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Just under a minute
the girl did she win it
Sparkling and gold in the night
In the time that we finished,
the awards that we polished
you'd think that the heart was a bomb site
Not a canter or horse race
That smackeroo on your warm face
An embarrassment of kisses
Tightly you held him
In the dark of the gold mine
But when does a heart know more than its misses?

Just over an hour
the boy's heart grown sour
In what started as the night that just might
They danced to their theme song
To offset thec` gone wrong
In a tribute to all that is right
Not a dry eye in London
Or a sad song that could overcome
To the rooftops he took in one step
Would the clock strike morning
Before the logic dawning
Could freeze him up there instead?

When will we be upturned to see?

Some 24 hours now the story is ours
And love's there for all to see
Cos the heart hates a fraction
Sweet curse that inaction
Could the ending just once be happy?
Not a story of heroes or a merging of egos
They're blinking out into the light
If the snow stills the sound of
All the talking around of
could a kiss still make it all alright?

When will we be upturned for all to see?
When will we be upturned for all to see?

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from Not a dry eye in London, released March 11, 2013

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Alexander's Festival Hall is a sort of English pop confection, a mix of regretful ballads and occasional pop rainbows. New album 'Not From Above!' is both music and book of stories. Twelve lush romantic songs and a collection of darkly comic thought experiments.

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