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Oakley Walls
04:36
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Within these walls the ghosts talk
They whisper on the stairs
They think I cannot hear them
They think they'll catch me unawares.
But I see through them,
I hear their song,
I know their secrets
I've known them all along.
Without these walls the wind blows
It howls across the moor
It's blowing from the cold North sea
And it rattles at my door.
Within these walls the fire glows
Within these walls there's friends
Within these walls love sings
A song that never ends.
Without these walls the fighter jets
Are roaring down the valley side
They shatter my thoughts, my dreams
And leave me no place to hide.
But the traveller's tree protects me
Under its berried bough.
Its seed was sown before men flew
Its sap still rising now.
Without these walls the tree-cracked sky
Frames the dark clouds rolling by
The skylark's song, the curlew's cry
The only sounds I hear.
Within these walls there's music,
Strange notes and sounds
That mingle with the midnight air
As ghosts are gathering round.
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2. |
Appaloosa
03:15
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I'm gonna find an appaloosa
He's gonna teach me how to ride
All the things I should be learning
About how to feel inside.
Some times I'm getting glimpses
Of a flashing eye and tail
But he always slips right by me
And keeps me on his trail.
If you spot my appaloosa
Will you give me a shout?
Cos I'm gonna keep on chasing
Find out what it's all about.
And if I get to ride him
I think, at last, I will be free
Looking out for one another
My appaloosa and me.
He'll have no saddle or no bridle
We'll follow rivers where they flow.
Sometimes we'll climb a mountain
So we can build on what we know.
If you spot my appaloosa
Will you give me a shout?
Cos I'm gonna keep on chasing
Find out what it's all about.
We'll be living for the moment
And i think it's going to last
Forget looking to the future
And living in the past.
So if you're searching for wild horses
And you see us riding by
We'll be sure to let you follow
On our way up to the sky.
If you spot my appaloosa
Will you give me a shout?
Cos I'm gonna keep on chasing
Find out what it's all about.
Yeah if you spot my appaloosa
Just give me a shout.
Cos I'm gonna keep on chasing
Find out what it's all about.
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3. |
Drawing
02:19
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In this drawing of you
That I need to finish before you go
I describe you now
It will help me to remember
In this drawing of you
I try to capture your soul
The art of letting go
I release you, but remember...
Paint tells more than a photograph
The things you do
The way you laugh
Lines and marks etch through your soul
The scars will heal and make you whole
In this drawing of you
Is my love for all you've done for me
All the things you are to me
I will remember.
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4. |
Yellow Haired Girl
04:23
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5. |
Starlings
04:26
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Jewel birds gather
Rising and falling
Caught in some dance
Hypnotic, enthralling
One bird alights
And a smaller group flies
Whispering, twittering
Make for the skies
Murmuring, murmuring
When will you be
Wrapping and flapping
Safe home to me?
Twist like a cyclone
Ducking and diving
Starlings my darlings
At dusk are arriving
Thousands and thousands
A twisting cloak turning
Darken the skies
As the last rays are burning
Murmuring, murmuring
When will you be
Wrapping and flapping
Safe home to me?
Bird calls and feathers
Whistling and whirring
Sparkling birds
Gathering, conferring
Swooping and whooping
They plunge from their flight
Under the pier
To be safe for the night
Murmuring, murmuring
When will you be
Wrapping and flapping
Safe home to me?
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6. |
Dancing
04:04
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7. |
Jack's Friends
03:33
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Jack's friends are hard to please
For all they see they can do with ease
But when they heard the song you sang
I could see that the magic had begun
And oh when I heard your voice
I could see from that moment that I had no choice
So hold my hand won't you come along?
I want to wake every morning just to hear your song
Jack's friends are hard to move
They never leave a step to chance
But you should have seen that look of love
When they saw that you had joined the dance.
And oh when I heard your voice
I could see from that moment that I had no choice
So hold my hand won't you come along?
I want to wake every morning just to hear your song
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8. |
Forest Song
03:38
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9. |
Tree
03:08
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10. |
Lovely Joan
03:12
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A fine young man it was indeed
He was mounted on his milk white steed.
He rode, he rode himself all alone
Until he came to lovely Joan.
"Good morning to you pretty, fair maid!"
"And twice good morning, sir." she said.
He gave her a wink, she rolled her eye,
Thinks he to himself, 'I'll be there by and by!"
"Oh don't you think these pooks of hay
A pretty place for us to play?
So come with me like a sweet young thing,
And I'll give you my golden ring."
Then he took off his ring of gold.
"My pretty miss do this behold!
I'd freely give it for your maidenhead."
Her cheeks they blushed like the roses red.
"Give me that ring into my hand
And I will neither stay nor stand.
For this would do more good to me
Than twenty maidenheads." said she.
And as he made for the pooks of hay
She leapt on his horse and tore away
He called, he called but it was all in vain.
Young Joan she never looked back again.
She did not think herself quite safe.
No not till she came to her true love's gate.
She's robbed him of his horse and ring
And left him to rage in the meadows green.
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11. |
Maids of Culmore
05:01
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From the sweet port of Derry
To fair London town
There is no finer harbour
All around to be found.
Where the children each evening
Go down by the shore
And they join in the dance
With the maids of Culmore.
And the first time I saw her
She passed me by,
And the next time that I saw her
She'd a tear in her eye,
But the last time I saw her
My heart grieved full sore
For she sailed down Loch Foyle
And away from Culmore.
And had I the power
The storms for to rise
I would blow the winds higher
And darken the skies.
I would blow the winds higher,
Cause the seas for to roar
For the day my love sailed
Far away from Culmore.
And the first time I saw her
She passed me by,
And the next time that I saw her
She'd a tear in her eye,
But the last time I saw her
My heart grieved full sore
For she sailed down Loch Foyle
And away from Culmore.
To the far lands of America
My love I'll go see,
And it's there I'll no no-one
And no-one knows me.
And if I do not find her
I'll return home no more.
Like a pilgrim I will wander
Far away from Culmore.
And the first time I saw her
She passed me by,
And the next time that I saw her
She'd a tear in her eye,
But the last time I saw her
My heart grieved full sore
For she sailed down Loch Foyle
And away from Culmore.
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12. |
White Witch Winter
03:39
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White witch winter won't go away
Outstayed it's welcome now the snow's turned grey
Find me a boat, sail me away.
Sail me to an April day
Or a bluebell wood filled with scents of May
And a path that leads down to Soldier's Bay.
Sail me to a day in July
Swifts scream over a slate grey sky
Rain may be falling and so might I.
In The Forest you heard me sing
An ancient song - a simple thing
The only gift I had to bring.
Seaflower sails the oceans wide
Dolphins swimming at her side
In the distance seabirds cry.
Johnny built a house on the shore
I don't know who he built it for
But I'll be knocking on his door.
White witch winter won't go away
Outstayed it's welcome now the snow's turned grey
Find me a boat, sail me away.
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13. |
Enjoy the Journey
03:35
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You say enjoy the journey but there's no room on your bike,
There's no room on your bike
I guess I'll have to hike....
You sail for the horizon but there's no room in your boat,
No room in your boat
Well I just hope I float....
Throw me out a tow rope
I can't catch up with you
Sometimes I think there's no hope
What else can I do?
You say you drive a fast car but you've got no room inside
Got no room inside
I'll have to hitch a ride.
This is the road to travel on the platform of your bus
Move on down inside
What will become of us?
Throw me out a tow rope
I can't catch up with you
Sometimes I think there's no hope
What else can I do?
We're driving through the mountains in your camper van
On the Bealach na Ba
You can prove that you're a man.
Single track with passing places up the mountain side
And down to Loch Kishorn
It's a roller coaster ride.
Throw me out a tow rope
I can't catch up with you
Sometimes I think there's no hope
What else can I do?
You created a diversion and went down another track
And I went off the rails
Are you ever coming back?
Don't want to go my own way 'cos I can't bear the load,
I can't bear the load
At the end of the road.
Throw me out a tow rope
I can't catch up with you
Sometimes I think there's no hope
What else can I do?
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14. |
Barn Owl
04:32
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I heard and echo on your voice
And saw a barn owl rising in the dark
A thought passed that it might be the last that I would see.
Which way to turn
It's lonely in the night
And who would lose
Not to see that owl in flight?
Glide into the night.
I saw the faces of my friends
And felt them reaching out to me
They're so beautiful and I cannot leave them behind.
Which way to turn
It's lonely in the night
And who would lose
Not to see that owl in flight?
Glide into the night.
Did I find you waiting there for me?
And like a child I'd fall into your arms
Wrapped in your love I hope that I would find where I belong.
Which way to turn
It's lonely in the night
And who would lose
Not to see that owl in flight?
Glide into the night.
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15. |
Man of Words
04:24
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16. |
Ashes
03:36
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17. |
Julian's Song
01:40
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My birds have all flown away
And left me without their singing
And although it was just yesterday
It feels like a lifetime.
I walked with you under the trees
Black branches still cling to their nests
Those are my birds that fly on the breeze
Can you hear their music?
Birds fly
Children grow
Leaves fall
Then you'll know.....
When you are a man you will know
That you cannot possess them
Like leaves from the trees they will blow
Enjoy them while you may.....
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Tim & Julie Cole Sheffield, UK
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