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Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. Struck by the sounds before the sun, I knew the night had gone. The morning breeze like a bugle blew Against the drums of dawn. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. The ocean wild like an organ played, The seaweed's wove its strands. The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed Against the rocks and sands. I stood unwound beneath the skies And clouds unbound by laws. The crying rain like a trumpet sang And asked for no applause. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. The last of leaves fell from the trees And clung to a new love's breast. The branches bare like a banjo played To the winds that listened best. I gazed down in the river's mirror And watched its winding strum. The water smooth ran like a hymn And like a harp did hum. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. |
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How can I say what I feel?
When I turn around you're not here I know it's my time to lead But the emptiness inside leaves me weak Chorus So now I see now you've been freed You'll always be near like you were all those years And now I breathe the life you gave 'Cause I've learned from the best And I've always been blessed with your love We gathered round for your last breath Talked with you while you slept Somehow I know you'll be all right The perfect end to a perfect life Then in a moment it all becomes so clear I want so much to tell you But you're no longer here Chorus So now I see now you've been freed That you'll always be near like you were all those years And now I breathe the life you leave 'Cause I've learned from the best And I've always been blessed with your love |
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As I walked out one evening
To breathe the air and sooth my mind I thought of friends and the home I had And all those things I left behind oh... A silent star shone on me My eyes saw the far horizon As if to pierce this veil of time And escape this earthly prison oh... Chorus Will there come a time when the memories fade And pass on with the long, long years? When the ties no longer bind Lord save me from this darkest fear Don't let me come home a stranger I couldn't stand to be a stranger In this place so far from home They know my name but they don't know me They hear my voice; they see my face But they can't lay no claim on me oh... Chorus As I walk this universe I free my mind of time and space I wander through the galaxy But never do I find my place oh... Chorus |
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Your hands are cold lover
Where have you been? You don't need persuasion You just need a sin We can differ Thought the hours of the night That's no big thing Ah but give me one embrace And I'll stop all my talking The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide Life gets so serious There's no time to play I don't want any blessing 'Cause I spy you headed my way I could carve your name Down on a stone That's no big thing Ah but when I see your face There's no need for talking The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide I was lost in a fog Living in a world I never knew about Now I'm standing in a place And heaven's all around The shadows have all washed out Yeah the shadows have all washed out Oh what paradise is this The words of welcome on your lips The stamp of certainty In all your steps You're here to save me from This slow death The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide The real you is there to see The real you has the best for me Gods loves even the poorest life So let's do our bit in this full tide In this full tide |
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I've been searching
Through other people's words Looking for direction I've been trying To get into their worlds Without satisfaction So don't go changing Your troubled mind again You gotta make decisions Don't go waiting On middle ground when It's not a safe position Chorus Though you've lost all you received It's not what you got it's what you believe in Though you've forgot all you need You've got to stand up For what you believe in A lack of something Is evident again I feel I must explain 'Cause I feel nothing But frustration and pain That I can't contain Chorus Don't leave me behind Out of sight is out of mind Please don't let me stray I know I'll be okay So now I see I've got to get off of this fence, My mind's made up now 'Cause I feel free And my soul can make amends For all this doubt |
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Everybody else has gone
But you're still here with me All the world is sleeping by and by Through the windowpane The frosted light is streaming in Full moon sailing high across the sky Tonight is like the night when we first met I always knew I never would forget you Come and hold me close I miss you more than I can say I can't imagine how I pass the time Wondering if you'll ever know How much you mean to me I never dreamed there'd be a change of mind Oh lover, this is where I want to stay Maybe it could always be this way Gentle music, rock away the sadnesses in me Rock away my lonely yesterdays I recall you said to me a long, long time ago "Don't you lose direction in the crowd, I think you could" But when I did you found me and I didn't even know Hardly even knew you were around, and understood I was reaching out each moment to be free You were all those things I'd never be Gentle music, rock away the sadnesses in me Rock away my lonely yesterdays Like pennies on the ocean 'Til no trace of them I see 'Til moonlight shows no ripples on the waves And then the clear reflection will remain Perhaps the same reflection of that same full moon Full moon, full moon, full moon... |
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She roots out her best earrings with a comb
The ones that go with her rowdy red hair Weaves her way between the plastic and the bones Leaves all her empty evenings hanging in the air And he don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she may soon say goodbye He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die She sees the men out changing the state Knows they stoop through her eyes are half drowned Hears the steeple say it's a quarter past eight Moves on in a hurry well she's a long way from town He don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she may soon make him cry He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die We won't get away from this either No matter how hard we try The truth is there to catch us The truth is going to save our lives He's in a thrill of anticipation So glad he bought something small To give her for a gift He feels kind of silly In case she thinks he's having her on All he meant was She's got a friend she can kiss And he don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she soon has to fly He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die |
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With your famous philosophies
Tied up in brown paper wrapping and string You stepped back through time Like the time that you stepped through Meant nothing at all A little bit weary and world worn and eager For taking some more And we leaned on each other like brothers And fought with our backs to the wall Chorus We took no routine stance We were living' our lives by chance Robbing Peter for Paul Losing it all Maybe I'll find you one Saturday night In St. Kilda again We were wrong the world didn't end Between there and here Thought it's still looking shaky and worn Did you give up your dreaming Believing time finds a price for us all But time is an enemy, patient and clever And way beyond our control When you run out of time It's funny but money can't talk at all Chorus When the world turned rough And betrayed your trust And they left you out in the cold In the deafening silence A man is an island When he's out on his own A little bit weary and world worn Not eager for talking anymore Hey brother what happened To standing and fighting With our backs to the wall Chorus |
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When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue I'd go crawling down the avenue There's nothing that I wouldn't do To make you feel my love The storms are raging on the rollin' sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You ain't seen nothing like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldn't do Go to the ends of the earth for you To make you feel my love |
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