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Serious

by O K P A U L

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Serious 03:36
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Serious Blackbird, sat Outside My Window Have You Got Something To Say What Words Could Eclipse The Silence Of The Way I Feel Today Why Count The Time In Hours Watching Shadows Come And Go I’d Rather Watch My Flowers Grow ‘Cos It Ain’t Necessarily Love But Something More Mysterious That Keeps Me From Giving Up When Things Get Serious I Hesitated And I Lost Every Dream I Had, Now, As I Sit And Count The Cost It Don’t Feel So Bad Why Count The Time In Hours Watching Shadows Come And Go I’d Rather Watch My Flowers Grow ‘Cos It Ain’t Necessarily Love But Something More Mysterious That Keeps Me From Giving Up When Things Get Serious And It Ain’t Necessarily So That I Ever Meant To Let You Go It’s Just That I Take It Slowly When Things Get Serious When Things Get Serious I Hesitated And I Lost Every Dream I Had © Paul O’Kane
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Counting On You 05:41
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Counting On You Ooooh! Baby please change your mind What we have Is oh! so hard To find Ooooh! Baby please understand My world Is under your Command One for the 1st of May Two For the lovers that held Each other that day Three For the words I learned to say Four for the walls that surround me now since you went away I’m counting on you To see us through ooh ooh Counting on you To see us through Oooh! ooh ooh Baby I‘ve paid my dues Now I’m Depending on you One for the 1st of May Two For the lovers that held Each other that day Three For the words I learned to say Four for the walls that surround me now since you went away I’m counting on you To see us through ooh ooh Counting on you To see us through © Paul O’Kane
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How Many More Times? 03:07
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How Many More Times How many more times Will the river bend I’m looking for signs Of journey’s end I’m looking for new ways To release myself Still waiting for pay day To reward my faith I went looking for justice But I could not trust it And now that bubble’s busted How many more times Will the river bend How many more days WiIl it take before I’m ready to say I’m certain and sure I went looking for truth But a point of view Was the best that I could do How many more times Will the river bend I went looking for love Thought I’d found enough But your’s shone high above How many more times Will the river bend © Paul O'Kane
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Words Get In The Way 04:26
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Words Get In The Way You can say what you want and leave these Tatoos of meaning on me Love all you need and leave it to die But some things don’t have a reason Yet they still rhyme So please believe me This is our time Words get in the way Of all I want to say So get closer and be near Near enough to hear What my heart’s saying And how my soul’s praying That you’ll be staying dear We can’t be visionaries So just do what’s necessary To keep this hopeful feeling alive Don’t think too hard or wonder If there’s a problem under The shining surface of our love Words get in the way Of all I want to say So get closer and be near Near enough to hear What my heart’s saying And how my soul’s praying That you’ll be staying dear Words get in the way Of all I want to say So get closer and be near Near enough to hear What my heart’s saying And how my soul’s praying That you’ll be staying dear © Paul O'Kane
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Whole In One 02:51
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Whole In One Whole In One Whole In One Once You Get Things Started They Should Be Good As Done So Don't Believe We've Only Just Begun Whole In One Whole In One Once You Get Things Started They Should Be Good As Done So Don't Believe We've Only Just Begun So Don't Believe We've Only Just Begun Hey! (Hey! Hey!) Hey! (Hey! Hey!) Whole In One Whole In One Once You Get Things Started They Should Be Good As Done So Don't Believe We've Only Just Begun So Don't Believe We've Only Just Begun So Don't Believe We've Only Just Begun © Paul O’Kane
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Market Forces Blues 04:43
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Market Forces Blues Market forces Are coming after me Market forces Got me running Like a refugee The rent won't wait The tax won't wait The debts won't wait Wait for me Market forces Are coming after me Market forces Got me running Like a refugee The cops won't wait The costs won't wait The fines won't wait Wait for me Market forces Are coming after me Market forces Got me running Like a refugee Market forces Market forces Market forces Market forces Market forces Are coming After me Market forces Got me running Like a refugee The tax won't wait The cash won't wait The bailiffs won't wait Wait for me Market forces Market forces Market forces © Paul O'Kane
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Three Little Words 03:15
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Three Little Words I Can Remember How Could I Forget That Day In December When We First Met Oh What A Circus Played In My Head Made Me So Nervous That I Said I Said Three Little Words Three Little Words Once In A Lifetime There Comes A Day When It’s The Right Time For These Words To Say And No-One Can Ever Take Them Away And You Can’t Endeavour To Say To Say Three Little Words Three Little Words © Paul O’Kane
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Seven By Seven 05:00
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Seven by Seven When First I Came To You There Were Faces In My Garden Birds Flying, Animals, Screaming In The Dark Now Neighbours And Distant Friends All Shoulder Me And Say Don’t Fret How Come Our Innocence Attracts Like A Magnet Seven By Seven I’ll Wait For You Never Saying Never No Less Will Do What Have I Done To Deserve The Way I’m Feeling Never Knowing Where To Turn Burning In My Head Seven By Seven I’ll Wait For You Never Saying Never No Less Will Do © Paul O'Kane
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Where Are You Going? 05:40
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Where Are You Going? I look around and see you in a rush Don't know what you're after but I know it ain't that much I used to cry and wonder if I should Or wish that I could lie And do the same things you could But now I only Feel pity for you Scratch my head at what you said And ask myself Where are you going? Where are you going? Where are you going? Ooooh! Where are you going? I must admit you hit me hard and low But I've got you in my sights now don't you know It's coming to you What you did to me There will be no escape Nowhere to run Nowhere you see Where are you going? Where are you going? Where are you going? Ooooh! Where are you going? I've turned myself From a victim to a stone Now I'm dry as ash and cold as bone So, if you think you've found A way or a path Somebody hold me back I think I'm gonna laugh All roads are closed to you now Don't you know There's no retreat, no progress no No, no no way No, no, no how Where are you going? Where are you going? Where are you going? Ooooh! Where are you going? © Paul O'Kane
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Because Of You 02:40
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Because Of You Stars all shine more brightly Like they’ve all been made anew Because of You My friends say I’ve even changed my ways And started to Do as you do It’s all because It’s all because It’s all because of you Because of you Whatever happens here today I won’t worry too much anyway Because you’re here to stay Oooh oooh hoo I won’t wait or hesitate to state That you’re the one The one I was looking for And It’s all because It’s all because It’s all because of you Because of, Because of you Because of you Because of you Because of you. © Paul O’Kane 2004

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Serious is a reduced, re-titled, re-orderd
and re-designed version of my album 'When The Stars Were Kind'

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released June 28, 2021

Words & music © Paul O’Kane
With thanks to all who contributed skill, time & energy to making this album Produced by Marcus Cormack & Paul O’KaneRecorded & mixed by Marcus Cormack at Atomic Studios, London

Paul O’Kane vocals, guitar, bass, piano, additional guitars & keyboards, harmony vocals
Marcus Cormack drums, percussion, additional guitar & keyboards
Bada Song additional vocals
John Eacott trumpet & additional keyboards
Frank Biddulph violin
Richard Dyer (The Critical Harp) harmonica

Design & typography Paul O’Kane assisted by Barnaby Lambert
Image ‘Urban Sublime II’ (2014) by Paul O‘Kane

Previous albums by Paul OKane
Our Story: Songs by Paul O’Kane (2007), New Emotions (2010),
Come What May (2014), When The Stars Were Kind (2020)

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Paul O'Kane-songwriter London, UK

Seasoned singer-songwriter with a history of working in in pop, indie, soul, hip-hop and alternative musics
Four albums and three singles available as CDs and/or via steams.
Previous albums:
Our Story-Songs by Paul O’Kane (2007) www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kg02VGD7ag5UehkJPRNHD85EeHFK366-8

New Emotions (2010),
Come What May (2013), When The Stars Were Kind (2020) ... more

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