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Commit No Nuisance

by The Distance

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1.
I'm On Fire 02:21
Hey, little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go and leave you all alone? I got a bad desire Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? And can he do you the things that I can't do? I can take you higher Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby Edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my skull At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the middle of my head Only you can cool my desire Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire
2.
When I was born They looked at me and said What a good boy What a smart boy What a strong boy And when you were born They looked at you and said What a good girl What a smart girl What a pretty girl We've got these chains Hanging 'round our necks People want to strangle us with them Before we take our first breath Afraid of change Afraid of staying the same When temptation calls We just look away This name is the hair shirt I wear And this hair shirt is woven from your brown hair This song is the cross that I bear Bear with me Bear with me Bear with me Be with me tonight I know that it isn't right But be with me tonight I go to school I write exams If I pass if I fail if I drop out Does anyone give a damn? And if they do They'll soon forget 'Cause it won't take much for me To show my life ain't over yet I wake up scared I wake up strange I wake up wondering if anything in my life Is ever gonna change I wake up scared I wake up strange And everything around me stays the same It's the hair shirt I wear And this hair shirt is woven from It's woven from your brown hair This song is the cross that I bear Bear with me Bear with me Bear with me Be with me tonight I know that it isn't right But be with me tonight I couldn't tell you I was wrong Chickened out grabbed a pen and a paper Sat down and I wrote this song I couldn't tell you That you were right So instead I looked in the mirror Watched TV, laid awake all night We've got these chains Hanging round our necks People want to strangle us with them Before we take our first breath Afraid of change Afraid of staying the same When temptation calls, yeah This name is the hair shirt I wear And this hair shirt is woven from It's woven from It's woven from hair This song is the cross that I bear Bear with me Bear with me Bear with me Be with me tonight And when I was born They looked at me and said What a good boy What a smart boy What a strong boy And when you were born They looked at you and said What a good girl What a smart girl What a pretty girl, yeah, yeah
3.
Wouldn't it be nice if we were older Then we wouldn't have to wait so long? And wouldn't it be nice to live together In the kind of world where we belong? You know it's gonna make it that much better When we can say goodnight and stay together Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up In the morning when the day is new? And after having spent the day together Hold each other close the whole night through? Happy times together we've been spending I wish that every kiss was never ending Oh, wouldn't it be nice? Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray It might come true (run run ooo) Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do We could be married (we could be married) And then we'd be happy (and then we'd be happy) Oh, wouldn't it be nice? You know it seems the more we talk about it It only makes it worse to live without it But let's talk about it Oh, wouldn't it be nice? Good night, oh baby Sleep tight, oh baby Good night, oh baby Sleep tight, oh baby
4.
You're a part time lover and a full time friend The monkey on your back is the latest trend I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you I kiss you on the brain in the shadow of the train I kiss you all starry eyed, my body's swinging from side to side I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you Here is the church and here is the steeple We sure are cute for two ugly people I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you The pebbles forgive me, the trees forgive me So why can't you forgive me? I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you I will find my niche in your car With my MP3, DVD, rumple-packed guitar I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B A start Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you You are always trying to keep it real I'm in love with how you feel I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you We both have shiny happy fits of rage You want more fans, I want more stage I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you Don Quixote was a steel driving man My name is Adam, I'm your biggest fan I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you Squinched up your face and did a dance You shook a little turd out of the bottom of your pants I don't see what anyone can see In anyone else but you But you
5.
Underground 04:12
I was never cool in school I'm sure you don't remember me And now it's been ten years I'm still wondering who to be And I love to mix in circles, Cliques and social coteries, That's me Hand me my nose ring (can we be happy?) Show me the mosh pit (can we be happy?) We can be happy Underground Who's got the looks? Who's got the brains? Who's got everything? I've got this pain in my heart That's all Hey you, with the long And lonely face There's gotta be something else Let me tell you something else There was a girl who passed me by She gave a smile, but I was shy And I looked down, so down Don't look down no no Go go underground Now now there's a place to go It's the morning now It's the evening It's everything I click my heels and I'm there Underground, underground, ooh Everything's heavy underground You been kicked around Did life bring you down here? Everything's heavy underground And we'll be decked In all black Slamming the pit fantastic Officer Friendly's little boy's Got a Mohawk And he knows just where We're coming from It's industrial Work it underground Get down, get down, get down Underground, underground, ooh Everything's heavy underground You been kicked around Did life bring you down here? Everything's heavy underground We can be happy We can be happy We can be happy Underground Oh we can Oh we can Oh we can be Everything's heavy!
6.
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown) And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey) I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk) On a winter's day (on a winter's day) I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm) If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.) California dreamin' (California dreamin') On such a winter's day Stopped into a church I passed along the way Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees) And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray) You know the preacher like the cold (preacher like the cold) He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay) California dreamin' (California dreamin') On such a winter's day All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown) And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey) I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk) On a winter's day (on a winter's day) If I didn't tell her (if I didn't tell her) I could leave today (I could leave today) California dreamin' (California dreamin') On such a winter's day (California dreamin') On such a winter's day (California dreamin') On such a winter's day
7.
I see trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky Are also on the faces Of people going by I see friends shaking hands Saying, "How do you do?" They're really saying "I love you" I hear babies cry I watch them grow They'll learn much more Than I'll never know And I think to myself What a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself What a wonderful world
8.
I Go Blind 03:16
Every time I look at you, I go blind. Every time I look at you, I go blind. In the mornin' I get up, and I try to Feel alive, but I can't. Every time I look at you, I go blind. I don't know what it is. Something in me just won't give me a chance. I think it's that I feel more confused By the deal love has shown me. Little child, did you know that there's a light, And it's gonna shine right through your eyes. What do you think that life is like? Every time I look at you, I go blind. I go blind Well some where over there there's a purpose, There's a care for free In me there's no body, no one plan, No one stand to be free. I think it's that because I have seen all the fuss And it's no big deal. No big deal. Hold me, hold me 'cause I want to get higher and higher, Higher than life.
9.
A green plastic watering can For a fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns He used to do surgery For girls in the eighties But gravity always wins And it wears him out It wears him out It wears him out Wears him out She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run And it wears me out It wears me out It wears me out It wears me out And if I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time All the time

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Commit No Nuisance is our fourth album of covers (if you don't count that little christmassy one, which you shouldn't).
We're excited to share it with you and we hope that it brings you as much joy to listen to as it has for us to create.

We're messing around a little more with keys on this record - discovering new textures and ways of presenting songs beyond the old 'guitar and vocal' method... not that there's anything wrong with that... it's just that there's something that happens when you hear an organ or a string line that hits you right in the feels.

Thanks so much for purchasing our music and continuing to support our ridiculous career choices.

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released July 3, 2020

Mat O'Neill - Parsley
Sophie Jones - Sage
Nala - Rosemary
Hammer - Thyme

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The Distance Manchester, UK

The Distance are an acoustic-ish duo based in Northern England which is a bit like Southern America.

They have so far sucessfully avoided having to spend any time at all outside among the baying crowds by carving out a humble living as musicians.

They dream of one day giving it all up to raise geese on the falkland islands, but the rents are prohibitive and their sat-nav is crap.
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