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Trouble on the Water

by Anytown

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes with four page pull-out album cover and a ninth bonus track not available for download - a version of Runrig's beautiful song This Time of Year

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1.
Balham Road 05:21
There’s a place where a road reaches out In a heavy southern night No lights of misty wine Where we stand, they looked down a fiery mile Where the road runs to the city Through a sea of vacant smiles October nights, down where they came Along a Northern Line The sounds of sirens called They ran down Balham High Road Forever sleeping on the Northern Line Now where I stand It’s all here in these everlasting lives They’re fixed in time Who can say where nameless hammers fall? We’re formed and we are broken Like shadows on the wall And here tonight, between familiar signs They whisper down the years Along this Northern Line October nights, and they remain Under the Northern Line
2.
The River 03:10
Stopped beside the roadside To watch the evening fall The leaves piled high around my feet Where the seasons took their toll Somewhere in the distance Down the streets and down the lanes Something travels back to me Though somehow it’s not the same As I watched the sun went down Moonlight spilled out of the clouds As the river touched the sea I heard your voice Still haunting me Stepped out of the shadows Stepped into the light Felt the spray from the sea below me Somewhere out of sight Then there’s a splash of colour Where before there was only the one A vision dancing before me And the ever setting sun You’re in the windows of my life Where that river gets inside In this place it runs so strong I’ve been away for far too long
3.
Delhi Rising 04:07
Twenty-three years ago a baby cried Those who had gone before her Shining in her eyes A man and a woman made a life For the love of their daughter Raised her under Indian skies The love of the mother’s always strong There’s a chain that carries on When she has gone They watched their child grow And the girl became a woman In this way their own lives carried on But what happens now the chain’s undone? Who could have known as she stepped out in the night? The lights of her own town Familiar in her eyes Yes eyes so young and I guess so full of wonder Breaking the heart, leaving the world, a setting sun What happens now the chain’s undone? Here in the night A city by candle light The world looks into India’s broken frame Delhi rising in her name For the love of someone’s daughter Things must change
4.
There are clouds in the distance There’s a chill in the air Though everything is silent We can hear you there See the face of the water From the face of the hill Though we stand here blinded We can see you still Woah, woah There’s trouble on the water Woah, woah The morning’s coming in Woah, woah We’re counting down the seconds Woah, woah And we’re still waiting here We’re still waiting here There are ghosts in the woodwork And dust on the shelves Boots left by the slipway Belong to someone else Your names are on the walls The doors forever closed An echo in the silence And December’s always cold
5.
I can see you now by the light in your eyes But all I can feel is this never-ending night The morning will come and the day will begin And that ticket in your hand will leave me lonely again It seems to me you’re losing your mind But you know that one day dreams fade with time Now that you’re free Free as a bird I want you to know that you are my world The sun is rising up high in the sky We can’t stop it now You can’t turn the tide The hands on my wrist that once moved so slow Run through the hours now I know you must go It seems to be the way of the world Your heart on the line for the love of a girl Now that you’re free Free as a bird I want you to know that you are my world I remember a time that seems long ago When I was scared if we were alone But now that’s all changed and what will I do If I can’t be on my own with you It seems to be the way that it goes But the love that you’re giving is all that I know So now that you’re free Free as a bird I want you to know that you are my world
6.
Winter Sky 03:22
Once there was a smile A light in your eyes Until the sound of a hammer Cut down on a life We placed our bets under the sun It painted us red But now it’s undone Here in the dark No investment in life All I want is a chance To do things right Our ordinary lives All that we see It’s all that I need for you and for me Winter Sky, winter sky Cuts its way into our life Slipstream of luck has passed us by And we never did ask why
7.
The Promise 04:45
The wind blows through the curtains of the night Where moonlight seems to find its way inside Watching candles glow They flicker and then go Like the promise – the voice of the tide Where we gave everything we had inside Yesterday’s ghost stands by the door My own back-pages blown ragged and torn In the windy autumn night Writing songs by candle light Fifteen years – it’s all here between the lines Where we gave everything we had inside Evening falls, a blanket on the road Neon lights on signs that lead us home Been through many open doors And seen it all before And I know the promise stayed behind But we gave everything we had inside
8.
Anytown 04:43
A cold and distant April morning There's a shadow sailing in This time it cuts so deep The suit and ties, they always win I try with every penny to live I don't wanna let you down But it just seems to break my heart They've spilt the life blood of this town There's work somewhere, somehow We always said that we'd get by Someone's pulling at the strings Feels like we're running out of time Every dream we had is gone And everything has flown I wanna give you all I can In this life we've made our own There's a cold wind blowin' in Down the streets of Anytown In the hour before the dawn We won't let them break us down But I'll keep workin' for your love I'll be with you 'til the day We come in the lucky ones And the sands of time have changed On that lonely, cold May morning I didn't vote them in Up here, we always seem to lose Down there, they always seem to win But I can only try my best And I will always try for you To keep this roof over our heads And keep this candle burning too

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Debut album from Sheffield band 'Anytown'. Recorded over 2013 and 2014 at 2Fly Studios in Sheffield.

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released August 30, 2014

Digital Download Track List:
Balham Road
The River
Delhi Rising
Trouble on the Water
Free as a Bird
Winter Sky
The Promise
Anytown

Musicians:
Matt Taylor – Piano, Keyboard, Vocals, Guitar, Accordian, Percussion
Samuel Taylor - Guitars, Vocals
Robin Baker – Bass, Double Bass
Alice Faraday – Vocals, Percussion
Kirsty Bromley – Vocals
Rhiannon Scutt – Guitars, Vocals
Alan Smyth – E-Bow

All songs written by Matthew Taylor, except ‘Free as a Bird’ by Matthew Taylor & Samuel Taylor; ‘Balham Road’ by Matthew Taylor with Gareth Hagger Johnson. Engineered, Mixed, Arranged and Produced by Alan Smyth at 2-Fly Studios, Sheffield. ©2014 Matthew Taylor.

Artwork: Samuel J. Taylor

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