow everything must change, Tomorrow I will change my ways, But today I’ve got some time to waste … ___________________________________________________ Song lyrics; “Wasted” by Edward Phillip Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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-For One Night Only.- Stumbling over the wreckage of, A night that crashed in flames, Of a night that fell from a state of grace, Down to the Earth upon its face; Becoming clear as day, As the sun climbed in the sky, All the promises we made in haste, Were only good for the night… For one night only you were my one and only, And we both knew the deal; for one night only, For one night only I was your one and only, And we both knew how we’d feel; for one night only. Struggling with the meanings of, Your words as they slipped away, As the moon and stars began to fade, And the lovers left the stage; We’ve got to keep on dreaming, Thro’ another weary day, Until the moon and stars resume their place, And we play those roles again… Stumbling over the bodies of, The fallen as they slept, Like a murder scene from Macbeth, You exit right; I exit left… Song lyrics: “For One Night Only” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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-Hardwired Heart- I just can’t get myself together today, But if I don’t do something soon I’ll fade away, Maybe it’s all over now maybe it’s far too late, But as long as I have hope you know I’ll try to find a way, To live with no regrets, To forgive myself and forget; it all… I’ve got to find my calling before this day is done, Cause I’m so tired of falling with no-where left to run, And maybe it’s all over now maybe I’ve come undone, But as long as I’m alive there’s still hope under this sun, To live with no regrets, To forgive myself and forget; It was something you said as I turned to go, “Some things you can’t out-run some things you just can’t out-grow, Some things are too hardwired in your heart in your soul, And you can try to hide it but everybody knows”, Hardwired heart; hardwired soul… So I’ve got to take another path another road, Cause the one I was travelling on only led me far from home, But maybe I had to go there just so that I had known, The boundaries of my reason and the limits I would go, To live with no regrets, To forgive myself and forget; it all… The times you needed me and I just wasn’t there, Waiting on your own for me to phone; it wasn’t fair, The times I promised you the earth but gave you air, Making you hurt with words spoken without due care… Hardwired heart; hardwired soul, I’ve got a hardwired heart; hardwired soul. Song lyrics: “Hardwired Heart” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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- Roads All Narrow – Come with me; come over, Girl; come with me to the other side, I may not be the greatest lover, But what I have is a clue to paradise, We can leave behind the prophets of gloom, Telling the world our love is doomed, And the reason why we stay with each other is, The fear we may not – find another… [CHORUS] Life’s been hard and the fashions we follow, Will make us feel safe and our hearts all hollow, The road to love is the narrowest I’ve followed, Where life seems easy - with roads all narrow … [END CHORUS] Come with me; come over, Girl I need you on my side, When the world has judged me though I’ve done no crime, When this world feels like a waste of time, We can take a ride in an air balloon, Hide inside a snug cocoon, Spend an afternoon re-discovering each other, Just you and me girl – under the covers … [CHORUS] Come with me; come over, Girl I’ve been waiting on the other side, I followed the wide road; the long road, The right road and the wrong road, I followed dreams that were much too high, For the both of us to reach, Now as they sink in to the sea, I’m begging you girl – come with me … [CHORUS] _____________________________________________________________ Song lyrics: “Roads All Narrow” by Edward Emsley 2011. Copyright©2011 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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-Forever in a Day- Nothing lasts forever, And nothing ever will, But do you remember, Days when time stood still … When we were together, When we would chase our thrills, Under one umbrella, Eating mushrooms on Priest Hill … And we could see the stars shine, In the day, And we could see the future, Was okay, And we would hold each other, And say; “No, Nothing lasts forever; but, It’s okay, hey, It’s okay, hey, It’s okay, hey, It’s gonna be okay.” No; nothings made to last, Use once and throw away, And everything must pass, Though let our love remain … In flowers of romance; aboard, A funeral cavalcade, We’ll take a chance; and change, The rules of the game … Nothing stood between us, No walls could shut us in, We were never prisoners of, Original sin … No; nothing stood between us, No walls could shut us out, We’d always find each other, Of that; there is no doubt … Song lyrics: “Forever in a Day” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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-The Love Script- Handsome is as handsome does; aint that, What you used to say, I never knew just what you meant and I, Still don’t know to this day… No better than I ought to be; on that, I had; to agree, I should’ve given you all my heart not just, The one small part of me… Things we used to say, Things we used to do, Read like a script from a page, Of a story, Only you; And I could play… What’s done is done; can’t be undone; aint that, What I used to say, In the days we still had time and the world, Was ours to take… But how those words came back to haunt me; as I, Searched the streets for you in vain, And our love became such stuff, As only dreams are made… Things we used to say, Things we used to do, Read like a script from a page, Of a story, Only you; And I could play… Actors on a stage; we were, Actors in a play, In the longest running show, The world has ever; ever known… Song lyrics: “The Love Script” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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In Stasis 04:04
-In Stasis- Hey you; it’s time to change your tune, Remember when you said; ‘you could never lose’, Hey you; it’s time to learn the truth, The day has come and now you’ve got to choose…. Hey you; what you gonna do, When people don’t jump the way you taught ‘em to, Hey you; your chickens’ home to roost, Pecking at your soul; the one you never use… It’s a bear grip; keeping everything, In stasis; holding everything, In a bear grip; keeping everything, In stasis, You’re in a bear grip; holding everything, In stasis – in paralysis. Hey you; it’s all becoming clear, Everything you built was built on fear, Hey you; shouting orders from the rear, Keep your friends close ‘cause your enemies are here… Hey you: it’s gonna cost you dear, When the people don’t move like cows and steers, Hey you; with your privilege and your sneers, You’d better learn to swim in a poor mans’ tears… It’s a bear grip; keeping everything, In stasis; holding everything, In a bear grip; keeping everything, In stasis, You’re in a bear grip; holding everything, In stasis – in paralysis.[666] Hey you; we see you on the news, For all the wrong reasons; keeping us bemused, Hey you; you’re only for the few, While the many can see; you don’t have a clue… Song lyrics: “In Stasis” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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DNA 03:32
-DNA- Take me high; It takes me low, On a roller-coaster ride, To a destiny unknown, Make me smile; It makes me cry, I feel just like a voodoo child, These things I feel; I don’t know why … [CHORUS] I feel it in my DNA, I feel it as it starts to change, And I feel it in my genes, Shrunk- fit and machine cleaned. I feel it in my DNA, But I may as well be gay, ‘Cause I’m passing nothing on, No not here – not today. [END CHORUS] Take me up; It takes me down, It takes me right to the top, And spins me back to the ground, Make it stop; No; make it start, Make me think I’m in control, Pump adrenaline to my heart … Song lyrics: “DNA” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley. All rights reserved.
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-Tempo 32(Judgement Day.)- It was always going to be this way, Through the course of the actions; of the deeds we cannot change, All the patterns of the past are repeating every day, And it seems in fate we’re destined to make the same mistakes… Woe. Life; always coming and going leaving us far behind, Looking for answers in teachings that helped and hindered our lives, Since the times of Abraham when G-d walked among the tribes, Until the end when the dead rise again for one last kiss goodbye… Woe. And the day was always coming; the return of the Messiah, But who now still believes Him when science has shown us its fire? And the age of reason has cast out all the deniers from, The market places where the Prophets’ can find no buyers… Woe. And they were always coming; the days of our reckoning, Weighed in the balance at the fulcrum of everything, And they care not weather you believe in sin, Just keep on what you’re doing and let the judgement begin… Woe. It was always coming; the judgement day, And it was always going to be this way… Song lyrics: “Tempo 32(Judgement Day.)” by Edward Emsley 2012. Copyright©2012 Edward Phillip Emsley.All rights reserved.
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-It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue- You must leave now take what you need; you think will last, But whatever you wish to keep you’d better grab it fast, Yonder stands your orphan with his gun, Crying like a fire in the sun, Look out the Saints are coming through, And it’s all over now, Baby Blue… The highway is for gamblers better use your sense, Take what you have gathered from coincidence, The empty handed painter from your streets, Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets, The sky too is folding under you, And it’s all over now, Baby Blue… All your sea-sick sailors they’re all; rowing home, Your empty handed armies are all going home, Your lover who just walked out the door, Has taken all his blankets from the floor, The carpet too is moving under you, And it’s all over now, Baby Blue… Leave your stepping stones behind there’s something that calls for you, Forget the dead you left they will not follow you, The vagabond who’s rapping at your door, Is standing in the clothes that you once wore, Strike another match go start anew, And it’s all over now, Baby Blue… Song lyrics: “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” by Bob Dylan From the album: “Bringing It All Back Home”, released 03/65.

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This is the final album in my 2013 Trilogy. Actually it was the first album I began working on but I wasn't happy with it - track #8 I'm still 'iffy' about but hay- ho here it is in all it's D.I.Y glory!

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released December 2, 2013

All music and lyrics by E.P Emsley except for track#12, 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue', courtesy of Bob Dylan. Art work 'still' taken from the Steven Spielberg movie, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', courtesy Columbia EMI.
Recorded at home in Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K using a Boss BR micro-digital recorder and MixCraft6 software.

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EP Emsley UK

Currently residing in Bradford, Yorkshire, U.K, Edward Phillip Emsley has had a keen duel interest in both music and science from an early age.
A self taught musician, his main instruments are the acoustic guitar and keyboard.

All the songs here were recorded between February 2011 and August 2013 .


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