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When You're Just Five
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WHEN YOU’RE JUST FIVE.
Sat in the playground, lonely, looking for something.
Bumble bee buzzing, buzzing straight to my eye.
Stood in the corner there’s no reason for cheering.
Can’t add the numbers, take away all the pride.
Stick up for friends, the bullies they want to hurt us.
We are much stronger if we stand side by side.
Don’t do the doings of the dodginess up there.
Touched, now you’ve had your fun, it’s time to confide..
Sat in the bathroom, crying, this is too painful.
Why should this have to happen when you’re just five?
If this is help why isn’t this common knowledge?
Seems like a secret that they’re trying to hide.
Sat in the living room with overheard voices
Coming from the kitchen as the washing up dried.
Sat in the bedroom while below all the drama.
Under the covers as the innocence died.
Sat in the playground, lonely, hoping that someone
Keeping the secret buzzing when you’re five.
Be by yourself in places, just be a no-one.
Bumble bee buzzing, buzzing straight to my eye..
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The Raging Storm
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THE RAGING STORM.
Can’t stand up for the raging storm all about me
Blows the cobwebs clear.
Leaning in at forty-five degrees.
Could it be the clouds are parting?
Could it be a ray of sun?
Turn to go.
The wind behind me shuts the door forcibly.
The rain horizontally finds its way into every gap that’s made.
Could it be the clouds are parting?
Can I see a ray of sun?
Hide between the rainbows ends.
Sheltering as the storm begins.
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The Dervish Whirled
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VanRay Bradford, UK
VANRAY, aka Pete Long, is a solo acoustic artist based in West Yorkshire, recording and performing original material and
covers at venues across the UK and beyond.
The driving force behind indie band Moonpump and the alternative electroacoustic act Fie! Fie! Fie!, VanRay has been prolific in terms of penning tunes, with many of the tracks featuring on radio stations around the world.
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