1. |
Lemon And Blue
04:47
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I've made up this room in lemon and blue
revealed the old window for a room with a view
It's awaiting disruption
from a daughter like you
who's known from the start she could always pull through
known from the start she could always pull through
So don't fly in the face of old loving palms
on a grey August morning
on daisy chain lawns
where blackbirds and dragon flies
mildew and thorns
have opened your sanity and kept you from harm
have opened your sanity and kept you from harm
So I've made up this room
I've made it for you
so you can pull through
in this lemon and blue
I've pleaded your case deep within Maggie's farm
seen ivory towers tumbling tumbling down
when you danced for the senator
you made him so mad
so won't you climb on the shoulders
of the only man you can call 'Dad'
who through Helvelyns echo
and days at the fleadh
stood aghast at your honesty
given straight from the heart
stood aghast at your honesty
given straight from the heart
so I've made up this room in lemon and blue
revealed the old window for a room with a view
It's awaiting disruption
from a daughter like you
who's known from the start she will always pull through
known from the start she will always pull through
don't fly in the face of old loving palms
no,no,no
your public is waiting
it's time to move on
that's why I've made up this room
I've made it for you
so you can pull through
in this lemon and blue
so you can pull through
in this lemon and blue
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2. |
One Man Show
04:53
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O' the fairy tales I can tell
they turn to lies that float on by
they just seem like all the times
we've lived a life of make believe
despite times when hopes and promises
overturn the way we live
This time it's in the boat you row
so let's play it like a one man show
cynical and fast
and if all you do is walk on by
how can we begin to realise
there's a need to find someone
who hears the song you sing
but does not seek to change the mood or style
We imagine faith with riches tall and handsome
bright new shining vessels for new wine
but you might like to make a small exception
we can't i inhabit armour all our lives
Look at me when I came home in the summer
after laying down those wounds that never heal
I never believed that you'd be waiting
so why do we talk of bonds and chains from history
So the fairy tales I can tell
are nothing more than lies that float on by
they just seem like all the times
we've lived a life of make believe
despite times when hopes and promises
overturn the way we live
This time it's in the boat you row
so let's play it like a one man show
cynical and fast
and if all you do is walk on by
how can we begin to realise
there's a need to find someone
who hears the song you sing
but does not seek to change the mood or style
So let me climb aboard the boat you row
I'll play it like a one man show
cynical and fast
and you might find someone
who hears the song you sing
and does not seek to change the mood or style
right here there is someone
who loves the song you sing
and he will never seek to change it's mood or style
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3. |
Banks Of The Bann
02:10
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4. |
Arctic October
05:49
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The sound of crazy voices loud and shrill
twenty four seven in an arctic chill
where ignorance confusion and contempt
is enough to raise the sleepless pain
enough to make your outcomes fade
There are voice far beyond you
there is talk of grief and war
there's even talk of human gain
sometimes it's natures call
Yet despite yourself you never lose control
or see yourself unfocused unresolved
with hopes that can't be shaken with some shrug
you better watch yourself you just might fall in love
We played a game of give and take we tried to hold the reigns
of confused teenage norms that never hear the voice of blame
ghosts of windy streets bring artifacts of where we've been
we rung our hands
we tore our hair
deprived ourselves with techno dreams
Yet despite ourselves we never lost control
or saw ourselves unfocused un resolved
with hopes that can't be shaken with some shrug
you better watch yourself you just might fall in love
Perspiration choices in a cold Tintilla lake
eyes that meet on alpine tables
they cross continents of fate
there's a kingdom they call agony
wild boys upon the stage
but when you've done it all
there's nothing more
it's time to feel what words can't say
Yet despite ourselves we never lost control
or saw ourselves unfocused un resolved
with hopes that can't be shaken with some shrug
you better watch yourself you just might fall in love
twenty four seven
it's an arctic chill
You better watch yourself you just might fall in love
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5. |
Company Man
04:45
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Do you remember the writing on the wall
call for intervention in the days of Albemarle
we took our chances and we gave another view
so the young could play legitimate games
on tables green and new
soon the inclination came
a generation changed
voices called for action
it was simple it was plain
But they said it was a teenage phase
all just a flash in the pan
I stayed on the front line
you became a company man
Do you remember do you still believe
creators not consumers was the way it meant to be
kids were on the corner asking for a stake
not your blind indifference to the choices that they make
we would talk for hours looking for the reason why
I bought the tee-shirt you bought the tie
That's why I have to be here
and do the best I can
I stayed on the front line
you became a company man
Do you remember do you still know your place
far from the aspidistra in your corporate state of grace
for when they found the answers and began to make the grade
you said it's all too easy and you changed the state of play
Yet you would champion so boldly their right to participate
now the cards are on the table you won't open up your ace
so what you gonna tell them
when it starts to hit the fan
I stayed on the front line
you became a company man
do you remember
do you recall
do you remember
do you recall
do you remember
do you recall
I stayed on the front line
but you became a company man
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6. |
Whitby
03:10
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They've put coloured lights on trees along the cliffs and they look crazy
I've been carried home by someone who told me she thought they looked quite pretty
contrasting views , dancing feet and concertinas keep me running
while cobble stones and swirling eves they don't call on too much thinking
Whitby you've been here so long
please don't criticise I promise you when we arrive
you can be the first to know where we went wrong
So I'll wander to a place on Baxtergate where all my friends are
and leave this faded moon/ this rusty can
I've just filled full of pebbles
we'll sing a thousand crazy songs
which are good fun but hold no meaning
wander home with such good friends who will always know
behind these lazy wanderings
lies a truth behind the reason we keep returning
Whitby you've been here so long
please don't criticise I promise you when we arrive
you can be the first to know where we went wrong
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7. |
Claudy Banks
02:22
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8. |
Cyber Dating
06:59
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He's ruled days and he's ruled time
by simply leaving them behind
behind a melancholy smile
he's been worried
he's been concerned
in what the others might say
Now he's not quite so disturbed
he's sitting silent in the stream
while coloured canvas fills his field
he is learning , surprised to see
that all the grass is green
and he's cyber dating
anticipating
honing down and rating
on a one to one
contemplating
silently waiting
not looking for romance
just looking for fun
Home alone is all he needs
Chenin Blanc his ways and means
thinking Que se ra se ra
he is the master in this auberge
this province of his dreams
Foxy lady wants to change the game
she whispers through a secret name
she's got wit and repartee
the tide is turning
in his reserve
where all his hopes have been
she's cyber dating
anticipating
honing down and rating
on a one to one
contemplating
silently waiting
looking for romance
not just looking for fun
Now where's the stranger who once travelled through these gates
looked back in anger and made clear his sense of change
for it's not on-line information
this enquiry from a human face
there's no time for contemplation
he must pick up and chase
Don't look for reasons, just hang it high
don't face the agony
no woman no cry
all he knows now is moving on
the race is over
yet still he runs
when you are cyber dating
anticipating
honing down and rating
on a one to one
contemplating
silently waiting
not looking for romance
he just came here for fun
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9. |
Democracy Week
03:38
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Getting better that;s what they tell you
if it all goes crazy
we'll work it out soon
square the circle , which side are you on
where are you going , where did you come from
Celebrate Democracy Week
Celebrate Democracy Week
Determination in the African Sun
twelve miles out
a dozen back home
even Mugabe
not even his boys
can stop this little lady
exercising her choice
Celebrate Democracy Week
Celebrate Democracy Week
Contamination in a Bagdad street
If you don't like the kitchen
get out of the heat
when they've run out of bullets
they'll take out a knife
post your ballot paper and run for your life
Celebrate Democracy Week
Celebrate Democracy Week
Women from Venus
men are from Mars
they're all belly aching in restaurants and bars
while fifteen million
at the click of a mouse
decide who is evicted from the Big Brother house
Celebrate Democracy Week
Celebrate Democracy Week
Celebrate Democracy Week
Celebrate Democracy Week
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10. |
Comfort Zone
05:38
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There used to be a feeling here on Sunday
I'd finish all my chores and settle down
but I'd be thinking what I had to do on Monday
always looking outward at the man
squandering this time for me
for a place in history
that would glory those who make the most demands
now I'm fostering a different kind of secret
It's a long long time since |I have felt this way
I'm leaving house and home
forsaking this time alone
so I can come down here and sit and talk with you
so I can come down here and sit and talk with you
This single life is warm but not secluded
there's many I've concluded not my type
a quiet man can never be so lucid
he'll tell a joke and let the laughter ride
he will play the mystery game
Rumpelstiltskin is his name
yet be shaken when he hears someone reply
but who am | to make this definition
of who or where or when these feelings may arise
I'm closing down this screen
I'm changing my routine
so I can come down here and sit and talk with you
so I can come down here and sit and talk with you
I know you've formulated your position
for you it's just yourself , nothing more
but while you have your quiet sense of mission
maybe I can be your get out clause
When it all starts breaking down at the weekend
and your chasing some impossible deadline
everybody's wishing it was Sunday
but forgetting how it is just to unwind
this rock and this hard place
this need for private space
is a quest we all walk on but never find
but now I don't intend to lose the contrast
this may all come to nothing
I don't know
I'm switching off my phone
breaking out of my comfort zone
so I can come down here and sit and talk with you
so I can come down here and sit and talk with you
so I can come down here and sit and talk with you
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Chris Milner -Journeyman UK
The inspiration for his work is wide ranging and eclectic, Rooted in his own experience of life and his travels, the sheer poetry of his lyrics conveys the universality of love and faith . It is a show with a vibrant narative .
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