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Do you remember when we used to go up to
Kiteflyer's hill ? Those summer nights so still With all of the city beneath us And all of our lives ahead Before cruel and foolish words Were cruelly and foolishly said Sometimes I think of you and then I go up to Kiteflyer's hill Wrapped up against the winter chill And somewhere in the city beneath me You lie asleep in your bed And I wonder if ever just briefly Do I creep in your dreams now and then ? Where are you now ? My wild summer love Where are you now ? Do you think of me sometimes And do you ever make that climb up to kiteflyer's hill ? I pray one day you will We won't say a word, we won't need them Sometimes silence is best We'll just stand in the still of the evening And whisper farewell to lonlieness Where are you now ? My wild summer love Where are you now ? Do you think of me sometimes ? Have the years been kind ? And do you think of me sometimes ? Where are you now ? My wild summer love Where are you now ? Do you think of me sometimes And do you ever make that climb up to kiteflyer's hill ? Kiteflyer's..... |
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| 2. |
| 4:45 |
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You don't seem too glad to see me
Is it a bad time? Is there somewhere you'd rather be? Well, it's about time Don't forget about me Don't forget about me Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes Don't let me slip out of your mind Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes You'll see me later Oh that's a good one How about in the next life? Well, that's the best one Don't forget about me Don't forget about me Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes Don't let me slip out of your mind Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes It's happening again, we're unresolving It's happening again I can live your life And dream of wires Or I can live my life Among the angels and electricity Don't forget about me Don't forget about me You won't forget about me Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes Don't let me slip out of your mind Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes |
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| 3. |
| 4:04 |
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You sent a pretty postcard
From a far and lonely sea A dancer and a mandolin They looked like you and me I've been awake for hours and hours I should be fast asleep I lost the place and out it fell Your postcard from the beach Sometimes when I'm talking to myself I'll swear it's all a dream November babies and northern winds The scars you said I'd keep But if you'd never come here You'd never have had to leave And all the bones upon the beach They all sung out to me Grab it into your hands Don't let go and grab it But look the way it curls Out of your fingers I used to wish I was the cigarette Inside your mouth You'd roll me up and breathe me in But then you'd blow me out And I would float and curl my way A vapour trail the end of me All that's left a place that's kept Your postcard from the sea |
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| 4:45 |
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I never was too good at dancing
Somewhere I'd step out of line But I knew that I had wings on my heels When they played in three-quarter time The pride of the north end would swagger The blades from the south side would shine But I swear those boys would hold on for dear life When they played in three-quarter time One by one They pulled down those mirrored halls One by one The winters came forgetting names I never learned how to sweet talk Those are the words I can't find Yet I had a tongue of pure silver When they played in three-quarter time One by one They pulled down those mirrored halls One by one The winters came forgetting names Money might slip through my fingers And there won't be much to call mine But I'll know that I had wings on my heels When they played in three-quarter time |
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| 3:09 |
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At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt
And the light so dim Through this confusion my heart goes travelling On a whim It's a cold and rainy day but it feels so right To be out on a limb It's where I go when my hope's unravelling On a whim And I find myself in the middle of something When I thought I was going nowhere fast This is how it all begins Must be the place where my faith comes in On a whim At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt Though the odds are so slim I take my chances, my heart goes travelling On a whim I can't expect my mind to understand something I see in him I can't explain why my heart goes following On a whim At times I'm saddled by At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt |
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| 6. |
| 4:35 |
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Hummingbird, hummingbird
I knew I'd find you here Bright lights draw you near They always will All that work and worry just to stay still Hummingbird, hummingbird Always on your mind Sweetness you must find Does it get you down? You never reach the sky and you cannot touch the ground Soar, you will never soar Spin or swoop or glide Soar up above us all In the shadows you must hide Soar, you will never soar Spin or swoop or glide Soar up above us all In the shadows you must hide Hummingbird, hummingbird So you spread your wings If you forget to sing You'll lose your song Then where will you go when all the pretty things have gone? Hummingbird, hummingbird |
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| 4:17 |
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I can hear laughter
Swimming through my window Burnt orange petals Moving in my eyes Unwrap me Untrap me You and I Here we hide away Someone is working Someone is waiting Someone is wasted But that's outside And we are breathing And we're not moving Dreaming in Spanish Safe and still Unwrap me Untrap me You and I Here we hide away You and I Here we hide away |
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| 4:13 |
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Blue around a morning moon The color of your eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become Every word I say I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away White horses on a troubled sea Your smile will flash through time Up ahead a blackbird's wing Your hair will come to mind Every night I see your face When I have to pray I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away Just before the thunder rolls I sense you next to me And as I move through nature I know where you will be So I must keep myself apart Here's where I'll stay With a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away Blue around a morning moon The color of yours eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become Every word I say I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away |
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| 4:35 |
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Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company
He only comes here when there's no one else to see I don't mind if he comes around I know the winter gets him down Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company We can't afford a ticket but we can always dream It looks so good you could almost kiss the screen We've seen the blue, we've seen the smiles We can get a map and count the miles It looks so good you could almost kiss the screen And when we get there, what will we find? All the way to California All the way to California Why don't you come with me And I'll get you through January In California Why don't you come and lie down next to me When you're feeling like a river lost in the deep blue sea Under covers you're a child We'll be there in a little while Why don't you come and lie down next to me And when we get there, what will we find? Will we find something we left behind? All the way to California All the way to California Why don't you come with me And I'll get you through January In California California |
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| 10. |
| 4:54 |
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I was born in the shadow
Of the factory I'd be working For me and my brother There was nowhere else to go I married a local boy In nineteen forty seven His hands were rough but his eyes were kind And I knew our love would grow From my eyes to the river From the river to the sea From the sea to the darkening clouds From the sky back down to me Follow my tears We sailed for New Zealand I was carrying our second daughter And there on the dockside I never knew they were last goodbyes The first time I saw Wellington My heart would not stop racing We had come halfway round the world To start our new lives Now John was an engineer He worked until the day he died He left me wanting nothing For thirty years this was our home I am by myself now The children call me now and then His hands were rough but his eyes were kind And I knew our love would grow From my eyes to the river From the river to the sea From the sea to the darkening clouds From the sky back down to me Follow my tears Follow my tears |
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| 11. |
| 4:13 |
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psychic reader just a block away
are you feeling sore palm readin’ just a walk away and my feet are sore we’re wearing starlight out no burning my eye lift your head up we’ll read your thoughts we’ll read your palms your stars and your feet and your shadows god and she left him nothing that poor boy and the beautiful thing is they call it karma yes they does and they made everything the brightness and your shadows and your shallow heart doh! turn right you went the wrong way there ain’t no one there but I’ll let you read my hand I’ll cross your palm and give you silver love well here we are at last |
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| 12. |
| 3:24 |
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Please don't ask me to dance
Please don't ask me to dance Skin remembers what the heart forgets And I might do something that I will regret How can you smile at me now After all the ugly words we used Don't you remember anything we said Tonight I'm younger and it's going to my head No I don't want a second chance Please don't ask me to dance Skin remembers what the heart forgets And I might do something that I will regret Why don't you leave me alone Why don't you bother someone else What do I care if you've got no-one to hold What does it matter if the night is getting old Oh god if I feel your hand Please don't ask me to dance |
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| 13. |
| 4:40 |
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I do believe this road's for going
I'll be on it soon enough My baby wants a mother So do I when it's all too tough I do believe there's something coming Hope it wake us up The big hand's pointing this way Sometimes we love too much It's clear We're here It's clear See me old and staggered Or young and swaggering Where we're going, where we've been When all that matters is in between It's clear We're here It's clear All that's sense is lost in static We're here against our will Hush there's time and plenty of it Standing still I do believe there's always better Then again there's always worse It's clear We're here It's clear Yeah, we're here |
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