Take What You've Been Given

by Jack Dora

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diamondjoe Excellent, an album at long last. Keep up the good work & all the best with the gigs. Look forward to seeing you perform at some stage. Favorite track is Love Never Comes. Thanks for the tunes Jack 👍
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1.
Mine Forever 04:25
When you hold me I ain’t ever gonna fall When you touch me It drives me right up the wall There’s a new club Just at the end of the road If you take me Well, I just might explode So baby, Love me, baby Love me right Love me, baby Love me tonight (x2) [Chorus] Babe, you’ll be mine forever I said, babe, you’ll be mine forever (x2) When I see you You take my breath away In the morning And at the end of a day When I wake up I see the tears in your eyes Like my anger It’s just love in disguise So yeah, Love me, baby Love me right Love me, baby Love me tonight (x2) [Chorus] Babe, you’ll be mine forever I said, babe, you’ll be mine forever (x2) [Bridge] Love me, baby Love me right Love me, baby Love me tonight (x4)
2.
It's a Vibe 05:11
Any time I hit the town With a red hot look of grace Just as red hot as the feeling Of your bootheel to my face All I’m thinking of is you How you’re treating me so rough Better than any old party drug That I could be dreaming of You could use a little time I could use a little space I could use a little dance To the boombox bass I can be with other men To get through to you I can be anything I can be anything that you want me to To the club I go Make you jealous just so Giving eyes to the weak Making your love grow So you grab me by the wrist Give my arm a sharp twist And I’m yours for the night Making love to a fist It’s a vibe (when you love me) It’s a vibe (when you don’t) It’s a vibe (when you hurt me) Wrap your hands ‘round my throat (x2) And with time I’m needing more Than the pain you’re giving me Thought I’d miss the open door So I broke the only key Come and watch me under lights I’ll be dancing through the sweat Of a hundred other guys Each one as angry as the next You could use a little time I could use a little space I could use a little dance To the boombox bass I can be with other men To get through to you I can be anything I can be anything that you want me to To the club I go Make you jealous just so Giving eyes to the weak Making your love grow So you grab me by the wrist Give my arm a sharp twist And I’m yours for the night Making love to a fist Step - to the left Slide - to the right Two steps baby Boogie all night Step - to the left Slide - to the right Come close baby And love me all night Step - to the left Slide - to the right Punching bag baby Ready for a fight Step - to the left Slide - to the right If hurting is wrong I don’t wanna be right Step - to the left Slide - to the right Punching bag baby Ready for a fight Step - to the left Slide - to the right If hurting is wrong I don’t wanna be right It’s a vibe (when you love me) It’s a vibe (when you don’t) It’s a vibe (when you hurt me) Wrap your hands ‘round my throat (x4)
3.
You say you want me But that’s not how it feels You’re here beside me Past this sheet of steal And I’ve waited For this to come on strong And I’ve wanted This lover all along So I run on home This winds too cold Now turn to me No hand to hold The band still plays They bang their drums I invite love Love never comes And now you call me Saying words I want to hear And take my pity When you drop another tear And so I listen And hang from every word And when I’m speaking White noise is all you heard So I run on home This winds too cold Now turn to me No hand to hold The band still plays They bang their drums I invite love Love never comes
4.
I woke up to a lady with a question Ask thou shalt receive but I never asked for lessons On how to be free or how to acquiesce To a broken glass mind in a bottle of depression And in a word I spit out all the hatred At a songbird with an anger that is sacred And this is the key to hiding from the pressure When a one track mind is an eight track statement Said, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Come watch the fire burn as I swallow my aggression ‘Cause you want it You got Enough Then I’ll take it You want To learn Rough Then I’ll give it Watch me burn while I get so high Turn from me when you see me crying Take me down to the malibu beach Where I spill my guts on the empty streets You think you taught me all I know You think you taught me all I know You think you taught me all I know But the lesson in the end is a short episode And you’re only gonna find me If I’m gonna stay And I’m only gonna stay If you’re gonna go away And this is how it goes When you’re always being chased By the bullet in your stomach Trying to cut you from the race Now I woke up to a lady with an answer Covering the cuts with a nicotine plaster Guess that’s the key to fixing this mess When I drown my fears in a silk cut vest And it’s ringing like a bell, yeah More pain than I can tell you, And it’s ringing like a bell And it’s ringing like a bell And it’s ringing like a bell Said, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Come watch the fire burn as I swallow my aggression ‘Cause you want it You got Enough Then I’ll take it You want To learn Rough Then I’ll give it Watch me burn while I get so high Turn from me when you see me crying Take me down to the malibu beach Where I spill my guts on the empty streets (x2)
5.
Johnny was the answer Johnny was the dream He had all that you'd want He had all that you'd need Johnny came and took me Away in his car We drove into the night Down the old reservoir Johnny was the big name Big for this town He ain't gonna be big When he's six feet underground Are you gonna believe her Or the six-foot-seven carrot gold cut dreamer? So this is how you leave her For the six-foot seven carrot gold cut dreamer Johnny with the loose lips Johnny undercover Johnny with the pen knife Johnny what a lover Johnny with the snake eyes Teach you how to woman Johnny with your last breath Teach you sweet nothin' Suzie was a killer A kuh-kuh-killer dream She drove into the night A kuh-kuh killer-proof queen She told me all about it My ladykilling scheme As empty as the promise Of my Hollywood dream You don't know, I know that you don't You don't see, I see what you won't You could fight if you could believe In broken glass, sharp as your teeth (x2) Are you gonna believe her? Or the six foot seven carrot gold cut dreamer? So, this is how you leave her For the six foot seven carrot gold cut dreamer Johnny with the loose lips Johnny undercover Johnny with the pen knife Johnny what a lover Johnny with the snake eyes Teach you how to woman Johnny with your last breath Teach you sweet nothin'
6.
You look like you’re gonna break And you feel like you sink with every step that you take And I know there’s a simple answer And I know there’s a simple test And I know that there’s something missing And I know it’s missing from your chest You’ve gotta take what you’ve been given You gotta run away with yourself You gonna take it or leave it? You gonna run away looking for help? And now you scream, ‘cause you’re just not gonna obey And you’re picking up the pieces of a future you ain’t throwing away And I know there’s a simple answer And I know there’s a simple test And I know that there’s something missing And I know it’s missing from your chest You’ve gotta take what you’ve been given You gotta run away with yourself You gonna take it or leave it? You gonna run away looking for help?
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released July 15, 2022

Written, recorded and produced by Jack Dora.
Mixed by Yenkee (Mine Forever, It's a Vibe, Love Never Comes, Take What You've Been Given)
Mixed by Jack Roulston (Broken Glass Mind, Johnny & Suzie, Take What You've Been Given Alt. Version)
Mastered by Fergal Davis.

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Jack Dora Dublin, Ireland

Jack Dora is an Irish self-producing new wave artist tying synth-pop, rock and roll and electronic music all into one. With a focus on catchy melodies and poetic lyrics his music centers around unlikeably likeable undesirables. He's here for a good time, not a long time so get on board. ... more

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