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Fighting Talk by David Gray

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David Gray

Fighting Talk

Release date: 17th January 2025

From Dear LifeTrack 63:48
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About This Track

"Fighting Talk" is a track by David Gray, from the album Dear Life, released 17th January 2025. The track is 3:48 long. It's filed under Singer/Songwriter. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

David Gray

David Gray

Lyrics

Fighting Talk

Won't you give me just a minute here, for heaven's sake
Got Mother Nature burning at the stake
Out here slicing up the cake like pigs in clover
Wanna soar, wanna glide, wanna run with the breeze
In circumstances such as these
It's enough to keep your sky from folding over

Oh boy, won't you give it up?
All night like the needle got stuck
D'you ever stop?
Just once, could you lighten up?
You want it all with a cherry on top
I wonder what you're so frightened of

Girl, I love it, you're so free from care
You see the good in people everywhere
While me, I stare but all I see are the same patterns
Got a smile in your eyes, keeping me arm's length
If you ain't got the guile then what use is strength
You're running rings 'round me like Saturn

Oh boy, won't you give it up?
All night like the needle got stuck
D'you ever stop?
Comes a time when it's kicking off
Ding ding really cutting up rough
Are you man enough to say it soft?

I'm tired of living for things that I just can't touch
A penny for your thoughts you're not saying much
You were never one to sugar coat it
Well, damn this melody, yeah, damn this tune
Damn the lyric running 'round my head all afternoon
Damn the swooning sentimental tunesmith wrote it

Oh boy, won't you give it up?
All night like the needle got stuck
D'you ever stop?
Comes a time when it's getting rough
Ding ding really kicking off
Are you man enough to say it soft?

Boy, listen up
I heard quite enough of this fighting talk, baby
Boy, listen up
I heard quite enough of this fighting talk

And I wonder what
I wonder what you're so frightened of, baby
I wonder what
I wonder what
I wonder what

Oh boy, won't you give it up?
All night like the needle got stuck
D'you ever stop? D'you ever stop, d'you ever?
Comes a time when it's getting rough
Ding ding really kicking off
Are you man enough?
Are you man enough to say it soft?
To say it soft

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Track details

From Dear Life

3:482025
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Album
Dear Life
Dear Life
David Gray
17th January 2025
Track number
6
Release year
2025
  1. 1After The Harvest
    4:36
  2. 2Plus & Minus
    3:08
  3. 3Eyes Made Rain
    3:34
  4. 4Leave Taking
    6:57
  5. 5I Saw Love
    3:46
  6. 6Fighting Talk
    3:48
  7. 7Sunlight On Water
    5:25
  8. 8That Day Must Surely Come
    4:58
  9. 9Singing For The Pharaoh
    3:50
  10. 10Acceptance (It's Alright)
    4:56
  11. 11Future Bride
    4:07
  12. 12The Only Ones
    4:30
  13. 13The First Stone
    6:32
  14. —More Than Anything
  15. —The Messenger
  16. —Plus & Minus
  17. —After The Harvest
    4:36

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