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Lost in the Woods

by Lewis Mullen

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1.
Through the Floor 02:38
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Went up town one sunny day To see if I could get my way Up three flights To your room with a view To see if I could fascinate you But you said I could bore All though the floor Went back up the very next day To see if you could be swayed But your impatience was resolute You threw me down the garbage chute All because I could bore All though the floor Went up to the Library To see if I’d get inspired there I’ll sit in trash below your flat To serenade you with some facts All because I can bore All though the floor
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House of the Departed 03:48
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I wait by the front gate But Esme doesn’t show She’s always late But that’s cause she’s a ghost I’ve spent three months in this haunted house Where nothing is as it seems I’ve slept so restlessly With a head so full of dreams Won’t you stay a while In the House of the Departed Stay a while I’m this home for the broken hearted The White Lady and Headless Pete And the man who walks in chains They ain’t got nothing On Esmeralda Cain She died when she was twenty-one And now she’ll never age A ruby caught in amber A picture on the page Won’t you stay a while In the House of the Departed Stay a while I’m this home for the broken hearted No man should be single No ghost should walk alone I promised my dear Esme I’d be her flesh and bone She’ll live inside my body In the sockets of my eyes A life that’s symbiotic A love that never dies Won’t you stay a while In the House of the Departed Stay a while I’m this home for the broken hearted
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We'll Get By 03:18
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The car stopped running Round about the same time as I broke down My dishwasher started leaking Round about the same time as I broke down So I'm gonna get a bike and some Marigolds I'll get by I'll get by The banks started sinking Round about the same time as I broke down The world started cooking Round about the same time as I broke down So I'm gonna live frugal And I'm gonna waste any energy I'll get by I'll get by My bird stopped singing Round about the same time as I broke down The telephone stopped ringing Round about the same time as I broke down So I'm gonna sing to my bird And talk my friends face to face We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by Yeah we'll get by
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Solo Crow [Live; with Roz McCulloch] 04:08
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Solo Crow on you telegraph pole that's me I remember everything I see Careful what you say when you see that big black bird 'Cause I remember everything I've heard Jack McGee and Billy Lee had a fight All alone by the river side last night Way down stream I followed Billy Lee Now he's tangled up in weeds where the river meets the sea Solo Crow on you telegraph pole that's me I remember everything I see Careful what you say when you see that big black bird 'Cause I remember everything I've heard If crows could talk The tales I'd squawk would give you a chill on a sunny day Do you really wanna hear what the ones you hold dear Say about you when you're away? Do you really wanna know Where you go when you die? Beyond that patch of earth where your dry bones lie There's no Hell if you're bad there's only me Big black feather cloud hangin over thee Solo Crow on you telegraph pole that's me I remember everything I see Careful what you say when you see that big black bird 'Cause I remember everything I've heard Yes I remember everything I see
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Time Machine 05:31
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If I had a time machine And I could go anywhere and anywhen I could change my life And not get bullied when I was ten I could go back in time With the winning numbers for the lottery But all of this just might mean That you and I might never be So I would leave things just the same To never meet would be a shame If I had a time machine I would never change a thing Even if I could I never would Of all the things that I could do I would still go out with you Just because I could, I still would If I had a time machine I'd set it to go back to that Monday night Just to see the way you smiled at me in the candle light And I would leave things just the same To never meet would be a shame If I had a time machine I would never change a thing Just because I could I never would Of all the things that I could do I would still go out with you Just because I could, I still would I would leave things as they were It's important not interfere In matters of the heart Not simply because if I did it could Create a paradox which would Rip the Universe apart And I would leave things just the same To never meet would be a shame If I had a time machine I would never change a thing Even if I could I never would Of all the things that I could do I would still go out with you Just because I could, I still would If I had a time machine I would never change a thing If I had a time machine I would never change a thing Change a thing
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The Elements 02:05
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Burn 04:09
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Another day of stone Where nothing went right Another walk alone Through the hard part of the night Your memory playing all today's wrongs A broken record full of scratchy old songs Set the anger alight and smell the incense Sit back and watch the show From a safe distance Little child who looks like you Who inside is hurting Cold and longing And feeling nothing Feeling nothing Come on, light a fire and watch it burn This is corner to which you always turn Light a fire and watch it burn Light a fire and watch it burn People think it's nothing but that's because it is When a momentary blind spot seems like an abyss Your memory is playing all today's faces Unresolving shapes in tainted, damaged places Damaged places Come on, light a fire and watch it burn This is corner to which you always turn Light a fire and watch it burn Light a fire and watch it burn The simmering doubt is too much to hold You need to get some relief or else you'll explode Set the anger alight and smell the incense Sit back and watch the show From a safe distance Safe distance Safe distance
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Heads or Tails 01:29
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You are heads And I am tails A policy that never fails You are wrong I must be right You are day So I'll be night You are sugar I am salt I disagree And that's your fault You are the sun and I'm the moon I am midnight, you are noon You are soda I am wine I'm your mirror every time I'm your shadow, can't escape I need you there to give me shape The moon forever draws the tide A dog is always changing sides If I'm not happy with my lot I'll try to be what you are not
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Natural Love 02:58
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Our love is natural as rainbows Sunlight on the water in the air Heavy rains have fallen down Struggles have been fought and now Our love is dispersing everywhere Our love is rooted as the yew tree Older than the church it grows beside Stronger than the gale Of hatred that wails Through branches but cannot get inside And your eyes are two gemstones in disguise Glittering like stars in the sky Through all the wrath and wrong They sing their stellar song Time and tide have only made them wise Our love is genuine as birdsong Tweeting tones of hope in times to come No mob with flaming torches Standing on our porches Can strike our pretty little birdy dumb For our love has only just begun
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Secret 03:20
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All Among the Pines [with CarronCast] 03:41
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Little kid lost with the brackets and moss All along the woodlands O I left my home thought it fun to roam All among the pines Now the woodland birds whisper warning words All along the woodlands O "Keep a wary mind we're not all so kind" All among the pines Rattle and wail the branches Creep and crawl the vine All along the woodlands O All among the pines Off the path I strayed, now I feel mislaid All along the woodlands O I wish I had some thread or a loaf of bread All among the pines But I got my magic bonnet with the earmuffs on it All along the woodlands O And I can hear the advice of the badgers and mice All among the pines Rattle and wail the branches Tingle and chill the spine All along the woodlands O All among the pines Rattle and wail the branches Tingle and chill the spine All along the woodlands O All among the pines Will the nattering toads guide me to the road? All along the woodlands O Or will the wolf's bloodthirst catch up with me first? All among the pines I see a light ahead faintly glowing red All along the woodlands O Is that my mother dear standing oh-so-near? All among the pines Rattle and wail the branches Tingle and chill the spine All along the woodlands O All among the pines All among All among All among the pines
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Schiehallion 04:45
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13.
A Week on Sunday 02:48
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Beaten bus stop Gone midnight Street corner in the half-light A week on Sunday I'll be elsewhere Surrounded by tramps bumming change All alone in a crowd of strangers A week on Sunday I just won't care A week on Sunday I'll see you again It's been a long time coming, friend For better or worse To heal and mend A week on Sunday I'll see you again Stubbed cigarettes Lamp flicker Strong perfume and cheap liquor A week on Sunday I'll be living clean Pack my bags and hit the track Feel the wind blow at my back A week on Sunday I'll be trav'ling lean A week on Sunday I'll see you again It's been a long time coming, friend For better or worse To heal and mend A week on Sunday I'll see you again

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I’ve been in a reflective mood lately, and I’ve got something to share with you: a compilation of songs that didn’t make it onto albums

These are the songs that fell to the cutting room floor, like russet autumn leaves

The songs too strange to emerge from the shadows…. Until now

These are the songs that got lost in the woods

Due to the archive nature of the recordings, audio quality and vocal skrunkliness may vary

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released November 3, 2023

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Lewis Mullen Glasgow, UK

I write the kind of music I'd like to listen to, and I hope you enjoy listening to it to. It's a window into a slightly different world that's a more honest mirror of our own

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