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It Starts Here

by BILLY LIAR

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1.
I'm on a one man mission to find integrity in music Almost every singer starts off with it, but somehow they all lose it And I don't know why, maybe it's the drugs and money There's a bitter taste in my mouth, that joke was never funny It starts here, in the bars, in the streets, in the people It starts here, if you feel something about anything Please stand up, please stand up, and make yourself heard It starts here, and it keeps on going I'm sick sick sick of all the same old voices going through the same old motions I've heard it all before, seen it all before, and I'm so tired And I'm so tired, your dishonesty is boring me, this is really boring me I've read this book from cover to cover, I know how it ends It starts here, on the bus, in the shops, in the people It starts here, if you feel something about anything Please stand up, please stand up, and make yourself heard It starts here, and it keeps on going, and it keeps on going It starts here Chorus It starts here, and it keeps on going....
2.
Well it started near on six months ago, you started talking in your own code, I cannot decipher, I don't know what you mean now So speak up, speak up and take a glass from the sink And start again, start again, start by having another drink Take another drink, and then say what you mean Just have another think, and then explain yourself How can we live in a house where no-one talks to anyone? Constant baited breath, secrets whispered, never said These doors are all locked, they've all been slammed shut, been slammed shut So let's open the windows, and run outside, and run outside Take another drink, and then say what you mean Just have another think, and then explain yourself Explain yourself How can a house full of people feel so alone? And at what point does a house become a home? So speak up, speak up and take a glass from the sink And start again, start again, start by having another drink
3.
Is It Me? 02:24
I'm owe a lot of people a lot of money, and a lot of people lots more I don't know how I got into this mess, I don't wanna be here anymore I've been keeping my head down for as long as I could My life's been moving on without me, I should have known that it would Another morning, I wake up from the same nightmare I was back in my old school again, and you were there You were there Can someone tell me please Is it the alcohol singing this song or is it me? Will someone tell me please Is it the alcohol singing this song, or is it me? All I know, I've got one pair of boots and one pair of jeans Yes of course it's naive, but I wear my heart on my sleeve I've been keeping my head down for as long as I could My life's been moving on without me, I should have known that it would Can someone tell me please Is it the alcohol singing this song or is it me? Will someone tell me please Is it the alcohol singing this song, or is it me? Is it the alcohol killing this song, or is it me? Or is it me?
4.
I'll give you five for a tenner, and you'll lose your mind for free We'll swagger onto the dancefloor, another Saturday night casualty Don't worry, you look fine, we look just wonderful Just forget why we came here, and leave your dignity at the door Take one look at yourself, you're losing it Take one good look at yourself, you're losing it You're down at heel, you've been spat out, tossed out, and turned around You're too old for this, ha!, too young for this, it's an old man's game, and you're losing Take one look at yourself, you're losing it, You're losing it now Take one good look at yourself, you're losing it And you're losing oh so badly, oh so terribly They're forty years too late, and you're forty years too early And haven't we been here before? I'm sure we had this conversation just last week But don't worry about it right now Just lose yourself to the beat Take one look at yourself, you're losing it You've lost it
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I'm so sick of feeling tired, and I'm so tired of feeling sick I've given up giving up, another flimsy excuse So won't you take the day off work and we can go somewhere? You know you work too hard, you work too hard you know You see I haven't much to offer you but what I have got I will give I don't know when my next wage is coming in, and that's no way to live So let's go, let's go somewhere It seems my friends and I had a race to see who'd be destroyed first But when we reached the finish line together, nobody won This booze and drug culture is bringing me down, self destruction is not rebellion; nobody won You see I haven't much to offer you, but what I have got I will give I don't know where my next wage is coming from, and that's no way to live So let's go, let's go somewhere Anywhere you want to go, I'll be right there with you Anywhere you want to go, I'll be right there by your side Anywhere you want to go, I will be there So let's go somewhere Verse 1 Chorus

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Billy Liar - vocals, acoustic/electric guitars
Robin Guy - drums
Nick Mailing - bass
Acey Slade - guitar/backing vocals

Produced by Acey Slade
Engineered by Nick Mailing at Lost Boys Studio, Bedford

All songs written by Billy Liar, copyright control 2009.

Artwork by Dazz Warr.
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released April 1, 2009

'This is important music and maybe the proudest thing I've been involved in.'

ACEY SLADE (Joan Jett & The Black Hearts/Trashlight Vision/Murderdolls/Amen)

'Bloody infectious. A damn near perfect EP of folky acoustic punk. Seriously great'

LIGHTS GO OUT ZINE

'Billy Liar is the real f**kin deal... & he kills it. Every time. Catchy-as-hell, stick-in-your-face kinda street anthems, that instantly became all of our "new favourite song". I'd kill to play again with him. Long Live Billy Liar.'

ROBIN GUY (Rachel Stamp/Sham 69/The King Blues/Faith No More/Bruce Dickinson/The Grit/The Business/Lars Frederiksen)

'The natural poetics capture the balance and tension of normal life while the clever idiosyncratic fusion of punk rock and acoustic guitar fanfare each observation comprehensively. Billy Liar is the town centre wordsmith and backstreet philosopher and has played more venues than anyone else of his generation - something most of his peers can only gawp at!'

SUBBA-CULTCHA

‘Excellent- honesty and integrity- that’s what we need!’

TV SMITH (The Adverts)

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