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Keep Your Enemies Close

by Howard Moss

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1.
The Winning Hand 03:19
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The Winning Hand A change would do you good Make you feel somewhat better that you do right now Your minds an open book Close the pages that made you feel bad and in doubt It's still half full, like it always should A change is on the cards Get a full deck and replace the old ones you had A string of broken hearts But you still have one more ace up your sleeve It's still half full, like it always should Life's just a poker game that we play Always winnings always losers that get cast away Life's just a poker game that we play Just make sure that you don't waste one more day A change would do you good Search through your pockets and maybe you'll find what you lost You always knew you should Get rid of those bad thoughts that fill up your mind It's still half full, like it always should You still feeling good, throw the bad and negative pages away Life's just a poker game that we play Always winnings always losers that get cast away Life's just a poker game that we play Just make sure that you don't waste one more day (but now you know that this could be your lucky day)
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Graveyard Poetry 03:31
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Graveyard Poetry It was all just like graveyard poetry That you made me want to go and write It's just a place you felt would scare me In the mist and bright moonlight You made me feel so low and unholy All my thoughts so dark and down I found the place where we reached are grand finale In this place driven to the ground So sad and low, mind drifting off to different things So mad you showed, me what my fate just brings Now I've written loads of Graveyard poetry Not so happy and not so apt I've written all the verses a to z It's put my mind thrown off the track So sad and low, mind drifting off to different things So mad you showed, me what my fate just brings I see you dancing there in the moonlight On the other side of midnight, candlelight , on the Twelfth Night Now I'm drifting dreaming of my life In a flash the years go by I've never been to a wonderful paradise But could be there in the blink of an eye So sad and low, mind drifting off to a different world So mad you showed, me the place so deathly I'm on the last verse of my story It's a tale that really must be told We're all heading on the path to glory After searching for pot a of gold So sad and low that I didn't have one more regret So sad to know that soon it could be our last breath So sad and low, mind drifting off to a different world So mad you showed, me my soul that you just sold You made me feel so low and unholy All my thoughts so dark and down I found the place where we reached are grand finale Well this spot is hidden in the ground It was all just grave yard poetry It was all like graveyeard poetry
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Spell Of The Moon 02:41
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Spell Of The Moon Sitting there on a fence It's a beautiful clear sky to lift up your head You squint your eyes with the light Not sure about the strangest image you saw Then you could make out it's face Smiling brightly down on you from above In brightens up your mood and your feelings Helps you out with the scare that needs heeling Takes away all the pain, Lose the badness that goes around and around and around and around til it stops Drift away into space Your soul is free now and floating there with the stars Now you're gone witout trace Know one knows where you've been for all those years You see them looking so small in the distance You know that this life the start of existence Drift away to the moon, Drift around and around And around till it stops Middle 8 Then you come back to earth Was I awake or was I dreaming Was it the spell of the moon That's given my life a whole new meaning You know there's more to this life We're all put here for something more than just this And wouldn't it be so nice To think out there is this paradise It's just a short time and don't take for granted Take care of those seeds that you've planted Cause that's the reason to live And goes on and on and on and on till it stops
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Keep Your Enemies Close 04:32
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Keep Your Enemies Close The moon is out and it brighens up this dark road But you still can't see where to go It's like your vision was blurred but visable now Disapperad such a long time ago You keep on walking and bad luck follows your way But one day this has to change It's like life is based on the toss of a coin And it lands face down all the time Need to belong, string you along Don't feel you belong Just keep you enemies close To be freinds was a joke So still keep your enemies close Be careful with people that you sometimes meet They can lie and cheat and disceive Think the worst and then anything differnt is great Then you won't get let down that way You thought you knew them but how could you be so far wrong You just should have know all along They pretend to be nice but you know it's a con You needed a place to belong Need to belong, string you along Don't feel you belong Just keep you enemies close To be freinds was a joke So still keep your enemies close They look at you with such jealousy in their eyes They got so much to despise They think there better but little to offer they know So they keep the prestense for a show They spread bad rumours and lies that ruin your name And try to put your face now to shame But you've seen right through them they have no place to hide Disapperad into the fading light Just keep you enemies close To be freinds was a joke So still keep your enemies close
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Lost Elements 01:18
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Lost In Time 03:05
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Tuesday Morning 03:50
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Tuesday Morning Just a usually Tuesday morning Awakening to a brillant sky All seemed in place and no warnings All was pefect in your life You yawned and stretched and had your coffee All was in place and seemed fine You held her close and kissed her softly Angels working overtime The early morning sun was warming You kissed you kids and wife goodbye You thought what a wonderful life You yawned and stretched and had a coffee To clear your mind from being foggy Then kissed your wife goodbye Just a usual Tuesday morning Car was running right on time You didn't know a storm was forming And you'd be up there half past nine Another time another place Another World another space Another time another face Couldn't see a fall from grace To the pane and out the window You stared accross the great divide Just waiting there in limbo Sky was still and clear and bright Then the sky turned a shade of black And your life turned upside down All was lost and without reason Within a moment a heart attack
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No Words Said 03:47
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No Words Said One glance can say a thousand words That never could be heard Sheer anger in your eyes Which comes as no surprise It's more than I deserve It's so easy to get hurt With words that can be said Hard to keep a level head Pre chours The eyes can say things that know one else can hear But I see right through and image can be clear No words said, it was one day that I should have stayed in bed No words said, black cloud that's hanging from my head Words can't break your bones And can turn your heart to stone They hit you in the heart An tear your world apart You feel a pain inside When two worlds collide Tears then to be shed A heart that has been bled Pre chours The eyes can say things that know one else can hear But I see right through and image can be clear No words said, it was one day that I should have stayed in bed No words said, black cloud that's hanging from my head No words said, No words to be said Middle 8 (Am, C, Em, Am, Em, Am, Em, D) Words can cut you up like a knife that's deep inside But a glance of mistrust has no place to hide No words said, it was one day that I should have stayed in bed No words said, black cloud that's hanging from my head No words said, it was one day that I should have stayed in bed No words said, black cloud that's hanging from my head No words said, No words to be said
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Running On Empty 04:01
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Running On Empty We've been running on empty for a long time now The words they use to be plenty now all is in doubt I look at you from a distance even though we're so close We walk in different directions and cannot fix what is broke Running on empty, we've both drawn a blank Running on empty, we've each other to thank Running on empty, for far to long now You're sitting there starring blankly with nothing much to say I try my best but it's pointless feelings long cast away Time has put space between us I feel you drifting so far It's too late to look forwards we're so many miles far apart Running on empty, we've both drawn a blank Running on empty, we've each other to thank Running on empty, for far to long now The door is now flung wide open calling me now to leave No need for words now I need some room to breathe The cards that we dealt we're all losers we'd never come out on top We thought we'd carry on playing the novelty's long worn off It's time to except that we're different nothing common at all Wasted time that we've now spent trapped behind these walls Running on empty, we've both drawn a blank Running on empty, we've each other to thank Running on empty, for far to long now Running on empty, and got nowhere to go Running on empty, it's such a desolate road Running on empty, time to soften the blow Running on Empty, yet nowhere to go Running on Empty, with this wounded soul Running on empty with nowhere to go Running on empty with nowhere to go Running on empty with nowhere to go
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Hey Mr DJ 03:22
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Hey Mr. DJ Hey Mr. DJ will ya play my song I need a break to help me get along Since my baby left me I haven’t make her buck I've got this crazy feeling you could really change my luck So play it on the radio Play it on the radio Play it on the radio Play it on the radio She always listens to your show On the radio Chain smoking since she when away I've got this nervous coughing As I wait for some airplay You see I know for certain That you've got the power to make her see She said I was a waster and penniless I’d always be So play it on the radio Play it on the radio Play it on the radio Play it on the radio She always listens to your show On the radio So hey Mr. DJ will you give it a spin You know that you can save me from this dreadful mess I’m in I really do believe that you’re my one and only chance To lift my depression change my circumstance So play it on the radio Play it on the radio Play it on the radio Play it on the radio She always listens to your show On the radio
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I'm Through With You 04:01
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I'm Through With You I'm through with talking, I'm through with you Just a dead man walking, devil on the loose Sick and tired of cheating, sick and tired it's true It's a verbal beating, that I've taken from you Been knocked to the ground, and kicked to the floor Been taken for granted, and selling myself short I'm done with deception, I'm though with the lies I won't make an exception, cause God knows I've tried I can't stand all the anger, that you make me feel Now the wounds are so open, and never will heel Been knocked to the ground, and kicked to the floor Been taken for granted, and heard it all before I've taken all that I can take, cannot feel anymore No matter what you give, I show you what I have in store Years of bottled up anger, that surely will blow Cause it can't take the pressure, I need to let it all go Been knocked to the ground, and kicked to the floor Been taken for granted, and heard it all before (Middle 8) You've taken all I've got and hide it away But you're a fool for a lifetime and a king for a day It will come back to haunt you and rain your parade But I'm glad to free now broken lose of the chains
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A Little Bit Crazy 04:18
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13.
Need To Be Strong 03:24
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Need To Be Strong Looking at memories you have on the wall Pictures that spread half a lifetime Your Mother, Your Father, Your sister and you It's a shame you left them all behind Come on be Strong, You need to be belong Come on Be Strong, Don't be angry The portrait of when you were young at your school So happy with many of your friends When you were always playing it cool It's ashame they were'nt loyal to the end The reflections of when you were married to her Now she's long gone without meaning The time you where happy you know that you were You must remember those feelings Come on be Strong, You need to be belong Come on Be Strong, Don't be angry The picture of when she gave birth to your kid It's a shame that you can't get to see him Time went and you went and set him adrift How long now has it been? The momento of what they had given to you That still sits with dust in the corner It once was so special but sadly is not It should have been kept in good order Come on be Strong, You need to be belong Come on Be Strong, Don't be angry The momento of what they'd given to you It now sits lost without meaning You'd gone and left it somewhere in the dark I wonder what you were feeling The photos of long lost reletives framed Up there above the window It's not to late now to put it to change But you don't know where they've been to You need to Strong, Come on be Strong You need to belong, Don't be angry

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Brand new 13 track modern and contemporary original pop/rock Howard Moss album out January 2014. Released by the Irish record Label TEL.

'Keep Your Enemies Close' is more guitar driven and rock based than the two previously released Howard Moss albums, yet it still contains catchy songs with additive thoughtful and meaningful lyrics that contain great melody lines throughout.

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released January 15, 2014

Recorded in TEL Studios County Meath October - December 2013

All Songs written by Howard Moss except 'Hey Mr DJ' and 'A Little Bit Crazy' by P.Moss/S.Moss/H.Moss

All Music and Vocals recorded by Howard Moss with additional Keyboards on 'The Winning Hand' and 'Spell Of The Moon' by Declan Gantley.

Produced, recorded and mixed by Howard Moss

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Howard Moss County Meath, Ireland

Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist based in Trim, County Meath Ireland. Learnt the guitar age 13 and has been gigging and recording music ever since. Released Tempus Fugit in 1995 which had the Number 11 single 'Delilah' released from it. New album 'Outside The Pale' out September 2013. Catchy, melodic and highly addictive listening from start to finish. New album 'KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE' out Jan 2014 ... more

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