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Against The Odds

from Ghosts 1​|​2 by Ian Lilburne

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    Delux edition Compact Disc of the revised and remastered 2011 album Ghosts and its companion piece EP Against the Odds combined into the two parts of a single song cycle. Part 1: No Way Home. Part 2: The Dancer. The CD includes photographs and individual track credits in a jewel case.

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lyrics

AGAINST
THE ODDS
(THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST)



A princess died
In a very modern way
In a tunnel by the Seine
In a Mercedes Benz
She was trying to get away
As we tried to pin her down
She was trying to get away
Against the odds

And I saw her face
maybe a million times
I couldn’t miss her if I tried
Even if I wanted to
Sure, in a way it was a farce
A paparazzi feast
But she wasn’t that bad
Against the odds

And the last day of August
May never quite be the same

MIDDLE EIGHT

What was the mood in that car?
Was she laughing at the thrill
Of giving us all the slip?

Or was she seething
with rage to get away?
Just to be left alone?

And I saw her heart
As she turned the other way
It was raw and it was hurt
And I knew she
wouldn’t say anything
Yeah I liked her style
The way she tried
To keep things close
At least she seemed to try
Against the odds

And the last day of August
May never quite be the same
No the last day of August
May never quite be the same

Don’t you think?

© IAN LILBURNE
MUSIC + LYRIC: 1997 / 2010

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from Ghosts 1​|​2, released November 1, 2017
Music and lyric: Ian Lilburne. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pete Grandison at Shanghai Twang Studios. Original recording 2011. Revised, remixed and remastered at Shanghai Twang in 2017. Produced by Ian Lilburne and Pete Grandison. Copyright Aeon Songs 2017.

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