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Penknife Glides Live At The Kings Arms

by Penknife Glides

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1.
City Rats 04:05
CITY RATS Back street brick walls heading for some hard falls Living in the city welcome to the city oh yeah A pocket full of day dreams runnin' from a crime scene Living in the city existing in the city oh yeah Are you comin' out tonight on a rollercoaster ride Let's all try to get together that way we can make things better It's over rated the venues old and dated There's a padlock on the entrance an' a poster on the wall A message on the door say's we're not welcome any more Oh yeah, run like city rats oh yeah... Downtown nightlife razor sharp penknife Living in the city welcome to the city oh yeah It's our lives our choice singin' out with one voice Living in the city existing in the city oh yeah Are you comin' out tonight on a rollercoaster ride Let's all try to get together that way we can make things better It's over rated the decors old and faded The management have bolted with the takings in a car There's a crowd outside waiting for a gig that never starts Oh yeah, run like city rats oh yeah we're like city rats... Way down in the sewer where the city rats are living We're all in this together going absolutely nowhere Back streets brick walls bright lights an' hard falls Police all seem determined to squash us all like vermin It's over rated the venues old and dated The mods ride off dejected while the punks are giving chase Another vacant building til' a disco takes its place Oh yeah run like city rats Oh yeah run like city rats... Oh yeah run like city rats Oh yeah run like city rats... © Cliff "Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
2.
My Life 04:09
MY LIFE 6.30 news on the television I might be watching you but I'm not listening A parking ticket or two for no reason Can't get my message across to all these people Why should I bother to stick around cos' it doesn't matter to me I just follow the next man stuff the king and country There must be more to my life I've had enough so I'm leaving There must be more to my life the politicians are dreaming So I'm setting myself free now Then in the papers I find this crummy survey How the kids of today have gone their own way I see my life revolve around in circles Two generations of the same person Why should I bother to stick around cos' it doesn't matter to me I just follow the next man stuff the king and country There must be more to my life I've had enough so I'm leaving There must be more to my life the politicians are dreaming There must be more to my life switch off the TV There must be more to my life this plane ticket can free me now So I'm setting myself free stuff the king and the country If my face don't fit I swear to God I'm gonna hurt someone And if the DJ talks over my record again I'm gonna kill someone This is my life this is my life... I've got a plane to catch plans to hatch Got a feeling' London's where it's at A cheap suit a last farewell it's an opportunity to see the world Don't leave guitars or drums behind Let's see which way this Penknife Glides It's my life it's my life... © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/ Steven Gravelle 1980
3.
MONEY TO BURN It seems like only yesterday I was home an' hosed no rent to pay What am I going to do about it everybody knows you can't live without it Now Monday morning out of bed get to work late someone says Where have you been son aren't you makin' a habit of this An' I'm workin' away from 9-5 there must be easier ways of stayin' alive Tell me your secret they say you didn't start from scratch Time and time again blood rushes to my head Friday nights the night I like the best... The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket It's a feeling I get I just can't stop it Cigarette smoke and the chip fat fingers The Mainstreet lights the K Road swingers The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket Sex and drugs an' late night shopping Beer stained carpets an' lipstick collar Spending my money like there's no tomorrow no tomorrow No tomorrow... Now what are you trying to do you've been away for a week or two Can you spare me a tenner I'll pay you back later I promise to Hey you there in the street with your safe job and family What am I going to do about it Everybody knows you can't live without it Time and time again blood rushes to my head Friday nights the night I like the best... The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket It's a feeling I get I just can't stop it Cigarette smoke and the chip fat fingers The Mainstreet lights the K Road swingers The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket Sex and drugs an' late night shopping Beer stained carpets an' lipstick collar Spending my money like there's no tomorrow no tomorrow No tomorrow... Monday Tuesday I detest Wednesday Thursday even less Friday nights the night I like it satisfies my appetite Friday nights the night I like the best... oh lah lah lah The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket Sex and drugs an' late night shopping Beer stained carpets and lipstick collar Spending my money like there's no tomorrow The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket It's a feeling I get I just can't stop it Cigarette smoke and the chip fat fingers The Mainstreet lights the K Road swingers The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket Sex and drugs an' late night shopping Beer stained carpets and lipstick collar Spending my money like there's no tomorrow No tomorrow no tomorrow no tomorrow... © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle 1981
4.
Silhouettes 04:04
SILHOUETTES We're lying horizontal in our long narrow room Watching silhouettes And your asleep beside me while I'm still wide eyed Lights from the food bar sign blink thru the blinds Awake some sort of tension excitement anticipation anticipation As the lights from the food bar sign blink thru the blinds It's 3.30 in the morning and I'm still wide eyed Lights from the food bar sign blink thru the blind Silhouettes larger than life shapes without detail Staccato sound of a pinball machine in the background Awake some sort of tension excitement anticipation anticipation As the lights from the food bar sign blink thru the blind Someone is listening in the crowd head in the clouds countdown Voicing opinions to shape our future pawns on a concrete playground Push her aside start again look for the years wasted You'll never know brothers sisters how I spend my time face it... Awake some sort of tension excitement anticipation anticipation As the lights from the food bar sign blinks thru the blinds Lying horizontal in our long narrow room...watching silhouettes © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle/Jules Moloney
5.
FILLING IN TIME Put yourself in my place what would you do In the changing face of danger Strike a match in the dark light a fag from the spark In the eyes of a stranger I've got something on my mind I've been meaning to explain But I don't think it's necessary to be unkind I'm too busy livin' out this wasted youth of mine Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time Place the key in the lock becoming of age what have we got Conflicting opinions So change your mind all too soon thinking you are nobody's fool You're just one in a million I've got something on my mind I've been meaning to explain But I don't think it's necessary to be unkind I'm too busy livin' out this wasted youth of mine Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time So do yourself a favour I'm nothin' to write home about Don't bother to ask that question why you know what I'm taking about I've got something on my mind I've been meaning to explain But I don't think it's necessary to be unkind I'm too busy livin' out this wasted youth of mine Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time So do yourself a favour I'm nothin' to write home about Don't bother to ask that question why you know what I'm taking about Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time that's all Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time that's all © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
6.
Discipline 04:31
DISCIPLINE I've seen my name in lights I've had this vision Give me the benefit of your doubt close this division So where does this lead to now we don't do this for love I'm not here to be used by you not miscellaneous junk Listen to the discipline listen to the discipline And the beat beat beat goes on And the beat beat beat goes on And the beat beat beat beat beat beat goes on... It's a matter of principle to keep malevolence seen To cause an angel to scream and shout But don't object when we're kicking So where does this lead to now cos' we don't do this for love We're not here to be used by you not miscellaneous junk Listen to the discipline listen to the discipline And the beat beat beat goes on And the beat beat beat goes on And the beat beat beat beat beat beat goes on... Yeah I've seen my name in lights I've had this vision Give me the benefit of your doubt close this division Listen to the discipline listen to the discipline And the beat beat beat goes on And the beat beat beat goes on And the beat beat beat beat beat beat goes on... © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle 1982
7.
Too Late Now 06:39
TOO LATE NOW Strain to see beyond the light at the other end of the hall Is that the shadow of my girlfriends back heading for the door What would you have done in my place why did we ever start You've broken all the rules to love while tearin' out my heart Don't say somethin' that you might regret I might forgive you but I won't forget Too late too late too late - too late now It's too late now you fool it's too late It's too late now you fool it's too late I've been down and out so many times it didn't bother you I was mad back then to really think the lies you spun were true Are you really really leaving me you'll never settle down Guess I'm just one more statistic in this ruthless battleground Don't strut around town like you're the only one My head hangs heavy by the damage done It's too late too late too late - too late now It's too late now you fool it's too late It's too late now you fool it's too late It's too late now you fool it's too late to change your mind It's too late now you fool yeah it's too late Don't say somethin' that you might regret I might forgive you but I won't forget Too late too late too late - too late now Don't strut around town like you're the only one My head hangs heavy from the damage done It's too late too late too late - too late now Don't say somethin' that you might regret I might forgive you but I won't forget Too late too late too late - too late now Don't say somethin' that you might regret Don't say somethin' that you might regret I won't forgive you It's too late now you fool it's too late It's too late now you fool yeah it's too late Don't say somethin' that you might regret Don't say somethin' that you might regret I won't forgive you It's too late now you fool it's too late It's too late now you fool yeah it's too late It's too late it's too late it's too late... © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle 1982
8.
TAKING THE WEIGHT OFF It seems like you don't care no more I'm sick of begging you to stay on with money I don't care care care care care just leave me alone I'm sick of livin' in the shadow of your smile Want to take the weight off my feet for a while I've got no time to sink or swim Swear I'll never be the same again So I watch my woman getting closer to him But she don't say much Turn the other cheek in my mind Want to take the weight off my feet for a while Yah yah yah yah - I'm taking the weight off Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off Now I know I'm not here for long Only long enough to fit the pieces together Full admission to a mis spent youth spent doing time Found the fingerprints came from my file Want to take the weight off my feet for a while Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off Yah yah yah yah When every morning starts the same Got no reason to complain no more I see the bars before me in my prison cell But can't turn back time Find it's written in the Sunday papers Want to the weight off my feet for a while Yah yah yah yah - I'm taking the weight off Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off I'm not coping in this world too well Now I'm locked up in a prison cell Someone's stolen all the air I breathe I can't stand on my own two feet Taking the weight off I'm taking the weight off Taking the weight off taking the weight off I'm not coping in this world too well Now I'm locked up in a prison cell Someone's stolen all the air I breathe I can't stand on my own two feet Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight... Taking the weight off - taking the weight off Taking the weight off... © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle 1981
9.
Pressure Me 04:49
PRESSURE ME I am the odd man out til' someone else gets hurt I am the one in doubt let someone else get hurt And I don't get my kicks by talking bout these things I've seen it all before I'm not doubting anymore I was reading Tolstoy when you were swingin' from trees You must be out of your mind don't try to pressure me Cos' I suit myself - yeah I suit myself Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me I'm under pressure I'm under pressure Just like shit on my shoes I can't live with the smell I'm gonna bring you to your knees we're up in arms we're up in hell I was reading Tolstoy when you were swinging from trees You must be out of your mind don't try to pressure me Cos' I suit myself - yeah I suit myself Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me I'm under pressure I'm under pressure I was reading Tolstoy while you were swinging from trees You must be out of your mind don't try to pressure me Just like shit on my shoes I can't live with the smell l'm gonna bring you to your knees We're up in arms we're up in hell Hell were up in hell were up in hell........ Cos' I suit myself - yeah I suit myself Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me Don't pressure me pressure me I'm under pressure I'm under pressure © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
10.
SOUND OF DRUMS It's narrow line that we have walked on Braver men than I have talked on pavements lit at dawn Decisively our world is torn torn torn torn Listening to the sound of drums - listening to the sound of drums Beat those rhythms wave those arms listen to the sound of drums To the sound the sound to the sound the sound... of drums To the sound of drums Feel the time retracing steps we took on shallow sand Have all but washed away Ever watchful as the creeping tide consumes the land And here we stand stand stand stand Listening to the sound of drums - listening to the sound of drums Beat those rhythms wave those arms listen to the sound of drums To the sound the sound to the sound the sound... of drums To the sound of drums You've got to listen to the sound of drums...the sound of drums It's all but washed away Decisively our world is torn torn torn torn Listening to the sound of drums - listening to the sound of drums Beat those rhythms wave those arms listen to the sound of drums To the sound the sound to the sound the sound... of drums To the sound of drums © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
11.
Heatwave 04:01
HEATWAVE 2000 years from now countdown with every hour Each minute that transpires will bridge the gap a million miles The message loud and clear fades faster year by year No more sorrow no more pain will see tomorrow come again Oh oh .... Oh satellite in space no matter where you are Across the USA to USSR In English and Chinese we're filling the airwaves The language of love hits me like a heatwave You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah Oh oh...... Give me a sign you've seen give me a sign you've heard Send it out in code and back across the world In English and Chinese we're filling the airwaves The language of love hits me like a heatwave You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah Can't help this mood I'm in caught in this groove that we're in Can't help this mood I'm in caught in this groove that we're in You hit me like a... Heatwave yeah yeah yeah You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah You hit me like a..... © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
12.
PLEASURE THRU TEARS Put your mouth where your money is There's no doubt we will find a way Voices in the distance Turn your backs on what they have to say You know our dreams won't last forever You've got to pick it up and seize the moment Don't let it slip away Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Waiting that's no fun at all Won't take long to waste your youth away Don't ever dwell on things to come Live your life like it's the only one You know our dreams won't last forever You've got to pick it up and seize the moment Don't let it slip away Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Oh pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Oh pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years You know our dreams won't last forever You've got to pick it up and seize the moment Don't let it slip away Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Oh pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Oh pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years Pleasure thru tears pleasure thru tears pleasure thru tears © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
13.
POWER AND LIES Lies power and lies Lies power and lies Pick me up until I drop I don't want to have to stop I've heard you come in loud and clear Have you heard it tell me can you hear Just like the rhythm from the beat of drums We've got to pass this message on With touch and smell and sight and sound Can you feel the pulse move underground I'm the soul of discretion blinded by this state of elation yeah I'm the soul of discretion Lies...power and lies Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies Power and lies Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies I'm putting on my overcoat But I'll never leave you alone without material things Cos' money gets what money wants But I believe in you but that's not enough Can't you see my hands are tied When your promises are promising lies I'm living free but flying blind A search for something we'll never find I'm the soul of discretion I'm blinded by this state of elation yeah I'm the soul of discretion Lies...power and lies Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies Power and lies Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies I'm the soul of discretion I'm blinded by this state of elation yeah I'm the soul of discretion Lies...power and lies Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies Power and lies Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies Power and lies Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies Power and lies Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle/Maree Ferens
14.
SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE Pack my bags I'm movin' on since you don't care no more Swear to God I've done you wrong beggin' you to stay on When I'm face to face with love it's you I'm thinkin' of Ask me why that is I'll say because I like it that way Won't nothin' change my mind Got this feelin' babe won't nothin' change my mind Deep in the shadow of your smile Tears start burnin' heaven help this child In the shadow of your smile A thousand footsteps walk a thousand miles In the shadow of you smile in the shadow of your smile Build a wall of brick an' stone around your heart around your home Isolate the one you love from this life preserving drug Yeah from this drug Well I might as well be gone from here waste no sentimental tears Ask me why that is I'll say because I like it that way Won't nothin' change my mind Got this feelin' babe won't nothin' change my mind Deep in the shadow of your smile Tears start burnin' heaven help this child In the shadow of your smile A thousand footsteps walk a thousand miles In the shadow of you smile in the shadow of your smile Build a wall of brick an' stone around your heart around your home And isolate the one you love with this life preserving drug Deep in the shadow of your smile Tears start burnin' heaven help this child In the shadow of your smile A thousand footsteps walk a thousand miles In the shadow of you smile in the shadow of your smile © Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
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Almost 05:37
ALMOST Almost a minute has passed The silence slips away Almost an encore or a cue I don't want to talk about it Almost a minute to go To the final decision Almost a moment or pause Time to put the wheels in motion Almost a minute away From the edge of going back Almost a minute for play Till the next one starts again Almost a minute away Almost a minute away Almost a minute away Almost a minute for play... © Missing Tremble

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Recorded live at the Kings Arms, Auckland, New Zealand in 2013 after a 31 year hiatus.

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released April 27, 2022

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With the cut and thrust of British pop and a slice of pork pie, the talented song writing team of Penknife Glides have re emerged from the ashes of the 80’s. Join them here by exploring through their extensive back catalogue of hits, myths and beyond.

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