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The Polperro Horse Bus Company

by Lois

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    Beautifully presented double vinyl edition of our debut album in a gatefold sleeve with lyrics! Pressed on high quality heavyweight 180-gram vinyl for your listening pleasure! Includes free digital download voucher! Shipped via recorded delivery.

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1.
King of Opinion Tired of the pretention All around this town Like sheep they dress like everyone else who is around Get your own words If your opinion’s king Cos I’m sick of the pretention All around So bored of your inventions Haircuts and your style A poor young man like every girl Around here for a while Get your own words If your opinion’s king Cos I’m sick of the pretention All around So if you’re really clever So intelligent Take a look into the mirror And you’ll know what I meant Get your own words If your opinion’s king Cos I’m sick of the pretention All around Cos I’m sick of the pretention All around Cos I’m sick of the pretention All around
2.
Your Own Little World I’ve been down the Avenue I’ll be quiet in everything I do Just one smile might say to you Can you become the person I once knew? Would you be thankful when you rest Upon the days sent just to test you People say be careful what you wish for in this life Nobody in this world can ever know What it is I’m trying to say I know every single way We will make it some day But don’t waste life just to stay In your own little world Comes to pass that’s what I’ve heard Then you realise one day We’re never really here to stay I can give you reasons to believe We will always want one more day like these Waste yourself away then tell me it’s not real Nobody in your world can ever show What it is I’m trying to say I know every single way We will make it some day But don’t waste life just to stay In your own little world Comes the past that’s what I’ve heard Then you realise one day We’re never really here to stay What it is I’m trying to say I know every single way We will make it some day But don’t waste life just to stay In your own little world Comes the past that’s what I’ve heard Then you realise one day We’re never really here to stay Repeat chorus
3.
Star Is Falling Gold and silver and a blonde called? I don’t know you no I don’t know you But I might do in a while I’ve seen you click your heels at someone I’ve seen her standing right around the corner And they were singing (Yeah) Can you hear them calling (Yeah) When you know your star is falling (Yeah) When you’re falling out of favour (Yeah) When it’s nearly all over Yeah Yeah Yeah Now the beggar in the gutter I could steal you but I don’t want to For the sleepers in the city They won’t wake you when you’re sleeping I read of murder next day in the papers And they were singing (Yeah) Can you hear them calling (Yeah) When you know your star is falling (Yeah) When you’re falling out of favour (Yeah) When it’s nearly all over Yeah Yeah Yeah Gold and silver and a blonde called? I don’t know you no I don’t know you But I might do in a while I’ve seen you click your heels at someone I’ve seen her standing right around the corner And they were singing (Yeah) Can you hear them calling (Yeah) When you know your star is falling (Yeah) When you’re falling out of favour (Yeah) When it’s nearly all over Yeah Yeah Yeah Repeat Chorus
4.
The Polperro Horse Bus Company Molly speaks some wisdom Every time that I’m in her bedroom She says I won’t but will you If I say that it’s too familiar Will I forget tomorrow What you steal you say you only borrow So close your eyes only please remember I won’t forget you no not ever Cos Molly speaks to me You know she said she said she said She said she’s no faker oh no You know she’s shakin’ So pretty faces come clear I’m sure I won’t forget you no no no no more It seems so clear don’t you see what I mean now You’ve maybe seen her, oh you’ve maybe seen her Cos Molly speaks to me You know she said she said she said She said she’s no faker oh no You know she’s shakin’ So Molly speaks to me Do you think that it’s here you want to be You can have a job with me Working for The Polperrro Horse Bus Company Cos Molly speaks to me You know she said she said she said She said she’s no faker oh no You know she’s shakin’ You know she’s shakin You know she’s shakin Oh You know she’s shakin’ Oh yeah
5.
Monkey Girl 03:10
Monkey Girl Oh Monkey Girl, oh Monkey Girl I see you walk out with Honky Tonk Dressed in your high heels I see through you Unlike the others you’re still abused You might look like a woman But you’re dressing like a man You might look like a woman But you’re dressing like a man Oh Monkey Girl I love you so But I would never ever let you know Oh Monkey Girl don’t fade away But she is never going to lay down roots and stay You might look like a woman But you’re dressing like a man You might look like a woman But you’re dressing like a man Oh Monkey Girl I love you so But I would never ever let you know Oh Monkey Girl don’t fade away But she is never going to lay down roots and stay You might look like a woman But you’re dressing like a man You might look like a woman But you’re dressing like a man – whaaaaa! Oh Monkey Girl Oh Monkey Girl Oh Monkey Girl Oh Monkey Girl You know I love you babe You know I love you babe You know I love you babe
6.
My Precious Love So cold, she takes me home Without my soul, I’d be just someone To someone’s eyes I could be fine But I can’t hide my feelings inside It’s only you, my precious love It’s you who keeps my smile For hours and hours we talk in rhymes To someone’s eyes I could be fine But I can’t hide my feelings inside It’s all for you, my precious love My precious love So cold, she takes me home Without my soul, I’d be just someone To someone’s eyes I could be fine But I can’t hide my feelings inside It’s all for you, my precious love My precious love My precious love Oh you’ll never know Oh
7.
I’m Out For the Summer I’m out for the summer There’s a love I can hear her name I’m out for the summer Echoed words they just pour like rain So few of us out here Can share in the things we know Caught up in the normal The way so many people go I, I’m out for the summer I, I’m out for the summer I’m out for the summer Now all of you out here Tell me if you understand We live for the loving Raise your hands if you understand I, I’m out for the summer I, I’m out for the summer I’m out for the summer I’m out for the summer There’s a love I can hear her name I’m out for the summer Echoed words they just pour like rain I, I’m out for the summer I, I’m out for the summer I’m out for the summer I’m out for the summer I’m out for the summer Summer, summer, summ
8.
Don’t Leave Me Ruined I have got just one minute of time Left to find my girl before she ruins my life Drives herself away with no forwarding address And leaves me here to die in this sorrowful mess Don’t leave me ruined Stop what you’re doing And come back home Come back to me Don’t leave me ruined Stop what you’re doing And get back I have got just one minute to say What a mess I’ve made before she leaves me this way And I can’t really tell does she really care? She changes all the time just like the colour of her hair Don’t leave me ruined Stop what you’re doing And come back home Come back to me Repeat chorus I have got just one minute of time Left to find my girl before she ruins my life I know it’s too late will I ever learn And leave me here to die as my bridges burn Don’t leave me ruined Stop what you’re doing And come back home Come back to me Don’t leave me ruined Stop what you’re doing And get back
9.
Click Click Isabella People are looking but they don’t understand There’s a man in the corner with a camera in his hand The girl she’s no time for him leave me alone Cos there’s another lover loving and she’s already gone She’s in love with Isabella, yes she is She’s in love with Isabella, yes she is Pictures of idols all over her place You can see that she’s coming from the look on her face I’ve a sly contradiction that you’ve already said There’s another lover loving ended up in her bed She’s in love with Isabella, yes she is She’s in love with Isabella, yes she is She’s in love with Isabella, yes she is She’s in love with Isabella, yes she is Well I’ll tell you a secret you may already know You will see that she’s leaving when it’s time for her to go With a look over her shoulder and a wink of her eye Walking off like Charlie Chaplin as she says her goodbye She’s in love with Isabella, yes she is She’s in love with Isabella, yes she is Yes she is Yes she is Yes she is Yes she is
10.
Don’t Waste Your Love Away You speak words but I don’t know what you mean There’s a picture in the paper I’ve just seen The lonely hours that you spend talking to no-one The rumours are they think you’ve left it far too long Oh don’t say you love it too You see them move and laugh at you In the most peculiar way Oh I’d like to know for sure Was it the taste you had before? Oh don’t waste your love away Oh don’t waste your love away Seldom anybody knows the way you feel But I can see that all the loneliness is real It’s a feeling I know I have never known I know you say sometimes it’s good to be alone To move on But you don’t know what they mean Don’t belong Every single place you’ve been Oh don’t say you love it too You see them move and laugh at you In the most peculiar way Oh I’d like to know for sure Was it the taste you had before? Oh don’t waste your love away Oh don’t waste your love away Repeat chorus La la la la la la La la la la la la La la la la la la la Repeat
11.
On the 10:02 03:29
On the 10:02 So close your eyes while I Speak of your troubled mind Because I know that it could not be easy To speak your mind while I I’m listening to the wireless I know you always do yourself believe me I am just a shadow of another lover that You used to know, oh whoa oh oh oh I’m going to the places I know you never go Cos you don’t know, oh no no no no For all those times you see You meant so much to me Now it’s all over and I know you want to Become another one just like the other ones Do you think that I should grow up do you? I am just a shadow of another lover that You used to know, oh whoa oh oh oh I’m going to the places I know you never go Cus you don’t know, oh no no no no So close your eyes while I Speak of your troubled mind Because I know that it could not be easy To speak your mind while I I’m listening to the wireless Whooa No No No So come on tell me if you love me do you? Or are you leaving on the 10:02? I am just a shadow of another lover that You used to know, oh whoa oh oh oh I’m going to the places I know you never go Cos you don’t know, oh no no no no Repeat chorus Oh no no no no no Oh no no no no no Oh no no no no no Oh no no no no no
12.
Pleased to Please You Pleased to please you On my own All alone By myself On my own Pleased to please you Nights are cold Echoed words Fill the air Though you’re not there No you’re not there Mesmerised by the summer rain You’re so lost but you’re not to blame Through the evening Tell me who I know this summer is almost through, oh Will we ever find What we want to find What is in your mind Its so deep inside And the endless night Never shone so bright Will we see the light Falling from the sky Tell me one more time Pleased to please you Nights are cold Echoed words Fill the air Though you’re not there No you’re not there Mesmerised by the summer rain You’re so lost but you’re not to blame Through the evening You’ve got to tell me what to do I know that summer is almost through
13.
Jeanie (Ooh La La) The nights are getting colder Since you tell me it’s all over It’s all over now you say And it’s time to go I’ve done all that I can do To make you feel the way you want to You sing that you’re a shadow of your past Oh Jeanie! Oh Jeanie! Ooh la la la! Ooh la la la! You say time is a healer You tell me you’ve been seeing a motor dealer While I thought that you were with your friends And so you say you’re leaving Off to spend another evening While I’m left here to dream about the past Oh Jeanie! Oh Jeanie! Ooh la la la! Ooh la la la! Oh Jeanie! Oh Jeanie! Ooh la la la! Ooh la la la! Oh Jeanie! Oh Jeanie! Ooh la la la! Ooh la la la
14.
The Big Heist Don’t hold on too long do you think I want to Waste my time with thoughts when nothing I can do I can hear the blades beating in the sky Coming closer to me as the rivers cry Must have forgotten when Or where we were heading You’ve got my soul and still you know You make my heart sing Oh no So my tired mind snd my weary head Lost forgotten love to the words last said I know yes I know Must have forgotten when Or where we were heading You’ve got my soul and still you know You make my heart sing Oh no The Big heist is coming on Don’t hold on too long do you think I want to Waste my time with thoughts when nothing I can do now Oh no Yes I know Deep down in my soul Well I know you’re leaving You’re gonna leave me now You’re leaving Repeat Chorus
15.
Be True To Yourself I don't know, how could I tell you? If I loved you, or just the colour of your Ruined smile, still I would like to stay here For a little while And if you knew, and kind and gently Touched my soul, would you be more Than just a ruined smile? Please let me stay here for a little while And it's because, you say it all By your side, I hear you say How you really feel So be true to yourself my love So be true to yourself my love So be true to yourself Whooooooooah So cool and calm, the evening beckons Us to stay, for just a moment As we drink away, all our troubles Left for yesterday And it's because, you say it all Repeat Chorus Oh oh oh, you’re taking me over Oh oh oh, over and over Oh oh oh, you could have loved her, Oh oh I know I would love to love you Love you yeah Repeat Chorus
16.
Who Can Help You Now? Shaking off the pain Of losing touch again I can’t wait for you So no-one else will too Always been the same Walk in the driving rain You can’t ease my mind I’m too far gone this time Don’t you ask me why I can show you how Cos you just won’t try And when it all comes down Who can help you now? Who can help you now? Who can help you now? I can take you to A place that you once knew Cos I have found a way To bring back yesterday Repeat Chorus Shaking off the pain Of losing touch again You can’t ease my mind You can’t ease my mind Repeat Chorus

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released May 31, 2014

Recorded at Superfly Studios, Ollerton
Produced by Lois and Andy Banfield
Engineered by Andy Banfield
'Be True to Yourself' recorded at SNAP! London and produced by Lois and Guy Massey.
Mastered by Jon Astley at Close to the Edge Mastering, Twickenham
Cello on 'Your Own Little World' performed by Sarah Huson-Whyte
Strings on 'Be True to Yourself' arranged and performed by The Vulcan String Quartet, Cardiff

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Lois Nottingham, UK

“..authentically retro whilst simultaneously absolutely contemporary" - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2

Lois are a 3 piece rock and roll band from Nottingham, England. Influenced by some of the greatest British and US bands of the 60s and early 70s, Lois have crafted a characteristic sound all of their own that blends a retro-tinged coolness with a fresh and exciting modern edge.
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