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This Is Your Life (Original Version)

by Adult Cinema

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1.
Time Machine 02:59
Every day I wish for a time machine, take me back to the day, when the music and houses and people, had style and beauty you know you know, had style and beauty you know. Every day I lock myself up and I, try to figure a way back, but I'm stuck in a time of such ugliness, eating my time away away, its eating my time away. Oh oh I guess I am here to stay, there's no time for beauty they've taken those times away. Oh oh I guess this will be the way, there's no time for beauty they've taken those times away.
2.
Its coming from the left Its coming from the right Its coming back to haunt you And it's coming tonight Everything's coming back for you Everything's coming back It's coming on the waves It's rolling with the tide Sweeping away And you’ll pay with your life Everything's coming back for you Everything's coming back You're paying for the stupid things you do Everything's coming back
3.
All A Dream 03:49
I was only dreaming now my mumma's woke me up and called me down to eat the cornflakes and the boiled eggs and neatly crafted soldiers, I am only seven years of age again and everything is cool. I am breathing in the purest air my lungs are clean my head is clear, my blood is running through my body to the tune of life , I have got a second chance to live it like I wanted to. Waaha haao where has it gone, I had a life worth living but what did I spend it on, Waaha haao where have I been, I spent the last ten years trying to get myself straight and clean.... Mummas cleaned my shoes shes licked my hair shes dropped me off at school, I run and jump and kick a ball and chase the girls around and round in circles, I have never opened up the doors onto the other side. I could be a doctor or an astronaut if I am taught a journalist a scientist the man who finds a cure for every illness, I will never be the way I was when I was in the dream. Ohhhh take me home, take me home make me free. Ohhh take me home, don't break my home break it free. I'll stand in the garden build camps in the tree, I'll be safe I'll be happy just nature and me, I will drink from the fountain I'll swim in the stream, I'll chase all the birds while the dog's chasing me, and when I grow tired I'll drop off to sleep, and dream of the ocean the king of the deep, cause when I grow up I'll be someone you'll see, and people will give all their loving to me...
4.
You can buy happiness You can buy happiness but it don't come cheap you know And you can wait all your life for the things that never show And you can spend days and nights looking for the one When there's someone right next to you who loves you like a son And you can stop hanging on to be somebody else And love the person that you are with the hand that you are dealt And you can wander back and forth trying to prove that you Are better than anyone Yeah that's what you can do.
5.
Supercool 07:03
Catch me if you can but I don’t think you will Cos I am supercool and I thrive on the thrill And I might just kill So if you want to know my name Then you’ve got to be insane Get back and read the rules Don’t be no fool Cos I am supercool Match me if you can but I don’t think you will Cos I am supercool and I’ve been through the drill Can’t you see me chill So check over your shoulder first Cos in a fraction you may burst Get back and learn those rules Don’t be no fool Cos I am supercool
6.
Flowers 05:31
I'm packing up my suitcase and I'm heading for the sun and sand. I'm leaving all my troubles here,and I've been told there's nothing to fear. but there she lies on the runway, and for once in my life, I get down and pray. the pressures on your heart has gone,its beating like a drum. come on come on. you close your eyes your life goes by, you know your time has come, hold on hold on. Please buckle up and put away those fears you have of flying today, its the safest way to travel you know and i stake my life this baby lands OK, but just to be sure, look at me please, your life jackets are under your seats... We're heading for the stars , its a mile to far were heading for the moon , but this last goodbye comes to soon.....
7.
Broken Bones 05:02
I wander past the broken bones I walk the streets that once we owned I wander where I used to play And wonder how we reached this day Everywhere I go It's the same old situation Everyone I know It's the same old conversation Rushing fighting biting bloody noses everywhere Is this really what you want I ask you in all seriousness Everything I hear Is about the desperation And everything held dear Ends in wanton desecration Smashing crashing breaking bloody mindlessness is everywhere Is this what we really want I ask you in all seriousness I wander past the broken bones I walk the streets that once we owned I wander where we used to play And wonder how we reached this day I see the iron covered doors I see my neighbours are no more I see no end to all this mess I let it go I must confess I saw the flags and bunting fly We drank and ate some apple pie We celebrated in the street 'till dark And conga'd 'cross into the park I wonder where it all went wrong I miss the place where I belong I wander where I used to play And wonder how we reached this day.
8.
Look at the girl works next to you She knows you better than your missus do Look at the man works at the top He ain't got time that he can stop
9.
Alien Craft 04:40
Skies are opening Beams of light In the night Winds of purple smoke Could this be the end We're only here to help you if we can We only came to make you understand Folk are gathering In the night What a sight Craft of mercury Can they show the way Just listen to this simple melody (our ears are yours) This chord will give you all you need The human race will always be The rats that we have always been Take a little look around We've fucked up everything we've found We take it or we leave it but we always have the best in town The nature of the man you see Is the nature of the beast in me Picking on the small and weak Pushing round the mild and meek We use it and abuse it But we always have the best in town Skies are peaceful now Can we learn from the journeymen Can we turn around Can we live in love? Can we live in love?
10.
I was only dreaming now my mumma's woke me up and called me down to eat the cornflakes and the boiled eggs and neatly crafted soldiers, I am only seven years of age again and everything is cool. I am breathing in the purest air my lungs are clean my head is clear, my blood is running through my body to the tune of life , I have got a second chance to live it like I wanted to. Waaha haao where has it gone, I had a life worth living but what did I spend it on, Waaha haao where have I been, I spent the last ten years trying to get myself straight and clean.... Mummas cleaned my shoes shes licked my hair shes dropped me off at school, I run and jump and kick a ball and chase the girls around and round in circles, I have never opened up the doors onto the other side. I could be a doctor or an astronaut if I am taught a journalist a scientist the man who finds a cure for every illness, I will never be the way I was when I was in the dream. Ohhhh take me home, take me home make me free. Ohhh take me home, don't break my home break it free. I'll stand in the garden build camps in the tree, I'll be safe I'll be happy just nature and me, I will drink from the fountain I'll swim in the stream, I'll chase all the birds while the dog's chasing me, and when I grow tired I'll drop off to sleep, and dream of the ocean the king of the deep, cause when I grow up I'll be someone you'll see, and people will give all their loving to me...

about

The debut album by Adult Cinema, 'This Is Your Life', containing the track 'Time Machine' that led to the discovery of the band by many early fans due to repeated use on a myriad of TV shows across the globe.

Released in March 2007, the album was overlooked at the time of release, but has since come to be seen as a lost masterpiece of classic rock. Born and released several decades out of time, it nonetheless found a hardcore of fans looking for just such a sound.

That sound emanates from the mind of one man, Mike Weston, and owes everything to the decade in which he was born - the 1970's. Influenced and inspired by the titans of the genre - Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath - Mike brought an unearthly innate musical talent and a love of musicianship and creative emotional songwriting to bear on the songs making up the record.

A lifetime in the making, the songs encompass the emotional range of a life spent in thrall to the complexity of the golden age of rock. Mike played every note on every instrument on the record - scarcely believable when you hear the power and breadth of the musical performance.

Now, after a trip around the world coming to an end and a new album written and being painstakingly perfected in the studio, this debut album is getting a timely re-release.

A remastered version was released in May 2018.

JOE CLAY (The Times) – “A winning blend of Meddle-era Pink Floyd, beguiling psych-folk and classic rock riffing. Mike Weston is an accomplished songwriter and musician who deserves a wider audience.“

SIMON MORRISON (The Guardian) – “Adult Cinema manage to negotiate that precarious edge, nodding a head back to the fine music of the past, and yet also making sounds and songs that are vibrant and contemporary. This is an Adult Cinema that hosts modern sonic movies that we all need to hear.“

“The missing link between Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree.”

“That an album of such intricacy and detail can emanate from the hands of one man is hard to fathom.”

“This debut could reinvigorate the whole genre! It’s that good.“

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released March 1, 2007

Written, performed, produced and mixed by Mike Weston, except Track 7, 'Broken Bones' - Trumpet by John Brierley.

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Adult Cinema London, UK

One Man Band and Classic Rock disciple Mike Weston is Adult Cinema.

A craftsman in both music and life.

Mike's quest to regenerate a maligned genre has taken this artisan from the workshop to the studio.

In short, Adult Cinema is the sound of a master craftsman decoding and rebuilding Classic Rock.
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