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The First Day Of Spring

by Friends

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The First Day Of Spring 02:39
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Bye bye bitter winter here’s the sun Welcome back at last that day has come Another year of joy just begun Darkness dying hard before the dawn Brightest light the trees and fields reborn The orchard’s green at last The blossom falling softly to the grass Every day now, coming awake now Every day now, living again Every day now, back into life now Every day now, bringing it round again Waking naked underneath the sky Frozen earth is aching with desire It’s heaven to be there The rain just hanging gently in the air The village bell still ringing everywhere Every day now, coming awake now Every day now, living again Every day now, back into life now Every day now, bringing it round again Every day now, coming awake now Every day now, living again Every day now, back into life now Every day now, bringing it round again Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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As Years Go By 04:27
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Take the world that’s all you’ve known Take the place that you call your home Look around you and cry Feel the changes as years go by When the warmth has turned to cold You feed your body but starve your soul Reach your hand out and try Though it’s harder as years go by Everywhere you are, each and every hour Everywhere you are, each and every hour Try to keep your memories alive Fight to keep your hopes and dreams alive When your hopes have changed to fears When the laughter has turned to tears Do you break down and die Or fight harder as years go by? Somewhere in this god-forsaken world Catch a glimpse of paradise for a moment And it’s gone Everywhere you are, each and every hour Everywhere you are, each and every hour Try to keep your memories alive Fight to keep your hopes and dreams alive Everywhere you are, each and every hour Everywhere you are, each and every hour Everywhere you are, each and every hour Everywhere you are, each and every hour Try to keep your memories alive Fight to keep your hopes and dreams alive Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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I'll Never See You 03:26
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Anything I say you take another way from how I mean it Anything I mean you don’t believe a word I say Everywhere I look I see you look away into the distance Every day I wait until I see you look my way Nothing here that I would miss I could be so far away from all this I’ll never see you any more I’ll never need you any more And I’m so sad to be leaving But I’m so glad to be leaving And I can’t say what I’m feeling So I’ll say nothing at all There’s a thousand things I wish I’d never told you, never shown you There’s a thousand words I wish I’d never said at all Never make the same mistake a second time till next December Just remember how to stand up every time I fall Running hard and standing still I could get away but I never will, I’m here still I’ll never see you any more I’ll never need you any more And I’m so sad to be leaving But I’m so glad to be leaving And I can’t say what I’m feeling So I’ll say nothing at all We don’t belong here any more I’ll never live here any more And we lie, and we cry And we try, we could die laughing out loud Often there are times I wish I’d never met you, just forget you Often there are days I don’t feel anything at all Often there are nights I feel I can’t survive another winter Stay asleep until the sun comes streaming through my door Every word I said was true But I can still get by alright without you about me I’ll never see you any more I’ll never need you any more And I’m so sad to be leaving But I’m so glad to be leaving And I can’t say what I’m feeling So I’ll say nothing at all Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Wanting 05:31
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You came out of nowhere Just appeared at the door “I’m just passing through Can I sleep on the floor?” I know that I know you You’re a friend of a friend You’re welcome to stay here But I’ve nothing to lend any more Any more In dead chill of midnight It was easily done Two bodies together Are warmer than one The light through the curtains And a stranger in bed What started as nothing Turned to something that led on and on Through the long days of summer And the long nights of winter As if seasons and years never changed Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed And it’s harder As the time goes by Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed And it’s easy And it’s easier When you don’t try Hide me away till the cares of the day Disappear from my world without trace Just carry on singing the same old song Till the colour returns to my face To my face With no explanation Coming home late at night You’d gone without warning Just as you’d arrived The sun on your body And the wind in your hair Wherever you’re going Well I long to be there By your side By your side Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed And it’s harder As the time goes by Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed And it’s easy And it’s easier Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed And it’s harder As the time goes by Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed And it’s easy And it’s easier If I don’t try If I don’t try If I don’t try If I don’t try Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd

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Friends third single, originally released as a 12", is the best-selling of the band's six singles, with four contrasting songs showing the full range of the band's style. The First Day Of Spring is a joyous two-and-a-half minute burst of euphoria coming from the point where pastoral pop meets rustic rock. Powered by an unrelenting beat and driven by a big trumpet riff, the song is an earthy celebration of the sheer joy of being alive on the day winter's over. As Years Go By is a darker, passionate number from the rockier end of the Friends repertoire. I'll Never See You is a whimsical pop song led by the characteristic Friends trumpet, while Wanting is a pared-down, heartfelt acoustic number. Four classic tunes for the months of spring, encased in a classic cover.

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released August 1, 2011

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

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