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Leaves

by Jimmy Lions

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    Comes in a high quality Digipak with original artwork by Amelia Woodrow Arai.
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1.
Across The Sea I was born when I was very young I did not know you would come to be mine I’m not the type who would just presume Your heart had room for me I’ve wasted many years on growing up I’m still not the man I’d like to be now But I always had you by my side To be a friend of yours fills me with pride And in your hour of need I’m only just across the sea And I can get back home to you The learning curve has yet to straighten out At least one part of life holds no doubt You I’ll always carry in my heart Even as we live so far apart And in your hour of need I’m only just across the sea And I can get back home to you And if the foot was in another shoe I know that you would do The same for me That’s one of life’s riches that only comes for free We were born when we were very young The song of our lives remains half sung We’ll meet for a chorus once again When someday soon we will be men And in your hour of need I’m only just across the sea And I can get back home to you
2.
Amblin' 03:00
Amblin’ Scurrying the eye drawn Bickering what are we Rodents hold the upper guile Take the ticket to the stile Stare a while Coloured conscious of our facts Disturbed lest but a soul reacts Friction growing on notes Direction home found on remotes It’s what this promotes Upon the waning of the moon We all are moved Yet we only move so far My dream was a transparent leaf So beautiful the detail of the veins They were the tracks of the soft touch of hard love Whoever said that blood runs thicker than sap Upon the borders of the map We all fall into the trap Of thinking something separates And as we spin our plates Some will break
3.
Fire In The Mountain They lit a fire in the mountain Never let it go out We sat with the dragon We drank with the stars and smoke The moon lit us on our way Summer began the next day In the fields there was music In the fields people and trees Oh what more could you need There’s wood-smoke on the breeze So far from the noise and fluorescent light The fire in the mountain burned bright We found the river in its bed Ambled up to kiss at the mouth In the water was music In the water feet on stones This is my kind of peace In a place that whispers poems So far from the noise and polluted night The fire in the mountain burned bright All embers turn to cold ash We finished all the drink and we smoked that hash In the fields there was music In the fields people and trees This is my kind of peace There’s wood-smoke on the breeze
4.
Parting 02:27
Parting I don’t want this to leave a scar though I know we won’t be able to forget about each other oh not that I want to you know what I mean you always did but that’s not enough I’m gone. I don’t want this to leave a scar though I know we won’t be able to forget about each other oh not that I want to you know what I mean you always did but that’s not enough I’m gone. You know what I mean you always did but that’s not enough I’m gone.
5.
She Moved Through The Fair My young love said to me My mother won’t mind And my father won’t slight you for your lack of kind And she stepped away from me As this she did say It will not be long love ‘til our wedding day She stepped away from me As she moved through the fair So fondly I watched her move here and move there And when we roved homeward With one star awake ‘Twas like a swan in the evening moves over the lake Last night as I lay dreaming My dead love came in So softly she moved that her feet made no din And she laid her hands on me As this she did say It will not be long love ‘til our wedding day
6.
Thighs Bleed 03:57
Thighs Bleed Wet petaled bodies Pivot of expended breath Hearts rapt in clover 100円 Shop Japan Centre on acid Crazy! Monkey! Love! Slide the length of her Fuck deep and hard Bodies bound love bitten thighs bleed Crop that never fails Information rotation The great unlearning Infinite surprise Perpetual amazement Shock awe ovation Slide the length of her Fuck deep and hard Bodies bound love bitten thighs bleed We can’t get back to Brixton My love is with the rising sun I inhale the dusk But there’s a golden mean To this fading light Shall I meet you there Slide the length of her Fuck deep and hard Bodies bound love bitten thighs bleed
7.
Heart Holder 02:48
Heart Holder She is my heart holder Her hands carry me on In the nook of neck and shoulder Our bodies fit and we belong Fluent is our language shape We speak our silken tongue Her lips electrify my nape Our love is young Her skin is cashmere velvet linen Her voice the pulse of day a-quiver Her body’s fruits lay un-forbidden I only need a sliver Fluent is our language shape We speak our silken tongue Her lips electrify my nape Our love is young She is the holder of my heart Taking care with such restraint Tender is her loving art It’s nature’s paint
8.
Stranger 04:50
Stranger Dusk dark dawn and today will spawn another yawning chasm I'll wipe off the ectoplasm of the night and yawn right back Another aspiration will be strapped to my knee I'll develop a limp and wimp out of the simple steps needed To succeed at elucidating dreams And editing reams of romance chance and circumstance Body building nonchalance will end my slumber As it encumbers me with a number of reasons for disquiet I'll try it and then spit it out It will find some way of re-entering my mouth As the hours are looped and overdubbed at will I'll still feel duped And grouped in with the runners of the mill Grinding my gormless grunts into gravel I'll unravel and meander as I continue to pander To prophecies produced by my team of personalities Minor insanities and wholesale calamities Combining and conspiring to convince me I'm real They'll weave me a blanket to help me conceal The fear of next year next month and next week I've only got one face and I've already turned the other cheek But I'll stare this down at some point in the day And be okay for a while and smile And embrace this place and the trace of some magic dust Or long lost lust which I trust gave rise to this playground minefield of giddy tragedy I tiptoe through and whisper in I'll want to move and start fresh Smelling of mint with a glint in my eye But I spy with my little mind A fraction of all I have yet to find And most of that is gonna stay hidden While my curiosity's bedridden And decomposing and supposing I'll never change I'll be estranged from within if I don't begin to extend my range And leave this exile I'll revile my declarations of expectations And all the tender ministrations received in between will mean nought If that thought re-occurs and slurs are heard detrimental to my elemental balance My ears are aching and full of wax Spatial awareness has relaxed and taken maternity leave I believe the birth will be complex What sex the offspring who knows What next for me well I suppose I'll come to my senses And my defences will flourish as I continue to nourish them With guessing games played and unplayed and splayed apart to show the grain As I feign pain to claim the same gain I've always garnered from this wood It should in theory feel good To grow weary of my one truth And compute and dispute my path my way my journey My roads converge and urge the inklings to grow from twinklings Into beacons of streaming light On the verge of a surge towards a destination
9.
The Face On The Money He leaves to fight for his queen Not for his children or their mother When he walks out that door he thinks he’s clean That the dirt only sticks to the other So why does he feel That something’s deeply wrong He made his vows to another one And now he’s fighting for The face on the money She could leave to sit for peace But that is not a profitable reason Compassionate release Isn’t that what they call treason? No wonder she feels That something’s deeply wrong She made her vows to only one And now he’s fighting for The face on the money Apprehension Duty takes over He’s coming home Will he come home? Apprehension Duty takes over He’s coming home Will he come home? Not if she hears That something’s deeply wrong He gave his life to that other one And now he’s dying for The face on the money Why would you die for The face on the money Why would you die for The symbol on the illusion
10.
Promise 04:27
Promise The first promise I ever made I went back on The first fire I sat around I let it burn to the ground That was when I still had somewhere to be found I’m so tired of rubbing these sticks together And telling my story again I know all the rules they’re written on my heart That won’t stop me from tearing them apart They’re the same ones I broke at the start I don’t have to put myself out I just have to learn to burn in a different way
11.
Hooks 03:50
Hooks In the folds of her garments You lose all your marbles She’s the unforgiving kind The lash of her tongue Leaves your body so stung Yet you still work on her daily grind Her smile can speak loudly Is it loving or proudly Washing away your esteem A part of you is certain That if leaving would hurt then To stay is to wait on a dream Wait on a dream Hooks sunk in She will not ever let go That’s not love She’s just the devil you know Should you break her heart Well you could make a fresh start And you could melt into the pot of this town Should you remain Well you’ll chew on your pain In the end you’ll just swallow it down Swallow your pride Hooks sunk in She will not ever let go That’s not love She’s just the devil you know Cut the cord Exchange some blues For those years of solitude In the whites of her eyes You see marital ties You lose all reason and rhyme In the midst of her grip You hear your will rip And you hand over all of your precious time Hooks sunk in She will not ever let go That’s not love She’s just the devil you know Hooks sunk in She’s just the devil you know That’s not love She will not ever let go She will not ever let go She will not ever let go
12.
Song For Robin Welcome to the world Enjoy your stay You will learn to laugh and play Get to know the man You’ll keep for sure And the woman you’ll always adore It’s ok You’ll learn love And as you sleep those years away They’re the two that will forever stay In your heart well they made it You’re lucky Your father is so true And your mother knows herself as well as you You’ll forget that From time to time You’ll remember when they stay so kind It’s ok You’ll learn love And as you fight those years away They’re the two that will forever stay In your heart well they made it You’ve got it all to come And you’ll know right from wrong You’ll feel like you’ve got it all to prove But know that you’ll always belong ‘Cos when you grow up loved You grow up strong When you grow up loved You grow up strong It’s ok You found love

about

Recorded and produced by Jon Hall at Goodge Place Studios,
London in December 2011 and February 2012.

Additional production by George Stewart.
Except ‘Song For Robin’ and ‘The Face On The Money’ recorded at home in Walworth, London.

All tracks mixed and mastered by Jimmy at Goodge Place Studios, London in March 2012.

All songs written by Jimmy Lions, except ‘Amblin’ and ‘Thighs Bleed’ written by Jimmy Lions and Amelia Woodrow Arai,
and ‘She Moved Through The Fair’ trad. arr. Jimmy Lions.

Thanks to all friends and family everywhere. This album is for all of you.

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released September 3, 2012

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