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1. |
Country Life
05:42
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Working in the rain cutting down wood
Didn't do my little brother much good
Lost two fingers in a chainsaw bite
All he does now is drink and fight
Sells a bit of grass hots up cars
Talks of travel never gets far
Loves his kids left his wife
An everyday story of country life
And the red brick cottage where I was born
Is the empty shell of a holiday home
Most of the year there's no-one there
The village is dead and they don't care
Now we live on the edge of town
Haven't been back since the pub closed down
One man's family pays the price
For another man's vision of country life
My old man is eighty four
His generation won the war
He left the farm forever when
They only kept on one in ten
Landed gentry county snobs
Where were you when they lost their jobs
No-one marched or subsidised
To save a country way of life
Silent fields empty lanes
Drifting smoke distant flames
Picture postcard hills on fire
Cattle burning in funeral pyres
Out to graze they look so sweet
We hate the blood we want the meat
Buy me a beer I'll take my knife
Cut you a slice of country life
If you want cheap food well here's the deal
Family farms are brought to heel
Hammer blows of size and scale
Foot and mouth the final nail
The coffin of our English dream
Lies out on the village green
While agri-barons CAP in hand
Strip this green and pleasant land
Of meadow, woodland, hedgerow, pond
What remains gets built upon
No trains, jobs
No shops, no pubs
What went wrong
Country life
It's a little bit of country life
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2. |
Secret World
05:30
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I stood in this unsheltered place
'Til I could see the face behind the face
All that had gone before had left no trace
Down by the railway siding
In our secret world we were colliding
All the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?
So I watch you wash your hair
Underwater, unaware
And the plane flies through the air
Did you think you didn't have to choose it
That I alone could win or lose it
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?
In this house of make believe
Divided in two, like Adam and Eve
You put out and I recieve
Down by the railway siding
In our secret world we were colliding
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?
Oh the wheel it is turning, spinning round and round
And the house it is crumbling but the stairways stand
With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame
Whatever it is, we are all the same
Making it up in our secret world
Making it up in our secret world
Making it up in our secret world
Shaking it up
Breaking it up
Making it up
In our secret world
Seeing things that were not there
On a wing on a prayer
In this state of disrepair
Down by the railway siding
In our secret world we were colliding
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?
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3. |
The Ride
04:08
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The Ride
Well the old man called me in last night
And told me we had lost the fight
And the only way to make it right
Was to close the old fair down
He said I’m really sorry son
I can pay you for the work you’ve done
But I won’t keep you hanging on
Till summer rolls around
For a hundred years my family’s worked these grounds
The county show, the village green and the market towns
But now its over
I wonder if its over
All locked down in the winter yards
A travelling life will leave its scars
On the gallopers and the bumper cards
Still shining in the rain
And as we packed the gear away
I promised I would be back one day
For one last ride I would gladly pay
To work these loads again
For I don’t believe this way of life is past
And the smell of dust and diesel, the new mown grass
The tilt, the flash, the build up, the pulling down
I miss the moving days and the marking out the ground
If its over
I wonder if its over
So I’ll head down to my brothers farm
The winter work will keep me warm
Turn my collar to the northern storms
And shelter f’til the spring
But there’s one thing every showman knows
People still need a place to go
For a film, a fair, a dance, a show
Where we can shout and sing
And I’ll drag my weary gaffer to his feet
And I’ll say the summers here and there’s people in the street
This lockdown winter yard’s no place to hide
Step right up, walk this way
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The Santa Maria sailed out of the sun
Warrior priests with crosses and guns
On a thousand tides in a million waves
They came carrying sickness, cattle and slaves
Columbus didn’t find America
It wasn’t lost it was always there
I won’t celebrate 500 years
Of plundering wealth and scattering tears
Alvarado and Cortés (Alvarado y Cortes)
Almagro, Pissarro and all the rest (Almagro Pissarro los conquistadores)
The raped the land then they stole the sun (Violaron la tierra taparon al sol)
Thieves and butchers every one (Ladrones son todos carniceros )
Columbus didn’t find America
It wasn’t lost it was always there
I won’t celebrate 500 years
Of plundering wealth and scattering tears
The forest stretched from shore to shore
The water was clean and the air was pure
Now driven from the land and living in slums
Without names, without tongues
In 1492 (Mil cuatrocientos noventa y dos)
Columbus sailed the ocean blue (Sobre las mares tres caravelas)
Now the third world sickens and the first grows fat (El viejo se engorda y se pudre el nuevo)
Might have been better had the earth been flat (El mundo mejor si fuese plano)
Columbus didn’t find America
It wasn’t lost it was always there
I won’t celebrate 500 years
Of plundering wealth and scattering tears
Columbus didn’t find America
It wasn’t lost it was always there
I won’t celebrate 500 years
Of plundering wealth and scattering tears
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5. |
My Love Feels Real
03:07
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My love feels real, feels real good
My love feels real, feels real good
My love feels real, feels real good
My love feels real, feels real good
You find some love don't question it
Don’t put on the brakes just roll with it
You find someone who loves you too
Wheels on the track no stopping you
You’ve got some time don’t waste it now
Don’t sit on the porch don’t tell me how
Love is like a moving train
Gotta get on board or lose again
My love feels real, feels real good
My love feels real, feels real good
A lonely bird unlike the rest
Too scared of heights won’t leave the nest
There’s little else that you can do
Than take the road ahead of you
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
My love feels real, feels real good
My love feels real, feels real good
"When in doubt, don’t" poor Richard touts
Don’t fan the flame but stomp it out
And don’t stop stomping get underway
The rails you ride are yours to lay
When the door swings wide well, come on through
Step inside you’ll find me too
Whoever thought we’d end up here?
But one and one makes half the fear
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
My love, My love, My love, My love
My love feels real, feels real good
My love feels real, feels real good
My love feels real, feels real good
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6. |
Where To Now?
02:37
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Don’t be one more tree fallen
On the log-strewn path
Don’t get lost to your inner windings
Never see the wood...
I know that you’ve been harb’ring thoughts
Any heart would feel weighed down
Take your time deciding don’t be
Rushing now, there’s no need
Just don’t give in to
All you’re driven to
Find your way back home
Don’t be one less voice shouting
Out into the night
Don’t lose faith by thinking
You don’t shine as bright
You make a difference every time..
Every time you try
And you won't be sorry to have not let go
I promise
Just don’t give in to
All you’re driven to
Find your way back home
And to answer your own question
Where to now?
You've come so far just try to stay
On the path you’re on somehow
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7. |
Orion Sees
04:12
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Once I was a deckhand on a silken sailing boat
I could lay back and tell the stars to watch us wherever you are
And wherever I am as I'd slowly float
The wind in the shrouds whispered low...
Ooh ooh, Ooh ooh
Once I was ridin' on a Silver Vista train
I could watch for the clouds to part and wait for the moon to start
To glimmer through the gray, sparkle through the rain
Heard whistle whinin' over the panoramic panes
Ooh ooh, Ooh ooh
Once I walkin' alone up in the hills
Climbed above the tree line, looked to Orion's eyes
The marmots and the rocks stood still
And the lonesome wolf cry soared wherever it willed...
Ooh ooh, Ooh ooh
I can see Orion, but he don't say a thing
You can see Orion
And he can hear you sing
Ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ...
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8. |
Carolina In My Mind
03:17
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In my mind I've gone to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine can't you just feel the moon shine?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind
Yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind
Karen, she's a silver sun, you'd best walk away and watch it shining
Watch her watch the morning come
A silver tear appearing now I'm crying ain't I?
I've gone to Carolina in my mind
There ain't no doubt in no-ones mind that loves the finest thing around
Whisper something soft and kind
And hey baby, the sky's on fire, I'm dying, ain't I
I've gone to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I've gone to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine can't you just feel the moon shining?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind
Yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind
Dark and silent late last night I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
The signs that it might be omens say I'm going, going
I've gone to Carolina in my mind
With a holy host of others standing around me S
till I'm on the dark side of the moon
Seems like it goes on like this forever, you must forgive me
Forgive me, and if I'm up and...
In my mind I've gone to Carolina in my mind
Can't you see the sunshine can't you just feel the moon shining?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind
Yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind
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Señor, señor, do you know where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
Seems like I been down this way before
Is there any truth in that, señor?
Señor, señor, do you know where she is hidin'?
How long are we gonna be ridin'?
How long must I keep my eyes glued to the door?
Will there be any comfort there, señor?
There's a wicked wind still blowin' on that upper deck
There's an iron cross still hanging down from around her neck
There's a marchin' band still playin' in that vacant lot
Where she held me in her arms one time and said, "Forget me not"
Senor, señor, I can see that painted wagon
Smell the tail of the dragon
I can't stand the suspense anymore
Can you tell me who to contact here, señor?
Well, the last thing I remember before we stripped and kneeled
Was a train load of fools bogged down in a magnetic field
A gypsy with a broken flag and a flashing ring
He said, "Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing"
Señor, señor, they got hearts is as hard as leather
Give me a minute, let me get it together
Just gotta pick myself up off the floor
Can't you tell me what we're waiting for, señor?
Señor, señor, let's overturn these tables
Disconnect these cables
This place don't make sense to me no more
And I'm ready when you are, señor
I'm ready when you are, señor
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10. |
Crow On The Cradle
04:33
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The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn
Now is the time for a child to be born
He'll laugh at the moon and he'll cry for the sun
And if he's a boy, he'll carry a gun
Sang the crow on the cradle
And if it should happen that our baby's a girl
Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
And a bomber above her wherever she goes
Sang the crow on the cradle
Your mother and father, they'll scrape and they'll save
Build you a coffin and dig you a grave
Hushaby little one, never you weep
For we've got a toy that will put you to sleep
Sang the crow on the cradle
Crow on the cradle, the black and the white
Somebody's baby is born for a fight
Crown on the cradle, the white and the black
Somebody's baby is not coming back
Sang the crow on the cradle
Bring me my gun and I'll shoot that bird dead
That's what your mother and father have said
Crow on the cradle, what shall we do
That is a thing that I'll leave up to you
Sang the crow on the cradle
Sang the crow on the cradle
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11. |
Company Town
05:50
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Wake the union
Sound the alarm
They're storming the gates
Of the old city farm
So I won't go down to the company town no more
Wolves in the night been circling the flock
Shepherds are honing their knives on the block
So I won't go down to the company town no more
Singing and dancing up on the hill
Down in the street we're paying the bills
The wheelers and dealers fixers the spies
Cashing their cheques they're peddlin' their lies
So I won't go down to the company town no morе
The smart money's sailing out to the East
Plans have been hatched and palms have been greased
So I won't go down to the company town no more
Call out the coastguard send up the flares
The icebergs coming but no-one cares
So I won't go down to the company town no more
Here below deck you know nothing has changed
The book have been cooked, the chairs re-arranged
But I'm in a lifeboat over the side
And I'm pulling away on the sweet morning tide
So I won't go down to the company town no more
Wake the union ring out the bells
The party is over and I'm hurtin' like hell
Here's one lost soul that won't be found
When the trumpet peals of judgement sound
I won't go down to the company town no more
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12. |
The Deep End
04:11
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They'll throw you in at the deep end
Watch you try to swim
Your hands tied behind your back
There's no way you win
In at the deep end
No one can hear you shout
Not a chance in hell
And no coin to bail you out
They'll drop you in at the deep end
Leave you for dead
A rock and hard place
For something you said
No light, no hope
You'll learn to love the things you fear the most
You'll break in time
Down where the sun don't ever shine
So break out, start living
Get out while you can
Break out start living
Get out while you can
There's no way out of the deep end
Till you get wise
So bide your time and to survive
You cheat, steal and lie
In at the deep end
Nothing to lose
A man can find redemption
The path is his to choose
No light, no hope
You'll learn to love the things you fear the most
You'll break in time
Down where the sun don't ever shine
So break out, start living
Get out while you can
Break out start living
Get out while you can
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13. |
Only Human
04:16
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Stop doing it, stop trying so hard
Stop thinking so much, it's only driving you mad
You're only human, no one expects the world of you
Stop worrying, you know you're doing the best you can do
You may not be where where you wanna be
And who gives a damn what anybody says
You've got much more than you had ever dreamed
You've come so far from where you started off
A suitcase, clothes and there was nothing else
You never gave up so don't stop keeping on
So stop thinking now, that you're not good enough
Stop letting it, turn you into someone you're not
You're only human, no one expects the world from you
Stop feeling there's something you need to prove
You've come so far from where you started off
A suitcase, clothes and there was nothing else
You never gave up so don't stop keeping on
You've come so far from where you started off
A suitcase, clothes and there was nothing else
You never gave up so don't stop keeping on
Don't fear don't swerve
Don't lose your nerve
Just stay on track
And Don't look back
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14. |
La Banda
03:46
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Step into my skin
From the outside looking in
It's not what you might think, no
You hear us on the air
We're playing everywhere
Stop a while to bend your ear
La banda vendida
Pa 'l bien o la ruina
We follow the road where it goes
So Viva la musica, dance if it's movin ya
Follow our lead and let go
Follow our lead and let go
Step into my shoes
The life that you would choose?
Play, no sleep and back on the road
Living out your dreams
Not quite what it seems
The only thing we need to know
La banda vendida
Pa 'l bien o la ruina
We follow the road where it goes
So Viva la musica, dance if it's movin ya
Follow our lead and let go
Follow our lead and let go
Ask us where we’ve been
Can’t you see the state we’re in?
A hundred thousand miles to go
52 in 1
Don’t you know we've just begun?
We don't know how to take it slow
La banda vendida
Pa 'l bien o la ruina
We follow the road where it goes
So Viva la musica, dance if it's movin ya
Follow our lead and let go
Follow our lead and let go
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15. |
Love and War
05:02
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How many souls lose the fight each day?
How many lives just blown away?
Run from your home like you were never there
Given no choice but running scared
Is it true what they say?
I don't know anymore
Put your hand on your heart and tell me
All is fair in love and war
Come drown your sorrows, let them disappear
At the end of a bottle, in the dregs of your beer
We're all refugees from love or war
When we plant our feet on some stranger's shore
And we'll sing all the songs that we sang with our friends
And fill our cups with their memories instead
Is it true what they say?
I don't know anymore
Put your hand on your heart and tell me
All is fair in love and war
So raise up your glass and drink every drop
Choose your poison, and it never stops
We all sat silent when we should have screamed
And close our eyes to the evil we've seen
Is it true what they say?
I don't now anymore
Put your hand on your heart and tell me
All is fair in love and war
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The Devil's Right Hand
03:52
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About the time that Daddy went to fight the great war
I saw my first pistol in the general store
In the general store, when I was thirteen
I thought it was the finest thing I ever did seen
So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she nearly blew up
She nearly blew up, and she didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
My first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
Shoots as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow
It loads a mite slow, you can shoot a man down
It'll get you into trouble but it can't get you out
My next pistol was a Colt 45
Out was called a peacemaker but I never knew why
I never knew why, I didn't understand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
Got into a card game in a company town
I caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down
I shot the dog down, watched the man fall
He never reached his holster, never had a chance to draw
The trial was in the morning and they took me out of bed
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
The hand that pulled the trigger was the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
The hand that pulled the trigger was the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
The hand that pulled the trigger was the devil's right hand
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17. |
Donna Lola
05:39
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Born in Sligo, I wasn’t long for Grange
In Germany they said I was from Spain
In London I was Indian
Then I changed my name again
Thus the world beheld Donna Lola
You’re never gonna forget Donna Lola
You’re never gonna forget Donna Lola
If you don't know Lola Montez
That just means that I ain't done yet
You’re never gonna forget Donna Lola
No one on this earth would ever dare
To say I put on graces and airs
If you doubt my constitution
Watch me start a revolution
Then you'll never forget Donna Lola
As a muse I am a splendid thing
I've known composers, writers and a king
My Spanish beauty is unspoiled
And well preserved in inks and oils
You’re never gonna forget Donna Lola
You’re never gonna forget Donna Lola...
I can hypnotize you with my Spider Dance
It left Australian miners in a trance
There's no stage with a better show
And I'll whip the man that says that it ain't so
You're never forget Donna Lola
You’re never gonna forget Donna Lola...
There’s nothing in this world I’ve never seen
There’s nothing in this world I’ve never been
I've sailed the seas and evangelized
Of a woman's fight and of men who lie
You’re never gonna forget Donna Lola
You’re never gonna forget Donna Lola...
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18. |
Recuerdos (María)
04:08
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Oh my love when you’re with me
There was nowhere else we’d rather be
We walked beside the water
Down by the silent quay
Night has gone it’s almost day
And I’m caught between the light and shade
You walked by the river, you threw our dreams into the sea
María
Recuerdos (That summer)
Perdidos (Like no other)
Todos mis sueños
Arrojados al mar
I loved you by the sea
Recuerdos (But I lost you)
Perdidos (To another)
Todos mis sueños
Arrojados al mar
Do you think of me?
María
Laughter’s drifting from the caves
The moon is dancing on the waves
There’s a distant rumour of the last time I saw rain
Everything that we ran ran from
The cars, the clamour and the throng
I lost you forever on the day you caught that train
María
Recuerdos (Forever)
Perdidos (That summer)
Todos mis sueños
Arrojados al mar
I loved you by the sea
Recuerdos (But I lost you)
Perdidos (To another)
Todos mis sueños
Arrojados al mar
Do you think of me?
María
I still remember (Yo recuerdo)
That long summer (Oh ese verano)
Now it’s winter (Han pasado los meses)
And you’re with another (Y tú estás con otro)
María
Recuerdos (That summer)
Perdidos (Like no other)
Todos mis suenos
Arrojados al mar (I lost you by the sea)
Recuerdos (To another)
Perdidos (Maria)
Todos mis suenos
Arrojados al mar (Do you ever think of me)
Recuerdos
Periods (Our summer)
Todos mis suenos
Arrojados al mar (I loved you by the sea)
Recuerdos
Perdidos
Todos mis sueños
Arrojados al mar
Maria
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19. |
Ruby
04:19
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Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?
I'm sittin' in the shade
With a shovel and a spade
I'm diggin' in the ground's cold mine
Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?
I've done all I can do
To try and get along with you
But still you're not satisfied
Oh Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?
If you don't believe I'm right
Just call on me tonight
I'll take you to your shanty so cold
Oh Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?
Oh Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?
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20. |
Santiago
08:03
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From the ports of the West we sailed into the sun
South America bound, our journey begun
Lights going on in the Barrios,
It was half a world away
We had an ocean to cross and a course to steer
All the way
We bought copper and ore, silver and gold
And in the mines and the fields
The sweat of a people was sold
Lights going out in the Barrios
A long day's labour at an end
They saw the wealth of the mountains
Flow all the way to Santiago
All the way to Santiago
All the way to Santiago
All the way to Santiago
All the way
And when the country was torn
Oh we chose sides
Selling arms to the few to hold back the tide
Fires burned in the Barrios
We poured oil upon the flames
Sending bullets and bombs, guns and planes
All the way
From the hearts of the west
They fly back to the sun
South American bound
And now their journey is done
They'll be laughter and songs in the Barrios
To echo half the world away
When Maria y Juan y Julio
Isabella Manuel y Mario
Felipe Raoul y Mauricio
Andamio se casa
All the way to Santiago
All the way to Santiago
All the way to Santiago
All the way
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21. |
Cousin Jack
07:34
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This land is barren and broken
Scarred like the face of the moon
Our tongue is no longer spoken
The towns all around face ruin
Will there be work in New Brunswick?
Will I find gold in the Cape?
If I tunnel way down to Australia
Oh, will I ever escape?
Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground
That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound
So look for me under the lode and inside the vein
Where the copper, the clay, the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood they get under your skin
I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back
So follow me down cousin Jack
The soil was to poor to make Eden
Granite and sea left no choice
Though visions of heaven sustained us
When John Wesley gave us a voice
Did Joseph once come to St Michaels Mount
Two thousand years pass in a dream
When you're working your way in the darkness
Deep in the heart of the seam
Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground
That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound
So look for me under the lode or inside the vein
Where the copper, the clay, where the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood they get under your skin
I'm leaving the county behind I'm not coming back
So follow me down cousin Jack
I dream of a bridge across the Tamar
And it opens us up to the East
In my dreams I see the English they live in our houses
I see the Spanish, fishing in these seas
Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground
That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound
So look for me under the lode or inside the vein
Where the copper, the clay, where the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood they get under your skin
I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back
So follow me down cousin Jack
Follow me down cousin Jack
Follow me down cousin Jack
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22. |
Best One Yet
07:21
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Come on baby wake up don’t think twice
The cars all packed, the beer’s on ice
The sun’s coming up at the end of the street
There’s a perfect place where we can meet
Ahead we’ve still got a four hour drive
’Til I see those hills I won’t be alive
Come on now lets take a chance
Or we’ll forget how to kiss how to sing and dance
Doctor said ‘do no harm’
But we need these days like a shot in the arm
And if the roadmaps clear
I gotta feeling this year
Is gonna be the best one yet
So let’s go
Get out in the green fields
To let the music flow
This year
Is gonna be the best one yet
So let’s go
Get out in the green fields
To let the music flow
Laughter drifting over new mown grass
It feels so good to be here at last
We’re staring up at the clear blue sky
Won’t you lay right down let the time slip by
Hopes and dreams were broken and crushed
Now they rise in the air with the lights and the flares
Like diesel and dust
Oh in science we’ll trust
I gotta feeling this year
Is gonna be the best one yet
So let’s go
Get out in the green fields
To let the music flow
Sun goes down and the lights are fading fast
Drinking in the sweet night air honey all I ask
Is that you raise your glass
I gotta feeling this year
Is gonna be the best one yet
So let’s go
Get out in the green fields
To let the music flow
This year
Is gonna be the best one yet
So let’s go
Get out in the green fields
To let the music flow
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Helplessly Hoping
02:48
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Helplessly hoping her harlequin hovers nearby
Awaiting a word
Gasping at glimpses of gentle true spirit he runs
Wishing he could fly
Only to trip at the sound of goodbye
Wordlessly watching he waits by the window and wonders
At the empty place inside
Heartlessly helping himself to her bad dreams he worries
Did he hear a goodbye?
Or even hello?
They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are for each other
Stand by the stairway you'll see something certain to tell you
Confusion has its cost
Love isn't lying it's loose in a lady who lingers
Saying she is lost
And choking on hello
They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are for each other
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Show of Hands England, UK
Show of Hands are an English acoustic roots/folk duo formed in 1986 by singer-songwriter Steve Knightley and composer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer. Joined by singer and double-bassist Miranda Sykes in 2004, and percussionist Cormac Byrne in 2019, Show of Hands continue to perform as a duo as well as in the four-piece band format. ... more
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