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Stay Loyal

by Stray Dogs

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Stray Dogs 02:52 video
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I’m outfoxed, a stray dog in a rabbit hole The city is no home for a mutt like me I’m no ones good boy; At least I wasn’t before I wandered dazed and confused Through your front door We’re Stray Dogs finding love in a hens nest Stray Dogs making homes ou t of colourful friends. It always pays to know where you buried your bones Cause Stray Dogs stay loyal to their friends homes You built a shelter, no You built a home For all the stray dogs who believed they were alone Call me loyal, speak my name, and I 'll come running home Call me loyal, speak my name, and I'll come running home Raise a glass to the mothers raising stray dogs
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Life Of The Party 03:16 video
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S.O.S The panic buttons’ pressed Dear god my guts are showing, My vital signs are slowing down and In surround sound I think you’re laughing Can you help me out now I think you’re laughing, but is it with me? I’ve always been the life of the party Mr Invisible, dancing in a sea of familiar strangers I’m all panic and no disco, The centre of the joke Use me as your anecdote Call the doctor, I’m having cardiac arrest Can you help me out now I feel this thunder in my chest it’s In surround sound I think you’re laughing Can you help me out now I think you’re laughing, but is it with me? Dear god it’s over now My secrets whisper loud I think it’s best I write it down I want freshly cut roses at my funeral
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Ko Koe Taku Ūkaipō 04:16
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Heavy lungs and heavy eyes Needlessly wishing my demise I’ve never been much for self-esteem Waiting for someone to rescue me Then there was you Now one becomes two I think i’ll pull through Start something brand new There’s no fun in feeling sorry for yourself I used to look for better weather Without opening my eyes I made a choice to drown my demons Afraid the world might see the signs Call me old fashioned But I’m a sucker for love My head was following my feet When you fell from above. Hungry hearts and sleepless nights, You came and you conquered, I saw the light I never cared much for security, Waiting for someone to rescue me Then there was you Now one becomes two I think i’ll pull through Start something brand new Ko Koe Taku Ūkaipō You are where I feel at home I think I found my better weather When I opened up my eyes I made a choice to free my demons, When I saw the signs I think I found my better weather When I opened up my eyes I made a choice to free my demons, When I accepted all the signs Call me old fashioned But I’m a sucker for love My head was following my feet When you fell from above.
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Smile 03:30
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Clear the stage And make way Make a space in the picture frames For the girl who could make my day Like she’d never known So let the diamond sky Reflect what’s in your eyes And just for one more night Just let your flame burn bright Burn it bright Smile for me, oh won’t you smile for me There’s a great big world out there waiting Now I just need to see The perfect love that hides beneath The great facade that’s keeping me waiting Attention groom, here comes the bride She’s been waiting all this time For the boy who could make her shine Like he’d never known So let the diamond sky Reflect what’s in your eyes And just for one more night Just let your flame burn bright Burn it bright
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Not The Enemy 03:56
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Close your windows, And keep your front doors shut Hide your children There’s a monster on the run Armed to the nines with The worst kind of violence Naive with kindness And a love that dances curious I hear a constant ache, you are what you claim to hate Haunting and harrowing You’re so afraid of fictional villainy Can’t you wake up and see They’re not the enemy, no You’re playing make believe Spiteful antipathy Script of a coward Why are you so afraid Just set your hatred free They’re not the enemy, no They’re not the enemy Lock down the city And rile up the infantry He’s in our country And God forbid he wants to speak Armed to the nines with The worst kind of violence Naive with kindness And a love that dances curious I hear a constant ache, you are what you claim to hate I need to take the time To apologise To everyone whose afraid Just for being alive Now I don’t have much, but I’ve got a safe place Where you can c ome, and you can breathe And be free from hate You’ve got a whole lot of friends, who want to hold you up You’ve got a whānau here, never if nor but You can rest right now, and you can be yourself You’ve got a whānau here, you’ve got aroha Aroha
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Paint Me Like One Of Your French Girls 04:32
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I remember the day when I first saw your eyes, Ocean bound and heads in diamond skies Every moment I remember, Crystal clear as if I were still there I see you walk across the ballroom Oh how I got stranded in your stare And I tried so hard for the past few days, To make you fall so hard into my gaze Oh it feels like years to me Oh it feels like years to me Oh this ship is sinking, and I’m not going anywhere This ship is sinking and I refuse to leave you here When I first stepped out to cross the sea, I never thought that you would find me This broken boy that’s voyaged nowhere A seasick heart so tired and alone This broken boy that you have mended I hope you know that with you I’m at home And I tried so hard for the past few days, To make you fall so hard into my gaze Oh it feels like years to me Oh it feels like years to me
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Phantoms, Ghosts and Monsters 04:03
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I’m in a nightmare An endless dream No matter where I seem to go, it’s the same it seems This is a horror, From which I can’t run No matter where I seem to go, it’s the same because They’re coming in the night I’ll leave on all the lights We’ll make it out alive Cause there’s a phantom in the walls And there’s a ghost coming through the floor, And if the monsters want, they can find me here I’m not facing the world on my own, anymore Anymore For every nightmare They prescribe a pill I don’t know if they silence them Or just keep them still And for a horror Just a dose of love And if the ghouls; they come for me I’ll be here because They’re coming in the night I’ll leave on all the lights We’ll make it out alive Bad dreams keep me awake at night like if I sleep then the devils gonna take my life that’s why I stay awake and never close my eyes with all these evil thoughts always on my mind and if I close my eyes that’s when the devil creeps in, and steals my soul while I’m sleeping, forget the sandman the grim reapers reaping those who sleep and he’s coming for me so I stay awake I see them coming thru the walls but I won’t run away So Watch me stand here and fight em until my dying day. Coz I will never give up I’m never giving in, So tell em phantoms to quit coz they will never win. They’re coming in the night I won’t give up I’m here to fight I’ll stand my ground, til the end of the line
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Back To Before 03:39
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Sunrise on a time that I forgot It’s been a minute since two weeks became a whole lot The faces start to blend together Playing over in my head on a rerun binge watch How long since we just shared a breath It’s been a few years Can I please just rest What I’d give just to share my head It’s been a few years, god just give me this Back to before we were like this What do we do when the world has ended Back to before we were broken Where do we go when we all need mended I suppose that it’s not all doom and glow Time gave me flowers to bring to bloom I let myself glow, I let myself heal I let myself grow and I feel So damn good I believe in myself It’s the end of the world And I've got stories to tell How long since we just shared a breath It’s been a few years Can I please just rest What I’d give just to share my head It’s been a few years, god just give me this When we go back to before we were like this We’ll light the spark that ignites the magic Back to before we were broken We’ll heal our wounds and begin to mend it
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Carry On 03:59
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Fall asleep Swallowed whole Drifting downstream in the safety I know Black hole Glistening away Aurora sway into a silent wave At least adrift in the void of space I’m not quite as afraid I learned to choke before I talked I learned to fall before I crawled I learned to loathe myself The day that I was born I medicate it with a song One more chorus, I’m undone I’ll learn to love myself, So I can carry on Wake up dreamer, You’re drifting too far I speak to myself through what’s left in my lungs Make a wish Upon a star Take me safely to wherever you are Here in your arms where the world is safe I’m not quite as afraid Maybe I’m cracked I might be dented and scarred Maybe I’m dreaming I’m drifting afar And maybe your damage is not who you are And maybe I don’t fall apart
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Brand New Bloom 03:15
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Can we send it right back Set the clocks to 1992 To where it all began And let the kid know that he deserves to bloom Take it in Watch the world go by Sing I’m alive, i’m alive, I’m alive Sing I’m alive, I’m alive As far as I can see No matter what you say or do There’s no stopping me I’ve got no hold on you Or the path you choose I’m in a brand new bloom Singin a brand new tune. Take a hold of mistakes Hand over heart, I know I’ve made a few So i’ll take what I made Watch as I weave the threads into something new Take it in Watch the world go by Sing I’m alive, i’m alive, I’m alive Run it back to 1992 Growing heartache into something new
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Loser 02:53
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It’s been another year of daydreaming With not much to show But I’ve faced the worst times With the best people I know Let’s get all of our friends to pile up rental vans We’ll get out of our towns and go play in awful bands I hope that we make it Cause I don’t have any backup plans Cause I’m still a loser I’m still a little strange But the friends I get by with They think I’m okay I could put on a suit and tie Cut my hair, make a better wage But i’ll trade all of that For this circus Anyday Here’s to another year of killing time With nothing to lose I’ve still got so much to say, and a whole lot to prove Let’s get all of our friends to pile up rental vans We’ll get out of our towns and go play in awful bands Sing I just wanna make my folks proud of their boy
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Mariko 04:02
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E moepapa nei ahau He maruāpō mutunga kore Ahakoa ki hea au haere ai Ko taua āhua tonu rā He āhua mōkinokino tēnei Tē taea te kaupare noa Ahakoa ki hea au haere ai Ko taua āhua rā ano, i te mea rā E haere põ ana mai rātou Ka kā tonu ngā rama Ka puta ora nei tatou Kei nga pātu te Mariko He kēhua e puta mai Ki te hiahia rā nga tipua i au E tū mōrehurehu nei ki te ao marama Mariko Ka tūtohu pire nei mo aku moepapa Kei te whakangū tipua, te whakamāriri rānei Mā te aroha Ahau e ora ai Ki te ngaoki mai nga tipua Ka tu tonu ahau Kaore au I nenewha oku karu Na Te mea kei Te haramai nga mea mataku Ahakoa Te ngana, Te mataku hoki E kore ahau e moe kei Te tarawewehi au Na Te mea, kua reeweratia a ratou Te tino kino aku moepapa I Te po Mena, kia mataara au I a po I a po Kei te haramai ratou, kaore au e oma Kei Te whawhai tonu au mo ake ake ake Kaore au I whakamutua I Te mahi Kaore ratou I toa, ko ahau te tahi Ka haere mai i te pō Te tūohohu nei au Ka whawhai tonu ahau E kore au e tuohu

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The band formerly known as Fire for Glory have rebooted and re-emerged as STRAY DOGS! Through lineup changes and countless successful singles under the old name, the four-piece now present to the world a new monument in Kiwi pop-punk. STAY LOYAL features re-recordings of their most important hits like Smile, Life of the Party, plus three fresh new songs. The album also features powerful guest performances from Red of Auckland band Finger Tight, and hip-hop artist Swizl Jager.

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released September 15, 2023

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Stray Dogs Auckland, New Zealand

Stray Dogs are a pop-punk band bringing back the sound of nostalgia synonymous with the mid-2000s in a big way. From their tiny corner of the world in Auckland, New Zealand, the band has developed a high-energy sound that blends the clear influence of the guitar-driven emo anthems of their youth, while also boasting the ear-hook memorability of modern pop icons. ... more

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