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Take a Good Look Around

by Ralph Clayton & Chess

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Take a Good Look Around - Full Version 04:35
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Wake up And see the signs Mother nature On my mind Reports are in Conclusions clear Protect restore Too late I fear Take a good look around Just a little bit closer Take a good look and You will see what’s wrong Plastic lawn Concrete base Suffocating Sterile space Ancient trees For years they stand Now they’re gone Building planned Take a good look around Just a little bit closer Take a good look and You will be dismayed I see all the beauty in this world And it keeps me smiling I’ve seen all the damage that’s been done And it makes me cry Look around today Need to find a way Pollinators Set the seed Fragile systems Hurt by greed More to growth than GDP Natural wealth It’s not for free Take a good look around Get a little bit closer Take a good look and You will be amazed I see all the beauty in this world And it keeps me smiling I’ve seen all the damage that’s been done Oh it makes me cry Look around today Need to find a way Look toward the future What gets left behind Stop and think Oh it’s hard to think Time goes by We’re on the brink I see all the beauty in this world How it keeps us living I see all the damage that we do How we let things die I see all the beauty in this world And it keeps me smiling I’ve seen all the damage that’s been done Oh it makes me cry Look around today Need to find a way Need to find a way, need to find a way Look around today, look around today Need to find a way, need to find a way Look around today Ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah Ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah Ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah Ah
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I'm OK (95% of the Time) 04:17
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I just wanna be OK I just wanna keep on grooving Grooving along to a steady beat I don’t wanna be world beating I don’t need a special prize Only getting natural highs I just wanna be OK I just wanna keep on moving Moving along in a different plane I don’t wanna be restricted I don’t need it all explained It leaves me feeling rather drained This is the way I’m feeling This is the scene inside Here is the part I’m fearing When every night The devil rides I’m gonna twist and turn all night Awake again Go to sleep again I need to let the night-time end And then get going again 95% of the time I’m OK Doctor says it’s all OK I just need to keep on sleeping Sleeping in ‘til the break of day I don’t wanna be in darkness I don’t need a reason why You can see it in my eyes This is the way I’m feeling This is the scene inside Here is the part I’m fearing When every night The devil rides I’m gonna twist and turn all night Awake again Go to sleep again I need to let the night-time end And then get going again 95% of the time I’m OK I’m OK This is the way I’m feeling This is the scene inside Here comes the part I’m fearing Every night When the devil rides again 95% of the time OK 95% of the time OK 95% of the time OK OK
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Take a Good Look Around - Radio Edit 04:11
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Wake up And see the signs Mother nature On my mind Reports are in Conclusions clear Protect restore Too late I fear Take a good look around Just a little bit closer Take a good look and You will see what’s wrong Plastic lawn Concrete base Suffocating Sterile space Ancient trees For years they stand Now they’re gone Building planned Take a good look around Just a little bit closer Take a good look and You will be dismayed I see all the beauty in this world And it keeps me smiling I’ve seen all the damage that’s been done And it makes me cry Look around today Need to find a way Pollinators Set the seed Fragile systems Hurt by greed More to growth than GDP Natural wealth It’s not for free Take a good look around Get a little bit closer Take a good look and You will be amazed I see all the beauty in this world And it keeps me smiling I’ve seen all the damage that’s been done Oh it makes me cry Look around today Need to find a way Look toward the future What gets left behind Stop and think Oh it’s hard to think Time goes by We’re on the brink I see all the beauty in this world How it keeps us living I see all the damage that we do How we let things die I see all the beauty in this world And it keeps me smiling I’ve seen all the damage that’s been done Oh it makes me cry Look around today Need to find a way Need to find a way, need to find a way Look around today, look around today Need to find a way, need to find a way Look around today Ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah Ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah Ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah Ah

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released May 5, 2023

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Produced by: Mike Westergaard
Mastered by: Nigel Palmer/Lowland Masters

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Ralph Clayton London, UK

My name is Ralph Clayton. I'm also sometimes known as Lemon.

I play piano and write songs - both with others and alone.

Tracks featured are from the band that was Spice and then solo recordings from 2003 onwards.
Most recently I've been collaborating with Chess - a London based singer and voice over artist.

I also wrote and recorded with Ba2ta. Listen to Ba2ta here:
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