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Yellow Skirt
06:33
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You say I look like summer
while it’s raining outside
Everyone wears black
while I wear yellow, red and white
Another tricky situation
I’m just trying to get through
so I put on my long, yellow skirt
and I don’t feel quite so blue:
it’s summer
summer inside
I told you in September
I would call you all the time
But now it is December
and we’ve only spoken twice
It’s not that I don’t want to,
every single day I do
and when I put on my skirt,
well, I’m right back there with you
and it’s summer
summer inside
Takwaba uwaba nga Yesu
Takwaba uwaba nga Yesu
Takwaba uwaba nga Yesu
Takwaba takwa kabe
Na yenda enda konse konse
Na fwaya fwaya konse konse
Na shinguluka konse konse
Takwaba takwa kabe
Five years have unfolded
unsealed letters in a drawer
I wish you knew who I am
cause I don’t anymore
(Bembe translation:
There’s no-one, there’s no-one like Jesus
There’s no-one, there’s no-one like him.
I walk here and there…
I search here and there…
I turn around here and there…
There’s no-one, there’s no-one like him)
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2. |
Nights Without End
01:55
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Nights without end
lost in the darkness
you were a friend
I dreamed about you
Lights have gone out
still they scream and they shout
walk with me
we’ll take a long road home
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3. |
Baron's Heir
03:23
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O gin I were a baron's heir,
And could I braid wi' gems your hair,
And be as braw as ye are fair,
Lassie, would ye love me?
And I would tak' ye to the town,
And show ye braw sights, many’s a wan,
And busk ye wi’ a silken gown,
Lassie, would ye love me?
Or should ye be content to prove,
In lowly life unfading love,
A heart that nought on earth could move,
Lassie, would ye love me?
And ere the laverock wing the sky,
would ye untae the forest hie,
And live wi' me until we die,
Lassie, would ye love me?
And when the braw moon glistens o'er,
Our wee bit bield and heathery moor,
Will ye nae greet that we're sae poor,
Lassie, for I love ye?
For I have nought to offer ye,
Nae gowd frae mine, nae pearl frae sea,
Nor dae I come frae high degree,
Lassie, but I love ye.
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4. |
Stormy Sea
05:56
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I’m looking for a rainbow
cause the sun is shining
though the rain is falling down
I’m searching for a promise
cause hope is out there
though things are rough
right here, right now
Stormy sea, you could carry me
away from here
Stormy sea, if I let you carry me
surely I would drown
I’m reaching for your hand
cause the mist is coming in
and I don’t know which way to turn
I’m trying to remember
the things you told me
but all I can hear is the roar of the wind
Stormy sea, you could carry me
away from here
Stormy sea, if I let you carry me
surely I would drown
Little bird how do you fly
headstrong into the wind and why?
Hey buoy keep your head above water
ride the white horses into the sound
Stormy sea, you could carry me
away from here
Stormy sea, if I let you carry me
surely I would drown
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5. |
Lullaby
04:03
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Watch the stars as they climb to the sky
they have crawled from their beds where they lie
and now it’s time for sleep
Go to bed, wrap the dark round your chest
close your eyes, think of how you are blessed
And if the waves crash on the shore of your memory
if the wind whips up your thoughts and fears
till a storm is raging in your head
if the rain
falls
down
your
cheeks
Turn away from that shore, just walk away
to the beach where the waves gently play
and breathe in with the ebb of the tide
and breathe out with the flow as it sighs
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6. |
Brigid's Birds
05:16
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Brigid’s birds mark my way
darting arrows in the sky
and the North Wind,
she dances with them
giving wings to their cry
And I could be a monk
alone on this white strand
I see those who’ll come after me
and I’m waiting for them to land
And the stars shine bright
as the fire burns low
How can we ever go back
to what we used to know?
The history of galaxies
unravelling in the night
will the land hold our memory
like the sky holds light and life
If your blood is in the ocean
and my tears are in the sea
then our story’s in the water
could it hold eternity?
And the stars shine bright
as the fire burns low
How can we ever go back
to what we used to know?
Fire burns cold
It’s the fields that are full of gold
They were a casket for
his body, for his soul
And you say,
“Don’t be afraid.”
And you say,
“Well, we’re all leaving anyway.”
And you say,
“New life comes at the end.”
Well, this is the end.
Brigid’s birds mark my way…
And the stars shine bright
as the fire burns low
We’ll never come this way again
that much I know
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O gin I were a baron's heir,
And could I braid wi' gems your hair,
And be as braw as ye are fair,
Lassie, would ye love me?
And I would tak' ye to the town,
And show ye braw sights, many’s a wan,
And busk ye wi’ a silken gown,
Lassie, would ye love me?
Or should ye be content to prove,
In lowly life unfading love,
A heart that nought on earth could move,
Lassie, would ye love me?
For I have nought to offer ye,
Nae gowd frae mine, nae pearl frae sea,
Nor dae I come frae high degree,
Lassie, but I love ye.
And when the braw moon glistens o'er,
Our wee bit bield and heathery moor,
Will ye nae greet that we're sae poor,
Lassie, for I love ye?
Ere the laverock wing the sky,
would ye untae the forest hie,
And live wi' me until we die,
Lassie, would ye love me?
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8. |
Elephant Tears
06:43
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I’ve sung your songs
of love and loss
Of new love
of true love
of heartbreak
of times without hope
So why can’t I?
So why can’t I
sing of my own?
I line my home
with the lines you wrote
fictional lives full of truth
stepping out of the frame
of the page
So why can’t I?
So why can’t I
live with my own?
Lips form words
from a racing, tangled mind
And melody trace
our soul’s deepest sighs
And muscles and neurons
and organs help the air
to carry a tune
if you can’t tell a story
you can still say a prayer
Elephant tears
for a secret soaked seven year old
Sun beams
for the rainclouds
that darken a teenage mind
And send out an olive branch
for the soul tossed on the sea
she carries a key
to a fortressed heart
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9. |
Widen Your Horizons
05:03
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Widen your horizons
he said, she danced
she danced, he said
We built a wall
of words and silences
of insecurities
of wounded memories
while hope
while hope soared wild and free
Widen your horizons
he said, she danced
she danced, he said
Words shot from sniper guns
while hearts bruised in battle
beat a marching song
And stand now to attention
commanded by rejection
to fight or die
to protect the lie
Widen your horizons
he said, she danced
she danced, he said
You drop silence
do you look down
or look back
as its core breaks on impact
and the fire spreads
mute, red tongues
licking wounds that burn
till there’s no place of return
there’s no place of return
no place of return…
widen your horizons…
danced…
said…
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10. |
Long Time
03:58
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Look, there’s the place
where we lay in the dark
catching shooting stars
They helped light a way
through some dreich
worn out days
when our boats had drifted far apart
But hey,
it’s been a long time
since I lay here by your side
Oh and hey,
it takes a long time
to cross this ocean wide
Walk south to the beach
where you carried me
across the stones to the sea
Imagine it now
a picture on a wall
oh, would you still carry me?
Oh cause hey,
it’s been a long time
since we walked along the sand
Oh and hey,
it took a long time
to get my feet back on solid land
Let’s stop at the house
where I welcomed you home
now someone else lays the fire
I watch those coal flames grow
till the dying embers glowed
looking back I said goodbye
hey,
if I take my time
on this salt water path
I pray I see
a way toward love
away from the ache of memory
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