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    If You Want To Fly You've Got To Let Go CD album will be delivered shrink wrapped, or signed with a message, inside a beautiful cardboard gatefold with a 12 page booklet containing all lyrics and special edition artwork by Marbles at Sea.

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lyrics

the bird in this story could sing into eternity | ideas are passed on until times change | i was never lonely the times that you made cards for me | weird little pictures on recycled boards | i can remember the smell of your hoody | i miss it like wildlife would miss natural light || oh sarah || i found you listening to a mix on my minidisc | you had been crying but wouldn't say why | they caught you driving half full of champagne my little sister to hospital | and i was too stupid to see that a driving ban would mean i saw you less than before | you moved away your new flatmates were always high | and your mum was frightened you'd drink like your dad | i was so jealous of your tight-knit family | i couldn't visit it was making me ill || oh sarah | oooh sarah || we were up top for a ride on the 85 | you showed me two tramps smoking by the food bank | and then you said that'll be chuck and me one day | but chuck is successful and i'm getting by | the streets of berlin will complete me or kill me | even in springtime my fingers burn | burn in the cold only memories to keep me warm | wretchedly stirring past moments of joy | i see us sitting side by side at the piano | and i can remember you painting your face | your beautiful body distressed me a hundred ways | and each time i heard your voice my cool would fade || oh sarah | oooh sarah | i promise you, i promise you i did care | ooooh sarah || all that you wanted was a lover to love you well | i couldn't give you that i lived in hell | i talked about you to some of the doctors | and they tried to help me but for love there's no cure | i hope you are walking into the sunset | wonderful people deserve lovely things | and i am the bluebird that sings in the backwoods | and these days i'm satisfied with what that brings

credits

from if you want to fly you've got to let go (2015 10 track album), released December 7, 2015
written, performed and recorded by redvers bailey in berlin
spicy guitar by james forest
mastered by peter beckmann at technologyworks mastering london

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