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In Debt (album)

by Jonny Cola & The A-Grades

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1.
Leave your hat on, baby When you’re out round here Avoid the eyes, and march on Keep it casual Leave the hood off, baby Get it all right here Cover my eyes so I won’t see you Keep it casual Cos I’ve got a sense I know it Someone will send me up to heaven tonight Heaven tonight And I’ve got no sense, y’know Someone’s gonna send me up to heaven tonight Tonight I think they’re fireworks, but they might be gunshots They look like fireworks, but ring out like gunshots I hope they’re fireworks, but they burn like gunshots So bring on the fireworks And let loose the gunshots Cos I’ve got a sense I know it Someone will send me up to heaven tonight Heaven tonight And I’ve got no sense, y’know So someone’s gonna send me up to heaven tonight Tonight You said that you preferred Zone 2 But you’re 100 million light years from me now And you said a lot of things, it's true But you’re 100 million light years from me now They're fireworks They're gunshots
2.
The streetlights on standby Watchful and hissing and I… Imagine that they’ll flicker out around me No light in the hallway Left on the latch – I always… Knew this was gonna be a dark place The darkest yet, but… I want to stay right here forever Please let us stay right there forever But we came apart on Marlborough Road On Marlborough Road Repeatedly I fell apart on Marlborough Road On Marlborough Road Plus one makes three now You don’t know what you lack Till it’s present… correct Keep smiling, no frowning Your looks could shoot the aeroplane down in… One second’s lapse of concentration But this smile is distorting Mix Glen’s – 11 in the morning I think perhaps I’ve reached the stage where The wind will change and… I will be stuck like this forever We could’ve been stuck like that forever But we came apart on Marlborough Road On Marlborough Road Repeatedly I fell apart on Marlborough Road On Marlborough Road A simple operation goes awry The King is Dead – I saw it in his eyes When all the money comes to nothing Baby, it’s a sin After the fire comes the flood The ceiling’s caving in So let it burn Let it burn Let slip the dogs Bring hail and fog The ground will open up Let it burn Let it burn Let all the dead inside my head Rise up and roam the earth Cos it’s time…
3.
The Party's Over (free) 03:40
Midnight on the pavement and it’s all gone wrong We were dancing till the lights came on, now… We’re not tired and we’re still young Well, young enough to get angry As the old boys stake their claim again Can’t you feel it all just drip-drip-dripping away? I think it might just be the moment To stamp the visa and get out Get out! The party’s over We’ve drunk it dry Get out! Arrange your clothes Just leave your phone, your keys and… Get out! Run for the hills Where it’s safe and dry Get out! This party’s over Let’s start another tonight So anyway, baby I see the scars have healed You’re going up in the world Well, you might as well move to Luxembourg Well, not for the sake of your bank account Come on, they’re rallied against us now Get out! The party’s over We’ve drunk it dry Get out! Arrange your clothes Just leave your phone, your keys and… Get out! Run for the hills Where it’s safe and dry Get out! This party’s over Hangover Day one, we’ve just begun Strung out from having too much fun Well, fighter, hello Are you good to go another round with me? Day two, comment vas-tu? I dreamt of someone else but you The tea is made, the record’s on The vital connection’s gone Next day, bist du OK? Bone-dry against the London clay Well, lover, I’m sure It’s happened before But everything from last night backwards Gets a little hazy and it’s Not for want of trying Everything, anything To feel the miracle of life inside me The party’s over All the free booze in the world won’t make me love you We can have all of the booze in the world I'll never love you
4.
Hideaway 37 04:05
Oh mirror, mirror What’s your problem? Those eyes which follow me around It’s been ’09 for 69 hours But I can’t contemplate the ground Here in the debris of the buffet You’ll find the rubble of a heart Part is buried on Dog Island And another’s in a bin in Dartmouth Park Don’t go there in the dark Cos you might just find something inside A handwritten note passed on in the night Don’t hide away, hideaway From the world up here Don’t h-h-hide away Hideaway, don’t you hide away Oh, no! Don’t hide away, hideaway From your friends out there Don’t… Don’t hide away Hideaway, don’t you hide away Yeah! I read you have to look into the mirror To see what kind of man you really are Well, that’s OK for jocks and boxers But mine cracked right across and fell apart So mirror, mirror What’s the answer? I’ve got a tenner riding on Option D You can take the boy from Sutton But he’ll never leave a bedroom in North Cheam D’you know what I mean? Reload and refresh compulsively With half a percent believing you’ll see Don’t hide away, hideaway From the world up here Don’t h-h-hide away Hideaway, don’t you hide away Oh, no! Don’t hide away, hideaway From your friends out there Don’t… Don’t hide away Hideaway, don’t h-hide away Yeah Hideaway, don’t hide away… But when I took a hammer to the mirror A thousand pieces lodged inside my heart
5.
Offline 02:32
NO GO! A system error, baby NO TONE! As if it ever rings anyway WE’RE THROUGH! Well, the choice was certainly yours FUCK YOU! And the horse that you rode in on, sweetheart You wake up, wake up And everything’s gone Vacated the Skyhome Stand up, stand up You need to move on, and on, and on There’s a number I need to find A scrap of paper that’s in a drawer somewhere I’m alright I’ll be fine I’m just going off I’m going offline And all the boys And all the girls That I could call Are married with kids, or trying, or stupid, or overseas Or cuddled up, watching TV Getting early nights With a broadband ringside seat on life I can’t get a tone anymore But some day... Some day you’ll wake up, wake up And everyone’s gone Vacated the Skyhome Stand up, stand up You need to move on, and on, and on There’s a number I need to find A scrap of paper that’s in a drawer somewhere I’m alright I’ll be fine I’m just going off I’m going off Just going off I’m going offline
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7.
Greenhouse 04:19
Take me near the sea We’ll leave before it gets too late No bag packed – no looking back Strap in and cut the lines of fate Through glass, the green light flickers Strobes the innocence And blurs the information There’s a war going on Behind the shed, strawberry red Where the pieces of your world collide The earth’s wet – tomato sweat Duck down and carry me inside Through glass, your blue eyes flicker Burning out Twin missiles launched, never surrendered In this war that’s going on Your fear of heights and blood Stops you tonight I’m up here, you know I’m up here I tried not to mix you up Not hard enough I’m up here, you know I’m up here Abandon subtlety – just get in the car And drive away You made your choice And now it’s gonna stick, stick, stick Like vinyl Punch the desk and it’ll settle again Into the groove Into the pattern Copy, paste, delete Pack up your troubles, boy Pack up your troubles, boy Your fear of heights and blood Stops you tonight I’m up here, you know I’m up here I tried not to mess you up Not hard enough I’m up here, you know I’m up here When nothing’s said…and done It’s safer closer to the ground Play hide-and-seek – it’s such... fun Until you don’t get found It happened in the greenhouse (Just smile) We’re living in a greenhouse (Just smile) Try living in a greenhouse all the time
8.
I’m moving to the Heart of Darkness I’m sure that I’m gonna fit right in Cos North London – it never suited me And don’t ever let ‘em tell you that it did My memory’s selective – there are holes and doubts But I’ve got it all mapped out SE5 won’t know what’s hit it now, so... (Don’t fight...) Let’s sort it all out in the bedroom Forget your postcode wars And find something that’s worth fighting for now Hey, if you think that I’m a mess Well, you should see the other guy He’s three storeys high and rising With all the smoke from SE17 Do you wanna join my team? Your friends won’t know what hit ‘em now, so... (Don’t fight...) Let’s sort it all out in the bedroom No guns, no bombs, no protest songs! I kind of knew that this would happen I kind of sensed that this would happen That we’d forget The lost respect And we’d regret That tawdry affair in Lorrimore Square Don’t you love when a plan starts coming together? Dish out what you get My urban marionette Well, I had a plan and now it’s coming together It’s taken some time But we’re doing fine So it’s all back to mine I-I-I’ll race you
9.
All the men in my life Not one of them can understand what I mean All these men in my life And none of them will ever see what I see Take me away from here Take me away from here Blow me away right here I wanna get high All the men in my life I’ve worked through every one in the depths of my mind And all these men in my life Such pretty men Come up a little short every time Take me away from here... Every man that I’ve had I’ve pushed or been pushed in a matter of days And every one of my band I’ve slept with them all in slightly different ways Take me away from here… Cos I’ve seen us in buddy movies I’m the sidekick who gets left behind But you always look so sad about it As I drown slash burn slash stay in orbit Circling for eternity as you kiss your beautiful bride All the men in my life I love you even though we know it’s doomed to fail All the men in my life I heart you with emoticons and indoor fireworks The cheque is in the mail Blow me away right here All I wanna do is get high Just for a while…
10.
You’re perfect... to a point Top grade for... For almost everything Such lustre I must admit you’re very close to le point Merdique que... I prefer my joie de vivre not so overdone Oh, every day your three slipped stitches just loom larger, uh-oh Oh, I suspend my disbelief, but it just gets harder, uh-oh And the muse on my shoulder I stay young, he gets older What a Jesus complex Designate the flaws and turn the wine back into water Baby, I... I tolerate all the smoking Those razorblades I’ll bandage you up again Your money’s gone Blown on magazines and CDs I’ll drink alone Wait for the vibrating signal you’ll send to me Oh, every day your three slipped stitches just loom larger, uh-oh Oh, I suspend my disbelief, but it just gets harder, uh-oh And now the stitching’s gone The lining comes away This ticket’s been through the machine You want a reason I say... Hey, hey, hey, hey...
11.
Out Of Focus 04:48
If you’ve got something to say You may as well say it now Don’t keep me hanging on It’s OK I promise that I won’t cry this time That I’ll be strong I’m afraid of confrontation But I don’t let that stop me kicking off When I was young My tongue was superglued Inside my aching head Now I’ve become the man Who just can’t keep his thoughts to himself instead I got tired of hibernation So I took paper scissors to my hair because… There’s still life on Earth There’s still light in the morning The mornings don’t get easier but… There’s still hearts to break Mine, it breaks up without warning If I could paint at all I’d render the view from here On my bedroom wall Then cut the phone Kill the internet Brick up the windows and lock the doors But I… I’m not that kind of artist Thank God that I lack discipline and diagnosis and… There’s still life on Earth There’s still light in the morning The mornings don’t get easier but… There’s still hearts to break Mine, it breaks up without warning Now I’m moving on The world spins into focus You know this could be easier but… For just one tiny little fraction of an instant It feels like… I’m coming home

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Also available to download at Corporate Records, if you prefer: corpor.at/A112

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released October 1, 2010

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Jonny Cola & The A-Grades UK

Jonny Cola and his band of A-Grades - right-hand man Mauro Venegas and producer extraordinaire Jez Leather on guitars, bassist Simon Drowner supplying extra eyeliner, with drums given a sound thrashing by Marco Testa-Ryan - are starry-eyed pushers of edgy glam-rock pop songs to a growing number of disenfranchised refuseniks. Their new album SPITFIRE is out now. ... more

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