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The Ghosts Of Punk Rock

by BILLY LIAR

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1.
I put away my party shoes and I cut off my mohawk I need to back up my arguments and not just be all talk I'm so bored of watching bands all just fade into the same song The same band, no-one's saying anything, nothing's getting done I want to see your blood spilt on the stage I want to hear your heartbeat through the PA I want to hear true adolescent rage I want to be inspired, I want to see something change I'm tired of drinking until the band get better I want to hear bands that make me dance, even when I'm sober Reunion tours, rocking the cashbox, you said you'd get back together When Hell was frozen over Chorus Is that too much to ask? Probably. Chorus.
2.
(For The Exploited) I met Gary McCormack in the basement of a tenement flat And he told me 'a man's a man for a' that' I met Big John Duncan in the windowless kitchen of a Tollcross flat And he told me 'nothing lasts forever, and that's that' The ghosts of punk rock, they walk these streets The ghosts of punk rock, they walk these streets I met Wattie Buchan in a crowded bar, and he told me all the things he'd learnt hadn't got him that far He gets criticised a lot for his money and his flash car But I don't think you should use the same brush or the same tar I don't think you should use the same brush or the same tar Cause without him, there would be no Dead Cities Without him, there would be no Alternative Without him, there would be no UK 82 And it was him that wrote Army Life, not you. The ghosts of punk rock, they walk these streets.
3.
You say that you feel trapped, suffocated by the city's skyline And you just can't relax, well, I'm inclined to disagree You see, you and me, we see things differently And the smoke and the smog in the city streets, are what remind my heart to beat I see romance in the rooftops, beauty in the billboards The industrial age seems like the glory days, the golden age But you long for the trees, the hills and the mountain top to take your breath away and make your heart stop Far away from freezing on a park bench, waiting for the landlord's knock To you the grass is always greener, than concrete blocks and cold brick walls You're more inspired by the rivers than shopping malls and toilet stalls It never meant much to me, I'd trade a beautiful view for graffiti But that's the difference, between you and me These city streets where beggars sleep Are where my heart lies and what remind it to beat These city streets ruled by liars, thieves and cheats Are where the sunrise looks most beautiful to me, most beautiful to me Chorus And that's the difference, between you and me.
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Leaving Town 02:56
(For Sam) The whole city's shut down, and I'm the only one around Walking home in the dark, wondering where you are I've got six miles to go, my boots drum out a tattoo on the tarmac And I haven't seen your face since I got home I haven't seen anyone, it's easier alone And she said 'nothing worth keeping ever happens that fast' She learnt all of her lessons in the past And I sat down on the staircase with my head in my hands And I thought about leaving town, and never coming back I talked to a friend after the funeral And he said we were going nowhere fast And we drank to Sam's memory, drank to our misery Drank til there was nothing left for either of us to say Nothing worth keeping ever happens that fast We learnt all of our lessons in the past And I sat down on the staircase with my head in my hands And I thought about leaving town, and never coming back About leaving town, and never coming back About leaving town, I'm never coming back.

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Billy Liar - vocals, acoustic guitar

Recorded by John Lindsay and Alasdair Kampff.

All songs written by Billy Liar, copyright control 2013.

Photos by Chris Scott. Artwork by Tactile Industries.

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released January 17, 2013

'Acutely sharp and self aware - uncluttered realism and a hand on heart narrative..... His greatest summing up of exasperation so far... Billy Liar earns his stripes in the real places among the real emotions.'

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'A rousing attack - blood and guts passion'

LOUDER THAN WAR

'With one leap forward he has gone from being a very good acoustic punk troubadour to a level that leaves that behind and sees him settling shoulder to shoulder with some of the people that he would consider to be his influences'

IT'S A **** THING

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