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Painted Faces

by Jess McAllister

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1.
Take A Walk 03:20
How can I have failed, when I haven't even started yet? I've never felt so alone, nobody answers the phone No-one returns my calls, it's as if I'm not here at all. So I went to the doctors, he told me to wait Come back in a few days. But I'm sat in this goddamn waiting room It's as if I've been here for years I've read every goddamn magazine About homes, gardens and feng shui. The walls are painted blue and green It's supposed to be serene Yellow is for insanity Yellow is for insanity Fulfilling your dreams, is hard, when you're not even sure what your dreams are. But I've never felt so alone I've never felt so alone Watching Waiting I think I'll take a walk, Through the fields and clear my head All this self-indulgent bullshit talk Get out of bed. How can I have failed, when I haven't even started yet?
2.
Painted faces wash off in the rain Living in an advertising campaign, every day, every day Getting ready in hurried desperation She can't leave the house without her face, without her face, without her face on Just a lick lick lick of paint Just a trick trick trick of light Just a lick lick lick of paint Making weary eyes bright like they used to be Like they used to be Say bye bye to the blemish Wave farewell to the fading youth of yesterday Painted faces masters of disguise Spiders legs are coming out your eyes, lashes of lies, lashes of lies There's a distinct line along the chin Where the colours aren't quite blended in, blended in, blended in Just a lick lick lick of paint Just a trick trick trick of light Just a lick lick lick of paint Making weary eyes bright Just a lick lick lick of paint Just a trick trick trick of light Just a lick lick lick of paint Ladies of the night will not grow old We will not grow old Say bye bye to the blemish Wave farewell to the beauty spot Say bye bye, bye bye Tip your hat to the fading youth of yesterday Of yesterday Painted faces hiding from us all We're all dancing at the masquerade ball Painted faces wash off in the rain Oh the shame Oh the shame.
3.
Have a little patience, give a little smile Tell me what you want and I'll find it in a while Today could be the first day Of the rest of your life So don't lose yourself in a memory Why go through all that pain and strife Don't be afraid of shadows in the night Monsters hiding under your bed There is nothing there that can harm you My darling it is all in your head So shed a little teardrop, if that's what you need to do Then turn on to the next page, it's bright clean and new Words can be your enemy If you don't put them to good use So hold your tongue a little longer Out of sight, cut them loose. Don't be afraid of shadows in the night Demons lurking in the darkness There is nothing there that can harm you My darling it is all in your head In your head (x4) Have a little patience, give a little smile Tell me what you want and I'll find it in a while You are someone special Even if you don't believe it Whatever tries to hurt you Put it in a box, and leave it.
4.
All we can do now, is make the best of what we have Our shiny parts within rusty old machines Realities that we sculpt out of our dreams Regret is a funny old thing It points and it laughs from behind the scenes People say you should never regret anything Believing that does not lessen the sting The one you get from doing something that you should never have done The knots you feel in your stomach when you hurt a loved one Don't you dare look at me that way. 'Cause I am good, and I am strong And I don't have to be alone No-one ever has to be alone And I will walk, upon this earth Head held high, feet in the dirt And I will come to be just what I'm worth Never mind buying time We can smile and wave as it passes by Not worrying about the speed of it You fall and graze your knee pick out the grit Try and get some sleep Ignore your subconscious just for a while Get drunken brawls and bloody knuckles out of there And I could run my fingers through your hair Don't get bogged down, I know it's the way you're inclined I believe in the power of the positive mind Please don't look away 'Cause you are good, and you are strong And you won't ever be alone I am always here you just need ask And you will walk, upon this earth Head held high, concealing hurt And you will show them all just what you're worth Yes you will show them all. All we can do now All we can do now All we can do now All we can do now All we can do now Is make the best of what we have 'Cause we're all lines, of the same song Made of blood and skin and hair and bone And none of us should have to be alone And we all walk, upon this earth Searching for that patch of dirt The one that makes us feel like what we're worth

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Debut E.P from Devon based singer/songwriter.

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released October 19, 2013

All piano, vocals and music written and performed by Jess McAllister.
Cello - Dury Loveridge,
Mandolin & fiddle (Shadows In The Night) - Matt Norman
Violin (Take A Walk) - John Matthias,
Violin (Shadows In The Night & Never Mind Buying Time) - Elizabeth Westcott,
Double Bass - Damien Scarr,
Drums - Tom Wright,
Produced by Dan Smith,
Mastered by Lewis Hopkins,
Design - Will McAllister
Illustration - Gemma Ritchie
Photography - Amie McAllister

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Make no mistake, here is evidence of a ferocious emotional and musical intelligence at work.” Tom Robinson – BBC 6 Music

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