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The Idea and the Will

by Two Short Planks

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1.
Bottoms up and I'm creeping back and I don't even want to say thank you I've had enough, my heads rolled up and there's puking by the pool table. My mouth is dry from the 23rd roll-up and a mans shouting bollocks from the corner The grease-backed nightshift drunkards swaying and singing To his choice on the duke box blues the barman smiles and he says 'hello' But he's only counting his money Through beer and smoke and the usual folk Today the jokes just aren't funny. I put in my pound and glance around as a cur butt nudges my shoulder I press C9 B3 H1 then I'm singing To my choice on the duke box blues I don't think I can stagger home my knees will give way I don't think I can stagger home my knees will give way the kids walk in with big fat grins and huddle themselves in the corner They curse and hiss as I pass for a piss Now I'm swaying by the urinal. A voice from cubicle one says something and a noise emanates from the second. A blast of heat as I beat a retreat back to the sound Of my choice on the duke box blues I don't think I can stagger home my knees will give way I don't think I can stagger home my knees will give way
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Waking up Feel my head pounding Staggering across the landing Down the stairs Breakfast toast Go to work Eat some lunch Say 'hello, how are you' Come on home Sit alone Pen and paper with you I've been here before Day after day after day after day Weekend comes Pressures really on me Who can I phone to comfort me? I want to get drunk I'd better phone up quick Don't want to sit alone again Who will want me While I hate myself What sane mind can sit through this shit I'm lucky I have a good friend I've been here before Day after day after day after day Stagger home Kick a roadsign or two Shout some abuse Blame my life on somebody else Fumble keys Stare at the TV Smoke red eyes, heavy Aching back Cold when I awake at night Pull up the soft quilt Restless sleep Get up late Squint my eyes At the Monday sun I've been here before Day after day after day after day
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Side by Side 04:02
If I fail Can I have my life again Would you undress me And put me to bed Where I can curl up small And hide away When things go beyond my simple grasp And slip on by into the dark Where I find it hard to crawl And take control Take control Got to believe in yourself Got to feel in control not in a middle of a mess And if I sail Past all my hopes and dreams That I held dear When I was young I want to stand up tall And say I tried If I turn away And then return Can I take you arm and walk side by side Open you mouth and say those words That I want to hear Got to believe in yourself Got to feel in control not in a middle of a mess
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Forget my face I’m nothing Leave this place, you are free Staring for so long into the mirror But the eyes looking back don’t help me Don’t help me. I’ve made up my mind to stand by you And when you’re gone I can see What it is to be with you But do the eyes looking back want me? Do they want me? I miss your hugs in the evening They make me smile when I’m down But I’m not sure that I’m worth it But the eyes looking back they want me They want me.
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I know I’ve been stupid most of my days, no-one can blame me more than me, there’s one thing I don’t want to know, Is how happy you are without me, It’s how happy you are without me. No excuse I’m stuck in darkness when in sunshines, I open up my eyes and I can't see, But there one thing you can say for me to go, it’s how happy you are without me, how happy you are without me. I’ve worked hard at work but I’m losing it at home, I’m bottled up and isolated from you, I’ll understand when you say to me, I’m leaving, I’m happier without you, I’m leaving, ‘cos I’m happier without you.
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I woke up that fateful day Wondered where my future lay You turned my world upside down Because you said you loved me. Wavy wavy dark black hair Smiling face I had no care intoxicating liqueur store beckons me no more... we sometimes. I liked the way I used to be I liked the way I used to be Sad and lonely in my tree I was comfortable you see But I suppose that now I’m free You opened up my eyes that day I couldn’t think of what to say I was sad and happy Both at the same time I look out of the window See her standing there As my face turns green I wondered where my heart has been... in my stomach I liked the way I used to be I liked the way I used to be Sad and lonely in my tree I was comfortable you see But I suppose that now I’m free Well it’s getting on and I’m feeling old My bodies young but my mind is mouldy Those early moments appear again They tell me what its all about So here I sit alone today Two years or so the game we’ve played Roller coaster up and down I’m sure I’m getting better now... so happy I liked the way I used to be I liked the way I used to be Sad and lonely in my tree I was comfortable you see But I suppose that now I’m free I never thought I’d hear myself Say I was so happy I suppose now I’m free.
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Here I am sitting by the river, there it is staring back at me, The sun is shining through the canopy down on me Here I sit and I’m not sure that its me I’ve just realised what means more to me, I could not see that in front of me, It’s the family. I would never profess to being perfect, Neither thank God would anyone, what good does it do, comparing me to you, when all I need to know is you’ll be there for me. I’ve just realised what means more to me, I could not see that in front of me, It’s the family. The voice, speaking back in distant tones, just enough to help me through again, a human touch when God has gone and left me bare, It’s then I realise that you’ll be there for me. I’ve just realised what means more to me, I could not see that in front of me, It’s the family.
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I put my hat on step outside, its raining again. Dark and cold, my necks exposed, As I pull my scarf in tighter. I don’t think I can go on, no I don’t think I can go on. Streetlight casts a yellow glow on icy street below. We gathered here on that funeral day, seems like yesterday I don’t think I can go on, no I don’t think I can go on. And there’s the field we’d run a play football all day. The heart was light, it seemed so bright, I think I grew too fast A misty path through an old church yard, where I know God’s on guard. Screeching cars, turf out from bars, a distant drunkard shouting. I don’t think I can go on, no I don’t think I can go on. A bustling queue to a dirty van, through paper and lager cans Young Asian man he gets a stare, large group, white, don’t care. I don’t think I can go on, no I don’t think I can go on. The noise it fades I move away, see two shadows down an alley way. They stop to kiss, embrace and smile, then walk off hand in hand. I don’t think I can go on, no I don’t think I can go on. Resigned pause as I push the door, I don’t think I can take much more. Stagger up towards my bed, Drunk again I can rest my head. I don’t think I can go on, no I don’t think I can go on. Roll a cigerette and toke it hard, It’s still raining hard. Sip the whisky from my flask, getting through a day seems harder. I don’t think I can go on, no I don’t think I can go on.
9.
If I cannot care for me Then how can I share my life with you But someday, motivating’s tough without you It’s mad, but on those happy days The back of my mind is wondering, how long it will last The pain of leaving everything and holding on to time as it move past
10.
Victim mentality The state doesn’t owe me anything I can make it on my own I can face the world alone if I wanted to It’s easy to blame all but me The pain I feel, the troubles that I’m going through It’s not someone else's fault It’s my own, it’s my own I don’t look above no more The love I feel for those I’ve lost is inside of me The life I choose to live is mine It is mine, it is mine
11.
Tell Me So 03:02
When you decide that you don’t want me no more, Turn you head, break my heart, walk out the door. When the sky is dark and we drift apart, Just write or phone but tell me so, Please tell me so. When you decide that you don’t want me know more, Walking through the acts of love but nothing more, If you’re hanging onto dreams without me there, just write or phone but tell me so, Please tell me so.
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Just Enough 02:21
Its late but I forgot to say Thank you, so I’m saying it today You did just enough to save me By giving out all you had to give By giving out all you had to give. Life worried you each day A ruffled brow gave it all away There’s no way we can deny That being there was just enough for us That being there was just enough for us. Now that you have passed on I didn’t want you to go unsung Thanks for the bad undone As I sit alone right now I begin to wonder how If I did not understand I sure as hell know now I sure as hell know now Life worried you each day A ruffled brow gave it all away There’s no way we can deny That being there was just enough for us That being there was just enough for us.

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A selection of 12 original songs, written, performed and recorded by two short planks

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released September 30, 2013

Written, performed and recorded by two short planks

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The more we learn, the less we know we don't know. Perpetually humble in life's vastness, the music of Two Short Planks is just one persons snippet of our daily awe using a mix of guitar, piano, synths and vocals, played averagely.

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