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Dear God

Dear God

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Making Plans for Nigel

Making Plans for Nigel

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Senses Working Overtime

Senses Working Overtime

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The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

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The Mayor of Simpleton

The Mayor of Simpleton

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Complicated Game

Complicated Game

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That's Really Super, Supergirl

That's Really Super, Supergirl

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Then She Appeared

Then She Appeared

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Grass

Grass

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Respectable Street

Respectable Street

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Summer's Cauldron

Summer's Cauldron

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Generals and Majors

Generals and Majors

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Easter Theatre

Easter Theatre

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Earn Enough for Us

Earn Enough for Us

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When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty

When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty

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No Thugs in Our House

No Thugs in Our House

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Helicopter

Helicopter

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Towers of London

Towers of London

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1000 Umbrellas

1000 Umbrellas

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Living Through Another Cuba

Living Through Another Cuba

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Ballet for a Rainy Day

Ballet for a Rainy Day

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Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)

Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)

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King for a Day

King for a Day

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Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts

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Skylarking

Skylarking

12 lyrics

1Dear GodLyrics
2That's Really Super, SupergirlLyrics
3Summer's CauldronLyrics
41000 UmbrellasLyrics
5Ballet for a Rainy DayLyrics
6DyingLyrics
7Season CycleLyrics
8Another SatelliteLyrics
9The Man Who Sailed Around His SoulLyrics
10Sacrificial BonfireLyrics
11Mermaid SmiledLyrics
12Big DayLyrics

Oranges & Lemons

Oranges & Lemons

13 lyrics

1Garden of Earthly DelightsLyrics
2Pink ThingLyrics
3Here Comes President Kill AgainLyrics
4Chalkhills and ChildrenLyrics
5

Drums and Wires

Drums and Wires

12 lyrics

1Complicated GameLyrics
2When You're Near Me I Have DifficultyLyrics
3HelicopterLyrics
4Roads Girdle the GlobeLyrics
5

Nonsuch

Nonsuch

15 lyrics

1Then She AppearedLyrics
2Dear Madam BarnumLyrics
3Books are BurningLyrics
4The DisappointedLyrics
5My Bird Performs

Black Sea

Black Sea

7 lyrics

1Love at First SightLyrics
2Living Through Another CubaLyrics
3No Language in Our LungsLyrics
4Travels in NihilonLyrics
5

English Settlement

English Settlement

12 lyrics

1Jason and the ArgonautsLyrics
2Melt the GunsLyrics
3SnowmanLyrics
4All of a Sudden (It's Too Late)Lyrics
5Runaways

Apple Venus Volume 1

Apple Venus Volume 1

10 lyrics

1River of OrchidsLyrics
2I'd Like ThatLyrics
3Your DictionaryLyrics
4GreenmanLyrics
5Harvest Festival

Mummer

Mummer

8 lyrics

1Love on a Farmboy's WagesLyrics
2Funk Pop a RollLyrics
3Beating of HeartsLyrics
4LadybirdLyrics
5Human Alchemy

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

12 lyrics

1We're All LightLyrics
2Stupidly HappyLyrics
3Church of WomenLyrics
4The Wheel and the MaypoleLyrics
5

The Big Express

The Big Express

9 lyrics

1Train Running Low on Soul CoalLyrics
2Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss HerLyrics
3I Bought Myself a LiarbirdLyrics
4I Remember the SunLyrics
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Scarecrow People

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6Poor Skeleton Steps OutLyrics

7Across This AntheapLyrics

8Merely a ManLyrics

9Hold Me My DaddyLyrics

10One of the MillionsLyrics

11Miniature SunLyrics

12Cynical DaysLyrics

13The Mayor of SimpletonLyrics

Day In Day Out

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6Scissor ManLyrics

7Real by ReelLyrics

8Outside WorldLyrics

9That Is the WayLyrics

10MillionsLyrics

11Chain of CommandLyrics

12LimelightLyrics

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8The Smartest MonkeysLyrics

9The Ugly UnderneathLyrics

10Holly Up on PoppyLyrics

11That WaveLyrics

12War DanceLyrics

13Humble DaisyLyrics

14CrocodileLyrics

15BungalowLyrics

Burning with Optimism's Flames

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6Rocket from a BottleLyrics

7Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)Lyrics

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6It's Nearly AfricaLyrics

7Down in the CockpitLyrics

9Yacht DanceLyrics

10Knuckle DownLyrics

11English RoundaboutLyrics

12Fly on the WallLyrics

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6I Can't Own HerLyrics

7Fruit NutLyrics

8Knights in Shining KarmaLyrics

9The Last BalloonLyrics

10Frivolous TonightLyrics

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6Deliver Us from the ElementsLyrics

7In Loving Memory of a NameLyrics

8Me and the WindLyrics

Playground

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6In Another LifeLyrics

7You and the Clouds Will Still Be BeautifulLyrics

8My Brown GuitarLyrics

9Standing In for JoeLyrics

10Boarded UpLyrics

11Wounded HorseLyrics

12I'm the Man Who Murdered LoveLyrics

Shake You Donkey Up

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6Reign of BlowsLyrics

7The Everyday Story of SmalltownLyrics

8You're The Wish You Are I HadLyrics

9Red Brick DreamLyrics

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