Artist: The Eiderdowns
Guy Bainbridge has played both as a solo artist and with a variety of bands. He currently lives in his hometown of Wallsend, England, where he writes and perfoms in the acoustic duo, The Eiderdowns. Patrick Lawrence, a native of Detroit, Michigan, first picked up the violin at the age of 11, much to the dismay of his parents. He now lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, where he's often on the fiddle. The pair met at North Tyneside College in 2001, where they still teach English to international students. Both avid Prefab Sprout fans, the two found they had much in common and started playing together in 2003.
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Members: Guy Bainbridge, Patrick Lawrence
Location: EUROPE: United Kingdom: England
Genre: Folk
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»  Dancing in the Seats  
Genre: Acoustic
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CD: Wishful Thinking
Credits: Bainbridge/Lawrence
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I was on a flight
full of jitters, full of fright
when a girl sat next to me
and said her name in japanese

now I don't know
my 'sushi' from my 'arigato'
I said, 'I don't know what you mean'
and read my inflight magazine

now i don't sleep
on busses, airplanes, or military jeeps
and yet she's sleeping next to me
she's sleeping next to me

I reach out my hand
to get myself some 'temazepam'
when she leans herself on me
and we start dancing in the seats

dancing in the seats
dancing in the seats
dancing in the seats

it's a 9 hour flight
from tokyo to the motor city lights
and she's sleeping next to me
I feel her breathing next to me

and we're feeling fine
while others mind that 'fasten seat belt' sign
'cause at 30,000 feet
we're dancing in the seats

(chorus)
hikoki no shiito de issho ni
odotte-imasu

now i don't know
if she's off to boston, new york or buffalo
and she doesn't question me
she just pulls herself to me

what can you do
when a strange girl decides to lean on you
you just get another sheet
and start dancing in the seats

(chorus)
hikoki no shiito de issho ni
odotte-imasu
»  Looks Like Rain  
Genre: Acoustic Rock Not Yet Rated
CD: Wishful Thinking
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Credits: Bainbridge/Lawrence
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Takes all day to get out of bed
Heard the wind shaking up the shed
Hit my head on the kitchen cabinet
Poked my head through the curtains
Storm clouds overhead
Made a coffee and crawled back into bed

Should be making a start, I know
But I don't think I'd be any good today

Chorus:

It looks like rain
looks like rain
looks like rain
Wherever you go, wherever you are

Clock is screamin' it's time to go
I step outside, but I'm movin' slow
I look up and the clouds, they look like lead
Start the engine, back out the drive
Feeling much more dead than alive
The sky is heavy, there's thunder in my head

Should be making a go of it
But I feel like all my go just slipped away

Chorus

Should be making a start, I know
But I don't think I'd be any good today

Chorus

Got a call from the ex today
Said there's nothing much more to say
Just some papers to sign and then we're done
Thought that somehow we'd sort it out
When there's nothing to fight about
Behind the clouds you'll always see the sun
But they're all hangin' over me
And up there I don't see anything but grey

Chorus
»  Wishful Thinking  
Genre: Acoustic Not Yet Rated
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Credits: Bainbridge
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Sitting at the bar there's a man drinking 'Wicked'
And he's telling someone they should be listening
The barmaid pouts as she pours another Guinness
There's gold around her eyes and it's glistening
I'm tightening up the steal and I'm fighting all the feelings
That this isn't really the place to be
I hear Jools introducing me
Then I catch her eye and now she is smiling
If I were twenty years younger I would take her far away

I'm lying in bed, it's eleven on a Sunday,
And thinking that I should be hoovering
The dust on the lampshade's the shape of Australia,
But you know all the continents are moving.
My mind drifts away to a time when we're playing
To 20,000 swaying in a stadium
They sing along and they paid to come
I can't see them all but I know that they're smiling
And I'm a million richer and I give it all away

Sitting at the bar there's a man who knows music
And he's telling us we should play 'Deliverance'
The barmaid shouts that it's time to be leaving
And as she wipes down the tables, does a little dance
I drift away to a time when I played to a girl
Who made me feel like a superstar
If someone loves you that's what you are
Then I catch my breath and see that I'm smiling
If I were twenty years older, I know I'd do the same
If I were twenty years older, I know I'd do the same...


»  Nothing New  
Genre: Acoustic Not Yet Rated
CD: Wishful Thinking
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The streets of this town can really get you down
When the rain falls hard on everything you see
Hot summer days now seem a world away
Like the times you came back home with wounded knees

The field where you found heaven
Is now a Seven Eleven

Chours:
Time to walk away from all the rainy streets youre raised on
Got to get away from everythings thats had a hold on
Time to walk away from everything thats had a hold on you
Getting old is nothing new

Notes you read still lie beneath the bed
From girlfriends on their third or forth babies
Strange how theyre all just faces in the mall
Which you only recognize in memories.

The girl you lost your heart to
Is now with Nosferatu

Chorus
»  Hoi An Rain  
Genre: Acoustic Not Yet Rated
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(Instrumental)
»  Throwing Pebbles  
Genre: Acoustic Not Yet Rated
CD: Wishful Thinking
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I've been waiting all night by your window
I've been throwing pebbles at your screen
How I'm gonna get up there I don't know
Like Romeo, I'd do most anything

To be alone with you, with you
Until the morning
Oh, I don't know what to do
I just can't wait to be with you
Until the morning

I've been saving up my money for the drive-in
We can go there and just look up at the stars
I will hold you close to keep us both from slidin'
Off the hood of my big brother's car

Chorus

When the morning sun comes
Shining all its light right
Into your room
I'll be by your side
I won't go run and hide
Away from you
It's true
»  Return To Paradise  
Genre: Acoustic Not Yet Rated
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Credits: Bainbridge
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There is a man who is sure we are damned to oblivion
Despises the cruel world hes living in, with nothing left to learn
Hes ringing his hands, says hes done all he can, now hell never know
Never see his children grow, hes quietly waiting his turn

Chorus:
But all that we can do is return to paradise
When every soul will awake to a bright new day
And all that weve been through will turn to paradise
The best in us will surely show the way

She sits on her hands and she watches the sand fall through a little hole
Feeling like shes growing old, like the change just drags her down
But one day shell wake up to witness a life in the best of worlds
The laughter she knew as a little girl will be the only sound

Cause all that we can do is return to paradise(repeat chorus)

He watches the sky and he worries that we are the only ones
Waiting on the setting sun to burn the seeds weve sown
Hes worried its all been for nothing but I know thats not the case
Were paving the way and the human race is a beautiful stepping stone

(Chorus)

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