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Things That I Need To Undo - EP

by Tom Mitchell

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Skirting round the edge of something stealing the scene and yes I may be smiling but it's not what it seems Can you tell I've not been sleeping, I'm not even having fun in dreams Days are feeling long but years are going so fast and has my life begun yet, well I'm not sure it has Then I saw her, turned out that we'd met before but memories didn't last She said I'm Susie I'm a seamstress, I'm designed to blow your mind I've had my eye on you since we went dancing last July She grabbed my hand and squeezed it tight and took me to one side And said this will be the best day of your life Walking many miles through life with cuts on my feet Looking for the thing that's gonna make me complete Dangling like an equine carrot, tantalising view but never reached Little voice inside my head with plenty to show Why you always got to pick from fruit hanging low? Likes of Susie never would sit comfortably in my portfolio She said I'm Susie I'm a seamstress, I'm designed to blow your mind I've had my eye on you since we went dancing last July She grabbed my hand and squeezed it tight and took me to one side And said this will be the best day of your life
2.
I came across your car down on Underlane A broken light and a smashed up window pane Then I found you tiptoeing slowly round Michael's garden He wasn't worried now He came outside, offered his sofa to you While I struggled to take off your shoes Taking in my shirt because I'm not XL You know how a needle works and you use it well I close in on thirty straight victories One last rush consigns you to history Instant transfer, you're in your place until I invite you to form a reply Thirty feet of recycled sail cloth Edges closer to the incoming ocean froth Walking barefoot down on the beach I saw Burning feet, he's off to the hospital Plastic bag of water to sooth a mistake And Michael he slowly awakes
3.
I'll tell you a story, let you picture the scene A man spots a kid who can't be more than sixteen Says I'm here to help you, I'm here to intervene The talent you're honing is your ride out of here The demons you're bearing, they will soon disappear You'll leave them behind, you'll find another gear Wander back and think did I do better than the rest You know that it depends on what you class as a success Nothing more and nothing less Don't put up a fight, I'm gonna cut you a deal Listen what I say and you will turn up something real A passage out of this ordeal A clique counts for nothing when you're over eighteen What people will remember is the kindness they've seen Don't try and be what you're told by a magazine So you suffer inside and you try not so show it But you're big in Japan, you just don't even know it Bet you never thought you'd be held in such high esteem Wander back and think did I do better than the rest You know that it depends on what you class as a success Nothing more and nothing less Don't put up a fight, I'm gonna cut you a deal Listen what I say and you will turn up something real A passage out of this ordeal Wander back and think did I do better than the rest You know that it depends on what you class as a success Nothing more and nothing less Don't put up a fight, I'm gonna cut you a deal Listen what I say and you will turn up something real A passage out of this ordeal
4.
I cannot free you if I cannot see you So I'm here to carry you home Tell me to wait so I'll stand at your gate And I'll wonder if you are alone Soon found the breakup was quite a mistake But I'm certain that you'll understand Started to find it was all in my mind So I've come round to welcome you back I tried to deny but now I recognise There are things that I need to undo So I've made up my mind, gonna leave things behind And I think you should come with me too Let's take a walk and I'll do all the talking No need for you to make a sound I know it hurt so I'm here to alert To the fact that I've now come around I tried to deny but now I recognise There are things that I need to undo So I've made up my mind, gonna leave things behind And I think you should come with me too If you've got somewhere to go, there's no need I will show you no reason to doubt So this is your friend, well I'll try to pretend that he's nothing to worry about I cannot free you if I cannot see you So I'm here to carry you home It'll be fine, why don't you take your time I'll be waiting to make you my own I tried to deny but now I recognise There are things that I need to undo So I've made up my mind, gonna leave things behind And I think you should come with me too

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released February 22, 2014

All songs written, performed and produced by Tom Mitchell.

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Tom Mitchell London, UK

Tom Mitchell is a writer of melodically haunting and dynamic compositions, infused with a mellow and ambient 60s folk reminiscence. He first picked up a guitar at the age of 11, wowed by the finger-style skill of Mark Knopfler. 21 years later, the self-chosen solo artist now charms his audience with soulful, silky vocals and an imaginative and ensouled sense of storytelling. ... more

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