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The Leader

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by Gemma Ray

 

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Yes I am... 00:43
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Hard Shoulder 03:19
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Dry River 02:25
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Rise Of The Runts 03:04
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Bring It To Me 02:27
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On Your Own 03:35
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Metal In The Morning 02:09
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Name Your Lord 02:36
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Eyes And Ears 04:01
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Pick Up Truck 01:57
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H-H-Hannah 02:31
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New Life 03:29
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...The Leader 01:46
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"Gemma Ray's music defies easy categorisation, her classic pop tunes are host to a bewildering range of foreign bodies. You could do worse than inagine PJ Harvey in thrall to the Shangri-La's - both Dry River and Hard Shoulder rise from minor key squalls to to full girl-group majesty. Bring It To Me comes cantering in like a Marty Robbins gunslinger ballad, while Rise of The Runts shows she has no problem producing straight sparkling pop"
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released 08 July 2008
Written by Gemma Ray
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Track Name: Yes I am...
I am the Leader
Track Name: Hard Shoulder
Gwasanaethau you lit up the sky
Like a sci-fi fort where tired transport takes flight

And I wish, and I wish that you were by my side And I wish, and I wish that you were in my car tonight

Gwasanaethau you gladdened my eye
Now the traethau, has abandoned any hope of the daylight

And I wish, and I wish that you were by my side
And I wish, and I wish that you were in my car, I…

Keep on driving
Lorry jack-knife into my life Oh my mum told me not to come alone, she told me not to come…
Hello (hello?) I’m on the hard shoulder - HEELLLOOO…

And I wish,(and I wish) and I wish (and I wish) that you were by my
side
And I wish (and I wish), and I wish (and I wish)that you were in my
car tonight…
Track Name: Dry River
I was born a strange looking man
But you saw me as more than I am
But without you I’m
Just an ugly guy
Burying my head in the sand
Oooo

Dry River, Dry River!

I remember the time you first came
Riding for free on a Great Eastern Train
Like snails out to the rain
Men appeared but I slain them with salt and your eyes were a sharp
lightening bolt
Oooo

Dry River, Dry River!
I was always the quiet one
As ambiguous as they come
But without you I’m
An insidious guy
Hideous! Amphibious! No water supply!
Oooo

Dry River, Dry River!
I followed the - Dry River…
Track Name: Rise Of The Runts
Sun comes down we gathered round to hear what people say
Strange bring lights are seen in the night at Stack Rocks by the bay

Oh everyone of us
Can write their name in the sand and walk away

Only time will tell whether meteors fell or if words wove their own spell
In this room with a seaview no-one will believe you outside of this
hotel

Oh everyone of us
Can write their name in the sand and walk away

Beside you my beloved cunt we’ll inspire the Rise of the Runts
Hand in hand, like great myths of the land we will make our marks and
run

Oh everyone of us (Write your name and walk away…)
Can write their name in the sand and walk away
Track Name: Bring It To Me
I’ve drawn the line
a thousand times,
don’t need your fine furs or jewellery,
wine or a brewery

Bring it to me
Chicken skin chivalry

Recent days have been so grave
Behaving drunk and disorderly
Playing cruelly

Bring it to me
Chicken skin chivalry
Won’t you bring back that man
With his head if you can

We are on the same side
Pulling moons with the tide
It’s not black and white
But nothing feels right, nothing feels right tonight…..

Oh so don’t loose your taste for the thrill of the chase
Don’t waste your time being hasty woo me gracefully

Bring it to me
Chicken skin chivalry
Won’t you bring back that man
With his head if you can
Track Name: On Your Own
On you own, on your own, on your own

Oh the relief of loneliness, caressing your skin now the people have
left,
Oh but you don’t wanna die a lonely death
No you don’t - wanna be…

On you own, on your own, on your own

Oh see her go down that road
Hips sway with the knowledge of what lies between them both
A mothering hen on overload
No you don’t - wanna be….

On you own, on your own, on your own
Oh then it shudders to an end
Muscles relent and her teeth unclench
Your medicinal friend or a means to an end?
No you don’t - wanna be ….

On you own, on your own, on your own
Track Name: Metal In The Morning
Honey you know
I don’t like metal in the morning
And you know
I need silence more than noise
And I don’t appreciate no talking
And I’m walking
If you play metal in the morning

Oh and sometimes
It’s just
Noise noise noise noise nosie
Don’t take the time
To have any other choice
Oh I was thinking
We could use some dry ice
To transform the room
Would you leave me in my silent vacuum?
Track Name: Name Your Lord
Always behind you, he’s always behind you
If you turn your back, honey of you turn your back

Always a stranger, he’s always a stranger If you turn your back, honey if you turn your back
Stand up, Stand up, give a name to your lord

Always a shadow, there’s always a shadow
If you’re in a rut
Oh if you’re in a rut
If you’re in a rut
Oh unless you’re stuck in a rut
Stand up, Stand up, give a name to your lord
Always a raincloud, there’s always a raincloud
If you turn you’re back
Honey if you turn your back
Hiss hiss.
Track Name: Pick Up Truck
Waiting for my dad to take me home And it’s all big and yellow Waiting for my dad to pick me up In a big yellow pick-up truck

Mint and tobacco Boys and hotpants All the people They were calling
Playing ping-pong with a teenage hard-on Falling, Falling I wish they’d died
Track Name: H-H-Hannah
Mary Magdalene’s
Loving memory
Hannah Elizabeth Gale, she came to me

And I pushed (and I pushed)
And I pushed it away

H-H-Hannah

Bled the bottle dry
Searching low and high
Devil by my side
Swallowing the night

And I pushed (and I pushed)
And I pushed it away,
H-H-Hannah

Never wanted to – you know
Never wanted to – let go
It was easier to keep on (ah-ah-ah)
Keeping on I wanna hold on (ah-ah-ah)

Fed my hungry mind
Drunk my conscience blind
Searching not to find
But to leave behind

And I pushed (and I pushed)
And I pushed it away,

H-H-Hannah
Track Name: New Life
When I was a whisper in your mouth
A word that dried up and wouldn’t come out
Like the name of your first born on the tip of your tongue

If your Dad was a swimmer jumping out
And your mum was a mere quiver on your grandmothers blouse
Oh and life was a glimmer, just a string of pearls

New life is blind

When I was your girl all the time
And you were a burning on the meat of my mind
Oh, oh the yearning coloured me wild

New life is blind

When I had two hands on your shoulders
And my knees were squeezing at your waist
Oh and time was just teasing, freezing the frame.
Track Name: ...The Leader
I am the Leader