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| 1. |
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Didn't anybody see his hand move faster
Than the lightning in his eyes Oh! what a cold surprise the flying horses cried And didn't anybody want to ask the calliope To call the tune The flying horses crooned but did not know The Medicine Man sits on the stage Eats fire and water, earth and air while we all stare The silver blade burns bright And tells us to beware Of mirrored passages that throw a thousand images Of younger days The wheel spins slower as it calls us back to play Round and round now we go Shout your name to the wind As it spins by your side Coloured lights echo as the sound slips on by Could that have been me? |
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| 2. |
| 3:49 |
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I've been looking for a place that I know well
It's a long long way from here and when I get there I will tell, I will tell I've been looking for a time that I once knew I could spend some happy hours just being there with you It doesn't matter where you go As long as there is someone there you know So if you need a friend you can depend on me 'Cause I know what it feels to be alone And in the darkest night you need a light to see Your shadow's sinking low Just like a stone Feels like a broken bone Guess I'll go on home I've been looking for someone I know so well She's a long long way from me and when I find her I will tell her It doesn't matter where she goes As long as there is someone there she knows |
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| 3. |
| 3:55 |
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There's a little bit of you and some of me
There's a little bit of everything you see But you don't know why Harry cried There's a time right after love when you feel low Like a bird with perfect wings denied the sky But you don't know why Harry cried Take a look at the common man He can talk with the use of his hands Pass you on by with a smile Like he just don't care Take a look at yourself in the light People see by the look in your eyes Either you're deaf or you're blind Or you just don't care Well something stirred today Young Harry he passed away Someone moves and a leaf falls to the ground Morning comes and he is not around But you don't know why Harry cried Well you pick him up and you put him in your hand And he slips on through like tiny bits of sand But you don't know why Harry cried Take a look at the common man He can talk with the use of his hands Pass you on by with a smile Like he just don't care Take a look at yourself in the light People see by the look in your eyes Either you're deaf or you're blind Or you just don't care Well something stirred today Young Harry he passed away Bye bye |
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| 2:55 |
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I once loved a lady who did change into a child
I saw the light of day shine in her eyes I loved her like a baby and I raised her to the sky It seems the light of day did pass me by Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea But I can't say if she ever thinks of me If I were of the ocean Or a wave upon the sand Or just a drop of water in her hand A pebble or a broken shell A rock upon the shore I doubt if I could love her any more Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea And I can't say if she ever thinks of me No I can't say if she ever thinks of me |
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| 4:59 |
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Bye, bye, bye
The time has come round again, my friend A life and some time I just gotta spend So bye bye, my friend See you again My mind in my pocket The sun in my eye There's gold in the mountains The streams run by So see you again Swing low, swing high Talk of the times, the love and the laughing I'll come back to you in the spring, little lapwing 'Till then, bye bye |
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| 6. |
| 4:23 |
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Passing time in the sun
To think of things, lost and done You wonder why she left so soon No word or reason why All feelings born can only die Lazy days passing by With memories you just can't hide The song flows on you can't pursue Your words don't mean a thing The mood's too hard for you to sing Moving on with a sigh A silhouette against the sky The seconds they dripped right on by And slowly filled the day And feelings born can only fade away |
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| 7. |
| 6:50 |
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Mystery is following me down that lonesome road
And I don't know my way, my way back home There's someone on my shoulder and he will not share a load And I don't know my way, my way back home There's a certain something deep inside Like a rolling sea or a river wide As the orchestra starts playing Get down Joe You can see his face, you can feel his smile Yeah, look down low and let the tears run wild When the orchestra starts playing Blue John's Blues Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that you do While the folks around me sing on Blue John's Blues Band is swinging, people singing Get down Joe There's a place down home where people meet They clap their hands and they stamp their feet When the music starts and the band plays Get down Joe They sing out loud and they sing out clear Turn your head round girl and you might just hear And if you do then start down singing Blue John's Blues Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that you do While the folks around me sing on Blue John's Blues Band is swinging, people singing Get down Joe Take hold of John's blues (?) Must be a thousand hues (?) Blue John's Blues Get back Joe Take back all of your dough You've got no place to go Blue John's Blues Get back now Joe My sweetest girl that I ever had She's drive any poor man bad Blue John's Blues Well my Ma and my Papa said, Son You'll get the KB when you're not on the run (?) Blue John's Blues Well my lady and me we're gonna dance all night Yeah yeah we're gonna dance until the broad broad light Blue John's Blues The sweetest girl that I ever had Was guaranteed to drive a poor man bad Blue John's Blues Blue John Blues Get back Joe Lord, get back Joe |
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| 8. |
| 4:55 |
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Here I sit watching the day out
No-one beside me who may doubt All of the words that I could chose to say So listen, believe, or be gone from this day I need a friend to walk with me And sit in the shade of an old tree To think nothing much, just agree with my thoughts To say nothing much, never tell what I ought Watching the people pass by now They just don't know why or know how They don't seem to care about all that I've seen They just walk on by never knowing I've been Sitting up here where I'm wind blown Only to ask and to be shown Things that would make you believe what I say I'll tell you myself and I'll show you some day |
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| 9. |
| 4:49 |
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John's vision of armageddon literally closes the album with a bang! The references in the lyric to a stained-glass window ("one great wall of coloured parts") and "the multi-coloured cross left standing through it all" add to the apocalyptic feel of the song, which was a live favourite for many years, particularly in the days of the band's concerts with the orchestra.
Lyrics: The eyes of night march slowly by The last grain falls The kneeling man just sighs Protected by the one great wall Of coloured parts He probes his clouded mind If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day With trembling hands he wipes his eyes He tries to stand But does not feel the need The morning sun shines on The multicoloured cross Left standing through it all If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day |
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| 3:59 |
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When I was just a child
My world it was so small The empty playground swings The corner shop, the penny drinks The backyard walls Of a brave new world And as the years passed by I never thought to try And memorise the dreams The childhood fantasies The backyard walls Of a brave new world Hey, Suzanne, won't you come out to play? Well the moon is bright and this weather's fine And there's something I've got to say Hey, Suzanne, won't you come out to play? Well my mama told me and I know she's right That the blackest day's when the nations fight Remember to pray when you go to bed For what mama said Bow your head For a brave new world Now I'm twenty-four My small world's closed the door I feel like I should cry Death's desperation lies on every eye In the brave new world Hey, Suzanne, won't you come out to play? Well the moon is bright and the weather's fine And there's something I've got to say Hey, Suzanne, won't you come out to play? Well my mama told me and I know she's right That the blackest day's when the nations fight Remember to pray when you go to bed For what mama said Bow your head For a brave new world Now I'm old and grey And life has passed my way My tears have all run dry I've seen men born to kill and born to die For a brave new world For a brave new world It's such an old, old world |
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| 11. |
| 8:42 |
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She said, "Why don't you
Come and stay with me Far away from people we know? We could live our lives together Happiness wherever we go" And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her Wasn't long before she grew tired of me And the life she thought would redeem All the love she'd thrown away as a child All the things she thought she had seen And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her - instrumental break - And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her |
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| 3:07 |
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She comes up with the morning sun
And tells me life has just begun Oh what it is to be young And in the early evening light She brings me flowers from the sun Oh what it is to be young And if you see her you will know She's like a shadow Falling softly on the snow And in the early evening light She brings me flowers for the night Oh what it is to be young |
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| 2:55 |
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I once loved a lady who did change into a child
I saw the light of day shine in her eyes I loved her like a baby and I raised her to the sky It seems the light of day did pass me by Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea But I can't say if she ever thinks of me If I were of the ocean Or a wave upon the sand Or just a drop of water in her hand A pebble or a broken shell A rock upon the shore I doubt if I could love her any more Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea And I can't say if she ever thinks of me No I can't say if she ever thinks of me |
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| 3:47 |
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I've been looking for a place that I know well
It's a long long way from here and when I get there I will tell, I will tell I've been looking for a time that I once knew I could spend some happy hours just being there with you It doesn't matter where you go As long as there is someone there you know So if you need a friend you can depend on me 'Cause I know what it feels to be alone And in the darkest night you need a light to see Your shadow's sinking low Just like a stone Feels like a broken bone Guess I'll go on home I've been looking for someone I know so well She's a long long way from me and when I find her I will tell her It doesn't matter where she goes As long as there is someone there she knows |
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| 15. |
| 7:48 |
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Didn't anybody see his hand move faster
Than the lightning in his eyes Oh! what a cold surprise the flying horses cried And didn't anybody want to ask the calliope To call the tune The flying horses crooned but did not know The Medicine Man sits on the stage Eats fire and water, earth and air while we all stare The silver blade burns bright And tells us to beware Of mirrored passages that throw a thousand images Of younger days The wheel spins slower as it calls us back to play Round and round now we go Shout your name to the wind As it spins by your side Coloured lights echo as the sound slips on by Could that have been me? |
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