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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
As I walked out one evening
To breathe the air and sooth my mind I thought of friends and the home I had And all those things I left behind oh... A silent star shone on me My eyes saw the far horizon As if to pierce this veil of time And escape this earthly prison oh... Chorus Will there come a time when the memories fade And pass on with the long, long years? When the ties no longer bind Lord save me from this darkest fear Don't let me come home a stranger I couldn't stand to be a stranger In this place so far from home They know my name but they don't know me They hear my voice; they see my face But they can't lay no claim on me oh... Chorus As I walk this universe I free my mind of time and space I wander through the galaxy But never do I find my place oh... Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
Everybody else has gone
But you're still here with me All the world is sleeping by and by Through the windowpane The frosted light is streaming in Full moon sailing high across the sky Tonight is like the night when we first met I always knew I never would forget you Come and hold me close I miss you more than I can say I can't imagine how I pass the time Wondering if you'll ever know How much you mean to me I never dreamed there'd be a change of mind Oh lover, this is where I want to stay Maybe it could always be this way Gentle music, rock away the sadnesses in me Rock away my lonely yesterdays I recall you said to me a long, long time ago "Don't you lose direction in the crowd, I think you could" But when I did you found me and I didn't even know Hardly even knew you were around, and understood I was reaching out each moment to be free You were all those things I'd never be Gentle music, rock away the sadnesses in me Rock away my lonely yesterdays Like pennies on the ocean 'Til no trace of them I see 'Til moonlight shows no ripples on the waves And then the clear reflection will remain Perhaps the same reflection of that same full moon Full moon, full moon, full moon... |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. Struck by the sounds before the sun, I knew the night had gone. The morning breeze like a bugle blew Against the drums of dawn. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. The ocean wild like an organ played, The seaweed's wove its strands. The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed Against the rocks and sands. I stood unwound beneath the skies And clouds unbound by laws. The crying rain like a trumpet sang And asked for no applause. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. The last of leaves fell from the trees And clung to a new love's breast. The branches bare like a banjo played To the winds that listened best. I gazed down in the river's mirror And watched its winding strum. The water smooth ran like a hymn And like a harp did hum. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
With your famous philosophies
Tied up in brown paper wrapping and string You stepped back through time Like the time that you stepped through Meant nothing at all A little bit weary and world worn and eager For taking some more And we leaned on each other like brothers And fought with our backs to the wall Chorus We took no routine stance We were living' our lives by chance Robbing Peter for Paul Losing it all Maybe I'll find you one Saturday night In St. Kilda again We were wrong the world didn't end Between there and here Thought it's still looking shaky and worn Did you give up your dreaming Believing time finds a price for us all But time is an enemy, patient and clever And way beyond our control When you run out of time It's funny but money can't talk at all Chorus When the world turned rough And betrayed your trust And they left you out in the cold In the deafening silence A man is an island When he's out on his own A little bit weary and world worn Not eager for talking anymore Hey brother what happened To standing and fighting With our backs to the wall Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
I've been searching
Through other people's words Looking for direction I've been trying To get into their worlds Without satisfaction So don't go changing Your troubled mind again You gotta make decisions Don't go waiting On middle ground when It's not a safe position Chorus Though you've lost all you received It's not what you got it's what you believe in Though you've forgot all you need You've got to stand up For what you believe in A lack of something Is evident again I feel I must explain 'Cause I feel nothing But frustration and pain That I can't contain Chorus Don't leave me behind Out of sight is out of mind Please don't let me stray I know I'll be okay So now I see I've got to get off of this fence, My mind's made up now 'Cause I feel free And my soul can make amends For all this doubt |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
She roots out her best earrings with a comb
The ones that go with her rowdy red hair Weaves her way between the plastic and the bones Leaves all her empty evenings hanging in the air And he don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she may soon say goodbye He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die She sees the men out changing the state Knows they stoop through her eyes are half drowned Hears the steeple say it's a quarter past eight Moves on in a hurry well she's a long way from town He don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she may soon make him cry He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die We won't get away from this either No matter how hard we try The truth is there to catch us The truth is going to save our lives He's in a thrill of anticipation So glad he bought something small To give her for a gift He feels kind of silly In case she thinks he's having her on All he meant was She's got a friend she can kiss And he don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she soon has to fly He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
Your hands are cold lover
Where have you been? You don't need persuasion You just need a sin We can differ Thought the hours of the night That's no big thing Ah but give me one embrace And I'll stop all my talking The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide Life gets so serious There's no time to play I don't want any blessing 'Cause I spy you headed my way I could carve your name Down on a stone That's no big thing Ah but when I see your face There's no need for talking The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide I was lost in a fog Living in a world I never knew about Now I'm standing in a place And heaven's all around The shadows have all washed out Yeah the shadows have all washed out Oh what paradise is this The words of welcome on your lips The stamp of certainty In all your steps You're here to save me from This slow death The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide The real you is there to see The real you has the best for me Gods loves even the poorest life So let's do our bit in this full tide In this full tide |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue I'd go crawling down the avenue There's nothing that I wouldn't do To make you feel my love The storms are raging on the rollin' sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You ain't seen nothing like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldn't do Go to the ends of the earth for you To make you feel my love |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
How can I say what I feel?
When I turn around you're not here I know it's my time to lead But the emptiness inside leaves me weak Chorus So now I see now you've been freed You'll always be near like you were all those years And now I breathe the life you gave 'Cause I've learned from the best And I've always been blessed with your love We gathered round for your last breath Talked with you while you slept Somehow I know you'll be all right The perfect end to a perfect life Then in a moment it all becomes so clear I want so much to tell you But you're no longer here Chorus So now I see now you've been freed That you'll always be near like you were all those years And now I breathe the life you leave 'Cause I've learned from the best And I've always been blessed with your love |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
Late glow on an early winter evening in Dockland
with my ship of dreams moving easily across the sound Reminiscence is weighting me down with a vengeance tide water so deep I think I'm going to drown But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction In the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold I don't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice gone out of Dockland without a care in the world It didn't hit me when I met you coming out of the shambles It didn't hit me when you took me to the summer field I didn't flinch when you told me that you'd get what you wanted I never had what it takes to have a heart of steel But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction in the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold I didn't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice I'm gone out Dockland without a care in the world gone out of Dockland And yes I loved you the time that is was and yes you may rip me whenever you want So it goes on a crystal clear morning in Dockland and heaven knows if I'll ever live to love again Struck down by the kiss of an angel in limbo laid low by the act of the going But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction in the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold I didn't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice gone out of Dockland without a care in the world I'm gone out of Dockland without a care in world |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
Late glow on an early winter evening in Dockland
with my ship of dreams moving easily across the sound Reminiscence is weighting me down with a vengeance tide water so deep I think I'm going to drown But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction In the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold I don't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice gone out of Dockland without a care in the world It didn't hit me when I met you coming out of the shambles It didn't hit me when you took me to the summer field I didn't flinch when you told me that you'd get what you wanted I never had what it takes to have a heart of steel But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction in the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold I didn't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice I'm gone out Dockland without a care in the world gone out of Dockland And yes I loved you the time that is was and yes you may rip me whenever you want So it goes on a crystal clear morning in Dockland and heaven knows if I'll ever live to love again Struck down by the kiss of an angel in limbo laid low by the act of the going But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction in the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold I didn't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice gone out of Dockland without a care in the world I'm gone out of Dockland without a care in world |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
If we leave here today
we could be a thousand miles away Take to that road see how far it goes And on that great ocean road Oh the country's in our bones All the trouble that you know empties out as you go Chorus: Oh come on walk with me, talk with me, tell me your stories I'll do my best to understand you You're flesh and blood, flesh and blood Don't refuse me your love More than words can express More than wealth or success Oh there's a thousand things to do So let's start here with me and you All the pain that you feel All the hurt that seems so real Oh come on walk with me, talk with me, tell me your stories I'll do my very best to understand you You're flesh and blood You can't go on holding back the flooding river Keeping all that fear inside I understand how trouble haunts you Yes and I do know how you feel There's a thousand things to do So let's start here with me and you Gonna take a little time Let's see what we can find Oh come on walk with me......... |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
If we leave here today
we could be a thousand miles away Take to that road see how far it goes And on that great ocean road Oh the country's in our bones All the trouble that you know empties out as you go Chorus: Oh come on walk with me, talk with me, tell me your stories I'll do my best to understand you You're flesh and blood, flesh and blood Don't refuse me your love More than words can express More than wealth or success Oh there's a thousand things to do So let's start here with me and you All the pain that you feel All the hurt that seems so real Oh come on walk with me, talk with me, tell me your stories I'll do my very best to understand you You're flesh and blood You can't go on holding back the flooding river Keeping all that fear inside I understand how trouble haunts you Yes and I do know how you feel There's a thousand things to do So let's start here with me and you Gonna take a little time Let's see what we can find Oh come on walk with me......... |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I looked into a mirror made of lines
With tiny symbols here and there to make the image mine A woman stood and painted, and showed me what to find The different parts, the fire, the air, and where my life would climb: and where it joins another, and what would always bind: Chorus: It's a golden thread to hold you all of my days, Hold my head against you, now and for always, Sewn me up, shown us a long, long time; Makes you my life, makes you my life. The moving finger writes and goes away; I'm weighed upon a balance here and I'm told that I can stay The kettle heats, the water speaks up, says I'm not alone; My whole life is a tapestry, and hanging in my home. And here it joins another, by what will always bind: Chorus An when you looked your angel flew away And what it meant was your protection's gone another day And what has come to change you, and have you come what may Is fashioned by an old triangle, green as April haze, And blue is just a colour, but blue is here to stay. Chorus (2) |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I looked into a mirror made of lines
With tiny symbols here and there to make the image mine A woman stood and painted, and showed me what to find The different parts, the fire, the air, and where my life would climb: and where it joins another, and what would always bind: Chorus: It's a golden thread to hold you all of my days, Hold my head against you, now and for always, Sewn me up, shown us a long, long time; Makes you my life, makes you my life. The moving finger writes and goes away; I'm weighed upon a balance here and I'm told that I can stay The kettle heats, the water speaks up, says I'm not alone; My whole life is a tapestry, and hanging in my home. And here it joins another, by what will always bind: Chorus An when you looked your angel flew away And what it meant was your protection's gone another day And what has come to change you, and have you come what may Is fashioned by an old triangle, green as April haze, And blue is just a colour, but blue is here to stay. Chorus (2) |
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It's a cold old world that we're walking through
They ought to tell you at the start But it's warm as toast walkin' two by two Lay down the burden of your heart Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it It's a fine fine line between love and hate It's hard to tell the two apart But what strength I have I offer you Lay down the burden of your heart Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
It's a cold old world that we're walking through
They ought to tell you at the start But it's warm as toast walkin' two by two Lay down the burden of your heart Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it It's a fine fine line between love and hate It's hard to tell the two apart But what strength I have I offer you Lay down the burden of your heart Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it |
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There you may stand in your splendour and jewels
swaying me in both directions One is the right one, the other for fools How do I make my selection? The city lies silent in the warm morning light The sand is as golden as saffron Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who have none though they've tried Someone is drowning down there in the flood But this river will dry by tomorrow Is its ocean or stream this love in my blood? Bringer of joy and sorrow? The end of the journey must soon be in sight Birth is the start of the swansong Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who want some by are denied No one is given the map to their dreams All we can do is to trace it See where we go to Know where we've been Build up the courage to face it While we fumble in the darkness where once there was light Roaming the land of the ancients Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones whose patience never died While we stumble in blindness where once there was sight Searching for trees in the forest Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried God bless the poor ones who want some but are denied God bless the poor ones whose patience never died God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
There you may stand in your splendour and jewels
swaying me in both directions One is the right one, the other for fools How do I make my selection? The city lies silent in the warm morning light The sand is as golden as saffron Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who have none though they've tried Someone is drowning down there in the flood But this river will dry by tomorrow Is its ocean or stream this love in my blood? Bringer of joy and sorrow? The end of the journey must soon be in sight Birth is the start of the swansong Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who want some by are denied No one is given the map to their dreams All we can do is to trace it See where we go to Know where we've been Build up the courage to face it While we fumble in the darkness where once there was light Roaming the land of the ancients Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones whose patience never died While we stumble in blindness where once there was sight Searching for trees in the forest Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried God bless the poor ones who want some but are denied God bless the poor ones whose patience never died God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
They sent you down a paper friend I hear
and you went back on all the vows you once held so dear There you stretched so calm and quiet and things looked good now don't deny it You walked on air for fifteen minutes and after that there was nothing in it You don't need those paper friends at all no you don't need those kind of friends You say you've lost your sense of time again well you've been using that excuse since who knows when You went the way of all young rebels ignore the Gods embrace the Devils But they're no good for you in your state so why not drive them right out of your gates ‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those type of friends No one knows what you're feeling and life goes on in its own sweet time Your passions flame for no reason you haunt the city for something that shines even one thing to rhyme And if I meet you on the rounds today I hope you won't turn on your heel or walk away Yes I know it takes so much effort but facing up can be so much better So what if dreams they all come to nothing just blow your nose and keep on looking ‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those kind of friends Yes you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those paper friends |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
They sent you down a paper friend I hear
and you went back on all the vows you once held so dear There you stretched so calm and quiet and things looked good now don't deny it You walked on air for fifteen minutes and after that there was nothing in it You don't need those paper friends at all no you don't need those kind of friends You say you've lost your sense of time again well you've been using that excuse since who knows when You went the way of all young rebels ignore the Gods embrace the Devils But they're no good for you in your state so why not drive them right out of your gates ‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those type of friends No one knows what you're feeling and life goes on in its own sweet time Your passions flame for no reason you haunt the city for something that shines even one thing to rhyme And if I meet you on the rounds today I hope you won't turn on your heel or walk away Yes I know it takes so much effort but facing up can be so much better So what if dreams they all come to nothing just blow your nose and keep on looking ‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those kind of friends Yes you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those paper friends |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I remember when we were sweethearts
I was safe with you, you were my protector Those days are over, now I need someone Someone to keep me safe from you Love was all we had, we were young and sure Who'd expect their love would turn to war I don't know who to pity more How much pain can love endure? I should leave you but I can't seem to You say I'm sorry dear and I believe you Though the next time may be the worst yet How easily I forgive, how quickly you forget The poison words, the ugliness When low on hope and deep into debt The promises that bring regret For loving you is this all I get? The poison words, the ugliness the cold remains of married bliss to all our dreams a fatal kiss Oh what kind of love is this? |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I remember when we were sweethearts
I was safe with you, you were my protector Those days are over, now I need someone Someone to keep me safe from you Love was all we had, we were young and sure Who'd expect their love would turn to war I don't know who to pity more How much pain can love endure? I should leave you but I can't seem to You say I'm sorry dear and I believe you Though the next time may be the worst yet How easily I forgive, how quickly you forget The poison words, the ugliness When low on hope and deep into debt The promises that bring regret For loving you is this all I get? The poison words, the ugliness the cold remains of married bliss to all our dreams a fatal kiss Oh what kind of love is this? |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
When the morning comes
I gaze on you with desire When the morning comes my look will be perfectly plain When the morning comes my beloved one When the morning comes you'll know that we both feel the same In the afternoon misgivings will pale into nothing In the afternoon we'll know what it is to believe When it's afternoon and I covet you In the afternoon I'll give you no reason to leave Done with time and patience I moved with the crowd Lonely in my silence and being without Then all in one instant straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The summer sent you Now its evening time and I reach for you lying beside me Now its evening time your kiss will be tender and sure Now its evening time just like every time In the evening time I love you as much as before Done with time and patience I moved with the crowd Lonely in my silence and being without Then all in one instance straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The Summer sent you All in one sweet instant straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The Summer sent you |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
When the morning comes
I gaze on you with desire When the morning comes my look will be perfectly plain When the morning comes my beloved one When the morning comes you'll know that we both feel the same In the afternoon misgivings will pale into nothing In the afternoon we'll know what it is to believe When it's afternoon and I covet you In the afternoon I'll give you no reason to leave Done with time and patience I moved with the crowd Lonely in my silence and being without Then all in one instant straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The summer sent you Now its evening time and I reach for you lying beside me Now its evening time your kiss will be tender and sure Now its evening time just like every time In the evening time I love you as much as before Done with time and patience I moved with the crowd Lonely in my silence and being without Then all in one instance straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The Summer sent you All in one sweet instant straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The Summer sent you |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover I was living in the grandeur Of my father's land Mmm... By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder And the rocks I held in my young hands I never felt them slip away Well the sun shone bright upon the waves And the wind blew high as I was leaving And I sailed so far away Looking for adventure Mmm... But I would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours Though music is a pretty thing In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away I felt I had to find my way Where no-one ever goes Mmm... It was in the south that my new home lay With a dark eyed boy and wild horses With humming birds and roses there In old Mexico There the winds of change they blew so far Of liberty and revolution And it seemed that each man heard in his breast The drumming of a nation Mmm... Repeat the first verse |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover I was living in the grandeur Of my father's land Mmm... By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder And the rocks I held in my young hands I never felt them slip away Well the sun shone bright upon the waves And the wind blew high as I was leaving And I sailed so far away Looking for adventure Mmm... But I would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours Though music is a pretty thing In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away I felt I had to find my way Where no-one ever goes Mmm... It was in the south that my new home lay With a dark eyed boy and wild horses With humming birds and roses there In old Mexico There the winds of change they blew so far Of liberty and revolution And it seemed that each man heard in his breast The drumming of a nation Mmm... Repeat the first verse |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover I was living in the grandeur Of my father's land Mmm... By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder And the rocks I held in my young hands I never felt them slip away Well the sun shone bright upon the waves And the wind blew high as I was leaving And I sailed so far away Looking for adventure Mmm... But I would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours Though music is a pretty thing In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away I felt I had to find my way Where no-one ever goes Mmm... It was in the south that my new home lay With a dark eyed boy and wild horses With humming birds and roses there In old Mexico There the winds of change they blew so far Of liberty and revolution And it seemed that each man heard in his breast The drumming of a nation Mmm... Repeat the first verse |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover I was living in the grandeur Of my father's land Mmm... By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder And the rocks I held in my young hands I never felt them slip away Well the sun shone bright upon the waves And the wind blew high as I was leaving And I sailed so far away Looking for adventure Mmm... But I would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours Though music is a pretty thing In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away I felt I had to find my way Where no-one ever goes Mmm... It was in the south that my new home lay With a dark eyed boy and wild horses With humming birds and roses there In old Mexico There the winds of change they blew so far Of liberty and revolution And it seemed that each man heard in his breast The drumming of a nation Mmm... Repeat the first verse |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
It reads like a fairytale
and that's what it was Young man in his prime young girl from the cross The most perfect of strangers and then the night closed in and the holy ground took care of everything Now she was a fine one and he was a handsome man One look was enough and away they ran They spend many happy hours and then the night closed in and the holy ground took care of everything Oh what's the use in complaining In for a penny in for a pound I remember the loving time and nothing else really counts And I recall the promise they made With a faith I can but admire That she'd be the one he adored and he'd be her hearts desire It didn't come true in the end they went their separate ways He couldn't change what he was she wasn't ready to wait They couldn't live in the daylight they let the night close in and the holy ground took care of everything I remember the loving time and nothing else really counts |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
It reads like a fairytale
and that's what it was Young man in his prime young girl from the cross The most perfect of strangers and then the night closed in and the holy ground took care of everything Now she was a fine one and he was a handsome man One look was enough and away they ran They spend many happy hours and then the night closed in and the holy ground took care of everything Oh what's the use in complaining In for a penny in for a pound I remember the loving time and nothing else really counts And I recall the promise they made With a faith I can but admire That she'd be the one he adored and he'd be her hearts desire It didn't come true in the end they went their separate ways He couldn't change what he was she wasn't ready to wait They couldn't live in the daylight they let the night close in and the holy ground took care of everything I remember the loving time and nothing else really counts |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
O love is never easy
It's almost always out of your way It's not the path of least resistance It's not some words you get to say It's a stream running up a mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore Wish I could say I never felt that way before I have a friend who's lonely She is chasing after her dreams And she is the one and only One who knows how hard it could be Chorus: There's a treasure on her island Buried in the city of news Wish I could say we didn't have that much to lose Yeh one friend tried to end it He could not see the good in his life In his mirror or his pocket And his hopes had come down like a knife It's a stream running up a mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore Wish I could say I never felt that way before There's a treasure on these islands |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
O love is never easy
It's almost always out of your way It's not the path of least resistance It's not some words you get to say It's a stream running up a mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore Wish I could say I never felt that way before I have a friend who's lonely She is chasing after her dreams And she is the one and only One who knows how hard it could be Chorus: There's a treasure on her island Buried in the city of news Wish I could say we didn't have that much to lose Yeh one friend tried to end it He could not see the good in his life In his mirror or his pocket And his hopes had come down like a knife It's a stream running up a mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore Wish I could say I never felt that way before There's a treasure on these islands |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
As I'm leaving a change come on my eyes
These streets persuading me with mumbled strange goodbyes Through the water through the ring To the soul of everything Throw my heart out on the stones and I'm almost gone There's no meaning in clothes and coffee cups Cheap hotel furniture where silence never stops Through the water through the ring To the sould of everything Cry my eyes out to the winds and I'm almost gone Almost gone And I'm dreaming just staring at the walls At cars all frozen now and street light waterfalls Through the water through the ring To the soul of everything Throw my heart out on the stone and I'm almost gone Through the water through the ring To the soul of everything Wash my heart out on the stones And I'm almost gone Almost gone |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
As I'm leaving a change come on my eyes
These streets persuading me with mumbled strange goodbyes Through the water through the ring To the soul of everything Throw my heart out on the stones and I'm almost gone There's no meaning in clothes and coffee cups Cheap hotel furniture where silence never stops Through the water through the ring To the sould of everything Cry my eyes out to the winds and I'm almost gone Almost gone And I'm dreaming just staring at the walls At cars all frozen now and street light waterfalls Through the water through the ring To the soul of everything Throw my heart out on the stone and I'm almost gone Through the water through the ring To the soul of everything Wash my heart out on the stones And I'm almost gone Almost gone |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Long long before I put a face on love
The one thing I knew was that Like anything love can surprise you One kiss and you brought me a lifetime Do you know what that means to me You give me the answer to whether I bleed Deep in the darkest night oh, I wake you To tell you I know that life is so beautiful with you And time will tell What hurt and what I felt This open road Is long and beautiful For every minute you need me I want to need you In every fear life is brand new Deep in the darkest night oh, I wake you And tell you I know that life is so beautiful with you And time will tell What hurt and what I felt This open road Is long and beautiful And time will tell What hurt and what I felt This open road Is long and beautiful And time will tell What hurt and what I felt This open road Is long and beautiful And time will tell |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Long long before I put a face on love
The one thing I knew was that Like anything love can surprise you One kiss and you brought me a lifetime Do you know what that means to me You give me the answer to whether I bleed Deep in the darkest night oh, I wake you To tell you I know that life is so beautiful with you And time will tell What hurt and what I felt This open road Is long and beautiful For every minute you need me I want to need you In every fear life is brand new Deep in the darkest night oh, I wake you And tell you I know that life is so beautiful with you And time will tell What hurt and what I felt This open road Is long and beautiful And time will tell What hurt and what I felt This open road Is long and beautiful And time will tell What hurt and what I felt This open road Is long and beautiful And time will tell |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I was broken by the power
I was swallowed by the need I was hiding in the corner When a voice called to me He understood my mystery Healed the wounds of my despair And with his grace he tenderly Brushed the tangles from my hair I'm feeling better by the hour I think I just might be o.k. Though bridges burn and ashes shower Think I can live with what remains As I sorted through the wreckage Sitting in my silent fast On my bed of hard earned ashes Still repenting for my past My body ached and shook with anger As I walked through narrow gates Ans I left those walls behind me And with them my mistakes I'm feeling better by the hour I think I just might be o.k. Though bridges burn and ashes shower Think I can live with what remains |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
He said darling I'm in love with you mind
The way you care for me it's so kind Love to see you again wish I had more time He was laughing as he brushed my cheek Why don't you call me baby maybe next week Promise now cross your heart and hope to die Chorus But I misunderstood But I misunderstood But I misunderstood I thought he was saying good luck He was saying goodbye Repeat Chorus Things I tried to put shine in his eyes Wire wheels and shimmering things Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly He said the thing that's so unique When we're together we don't have to speak We'll always be such good friends you and I Chorus But I misunderstood But I misunderstood But I misunderstood I thought he was saying good luck He was saying goodbye Repeart Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
He said darling I'm in love with you mind
The way you care for me it's so kind Love to see you again wish I had more time He was laughing as he brushed my cheek Why don't you call me baby maybe next week Promise now cross your heart and hope to die Chorus But I misunderstood But I misunderstood But I misunderstood I thought he was saying good luck He was saying goodbye Repeat Chorus Things I tried to put shine in his eyes Wire wheels and shimmering things Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly He said the thing that's so unique When we're together we don't have to speak We'll always be such good friends you and I Chorus But I misunderstood But I misunderstood But I misunderstood I thought he was saying good luck He was saying goodbye Repeart Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
When times are hard and friends are few
And you need someone to help you through Just call my name and I'll come running to your side Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to run I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid When morning comes and nothing's changed And the world around plays the same old game Just call on me and I will ease your lonely heart Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When every one that you believe still lets you down I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid Cause I will be there don't be afraid I will be there don't be afraid I will be there When morning comes and nothing's changed And the world around plays the same old game When everyone still lets you down I will be there When morning comes and friends are few You need someone you need someone to help you through I will be there don't be afraid I will be there don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid Don't be afraid I will be there When everyone that you believe still lets you down I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
When times are hard and friends are few
And you need someone to help you through Just call my name and I'll come running to your side Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to run I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid When morning comes and nothing's changed And the world around plays the same old game Just call on me and I will ease your lonely heart Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When every one that you believe still lets you down I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid Cause I will be there don't be afraid I will be there don't be afraid I will be there When morning comes and nothing's changed And the world around plays the same old game When everyone still lets you down I will be there When morning comes and friends are few You need someone you need someone to help you through I will be there don't be afraid I will be there don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid Don't be afraid I will be there When everyone that you believe still lets you down I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Oh Mary Jane, she step on the train
Head for the city light Yearning inside to swim with the tide and taste it all night Bag on her shoulder, breathing the cold There by the metal tracks She saw it all shine and swore in her mind she'd never go back She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio Couldn't have dreamed the things that she'd seen There on the avenue She stared right into a million eyes That looked her right through Telling red Joe, the places she'd go And wiping the table clean She got no idea the demon of fear Or what a broken heart means She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio Na Na Na Na Na Not at all New York was dark Dirty and stark Burning with yellow wings Everyday come with fever and hum Who knows what it brings Walking a wall without thought To fall and hit the ground Oh sweet Mary Jane with eyes like rain Alive to the sound She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night Late night radio Not at all |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Oh Mary Jane, she step on the train
Head for the city light Yearning inside to swim with the tide and taste it all night Bag on her shoulder, breathing the cold There by the metal tracks She saw it all shine and swore in her mind she'd never go back She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio Couldn't have dreamed the things that she'd seen There on the avenue She stared right into a million eyes That looked her right through Telling red Joe, the places she'd go And wiping the table clean She got no idea the demon of fear Or what a broken heart means She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio Na Na Na Na Na Not at all New York was dark Dirty and stark Burning with yellow wings Everyday come with fever and hum Who knows what it brings Walking a wall without thought To fall and hit the ground Oh sweet Mary Jane with eyes like rain Alive to the sound She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night Late night radio Not at all |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain
Couldn't be sure I was even alive Fallen from the icy heights Landed with a broken cry In this valley of shadows and sorrow and sighs Can you save me baby Chorus Nobody lives without love Nobody gets to give up You can try to lock your heart away But love will come back for you some day Nobody lives without love Thought I could live out my life as a stranger Hide from the heartbreak that love always brings Make it to the higher ground Try to turn the volume down Couldn't stop the sirens from singing Sing for me baby Repeat Chorus You came along like a flash of pure lightning Crashed into my life like a runaway star Feel myself falling like gravity's angel Now I'm standing here offering a stranger my heart Repeart Chorus Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive Thought I could live my life as a stranger Hide from the heart break that love always brings Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain
Couldn't be sure I was even alive Fallen from the icy heights Landed with a broken cry In this valley of shadows and sorrow and sighs Can you save me baby Chorus Nobody lives without love Nobody gets to give up You can try to lock your heart away But love will come back for you some day Nobody lives without love Thought I could live out my life as a stranger Hide from the heartbreak that love always brings Make it to the higher ground Try to turn the volume down Couldn't stop the sirens from singing Sing for me baby Repeat Chorus You came along like a flash of pure lightning Crashed into my life like a runaway star Feel myself falling like gravity's angel Now I'm standing here offering a stranger my heart Repeart Chorus Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive Thought I could live my life as a stranger Hide from the heart break that love always brings Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I do not see the way out
I do not really know how Like a shot in the dark Went your hallowed ground Had you taken too much Kept me well out of touch And refused to let me go I cannot see to you pain I do not hear you complain You are now but a dot in the pouring rain You created this mess now I'm bent to your stress And it seems to suit you well One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes the storm surely rising up Do do do do I do not see the way out You cannot turn this around Like a walk in the dark You have weighed me down I can't stand in your place Can't take this away It was all good to be true One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up Do do do do Oh you never talk about it No you never scream about it You took a spirit young and whole You turned this child into an old soul Old soul One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up Do do do do Oh you never talk about it No you never scream about it You covet things that you don't own You turn this child into and old soul Old sould One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I do not see the way out
I do not really know how Like a shot in the dark Went your hallowed ground Had you taken too much Kept me well out of touch And refused to let me go I cannot see to you pain I do not hear you complain You are now but a dot in the pouring rain You created this mess now I'm bent to your stress And it seems to suit you well One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes the storm surely rising up Do do do do I do not see the way out You cannot turn this around Like a walk in the dark You have weighed me down I can't stand in your place Can't take this away It was all good to be true One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up Do do do do Oh you never talk about it No you never scream about it You took a spirit young and whole You turned this child into an old soul Old soul One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up Do do do do Oh you never talk about it No you never scream about it You covet things that you don't own You turn this child into and old soul Old sould One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I can see it in your eyes
What I know in my heart is true That our love it has faded like the summer run through So we walk doen the shore line one last time together Feel the wind blow our wandering hearts like a feather But who knows who's waiting in the wings of time Dry your eyes We're gonna go where we can shine Don't be hiding in sorrow or clinging to the past With your beauty so precious and the seasons so fast No matter how cold the horizon appears or how far the first night when I held you near You've gotta rise from these ashes like a bird of flame Take my hand We're gonna go where we can shine For all that we struggle for all we pretend It don't come down to nothing except love in the end And ours is a road that is strewn with goodbyes But as it unfolds as it all unwinds Remember your soul is the one thing you just can't compromise Step out of the shadows You gotta go where we can shine Oh we're gonna go where we can shine Shine |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I can see it in your eyes
What I know in my heart is true That our love it has faded like the summer run through So we walk doen the shore line one last time together Feel the wind blow our wandering hearts like a feather But who knows who's waiting in the wings of time Dry your eyes We're gonna go where we can shine Don't be hiding in sorrow or clinging to the past With your beauty so precious and the seasons so fast No matter how cold the horizon appears or how far the first night when I held you near You've gotta rise from these ashes like a bird of flame Take my hand We're gonna go where we can shine For all that we struggle for all we pretend It don't come down to nothing except love in the end And ours is a road that is strewn with goodbyes But as it unfolds as it all unwinds Remember your soul is the one thing you just can't compromise Step out of the shadows You gotta go where we can shine Oh we're gonna go where we can shine Shine |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
When I see you coming
In your trespass shoes Hear the song you're humming How can i refuse With your half drunk bottle And your slurring tongue Singing sentimental Don't it always make me feel so young Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low When the push comes down to shoving When the four winds blow Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Now my heels are snagging On these pavement stones Days and nights are dragging Till I get you home With your four o'clock shadow and your cowboy songs Singing sentimental Don't it always make me feel so strong Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better when the four winds blow Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do With your forehead furrowed And your facts all wrong Oh so temperamental Oh but baby when it's said and done Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better Only goes to show when the four winds blow Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better Only goes to show Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
When I see you coming
In your trespass shoes Hear the song you're humming How can i refuse With your half drunk bottle And your slurring tongue Singing sentimental Don't it always make me feel so young Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low When the push comes down to shoving When the four winds blow Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Now my heels are snagging On these pavement stones Days and nights are dragging Till I get you home With your four o'clock shadow and your cowboy songs Singing sentimental Don't it always make me feel so strong Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better when the four winds blow Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do With your forehead furrowed And your facts all wrong Oh so temperamental Oh but baby when it's said and done Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better Only goes to show when the four winds blow Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better Only goes to show Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
What does it matter if the sun don't rise
It's midnight forever in my Jimmy's eyes What should it matter if it comes on to spring When I'm finding winter in everything Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now From so far away All of the wisdom that I held so high Shining and useless as this April sky The hedgerows are singing and it comes on spring But I'm finding winter in everything Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now From so far away So what should it matter if the earth may slide Sky break in pieces or the stars collide The little of sense left in this world or ours My Jimmy took with him in the wee small hours Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now It's so far away I'm finding winter in everything I'm finding winter in everything |
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What does it matter if the sun don't rise
It's midnight forever in my Jimmy's eyes What should it matter if it comes on to spring When I'm finding winter in everything Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now From so far away All of the wisdom that I held so high Shining and useless as this April sky The hedgerows are singing and it comes on spring But I'm finding winter in everything Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now From so far away So what should it matter if the earth may slide Sky break in pieces or the stars collide The little of sense left in this world or ours My Jimmy took with him in the wee small hours Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now It's so far away I'm finding winter in everything I'm finding winter in everything |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
I used to think joy, was the break between sorrow,
Like peace was the break between wars, I'm still partly new now, but mostly older, And I can not say I'm so sure. CHORUS I never trusted happiness, as far as I could throw it, Always preparing for the worst, 'cause I would know it, All of that hammering in the dark, like a new Noah working on his ark, On his ark. I may look back at today and feel foolish, My old view was right all along, I will rush in, where no angels are walking, And fight for the right to be wrong. CHORUS 'Cause I never trusted happiness, as far as I could throw it, Always preparing for the worst, 'cause I would know it, of that hammering in the dark, like a new Noah working on his ark, On his ark. Between my potential and the deep blue sea, There's a rock and a diamond either side of me, Between our potential and the break of day, There is nothing at all in our way, Nothing in our way. |
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With your dark hair in the Donegal breeze, Bringing me softly and sweetly to the ground, But, there's madness in the sycamore trees, And there's no salvation to be found. Right now the only thing that my mind ever holds, Are long dark silences or screaming that explodes, Burning rocking beds with visions of a land, Long dark tunnels, questions and calm, But, with you, you know I have no doubts, And fear will have no sting, With your brilliant eyes and your lost and broken wing, My head upon your shoulder as you take me in your arms, Continents will crumble, we will find no harm. CHORUS With your dark hair in the Donegal breeze, Bringing me softly and sweetly to the ground, But, there's madness in the sycamore trees, And there's no salvation to be found. Well I'll brace myself against the dark, endeavour to go on, No matter how long it takes, and even though I might be wrong, And I will ask a little favour of whatever God I find, And I will come back for you darling, when I find some peace of mind. Well I don't know about tomorrow, it will be here and gone, I don't know about tonight, it'll be too long, Sometimes I think I'm dying, and I don't care how, All I know is that I want you, and I want you here and now. CHORUS With your dark hair in the Donegal breeze, Bringing me softly and sweetly to the ground, But, there's madness in the sycamore trees, And there's no salvation to be found. |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
Phone calls and taxi-rides
And somebody's leaving Misunderstandings get out of control And the right words get left And the wrong words get spoken He's gone but not your pride Chorus Not much can help The full heart that's breaking Can't find the words And you can't hide the feelings And it's down to the bone To the heart of the matter You're free free as stone Look at you now You're the picture of sorrow Head in your hands Like a scene from a movie And all of the things That seemed so important Are leaves and are blowing away Chorus Nothing can help The full heart that's breaking You can't find the words And you can't hide the feelings And it's down to the bone To the heart of the matter You're free free as stone Walk through this town On a cold Sunday morning Soldiers in uniforms Guns in their hands The world all caught up With barbed wire fences I'm free I'm free as stone Chorus Oh nothing can help The full heart that's breaking Won't find the words And you can't hide the feelings And it's down to bone To the heart of the matter You're free free as stone You're free free as stone |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
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Gabriel Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Oh Gabriel Gabriel Save this heart from hell Heaven knows I love you And heaven knows how true I'd be for you People have their failings And I know that I've got mine I know I've been ungrateful I know I've been unkind Chorus Gabriel Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Oh come on Gabriel Gabriel Save this heart from hell Down into the valleys And out across the sea Our dreams go Caught up in a loving So much stronger than we knew That could tear our world apart Or with some fate just pull us through Chorus Gabriel oh Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Gabriel Gabriel Save this heart from hell Time will wait for no one And time will take it's toll And we'll grow old Weary from the fighting Worn out from a war Where no one can surrender Or wants to fight anymore Chorus Gabriel Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Gabriel Gabriel Save this heart from hell Gabriel Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Oh Gabriel Gabriel This heart's in hell Repeat |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
Something about this is precious, Something about this is sad
Something about this is better, Than I've ever had Hard and lean, You know what I mean? How do the roots become tangled? Why does the spirit grow tired? Where is the key to your kingdom? Yes that's my desire. CHORUS: There are those who live to count the cost And then those who count themselves content I see heaven wrapped up in a box It is you come back to love again, In a dream, This living dream. Up in a heap I'm not bothered, Down in the dumps I'm okay Here in my heart you're the best road, That I'll ever take, I'm serene yeh. CHORUS: There are those who live to take the chance And then more who find themselves content I see heaven mapped out in advance It is you and that's my journeys end, In a dream, This living dream. I'm trying to hang on to the essence, I'm feeling more faint by the day It took such a long time to get it, I don't want to see it erased CHORUS: There are those who live to count the cost And then more who count themselves content I see heaven wrapped up in a box It is you come back to love again, In a dream, This living dream This living dream. |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
I never cared about the car I'd drive
Or the room I'd sleep or the bus I'd ride Just as long as I could get somewhere And not get hurt I could breathe out there I knew I could be free out there ... could be me I never cared about the word prestige About no inside track or no noblesse oblige Just as long as I could pay my way And pull my weight and say my say As long as I could pay my way ... I could say Bridge I never had no plans just dreams and vague directions I would not make my stand I the house of corrections Now I can see at last I see that everything is changing And if you want to hold on fast the future needs arranging Chorus Now I'm looking forward to you Now I'm looking forward to you My former view was backward My backward view as blue Now I'm looking forward to you Love had a weight designed to bring me down My hands would sweat and my heart would pound Now I've learned it and I've turned around And I hanker for that anchor sound I hanker for that anchor sound Once designed to bring me down Repeart Bridge & Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
I'm the latest apparition
Cutting slices in the night I come through without permission Moving in and out of human sight I'm the tapping on your shoulder I am the raving in the storm I'll take shelter in you rafters I'm the shiver when you're warm I'm the gold in California I am the well in Mexico Like the vultures in the valley I will wait for you to go I'm the gypsy in you pocket I am the horseman in your dreams I'm the reason dogs are barking I am the hand that stops the scream I am the baby's cry that isn't I am the distant relative I'm the scratching in the ceiling I am advice you shouldn't give I'm the ghost of a travelling salesman My foot will be there in your door Though I can walk through walls and windows I will knock just like before I am the darkness in your daughter I am the spot beneath the skin I am the scarlet on the pavement I am the broken heart within I won't take a train to nowhere I will not touch just anyone Ask a stranger why I'm waiting In the chamber of a gun |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
Looking back
Down that long road you have travelled And I see All the pain that you have suffered A young girl walks on ancient sand Desert flower in her hand Barefoot on the red heartland Innocence makes few demands Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love And deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free? Here we are In this crazy, crazy world Circumstance Can lead you on to desperation Love can save the weary heart Or it can tear us all apart I would rather take that chance Than to never trust again Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love and deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free? Looking forward Down that long road we might travel And I see All the joy that is recovered See the young boy by the river side He throws a stick to the other side It carries with the rising tide Sometimes we might reach too high Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love and deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free? Loving heart so wild and free Who could chance what's wild and free? |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
The sky collapsed around us, You didn't seem to care
I hailed you through the raindrops, You weren't even there. I juggle with the breakfast, You fret behind the sheets I want you to be steadfast, You want to be released. CHORUS: Oh my pretty darling, Where did we go astray Oh my pretty darling, I thought you'd come to stay. We're all dollied up for the circus, Oh isn't it grand We're laughing, jumping and kissing, We're beating the band. I've got no more smiles to win you, No tricks to turn your head When love cannot continue, There's not much to be said. CHORUS It's all cut and thrust at the circus, And maybe makes three You're twisting my words into serpents, I'm down on my knees. Oh my pretty darling, I thought you'd come to stay I thought you'd come to stay, I thought you'd come to stay. |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
This child he means the world to me, There is no more enchanted
A child can take this place of ruin, And magically enhance it. I see him in a golden room, With the book of life before him Strange instruments upon his charts, And the crystal glow inside him. He's your Wonder Child, And my dreams come true You've searched all your life, I see him now flying over the universe. This child will build a violin, One will follow the traveller's love Another will the bow apply, To reach the one above. I see her in a golden room, With the moon and stars above her Her simple smile is Heaven's gate, With the Queen of all beside her. She's your Wonder Child, And my dreams come true You've searched all your life, I see her now flying over the universe. Your Wonder Child, And my dreams come true You've searched all your life, I see them now flying over the universe. |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
The day won't open it's eyes
The heavens above must be sick I'm stood at the windows since five All decked out for the trip Hey Hey I'm dying to meet with you Hey Hey I'm living to speak with you Hey Hey I'm waiting to meet you baby Hey Hey Hey Chorus Big trip to Portland No more cooling my heels Big trip to Portland My soul shall be healed The master's out of my reach He wanders around in the rain Today is all that I seek Today when I hold you again Hey Hey Chorus I take the prize I win the day You say you love me all the way I kill the pain that drags you down You take us on from town to town The sun's burning all thru' the day It's doing the best it can do I came with my bucket and spade I came with the same things as you Chorus Big trip to Portland No more cooling my heels Big trip to Portland My soul shall be healed |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
Remember when we walked on hills of heather
Singing weaving mystical rings Now in a while my precious child You wil unfurl your wings And I'll have lost what I believed Had promised everything But before you go my friend, my kind companion Listen to this song I sing Then go in peace and grow in grace and goodness Know that you have nothing to fear And dry your eyes my little one And let there be no tears Send me a dream from away beyond I promise I shall hear Oh beautifull beloved soul companion Thank you for those beautifull years And heaven hold and watch your way forever May your every dream com true Forgive all wrong, always be strong And do what you must do You stand before this open door And you must now go through My precious friend, my own my sweet companion Bless the road that carries you My precious friend, myu own my sweet companion Bless the road that carries you |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
A tall tree turn and face the west
Oh we're running with the wind A high clifftop we're waiting with the rest For this journey to begin Chorus But these broken wings won't fly These broken wings won't fly These broken wings won't fly at all And Oh how we laugh but maybe we should crawl And ask to be excused We shout loudly, have answers to it all Oh but we have been refused Chorus Girl child You're dancing with the stream Growing with the silver trees Your young questions You ask me what it means Oh but I am not at ease Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
The letter stopped in a minor key
A Christmas card that you drew for me Done by the hand that I knew so well Disguised the message that you could not tell I see you bent above your potter's wheel The piece you've throwing is the piece you feel The softest colour and an eye so true For cups and bowls that are shaped like you Chorus You work in porcelain cut by wire Now as ever lovers walk through fire When we were breaking we made no sound The pieces almost touching on the ground And now your silence says there's someone there She stands behind you as she strokes your hair How does she hold you like a long lost friend Or are you like me on your own again And so I write you in a minor key Wondering if there's something left for me I'm only writing so that I can sleep I never found another love as deep Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
I'm giving up on TV it's not making sense
Gotta trust ourselves it's the last line of defence Spinning into space running out of time Gathering together all the useful things we find Chorus So don't say okay and be half-hearted I'm afraid that this feeling goes on Sacrifice the world face a killing sun You gotta get it all together it'll bring us all undone We're running up hills that we already climbed Over the top and falling down the other side Chorus The ghosts are at the window they're again tonight Looking in on us so we have got to get it right We've walking on their bones everywhere we go Spirits in the wind and the memories in the stones Chorus How we gonna get the healing done? |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
I'm really close tonight
I feel like I'm moving inside him Lying in the dark I think that I'm beginning to know him Let it go I'll be there when you call Chorus And whenever I fall at your feet Won't you let your tears rain down one me Whenever I touch your slow turning pain Don't hide it from me now There's something in the way that you're talking Words don't sound right I hear them all moving inside you You know - I'll be waiting when you call Chorus The finger of blame has turning upon itself And I'm more than willing to offer myself Do you want my presence or need my help? Who knows where that might lead I fall, I fall Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
You'll remember me when the west winds move
Upon the fields of Barley You'll can tell the sun in his jealous sky As you walk in fields of gold So she took her love For to gaze awhile Upon the fields of Barley In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields of gold Will you stay with me will you be my love Among the fields of Barley You'll can tell the sun in his jealous sky As you lie in fields of gold I never made a promise lightly And there have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We'll walk in fields of gold We'll walk in fields of gold I never made a promise lightly And there have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We'll walk in fields of gold We'll walk in fields of gold Many years have passed since those summer days Among the fields or Barley See the children run as the sun goes down Among the fields of gold You'll remember me when the west wind moves Among the fields of Barley You can tell the sun in his jealous sky When we walked in fields of gold When we walked in fields of gold When we walked in fields of gold |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
O Come all ye maids who live at a distance
Many's a mile from off your sway Come and assist me this very moment For to pass away some time Singing sweetly and completely Songs of pleasure and of love For me heart is with him altogether Though I live not where I love When I sleep I dream about you When I wake I take no rest Every moment thinking on you My heart o'er fixed in your breast But although far distance May be of assistance If from my mind your love remove For me heart is with him altogether Though I live not where I love All the world shall be of one religion All living things shall cease to die If ever I should prove false to my jewel Or any way his love deny Oh the world shall change And be most strange If from my mind your love remove For me heart is with him altogether Though I live not where I love So farewell lad and farewell lassies Now I think I've made my choice I will away to yonder mountain Where I think I hear his voice And if he hollows I will follow Around the world though it is so wide For young Thomas he did promise I should be his lawful bride Repeat first verse. |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
Chorus
A message of love, right to your heart Comes from above, to make a new start To spark a new flame, that will ring the world round Playing destiny's game And creating her sound in a message of love Tell all your friends, our time is here We're on our way, the message is clear We're an act of creation, now and forever We're a river of nations We're coming together in a message of love Chorus Spirits of love, spirits of life Help us be strong, help us to do right Here is our chance, to heal the old scars Learn a new way to dance to the song of the stars With a message of love Chorus I hear the butterflies dreaming, in the shimmering air I feel the power of life, a flowering fire everywhere I sing the tree, and the dove the eagle, fox and the hare The right to exist is our right, we all share It's a message of love Chorus When evening falls, focus your mind When spirits call let your body unwind And open your heart, and do it today And do what is right, and do not delay Because a message of love Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
These are the moments that we love so well
Precious moments caught within a spell All too soon our lives thay fade away These are the moments that we wish would stay If I had my life to live again I would choose to be with you my friend Time moves slowly and it goes so fast And who knows how long the days will last So cherish deep within you The love you get today Let the moment linger Cause tomorrow steals that away Yes tomorrow steals that away These are the memories that we made so well Lives like stories that we long to tell When we're old with not too much to say We'll have the memories that we made today We'll have the memories that we made today |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
He don't know how to lie
Or undermine you He don't know how to steal How to deal or deceive So leave him alone, set him free Cause he's speaking with the angel That only he can see You say he's so helpless Well what about you You don't pull the strings Don't you know anything Just leave him alone, let him be Cause he's speaking with the angel That only he can see Would you teach him about heaven Would you show him how to love the earth Would you poison him with prejudice From the moment of his birth He in the name of love He in the blood of the lamb He that never lays blame He don't even know his name Just leave him alone, let him be Cause he's speaking with the angel Speaking with the angel The very one that spoke to you and me Oh do you remember? |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
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In darkness we do what we can In daylight we're oblivion Our hearts so raw and clear Are turning away, turning away from here On water we have walked like the fearless child What was fastened we've unlocked revealing wondrous wild And in search for confirmation We have jumped into the fire And scrambled with our burning feet through uncontrolled desire Chorus There's a well upon the hill from our ancient past Where an age is standing still holding strong and fast And there's those that try to tame it And the carve it into stone Ah but words cannot extinguish it However hard they're thrown Chorus On Racherie they have worked with their island dreams By Lough Cleggan they have nourished in the mountain streams And in searching for acceptance They have given it away Only the children of our children Know the price they had to pay Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Adam's at the window
Staring at the 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 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 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'll drink from the canvas cup The son of a swan will then lose 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 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 Adam's 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 And Adam will have his way Adam will have his way Adam will have his way |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
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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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Every now and then you like to take it easy
Sit right back and view the situation The future is brighter Soon we'll be riding on the crest of a wave Chorus Goodbye to all your troubles Change of heart the world will start today It's a new beginning See it shining like a brand new star Well if you're thinkin' that you'll end up crying Maybe all you need is to get away from friends And the walls around you Find a shore step into the sun Chorus I won't be a burden upon your shoulder I will give you wings so you can fly To lands where you're dreams surround you Find a shore step into the sun Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
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 alchemist's stone For all of you who must discover For all who seek to understand For having left the path of others You'll 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 For all of you who must discover For all who seek to understand For having left the path of others You'll 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 One bright blue rose outlives all those Two thousand years and still 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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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
I'm walkin' along golden mile with a soldier's twirl
I must be the luckiest soul in the whole wide world O foolish thing here I go again There's no faith more innocent than blind faith And that's all I've got So I'm scaling the walls of my dreams Ready or not O foolish thing here I go again Chorus Don't be afraid darling no need to be afraid darling You don't have to be afraid from now on It's just the way darling we get delayed darling But we won't be delayed from now on I know no power on earth nor up above That would alter the way things are You are my love You're my pride and joy on the golden mile If only it could be captured how I feel for you And if I could just freeze it I feel I'd never be untrue O foolish thing here I go again Chorus? The Broom of The Cowdenknows How blithe each mom was I to see My lass come o'er the hill She skipped the burn and ran to me I met her with good will Chorus Oh the broom, the bonny, bonny broom The broom O' The Cowdenknowes Faen would I be in my aen country Herding her father's ewes She neither herded ewes nor lambs while the flock asleeping lay She gathered in the sheep at night And cheered me all the day Chorus It's hard that I should banished be Gang oe'r lea and moor Because I loved the fairest lass That e'er on earth was born Chorus Adieu ye bonny ewes adieu farewell all pleasures there To wander by her side again Is all I crave or care |
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