1. |
A Better Man
03:52
|
|||
|
A Better Man
If I could hold you
One more time just for the memory
If I could kiss just one last tear away
And keep its bitter sweetness in my heart
If I could listen to your last words
Whatever they may be
If I could try to think of what you need
Maybe I would see
If I had done a few of these things
A better man I just may be
If I had told you
A little more how much I love you
If I had given what you always gave
We’d have been the richest two on earth
If I had reached out when you wanted
And held you so much more
If I had opened up my heart
You’d not be closing this last door
If I had done a few of these things
A better man I just may be
I guess I couldn’t be more wrong
But this’ll do me fine
Screwing things up like this
Takes the practice of a lifetime
I know I should’ve seen you there
Everywhere
Never stopped to look around me
Never saw the one who found me
© M. D. Cobcroft. All rights reserved.
|
||||
2. |
When She Wants to Smile
03:26
|
|||
|
When She Wants To Smile
You know there’s times she don’t need me
She picks up her bag and goes
And a piece of my heart breaks off
And life just seems to screech right to a stop
Waking up alone, I can’t stand waiting on the phone
And when she wants to smile again I’ll know
So of course I call up the lads
I find out who’s drinking what
And I kiss a million brain cells goodbye
While she’s shopping with her Mum
I’d cry in my beer if I could
But right now my eyes ain’t so good
And when she wants to smile again I’ll know
Oh I’ll know when she calls me up
To say that she forgot her sweater
I’ll be calm and cool, collected
Ready just to stand corrected
I’ll know when she comes around
She’ll offer to return my key
She’ll have that tiny little frown
And she’ll need me to turn it ‘round
She’ll say she’s sorry
She’ll throw her bag on the chair
Then she’ll put the kettle on for tea
And all the while be telling me
Just how tired and fried I look
But inside I’m a picture book
‘cause now she wants to smile again I know
© M. D. Cobcroft. All rights reserved.
|
||||
3. |
Ain't My Fault
03:58
|
|||
|
Ain’t My Fault
I never really planned for this at all
So babe just make a move ‘cause it’s your call
There’s really nothin’ better than to be here with you
But I’m so unprepared
Just tell me what should I do?
And it ain’t my fault
Ain’t no fault of mine
If anyone’s to blame it’s you
Oh you and those eyes
No it ain’t my fault
Ain’t no fault at all
I’d do anything
I’d say anything
And I’d be everything
If I could lay the blame on you
I’ve always tried to be the careful one
Always looked both ways
But girl you’re hit and run
I can’t believe the things that you’re doin’ to me
I’m a hopeless case for all the world to see
But it ain’t my fault
That you’ve got me hooked
If anyone’s to blame it’s you
Oh girl it’s you and that look
No it ain’t my fault
Oh how could this be?
I’d do anything
I’d say anything
And I’d be everything
If I could lay the blame on you
I need to see you now
I need to feel you now
I need you
© M. D. Cobcroft & A. T. Payne. All rights reserved.
|
||||
4. |
Sun Dancer
03:33
|
|||
|
Sun Dancer
On the sands I found her
Turning with the tide
The ocean shining through her
And on the wind a high voice cried
Beauty is the face of my sun dancer
Wonder is the grace of her
In motion with my heart
Oh my sun dancer
I’d lay the world at her feet
If only I knew where to start
Dreams and childhood visions
Change reality
Seabirds echo her song
And wonder touches me
Beauty is the face of my sun dancer
Wonder is the grace of her
In motion with my heart
Oh my sun dancer
I’d lay the world at her feet
If only I knew where to start
© M. D. Cobcroft. All rights reserved.
|
||||
5. |
Spare Me a Smile
04:02
|
|||
|
Spare Me A Smile
I got no money in my pockets
I got no soles on my shoes
Ain’t got no map to where I’m headin’
And I never owned enough to lose to have the blues
But that’s ok, ‘cause I don’t miss what I ain’t got
I always seem to find what I need on the mile
So I ain’t askin’ for anything you might own
All I’m askin’ friend is can you spare me a smile?
Just spare me a smile and I’ll be on my way
Come on and spare me a smile
And brighten up my day
Just spare me a smile and keep away the cold
Feel it warmin’ up your heart
Laughin’ in your soul
Well, the world’s such a fast place these days
People come and go through your life all the while
They ain’t got no time or care for a kind word
So all I’m askin’ friend is can you spare me a smile?
Just spare me a smile and I’ll be on my way
Come on and spare me a smile
And brighten up my day
Just spare me a smile and keep away the cold
Feel it warmin’ up your heart
Laughin’ in your soul
Things can only amount to what I make ‘em
Life can be hard or as easy as I choose
If I spare a smile for those around me
I feel their warmth surround me
© M. D. Cobcroft. All rights reserved.
|
||||
6. |
We All Fall
03:59
|
|||
|
We All Fall
What’s in the signals you’re trying to send?
The eyes of a stranger, the heart of a friend
Look and feel for some safe ground away from the edge
But darkness surrounds you and covers your head
Don’t think that you’re the only one
Look out to those all around
Reach up and out, if you need then call
We all fall
Add up the numbers and play all the odds
Get it right sometimes and feel like a god
Looking down on the little guy waiting to leap
Stare in the chasm, you pray for some sleep
Don’t think that you’re the only one
Look out to those all around
Reach up and out, if you need then call
We all fall
We all fall
We all fall
We all fall
Take all the time you want, take all you need
Look at your conscience and see how it bleeds
From the heart on your sleeve that you wear like a fool
What price for peace of mind, what price for truth?
Don’t think that you’re the only one
Look out to those all around
Reach up and out, if you need then call
We all fall
We all fall
We all fall
We all fall
© M. D. Cobcroft. All rights reserved.
|
||||
7. |
She's Always Right
03:47
|
|||
|
She’s Always Right
She’s always right
I’m always wrong
She wants to fight
While I wanna love (all night long)
She’s got me right
Strings me along
Most every night
She knows how to bring me on
She’s always right
Always right
I can’t put one foot right by her
She can’t do one thing wrong by me
I see no sense in fightin’ her
She sees no sense in lovin’ me
She’s black and white
I cruise along
And when I’m tired
She just wants to party on
She likes to kiss
I like to squeeze
She’s hit or miss
And if I miss I’m beggin’ please
She’s always right
Always right
I can’t put one foot right by her
She can’t do one thing wrong by me
I see no sense in fightin’ her
She sees no sense in lovin’ me
© M. D. Cobcroft & A. T. Payne
|
||||
8. |
Slave of Love
03:03
|
|||
|
Slave Of Love
I can't escape this hold you got on me
I'm at your mercy, yeah I'm hooked
My heart to ransom, no release
A word from you was all it took
I'm your slave of love
Under your spell
You've chained my heart
I'm your slave of love
Slave of love
I'm in deep, locked up tight
And I just can't break away
I can't run, no, I can't hide
Love's the price I'll have to pay
Now I'm your slave of love
Under your spell right from the start
I'm your slave of love
You've got my heart
Yeah I'm your slave of love
Under your spell right from the start
I'm your slave of love
Slave of love
Guess I'm forever a prisoner of desire
True surrender to my heart
They all say that I'm a fool
But nothing's right till I'm with you
'cause I'm your slave of love
I'm under your spell
You've chained my heart
I'm your slave of love
Slave of love
Yeah I'm your slave of love
Under your spell right from the start
I'm your slave of love
You've got my heart
Oh I'm your slave of love
Under your spell right from the start
I'm your slave of love
You've got my heart
© M. D. Cobcroft & C. R. Shakespeare. All rights reserved.
|
||||
9. |
I'll Be There
05:10
|
|||
|
I’ll Be There
Laying awake at night a lot, alone
I see the sun too often rising with the dawn
And with it come the things I should’ve said
But I kept it inside
And now it seems that time is like a flame
And I keep burning just to see you smile again
I stare into the shadows, searching through my mind
And it’s playing me wild
And I know if I don’t say it now
Tell the truth, let you know where I stand
I’ll stand alone in the dark
Wondering just where we are
And I will be there
Oh just to be with you
Together we’ll see it through
Yes I will be there
Yes I will
And now I know I’ve stolen too much time
Just walking through this life, waiting for a sign
And all the while I had it written in my heart
It was signed with your name
All this time, just staring into space
Seeing the past, not dreaming a future
I was alone in the dark
Wondering just where you were
And I will be there
Oh just to be with you
Together we’ll see it through
Yes I will be there
Oh I will be there
And if your world turns blue
Two fires burning new
Oh I will be there
No I won’t make excuses, wasting no more time
It’s time I opened up my eyes
You reached out once, now I’m reaching out for you
I’ll be there
Yes I will
© M. D. Cobcroft & A. T. Payne
|
||||
10. |
Little Bit Longer
03:49
|
|||
|
Little Bit Longer
No one said it was easy
There’s a long road ahead
It ain’t written in a book of rules
It can’t be read
I won’t dive in, it’s something that I’ve learned
Take my time and I won’t get burned
I’m gonna wait just a little bit longer
All good things will come
If I stand just a little bit stronger
I won’t stand alone
And if I look a little further down the road
Maybe I will see
If I wait just a little bit longer
She will come to me
Well there’s times I stopped believin’
When I’ve fallen to my knees
When life and love just had me reelin’
An emptiness filled me
Then she found me, gave me so much time
Showed me what was mine all the while
I’m gonna wait just a little bit longer
All good things will come
If I stand just a little bit stronger
I won’t stand alone
If I look a little further down the road
Maybe I will see
If I wait just a little bit longer
She will come to me
Somethin’ tells me it’s all fine
And I know ‘cause she’s with me all the time
Somethin’ holds me by my soul
And I know I don’t have to walk alone
© M. D. Cobcroft & A. T. Payne. All rights reserved.
|
||||
Marty Cobcroft Sydney, Australia
Australian singer/songwriter.
If you like Marty Cobcroft, you may also like:
Scared Of You
by Laura Imbruglia
Gutsy rock & roll from Australian songwriter Laura Imbruglia with biting riffs and sneering vocals.
go to album
A new EP from Evan Myall delivers four songs packed with irresistible power pop harmonies and jangling guitars.
go to album
The Art Of Losing
by The Anchoress
The second release from Welsh artist The Anchoress is a devastating and powerful meditation on loss.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 5, 2019
go to album
Bike Ride Across the Moon
by Webbed Wing
Chock-full of earworm hooks and pit-starting breakdowns, Webbed Wing's debut effort is a must-hear for pop-punk fans.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 30, 2014
go to album
The latest from Psychic Temple features a cameo by British rock legend Terry Reid & woozy, psychedelic songs.
go to album
