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If you want me I'll be at your door
And if you need me I'll be by your side Cos every day is a long winding road And I'll always be here don't you know I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I always try, I wonder why, I wonder why Chorus: Everytime I look at you I feel the blues Can't hide the pain inside No-one ever told me that my heart could break a hundred-thousand times Never in a million years I thought the tears could break a heart of stone If you need me let me know Well, if you've got no-one to give your heart to And if you've searched and you can't find the truth When they tell you this time to let go Well, I'll always be here - don't you know I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why Chorus Oh, nobody told me bout the wind and the trees And the summer breeze and You carry the weight of the world on your shoulders And the light is slipping through And I've seen the sun catching your eye Like the moon in the sky Everytime I look at you I feel the blues Can't hide the pain inside No-one ever told me that my heart could break a hundred-thousand times And though you've never asked me to believe its true I've loved you from the start Oh I've got to find a way to mend today These wings that need to fly No-one ever told me that my heart could break a hundred-thousand times Never in a million years I thought the tears could break a heart of stone If you need me let me know |
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The leaves fall from the trees like gold
And I tell you that I love you so The river sings, it's time to go What lies ahead we'll never know And summer brings sweet memories When we danced all night on the dusty streets With an angel watching over me Your love has brought me to my knees Chorus: Well I've loved you and I wish it so, Wherever you decide to go Yes I've loved you well I wish it so, Wherever you decide to go We kissed under the tired moon And the stars shone down for me and you We listen for the cock to crow Come break of day you had to go Chorus I didn't want to let you leave I didn't wanna tell you no Cos I know how to make you feel And I don't wanna let you go I didn't want to let you leave I didn't wanna tell you no Cos I know how to make you feel And I don't wanna let you go Laa la la la ohh La la la la Chorus Yes I've loved you well I wish it so, Wherever you decide to go Yes I've loved you well I told you so Wherever you decide to go I've loved you well Wherever you decide to go I've loved you well Four times: Winter brings sweet melodies Come back to me |
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Kind friends and companions, together combine
And raise up your voices in chorus with mine Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain For we may and might never all meet here again Chorus: Here's a health to the company and one to my lass Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain For we may and might never all meet here again Here's a health to the wee lass that I love so well Her style and her beauty, there's none can excel There's a smile on her countenance as she sits on my knee Sure there's no one in in this wide world as happy as me Chorus Our ship lies at harbor, she's ready to dock I hope she's safe landed without shake or shock And when we are sailing to the land of the free I will always remember your kindness to me I have read this old proverb, I've read it so true My love is as fair as the bright morning dew I have read this old proverb, I suppose you have too So good friends and companions I bid you adieu Chorus |
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One night as I lay slumbering in my silent bed alone
Some reckless thoughts came to my mind which caused me for to roam To leave my native country and the wee girl I do adore So I thought it fit to take a trip, strange lands for to explore Now the night before I went away I was walking over Brockagh Hill When I met my darling on the road and her eyes with tears did fill "Stay you at home dear John" she said "and do not go away For I'll have none to comfort me when you are on the sea" Well I took her by the lily white hand and I held her hard and fast Saying "adieu to you my darling for my ship it lies in Belfast But if you prove loyal sure I'll prove true for you know that I'm well inclined" So we kissed goodbye and parted and I left my girl behind And when we landed in Greenock sure the people all gathered around And they said I was a rakish lad come to put their harvest down They told me to return again and never more be seen So without delay I sailed away for Ireland's lovely green Sure when Mary heard that John was home her heart did beat with joy Saying "come into my arms" she cried "you're my darling lovely boy" Saying "come into my arms" she cried "of you I have thought great and long And let them all say as they will, our wedding will now go on And let them all say as they as they will |
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This is really not my home
Oh where are you my lovely Johnny? I'm afraid and all alone There is no peace for me I'm sitting in the stranger's room Playing at the stranger's table Shining empty like the moon There is no peace for me Chorus: But in the darkness struggle cold I think about a garden valley Gentle as the leaves unfold Singing out across the bay Distant and so far away There is no peace for me I'm blinded by your city lights I wander through these fearful places The colours fade to black and white There is no peace for me And these are not the friends I know These are not their smiling faces A desert that no-one should know There is no peace for me Chorus Now I know and feel it well Poor immigrants deep sunken feeling Standing at the gates of Hell There is no peace for me Burned out by their master's greed Cruel exile transportation Robbed of every love and need There is no peace for me Chorus |
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When you feel so tired trying
When you ask and no-one knows When your heart is tired fighting When you feel like letting go Take this love I've freely given Take this dream I'm wishing for How long is forever If I can't see you anymore I'll miss you most whenever October winds begin to blow Well these days have lost their meaning And these nights can feel so cold Endless days not ever knowing What is all this suffering for Take these words "so sad to leaveing" Take this breath I breathe that's warm Take these tears so softly falling Take these love forever more How long is forever If I can't see you anymore I'll miss you most whenever October winds begin to blow How long is forever If I can't see you anymore I'll miss you most whenever October winds began to blow Now the leaves have started turning Wind whispers through my door And I'm dreaming of my father Save in my heart forever more |
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"Oh rise up my darling and come with me
I want to go with you and leave this country To leave my fathers dwelling, this house and the land So away goes Jamie with his love in his arms They go over hills and the mountains and glens Traveling all through the night in the mist in the rain But her father has followed and has taken his men And he captured poor Jamie with his love in his arms Now home she was taken to her room she is bound While poor Jamie lies on the cold stoney ground And he knows all the while before the judge he will stand For the stealing of nothing but his own true love's hand In the cold hard iron his hands they are bound Handcuffed like a murderer and tied to the ground And the goaler tells Jamie "last night I did hear That your Lady will hang you or else set you clear" The judge says "this young girl being tender in youth If Jamie is guilty she will tell the truth" Then the radiant beauty before him did stand "Oh I'm happy to see you my bold Irish lad" But the father cries out "Lord have pity on me For the man came to bring disgrace to my family And he stole my only daughter, all part of his plan And if you don't hang him I will quit the land" But the daughter is crying and begging is she "The fault isn't Jamie's the blame lies with me I forced him to leave and run away with me And I'll die if I can't save my bold Jamie" "Good Lord he has stole all her jewels and her rings Gold watches and amber, all my precious things And it costs me a fortune in thousands of pounds And I'll take the life of Jamie before I lie in the ground "Good Lord I gave them as a token of love An when we are parted I'll have them removed But a true lovers token wear on your right hand And think of me darling when you're in a foreign land" |
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After the morning there comes an evening
And after the evening another day And after a false love there comes a true love I'd have you listen now to what I say I swear my love is the finest young man As fair as any the sun shines on But how to save him, I do not know it For he has got a sentence to be hung As he was marching the streets of Derry I own he marched up right manfully Being much more like a commanding officer Than a man to die upon the gallows tree "What keeps my love so long in coming Oh what detains her so long from me Or does she think it a shame or scandal To see me die upon the gallows tree" He looked around and he saw her coming And she was dressed all in woollen fine The weary steed that my love was riding It flew more swifftly than the wind Come down, come down from that cruel gallows I've got your pardon from the king And I'll let them see that they dare not hang you And I'll crown my love with a bunch of green |
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When all is said and done
You're still a lucky one And I've lost out again this time You said that we were strong Said that we'd go on and on Do you see that you were wrong this time? Now I want to tell you Chorus: If you wanted to break me If you wanted to see me falling I'll make it easy for you No, you won't have to try Really think you should know that Come the morning light There'll be no-one left to fight You say I'm not to blame Things don't often go your way Well maybe you were wrong this time Cos from where I'm standing now It doesn't matter any how We've lost too many friends this time Now I need to tell you Chorus When darkness follows you home at night And all the voices drown you out This world is turning us inside out Do you believe it is worth the fight Chorus |
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The snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing
And the corn it ripens fastest when the frost is setting in And when the young man tells me that my face he'll soon forget Before we part I bet a crown, he'd be fain to follow it yet And the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is spring But when spring blows and winter goes my love then you'll be free With all your pride and to follow me where it crossed the stormy sea And the snows they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing And the bee that flew when summer shone in winter he won't sing And all the flowers in all the land so brightly they may be. And the snow it melts the soonest when my true love's for me. So whoever says to me farewell here, no farewell I receive, For you will leave me at your side, or you kiss and take your leave And I'll wait here 'til the moorcock calls and the Martin takes his leave For the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing. |
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Some walls are made of stone
Some times we build our own Some walls will stand for years Some wash away with tears Some walls are lined with gold Some hearts stay safe and cold Some walls are made of doubt Holding in and keeping out Chorus: If there's any hope for love at all Some walls must fall Some walls are built on pride Some keep a child inside Some walls are made in fear That love let go will disappear Chorus How will you ever know what might be found Until you let the walls come tumbling down Chorus |
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Every time you touch my face
Every time you touch my face I feel your soul's amazing grace Every time Every time you touch my face I'll try to love you tenderly I'll try to love you tenderly Loving you comes easily I'll try to love I try to love you tenderly Take my hand and don't look back Take my hand and don't look back We'll take a ride on the railroad track Take my hand Take my hand and don't look back We'll sing a song to the cities beat Where the white sheets hang above the dusty streets The songs we sing sound so sweet We'll sing a song to the city's beat I can tell that you need your sleep I can tell that you need your sleep We've been running round these lonley street I can tell I can tell that you need your sleep How much time do you think we got How much time do you think we got We had a little now we hope for lots Tell me How much time do you think we got Lets raise a glass to the ones we love Raise a glass to the ones we love And spare a thought for the ones above Raise a glass Raise a glass to the ones we love Lets raise a glass to the ones we love Raise a glass to the ones we love And spare a thought for the ones above Raise a glass Raise a glass to the ones we love |
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