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The World Is Speeding Past

by The Betty Leathers

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1.
It’s no big mystery No matter what you think. The losers writing history Just use a lot of ink. Aliens with bigger brains Will send a robot probe And poke around in our remains On a dusty lifeless globe. They’ll find a trophy of our race: a ball point pen with Tinky-Winky’s face Happy now and then. You don’t need a shrink Our a couch to lie down Buy yourself a drink And wear a happy frown If we all cease to be, No cause to be upset. ’cause there will always be a sunset. In Spring I’ll be remembered. At best I’ll be a name In a book by next December with every page the same. Aliens with bigger brains Will send a robot probe And poke around in our remains On a dusty lifeless globe. They’ll find a trophy of our race: a ball point pen with Tinky-Winky’s face Happy now and then.
2.
Bitten 01:41
3.
Just now I said goodbye to you the same as every morning. But who knows when your karma's through? It happens without warning. You never know when a sleepy peck is just a see-you-later. At any step in the daily trek you can go to meet your maker. So then I’d wish that I’d said more and paid you more attention. Why I let you out the door is beyond my comprehension. And don’t you miss a chance to say I love you. Do not wait. That’s what they always seem to say after it’s too late. Chorus: Every time we say good-bye, if I thought it was the last, then I would never let you out again. We’d lose our jobs and go insane. Every time we say good-bye They say you should live every day as if it were the last one. That seems a most effective way to lose your marbles fast, son When you’re coming up the drive, should I run out in slow motion? Yes of course you’re still alive, So why the morbid notion? Chorus: Every time we say good-bye, if I thought it was the last, then I would never let you out again. We’d lose our jobs and go insane. And don’t you miss a chance to say I love you. Do not wait. That’s what they always seem to say after it’s too late. Chorus: Every time we say good-bye, if I thought it was the last, then I would never let you out again. We'd lose our jobs and go insane. It will be true one day One day but not today.
4.
I don't believe in ordinary days I'm somewhere in the springtime now It could be early May I'll be leaving with you in the fall I'll leave this place behind and I don't mind at all Chorus: We may find it's a very ordinary life But I don't mind I'll run away with you To find my home In summer in the city in the heat Waiting for the days to cool The ground beneath my feet I think about the winter and the snow When the leaves start falling down It will be time to go We may find it's a very ordinary life But I don't mind I'll run away with you To find my home
5.
Well I went to the foot of our stairs I could wait but there's no-one there In the morning In the evening In the rain In the winter In the springtime And the rain Well it's a starry night tonight And some of those stars are unusually bright In the winter In the springtime Still the same In the morning In the evening In the rain Don't ask me while the World is speeding past Don't ask me why the sunlight fades so fast And the morning brings the rain Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs Well I'm hoping I'll find you there In the morning In the evening Still the same In the winter In the springtime In the rain I suppose I'll be moving on With the wind at my back still whistling some old song In the morning In the evening In the rain In the winter In the springtime And the rain Don't ask me while the World is speeding past Don't ask me why the sunlight fades so fast Or the morning brings the rain Well I went to the foot of our stairs I could wait, but there's no-one there
6.
Sing a little song about me. All about me. Make a little sound from my name, just from my name. When I was your friend I was all you needed When I was your friend I was all you had Today the wind is cold around me, cold around me. This train is taking me from your town - out of your town. When I was your friend I was all you needed When I was your friend I was all you had Sing a little song Sing a little song When I was your friend I was all you needed When I was your friend I was all you had
7.
An Internet page with my Name on and my photograph Someday you could go there, we could Meet up, we could have a laugh Though I won't be there I'll virtually be there with you Some pixels on your screen The closest I have ever been to you I've changed it since you saw it Last, now it's all black and red With the poems that I wrote for You, and all those pictures of my pets Though I won't be there I'll virtually be there with you Some pixels on your screen The closest I have ever been to you One day you'll come by my page And then you'll see who I really am Did you see my email? All about the page I sent to you On someone else's blog I saw a message seemed to be from you One day you'll come by my page And then you'll see what I want you to see
8.
Revolution 04:54
What I offer you is a story about your world Things that once were good have all been bought and sold Your world needs to change and take a new direction We should treat the past like some kind of infection If you follow me I'll lead you where you like Take the back seat now you tell me where, I'll drive I'll go slow or fast to anyplace you want There is just one thing now I will never stop Chorus: It's revolution time now, a new solution It's revolution, It's revolution It's revolution time now, a new solution It's revolution, It's revolution What I offer you is a story about your world If your past was bad then any future's good I'll work hard for you if you'll work hard for me Just don't ask me what this brave new world will be Chorus x2
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Take me somewhere else To run around in the sunshine Until the night comes falling down Take me far away To another place where I can stay If I leave here Pack my bags and on my way Where all I do is what I say Or if I stay here Anchored in this place and time Where what I do is all I know Something's in my house And it won't let me leave x2 Something's in my house Behind the bedroom door, it's always looking at me And I think it calls my name It follows me I'm sure It's always sneaking around without a sound Rpt Bridge Three bags in my car Don't know what's inside them But it's everything I own Don't think I'll get far Not even on my way, not today If I stay here Change won't get the best of me Who I am is who I'll stay Or if I leave here One more bag I'm on my way It's what I do not what I say Something's in my house And it won't let me leave
10.
Uncertain 03:53
You need a better kind of person, to learn from You want a way back in to my world, from your world You close it off and close it down You're in the dark without a sound I need a better way of living, It wouldn't hurt to be more certain, I'm certain I'll help you through I'll hold your hand I'll pull you through, if you just hold out your hand We all know there's a lonely place, we all like to go And we all go there The falling rain becomes a curtain, Now you can't make your way to my world, from your world It shuts me out and shuts me down I'm in the dark without a sound The falling rain makes you uncertain, Now you can't make your way to my world, from your world I'll help you through, I'll hold your hand I'll pull you through, if you just hold out your hand We all know there's a lonely place, we all like to go And we all go there
11.
You can't launch a sinking ship or three, can't launch into a stormy sea, while hanging from a local branch You can't be king in a fifties ranch. They'll lynch me now the die is cast. The time to change my mind is passed. I tried the long shot in a crunch, so this could be my last free lunch. They didn't have to declare a fatwa I never said I was a bodhisattva I'm sipping on a pina colada I'm the richest guy riding on the MARTA Eating candy inside a pinata This never happened to Frank Sinatra I'll bet it's all a cinch, I’ll bet, so have a blast but don't eat yet. You'd best forget my half-assed hunch, or this could be your last free lunch. I've had my fill of the bitter pill. Before you put my bacon on your bill, gimme a shot of the passion fruit punch, cos this could be my last free lunch. I know you wish I was smarter But I never said I was Jimmy Carter I gave ten dollars to my alma mata Signing up for the magna carta Eating candy inside a pinata This never happened to Frank Sinatra I've had my fill of the bitter pill. Before you put my bacon on your bill, gimme a shot of the passion fruit punch, cos this could be my last free lunch. gimme a shot of the passion fruit punch, This could be my last free lunch. This could be my last free lunch.
12.
Summer Storm 03:40
All this rain and thundering It kind of leaves me wondering If love isn't all it's supposed to be Just heat consuming energy But it gave no light at all To me I thought we could do without gravity Knew we could use more levity You said we had time for everything Together we could do anything But you gave no light at all To me This won't last it's a summer storm And every cloud will soon be gone But even though the rain is warm And from now on it won't take long I can't bring myself to wait anymore I left town in a thunderstorm Rode that train through a silent dawn At night I woke in another place The moon shone down with the same old face But it gave no light at all To me This won't last it's a summer storm And every cloud will soon be gone But even though the rain is warm And from now on it won't take long I can't bring myself to wait anymore This won't last it's a summer storm And every cloud will soon be gone With all the fireworks and fireflies It's time I came to realize There'll be no light at all For me
13.
I'm out of my depth In over my head I'm hoping things get better I'm swimming around Hoping I don't drown I couldn't get much wetter Ten suits stand in a line Flashing ties in bright sunshine Lying to me all the time I'm supposed to feel just fine You think I want to win But I'm just trying to fit in Suddenly you've changed the rules I stumble round you like a fool Oh whatever the weather I'm blowing like a feather My request has been denied I only asked to run and hide Chorus One man stands on the deck From high above I'm just a wreck Now I'm falling overboard We're still ten miles from the shore Oh whatever the weather I'm floating like a feather Cruising on the White Star Line I'm holed below the waterline Chorus You're speeding past my bow I'm to stern but you're two prowed Awash with all that I can take I can't sleep here in your wake Oh whatever the weather I'm sinking like a feather Ripples spreading all around Three times now I'm going down Chorus

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A collection of demos and recordings from The Betty Leathers entire career, which spanned about 5 yeas from 2005 to 2010. Most of these are demos that I recorded to introduce new songs to the band, often with help from the other band members.

The recordings were never originally intended for release. I've lost the original tracks by now, so I've just remastered the mixed down recordings - but none of them are really "studio quality" recordings, and I'm solely responsible for their shortcomings.

Many of these songs changed a lot from the demo to the version we performed, but I still enjoyed some of the original demos, so I collected them here to document the songwriting effort that went into the band.

Although I wrote most of the material, Eric provided the words to a number of the most memorable songs, and everyone contributed ideas and lines. I've written credits in the info with each track, and added lyrics for all of them.

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released February 8, 2015

Produced by David Mold. The Leathers are: Cheryl Crowley, Joachim Kurtz, David Mold, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, and Eric Reinders.

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