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Shifting Sand EP

by The Ruby Tears

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Small Town Valentine 03:49
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SMALL TOWN VALENTINE Let me tell you About a girl I once knew Let me take you To a place we used to go I think I see you Walking down uptown street Couldn’t be you Not the face I used to know That’s another lifetime It’s another show It’s your final timeline But I guess you gotta go Small town valentine Holding on for a better day Left with that little friend of mine As you crash the party and run away Small town falling apart Now there’s nowhere left to hide So much to say about your twisted heart As you crash the party and take a ride You want to tell me How it used to be You want to sell me Everything that’s dead and gone You want to find me In a different light But you remind me Of everything that’s going on That’s another lifetime It’s another show It’s your final timeline But I guess you gotta go Small town valentine Reaching for another day Trying to keep my heart in line As you crash the party and run away Small town panics you You’re wanting me to take a side Nobody knows what it’s coming to As you crash the party and take a ride Nothing to see here Nothing left for me to hold You still wanted me here But its cold Cos it’s old Bit it’s cold That’s another lifetime It’s another show It’s your final timeline But I guess you gotta go Small town valentine Holding on for a better day Left with that little friend of mine As you crash the party and run away Small town panics you You’re wanting me to take a side Nobody knows what it’s coming to As you crash the party and take a ride
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Broken Toy 04:19
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BROKEN TOY When you rescue me Can you leave me a piece of what I used to be When you call my name Can you find it in your heart to keep me in the frame Did you think cos I’m a broken toy I’d be falling for your stolen charms Cos I used to be the golden boy I’d still melt into your open arms When you catch my hand Can you leave me this side of the shifting sand When you work out why Can you tell how I could never say goodbye Did you think cos I’m unspoken for I’d be waiting for your tender charms Cos you kept me in a token drawer I would faint into your open arms Sleep walking though the night Eyes are tired from the road ahead You’re still talking through the fight What you want is not what you said If you walk away Can you leave me the word we had yesterday But if you come back home Can you tell me the part I can call my own Did you think cos I’m a broken toy I’d be falling for your stolen charms Cos I used to be the golden boy I’d still melt into your open arms Did you think cos I’m unspoken for I’d be waiting for your tender charms Cos you kept me in a token drawer I would faint into your open arms I used to be a broken toy I used to be a broken toy
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Smash 03:25
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SMASH Seeing everything in a broken light Wondering why it all came to town And you’re all by yourself Seeing every word on a painted sign Wondering if there’s a hidden sound And you’re all by yourself Couldn’t find the next day Couldn’t find the next in line Wouldn’t mind but you say You wanted it all the time When everything’s about to crash You look down and let it smash When there’s nothing left to know That’s when you get up and go Get up and go that’s when you get up and go Catching every line that’s in front of me Wishing it could maybe fade to blue And I’m all by myself Watching every movie you wanna see Wishing that you could make it thru But I’m all by myself Couldn’t find the next day Couldn’t find the next in line Wouldn’t mind but you say You wanted it all the time When everything has gone away You wreck it for another day When there is nothing left to show That’s when you get up and go Get up and go that’s when you get up and go Couldn’t find the next day Couldn’t find the next in line Wouldn’t mind but you say You wanted it all the time When everything’s about to crash You look down and let it smash When there’s nothing left to know That’s when you get up and go When everything has gone away You wreck it for another day When there is nothing left to show That’s when you get up and go Get up and go that’s when you get up and go Get up and go that’s when you get up and go

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Three tracks , three moods, three coins in a cowshed. A trio of delights for your listening delectation. Small Town Valentine, imagine Lee Brilleaux fronting the stooges covering The Glitter Band. Yep, that is all you need to know!
Broken Toy, we've all been there. It is heartbreak in a bottle, tossed away in the clutter drawer. Smash. A summer smash that is, all surf rock and power pop, happy and sad at the same time, they're the contradictions of life right there. Nothing is ever straightforward.

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released August 9, 2022

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The Ruby Tears started life as an entirely online collaboration. March 2020, we found ourselves at home and with plenty of time. We decided to write and record an album. We have since written, recorded and released 20 original songs and 2 cover versions and there are more in the pipeline. Our influences have come from the late 60s, 70s rock, New Wave and 80s Post Punk. Check it out!!! ... more

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