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By the mountainside, by the ocean blue
Where the struggle broke my heart in two River of millions flow downstream A golden highway to the sea of dreams Morning comes, turn on the light Deceive the day, delay the night Ideologies come, ideologies go A waste of words, and endless flow Great people come, take the stage Famous moments vanish without trace Trees grow tall, fields grow wheat Woman grows older, man grows weak But now you're here I feel no fear I can't believe The news from heaven You close your eyes On a world inside A spark of life On a wire from heaven In the state of a miracle State of a miracle. I watch this miracle unfold In the state of a miracle State of a miracle Far north of the soul |
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You ask me to believe in magic
Expect me to commit suicide of the heart And you ask me to play this game without question Raising the stakes on this shotgun roulette But you came to me like the ways of children Simple as breathing, easy as air Now the years hold no fears, like the wind they pass over Loved, forgiven, washed, saved Every river I try to cross Every hill I try to climb Every ocean I try to swim Every road I try to find All the ways of my life I'd rather be with you There's no way Without you |
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I arrived in the city of lights
Enchanted ballrooms where I lost my life I've closed my eyes On your fairground smile Seedy heroes and silver tills Sinking suns on a sea of thrills I place my bets Trading with strangers in silhouette I drink your health, son of the earth Passing ships in the modern death We're all still fired Old emotions still burn inside On solid ground, round the mother tongue A tower of hope, a joyful sound You take your time A hand of aces in a pack of lies I found my song and I started to sing Took me away on an olden wing So far from home Standing so lonely but not alone In this empire of ache and rhyme Lovers and best friends are running blind I grasp your hand Is this the only world I understand There's a sadness There's a joy There's a place There's a song that will never die Forever |
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What makes me walk through Ireland's shrines
And Ireland's holy shores To see a country crucified Your beauty crowned in thorns And as I watch that wonderous cross That's been hewn down and severed in two There's something here That draws me near To wear the green for you To see you there blood brother Gael The face, the tongue my own Many places in my own country Could not make me feel more at home Laughter and music through the night Your freedom in the dark Tonight I swear I'd gladly wear The green next to ma heart From the long and rolling Antrim hills Through the wilds of Donegal The songs of history are sung Every stone on every wall But here in our land how can we stand And wash our hands of shame When the sins of generations fall Across the green like rain Here one world window opens wide And demons they show face Some of your men have taken seeds of truth And planted fields of hate This way has never won a war And I fear that when the harvest comes You'll see your freedom fall on stoney ground And the green overgrown |
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Failte gu mo dhan
Siol is means nam bard Am foghar bha feitheamh orm Bho an la a bha mi og Failte gu mo thir Eilean geal an iar An t-ait a chi gach tuigse is firinn Glaiste 'na mo chridhe Failte gu mo chainnt Is i dh'ionnsaich mi 'nam phaisde Canan uasal mor nan Gaidheal Mar bhratach dhomh gach la Is ged a dh' fheuch iad ri cur as dhuinn Chi mo theaghlach cnoc nan linn Is ged tha ar canan leoint le stri 'S an tir seo bidh i beo Trobhad is coisich rium Ri taobh a' chuain Is seallaidh mi dhuit Tir a' Mhurain |
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How can we close our eyes
Watch our world break down and die How can we let it be Slaves to world economy How can we be like wood Watch our world cry out for food How can't we start to see A glimpse of world simplicity The hands of wealth are tied Men of power run and hide But we're players you and me In the game of world duplicity World appeal World appeal This is our planet Let it heal The earth, the rain, the air, the seas This is our future Let it breathe |
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In the slipstream of luck and democracy
A victim of chance and geography I reap and I sow the face of the earth While big guns play games with the land of my birth I walk these hills and I sail the seas I've weathered the storms of history Created to live, created to share With the fish of the sea, the birds of the air I'm not too hot on Dukes or Earls or Graces But I love respect and exhalted places Give me the people with sod on the knee The higher the monkey climbs the more he reveals Tear down these walls All men were born the same You came here with nothing But naked and a name A name Tear down these walls They keep raising for you |
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Twelve o'clock at night
Streets of many corners The lunar river winds Down the closes and the lanes The night skips the sleeping years And reawakes the memory Takes me along the way To the places of the heart The days of summer came Days of many heartache Not to love is not to live Not to live is not to feel no pain So unlock this heart of stone Teach me the ways of mystery In the places where they say Only the brave can walk alone You took me through this town And you took me to the moment That makes angels lose their wings And makes poets lose their wonder But I have found in you A love line pure and lasting May your heart hold true And your nights run long |
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Ochd deug seisreach
Air raontainn Aird a' Mhorrain Na fir a' treabhadh An la a thainig na Sleitich Dubh dath na fala A dhoirt 'na tuil gu talamh Saighead claidheamh Tro chairdeas corp an Udail Siol Ghoraidh Mac Ruairidh Clann Raghnaill Clann Dhomhaill Linn gu linn Ainm gu ainm Air an sgiath seo dh 'Uibhist 'S mi beo an drasd Clann mo theaghlaich Clann mo theaghlaich fhein |
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We grew up in the spaces
Where the four winds blow We left these glens and valleys Traitors to the plough We thought we knew the answers thought we had it made We kissed down in the city Swore we'd never change We grew up young And we played the years Held out for love like it was fire Now I can't wait any longer Down that line Going to walk with you That final mile Today there's gold an your finger Today you're dressed in white Today we stand alone together Proud of you for life Now the hurt is gone Now the doubt is gone I'm walking down A clearway to your heart |
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It's all over now, no more summers in heaven
After World War Two wed and a life of ups and downs I see it now, precious even on paper A young man and his bride and someone to make time stand still All things remain to ignore and outlive you From the man in the moon to the greenhills outside your door Alone you came so alone you must go now There's no mountain on earth can ever outlive your soul I know you well, you'll be nothing but grateful Never let it be said they were spent in thoughtless ways Warm winds blow 'cross the ties that bind forever For a place in the sun and for the hearts of love a home But now I know and I don't want to believe it Where does it leave you now That the precious years are gone |
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