Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep

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Release date: 22 March 2011

Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep

Album Review: Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep

The Scottish indie legend ropes in a host of guests but shines brightest himself on one of his best albums yet

To say that Edwyn is fêted by the UK indie community would be an understatement. The former Orange Juice man can barely walk down the street without a member of Franz or The Cribs bursting out of a café door and laying down their cape in front of him. The problem with having turned mentor to those he inspired is that, overborne by the guest spots, his seventh solo album ‘ Losing Sleep...

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Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep Lyrics

Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep Lyrics

I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity
Everything I own is right in front of me
And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep
And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep

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Edwyn Collins - What Is My Role? Lyrics

If I think too hard then I can feel like no one though
I'd rather be alone than with people I don't know
'Cause I can't walk in character, I can't act in any way
I don't feel as close to God as you do every day

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Edwyn Collins - Do It Again Lyrics

So many ways, so many truths
So much to learn, so much to do
Night by night, day by day
There's a place I know, I'm gonna stray

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Edwyn Collins - Humble Lyrics

I can see it in the way you walk
So fine, so fine
I can see it in the way you smile
Divine, divine

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Edwyn Collins - Bored Lyrics

Halfway down a mountainside
And I'm bored, so bored
Halfway down a mountainside
And I'm bored, so bored

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Edwyn Collins - In Your Eyes Lyrics

I can hardly taste the wine, taste the wine, I'm homesick
And if you see me down, walk away, walk away
I can hear it in your voice, in your voice
I can feel it in your heart, in your heart

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Edwyn Collins - I Still Believe In You Lyrics

I'm running through the backwoods
I'm running through the field
When I'm alone I miss you
Back at my house, I don't yet

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Edwyn Collins - Come Tomorrow, Come Today Lyrics

I ain't lying, no more tears
It's good to be here, the best of my years
Through the good times and the bad
Never faltered, I've faced all my fears

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Edwyn Collins - It Dawns On Me Lyrics

Let me find out who l am
Let me live and let me dream
Near the shoreline, near the sea
Coast to coast, that's where I'll be

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Edwyn Collins - Over The Hill Lyrics

Looking back where I used to be
Reckless youth, that's the truth
At twenty one I had a grand conceit
Clarity, simplicity

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Edwyn Collins - Searching For The Truth Lyrics

I'm searching for the truth
I'm searching for the truth
Some sweet day we'll get there in the end
Some sweet day we'll get there in the end

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