Oasis - B-Sides

Take Me Away (Supersonic, 1994)

Just when it falls apart
And when it's time to start
Will you sit down here for another day?
And when it's time to be
All the things that we
Are wishing away for another day

'Cause me and my soul we know where we're going
We're going where the grass is free
And the air is clean and the good times are growing

So take me away
Just for today
'Cause I'm sat here on my own
I'd like to be
Under the sea
But I probably need a phone

And just when it falls apart
Just when it's time to start
Will you sit down here for another day?

'Cause me and my soul we know where we're going
We're going where the grass is free
And the air is clean and the good times are growing

So take me away
Just for today
'Cause I'm sat here on my own
I'd like to be
Under the sea
But I probably need a phone

I could be you
If I wanted to
But I've never got the time
You could be me
And pretty soon you will be
But you're gonna need a line
Need a line
Need a line
Need a line

I Will Believe (Supersonic, 1994)

I'm locked up in chains
For the rest of my life
There's no one else to blame but me

The start of the day's
Just the end of the night
I'm feeling like I'm lost at sea
Sometimes it just seems so simple
I'm feeling like I'm down on my knees
Sometimes like a man in the middle
I don't know my own mind
Won't you let me be

Because I can find you

Living in my world
Dragging me round
Just like a dog on a lead
But when I find my
Own peace of mind I
I will believe

I'm locked up in chains
For the rest of my life
There's no one else to blame but me

Because I can find you
Living in my world
Dragging me round
Just like a dog on a lead
But when I find my
Own peace of mind I
I will believe

Alive (8-Track Demo) (Shakermaker, 1994)

The people will notice that the times are changing
It's just time for now but not time for good
It's my feelings that I think you're draining
Take them now if you think you should

You want something for nothing
The higher that you climb the longer you fall
Maybe your time is coming
Will you ask to climb when you find the wall
Is it time to doubt? Is it time to wait?
Will you be left alone at the starting gate
I'm not blind and I do mind
Because I've got time now I'm alive

The people have noticed that the times are changing
But are they going to be something now
I think I've seen you all hesitating
I think I'll go and be something now

Yeah, I'm alive
Yeah, I'm alive
Yeah, I'm alive

D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman (Shakermaker, 1994)

I haven't seen your face 'round since I was a kid
You're bringing back those memories of the things that we did
You're hanging round and climbing trees pretending to fly
Do you wanna be a spaceman and live in the sky

You got how many bills to pay and how many kids?
And you forgot about the things that we did
The town where we're living has made you a man
And all of your dreams are washed away in the sand

Well, it's alright, it's alright
Who are you and me to say what's wrong and what's right
Do you still feel like me (do you feel like me)
We sit down here and we shall see (we shall see)
We can talk and find common ground (common ground)
And we can just forget about feeling down
We can just forget about life in this town

It's funny how your dreams change as you're growing old
You don't wanna be no spaceman, you just wanted gold
All the dream stealers are lying in wait
But if you wanna be a spaceman, it's still not too late

Well, it's alright, and it's alright
Who are you and me to say what's wrong and what's right
Do you still feel like me (do you feel like me)
We sit down here and we shall see (we shall see)
We can talk about common ground (common ground)
And we can just forget about feeling down
We can just forget about life in this town

It’s Better People (Roll With It, 1995)

It's better people love one another
'Cause living your life can be tough
It's better people speak to each other
Your shame is not enough
If everybody came alive
And stayed alive
And lived their lives instead, yeah
So come outside
And feel the light
It's cold inside
But it's lonely in your bed
In your bed

And you thought we might be
But what you heard before
Was only sleeping in your brain
But if you came with me
The days would never end
Would never be the same
Would never be the same
Would never be the same
Would never be the same

And you thought we might be
But what you heard before
Was sleeping in your brain
But if you came with me
The days would never end
Would never be the same
Would never be the same
Let us go by a different name
Would never be the same

Step Out (Wonderwall, 1996)

What she said
She said to me
Take me high on a mountain side
She was dressed
Up in leopard skin
And her soul would never be denied

I met her down the disco in a beat up car
She was burning down the road
She looked just like a star in a Jaguar
She needs to lighten her load

And when you might
Think you're gonna cry
It will be all right
Step out tonight

You might
Think you're gonna cry
It will be all right
Step out tonight

What I said
I said to her
I'm alive when you walk that way
Can you hear
What I can hear?
It's the sound of a brand new day

She met me down the disco in a beat up car
I was burning down the road
I could be a star in a Jaguar
I need to lighten my load

Because you might
Think you're gonna cry
It will be all right
Step out tonight

You might
Think you're gonna cry
It will be all right
Step out tonight

My whole life been sinking in the water
I need a ship not your sweet lip tonight

You might
Think you're gonna cry
It will be all right
Step out tonight
You might
Think you're gonna cry
It will be all right
Step out tonight

You might
Think you're gonna cry
It will be all right
Step out tonight

When you might
Think you're gonna cry
It will be all right
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Step out tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

Angel Child (D'You Know What I Mean?, 1997)

Won't you take me
Won't you take me to the edge of night and make me
Won't you make me walk into the light

And there'll be no eyes
No eyes that see such beauty would lose their sight
And there'll be no lies
No lies that you could tell me to make things right

Because I gave all my money to people and things
And the price I'm still playing for the shit that it brings
Doesn't fill me with hope for the songs that you sing
Tonight, this is your life
Angel child

When you find out
When you find out who you are
You know you'll be free
To see your own ability

But there'll be no eyes
No eyes that see such beauty would lose their sight
And there'll be no lies
No lies that you could tell me to make things right

Tonight, this is your life, this is your life
Angel child
Tonight, this is your life, this is your life
Angel child
Tonight, this is your life, this is your life
Angel child
Tonight, this is your life, this is your life
Angel child

(I Got) The Fever (Stand By Me, 1998)

I'm tired of my life but my heads alright
I got the fever off a man I know
I can feel it coming in the air tonight
And I know, I know, I know
Swear I heard a song on the radio
My heart is laughing back at me
I can see it coming but I just don't know
If it's going to , it's going to, it's going to let me be

As I soar, on the breeze
I can see the sons of those who came before me
And it's got me on my knees
What you say, anyway
Will not last, it'll pass, it'll flash right there before me
And it's got me on my knees

Because I got the fever
Because I got the fever
Because I got the fever

My Sister Lover (Stand By Me, 1998)

A feeling sleeping deep inside
You hide it so I'll never find
Today I think I'll waste my time
You never notice you are blind
The dream I have can never be
To photograph what the eye can't see
I fight to live another day
I live to find now come what may

Faith in the lord is something I could never have
Faith in my sister is gonna set me free
Faith in the lord is something I will never have
'Cause the lord I know don't got no have faith in me

You're my lover
You're my lover
You're my lover
You're my lover

She gives me light when the sun goes down
She gives me strength and I don't drown
She gives me hope and destiny
She gives me air that I can breathe

Faith in the lord is something I could never have
Faith in my sister is gonna set me free
Faith in the lord is something I will never have
'Cause the lord I know don't got no faith in me

You're my lover
I'm your brother
You're my lover
I'm your brother

Faith in the lord is something I could never have
Faith in my sister is gonna set me free
Faith in the lord is something I will never have
'Cause the lord I know don't got no faith in me

You're my lover
I'm your brother
You're my lover
I'm your brother

The Fame (All Around The World, 1998)

Breaks like glass
But not in your hand
Shoot you down
Right where you stand
And it don't care for what you wear
Or which way you might sway
It calls you up
But not on the phone
And it will drag you from your throne

And you may laugh while you sit there
Sipping your champagne
And they all laugh at your despair
Sniffing your cocaine
I'm a man of choice in an old Rolls Royce
And I'm howling at the moon
Is my happening too deafening
For you?
For you?

It's maybe the fame
It's forgotten your name
It's sees you cry, you never did explain
And I remain
Blowing through you like a hurricane

It's a shame
It's a shame
It's a shame

It will not fall
Not from the sky
And it don't eat no humble pie
And you may have your quiet life
But I bet you don't know why
It made you a mess
You didn't believe
You still don't know what makes me breathe

And you may laugh while you sit there
Sipping your champagne
And they all laugh at your despair
While you're sniffing your cocaine
I'm a man of choice in an old Rolls Royce
And I'm howling at the moon
Is this happening too deafening
For you?
For you?

It's maybe the fame
Forgotten your name
It's sees you cry, you never did explain
And I remain
Blowing through you like a hurricane

It's a shame
It's a shame
It's a shame

It's maybe the fame
Forgotten your name
It's sees you cry, you never did explain
And I remain
Blowing through you like a hurricane

And I've forgotten your name
It sees you cry
From up the sky
You never did explain
Why I'm still
Blowing through you
Like a hurricane

Flashbax (All Around The World, 1998)

I spend my time
Sitting on the fence with a mate of mine
I'm trying to write the line of a story
We believe that everything said is a waste of time
'Cause life is well trod and it bores me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

In my well paid opinion
These things, they really don't matter
But from my crystal gazing eye
There shines a light
Like dynamite

Sitting on a throne will give a bad back to you
Living on my own was like a flashback to the
Days when I was lost and lonely
Saying what I said was just a different story
All your lies, man, they still bore me
There's nothing wrong with my world
And these things, they really don't matter now

In my well paid opinion
These things, they really don't matter
'Cause from my crystal gazing eye
There shines a light
Like dynamite

Sitting on a throne will give a bad back to you
Living on my own was like a Flashback to the
Days when I was lost and lonely
Saying what I said was just a different story
All those lies, man, they will bore me
There's nothing wrong in my world
And these things, they really don't matter
These things, they really don't matter now

Sitting on a throne will give a bad back to you
Living on my own was like a Flashback to the
Days when I was lost and lonely
Saying what I said was just a different story
All your lies, man, they still bore me
There's nothing wrong in my world
And these things, they really don't matter
These things, they really don't matter now

Don't matter now
Don't matter now
Don't matter now
Don't matter now
Don't matter now
Don't matter now
Don't matter now
Don't matter now

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Collected lyrics to Oasis' b-sides from DM/WTSMG/BHN eras that didn't made onto The Masterplan.