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Live At The Boat Sessions

by Chris Tavener

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I struggle to feel The rabid appeal Of kicking a ball in a net My mate’s will prolong The football that’s on They bite their lips and they sweat But there’s a part of me that helps me see their point of view Don’t know the players I don’t know the club But I’m wrecking the bar if we lose If we’re playing Spain And they win the game I’ll fight like a bull in a ring If Switzerland score Then you can be sure My swiss army knife takes a swing If Poland win I’ll make our local deli rue the day Don’t the players I don’t the rules But I’m wrecking the town anyway If we’re playing France And they can advance The bistro in town’s getting hit If Germany win A war will begin The streets will be hit like the blitz It’s not how well you win it’s just how bad you take the loss Won’t know the players I won’t know the club But you can bet that I won’t give a toss I struggle to feel The rabid appeal Of kicking a ball in a net My mate’s will prolong The football that’s on They bite their lips and they sweat But there’s a part of me that helps me see their point of view Don’t know the players I don’t know the club But I’m wrecking the bar if we lose Oh I don’t know the players And I don’t know the club But I’m wrecking the bar if we lose
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Praise Him 03:22
We’ve got to praise him, praise him He helped me open my eyes We’ve got to praise him, praise him ‘Cause he’s the star in our lives In his name and with his love I have gladly walk for miles We’ve got to praise him, praise him Praise to Harry Styles I read a book on him each night And I learn it off by heart A verse can help you when you feel Like you’re struggling in the dark There’s a picture taped against my wall If you squint your eyes, he’s wearing nothing at all It’s Harry Styles, spread the word around We’ve got to praise him, praise him He helped me open my eyes We’ve got to praise him, praise him ‘Cause he’s the star in our lives In his name and with his love I have gladly walk for miles We’ve got to praise him, praise him Praise to Harry Styles I take a weekly pilgrimage To his house and his hometown A shrine to him sits in my room So it feels like he’s around There’s a club that meets in my front room We all sit and talk, of what we’d like to do To Harry Styles, I get excited just to say his name We’ve got to praise him, praise him He helped me open my eyes We’ve got to praise him, praise him ‘Cause he’s the star in our lives In his name and with his love I have gladly walk for miles We’ve got to praise him, praise him Praise to Harry Styles
3.
Oh we left the ground We were LA bound On a plane that I’d just bought And my entourage Had a full massage With a drink of every sort And then you had to stare At my collection of art I had to bury it deep underground Irretrievably far Oh I’ve got a five bedroom house in Rome That I’ve never seen I’ve got a team of cleaners to keep my Bugatti clean. And boy, I’m better than you Oh we sipped champagne Through a diamond cane In a club that I’d just bought And we filled a tray With the best cocaine So we wouldn’t come up short And then she had to touch My satin velvet tie I had to take it to the best drycleaners At least ten times Oh I’ve got a room at the Ritz for when I feel I could eat I’ve got a penthouse suite with a view From a thousand feet And boy, I’m better than you Now I don’t mean to brag But I don’t care about the cost We better keep this all offline So my daddy won’t cut me off Oh we hit the beach In a hot tub each On an island I’d just bought And my servants served All their best hors d'oeuvres With the lobster that they’d caught And then he had to ask For some tomato sauce I had to pay all my guest to row Back out from the shore Oh I’ve got a few bodyguard to keep Back all common thugs I’m a member of thirty elite And exclusive clubs And boy, I’m better than you
4.
Well there’s exploitation in China And gun crime in the USA There’s social distance in Russia Korea could blow us away There’s a chemical warfare in the Middle East Poverty’s spread right through The people are starving in Africa But hey what else is new? ‘Cause nobody’s mentioned the crisis in Northwich The pub on my road shut down Oh there’s earthquakes shaking down Haiti Tornados hitting Bangladesh The ice sheets melting in Greenland Each day they report less and less There’s hurricanes sweeping the United States And Canada’s crushed with snow Tsunamis are drowning the Philippines In case you didn’t know But nobody’s mentioned the crisis in Northwich It’s rained everyday this week Oh the price of housing’s a nightmare And I don’t know who to accuse The traffic’s bad at the weekend But you won’t get that on the news Why be worried about your street when your garden’s overgrown? Why look over your neighbour’s fence when you can’t take care of your home? Oh there’s major flooding in Thailand Pandemics out of Mexico There’s nineteen countries in Europe That won’t let their dear Euro go There’s deforestation in the tropics now And wild fires everyday There’s blood spill and chaos in Africa But that’s all far away ‘Cause nobody’s mentioned the crisis in Northwich The buses all finish at six Nobody’s mentioned the crisis in Northwich

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Chris played a set of his best songs on board a narrowboat to a small audience of just 15 people on 2nd July 2015. Film-maker Freddie Jones captured the intimate performance.

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released January 10, 2016

All songs written and performed by Chris Tavener
Filmed and recorded by Freddie Jones
Boat Sessions Hosted by Gavin 'Goliath' Clegg

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Chris Tavener Manchester, UK

Jangly-guitar rock and a biting sense of humour meet in the storytelling songs of Chris Tavener. A deft lyricist with an acerbic wit, Tavener writes his lyrics from the perspective of flawed characters that he draws from 21st century life.

“”An interesting lad with an elastic turn of phrase” – Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music

“Nice set. Kinks-y vibes” – Carl Barat, The Libertines
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