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The Unexpected - 2003 - 2007

by Kevin Blight

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1.
Inevitable 03:54
Hey baby the Sun's gonna rise in the morning Hey baby the Earth's gonna turn in the day The clouds are gonna wheel in the sky The birds are gonna sing and gonna fly It's inevitable, I'm gonna make you mine Hey honey the Moon's gonna rise in the evening Hey honey the stars are coming out to play The constellations wheel through the sky The evening star a burning point of light It's inevitable, I'm gonna make you mine Don't look upon this as arrogance It's not just some random happenstance Sometimes some things are meant to be Like you and me Hey baby the leaves are gonna fall from the trees Hey honey the water in the river's gonna freeze The season's gonna change in its time It don't need no reason or no rhyme It's inevitable, I'm gonna make you mine The season's gonna change in its time It don't need no reason or no rhyme It's inevitable, I'm gonna make you mine
2.
I got an old suitcase where I keep my soul A 17 year old mind in a body that's old Got a bad case of the Blues Got a dodgy ticker, a nasty little twitch A nasty little girlfriend with the 7 year itch People get to know me askin' every detail Take one look at me, say 'When'd ya get out of jail?' Got a bad case of the blues Got no truck with authority, do what I please Got a bad case of the Blues, I'm on my knees. Tried to get a job but they close every door There comes a point in time a man can't take any more Got a bad case of the Blues I been out on bail so many times I don't know where to stop Ask a man to change, like a leopard change it's spots My father said 'it's time for you to be a man' I said 'Why does a dog lick it's balls? because it can' Yeah I got a bad case of the Blues When the only way is up, you know that you can't lose When you got a bad case of the Blues.
3.
Jennifer 04:01
Jennifer I don't know what I'm doing here I wish we'd talked it through and made it crystal clear The audience is waiting for the fight to start Feeling better 'bout themselves as we fall apart I can bare my soul on a daytime show Backed into a corner with nowhere to go I'm too tired to lie anymore and they all know That I can't look you in the eyes The audience was angry when I came onstage Already on your side with unmistakable rage I tried to put my case the best i can It's obvious they don't believe the man I say I am When we met I told you you had angel's eyes Now I can't bear to look at you however hard I try Jennifer I just don't know what I must do Airing dirty linen in the public view TV lights were drying all the tears you cried Keeping host and advertisers satisfied
4.
Meum Pactum 03:52
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5.
Butterfly 08:44
Simple things... complex results. Consequence, consequence. Predetermined, unforeseen. Consequence...consequences. A Cabbage White Butterfly stretches its wings Who knows how much devastation each tiny flap may bring? Empires tumble continents are on collision course Futures crumble in consequence and demonstrate its force
6.
Ash & Coal 04:42
I've been asleep a million years A Trillion heartbeats a Billion tears Missing in the breeze I lit a fire inside my soul All that's left, a blackened hole, dark as Ash and Coal. Ash & Coal, Ash and Coal Take a look inside, it's dark and cold A million years takes its toll Turns you to Ash and Coal Ash and Coal, Ash and Coal Turn back time, make me whole There's no replacement for what time stole It's only left Ash and Coal
7.
Fat Girls 05:18
My Mama always told me if I learned a trade I'd be set and I would really have it made I never talked back to Mama that's what I'd do Get me a job and some brand new walkin' shoes Well i walked them shoes from pillar to post Tryin' to find me a job don't know what hurt most My pride or my aching body too close to call When a friend of mine said what ya think you're doin' boy? They say the tallest blade of grass gets cut down first If you climb too high you're gonna come off worse It's tough at the top but it's harder at the bottom In a hundred years time all of this will be forgotten You can be a high flier with all that entails You get the car and money, Supermodels 'on the rails' It's not all it's cracked up to be, You're missing out on the simple pleasures And you cannot ever change the weather, no. I'm a man for all seasons yeah I don't pick or choose You got one life to live or lose And fat girls need loving too Well i took that good advice and I took it to heart I took control of my life and I partied hard I went from pillar to post, from post back to pillar I loved a lot of ladies I confess it's a killer I love the long ones, the short ones, the ones in-between I love the thin ones, the wide ones, you know what I mean Over the years I put on a few pounds It's a hazard of the job when you're doing the rounds Then one day a pretty Moma said to me I'm a girl for all seasons yeah I don't pick or choose You got one life to live or lose And fat boys need loving too But i'm not fat...I've just got thick bones...and my glandular problem... Oh all right...I'M FAT....Come here, baby!
8.
Don't you sometimes wish that you could fly? Just push out your tongue and taste the sky It beats all those dreams of falling down the stairs Or running through streets in your underwear Don't you sometimes wish you could really fly? I wake in the morning I'm so confused i don't know where I've been my body's bruised Suddenly my heart skips a beat That sweet dream's just come back to me. Don't you sometimes wish you could really fly? If I could I would fly to be with you I would circle your house to show what I could do I would persuade you that you could do it too Then we'd fly away together with the sky in reach forever
9.
Back It Up! 03:36
I saw a honey in the parking lot Trying to park a car with an open top Blonde hair, sunglasses and a diamond ring Trying to back it in but struggling, yeah Said if you like I could help a while She took offence said 'You're out of line Don't need no man to show me what to do Stick around and I'll prove it to you. I can back it up' She parked the car and I had a hunch I made an offer to buy her lunch We lit a joint near a cheap motel What happened next, well I could not tell But I can back it up A little later 'bout a quarter to four The Bell-hop came a knockin' at the door 'That woman's husband's here and he's ready to kill - He's a son of a bitch and I know he will I can back it up I 'aint no scholar or PhD My next move don't require a degree I had my fill of her, I had my fun Truth to tell I'm a runnin' son of a gun
10.
I wake in the morning still wearing my clothes Soaking right through from my head to my toes Got no recollection of where I have been The people I spoke to, the places I've seen My buttons are tight, my shoelaces tied I guess it's just a guessing game - I've been sleepwalking in the rain, again. My family's getting used to it they made no complaint Just funny looks and sniggering across the breakfast plate I wring out my shirt, I'm ready for work I know that I'll be late again I've been sleepwalking in the rain, again Oh fate has added one more twist to a suffering somnambulist That I very rarely suffer if the rain's not in the gutter I'm half-drowned like Gene Kelly when he''s singing on the Telly I make it to work and I squelch through the hall The sun's started shining so I'm having a ball The big shots are waiting in the conference room I'm dripping and drying as I make my excuse The boss has his socks by the window pane It's just a guess but I would say He's been sleepwalking in the rain, again I'm slippin' I'm slidin, I'm drippin' I'm dryin' To look at me I guess you'd say He's been sleepwalking in the rain, again. I'm slippin' I'm slidin, I'm drippin' I'm dryin'
11.
Vindictive 04:03
I'm gonna write a perfect love song I'm struggling to find the words I'm gonna write a perfect love song And break your heart when it's heard I'm gonna write a song that matters To everyone around the world Its gonna be a song that makes you cry When my broken heart is cured There's a billion songs unwritten and I need the perfect one That sends a signal to your heart that says our love is gone I'm gonna write a perfect novel With characters you can believe I'm gonna write a perfect novel But I'm only up to chapter three I'm writing it to send a signal With a character just like me You'll be unable to put it down It'll bring you to your knees Well I might sound vindictive I guess it's just because I am I can't help feeling vindictive I never claimed to be a perfect man I got a nasty streak inside of me It doesn't make me proud But sometimes these feelings hurt so bad I just shout it out aloud. There's a billion songs unwritten....
12.
An icy chill runs down my spine, that car's parked there again They said she's got a brand new guy and I've been part-exchanged Say it isn't so He makes three times as much as me, that means a lot to Her She's been seen out on the town wearing expensive fur Say it isn't so Her old home is up for sale, they say she's moving in She's moving out to the country set so she can be with him Say it isn't so. When we met the other day she didn't meet my eyes All I wanted was the truth and all I got was lies Say it isn't so I got my broken stereo and all my records back I left behind the keys I had and my whole mood was Black Say it isn't so,
13.
Tall Ships 05:45
The sound of the ocean is to me as a sweet lullaby And nothing I've heard on dry land can compare My sleep is a deep one and as trouble-free as you might find As comforting as the touch of your hair But nothing compares to the feeling And nothing else touches my soul Like a tall ship that carries me back to your arms and my home The sun it is burning, oh at a Billion degrees And nothing but time could ever quench its flame And as the earth's turning a Million stars rise in the East And they'll be my guide for I know them by name We let go the anchor that will keep us in port for a time We see a strange town and its shoreline for a night When cargo is loaded its back to the ocean we love We're circled by dolphins and seabirds above
14.
I'm sitting on the edge of panic There's a tremor in my voice There is reason to feel manic And the terror of a choice Don't even try to estimate how hard this is to do Or disregard the sentiment of what I'll say to you I wanna see the Northern Lights with you Stand under glowing skies to see what you'd do To see that light of love in your eyes And hold you in my arms under Northern skies I'm sitting on the edge of reason Been sitting here a while I've been crazy for a season But I made the other side Please don't try to read my mind it's hard enough for ME to do I've been spending all my time waiting to say this to you I wanna see the Northern Lights with you Stand under glowing skies to see what you'd do To see that light of love in your eyes And hold you in my arms under Northern skies With you under Northern skies With you under Northern Lights We're sitting on the edge of time Making history so I've heard There's nothing else half as mystical But I don't have the words I can't even try to explain myself but if I could I'd choose To take you to a mountain-top and share the skies with you I wanna see the Northern Lights with you Stand under glowing skies to see what you'd do To see that light of love in your eyes And hold you in my arms under Northern skies
15.
Sweet Rain 04:48
There's a rain falling on a small Honduran town Wide-eyed women peer out between the bar Of a small Cantina painted Orange and Brown Dirtied by fumes of passing cars Children sweep rubbish to the side of the road For a few pesetas from the Gringo who works there They all know tourists will be by in the evenings So they put on their make-up and brush their hair And the sweet rain's falling again Washing away the dusty air That sweet rain falling again on the people living there Here comes 'Martin the cripple' on his skateboard With his stumps newly-bandaged by the Jesuit hospice He sits on the board on the patch he's worked for years Hope in his eyes with each passing Tourist Antonio the Pimp leans against his pick-up truck Crushing his cigarette slowly with his fingers Children play with a punctured football Slowly deflating like an innocence that lingers Well if it isn't Father Stephen, checking out what's going down Pointing out the way to heaven with a smile and then a slight frown There's two women standing talking about Madelaine (The hooker who died just the other day) And their voices sound like two Mandolins fighting As they argue back and forth and slowly drift away.

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Selected tracks from 2003 - 2007

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released December 6, 2013

Kevin Blight - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin, Percussion, Sound Engineering.

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Kevin Blight Stafford, UK

Award winning songwriter Kevin Blight is often compared to Elvis Costello, Bruce Hornsby & Joe Jackson. Writing in a multitude of styles his roots are firmly in the Folk-Funk-Punk-Blues-Rock genres...primarily a Guitarist, he also plays Bass, Keyboards, Mandolin, Harmonica & any other instrument he can get his hands on...including Pringles Tubes. ... more

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