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from Mary Black - Mary Black (1983)
Harking is bonnie
And there lives my love My heart lies on him And will not remove It will not remove Oh for all that I have done Oh I never will forget my love anachie For anachie gordon He's bonnie and he's rough He'd entice any woman that ever he saw He'd entice any woman and so he has done me Oh I never will forget my love anachie Down came her father and he's standing by the door Saying jeannie you're trying the tricks of a whore You care nothing for a man who cares so very much for thee You must marry lord sulton and leave anachie For anachie gorden, he's barely but a man Although he may be pretty but where are his lands? Oh the sulton's lands are broad and his towers they run high You must marry lord sulton and leave anachie With anachie gordon I'd beg for my bread And before I'll marry sulton it's gold to my head With gold to my head and gowns fringed to the knee And I'll die if I don't get me love anachie And you that are my parents to church you may me bring But unto lord sulton I'll never bear a song To a son or a daughter, I'll never bow my knee And I'll die if I don't get me love anachie Jeannie was married and from church she was brought home And when she and her maidens so merry should have been When she and her maidens so merry should have been She went into her chambers she cried all alone Come to bed now jeannie me honey and my sweet For to style you my mistress it would be so sweet Be it mistress or jeannie it's all the same to me But in your bed lord sulton I never will lie And down came her father and he's spoken with reknown Saying you that are her maidens go loosen off her gowns But she fell down to the floor so close down by his knee Saying father look I'm dying for me love anachie The day that jeannie married was the day that jeannie died And the day that yound anachie came home on the tide And down came her maidens all wringing of their hands Saying oh it's been so long you've spent so long on the sands Oh so long on the sands, so long on the flood They have married your jeannie and now she lies dead You that are her maidens go take me by the hand And take me to the chamber that me love she lies in And he's kissed her cold lips till his heart has turned to stone And he's died in the chamber that his love she lies in |
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from Mary Black - Mary Black (1983)
There's a wilderness
It's a no man's land Between alice springs and the ocean Seventeen hundred miles of burning sand And a silken thread keeps a hold on you When the emptieness like a potion tends to fray your reason strand by strand And there's no more need for the mask your wear When the last goodbyes have been said So kiss the cheeks of you dearest friends And turn to the desert ahead Now you're on your own like a sailing ship You're the captain, crew and sailors Turn around and this is what you see Chorus This me facing me all alone 'cause I choose to be with the wind and the sun on me only me Now you dream so much about being lost Your ghost by a coolebah sleeping Haunts you and whispers in your ear Give up give up this lonely road No one knows the promise you're keeping You can't touch the emptiness out here But the grace that mends this broken wing The blue sky to regain Will lift those feet and raise those eyes To face the desert again As the dawn reveals the journey's end In truth it's only beginning And it's as big as your eyes wish to see Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Mary Black (1983)
Them that's got shall get
Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said but it still is news Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own Rich relations give Crust of bread and such You can help yourself But don't take too much Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own Money, you've got lots of friends Crowding round the door When you're gone, spending ends They don't come no more Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets don't ever make the grade Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own Money, you've got lots of friends Crowding round the door Money's gone, and spending ends They don't come no more Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own |
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from Mary Black - Mary Black (1983)
Traveling at night, the headlights were bright
And we'd been up many an hour And all through my brain Came the refrain Of home and it's warming fire Chorus And Home Sings me of sweet things My life there has it's own wings To fly over the mountains Though I'm standing still The people I've seen They come in between The cities of tiring life The trains come and go, But inside you know The struggle will soon be a fight Chorus Traveling at night, The headlights were bright. But soon the sun came through the trees Around the next bend The flowers will send The sweet scene of home in the breeze Chorus |
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I went to church on sunday
My love, she passed me by I knew her mind was changing By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye I knew her mind was changing By the roving of her eye My love's fair and proper Her waist is neat and small She is quite good-looking And that' s the best of all And that' s the best of all And that' s the best of all And she is quite good-looking And that' s the best of all Oh, hannah, loving hannah Come give to me your hand You said that if you're married That I will be the one That I will be the one That I will be the one You said that if you're married That I will be the one I will go down by the river When everyone's asleep I'll think of loving hannah And then sit down and grieve And then sit down and grieve And then sit down and grieve I'll think of loving hannah And then sit down and grieve I went to church on sunday My love she passed me by I knew her mind was changing By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye I knew her mind was changing By the roving of her eye |
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from Mary Black - Mary Black (1983)
Oh my Donald he works on the sea
On the waves that blow wild and free He splices the ropes and he sets the sails While southward he rolls to the home of the whale And he ne'er thinks o' me far behind Nor the torments that rage in my mind He's mine for only part of the year And I'm left all alone with only my tears Ye ladies that smell of wild rose Think ye for your perfume to where a man goes Think ye o' the wives and the babies that yearn For a man ne'er returning from hunting the sperm My Donald he works on the sea On the waves that blow wild and free He splices the ropes and sets the sails While southward he rolls to the home of the whale |
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The moon was bright, the night was clear
No breeze came over the sea When mary left her highland home And wandered forth with me The flowers be-decked the mountainside And fragrance filled the vale But by far the sweetest flower there Was the rose of allendale Oh the rose of allendale Sweet rose of allendale By far the sweetest flower there Was the rose of allendale Where e'er I wandered east or west Though fate began to lour A solace still was she to me In sorrow's lonely hour When tempests lashed our lonely barque And rent her quivering sail One maiden's form withstood the storm 'twas the rose of allendale Oh sweet rose of allendale Sweet rose of allendale One maiden's form withstood the storm 'twas the rose of allendale And when my fever'd lips were parched On afric's burning sands She whispered hopes of happiness And tales of distant lands My life has been a wilderness Unblessed by fortune's wheel Had fate not linked my love to hers The rose of allendale Oh sweet rose of allendale Sweet rose of allendale Had fate not linked my love to hers The rose of allendale |
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from Mary Black - Collected (1984)
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 - Collected (1984)
Curfa
'Si mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear 'Si mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear. Suan na sian nm bhfuaireas fiin O chuaigh in gciin mo Ghile Mear. Bmmse buan ar buairt gach ls Ag caoi go ctuaidh 's ag tuar na ndeor Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beo 'S na rmomhtar tuairisc uaidh mo bhrsn. Nm lagnrann cuach go suairc ar nsin Is nml guth gadhair i gcoillte cns Na maidin shamhraidh i gcleanntaibh ceoi O d'imigh uaim an buachaill beo. Marcach uasal uaibhreach sg Gas gan gruaim is suairce sns Glac is luaimneach luath i ngleo Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag tuairgan tria Seinntear stair ar chlairsigh cheoil Is liontair tainte cart ar bord Le hinntinn ard gan chaim gan cheo Chun saol is slainte d'fhail don leon. Ghile mear 'sa seal faoi chumha 'S Eire go liir faoi chlscaibh dubha Suan na sian nm bhfuaireas fiin O luaidh i gciin mo Ghile Mear. Seal da rabhas im'mhaighdean shiimh 'S anois im' bhaintreach chaite thriith Mo chiile ag treabhadh ne dtonn go trian De bharr na gcnoc is in imigiin. English Translation (thanks to Marina Antolioni) Chorus He is my hero, my dashing darling He is my Caesar, dashing darling. I've had no rest from forebodings Since he went far away my darling. Every day I am constantly sad Weeping bitterly and shedding tears Because our lively lad has left us And no news from him is heard alas. The cuckoo sings not pleasantly at noon And the sound of hounds is not heard in nut-filled woods, Nor summer morning in misty glen Since he went away from me, my lively boy. Noble, proud young horseman Warrior unsaddened, of most pleasant countenace A swift-moving hand, quick in a fight, Slaying the enemy and smiting the strong. Let a strain be played on musical harps And let many quarts be filled With high spirit without fault or mist For life and health to toast my lion. Dashing darling for a while under sorrow And all Ireland under black cloaks Rest or pleasure I did not get Since he went far away my dashing darling. For a while I was a gentle maiden And now a spent worn-out widow My spouse ploughing the waves strongly Over the hills and far away. |
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My love said to me
My Mother won't mind And me Father won't slight you For you lack of kind Then she stepped away from me And this she did say It will not be long love Till our wedding day She stepped away from me And she moved through the Fair And fondly I watched her Move here and move there And she went her way homeward With on star awake As the swans in the evening Move over the lake The people were saying No two e'er were wed But one has a sorrow That never was said And she smiled as she passed me With her goods and her gear And that was the last That I saw of my dear I dreamed last night That my true love came in So softly she entered Her feet made no din She came close beside me And this she did say It will not be long love Till our wedding day |
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from Mary Black - Collected (1984)
Walking all the day
Near tall towers where falcons build their nests Siver winged they fly They know the call of freedom in their breasts Saw Black Head against the sky With twisted rocks that run down to the sea Living on your western shore Saw summer sunsets, asked for more I stood by your Atlantic sea And sang a song for Ireland Talking all the day With true friends who try to make you stay Telling jokes and news Singing songs to pass the night away Watched the Galway salmon run Like silver dancing, darting in the sun Living on your western shore Saw summer sunsets, asked for more I stood by your Atlantic sea And sang a song for Ireland Drinking all the day In old pubs where fiddlers loved to play Someone touched the bow He played a reel, it seemed so grand and gay Stood on Dingle beach And cast in wild foam, we found Atlantic bass Living on your western shore Saw summer sunsets, asked for more I stood by your Atlantic sea And sang a song for Ireland Dreaming in the night I saw a land where no man had to fight Waking in your dawn I saw you crying in the morning light Lying where the falcons fly They twist and turn all in you e'er blue sky Living on your western shore Saw summer sunsets, asked for more I stood by your Atlantic sea And sang a song for Ireland |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
Baby every cloud has a silver lining
Baby every dog really has his day And it matters to me to see you smiling Why don't you blow all your cares away Yesterday is gone and will be forgotten And today is where every new day starts Got to be free as the leaves in the autumn You may be sad but it will never last. Chorus Mabye by the evening we'll be laughing Just wait and see all the changes there'll be By the time it gets dark |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
Farewell, farewell to you who would hear
You lonely travellers all The cold north winds will blow again The winding road does call. And will you never return to see Your bruised and beaten sons O I would, I would if welcome I were For they loathe me every one. And will you never cut the cloth Nor drink the light to be And can you never swear a year To anyone but he. No I will never cut the cloth Nor drink the light to be But I'll swear a year to he who lies Asleep alongside of me. Repeat First Verse |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
Tumbling curls of green by stainglass streaming light
And a yellow coloured lampshade used to keep us up all night And the smile upon her face, the tears upon your cheek And the night sky on the window Your heart calling out to me. Chorus Come running home again, Katie Come running home again Cross my heart and hope to die Shall I cause another tear from your eye The mirror that won't talk and your nightgown on the door And the old pedal Singer just don't sing no more You can roll the reels for hours From the movie of this book It's a question mark on this heart of mine sends an elder back to look. Chorus Now I'm looking through a tunnel Back into the room With the genius of a druid when the sunlight floods the tomb And I'm never going back there, and I couldn't anyway 'Cause though I made the great escape I never got away. Chorus |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
First when I came to the town
They called me young and bonny Now they've changed my name Called me the Leaboy's honey. I'll dye my petticoats red And I'll face them with a yellow I'll tell the dyester lads That the Leaboys I've to follow. It's over hills and dales And over dykes and ditches Say will I like the lad Who wears the moleskin breeches The black horse draws the cart And he's as proud as any Say will I like the lad That drives them on so canny Feather beds are fine And painted rooms are bonny But I would leave them all To jog away with Johnny Oh, for Saturday night It's I that'll see my dearie He'll come whistlin' in When I am tired and weary. First when I came to the town They called me proud and saucy Now they've changed my name Called me the Leaboy's lassie. |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
It's time to go, Jenny
No need to close the door What if the dust gets in the house It doesn't matter any more You and the dust have been at war for far too many years Now the war is over Jenny dear. Chorus Leaving the land Leaving the land Leaving all I've ever been and everything I am Leaving the land. Remember when I brought you here Those long bright years ago For all that time you've been my heart And this land has been my soul The long bright days are over now but still the heart beats on But Jenny dear the soul is gone. Chorus I't time to go, Jenny Drive quickly down the track We'll never see what lies ahead if we keep on looking back Behind is just an empty house Old memories and ghosts And our small dream gathering dust. Chorus |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
Moon River, wider than a mile
I'm crossin' you in style someday~ Oh dreammaker, you heartbreaker, Wherever you're goin', I'm goin'your way~ Two drifters, off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see~ We're after the same rainbow's end, Waitin' round the bend, My huckleberry friend, Moon River and me. |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
I found your letter in my mailbox today
You were just checking if I was okay And if I miss you, well you know what they say Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon And I feel one coming on soon No need to ask me if we can be friends And help me right back on my feet again And if I miss you, well just now and then Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon And I feel one coming on soon There's a blue moon shining When I am reminded of all we've been through Such a blue moon shining Does it ever shine down on you? You act as if it doesn't hurt you at all Like I'm the only one who's getting up from a fall Don't you remember now don't you recall Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon And I feel one coming on soon Just once in a very blue moon |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
Schooldays over, come on then John
Time to be getting your pit boots on On with your sack and your moleskin trousers Time you were on your way Time you were learning the pitman's job And earning a pitman's pay. Come on then Jim, it's time to go Time you were working down below Time to be handling a pick and shovel You start at the pits today Time to be learning the collier's job And earning a collier's pay. Come on then Dai, it's nearly light Time you were off to the anthracite The morning mist is on the valley It's time you were on your way Time you were learning the miner's job And earning a miner's pay Repeat First Verse |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
I cannot stop this child from touching me
I see not fault in watching her bloom She knows where fire begins and where sparks might fly Yet I feel she may be consumed. She done turns on the B stage She shook hands when the shoe fit I wanna know how the land lies I'll let you in on a secret. I did not steal away when love rode by I did not let myself be unkind It's so heard to say where love meets lust I often think I'm losing my mind. I trade notes with the press league They send back their suggestions I wanna know where I come from But all I get are directions. Chorus I can't get started, can't get pain What's wrong? Big ideas, the find intentions They're all gone It takes two flagons of courage Pounds, shillings and pence You wind up going nowhere It doesn't make sense. I see my brother's face grow dark with care I spend my time avoiding his gaze I pray that God might make his dreams come true I'd give so much to feel he's been saved. A bright spark in the playground Dead loss as an anchor You don't call him a misfit He's just stuck for an answer. Chorus (2) |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
There is a time in life it seems
For believing in dreams, for me it's gone And though I realize today Dreams are empty anyway, I still feel wronged. Chorus I felt cheated when you went away But not as defeated as I felt the day You came back and we found so little to say. There is a time in life I know When we all must outgrow young ideals And the wisdom that we gain Is paid for with the pain I now feel. Chorus There is a time in life it seems For believing in dreams for me it's gone. |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
We don't always live in harmony
And often there are times when we are enemies I fight with you, and you fight with me Trying to get the balance right. Sometimes we cause each other pain Sometimes our wills are not the same And often we tire of the strain Trying to get the balance right. Chorus Like a circus pair Hight up in the air Working on their act We need that kind of pact High above the ring Watch them balancing See how they unite We too can get it right. We don't always seem to get along And one of us often acts too strong Sometimes we find we're goin' wrong Trying to get the balance right. Chorus We don't always live in harmony And often there are times when we are enemies But I love you and you love me When we get the balance right When we get the balance right We can get the balance right. |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Hey little brother the winds of the world
Have ruffled your soft and weakened wings And though I can't hold you as I look into your eyes I can see the film that disappointment brings I know it's rained upon your childhood dreams The games you've been playing Weren't quite what they seemed How can I tell you don't bang your head against the wall The wall I've been banging and praying might fall Your time will come on another day And your dreams will flame and in the fire play On another day I know it's hard for you to understand There are no flying angels come to lend a hand No smiling faces lined for you to meet It looks like that in twisted glass From the kind side of the street Chorus Repeat 1st verse Chorus |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Better keep your distance from this whale
Better keep your boat from going astray Find yourself a partner and treat them well Try to give them shelter night and day 'Cause here in this blue light Far away from the fireside Things can get twisted and crazy and crowded You can't even feel right So you dream of Columbus Ever time the panic starts You dream of Columbus With your maps and your beautiful charts You dream of Columbus With an ache in your travelling heart See how the cormorant swoops and dives Must be some thrill to go that deep Down to the basement of this life Down to where the mermaid gently sleeps Not like here in this blue light Far away from the fireside Where things can get twisted and haunted and crowded You can't even feel alright Chorus And as tide must ebb and flow I am dragged down under And I wait the livelong day For an end to my hunger So I dream of Columbus Every time that the panic starts I dream of Columbus With my maps and my beautiful charts I dream of Columbus And there's peace in a traveling heart I dream of Columbus |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
It was one of those days
When to shine was of no value One of those days When the language had no grace We were miles apart And I stood there with my head spinning Just another poor soul Trying hard not to lose faith We had it engraved We had the key to a union But you wanted more So we both kept on losing Fat valley of pain Fat valley of pain inside And this pain will not end 'Cause loving you is what I was made for You were like one of those rainbows We glimpse for a few seconds One of those dreams That could last for a life long Now I'm quizzing myself And it's always the same question Is it wrong to believe When the feeling so so strong? We had engraved We had the key to a union But you wanted more So we both kept on losing It's an ill-kept secret That something here's going wrong Oh but my helpless feelings They keep on leading me on Fat valley of pain Fat valley of pain inside And this pain will not end 'Cause loving you is what I was made for Fat valley of pain |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup I say a little prayer for you While combing my hair, now, And wondering what dress to wear, now, I say a little prayer for you Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart... and I will love you Forever, and ever, we never will part Oh, how I'll love you Together, Together, that's how it must be To live without you Would only mean heartbreak for me. I run for the bus, dear, While riding I think of us, dear, I say a little prayer for you. At work I just take time And all through my coffeebreak time, I say a little prayer for you. Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart and I will love you Forever, and ever we never will part Oh, how I'll love you Together, Together, that's how it must be To live without you Would only mean heartbreak for me. I say a little prayer for you I say a little prayer for you My darling, believe me For me there is no one but you Please love me too (Answer his prayer) I'm in love with you (Answer his prayer now baby) Answer my prayer now baby (Answer his prayer) Say you love me too Forever and ever you'll stay in my heart And I will love you Forever and ever we never will part Oh, how I'll love you Together Forever that's how it must be. To live without you Would only mean heartbreak for me... ★나는당신을위해짧은기도를하고있죠★ 아침에눈을뜨자마자 화장을 하기도 전에 나는당신을위해짧은기도를한답니다. 지금, 내머리를빗으면서도, 오늘은어떤옷을입을까생각하면서도 나는당신을위해짧은기도를하고있죠. 영원히, 당신은내맘속에머물거에요. 영원히 당신만을사랑하겠어요. 영원토록, 우리는절대로헤어지지않을꺼에요. 둘이서영원토록함께하는것, 그것이바로운명일꺼에요. 당신없이혼자산다는건, 내겐가슴찢어지는슬픔일뿐이에요. 버스를타려고달려가죠. 버스를타고서도, 난우리생각을한답니다. 그리고당신을위해짧은기도를 하죠. 일하는동안에도, 간신히시간을내어 커피한잔하는휴식시간동안에조차도 나는당신을위한 짧은기도를되뇌인답니다. 나 당신을위해기도해요. 나 당신을위해기도합니다. 사랑하는사람이여, 절믿어주세요. 나에겐당신말고는이세상엔아무도없어요. 절사랑해주세요. 나당신과사랑에빠졌어요. 제기도에답해주세요 |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
If life is a river and your heart is a boat
And just like a water baby, baby born to float And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high Then your heart is Amelia dying to fly Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes And if life is a bar room in which we must wait 'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates And we stack all the deadmen in self addressed crates In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark That somehow this black night Feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark To hold us 'til the day When fear will lose its grip And heaven has its way Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right Then your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark That somehow this black night Feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark To hold us 'til the day when fear will lose its grip And heaven has its way And heaven has its way When all will harmonise And know what's in our hearts The dream will realise Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Last night I dreamed you were back again
Larger than life again, holding me tight again Placing those same kisses on my brow Sweeter than ever now, Lord I remember how Couldn't get enough of kissing Do you know how much I'm missing? No you don't, but I do Days like a slow train trickle by Even the words that I write refuse to fly All that I can hear is your song haunting me Can't get the melody out of my head you see Distractions I've been using Do you know how much I'm losing? No you don't, but I do But I do and I wonder if I'm past the point of rescue An is no word from you at all the best that you can do Never meant to push or shove you Do you know how much I love you? No you don't, but I do. |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
The moon was full
And their hearts were empty When I stopped to watch the river go down Saw the gleaming eyes On your blind two corners Heard the Shuffle of the Buckled As they come to lay their money down Ooo not even with his money down And he fades in the shadows Of the walls of night in this town He just fades in the shadows Of the walls of night in this town My heart was numb and my eyes stopped running And the wind chilled my bones where I stopped To watch that river go down And the song on this street Boasts no chest proud anthem It's the shuffle of the buckled As they come to lay their money down Chorus The moon was full And their hearts were empty When I stopped to watch the river go down Ooo not even with his money down |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Stories never end 'til you come to conclusions
Carolina ruadh has a hand in my confusion. Waits for me to choose which quarter to bend in. To Susie-Make-Me-Blue, or the redhead I'm attending. Oh Carolina ruadh has my heart and all I want to do's Go down the windy road where my Carolina goes Down the crooked road where Carolina goes to school Mo Charolina ruadh, do you love me? Tell me true, tell me...... Standing on three queens, thought the game was over. Then, from the blue, Carolina's at my shoulder: Laughter in her eyes and a smile That touches all the guys On down the crooked road where Carolina goes to school Mo Charolina ruadh, do you love me? Tell me true, tell me.. |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Some days the fog in Monterey comes
Blowing from the grove above, and then tears away The drifting patches lift and fold Then sunlight cuts them white and cold In Monterey -- fog comes, oh, then It tears away A heart sick lover comes to stay; She leaves the one she loves behind, And then tears away. She walks the hill in sudden wonder; Is she dead or just undone? She's lost her way -- love comes, oh, then It tears away Some nights this girl in Monterey Lies dreaming in her room above, then tears away: Her eyes are on her lover's face; He smiles, and she can hardly wait -- Is it night or day? -- dream comes, oh, then It tears away But now that morning's on its way Too soon the dreamer's drowned in fog that tears away The clouds that cover Monterey Crowd by as if they're here to say "We never stay -- she comes, oh, then She tears away" Some days the fog in Monterey comes Blowing from the grove above, then tears away; It comes--oh, then It tears away. |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
And it's over now
The guns have flowed The nightmare flashed On a cradle road As the guilty rain came down No child to hold Through anxious fears No gentle hand To catch the tears That soak this ancient ground The smile that breaks so gently Belies a troubled head Like a voice that holds the secrets Of the life you might have led Eyes with pale indifference In danger and in grace But the glance that knows the death-knell Left its shadow on your face In the deep enduring darkness As your loyal friends go down Touched by the violent crown 'Til their hunter's hunted down Chorus The web is slowly woven The endless dreamers shed, In the dawn the curfew is broken On the Sunday morning's dead. Centuries of thunder Take the Castle in the flood To the cold night air of London Where you hands are bound in blood. Mid winter deepened As the parting turned inside A thousand times you cried But the shadow never died. And it's over now The guns have flowed The night mare flashed On a cradle road. As the guilty rain came down. No child to hold Through anxious fears No gentle hand No graceful years Just bitter ancient ground. But it's over now |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Big bad man's law doesn't carry much sway
When you come around here You can still scratch my back And I can still change sides Don't carry no torch 'til you have it in type That I'm doing okay It's only one man's outlook It could be one more lie Look at it closely Counterfeit mostly Yesterdays's brushwork Using yesterdays' paint And everything that I believe And every note that you receive They're just vanities to you Hear that Liverpool wind as I'm making my way For the very last time Is this a resurrection? And do you really care? I can't relish no kiss 'til I happen to hear Your honeycomb nouns Let you down so often I'll do the same again Look at it closely Counterfeit mostly Yesterday's stories It's the same all over the world And everything that I believe And every note that you receive They're just vanities to you Busy little bodies have a story to tell Even if it goes against the grain Tiny little seeds have got an ocean to swell But who am I to rock the boat And everything that I believe And every note that you receive Look at it closely Counterfeit mostly Yesterday's brushwork Using yesterday's pain Look at it closely Counterfeit mostly Yesterday's stories It's the same all over the world |
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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)
Chorus
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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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
You've got no reason to say you're all alone
There will be a change of season That'll win a heart of stone Chorus Love is just around the corner And standin' out of view Love is just around the corner For you I can see a smile tomorrow A reason to go on The sky is always darkest Before the new day dawns. Chorus... Don't ever stop believing The sun is going to shine It's worth giving and receiving If you only give it time Chorus... Don't think you've found salvation or that the day is won When you reach your destination The journey's just begun Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Lying here watching the time pass
I could think of a million things I'd rather do Travel at my own pace Put myself asleep if I wanted to Chorus Might as well be behind bars Than be lashed to a wave that I can't haul Might as well be a slave Lying low in the shade of a prison wall Lying here watching the time pass I could cry for the helping hands that I refused We were good friends but I did refuse Chorus Might as well be behind bars Getting used to the sound of my keeper's call I might as well be a slave Drinking sun through a chink in a prison wall Down here down where the end is You absolve me from every crime I ever planned I was so surprised I did not think that you would understand Chorus Might as well be behind bars Growing old in a carpeted hall O might as well be a slave Ever safe out of the rain in prison walls Might as well be behind bars Getting used to the sound of my keeper's call I might as well be a slave Always safe out of the rain in prison walls. |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Faith won't heal up everthing
The wound grows and you believe in love Walk around feeling cut in two, Wide open, with your hear on view All you bereaved, all you besotted boys in need, When love won't heel you, wh, why believe she will? O Lyubvi malyu otchayanno Say it on your knees Oh, so sharp, and way too cool, Love's bright and biggest fool has to work on speaking slow, To think hard, and to lie low Will you believe? All you bedazzled boys in need, V krayu dalyokum, chuzhie ne nuzhny. Chorus O tyubvi malyum otchayanno Say it on your knees, Crying like a baby, "Plese, please, please!" Crying, hoping maybe, O tyubvi malyum otchayanno Say it on your knees, Candle is a splendid thing: The room glows, and the candle sings "Fly up to the only light, "Ev'ry, ev'ry tiny wing!" The moth inside you bolts off to join the beautiful He flies and dies, So quickly, quickly wise. Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Night owns my white bones but
What's left is still saying Strange prayers in high places Wild airs with wilder graces Birds fly with no motion What draws me draws the ocean Chorus Down on my knees again, Still believing In the time of reason no more Down on my knees again Still believing Peace of mind is worth any chore Great dreams and laid schemes Just blown down by high winds And strong signs from old forces Wild dogs run trackless courses Night changes sweet mountain Vain hopes need cold fountains Chorus Night owns my white bones but What's left is still saying Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in a river of my tears When all my will is gone you hold me sway I need you at the dimming of the day You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide You know just where I keep my better side What days have come to keep us far apart A broken promise or a broken heart Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away I need you at the dimming of the day Come the night you're only what I want Come the night you could be my confident I see you on the street in company Why don't you come and ease your mind with me I'm living for the night we steal away I need you at the dimming of the day I need you at the dimming of the day |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Its taste was sweet like summer wine
The heart that beats in double time So he waltzed right in and bowled you over And you're still reeling from the feeling when he's gone The door is closed the lock is turned And all the memories and letters have been burned Chorus So when you pick the handsome flower Don't forget the thron upon the rose It's cut is deep and the scar lasts forever It follows love whereever love goes Just how we fall it's hard to know When what we feel we seldom show So we show the parts we feel are best We squirm around the edges trying to cover up the rest And you think you know him and he thinks the same When underneath it all it's just a crazy guessing game Chorus Win or lose it's just the same Tears of joy tears of pain They're hand in hand they come as one You'll never see the moon without the promise of the sun For all the bruises for all the blows I'd rather feel the thorn than to never see the rose Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Well I woke up today and found frost perched on the town
It hovered in a frozen sky and gobbled summer down And when the sun turned straight and cold and shiverin' Trees are standing in a naked row I get the urge for going and I never seem to go I had someone in the summer time with summer coloured skin And not another one in town my darling's heart could win And when the leaves fell tumbling down and bully winds did rub their faces in the snow He got the urge for goin and I had to let him go Chorus Well he got the urge for going When the meadow grasses are turnin' brown Summer time is a fallin' down Winter's closing in And the warriors of winter gave a cold triumphant shout All that stays is dying and all that lives is getting out You see the geese in chevron flight a flapping and a racing on before the snow They've got the urge for going and they've got the wings to go Chorus I'll pile the fire with kindlin' and pull the blankets to my chin I'll lock the vagrant winter out and bolt my wanderin' in I'd like to call back summertime and let her stay for just another month or so But she's got the urge for goin, and I'll have to let her go Chorus... |
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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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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
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. 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)
Chorus
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 - 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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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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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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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)
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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