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Running Through Chelsea

by Peter Daltrey & The Know Escape

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We need our fix We need our highs and lows We view the world through an LED glow Hypnotic – Erotic Narcotic – Neurotic Turn on your television Turn on your radio This is the new religion The lies we have to know We see it all – and we ingest it These empty truths We can`t forget it Our news is vacant It`s a Disney flash We don`t want real we want a CGI crash Chaotic – Ecstatic It`s plastic – Fantastic We get our likes We get our barren friends We view the world through a mobile phonic lens It`s cosmic – Angelic Psychotic– Prophetic
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Casablanca 03:31
Solander pavilion. Saharan Berber hills Turquoise inlay mosaic. This is azure Africa We get high – We get high Casablanca – We get high Decorous Morocco Tapestry the citron trees The souk – the street bazaar This is golden Africa Perfumed peace. Tribal time The scent of tangerines Papaya quince and lime Come with me – come with me We are spirits on Moroccan vines Lapis Lazuli saffron Our sweet Ketama Green Lemon sunrise: This dawning: This is fragrant Africa We get high – We get high Casablanca – We get high
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Those Days 04:04
Everyone`s waiting Everyone`s standing in line Somebody told us: There`s gonna be a better time Come on now – come on now Those days have never died Come on now – come on now They live with us inside The cities are dying But the forests are in bloom The world that we live in Is a universal room Come on now – come on now Those days have never died Come on now – come on now They live with us inside Those days – Those days Everyone`s waiting Everyone`s standing in line Somebody told us: There`s gonna be a better time Come on now – come on now Those days have never died Come on now – come on now They live with us inside
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The Circle 04:03
Fishing for fools It`s the politicians favourite game Spending our money They say everything`s different But it`s still the same Ohh...We voted for the joker Ohh...King of the hill Ohh...The circle`s never going to be squared Give me your teachers Your professors and your wise men It`s over now Diving for pearls In the slimy sea of their status quo Filling our heads With propaganda plastic goals Ohh...We voted for the phoney Ohh...The shaman and the clown Ohh...The circle`s never going to be squared Give me your teachers Your professors and your blind men It`s over now Nothing has changed There`s no oxygen for the drowning man The circle survives We are pliant pawns in their global hands Ohh...They do it for the money Ohh...Control freak overkill Ohh...The circle`s never going to be squared Nothing has changed There`s no oxygen for the drowning man The circle survives We are pliant pawns in their global hands Ohh...We voted for the joker Ohh...king of the hill Ohh...This circle`s never going to be squared
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Time and tide: It`s the devil`s work Our speeding journey down this shortest road Stand and wonder as the seasons come and go Time and tide: Only rust and decay We write our history in cipher and code Kneel and worship as the seasons come and go Time and tide: There`s no turning back All the ones we loved – all the debts we owe Done and dusted as the seasons come and go
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Getting up – it`s time to go All roads lead to Pimlico A cup of coffee – pill or two I had a dream: I`m kissing you The river runs – the river flows I`m in the street – I`m letting go The sky an endless tapestry A biopic of you and me Running through Chelsea Sally sees a rainbow Running through Chelsea The day has just begun The train pulls in – I`m underground I`m half asleep – can`t hear a sound The music crashing in my head Remembering what Sally said: We duck and dive – we sink or swim Our London lives just suck us in From Acton Town to Charing Cross The ones we loved – the ones we lost Running through Chelsea Sally holds a sunflower Running through Chelsea The day has just begun Sally`s dress is blowing in the wind There are polka dots and Technicolor pins Look at the sky, Sally...look at the sky... By Cheyne Walk we count the trees Now Sally`s dress is precious leaves Running through Chelsea Sally`s head is spinning Running through Chelsea The day has just begun Now we`re awake – not coming down Two children lost in London town Running through Chelsea Sally shines and shimmers Running through Chelsea The day has just begun
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There are houses and rooms And so many doors All I ever asked of you Were directions and keys to yours Help me build again, build again Build it up for you The foundations are there These are houses and rooms There are windows and attics And corners of blue All I ever asked for, my love Were some monochrome pieces of you Help me build again, build again Build it up for you The foundations are there These are houses and rooms Indigo and violet Kaleidoscopic green Every hue from black to blue And all emotions in between Help me build again, build again Build it up for you The foundations are there These are houses and rooms
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Come down from the mountain We were brave and bold but now we`re scared You can bring your incense, Your Kalashnikov and your book of prayers We want you – we need you Your spirit hovers in the air Men and children, beasts and brides These disciples waiting at your chair Hari rama – Shiva hey oh Krishna Hari rama – Shiva hey oh Come down from the mountain We are lost within a wild disease We await your wisdom We will fall before you on our knees We want you – we need you... You can shake the money tree Our nights are endless here Our future's dark but it`s yours for free Come down from the mountain We`ve got madness, hate and we`ve got fear You can bring your seven wives Your hundred children: all welcome here We want you – we need you... Guru, god and plastic seer We are voting with our hearts There are kings and queens and jesters here Come down from the mountain We`ve got sooths and sayers and holy wars You can bring your suit of lights Your compassion and your kind matadors We want you – we need you... I guess you`ve heard all this before Men and children, beasts and brides Your disciples waiting at your door
9.
Elisa Lam 06:06
There are 700 rooms With 700 lost souls Everyone of them a shadow Made of water or made of gold Elisa Lam / Elisa Lam The angels came from the city They broke every window in that place Your only friend was the mirror Your story was written in your face Something hovered in that room And then you were gone without a trace Elisa Lam / Elisa Lam And when you closed the door Were you aware of angel shadows On the floor Did you say to yourself: I`ve had it all I don`t want anymore... Hey hey, Elisa Are you going up or are you going down Hey hey, Elisa Have you found heaven In this god forsaken town Hey hey, Elisa Did you leave clues That we have not yet found Hey hey, Elisa Are we going to swim Or are we going to drown There are 700 rooms With 700 lost souls Everyone of them a shadow Made of water or made of gold Hey hey, Elisa Are you going up or are you going down Hey hey, Elisa Have you found heaven In this god forsaken town Hey hey, Elisa Did you leave clues That we have not yet found Hey hey, Elisa Are we going to swim Or are we going to drown
10.
Hotel Juliet 04:32
Do you remember when we walked along the Serpentine at sunset? Hand in hand Waiting for the Dicken`s moon to appear We walked across the park and found ourselves by London`s ancient river The stars were spelling out our future We didn`t want the day to end Time and tide... We checked into the Hotel Juliet We took a room that flew away Our fate was sealed on that night and day We held the pennies and the shillings in our hands that were now trembling Through open windows we could hear the strains of `Strawberry Fields`... Time and tide... We checked into the Hotel Juliet Her summer dress in disarray Our fate was sealed on that night and day We checked into the Hotel Juliet There was nothing left for us to say Our fate was sealed on that night and day
11.
There`s too much sand And there`s too much heat There`s only other guys here that I get to meet I pitched my Arab tent on Millennium Dune I`d rather live on the dark side of the moon Isaac Asimov said Mars is a smash I want to go dancing with a slip of a lass The other guys here they act pretty mean This is the lousiest planet I've ever seen There are no girls on Mars No celebrity parties, no cocktail bars Hey, mama – I`m coming home I want planet Earth – I want cooling rain The other guys here are driving me insane The sun comes up and it never goes down I live in Capsule 69 in Rocket Town There are no girls on Mars No hot tub parties that go too far Hey, mama – I`m coming home My mama told me: Hang on in there, son When you return to Earth You`ll be sure to find someone I know that you feel That you might have gone too far But never forget, my son You will always be my red star Everything thing I eat tastes of Martian sand I wanna jump and jive to an Earthbound band This is no place for a red-blooded guy I wanna come down Don`t wanna live in the sky There are no girls on Mars No Marilyn Monroe – no Hedy Lamarr Hey, mama – I`m coming home
12.
Uncle Hank I need you back F Scott Fitzgerald and Jack Kerouac I send my poems out But they keep coming back The barfly on the silver screen Loved Uncle Hank since aged eighteen But I`m still looking for Bukowski's tambourine I write all night and I write all day I`m trying to write all my demons away I send my poems out They`re back without delay Living life outside the machine The beer – the booze and the benzadrine But I`m still looking for Bukowski's tambourine Locked in the arms of a crazy world I always knew there was something else Oh, how I tried – oh, how I tried... But I found emptiness...emptiness The greatest thing I've ever seen The author and his back street queen But I`m still looking for Bukowski's tambourine
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From the musical minds of Peter Daltrey (of seminal British psych band Kaleidoscope) and Mark Mortimer comes Running Through Chelsea, a journey through sound and words. Combining mellotrons, baroque strings, sitars and Hammond organ with 12-string guitars, woodwinds, brass and rare folk instruments from Africa and Asia, this 50-50 collaboration is a lush widescreen collage of sonic alchemy. Dive into the future with this unique musical journey! Let this kaleidoscopic colour and light delight your ears - a soothing accompaniment to these troubled times.

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released April 14, 2023

Produced by Donald "Russ" Skinner & Rick Reil.

All songs written by Peter Daltrey & Mark Mortimer except “Time & Tide” by Peter Daltrey, Mark Mortimer & Michael Tyack and “Wisteria Mews” by Mark Mortimer and published by ThinkLikeAKey (ASCAP).

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