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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
James
James
Performer
Saul Davies
Saul Davies
Guitar
Jim Glennie
Jim Glennie
Bass Guitar
David Baynton-Power
David Baynton-Power
Drums
James Lawrence Gott
James Lawrence Gott
Guitar
Andy (Diagram) Perkins
Andy (Diagram) Perkins
Percussion
Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter
Keyboards
Timothy Booth
Timothy Booth
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Lawrence Gott
James Lawrence Gott
Composer
Timothy Booth
Timothy Booth
Composer
James Patrick Glennie
James Patrick Glennie
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Youth
Youth
Producer
Tim Palmer
Tim Palmer
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

(An invitation)
(To be yourself)
Ape
Your father's sins
Your mother's mood swings
To perfection
Fall
Into a spin
Shed another skin
Strip away all your protection
Laugh at the wonder of it all
Laugh so loud you break the fall
And you see the gathering clouds
Cry at the sadness of the world
Cry so long you break its cold
And you hear the gathering sounds
Mother, ooh
Mother, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Do
Everything you fear
In this there's power
Fear is not to be afraid of
Laugh at the wonder of it all
Laugh so loud you break your fall
And you hear the gathering sounds
Mother, ooh
Mother, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Come, dip on in
Leave your bones, leave your skin
Leave your past, leave your craft
Leave your suffering heart
Come, dip on in
Leave your bones, leave your skin
Leave your past, leave your craft
Leave your suffering heart
(Do something out of character)
(Where's the primitive aliens instincts?)
Mother, ooh
Mother, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(Leave it all behind)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Mother, ooh
(Surely break away for God's sake)
Mother, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Written by: James Lawrence Gott, James Patrick Glennie, Timothy Booth

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