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UK indie-pop four piece, The Musgraves, sing of love and heartbreak like many of their folk-influenced contemporaries, but do so without the frequently prevailing melancholy. This brighter, more cheerful quality clearly reflects the band’s influences of early rock and roll from the Phil Spector era to Motown, producing a sound that could be described as something like The Beach Boys meet Mumford And Sons. Armed with acoustic guitars, violin, banjo, glockenspiel and of course Matthew Bennett’s soulful voice, The Musgraves deliver uplifting pop songs, with simple hooks designed to be catchy and memorable. Their 11 song debut album could quite possibly be the anti-depressant to the recent surge of bitter-sweet anthems of love and loss from bands like The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, and The Head And The Heart.

• The Way You Make Me Want You

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    The way I met you, Like a bee sting
    Sharp and sudden, It's me or nothing
    And there's nothing that I could say to you,
    There's nothing that I could do

    The way you make me want you,
    Yeah yeah yeah,
    The way you make me want you,
    Yeah yeah yeah,
    The way you make me want you,
    Yeah yeah yeah,
    The way you make me want you,
    Yeah yeah yeah,

    Then you kissed me, and made it public,
    But I have someone, She's just symbolic,
    Oh there's something that I should say to you,
    There's something that I should do.

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    I want you to want me back,
    I want you to want me back,
    Well I want you to want me back,
    I want you to want me,
    I want you to want me,

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• Fortune Teller

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    Go, go, go, go ask the fortune teller about your destiny,
    And for-fortune teller, won't you tell her that she's meant for me?

    Checking on your stars, In every printed word,
    Looking for a sign, In everything you heard,
    I'm right here with you, But you won't look down,
    You just keep saying, You're not the one I've been dreaming of

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    Fortune teller, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
    Fortune teller,
    Fortune teller, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

    Stepping on a crack, Make sure she doesn't look,
    Burn her horoscopes, And throw away her books,
    I'm right here with you, But you won't look down,
    You just keep saying, You're not the one I've been dreaming of

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    Go and ask the, go and ask the fortune teller about your destiny,
    Fortune teller, fortune teller, tell her that's she's meant for me,
    Go and ask the, go and ask the fortune teller about your destiny,
    And fortune teller, fortune teller

• It's You

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    It's you, it's you uh-hu, nothing but you,
    It's you, it's you uh-hu, nothing but you,
    The beat, beat, beat, and the rhythm of my heart,
    It's you, it's you uh-hu, nothing but you,
    It's you, it's you uh-hu, nothing but you

    I see you in the drops of early April rain,
    Softly soaking into my fingertips again,
    I see you in the time it took to fold my shirt,
    Flowers in the grass, petals in the dirt

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    I know you in the way you write your words so small,
    Simply sweeping letters, Stuck to the fridge door,
    I know you without sight, a sound, a touch, a taste,
    You're my atmosphere, my gravity and grace

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    And you are as faithful as any mountain,
    Immortal, forever never changing,
    And I sing this with a full set of lungs and a heart that means it

    I see you in the drops of early April rain,
    Softly soaking into my fingertips again,
    I see you in the time it took to fold my shirt,
    Flowers in the grass, petals in the dirt

    And you are as faithful as any mountain,
    Immortal, forever never changing

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• Loving You Hurts

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    I kissed her against the car park wall,
    As the pubs were starting to clear,
    I took her hands and warmed them up,
    She lent close, I could feel her shiver,
    And in the time that the taxi took,
    Best intentions were made and broken,
    She struck first with her lightning tongue,
    While I was busy hoping she wouldn't wake anybody up

    Loving you hurt hurts, More than I want to admit to,
    Loving you just kills, But it's just something I got to get used to
    Loving you hurt hurts, More than I want to admit to,
    Loving you just kills, But it's just something I got to get used to
    It's just something I got to get used to

    She lost her keys, I opened the door,
    She pushes past, straight for the bedroom,
    But in an hour, she's back again,
    Sitting down with nothing spoken,
    And in the time the commercials take,
    She's making jokes and I'm trying not to laugh,
    It's not perfect can you show me what is?
    Her hair, her eyes, her lips, her neck, the way she falls to sleep

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    Oh, oh, oh loving you hurts,
    Loving you aches, Loving you burns, Loving you breaks,
    Loving you steals, Loving you takes, Loving you hurts

    I kissed her against the car park wall,
    As the pubs were starting to clear,
    I took her hands and warmed them up,
    She lent close, I could feel her shiver

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• Last of Me

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    She got the last, She got the last,
    She got the last last last of me
    She got the last, She got the last,
    She got the last last last of me

    If you could peel my heart, Pull back the folds of sorrow,
    You'll see there's nothing left to see,
    But just take a closer look,
    And you'll find her faint faint footprints,
    Taking the final piece of me

    Cause when you're too in love, you cannot see the edge,
    There is no danger in giving her what she asked for

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    She took it all, She took it all, She took it all, She took it all,
    She got the last, She got the last,
    She got the last last last of me

    What can I offer you, Just an empty bowl that once held,
    The lovers spoon I made myself,
    No it's not fair to see, The days energy you give me,
    When you get nothing for yourself
    But I was too in love to notice anything,
    I saw no danger in giving her what she asked for

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    Oh she sunk her claws in me and drew my blood so secretly,
    She was nothing but a liar, closer to a vampire, vampire

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    She got the last of me eh eh, She took it all from me oh oh,
    She got the last of me eh eh, She took it all from me oh oh

• Comfortable Shoes

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    We said it was better when we were together,
    We said it was just, a little hic-up
    But now that I'm here in comfortable shoes,
    I start to regret the decisions I choose

    I need to, to fall back in love with you
    I need to find the reason we split up
    To, to fall back into love with you
    Many a time I've been a fool, Many a time I've been a fool
    Well I just hope I can forget

    You know you annoy me in your own special way,
    Starting to question every word I say,
    But now that I'm here in comfortable shoes
    I start to remember the things that I will lose

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    Many a time I've been a fool, Many a time I've been a fool
    Well I just hope I can forget

    I need to, to fall back into love with you
    I need to, to fall back into love with you
    I need to, to fall back into love with you
    I need to, to fall back into love with you

• Discover Me

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    She is my bread and I am her hunger
    She is my sound and I am her silence
    She heals my wounds as I count her heart beats
    She bears my fears and I bear her sorrows
    She makes my tea and I make her coffee
    She knows my soul as I know her body

    Discover me,
    Discover one thing that you didn't already know now,
    Discover me,
    Discover something that I still haven't told you yet

    I am her breath and she is my breathing
    I am her pain and she is my anger
    I lose my words and she's there to replace them
    She is my bread and I am her hunger
    She is my spark and I am her fire
    She knows my needs as I her desire

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    And hold it, hold it, Don't allow it to fade
    I'm with you, I'm with you, this will never change

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• So Sofia

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    So Sofia sing (Sofia, Sofia)
    So happy, so tragic, so faultless now
    So Sofia sing (Sofia Sofia)
    So happy, so tragic, so faultless now

    So Sofia with your dirty fingernails
    So Sofia with your tattoo nightingales
    So Sofia let your black hair tumble down
    So Sofia don't me ever catch you frown

    Sing it to me one more time, Sing it to me line for line

    So Sofia sing. Oh oh oh oh!

    So Sofia with your cartoon cracker ring
    So Sofia won't you sing 'these foolish things'
    So Sofia they can't stop you here tonight
    So Sofia take a bow in the stage light

    Sing it to me one more time, Sing it to me line for line

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    So Sofia sing. Oh oh oh oh!
    So Sofia sing. So Sofia sing. Oh oh oh oh!

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    So Sofia sing (Sofia Sofia)

• Back To Me

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    I only want you now you left me
    Only need you now I can't have you
    I only want you now you left me oh!

    So we begin at the start of the story
    Been together about a couple of years
    I've always had one foot out the door
    But one day you know she beat me to it
    And I know, yes I know, yes I know
    It was probably me who gave the idea
    Coz I don't, no I don't, no I don't
    Seem to grasp what's good for me

    I only want you now you left me
    Only need you now I can't have you
    I only want you now you left me oh!
    So come back to me, back to me now
    I only want you now you left me oh!

    So I will ring until you pick up and answer
    I will stand outside your house and I'll shout
    I'll always keep my two feet in our front door
    Not give in to temptation no more
    And you right, yes you're right, yes you're right
    It was probably stupid to say that to her
    Coz I don't, no I don't, no I don't
    Seem to grasp what's good for me

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    I only listen as you're leaving
    Only hold you as you're walking away
    I only want you now you left me
    So come back to me, back to me now

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• Not Good Enough

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    Your love isn't good enough
    Your words are never sweet enough
    Your heart it isn't good enough
    Not good enough for her

    I see their looks like barbwire hooks
    Flash daggers from beneath their eyes
    She start sparks as she howls and barks
    Every secret to her favourite allies

    What can you do when your love has a limit?
    Bring her the light from the stars when she needs it
    Sacrifice every part of yourself for nothing cause they'll still say

    Your love isn't good enough
    Your words are never sweet enough
    Your heart it isn't good enough
    Not good enough for her
    Your money don't last long enough
    Your arms are never strong enough
    Your love it isn't good enough
    Not good enough for her

    You lie the phone on a cold cheek bone
    Chase game with you gatling tongue
    The knives are out with a bang bang shout
    Now it's time for me to face the gun

    What can you do when your love has a limit?
    Return the stars to the sky and regret it
    You sacrificed every atom you had,
    For nothing cause they have said..

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    Your love it isn't, Your love it isn't, Your love it isn't
    Good good good enough

• Seventeen Days

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    I feel the need today to sleep on summer grass
    To feel the earth revolve and watch how the clouds dissolve
    I felt the need again to hear your midland voice
    To hold your sullen stare and learn how to never care

    Would you want me to move on?
    Did you run or were you lost in February?

    Seven, seven, seventeen days later
    With no sign, no sign, no sign
    Seven, seven, seventeen days later
    With no sign, no sign, no sign

    I felt the sea today rush around my frozen feet
    It pulled my thoughts away from drunken words I hear you say
    I saw your face again in the local newspaper
    They mis-spelt your second name,
    The smallest things will bring you shame

    Would you want me to move on?
    Did you run or were you lost in February?

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    And what I wouldn't give
    to know exactly what you're thinking right now
    And what I wouldn't give
    to know that you're safe and you're coming home

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    No sign, no sign, no sign

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