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Better?

by Tony Peek

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1.
If? 04:41
If I leave this town Honey where’d you wanna go? ‘Cos I’ve been up all night Tryin’ to find a way To tell you that I’m leavin’ today So if I leave this town Where do you wanna go? If I leave my love Honey what you gonna show me? ‘Cos I’ll tell you a secret And it ain’t no lie I’m so confused That I could cry So if I leave my love Honey what you gonna show me? And if our love fades away Honey, how would that make you feel? ‘Cos I’ve been up all night Tryin’ to let you know That love can come But it can go So if our love fades away Honey, how would that make you feel?
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Dreaming 04:01
There's an angel standing by my shoulder, There's a devil standing right beside my arm Outside the coldest night is getting colder And every way I move will do me harm. Voices in my heart they say I love you, And voices in my head are screaming "No!" Should I give up now and throw away my dreaming? If I give up will these voices let me go? Eternity is nothing but a treasure, You can take or leave it anyway you choose, In the final end you're nothing but a beggar Lying in the dirt with worn out shoes. So throw away these dreams and they'll forgive you And close up all the feelings in your heart Bleeding's just another way to continue And turning back's just another way to start. You're a victim lying by the wayside, You're an angel all alone stuck in a tree, You're a little child crying by the seaside, You're a better thing than I will ever be. So forgive me now cause really I don't like it And these memories will never let me be, As I throw away all that I desire And turn away from all that comforts me.
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Loving you 04:34
I’ve been trying so hard to say What it’s like now you’re going away I’ve been trying hard to talk about loving you But my tongue is tied up like a man Who struggles and struggles as hard as he can But still cannot find words to define, loving you. And I‘ve been keeping awake at night I try to relax but I still get uptight All I have in my mind is thoughts of loving you And you say you want me to be ok Then why is it that you’re going away When my whole world depends on loving you? La-la, la-la-la-la loving you, la-la, la-la-la-la loving you Nothing I’d rather do than be loving you. And I know that one day soon you’ll return The world is so big and there’s so much to learn But all that I want to learn about is loving you And you say you’ll send me a long e-mail But I don’t know those things always fail To say what it’s like to be living my life for loving you Absence makes the heart grow fonder But my darling how much longer Deny me the opportunity to be loving you Cause I know tonight when that moon is high I’ll look at our empty bed and I’ll cry That’s just the price that I pay for loving you. Great big beautiful orange moon, hanging in the air like a big fat balloon I’d give that moon and every tune to be loving you.
4.
Come now dear and take me by my hand Let me know this loving is for real Explain to me the things that I never understand And let me know exactly how you feel. Well far away Madonna’s getting married In those Scottish hills hoping it will snow She’s holding back the tears and fighting back the years But some things are better if you let them go. We never had no money for our wedding And we rode in busses through the night And we parked ourselves in town And our friends they came around All I could do was cry and hold you tight. Well Robbie Burns is turning in his grave He’s singing songs that maybe I should know And his voice it echoes high up into the sky And the places that only lovers go. Yesterday I bought a brand new camera So I could take a photo of your face And I’ll print my picture out and carry about In the lining of my favourite guitar case Far away Madonna’s getting married But everything I care about is free And there’s nothing like the sound Of their feet upon the ground When I hear them running up to me.
5.
I’ve been walking around in circles Trying to get my mind on something new But no matter how I try, I still cannot deny That I’m stuck with these memories of you. I’ve been walking across fifteen bridges I’ve jumped over a mountain or two But no matter how I try, I still cannot fly Away from these memories of you. Memories of you that keep a burning, Burning in my head both night and day And though I hope and prey, they will not go away And I’m stuck with these memories of you I’ve been out talking to my shadow I was just wondering if he knew But no matter how I try, still there’s no reply And I’m stuck with these memories of you
6.
Walking around looking for something better Walking around looking for something better than you But I saw a pretty little girl wearing your sweater And it’s making me blue, yeah it’s making me blue. I’ve been up all night trying to tell my fortune And I’ve been searching the skies for something new And I’ve been sending prayers up to that bright moon And it’s making me blue, yeah it’s making me blue. I’ve been searching the world for something better For something that don’t kill me like you do And I want to take my heart out and send it to you in a letter So you can feel it too, so you can feel it too. Cause it seems that things keep changing, every time you look around One minute you’re on the top of the world and the next you’re six feet under ground. I’ve been sending messages to my brother And I’ve been e-mailing all my friends But none of them can find me another lover And it’s making me blue, yeah it’s making me blue. You think everybody loves you but I know better You’re a bullying aggressive loud mouth when you’re drunk Your mother she’ll dislike me forever but I’ll let her Cause I dislike her too, yeah I dislike her too. Cause it seems that things keep changing every time you look around One minute they’re all in love with you and the next they’re on their way out of town. So I’m walking around all alone trying not to let on Walking around this town like a clown without you And I want to walk out into this traffic head-on And it’s making my blue, yeah it’s making me blue. Cause it seem that things keep changing, every time you look around One minute the sun’s out shining bright and the next the rain comes pissing down.
7.
Well I’m slipping away my own true love, I’ll be gone by the time you wake up I’m slipping away for a year and a day, with a runcible spoon and a cup And I’ve got me a match box to travel in, and I’ve got me a star for a light Got me a hand full of spirits and sand and the wings of a sparrow in flight I’m slipping away my own true love, you knew that this time had to come I’m slipping away and there’s nothing to say with a barrel of fear and a plum And I’ve got me penny and office, got me a barber and tail Got me some screams from the valley of dreams and the skin of a fifty-foot whale I’m slipping away my own true love in the light and the dark of the dawn I’m slipping away where the night meets the day with the touch of a hat and a yawn And I‘ve got me a tower and furnace, got me a book for the boys Got me a nest and a chemical chest and a trigger for pickling joys But when will you return to me, and when will this loving let us be ‘Cause I’ve been waiting all so long, for you to come along And now you say that you’re slipping away. Well I’m slipping away my own true love and maybe I’ll bring back some reins I’m slipping away with my head in a ‘K’ and my buttons and pelvis in chains And I’ve got me a biro and lettuce, and I‘ve got me a picture of Spike Got me a strand of the world in my hand and a willow that serves as a pike I’m slipping away my own true love I’ll be gone with the times in a hut I’m slipping away where the cleverers play and the maggots survive in a cut And I’ve got me bat and a letter, and I’ve got me shine and a shoe And I’ve got me a stance and a battery glance and a fickle display Allah too I’m slipping away my own true love I’ll be gone by the time I arrive I’m slipping away in a battle of grey with a dish and a weave and a jive And I’ve got me a watch on the Auckland and I’ve got me a sound in a car And I’ve got me a truth in a musical booth and a lisp in a key by the jar Yeah I’m slipping away my own true love I’ll be gone by the time it’s a light I’m slipping away in a vicerous stay with a head in a bottle of flight And I’ve got me a liquorish chaperone and I’ve got me some syrup and a kiss And I’ve got me a nail and a rope and a sail and a breaker for breaking on this

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released July 8, 2001

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