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Staring at the Sun

Lado 1
1. Staring at the Sun

Lado 2
2. North and South of the River
3. Your Blue Room
4. Staring at the Sun (Monster Truck Mix)
5. Staring at the Sun (Sad Bastards Mix)
6. Staring at the Sun (Lab Rat Mix)

Staring at the Sun

     Summer stretching on the grass
     Summer dresses pass
     In the shade of a willow tree
     Creeps a crawling over me

     Over me and over you
     Stuck together with God's glue
     It's going to get stickier too
     It's been a long hot summer
     Let's get under cover
     Don't try too hard to think
     Don't think at all

     I'm not the only one
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid of what you'd find
     If you took a look inside

     I'm not just deaf and dumb
     Staring at the sun
     Not the only one
     Who's happy to go blind

     There's an insect in your ear
     If you scratch it won't disappear
     It's going to itch and burn and sting
     You want to see what the scratching brings

     Waves that leave me out of reach
     Breaking on your back like a beach
     Will we ever live in peace
     'Cause those that can't do
     Often have to
     Yeah those that can't do
     Often have to preach

     To the ones
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid you'd gone too far
     When you took on your guitar

     Intransigence is all around
     Military still in town
     Armour plated suits and ties
     Daddy just won't say goodbye

     Referee won't blow the whistle
     God is good but will He listen
     I'm nearly great
     But there's something missing
     I left it in the duty free
     But you never really belonged to me

     You're not the only one
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid of what you'd find
     If you stepped back inside

     Sucking on my thumb
     I'm staring at the sun
     Not the only one
     Who's happy to go blind

North & South of the River

     I want to reach out over the lough
     And feel your hand across the water

     Walk with you along an unapproved road
     Not looking over my shoulder

     I want to see, and I want to hear
     To understand your fears
     But we're north & south of the river

     I've been doing it wrong all of my life
     This holy town has turned me over
     A young man running from what he didn't understand
     But the wind from the lough just got colder and colder

     There was a badness that had it's way
     Love was not lost, love will have it's day
     North & south of the river
     North & south of the river

     Can we stop playing these old tattoos?
     Darling, I don't have the answer
     I want to meet you
     Where you are
     I don't need you to surrender
     There's no feeling
     That's so alone
     As when the one you're hurting is your own
     North & south of the river
     North & south of the river
     North & south of the river

     Some high ground is not worth taking
     Some connections are not worth making
     There's an old church bell no longer ringing
     Some old songs are not worth bringing
     North (Some high ground is not worth taking)
     North & south of the river

Your Blue Room

     It's time to go again
     To your blue room
     Got some questions to ask of you
     In your blue room
     The air is clean
     Your skin is clear
     I've had enough of hanging 'round here
     It's a different kind of conversation
     In your blue room
     Saw me coming
     In and outside
     Saw me coming
     Somewhere to hide
     And time is a string of pearls... your blue room
     Once again
     See the future just hanging there... your blue room
     A new frame, a new perspective
     Looking down on my objectives
     Your instructions whatever their directions
     Your blue room
     Saw me coming
     East by the moon
     Saw me coming
     Can you feel
     (It's allright)
     Your blue room
     One day I'll be back... your blue room
     Yeah, I hope I remember where it's at... your blue room
     We see me slide down
     Won't you give me a home
     So much for change
     Zooming in
     Zooming out
     Nothing I can't do without
     A lens to it all up close
     To Magnify what no one knows
     Never in company
     Never alone
     No car alarm
     No cellular phone

Staring at the Sun (Monster Truck Mix)

     Summer stretching on the grass
     Summer dresses pass
     In the shade of a willow tree
     Creeps a crawling over me

     I'm not the only one
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid of what you'd find
     If you took a look inside

     Not just deaf and dumb
     Staring at the sun
     Not the only one
     Who's happy to go blind

     There's an insect in your ear
     If you scratch it won't disappear
     It's going to itch and burn and sting
     You want to see what the scratching brings

     To the ones
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid you'd gone too far
     If you took a look inside

     Not just deaf and dumb
     Staring at the sun
     Not the only ones
     Who'd rather go blind

     Intransigence is all around
     Military still in town
     Armour plated suits and ties
     Daddy just won't say goodbye

     Referee won't blow the whistle
     God is good but will He listen
     I'm really great
     But there's something missing
     I left it in the duty free area
     But you never really belonged to me

     You're not the only one
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid of what you'd find
     If you stepped back inside

     Now I'm sucking on my thumb
     Staring at the sun
     Not the only one
     Who's happy to go blind

Staring at the Sun (Sad Bastards Mix)

     Summer stretching on the grass
     Summer dresses pass
     In the shade of a willow tree
     Creeps a crawling over me

     I'm not the only one
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid of what you'd find
     If you took a look inside

     Not just deaf and dumb
     Staring at the sun
     Not the only one
     Who's happy to go blind

     There's an insect in your ear
     If you scratch it won't disappear
     It's going to itch and burn and sting
     You want to see what the scratching brings

     Waves that leave me out of reach
     Breaking on your back like a beach
     Will we ever live in peace?
     'Cause those that can't do
     Often have to
     Yeah those that can't do
     Often have to preach

     Intransigence is all around
     Military still in town
     Armour plated suits and ties
     Daddy just won't say goodbye

     You're not the only one
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid of what you'd find
     If you stepped back inside

     Now I'm sucking on my thumb
     I'm staring at the sun
     Not the only one
     Who's happy to go blind

     You're not the only one
     Staring at the sun
     Afraid of what you'd find
     If you stepped back inside
     Now I'm sucking on my thumb
     I'm staring at the sun
     Not the only one
     Who's happy to go blind

     Not the only one
     Who's happy to go blind

Staring at the Sun (Lab Rat Mix)