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Second Skin

by Winter Wilson

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1.
Life Goes On 03:49
I was walking down the track I didn't need a push, but there's a wind blowing hard on my back Looking for an alibi, a lame excuse, to keep me wondering why, Why did I go? As if you didn't know. I just needed to show, life goes on without you. I was only seventeen when my heart got burned, Chasing a teenage dream. I couldn't see past my nose I thought it was an angel, dressed up in a young girl's clothes. How could I be fooled? I didn't try the water, I just jumped into the pool, But oh, she looked so fine, I thought I'd lost my mind. CHORUS And if I ever walk down this road again Can't think of many things I'd change. All through the accusations, the arguments, the pain, This deep affection still remains. Your memory it stays with me through all of my life. It keeps coming round when I lie awake at night . It doesn't matter now that you're gone, 'Cause we've got something that goes on and on ... CHORUS
2.
Miss You 03:18
Two stones skimming across the lake We danced on the water then sank without a trace. For a while we made the news. Both struck with our big ideals, Talk of love, but neither knowing how it feels. Ships in the night, just passing through. It's not that I'm bitter, just a little bit sad, You see, you were the best thing that I'd ever had And knowing you the way that I do, I know that I'll miss you. I'm gonna miss you when there's nobody there, No-one to kiss, no fingers running through my hair. For crying out loud, it never gets any easier. Don't you know for what it's worth I'd try to move heaven, I'd try to move earth To beg a few hours, to steal a day. It's the passing of time that I don't understand,. It's like a beautiful flower that's died in my hand But if one thing is constant and true, I'm sure that I'll miss you. Oh, I've been trying to say It's not by chance that I'm acting this way. And oh, I've been trying so hard. You shuffle the pack, but it's fate deals the card. From passion to pain, from lightning to rain From a blaze of glory, to a hard luck story . And now I'm hating myself for being alone at night, For once in my life I got something right And now I wish that I was lying, but I know it's true. In spite of it all, I'm gonna miss you. In spite of it all, I'm gonna miss you. Written by David J Wilson
3.
Only nineteen, so young and so keen, He couldn't wait. Sailing out with the boys, all the cheers and the noise He didn't hesitate. Finished his training and he knew what to do, Just like an exercise, home in a week, maybe two And the rain clouds gathered. As they were landing, they were told "Here's the test" Said "We're headed for Tumbledown, come on boys Do your best. There's glory in victory, it's there for the taking, You'll all be remembered, it's history we're making" And the rain clouds gathered. CHORUS There's a storm around Tumbledown tonight There's a storm around Tumbledown tonight. Shells cracked like thunder, all around them they fell And the bullets poured down on them Like a rainstorm from hell. "What am I doing here," he asked himself why? "I'm only nineteen, Lord, I'm too young to die." Still the rain clouds gathered. CHORUS An Argentine bullet, so swift and so true It ended that poor boy's life in a second or two. Now he'll no more suffer the fear and the pain He'll never no more see the shores of England again Still the rain clouds gathered CHORUS & REPEAT
4.
Alice 03:55
The photos on the mantelpiece look out beyond their frames The dust that's settled on the glass has covered up their names Images in black and white they're all that remains Of the family and friends Alice knew. She sits inside her living room, with the carpet torn to shreds The sofa that she sits upon at night becomes her bed. Dreaming in her innocence some day her prince will come Patiently she sits for hours on end. She says she remembers, she swears she always will Mistletoe at Christmas, in Spring the daffodils Sunshine in Summer, in Autumn the breeze That blows away her wishes Like leaves from the trees. Alice says she doesn't mind Though she gets a little down, from time to time Alice says it's just her age When you're getting on, you're not so strong But Alice isn't lonely, she says she's all the friends she needs. She's got a radio for company and that's fine. But you watch her when you're leaving, see that smile upon her lips And a tear sits in the corner of her eye. She says she remembers, she swears she always will Mistletoe at Christmas, in Spring the daffodils Sunshine in Summer, in Autumn the breeze That blows away her wishes Like leaves from the trees.
5.
You show me a future and I don't understand You offer me a living, then you take it from my hand Not just for the children, or the men there side by side We were bound by hope we were bound by pride Take a look at my hands, and the muscles on my back My body is my living, I was born to walk this path Like my father before me, this die was cast Now you're telling me I'm finished, "You're a thing of the past You're the end of an era, you're the last. We don't build ships any more, we don't rule the waves The fishing fleets have all but gone, sold out to a watery grave You say that it's progress, marching on through time Go tell it to the ship builders, the fishermen and the labourers Who have earned their keep with sweat and blood Go tell it to the lads from down the mines Take a look at my house, take a look at me town, Foundations built on coal, you might as well tear them down. You get compensation for the money that you're owed God knows you've earned it with your body and your soul, That's the price you pay, that's the price of coal. You show me a future and I don't understand You offer me a living, then you take it from my hand Not just for the children, or the men there side by side We were bound by hope we were bound by pride
6.
Feeling guilty, but I've done nothing wrong. You're looking at me as if I've been telling you lies. Don't act surprised, Don't ask what's wrong with me. Any fool can see. Don't understand this, it's making no sense. I've nothing to hide, my honesty's my best defense. Still you're not believing me, Any fool can see. Say, how long have we been together? Seen some rough times, stormy weather. But nevertheless, always seen it through Me and you I'm not a saint, but I'm nobody's fool I have a conscience, I play by the rules But still we don't agree Any fool can see. Don't draw the curtains, don't turn on the light I want to sit and stare out at the moon tonight Must be the madness in me Any fool can see Must be the madness in me Any fool can see.
7.
Names on a cross in a market square Wreathes on the waves of a bitter cold sea Black and white photos of faces that nobody knows Long lost to their memory Newspaper cuttings cast on the floor Blown by the breeze they get lost with the leaves As November comes round once more Winter knocks on my door CHORUS Hope I never grow old Hope I never grow old To lie in your bed in the still of the night A knock on the door makes your heart beat with fright And you daren't walk the streets without walking in fear of your life Hope I never grow old When life's full of yesterdays and all that you've seen, But you can't quite remember the places you've been When you don't see the future, you just close your eye and then dream Hope I never grow old CHORUS She lived in fear of God for the most of her life Sure if he trusted him he's put this world right And then after sixty years, a youth walks to her and sneers "Your handbag or your life my dear" Now it isn't it only God she fears
8.
Tell me all about yourself, for all the folks back home Tell me what you think of being here Tell me of the sandstorms and the sun that burns so bright Tell me why you get so cold at night Speak now in your own words, and we'll let the cameras roll Speak and we will put you on the news Speak and we will send the pictures out by satellite Speak of why you get so cold at night Give us all your best accounts of modern high tech war I'm told that all you see are TV screens Has pain been taken out of death, fear taken from the fight? Tell me why you get so cold at night Were you told this was the real thing? Were you told it's not a game? Were you told that there is hell right here on earth? Were you told about that sniper when he held you in his sight? Were you told that you would get so cold tonight?
9.
You got no business in coming round here You got no business at all You got no business in knocking on my door That's not your business after all You got no reason for walking down my street You got no reason at all You got no reason for you and I to meet I never asked for you to call But now you're here, well I suppose you'd best come in No sense in standing in the cold I've got nothing else to do except reminisce about me and you And how I feel much better on my own Yes I'm sure that I'll be happier alone You got no business in acting like you did You got no business at all You got no business in saying those things you said That's not your business after all But I'm not saying you're entirely to blame I'm not casting any stones Although the nights are long, I thing that I will carry on I feel much better on my own I'm not sure maybe I'm happier alone You got no business in capturing my heart You got no business, but heaven knows I'm glad you did Make sure you catch me if I fall Maybe that's your business after all
10.
Rolling down a mountainside, going out of control Scared of what's waiting, not knowing what's below Losing my grip on things, I can't stand my ground I can't face the future, all the walls are coming down CHORUS I can't love you now, like I used to do And it's hard on me knowing that it's hard on you If I could, I'd turn back the time To when I was yours and you were mine You give me lots of reasons, to try to make me stay. Seems to me the truth is that there ain't another way All I feel now is empty, there's a whole straight through my heart I know I should carry on, but I don't know where to start CHORUS But still I worry about you, it's not that I don't care There's no comfort in an empty room, there's no pleasure in despair But I can't see what it is I want There's a cloud just rolled across my sky. And it's left me cold, and took away my light I know there's something going wrong, but I just can't get it right
11.
Fragile Life 03:55
The sunshine's disappeared, the clouds roll in I haven't felt so low, since I don't know when Not long ago I thought I had it all then It's such a fragile life we lead And so we make excuses, who to blame There's no-one but yourself, the facts remain There's no use looking any more, it's all the same It's such a fragile life we lead CHORUS Whether or not you go now Whether or not you stay Whether or not doesn't matter any more There's nothing left to say And so the circle slowly turns again There's no escaping as the walls close in The more I question the less I understand Of this fragile life we lead What lies around the corner I dare not ask These eyes avoid the future, shielded behind this mask There's no tomorrows when you're haunted by your past In this fragile life we lead, Such a fragile life we lead
12.
I hear the wind outside my door and the rain upon the glass Another night and I'm on my own, I know it won't be the last It's strange the way it gets to me I thought that I would cope Seems like everyone's laughing but me, I can't see the joke I know I don't have to stay in there are places I can go Friends I could talk to, but I don't suppose they'd know What it's like to lose someone Not just a lover, but a friend What it's like to feel the way I feel, not knowing where it ends CHORUS And the worst part of it I can't get out of my head Is knowing that you're lying in someone else's arms And someone else's bed The days they are hard, but the nights they're murder It hangs like a shadow, it slowly falls, aggravates and disturbs you Knowing that it's coming scares the hell out of me Knowing when I close my eyes it's your face that I'm going to see CHORUS The way that I see things now, this is as good as it gets They tell me time's a healer, but I'm not taking bets I gave it all, I gave everything I left nothing in reserve Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win Sometimes you get what you deserve.
13.
Mr O'Malley 03:10
Mr O’Malley he knows all the locals He knows all the pretty girls, gives them the eye. He’s always well dressed and he’s always well spoken, Walks with a cane and he wears a bow tie. Mr O’Malley he once lived in London. He’s seen all the bright lights and he’ll tell you how He once met the Queen down at Buckingham Palace. She gave him a medal, and of it he’s proud His house it is spotless except for the bedroom. It’s never been touched since his wife passed away. He says that she’s gone to see friends down in Oxford, Sure she’ll be home in a couple of days. Mr O’Malley he likes to go dancing He always buys tickets, but he won’t go alone He gives them to friends, he says he doesn’t need them They’ll only be wasted, the wife’s not yet home Mr O’Malley he eats at the station He sits in the restaurant at a table for two He books it for ten, but he never starts eating Until he is certain the last train is through. Then he smiles at the waitress, says “Maybe tomorrow. I’m sure that she’s busy, there’s so much to do”. Picks up his coat, gets his cane, pays his bill Then wanders off home alone, says that “I’ll see her tomorrow. I’m sure that I will” Mr O’Malley he knows all the locals He knows all the pretty girsl, gives them the eye He’s always well dressed and he’s always well spoken Walks with a cane and he wears a bow tie.

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Winter Wilson's very first album was By The Skin Of Our Teeth, recorded in 1996. We were never 100% happy with our performances on the original and when it sold out we re-recorded all of the songs (plus a bonus track) and put it out as Second Skin in 2007.

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released January 1, 2007

Dave Wilson. Guitar, vocals, harmonica.
Kip Winter. Vocals.
All songs written by David J Wilson. All rights reserved.

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Winter Wilson England, UK

Winter Wilson are one of the hardest working duos on the circuit. Aside from touring throughout the UK, in recent years Winter Wilson performed in Germany, Australia, Spain, Belgium, New Zealand and Canada.
They've recorded numerous albums, the most recent Live & Unconventional, the long-awaited live album, recorded on tour and at Cropredy Festival ​with folk rock icons Fairport Convention.
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