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A Man in the Alley

by James Giles

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1.
It Was on a Sparkling Day 04:27
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It was on a sparkling day Sparkling for miles away Shimmers over sea and land Lighting the palm of my hand On fire with a gaze Watching the passing days Streaming away me Flaming through the trees It was on a distant shore Waiting for evermore With nothing left to say Everything swept away Into an endless sea Tides of time that flee Like an echo on the run Shimmering in the Sun It was in the moment’s design Just as her lips met mine I took to the open road Bearing this unbearable load To the edges of the earth For everything it’s worth Hidden except to say It was on a sparkling day It was on a sparkling day It was on a sparkling day It was on a sparkling day
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Rain Fell on Her Skin 03:44
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Undressing in the clearing Rain fell on her skin Naked with calling Each drop within To murmur with wonder And course down her arms Diamond-strewn rivers Weaving through forms Out over her tummy Lulled by the wind Pausing a moment Where forever begins Then continuing on In a blur down her thigh Vanishing forever In the wink of an eye Rain fell on her skin Rain fell on her skin Rain fell on her skin
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No One but You 03:55
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Mama, it’s all true For the love of no one but you I have suffered so long Wondering where I went wrong Only to find I don’t belong I don’t belong I don’t belong Mama, I'm in pain When again will kindle the flame That once lit up our lives And guided us under dark skies With one wish to open our eyes Only to find Now we’ve gone blind Mama, hear my prayers For the love we one day might share If we can get through this night Abandoning ourselves in mid-flight Then we just might melt in delight When we embrace Face to face
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Those Eyes 06:17
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Tearing the silence of night A token of summer’s lost lives In her kissing a missing so slight And I still remember those eyes Where all that I wanted Was lost to her gaze And all that she gave me Was taken away And all of the answers Fled in the breeze Eluding my searching Rustling the leaves Wearing the sounds of those days Spoken as autumn arrives With her wanting still haunting the ways How I still remember those eyes Where all that I wanted Was lost to her gaze And all that she gave me Was taken away And all of the answers Fled in the breeze Eluding my searching Rustling the leaves Tearing the silence of night A token of summer’s lost lives In her kissing a missing so slight And I still remember those eyes
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I Saw a Pretty Girl 01:47
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On my way to where I saw a pretty girl In one hand she had love With the other set the clouds drifting High up in the skies The moonlight in her eyes I watched her for a while Enveloped in her smile then she Turned away from me And went upon her way I saw the moment passing But didn’t know what to say How could I end up standing So close to the sky Tracing out dreams forgotten Not knowing why I headed down the platform Boarding the next train Morning sun came whisp’ring Through the window pane in my Heart I knew the answer To a question I didn’t dare Ask the pretty as the girl On my way to where
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A Man in the Alley 04:14
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A man in the alley Dares me to step past the line Into insanity So unmistakably mine If I ever accept Oh I know there’s a chance Dying to destroy me He’ll desperately dance A tear in my heart Bleeds hard to open the door Still lamenting each beat To the sound of no more His footsteps are brazen A life iron to the core But wherever I flee He’ll secretly soar Through my mind Where nothing will ever be the same I can’t find Anyway to ever stop the change An actor in a play Drawing curtains to a close Slips past the sleeping guard To the tip of my nose Filling streets with sad songs Shadows quietly stare I enter the alley To the call of his dare
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Another Day 03:56
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Where can we go and what shall we find Could there be love in a world so unkind I don’t know Who reaps what they sow Where are we bound at the end of the day? We so carefully plan but we still lose our way Could it be We’ve always been free Mountains and rain shifting the sky Leading us on as we ever walk by On our way To another day On our way day To another day
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You Took My Heart 04:57
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You took my heart Through the window As we walked into the early morning glow The wind in your hair Your hand in mine I'm so lost in the light your smile shines To shine like the sun A river of light that runs From you into me Like sun off the waves Clouds through the skies I melted in the sparkle of your eyes Drifting away And sliding though Straight into the heart of something new New like the breaking day Carrying me softly away Into your wanting arms I've found you Wrapping the cloak of night around you Deep in the rhythm of you breathing the morning comes And when we awoke Your lips next to mine I melted in your sparkle one more time You take my heart Through the window As we walked into the early morning glow You took my heart And all I know Somewhere in the wind I felt you flow You took my heart You took it all As we slipped into the silence of nightfall
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David Bowie 05:55
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David Bowie Where did you go You left me here All on my own With a peephole Deep in my brain Enough to drive A lad insane David Bowie How I was torn There died a rose Then bloomed a thorn Out in the wild How my brain whirled Then suddenly You sold the world David Bowie where did you go It was morning I was coming home I stopped a moment to feel the sun Turned around and you were gone David Bowie You lit the flare What it cost me I never cared Stars exploding Spreading their light In that sparkle I landed all right. David Bowie What did you say Last of the dreamer’s Garland's away Each way I turned Blossomed no other In the cross-fire You gave me cover David Bowie where did you go It was morning I was coming home I stopped a moment to feel the sun Turned around and you were gone David Bowie I just can’t wait To hear the songs That life creates All I wanted Whispered in mime Taking me closer Just one last time David Bowie Where did you go You left me here All on my own All I wanted Whispered in mime Taking me closer Just one last time David Bowie where did you go It was morning I was coming home I stopped a moment to feel the sun Turned around and you were gone David Bowie where did you go It was morning I was coming home I stopped a moment to feel the sun Turned around and you were gone David Bowie where did you go It was morning I was coming home I stopped a moment to hear your song Turned around and you were gone
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Flower of My Soul 03:01
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When you’ve lost your way There’s still a place to stay Where blossoms bloom and breezes blow Flower of my soul Flower of my soul Flower of my soul I love you more than you can know Flower of my soul And when your strength is gone Two calm eyes look on Where blossoms bloom and breezes blow Flower of my soul Flower of my soul Flower of my soul I love you more than you can know Flower of my soul Your beauty has grow Sown on fields unknown Where blossoms bloom and breezes blow Flower of my soul Flower of my soul

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released April 22, 2020

All songs written by James Giles

James Giles - guitar, harmonica, and vocals
Nikolaj Eibye:- bass
Michael Holt - guitar and backing vocals
Emil Lei - bass, percussion, and piano
Jonatan Lollike - piano
Alexander Noordegraaf: - drums
Thea - backing vocals
Gede Witsen - guiitar

Produced by Christian Heyman and Emil Lei

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James Giles Copenhagen, Denmark

James Giles is an artist, poet, and philosopher who explores life through his lyirics and music. Love desire, fear, and loss weave their way through his compositions. beckoning the listener to linger in their shimmering spaces.

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