Leonard cohen and Nick Drake vibes. I like it!

If They come in the morning.

Sinister times.

The woman standing behind you
Catches the cashier's eye
I'm sorry i don't know what's the matter with me
You answer 
Then you start to cry

You're not in the market for romance
End up on the shelf that's the plan
But still the little glance in the mirror
Before you open the door to the driver
Of the Sainsburys van

Wine-yoga-cigarettes
Lime and soda-lonely
Dating-trust-hating

Now you stare out from portraits
Your eyes in your featureless wall
Time and tradesmen pass them by
Now and then
One gets knocked and falls

Wine-yoga-cigarettes
Lime and soda-only
Waiting-lust-hating

Falls

Chasing happiness like a butterfly that knows exactly where the good stuff is during a warm sunny day

Spring

12 Goodnight, I Love You

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This isn't my bed 
Those aren't my clothes
Whose on the wall are those holiday photos
Nevermind the cuddly bear, the floral dresser
And the drawer full of underwear?
There's the 'Be Happy' heart
By the window with the view of the bins in the courtyard
And the doormat of 'Home Sweet Home'
Where we barely wipe our feet before it's time to go 

And if you want to climb the ladder
We can sublet our rungs
You can rent my heart and let my bladder
You can start a lease on my lungs

They have no taste in furnishings
There's a big deposit so we can't burn everything
Or sell it to pay the rent
Even the rubber duck should be unscratched at the end
When the landlady comes to view any stains in the oven 
After her trip round Peru
And our journey starts where it began
Travelling round the city in the back of a transit van

And if you want to climb the ladder
We can sublet your rungs
You can rent my heart and let my bladder
You can start a lease on my lungs

Subletting

Original version released in 1979, written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega of the band Suicide.

Dream Baby Dream (Suicide Cover)

Al Chamberlain is a north-western English songwriter who lives in Brighton. Compared lyrically to Jarvis Cocker, Alan Bennett and the Montgolfier Brothers, he writes simple songs about the words that tell the stories that paint the pictures that paint a thousand words.

"...poised vocals, understated production, immaculate guitar technique and eloquent songwriting" - Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music

"Chamberlain’s lyrics are leagues above your standard run-of-the-mill singer-songwriter, with all of the wit and understated poeticism of Jarvis Cocker" - Sam Lee, Fresh on the Net

"Better 'n most stuff I hear" - Micah P. Hinson

Falls

Al Chamberlain

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