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Roads Leading Everywhere

by Friends

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You'll Never See That Summertime Again 04:48
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Nothing else will ever feel the same You’ll never see that summertime again Now it’s just a picture in a frame You’ll never see that summertime again When we were young We spent each summer here Those days in the sun Could never disappear So hold onto this And everything can change One final kiss Before the sunlight fades Nothing else will ever feel the same You’ll never see that summertime again A pile of stones to show that we were here It won’t be there when you go back next year I will return The blue of the sky and the sun in your eyes When the crowds have gone The chill in the air and the wind in your hair Look for you there and you’re everywhere Three weeks have gone I never saw them pass You still linger on We’ll make this drink the last And goodbye to you My very special friend I’ll miss you too We’ll never meet again Nothing else will ever feel the same You’ll never see that summertime again A photograph to show that you and I Are hand in hand as long as we’re alive Long live tonight Watching you laugh as I lie in the grass Slowly fading light Making me smile like an innocent child Open my eyes and you’re filling the sky A paradise on earth when time stood still Has never come again and never will Nothing else will ever feel the same You’ll never see that summertime again A memory that’s coloured blue and gold A souvenir for when I’m tired and old Nothing else will ever feel the same You’ll never see that summertime again Try as I would Kissing goodbye through the tears in your eyes It’s gone for good Making it last but it’s fading so fast I should have asked but the moment had passed Wherever you go I’ll be missing you so Whatever I do I’ll be thinking of you Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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All Around You Now 03:06
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Take it away I don’t need any more Leave any day A world outside my door Roads leading nowhere Roads leading everywhere Roads never ending Can take me far from you High on a hill I can see everything World standing still I can do anything Follow your feelings Follow your heart beating Follow your footsteps To where you started Why look away Instead of looking back at me Why turn away Instead of turning round Why give away A chance of living When it’s all around you now Life in a day It makes my head spin round Turn any way I’m two feet off the ground I can feel nothing I can feel everything I can feel something Reminding me of When I think of you Why look away Instead of looking back at me Why turn away Instead of turning round Why give away A chance of living When it’s all around you All around you now Long summer days I never sleep at night Lost in a haze I always feel alright Every emotion Every anxiety All my devotion Is there to enjoy Makes me wonder Why look away Instead of looking back at me Why turn away Instead of turning round Why give away A chance of living When it’s all around you All around you All around you now Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Were We Really There? 03:56
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There’s a place I used to know I’m always drawn back there Moments from a secret past That I can never share These are dreams I’ll always dream And these are days that never come again So were we really there Or was it just a dream? Memories so clear Or only fantasy? I don’t know any more Couldn’t tell what is true Feel the endless years of childhood Say their long goodbye Watch the last few days of summer Burn across the sky Who knows what the future holds And who can see a clear way ahead? This paradise or real life instead Were we really there Or was it just a dream? Memories so clear Or only fantasy? I don’t know any more Couldn’t tell what is true Drifting away into the deep ocean Slipping away into the dim distance now Time seemed so much slower then It goes so fast today But coming back it’s just as though I’d never been away Souvenirs of far away And photographs of weddings long ago I never cared but now I want to know Were we really there Or was it just a dream? Memories so clear Or only fantasy? Were we really there Or was it just a dream? Memories so clear Or only fantasy? I don’t know any more Couldn’t tell what is true What is true What is true Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Here Comes The Breakdown 02:32
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Every time you think that things are going well And the skies above are clear but you can tell Something knocks you back again Someone kicks you back again When at last you can do all you never could And you start to think that things are looking good And you’re smiling to yourself And you’re laughing at yourself Something throws you back again Someone slams you down again Something brings you round again Someone drags you down again Here comes the breakdown Here comes the moment to cry How far can you take this obsession? You’ll never know until you try In a world you know where some things never change And you’re happy but it feels so very strange And you open up your eyes And you’re glad to be alive And it’s never going to rain again Something tears you right apart Upside down and inside out Round and round and round about Down and down and down and out Here comes the breakdown Here comes the moment to cry How far can you take this obsession? You’ll never know until you try Here comes the breakdown Here comes the final goodbye How far can you take this obsession? You’ll never know until you Never know until you Never know until you try Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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I Like 05:22
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I feel a change in the air And nothing stays the same Look at the leaves everywhere I feel it’s going to rain I know it’s going to rain Bring back the smile to your face And brighten up my day Wait till the sun fills this place And suddenly I’m okay Suddenly I’m okay Suddenly I’m okay I can remember the darkest Decembers Of days and long nights on my own Thunder and lightning were never as frightening As lying awake all alone I like brilliant summers I like shivering winters I like the colours of autumn All of my life leads me here So near and yet so far away Fight back the tears in your eyes And turn to face the day Look at the clear open skies And memories fade away Memories fade away Memories fade away Just when it seems I am lost in my dreams Then I open my world-weary eyes The more I pretend that the nightmare has ended The less I can hide my surprise I like familiar faces I like faraway places I like friends and relations Even the darkest of days fade away I can still say I like my mother and father I like my brother and sister I like the past and the future Even the stars in my eyes Can’t hide how I feel inside I like crying and laughing I like winning and losing I like every emotion Even the pain when it’s true This too, and maybe I like you Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Everyone Knows 03:23
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I’m trying my hardest to get through I’m trying to find a way to you Don’t hide away your feelings Just give yourself completely And be free Some people you know won’t understand I’m putting my whole life in your hands Just wrap yourself around me Let your arms surround me And be still Everyone knows There’s no way of hiding it Everyone knows There’s no sense denying it Everyone knows There’s no point in going back now Though nothing is secret any more Here’s everything I’ve been searching for Believe me and be honest I will and that’s a promise Say I do Everyone knows There’s no way of hiding it Everyone knows There’s no sense denying it Everyone knows There’s no point in going back now I could have been stranded but for you I would have been lost without you Everyone knows There’s no way of hiding it Everyone knows There’s no sense denying it Everyone knows There’s no point in going back now Everyone knows There’s no way of hiding it Everyone knows There’s no sense denying it Everyone knows There’s no point in going back now Everyone knows There’s no way of hiding it Everyone knows There’s no sense denying it Everyone knows There’s no point in going back now Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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There's Another Day 03:43
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Wipe away the years of pain They’ll never come again And only tears remain Reminding you of then Break me with the hardest stones You’ll never break my heart I’m only flesh and bones It’s pulling me apart And when I run from you And when I hide from you Then do I believe you Do I believe you? There’s another day in the morning If it ever comes And there’s another way from the darkness If it ever goes then Could I believe you Should I believe you now? Light another fire tonight That never burns away And in the fading light It’s getting hard to say Who’s that in front of me? Who’s there outside my door? I can’t face this evening Can’t face tomorrow There’s another day in the morning If it ever comes And there’s another way from the darkness If it ever goes then Could I believe you Should I believe you Could I believe you now? Close away the world outside I should have closed my eyes And in the town tonight I could have lost my mind And in the shadows we will hide And in the darkness we will lie side by side and Just stay alive till There’s another day in the morning If it ever comes And there’s another way from the darkness If it ever goes then Could I believe you Should I believe you Could I believe you Would I deceive you now? Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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This Town 03:42
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Run, run away And never turn to look round Each passing day It could be years till we’re found I don’t know what to say Can’t explain it Nothing here anyway Nothing changes here Wait for the train The days are getting colder Sleep in the rain The nights are getting longer I feel nothing at all Only sorrow I’ll go nowhere at all Till tomorrow Hard as I try I’ll never leave this town and Much as I cry It only lets me down but I’ll never find A perfect heaven here but Every year is a year I’m wasting here Up in the air Round and round and Fall to the ground Down and down and Head in the clouds Every sound is Lost in the crowd Never found but Every beat of my heart Brings me nearer Every day we’re apart Makes it clearer Turn, turn around Go back on every word and Face to the ground Pretend I never heard you I can’t say how I feel Empty inside I can’t tell what is real Nothing outside Hard as I try I’ll never leave this town and Much as I cry It only lets me down but I’ll never find A perfect heaven here but Every year is a year I’m wasting Every year is a year I’m wasting Every year is a year I’m wasting here Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Wheels Go Round 04:53
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Here where the world is sleeping Deep in summer heat The city’s heart is beating silently Dark and warm all around me Calm and still deep inside me Wheels go round and round and Wheels spin round and round Wheels forever turning Every day and every way Everything grows just to blow away Every day and every way Everything changes and nothing remains Now in the glare of daylight Under brilliant skies A million lives are moving by Hard to try to describe it Part of something outside me Wheels go round and round and Wheels spin round and round Wheels forever turning Every day and every way Everything grows just to blow away Every day and every way Everything changes and nothing remains Help me, help me find my way Help me, help me find my way Right from my life’s beginning To the journey’s end Another circle turning round Far from here there’s an island Lie at last in the silence Wheels go round and round and Wheels spin round and round Wheels forever turning Every day and every way Everything grows just to blow away Every day and every way Everything changes and nothing remains Nothing, nothing stays the same Nothing, nothing stays the same Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Give Me More 03:37
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Single-minded blind ambition Foolishness or self-conviction Drawn towards long and loud applause And when it’s over Hear it ringing on Give me more, give me more It’s the point of my existence Give me more, give me more This is life and death to me When I reach my destination Will you still be waiting? Give me more, give me more This is real and all the rest is fantasy Flattered by your kind attention Taken in by sheer deception Yes I’ll know when it’s time to go And when the time comes Just go on and on Give me more, give me more Give me something to remember Give me more, give me more Give me one last glimpse of fame All or nothing, now or never Make it last forever Give me more, give me more Then it’s gone and life will never be the same Only harmless entertainment Fickle trends forever changing One more time, give me one last try And when it’s over let it start again Give me more, give me more This is heaven for a moment Give me more, give me more This is pleasure, this is pain Tears and laughter, joy and heartbreak Hand held out, just take it Give me more, give me more And I promise I will give it back again Give me more It’s the air that I am breathing Give me more, give me more It’s a drug without a name Now I crave your recognition Feed my hard addiction Give me more, give me more Only tell me that it hasn’t been in vain Give me more Because I know I’d still do everything the same Give me more And I’ll just get by until we meet again Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd

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Roads Leading Everywhere is the sound of early Friends at their peak, and is the band's most popular album. Often compared with groups like Teardrop Explodes and the Smiths, Friends attracted rave reviews with their second album, a collection of some of their most characteristic songs. You'll Never See That Summertime Again is the song for which the band are best known through radio play, and sets the scene for a summery set of ten songs of acoustic, trumpet-driven pop. Other favourites are the blissful and reflective I Like and Were We Really There? and the manic upbeat Here Comes The Breakdown and Give Me More. If you don't know the band, this is as good an introduction to their music as any.

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released June 6, 2011

William Jones: voice, acoustic & electric guitar
Jo Pattison: voice
Steve Benson: electric guitar
Stewart Moffat: trumpet, keyboards
Keith Peberdy: bass
Graeme Robinson: drums

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