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One of Those Guys
02:40
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Words and Music by Robert Lane
I guess I'm just one of those guys
Who will never realise his fate
I'll never know why, never know why
When I try it’s too late
See how I can dress myself
I don't need nobody's help I'm able
To leave the house, leave the house
Like anyone else and stay stable
If my lonely eyes could see you now
I wonder how I'd feel
If my broken words could reach you
Would they help the pain to heal
Ask not what I can do for you
Find a way to see me through this shame
That you once knew, you once knew
What can I do to stay sane
If my lonely eyes could see you now
I wonder how I'd feel
If my broken words could reach you
Is it too late for the pain to heal
I guess I'm just one of those guys
Who will never realise his fate
I'll never know why, never know why
When I try it’s too late
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2. |
You Want It Both Ways
03:02
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You Want It Both Ways
Words and Music by Robert Lane
No one no one no one
Can say how my life should be
And in that I must include myself
For as much as you can’t know it’s just a mystery to me
So what choice does this give
When it comes to my time
I’ve spent too long thinking how do I decide
It’s no help at all when you and they say the choice is only mine
You want it both ways
When I’m trying to make you love me
And I can’t keep away
And I’m trying to make you see
So now so now so now
You finally forced my hand
Decided for me that you just never would
Be in a place where you could even try to understand
Now we both found allies
To tell us we were right
They weren’t there to see the look upon your face
As you up and left me here to cry my tears into the night
You want it both ways
When I’m trying to make you love me
And I can’t keep away
And I’m trying to make you see
Save me save me from myself
This indecisions just no good for my health
Save me save me from myself
Think nothing like everybody else
You want it both ways
When I’m trying to make you love me
And I can’t keep away
And I’m trying to make you see
You want it both ways
When I’m trying to make you love me
And I can’t keep away
And I’m trying to make you see
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3. |
Very Own Way
03:22
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Very Own Way
Words and Music by Robert Lane
This is a free message
And I hope you hear it
He doesn’t need anything special
Just needs you near him
And he’s hoping you’ll be there
At the end of his day
In a home that you’ve made
In your very own way
Just a courtesy call
To say my friend needs you
He cannot find the words
Any time he sees you
And he’s hoping you’ll be there
At the end of his day
In a home that you’ve made
In your very own way
But it’s not so simple now
And who says it should be
Each life is a battle now
And the fighting sets you free
Now I’m just passing through
And if you would see me
I wouldn’t talk in third person
I’d finally let you hear me
And I’m hoping you’ll be there
At the end of my day
In a home that we’ve made
In our very own way
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4. |
Day To Day
03:12
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Day To Day
Words and Music by Robert Lane
We can explore any place you would like to know
South of France is no issue so pack ready to go
Take me to Greece to meet your family see the ancestral seat
You won’t inherit I just like the way you look in that heat
Living day to day
Chasing the sun you are the only one I need
Who misses home or their job
Or craves financial security
When there’s a world out there
Places to run things I’ve never done or seen
Escape the crowd let them keep the bars and the strip
Though one or two years ago I’d of been looking for it
If there’s no English only Germans then we’ve found a place
I can relax in local beauty and genuine grace
Living day to day
Chasing the sun you are the only one I need
Who misses home or their job
Or craves financial security
When there’s a world out there
Places to run things I’ve never done or seen
We’ve been a lot of places you and me
So imagine my surprise to find
You’ve seen it all
As if from my eyes
Living day to day
Chasing the sun you are the only one I need
Who misses home or their job
Or craves financial security
When there’s a world out there
Places to run things I’ve never done or seen
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5. |
Four Years
03:47
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Four Years
Words and Music by Robert Lane
Old friend I looked at you
Your face was different and your haircut new
Being touched up by the cost in the wet
Seeing you from my setting sun
Doing things I’ve never easily done
But you know my only regret will be to die alone
I’m not a man who can’t stand by
When you get to where I’ve passed
You’ll forget what you planned to last
And you’ll lose sight of things you’ve not seen yet
Seeing you from my setting sun
Doing things I’ve never easily done
But you know my only regret will be to die alone
I’m not a man who can’t stand by
You can keep your little known indie bands
I expect I’m too old to understand
You’re welcome to the four years I’ve got on you
Have I left you too far behind
Or can you help to remind me
Of anything I started out to get
Seeing you from my setting sun
Doing things I’ve never easily done
But you know my only regret will be to die alone
I’m not a man who can’t stand by
You can keep your little known indie bands
I accept I’m too old to understand
You’re welcome to the four years I’ve got on you
Old friend I looked at you
Your face was different and your haircut new
Being touched up by the cost in the wet
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6. |
Don't Know Love
03:16
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Don’t Know Love
Words and Music by Robert Lane
Don’t know love what you want me to say
There’s no words that can take it all away
With time again I would change everything
I’m so sorry for the pain that I bring
You should not be the one who’s crying
My blood runs hot as I hear myself lying
There’s little time for me to explain
How I let myself be tempted again
You won’t believe I can honestly claim
I was myself that night only in name
I’ll be with you for one more evening
I can still give reasons for not leaving
So what if I lie and cheat and deceive
Saying there’s nothing to see
Can you honestly say you regret taking my name
You should not be the one who’s crying
My blood runs hot as I hear myself lying
Don’t know love what you want me to say
There’s no words that can take it all away
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7. |
Been Us
03:08
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Been Us
Words and Music by Robert Lane
Nobody here could accuse me
Of choosing the way I feel
We’re back to the one thing makes us disagree
Hasn’t our life got too real?
Remember laughing like a school yard
And never finding it hard
To be me and you
Were we doomed right from the start
To be ripped apart
From me and you
I can’t believe that tomorrow could kill today
And that’s all I wanna say
We could have found some way around
The one thing between us
I guess that wouldn’t have been us
When this started we knew score
But that only makes it worse
Arguing but smiling sat on my kitchen floor
As you pull my heart from your purse
When I sang my song
No one sang along
Except for you
And I had so much time
That I really didn’t mind
Giving half to you
I can’t believe that tomorrow could kill today
And that’s all I wanna say
We could have found some way around
The one thing between us
I guess that wouldn’t have been us
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8. |
Lost But I Can't Care
03:30
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Lost But I Can’t Care
Words and Music by Robert Lane
Lost but I can’t care
Losing sight of what was never there
How am I supposed to explain
Things that I just don’t understand
When I’m lost but I can’t care
Pretending that there’s a choice
I’ve tried talking but it steals my voice
Can’t find the words to help me explain
Things that I just don’t understand
When I’m lost but I can’t care
Must we go around again
Look back think again do your best to realise
We’ve already been here
We’ve already been here
How am I supposed to explain
Things that I just don’t understand
When I’m lost but I can’t care
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9. |
Well Adjusted
04:10
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Well Adjusted
Words and Music by Robert Lane
I’ve been in this bar and I’ve sung these songs
Worked out the chords but some are still wrong
I went to your school and passed your tests
I wasn’t always there but I did my best
I heard all the songs on your radio
I learnt all the ones that you thought I should know
I wore all the clothes that they said I should
Said I couldn’t afford it and they said good
That’s good
All that I was waiting for
All that I was waiting for
Waiting to be free
I’m waiting to be free
I’m waiting to be free
I’ve seen you wearing that smile before
Forgetting ambition you’ve locked indoors
Holding a line that I never could cross
And each time you lie it’s me who is lost
I love you dearly but you think I don’t care
There so much passed between us that it’s too much to bear
I can’t bare it
All that I was hoping for
All that I was hoping for
Hoping there is more
I’m hoping there is more
I’m hoping there is more
No one does it quite like I do
My impression of a well adjusted twenty two year old
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10. |
Tomorrow
03:56
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Tomorrow
Words and Music by Robert Lane
Don’t be afraid to be scared
It’s perfectly natural to feel underprepared
You’ve learnt every lesson that’s been given
Though you’ve sometimes been burnt for failing to listen
It must feel good to be at the start
Of the first day of the rest of your life
The time has come for tomorrow
Its bitter sweet to see you go I’m so proud of what you’ve done
Your life will go whether you lead
You’re equipped with what you need
To make it in the end I know
I know
You have opened every door
So there’s no need to be frightened any more
But if ever your hope needs a place to stay
You know I can never turn you away
It must feel good to be at the end
Of having to rely on each passing hand out
The time has come for tomorrow
Its bitter sweet to see you go I’m so proud of what you’ve done
Your life will go whether you lead
You’re equipped with what you need
To make it in the end I know
I know
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11. |
I Had a Friend
04:02
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I Had a Friend
Words and Music by Robert Lane
I had a friend
And how we laughed
But now we’re nothing more than
Enemies of the art
I had a dream
I didn’t think he shared
But now he’s gone and made it
Happen where am I?
We never looked at the world in the same way
Had our lives to lead seems yours took you to brighter days
I never knew it was you
Who could’ve known it was you
I lost a friend
Her name doesn’t matter
All im prepared to say is
I blew it once again
She lied for me
And I let them kill her
Since I let that happen
Where the hell am I?
It seems the mistakes I made come and stay in my mind with ease
I’ve made my own problems created my own disease
I never knew it was you
Who could’ve known it was you
It seems the mistakes I made come and stay in my mind with ease
I’ve made my own problems created my own disease
I never knew it was you
Who could’ve known it was you
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12. |
Pessimistic Me
03:00
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Pessimistic Me
Words and Music by Robert Lane
Pessimistic me it seems like I was right
There’s no end in sight to please both you and me
And I don’t have the time for talking anymore
When the dreams that we have shared
Mean nothing in the end
And you’ve already said
There’s nothing left for us
And I know that too
Foolish you it seems like you were wrong
You thought you had worked too long
To have to start something new
And I must clear my mind so I’m walking out your door
When the dreams that we have shared
Mean nothing in the end
And you’ve already said
There’s nothing left for us
I know that too
And I don’t have the time for talking anymore
When the dreams that we have shared
Mean nothing in the end
And I made the mistake
But you have made the choice
Who can blame you?
When I’d do that too
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13. |
Make It Easy
02:22
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Make it Easy
Words and Music by Robert Lane
You call me up in the morning
Say you wanna see me
When I ask about this evening
You say that you’re not free
Why not make it easy
Make it easy on me
We could go and revisit
The place we used to eat
But that look on your face
Says you no longer meat
Why not make it easy
Make it easy on me
We used to be good friends yeah
Joined at the hip
And now you come round here saying that you
Regret giving me the slip
Why not make it easy
Make it easy on me
We never parted ways just
Fell out of touch
How can you come round here
Knowing you really missed too much
You call me up in the morning
Say you wanna see me
When I ask about this evening
You tell me you’re not free
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Robert Lane Birmingham, UK
Robert Lane is a musician, songwriter and actor based in the UK. He has toured extensively and released three albums. As an
actor he works in theatre and film and is a founding member of short form comedy improvisation group The Improlectuals.
Robert is also the host of The Robert Lane Creative Careers Podcast.
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