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Theories Of Destiny

by Sun-Pinned Leaves

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1.
You know you’re photogenic, it’s very plain to see There’s photo opportunities on every street Conjure up a little flash of inner joie de vivre Ready now baby? Give it to me! I’d like to hold you close to me I hope you'll understand I just can’t relate to you Without a camera in my hand Chorus Smile for the camera - a picture perfect postcard Smile for the camera – you shouldn’t have to work hard Smile for the camera – you shouldn’t have to try hard Smile for the camera – One Two Three! Rowing down the river, creative juices flow Lens loves to love you, loves your inner glow Take you on the river bank, lay back on the grass Time for an F-stop - Masterclass I’d love to hold you close to me I hope you'll understand I just can’t relate to you Without a camera in my hand Chorus Pose with a hint of mystery Pose like a lover would just for me Sharing our passion in photography I’ll take you and then you take me (yeah) Chorus
2.
Drifting 04:08
Friday morning, in a seaside town Took my dog walking by the beach The road was awash where a storm had tossed Everything as far as the sea could reach Up by the Pier an ambulance drew near No siren or light as off it sped, A wind blew cold so we headed home And my dog he was hanging his head Chorus Drifting on the tide Drifting on the tide you’ll find me Tired from the fight Tired from the fight inside me Standing at a bus-stop in the rain This pale young guy came up to us He gestured to me “Can I stroke your dog?” So I shrugged and he gave him a fuss His eyes looked tired but his smile grew wide As he knelt and patted my dog Then my bus arrived and I mumbled goodbye And my dog he was hanging his head Chorus x 2 Later that day I turned on the TV Found the Sport on Channel Two My team got beat so I cursed at the screen And I switched to the local news Picture of a pier, somebody in tears Didn’t catch what the news guy said ‘Cos I went to make dinner, came back to the weather And my dog he was hanging his head Chorus x 2
3.
Sunday morning, soon be four Whole gang’s sleeping on the floor Crazy evening, lazy day She could never have her way Stealing cars and racing through the back streets She comes along, it’s boring in the back seat We stay alive by keeping time with speed cops She loves me now, wait until the tease stops Day is done but we’ve got time Find a way to make it rhyme Look for trouble, where’s my gun? She wants money, she wants fun Stealing cars and racing through the back streets She comes along, it’s boring in the back seat We stay alive by keeping time with speed cops She loves me now, wait until the tease stops Fun begins, alarm bells ring Waiting for the cops to bring All their dogs onto the scene Lose them all before we’re seen Stealing cars and racing through the back streets She comes along, it’s boring in the back seat We stay alive by keeping time with speed cops She loves me now, wait until the tease stops Stealing cars and racing through the back streets She comes along, it’s boring in the front seat We stay alive by keeping time with speed cops She loves me now, wait until the tease stops Wait until the tease stops
4.
Pisces Child 03:36
August air and a Pisces Child These are my dreams of a youth hot and wild The sun-pinned leaves in the artist’s style And my love shone, she was a Pisces child Lazy rivers and fields of lazy time Light conversation with no reason or rhyme That summer’s lady, she was a special kind Something unseekable, you can only find Oh August desert where did you go that night? And it seemed forever, when it seemed so right Oh August desert I think I’ll never find My summer lady, she's turned to snow Then summer showers, they washed our love away I thought they would freshen, I never thought they’d stay The leaves came unpinned, wind blew night from day And the August air took my lady away Oh August desert where did you go that night? When it seemed forever and it seemed so right Oh August desert I think I’ll never find My summer lady’s melted like snow
5.
Tear Dance 04:42
Distant echo silent chaos dance Crowds an untried circumstance Constant flow attacks the soul down deep Victim waits the invader never sleeps Tears they dance Feared romance Illusion, Intrusion Sleeping heavy in a poison trance Tears of released untried circumstance Tears they dance Feared romance Illusion, Intrusion She is afraid He never knows He gives the pain She never shows Laughter in the morning light Freedom from despair and fright Tears they dance Feared romance Illusion, Intrusion She is afraid He never knows He gives the pain She never shows Tear dance, tears they dance (x4)
6.
I think it's so unfair Treat me like you don't care Intentions plain to see What you want do with me Taking everything I have for your joy Use me like a man but then you treat me like a boy Taking everything I have for your joy Use me like a man but then you treat me like a boy You're ice to me but, you’re not frozen You're not the heat I should have chosen Keep me in the dark where I can’t find you Standing in the light that one day blinds you Taking everything I have for your joy Use me like a man but then you treat me like a boy Taking everything I have for your joy Use me like a man but then you treat me like a boy Taking everything I have for your joy Use me like a man but then you treat me like a boy Taking everything I have for your joy Use me like a man but then you treat me like a boy Treat me like a boy Treat me like a boy for your joy (yeah)
7.
She looks in the window of a charity shop A stranger stares right back at her Someone must have taken her clothes That’s not her that’s not her The bar next door’s got a two for one on Such a warm and welcome sight She walks in and the barman greets her “What can I get you, what would you like?” She drinks to the journey that one day ends Family ghosts and absent friends Where did the map go? Where did the road go? When did someone steal her car? Left by the roadside, lost on the long drive Now the horizon seems so far Later she walks home alone from the bar A staggering shadow following her Shadow don’t move the way that she moves It can’t be hers, it can’t be hers She thinks of the people that she met tonight Can’t remember their faces, remember their names All she remembers is the smiling barman “Glad you came, so glad you came” She drinks to the journey that one day ends Family ghosts and absent friends Where did the map go? Where did the road go? When did someone steal her car? Left by the roadside, lost on the long drive Now the horizon seems so far Where did the map go? Where did the road go? When did someone steal her car? Left by the roadside, lost on the long drive Now the horizon seems so far Bench in a park and a new day breaks The morning light lighting up her hair But she don’t feel the rays of the sun It’s hard to feel, so hard to feel Another new day, another adventure Another new opportunity She’ll go home, when her legs start to work And look for the woman that she wants to be She thinks on the journey that one day ends Family ghosts and absent friends She thinks on the journey that one day ends Family ghosts and absent friends
8.
Lover 29 03:32
I found you in a bar You had a vacancy Gave me your well-rehearsed Theories of destiny You’ve got expensive tastes Don’t carry cash or cards You never have to walk Though you don’t own a car I drove to your place And while you fixed your face I saw your diary there Was open at last week “Goodbye Lover twenty-eight” The days and nights pass by You’re with friends all the time Your kisses turn to stings Uncoupling by design Now that you have gone (hope you’re doing fine) Now that you’ve moved on (was a matter of time) If your new someone (reads your diary babe) They will see my name (I was lover twenty-nine) I was lover twenty-nine I was lover twenty-nine I was lover twenty-nine Goodbye lover twenty nine!
9.
It’s like diving for pearls In these dangerous waters But you can’t resist Temptation for blue water Touching, reaching for flames That should never be held But, the easy way out (Well) Is to live without you So a smile as you leave Means that you will never know So a smile as you leave Means that you will never know Searching rooms in my mind Hiding from the answers I can’t stop the damage I know that it’s for the best Fighting with these fears Is like fighting shadows And now I must leave you It’s like losing it all So a smile as you leave Means that you will never know So a smile as you leave Means that you will never know As the nights grow darker, shades of midnight blue Then the stars burn brighter when I think of you As the nights grow darker, shades of midnight blue Then the stars burn brighter when I think of you
10.
Trashed 03:54
She’s not good for you Like she’s not good for me A real live wire Electric personality Don’t get your fingers burned Don’t do the same as me When you swear you’ll leave her You don’t really want to be free I don’t know why I love that girl And please don’t ask me why I love her ‘Cos I don’t believe I do Don’t believe I do I don’t know why I love that girl And please don’t ask me why I love her ‘Cos I don’t believe I do Don’t believe I do I don’t need that woman I wish that she’d take off She’s a legendary winner And guess who lost? So I told her that I think it’s so unfair She laughed right in my face I don’t think I care I don’t know why I love that girl And please don’t ask me why I love her ‘Cos I don’t believe I do Don’t believe I do I don’t know why I love that girl And please don’t ask me why I love her ‘Cos I don’t believe I do Don’t believe I do Each time I close the door and walk away I know that I won’t last a single day Keep coming back and the reasons that I stay Is everything she does and everything she says I don’t know why I love that girl And please don’t ask me why I love her ‘Cos I don’t believe I do Don’t believe I do Don’t know why I love that girl And please don’t ask me why I love her ‘Cos I don’t believe I do Don’t believe I do Don’t know why I love that girl And please don’t ask me why I love her ‘Cos I don’t believe I do I don’t believe, I don’t believe I do

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The long-standing songwriting partnership of vocalist Christopher Brown and musician Neil Faulkner is celebrated with this newly recorded album Theories Of Destiny. The two members of Sun-Pinned Leaves have been writing and recording together in various guises dating back to 1976. Theories of Destiny is a collection of songs that spans four decades but all recorded during 2018 bringing a textural and textual continuity to the 10 works.

Live shows to promote the album will be announced soon.

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released March 31, 2019

Christopher Brown - Vocals
Neil Faulkner - All instruments
Jim Dooley - Drums

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Sun-Pinned Leaves England, UK

Christopher Brown and Neil Faulkner are an established song writing partnership whose prolific output has resulted in six full albums being released in 48 months.

Melody and intellectually perceptive lyrics combine with a myriad of Americana -influenced musical styles to produce some memorable and enduring works.
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