1. |
that's okay
02:36
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you don't want me
you don't need me
you won't see me
you don't need me
you don't want me
that's okay 'cos i don't care
when i call you
every time
leave a message
no reply
you don't want me
that's okay 'cos i don't care.
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2. |
shake these blues
03:36
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well i pulled on
my travelling shoes
don't need no-one's permission
to sing these blues
see these old wheels
they turn around
& take me to the
leaving side of town
road winds on to
some place new
sun sets in the west
& slips from view
rear view mirror
i can see
headlights on horizon
following me
& i lost them
beyond the ragged hills
but forty-five miles later
they're back on my heels
road winds on...
so i pulled in
some place down the line
pulled right over
at the neon sign
service station
which never sleeps
& i sped on
over the moorland heath
road winds on...
shake these blues child
gotta shake these blues.
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3. |
twilight
04:00
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moving into twilight
somewhere between dreaming
somewhere between waking
somewhere between sleeping
consciousness retreating
catch me now i'm falling
moving into twilight
somewhere between dreaming
consciousness retreating
catch me now i'm falling
under-ocean roaring
endless is the sea
boundless, flowing free
moving into twilight...
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4. |
radio blues
02:52
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daylight plays as in the past
beneath the curtains as morning starts
but i can't forget & i can't move on
despite travelling clocks & radio songs
the clouds pass by, the sky remains
unchanged the same, yet all things change
& i can't forget & i can't move on
despite ticking clocks & radio songs
you've gone, you've gone...
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5. |
grey lady grey
02:59
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grey lady grey with your
finery & winning ways
grey lady grey may i
humbly visit you today?
so elegantly wasted crumbling
tower, winding staircase, lady grey
grey lady grey will you
have me come around this day?
i'd fain lady grey, not to
have you send me quite away
i trace the vacant spaces
empty places,
home now to the lady grey
there stands the spectral captain
with his antique fife & drum
so grey lady grey with your
silk & satin braid
grey lady grey may i
humbly visit you today
so elegantly wasted ...
here comes the righteous cohort
pure in spirit every one
still stands the spectral captain
with his antique fife and drum
yet stands the spectral captain...
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6. |
driving west
03:52
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& the moon will rise above the city skyline tonight
& the sun will set in a blaze of gold & crimson light
silver star shine in pale blue
evening twilight sunset glow
driving west where the high road goes -
where it goes
& the moon will shine like a silver coin
in the starry sky
& a door opens wide on a threshold broad
sails the moon & flies
sun & moon & lady so true
evening twilight sunset glow
driving west where the high road goes
& the moon will rise over the city streets tonight
& the moon will rise over the harbour quay-side lights
over the ceaseless tide.
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7. |
another world
03:44
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enter to another world not far away
enter your mind
portal to another world
opens you'll find
enter to another world...
doorway at the dawn of dreams
butterfly wing
entering in
sound is the key that
turns within
vision begins
enter within
doorway at the dawn of dreams
butterfly wing
fluttering in,
flutter right in.
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8. |
beside the moon
02:30
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morning star beside the moon
before the sun rose into view
dark storm clouds pass
the skies blown clear
the wind will drop & stars appear
bright venus pierced the twilight scene
a silver ray dispels this dream.
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9. |
rainswept town
03:40
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waiting here now for the train
waiting here now for the train
oh my lord it starts to rain
waiting here now for the train
never come this way again
in the freezing rain
why'd you have to treat me so?
why'd you have to treat me so?
oh my lord the wind blows cold
why'd you have to treat me so?
waiting for a diesel train
in the freezing rain
there's a bird far out at sea
& the sun is sinking down
there's a bird far out at sea
& the sun is sinking down
come on sea-bird set me free
take me from this
rainswept town.
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10. |
bright is the day
02:39
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strange are the ways of a man i know
swift are the hours that nightly show
the way to the morn the pale early light
creeps on & on
weird are the ways of this figure seen
glimpsed between times grey flickering
like some half forgotten image in a
photo album you
can't recall
can't recall
bright is the morning, beyond the day
throw curtains now wide &
greet dancing light through
trees like freeze-frames
swift shadows dart
play like forms
without names
without form.
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11. |
summer rain
02:24
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gathering storm yet out to sea
where mounting cloud drifts tower-free
shoreline strewn with debris sighs
a trail of footsteps erased by tide
& all that's really left to say is
down the pane pours summer rain
small boats swift hurry back to port
escape the wrath of summer storms
the sky was rent quite clear in two
by silver lightning the tempest grew
but all that's really left to say...
but i just can't get through to say that the
storm has washed all trace away
- it has washed all trace away.
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12. |
cursus
04:54
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there's a shaman standing on the ancient cursus
gazing to the sun setting in the southwest
there's a wraith-like form on a distant barrow
there since time & tide so bless the field & harrow
once they blessed the field, the morrow
oxen plough & harrow
now they rend the field, the meadow
rooks disperse upon the morrow.
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