And Then There Were Two

by The Immaculate Crows

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Can't You Hear Me Crying 03:53
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Can’t you hear me crying Crying out for you Can’t you hear me crying Crying out for you Can’t you hear me saying My love for you is true Can’t you hear me Calling out your name Why can’t you hear me Hear what I’m saying Come back baby Each night I pray Can’t you see me Walking away from you Why can’t you see me Walking away from you You don’t seem to love me Like I love you Can’t you ever mend This broken heart of mine Can’t you ever tell me Please be mine I just keep on dreaming Our love will never die Can’t you love me baby Like I love you Can’t you love me Like I love you It’s so hard when you love another But your message can’t get through Can’t you hear me crying Crying out for you Can’t you hear me crying Crying out for you Can’t you hear me saying My love for you is true Can’t you hear me crying Can’t you hear me crying Can’t you hear me crying Crying out for you Crying out for you Crying out for you My love for you is true My love for you is true My love for you is true
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Modern Times 06:43
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The air that we breathe is bad Modern times The powerful are mad Modern times ah ah ah Modern times ah ah ah Modern times Loneliness in a city Modern times Life isn’t so pretty Modern times Too many being born Modern times Must obey the norm Modern times ah ah ah ah Modern times ah ah ah ah Modern times Better stay inside Modern times No place left to hide Modern times Slowly losing your mind Modern times Is only a matter of time Modern times ah ah ah ah Modern times ah ah ah Unemployment Pollution Loneliness Conform Modern times Modern times Modern times
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School Of Hard Knocks 05:20
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There’s nothing you can tell me That I don’t already know At least things that count in life Buried deep in your soul You can say I’m a beggar A thief or a fool But I raised myself somehow In a different kind of school I was driven to despair By violence and poverty My friends were endless shadows Surrounding me Don’t speak unless spoken to Your words don’t matter And neither Do you I was taught this lesson Too well In this school In the school Of hard knocks Where no-one Listens to you I was beaten down by bullies Pimps and dealers too Abandoned by my father And mother too Brought up by the State In a concrete zoo That became a prison For my mind too Somehow I survived With others just like me The ones you don’t really Want to see The ones that survived The lessons taught to me In the school of hard knocks I was nearly brought to my knees In the school of hard knocks No one knows your name No one cares to see you Or play your game Where I was taught to hide Where I was taught to run Taught to survive Look after number one Taught to survive Look after number one Taught to survive Look after number one Taught to survive Look after number one Taught to survive Look after number one
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New Girl 03:36
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She used to be another girl Living in her past Now can she change again With another imperfect mask? Life dealt her heavy blows A sapling bending in the wind Now can she grow again Where to begin? Oh new girl I believe in you Do you believe? I used to be like you Oh new girl Oh new girl I believe in you Do you believe? Do you believe? I used to be like you Treated like a stranger In your imperfect home Can you make the break now With a will of your own? Carry my thoughts with you Out of the wilderness There are so many like you In this emptiness Oh new girl I believe in you Do you believe? Do you believe? I used to be like you Oh new girl Oh new girl I believe in you Do you believe? Do you believe? I used to be like you New girl New girl
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Dolly 05:01
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What’s the matter With people today To drive a young girl To end her life that way I don’t care what the bullies say There’s no justification For acting That way She was young, she was pretty Kept her torment to herself Everything to live for If she believed in herself Now for every good person Who takes their own life There’s plenty of bullies who Beat their wives Dolly oh Dolly Why did they make you Take your life Dolly oh Dolly Why did they make you Take your life Cowards that creep In the night Looking for an Easy fight Where they target their victims Oh so well Making their lives A living hell Dolly oh Dolly Why did they make you Take your life Dolly oh Dolly Why did they make you Take your life They pick on those Who can’t fight back Keyboard warriors Whose hearts are black They destroy reputations They destroy lives They get away With endless lies I’d like to put Their kind away On an island Then blow it away Bullies are human That’s what you say But I don’t really See it that way They make you cry They make you weep Destroy your soul And kill your sleep Dolly oh Dolly Why did they make you Take your life Dolly oh Dolly Why did they make you Take your life What’s the matter with people Today The bullies that put Dolly away Never left her alone To be what she was They hated her Just because She was quite nice And pretty kind The kind of person You’d never leave behind If you knew the pain She was in To not protect her Would have been a sin Dolly oh Dolly Why did they make you Take your life Dolly oh Dolly Why did they make you Take your life Dolly oh Dolly Dolly oh Dolly Dolly oh Dolly Dolly oh Dolly
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Love Is Perverse 03:57
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When I want you You seem so far away Now that you’re near I wish you’d disappear For you were more precious When you were out of reach When you get too close babe I can hardly speak Love is perverse It could be worse It could all end So stay a friend Love is perverse It could be worse It could all end So stay a friend Love is perverse Love is perverse Love is perverse Love is perverse When I see your phony smile I feel sick inside I’d rather see you dead Than take me for a ride Sometimes my feelings change And I reach out to you Sometimes I get so bored You have to do Love is perverse It could be worse It could all end So stay a friend Love is perverse It could be worse It could all end So stay a friend Love is perverse Love is perverse Love is perverse Love is perverse
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Platonic Love 03:36
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You say You don’t Want to get involved With me You say That’s not Not supposed To be I’ve got Urges I’ve got to Fulfil Your platonic love Platonic love Is giving me The chills Platonic love Platonic love Love Platonic love Platonic love Love Platonic love You say You don’t Want to get involved With me You say That’s not Not supposed To be I’ve got Urges I’ve got to Fulfil Your platonic love Platonic love Is giving me The chills Platonic love Platonic love Love Platonic love Platonic love Love Platonic love Platonic love Love Platonic love Platonic love Love Platonic love Platonic love Platonic love Platonic love Platonic love Platonic love Platonic love I don’t want your platonic love
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Shy Girl 03:25
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You don’t see me Like I see you I see you on the bus I like to travel with you I can’t say hello I’m far too shy to speak It doesn’t get better Seeing you week to week Have you got a girlfriend? I don’t want to know I’m too shy Gotta let it go Have you got a moment? To talk to me Put me out Of my misery I dream of you at night And in the day Can’t stop thinking about you Each and every way But I’m too shy To talk to you If I did Wouldn’t know what to do I’m a shy girl Far too shy I need a shy boy To be my guy I’m just a shy girl You’re too good for me I’ll just dream of you Eternally Just a shy girl Shy shy shy shy Looking for someone, someone To make me feel high Shy shy shy shy A shy girl Looking for someone In this world I’m just a shy girl Shy shy shy shy Looking for someone In this world I’m just a shy girl Shy Shy Shy Shy Looking for someone To make me feel high I’m just a shy girl I’m just a shy girl A shy girl Shy shy Shy Shy shy Oo hoohoo Hey yeah
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She's A Mystery (Remastered 2021) 04:32
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She’s the only one I really need She’s so far away Living in her castle Hiding herself away She doesn’t always Answer the phone But I know she’s home She’s a mystery to me She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery To me She doesn’t have much to say Keeps her secrets tightly locked But when she speaks I like the way she talks Her hair flows gently in the wind When she walks by my side Every time I see that girl I feel so happy inside She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery To me She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery She’s a mystery To me
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Business Girl 03:04
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She works for a boss Twice her age Works by a window In an open cage She’s a business girl Alone in the world With people who don’t care About the thoughts She doesn’t share With anyone To get to the top There’s one sure way To please the boss To get her pay She’s a business girl Alone in the world With people who don’t care About the thoughts She doesn’t share With anyone I guess she knows The rules of the game Don’t open your heart Try to stay sane I guess she knows The rules of the game Just one of the ones Who learn the hard way Money is power If you lose your way She’s a business girl Alone in the world With people who don’t care About the thoughts She doesn’t share With anyone I guess she knows The rules of the game Don’t open your heart Try to stay sane I guess she knows The rules of the game Oh business girl Oh business girl Oh business girl Alone in the world
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Bird In The Sky 05:08
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The whole world is in a mess Nothing seems to change If I could be A bird so free I’d fly away From this misery Revolution and ideology War and apathy They’re all the same If people have to die I’d rather be a bird In the sky Rather be a bird in the sky Rather be a bird in the sky Rather be a bird flying high Rather be a bird in the sky The whole world keeps on turning Crosses keep on burning The Ku Klux Klan Do all they can To keep their hatred Going Fools and politicians With their shallow, hollow Predictions Saying democracy Is you and me Let’s forget about poverty Rather be a bird in the sky Rather be a bird in the sky Rather be a bird flying high Rather be a bird in the sky Nuclear power and desolation One way to unite The whole world nation Is pollute everything Create one bad dream Death’s sweet inspiration Hatred everywhere Appears where You don’t expect it there The civilized lands There’s madmen’s plans Turning everything to dust Rather be a bird in the sky Rather be a bird in the sky Rather be a bird flying high Rather be a bird in the sky Bird in the sky Bird in the sky There’s a bird in the sky Flying high Bird in the sky Flying high Free as a bird In the sky Flying high Flying high Free as a bird In the sky
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On The Ground 06:50
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Madman in the city Talking to himself Isn’t it a pity When it makes you think of yourself No knight in shining armour Will come to her aid She cut her wrists and hoped to die And now she’s on her way All surviving In this city Whose heart is the centre Of an ugly cancer All surviving In this city Going up going down And all our lives We’re trapped on the ground Fashion, taste and elegance The province of the rich If you can’t pay they tell you that You can’t afford to bitch People rushing everywhere As though there is no time To settle down a little while There must be a first time We’re all together In this beautiful mess Individuals, conformists and free And all the rest But if we don’t try We don’t try A little bit more You can say goodbye to me Because I want more But if we don’t try We don’t try A little bit more You can say goodbye to me Because I want more

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This is our first album. I called it 'And Then There Were Two' because 11 of the 12 songs were produced when I re-united with ex-band member Mark Hocknell. The tracks were produced between 1 June 2020 and 17 November 2021. The songs on the album reflect the journey that we, together with our contributing vocal artists, musicians, production and engineering collective, experienced & created over the years 2020/2021, while the world was in lockdown.

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released September 15, 2022

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The Immaculate Crows Brisbane, Australia

The Immaculate Crows are an Australian alternative band formed by Bruce Neilsen in 1982. In 2020, Bruce -songwriter, guitarist & arranger reunited with Mark Hocknell -guitar, drum programming, bass & production to produce new recordings. Our collective of musicians also includes, Carolyn Neilsen –production, & Peter Cleary, Melissa Grace & Nikki Steel -vocals. New recordings underway. ... more

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