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Cousins-Cronk
I was born in the calm before the storm In the quiet hour of dawn With the full moon in my eyes. I was kissed by the rolling river mist That betrayed the lovers' tryst A mysterious disguise. Cut like a diamond, sharper than steel Sweet as the razor's edge before the jagged wheel. I am lost, I have sold my heart at cost On the bridges that we crossed I have carved my name in stone. Bitter wife, you have cut me like a knife I could never take a life That could never take its own. Cut like a diamond, sharper than steel Sweet as the razor's edge before the jagged wheel. Cut like a diamond, sharper than steel Sweet as the razor's edge before the jagged wheel. I was born in the calm before the storm In the quiet hour of dawn With the full moon in my eyes. I will die with the sun high in the sky With the river rolling by Far below the bridge of sighs. Cut like a diamond, sharper than steel Sweet as the razor's edge before the jagged wheel. Cut like a diamond, sharper than steel Sweet as the razor's edge before the jagged wheel. Cut like a diamond, sharper than steel Sweet as the razor's edge before the jagged wheel. |
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Cousins-Cronk
The question was survival The answer was myself I was on the inside looking out You took me to the limit But you only took yourself You were on the outside looking in. Something for nothing Something for nothing Was all you ever wanted from me Something for nothing Something for nothing Was all you ever wanted to be. You bit the hand that fed you Ripped the fingers to the bone You were scoring blood, when times were lean While I looked on disgusted Ashamed to be your friend Thinking to myself what might have been. Now the lone wolf beats a new trail With scent of easy game Howling at the full moon on his back While his lover eats her heart out To the bitter taste of failure Hungry for the leader of the pack. |
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The village square stands quiet with the curfew still in force
The streets are even clear of dogs and whores Like some evil bird of prey the scaffold spreads its wings The people build their fires and bolt their doors The mayor is giving dinner to the officers and wives His eldest son is learning how to fawn The barrack block is hushed and tense, the soldiers drawing lots Who will be the hangman in the dawn. The lot falls on a young man who has served for but a year His home is in the village close nearby He shivers at the thought of what he's forced to do next day He wonders who it is that has to die The full moon casts a cold light on the gloomy prison walls The papist walk his cell, he cannot sleep He hears the waiting gallows creaking just beyond the door He prays for he has no more tears to weep. The day begins to break, the muffled drums begin to sound A crowd begins to gather in the square The presence of the hangman in his terrifying mask Weighs heavy on the minds of all those there The colonel reads the sentence which the papist knows by heart He has failed to show allegiance to the King His crime is thus with God himself, in His name he must hang The papist, head held high, says not a thing. The jailer binds his hands and puts the blindfold to his eyes He leads him through the door before the crowd The hangman sees his victim and the blood drains from his face He sees his younger brother standing proud The hangman tries to protest but is ordered to proceed His trembling hands begin to take the strain His eyes are blind with streaming tears, he cries for all to hear "Forgive me God, we hang him in thy name!" |
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Cousins
We met when you were still a girl In nineteen sixty eight You wore a white dress and a hat I touched the hand of fate Your sweet voice took my breath away Your smile lit up your face You still had both feet on the ground I was out in space That certain sadness in your eyes The secret of your smile I've carried all these memories Down many's the weary mile And every time I hear your name My eyes moist up with tears As every word you ever sang Comes ringing down the years. We sat and talked the whole night long Of all our rights and wrongs Of mutual acquaintances We sang each other's song You were with me when the morning broke The birds refused to sing They knew when they were beaten They hid beneath their wings. I was in a Cleveland hotel room When they telephoned the news I drowned my sorrow all night long The Southern Comfort blues The show went on to great applause Choking back the tears As every word you ever sang Came ringing down the years. I reached out for the hourglass To turn it face about But who knows where the time goes When your time is running out I know someday we'll meet again And I know just what I'll find You'll have taught the angels how to sing Georgia - Georgia on my mind. |
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Cousins
The night sky hung so heavy The wet road shone so bright Reflecting back my headlights As I drove on in the night to stormy down. I drew into a lay-by My eyes were dark with strain Turning up my collar I walked out in the rain on stormy down. Oh I was high on stormy down Thinking of my friends below But they had gone some other way They did not want to know about stormy down. I thought I saw the devil In the branches of a tree It was just imagination But he looked a bit like me on stormy down. Hey I was high on stormy down Thinking of my friends below But they had gone some other way They did not want to know about stormy down About stormy down, about stormy down. The cold moon drew strange faces On a slowly changing cloud One looked like God the father And I shouted right out loud on stormy down. Oh I was high on stormy down Thinking of my friends below But they had gone some other way They did not want to know about stormy down About stormy down, about stormy down Stormy down, stormy down ... |
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Demick-Hudson-Willoughby
In the light of the morning after There's no lover's laughter Just a pile of clothes beside my door In the street I can hear the rain But in my heart there's only pain I've seen you look that way before. Oh I can't let you go I'll find it hard to be without you I want to feel you all around me Hold on to you somehow And I pray that you'll stay with me I'm so afraid to let you go. You watch the clock as you fix your make up Turn around as you hear me wake up But you can't look me in the eye You grab your coat and start to run 'Cause you can't face the only one Who makes it hard to say goodbye. |
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You have been my lighthouse in every storm You have given shelter, you have kept me safe and warm And in my darkest nights you have shone your brightest lights You are my saving grace, darling, I love you. You have been the pilot who guides me home You have been my rock as on the Seven Seas I roam And when I was becalmed you were the strength in my arms You are my saving grace, darling, I love you. And when you found my back was torn and broken on the reef You sailed your tiny boat across the dark seas of my disbelief. You have been the anchor and I the chain Straining as we hold ourselves together in the rain I have found you ever there, my constant keeper's daughter fair You are my saving grace, darling, I love you, darling, I love you. |
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Lay down, I lay me down
Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. By still waters I lay down with the lambs In pastures green I made peace with my soul And I cared not for the night While my guiding star shone bright By still waters I lay down I lay down. Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. At the roadside I took toll of my times From dirty streets I gained peace for my soul May the merciful be right Are you ready for the night At the roadside I lay down I lay down. Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. In deep sorrow I took flight with the sun From mountains high I gained strength for my soul I proved stronger than the test When my spirit came to rest In deep sorrow I lay down I lay down. Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. |
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Now I'm a union man
Amazed at what I am I say what I think, that the company stinks Yes I'm a union man When we meet in the local hall I'll be voting with them all With a hell of a shout, it's "Out brothers, out!" And the rise of the factory's fall Oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union You don't get me, I'm part of the union You don't get me, I'm part of the union Until the day I die Until the day I die The union has made me wise To the lies of the company spies And I don't get fooled by the factory rules 'cause I always read between the lines And I always get my way If I strike for higher pay When I show my card to the Scotland Yard And this is what I say: Oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union You don't get me, I'm part of the union You don't get me, I'm part of the union Until the day I die Until the day I die Before the union did appear My life was half as clear Now I've got the power to the working hour And every other day of the year So though I'm a working man I can ruin the government's plan And though I'm not hard, the sight of my card Makes me some kind of superman Oh, oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union You don't get me, I'm part of the union You don't get me, I'm part of the union Until the day I die Until the day I die You don't get me, I'm part of the union You don't get me, I'm part of the union You don't get me, I'm part of the union Until the day I die Until the day I die |
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