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When I was young I spoke like a child, And I saw with a childs eyes
And an open door was to a girl, Like the stars are to the skies It's funny how the world lives up to all your expectations With adventures for the stout of heart, And the lure of the open spaces. There's two lanes running down this road, And whichever side you are on Accounts for where you want to go, And what you are running from Back when darkness overtook me, On a blindman's curve. CHORUS: I relied upon the moon, I relied upon the moon I relied upon the moon and St. Christopher. Now I've paid my dues 'cause I have owed them, But I've paid a price sometimes For being such a stubborn woman, In such stubborn times I have run from the arms of lovers, I have run from the eyes of friends I have run from the hands of kindness, I have run just because I can. Now I've grown and I speak like a woman, And I see with a woman's eyes And an open door is to me now, Like the saddest of goodbyes Well it's too late for turning back, And I pray for the heart and nerve . CHORUS: (repeat chorus) I relied upon the moon, I relied upon the moon I relied upon the moon and St. Christopher to be my guide. |
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If life is a river and your heart is a boat
And just like a water baby, baby born to float And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high Then your heart is Amelia dying to fly Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes And if life is a bar room in which we must wait 'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates And we stack all the deadmen in self addressed crates In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark That somehow this black night Feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark To hold us 'til the day When fear will lose its grip And heaven has its way Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right Then your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark That somehow this black night Feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark To hold us 'til the day when fear will lose its grip And heaven has its way And heaven has its way When all will harmonise And know what's in our hearts The dream will realise Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes |
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Babs in the wood walking thru' snow
Big bad wolf at the window Not much choice in the matter now Some must lead some must follow Touch can mean distance to some people Touch can mean prison or be like a cage I always thought that life could be more simple Specially in this day and age Chorus They got the time they got the need The world's getting weird the wolf's running free But that's another story this their story Babes in the wood eager and keen Soft as the fern underneath them Wet to the skin from their own hot glow No more wolf at the window Touch can mean distance to some people Touch can mean I own you forever and a day If only life could be more simple Specially in this day and age Chorus But touch can be a blessing to other people Touch can bring blossom to things that decay I think life should be that simple Specially in this day and age Chorus... |
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Stories never end 'til you come to conclusions:
Carolina ruadh has a hand in my confusion. Waits for me to choose which quarter to bend in. To Susie-Make-Me-Blue, or the redhead I'm attending. Oh Carolina ruadh has my heart and all I want to do's Go down the windy road where my Carolina goes: Down the crooked road where Carolina goes to school Mo Charolina ruadh, do you love me? Tell me true, tell me...... Standing on three queens, thought the game was over. Then, from the blue, Carolina's at my shoulder: Laughter in her eyes and a smile That touches all the guys On down the crooked road where Carolina goes to school --Mo Charolina ruadh, do you love me? Tell me true, tell me.. |
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Tumbling curls of green by stained glass streaming light,
And a yellow coloured lampshade-used to keep us up all night, And the smile upon your face, a tear upon your cheek, And the night sky on the window-your heart calling out to me. Chorus Come running home again Katie, come running home again, Cross my heart and hope to die, shall I cause another tear from your eye? The mirror that wont talk and your nightgown on the door, The old pedal singer just dont sing no more, You can roll the reels for hours, from the movie from this book, It's a question mark on this heart of mine, sends an elder back to look. Chorus(followed by immediate): Katie. Now I'm looking through a tunnel back into the room, With the genius of a Druid, when the sunlight floods the tomb, And I'm never going back there, and I couldn't any way, 'Cause though I made the great escape, I never got away. Chorus |
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Better keep your distance from this whale
Better keep your boat from going astray Find yourself a partner and treat them well Try to give them shelter night and day 'Cause here in this blue light Far away from the fireside Things can get twisted and crazy and crowded You can't even feel right So you dream of Columbus Ever time the panic starts You dream of Columbus With your maps and your beautiful charts You dream of Columbus With an ache in your travelling heart See how the cormorant swoops and dives Must be some thrill to go that deep Down to the basement of this life Down to where the mermaid gently sleeps Not like here in this blue light Far away from the fireside Where things can get twisted and haunted and crowded You can't even feel alright Chorus And as tide must ebb and flow I am dragged down under And I wait the livelong day For an end to my hunger So I dream of Columbus Every time that the panic starts I dream of Columbus With my maps and my beautiful charts I dream of Columbus And there's peace in a traveling heart I dream of Columbus |
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Adam's at the window
Staring at teh apple trees on fire Waiting for the windfall That brings the smile of kings and their desire Door blows in behind him A floral pattern summer dress so gay Burning in the sunlight Too late to wait For darkenss won't delay To steal her cherry lips away For while the coareless tongues of sunlight Slowly trickle down The curve of hips her fingertips In kissing sips we drown In kissing sips we drown Chorus: And Adam will have his way Adam will have his way Adam's on the island Living in the land of love Shadows lurk around him Drunk on the royal jelly of pure love Full and ripe the fruit hang For when the prince arrives he will want more And more and more he will drink from the canvas cup The son of a swan will then loose his plumera And he will wear a new age suit And haunt the joints in town And play a silver magic flute And call his lovers down And call his lovers down Chorus: And Adam will have his way Adam will have his way Adam will have his way Adam's at the easel Painting in the wrinkles and the grey Waiting for November Easy with the darkness of the day Smiles a tear of gladness And Adams at the window once again Burning in the sunlight Too late to wait For darkness won't delay To steal her cherry lips away For while the careless tongues of sunlight Slowly trickle down The curve of hips, her fingertips In kissing sips we drown In kissing sips we drown Chorus... Repeat Chorus... |
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From the corner of my eye I see a tear rolling down
At the time I couldn't tell whose tear it was If it was mine I should be glad That I still function in this cage But if it's yours it only makes me more lost To see a tear rolling down To see a tear rolling down This is the last call for Ellis Island These are the last words I'm ever gonna hear you say So goodbye, babe Goodbye, babe. I hear sweethearts whisper their undying love Above the noise on the quay their voices rise They must have something so strong in the face of such change That they can promise and promise all night Oh, their undying love, hear their undying love This is the last call for Ellis Island These are the last words I'm ever gonna hear you say So goodbye, babe Goodbye, babe. Oh, what you wouldn't give to be down on the pier once again Far away from the cries of this war-weary horde Time up there in the clouds must be hard to endure When your heart's unsure It's like a knife in my gut knowing you're taking leave I feel I'm sentenced to a death without appeal I can pretend it's all a dream And what I'm seeing will disappear But the end I can see is all too real Knowing you're taking leave Knowing you're taking leave This is the last call for Ellis Island These are the last words I'm ever gonna hear you say So goodbye, babe Goodbye, babe |
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I skimmed across black water, without once submerging
Onto the banks of an urban morning That hungers the first light, much much more Than mountains ever do. And she like a ghost beside me, goes down with the ease of a dolphin And emerges unlearned, unshamed, unharmed For she is the perfect creature, natural in every feature And I am the geek with the alchemists' stone Chorus For all of you who must discover, For all who seek to understand, For having left the path of others You find a very special hand And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time And it is the only way Forget-me-nots among the snow, it's always been and so it goes To ponder his death and his life eternally Chorus For all of you who must discover For all who seek to understand, For having left the path of others You find a very special hand And it is a holy thing And it is the only way Forget-me-nots among the snow, it's always been and so it goes To ponder his death and his life eternally One bright blue rose outlives all those Two thousand years and still it goes To ponder his death and his life eternally |
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Last night I dreamed you were back again
Larger than life again, holding me tight again Placing those same kisses on my brow Sweeter than ever now, Lord I remember how Couldn't get enough of kissing Do you know how much I'm missing? No you don't, but I do Days like a slow train trickle by Even the words that I write refuse to fly All that I can hear is your song haunting me Can't get the melody out of my head you see Distractions I've been using Do you know how much I'm losing? No you don't, but I do But I do and I wonder if I'm past the point of rescue An is no word from you at all the best that you can do Never meant to push or shove you Do you know how much I love you? No you don't, but I do. |
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A shimmer or a shudder, a sentence or a shriek
What other languages do we speak? I don't know what the answer is, but fair dues to you A local lack of wisdom never stopped your being true A drummer in the basement A rhythm - roll at each hand's turn Finding one thing you can believe in Could seem like so much work You've heard the cry before Up and away we shall go Tearing up the town Tearing up the town Hurry to dinner, son, the heat is on Your daddy's in the oven and your mamma, she's gone She went down to the clinic, but the news was not good They told her it was nothing much, but she'd had quite enough The ruins of a household, a loverboy who sits and stares "No, No" she cried, "I can't take it, I'm gonna go out somewhere" You've heard the cry before Up and away she goes She's tearing up the town Tearing up the town Tearing up the town Now we're really with it, comrades, now we're set Ben Dolan's right behind us with the castanets It took a lot of pleading, but he came here after all And Ben's the very boy to take us right to where we want Hey, look at them couples linking through the rainy streets Someplace to be in love, the best there'll ever be Oh sister sadness, get yourself behind me Oh brother badness, why must you deny me? It doesn't matter where I've gone I'm on the run like everyone Tearing up the town Tearing up the town We're tearing up the town |
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