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I - Tears
Cousins Where are the tears that you should be crying right now ? I see the world weariness in your eyes I hear your voice, soft and sad Yet your laughter rings like carillons of bells in my ears. Where are the tears that you should be crying right now ? I see the world weariness in your eyes I feel your heart beat like the wings of the wild goose I smell your love on me I can still taste the tears that you should be crying right now. II - Pavan Hudson-Ford-Cousins Oh darling go to sleep for the night is young There are many songs yet to be sung Oh but I will sing them all to you Before the night is through. And when she lies in need of care and comforting So as a child's toy she is caressed And yet when cast adrift upon the changing tide As a ship becalmed, she lies at rest Oh darling go to sleep for the night is young There are many songs yet to be sung Oh but I will sing them all to you Before the night is through. Oh darling go to sleep for the night is young There are many songs yet to be sung Oh but I will sing them all to you Before the night is through. |
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| 2. |
| 0:57 |
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Hawken / Cousins
I sometimes sit and think about our evenings in the firelight You and I when we were young Laughing at the crazy-patterned shadows that were dancing on the wall. Without a care, with time to spend Hardly speaking for hours on end That was you and I when we were young. Walking hand in hand beside the river at the weekends, you and I When we were young Children with their fishing nets were laughing as they took their catches home. Caterpillars in paper bags Knees tied up with dirty rags That was you and I when we were young. Brushing through the fallen leaves together in the autumn, you and I When we were young Planning for the future without knowing what it held for us at all. The road to nowhere never climbs We changed direction a dozen times That was you and I when we were young. |
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| 4. |
| 4:35 |
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Cousins
Long gone the days, of which dreams were made Naive in the glow of evergreen Innocent days, of fresh airs and graces The bruising of hearts, the losing of races. Passionate days, remember them well The devil may care of evergreen We measured success in the stains on the back seat Our tongues in your mouths, our hands on your heartbeat. Evergreen Sweet evergreen You are all the love There's ever been You are all to me And more sweet evergreen. Gentle the breeze that blows through the trees Caressing the leaves of evergreen We married in haste, young lambs to the slaughter We weep in the arms of a favourite daughter. Evergreen Sweet evergreen You are all the love There's ever been You are all to me And more sweet evergreen. Here in the windchill years of our lives We dwell in the shade of evergreen Stirring the last of the slow burning embers Counting our way through a year of Decembers. Evergreen Sweet evergreen You are all the love There's ever been You are all to me And more sweet evergreen Sweet evergreen You are all the love There's ever been You are all to me And more sweet evergreen. |
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I - Sweet Dreams
Cousins Go to sleep, my babies, don't you wake up The stars will keep you company, so close your eyes Old uncle moon will smile his dearest sweetest dreams And hold you in his arms until the morning comes. II - Night Light Cousins Dark the night, not a sound Damp and cold, frosty ground Above your head the lion screams To tear you from your moonlit dreams. Damp with sweat, mouth is dry Twisted branches catch the eye Beside your bed the angel stands You cannot touch his withered hands. III - Guardian Angel Cousins As the lion's eyes dance before me, they are kindly yet bloody red I can see that he is smiling but I cannot live inside his head. Tell me, children, are you sleeping ? Are you innocent like me ? May you never cross the line ? I hope your dreams are not like mine. There the needle stands before me, I climb inside it towards the light Where the angel stands in glory, his sword of peace defends the night. Tell me children, are you sleeping ? Are you innocent like me ? May you never cross the line ? I hope your dreams are not like mine. So the world is spread before me as I fly high on angel wings But the angel is deceiving for he is weeping as he sings. Tell me children, are you sleeping ? Are you innocent like me ? May you never cross the line ? I hope your dreams are not like mine. IV - Night Light (continued) Cousins Early birds, morning breeze Spinning leaves, sleepy trees Gently tap the window pane It's good to see the sun again. |
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| 5:22 |
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Cousins
Sadness clouds the face of Mother Nature Children dry the tears that she has shed We will light a candle in her darkness Beauty in the eyes of the beloved There will come the day When we'll be glad There will come the day For celebration The day of hope The day of innocence The day of destiny The right of man The women that were raped are bearing children Blood seeps in the furrows that we plough We will sow the seeds of our salvation While grave stones line the old road to the high brow Spirits that were crushed still sing together The ancient village raised will be reborn We will join our hands and sing together We will raise our voices to a new dawn |
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| 3:45 |
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Cousins
If the school bell had rung Would it have rung a death knell? Now the dark day has gone And there isn't any bell In the flower of their youth How were they to know? And now there's so few left And not all the flowers grow Just think how you would feel Had one been a child of yours And you look out every day And still see the coal seam sores To remind you of that day Just you look out in the rain And although some children p1ay It will never be the same |
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| 8. |
| 4:35 |
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Lambert
Storms are breaking in California From the East Coast a twister comes She lies waiting for her lovers A crumpled rag doll that's cast away Then they call her on the phone Telling lies that she can see through So they'll live inside their hell tonight Knowing they were saving their own skins Signing up for high adventure Young and innocent so alive Mules and asses held the high ground While the lions stood like sitting ducks Then they drove them through the fire With a cry of "we know better" So they'll live inside their hell tonight Knowing they were saving their own skins Sailing oceans to a new life Friends and family are tied as one Captain's table rocks with laughter Glasses raised to a job well done And the market place is waiting For the souls that can't be bought So they'll burn inside their hell tonight Knowing they were shaming mankind Like a dead bird in a green field Still and peaceful the body lay I don't need to witness something To confirm all my deepest fears But I climb inside my car And I stop the help arriving So I'll live inside my hell tonight Knowing I was only gloating |
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| 9. |
| 5:03 |
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Cousins
The bird had silver wings, my friends, and reached out for the sky It found its wings were broken, it had lost the right to fly The pink-eyed salamander changed its colours for the day It changed from white to purest gold and left the stag at bay. Now I am but a p;oor man in the apple blossom state I choose to fly where'er I please, the stag must needs a mate My golden salamander, you must take me as I am I cannot change my colours, I am but a simple man. The golden salamander had become the rite of spring The silver bird made promises that scarcely meant a thing They told the wicked huntsman where the stag had run to rest Now the elderly survivor knew this was not for the best. He opened up his heart and prayed for peace for all mankind. He asked a fortune teller but found out that she was blind My golden salamander, you must take me as I am I cannot change my colours, I am but a simple man. The clouds were passing over, there was little sign of rain The sun was slowly rising from its slumberdown again The stag had run to cover in a copse beside the lake The huntsman broke the silence and the birds began to wake. The fortune teller smiled as the survivor spoke of fate He thanked her for her interest but knew it was too late My golden salamander, you must take me as I am I cannot change my colours, I am but a simple man. |
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| 10. |
| 2:16 |
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Cousins
I made a sideways motion, turning a new leaf The single minded miner's girl was there to share my grief I shivered in the butter wind, three times the cockerel crowed I waited for the river but the river did not flow. An autumn turned to silver, winter turned to gold The weatherman said : 'Dress up' - oh but I did not feel the cold Kids waited with toboggans as I sheltered from the snow I waited for the river but the river did not flow. I will drink the milk from you breasts, meld myself to you Collect the valley lilies the worshippers once strew My body aches with hunger, yet your belly has to grow I waited for the river but the river did not flow. |
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| 7:41 |
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Cousins
Maybe you think, a lot like me Of those who live beside the sea Who feel so free, so I surmise With their comfortable homes and wives Who end up drinking tea together In the afternoon of their lives. They build their homes upon the seashore The quicksand castles of their dreams Yet take no notice of the North wind Which tears their buildings at the seams. In their dismay and blind confusion The weeping widows clutch their shawls While as the sea mist ever deepens The sailors hear the sirens' calls. And in the maelstrom sea which follows The lifeboat sinks without a trace And yet there still remain survivors To bear the shame of their disgrace. Last night I lay in bed and held myself Trying to remember how it once was with you How your hands were softer. Yesterday I found myself staring into space Rather like the sailor in my own home surroundings I'm not sure I know me. If you were me, what would you do ? Don't tell me I don't need you to It won't help me now. If you were me, what would you do ? Don't tell me I don't need you to It won't help me now. |
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| 12. |
| 4:26 |
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Cousins
While seasons change in timely way The salt sea ever flows Where open moors lie cold and bleak A single flower grows. Though winter snows fall deep and long The flower grows the while The weary traveller passing by Feels warmer for her smile. Sunshine and the tender flower Both melt the young man's heart But he who lingers waits his turn Must learn to play his part. Through summer days of warmth and love The young man tends his flower But blinded by her colours bright Heeds not the passing hour. The autumn trees once clothed with gold Now frayed and sadly worn The flower bids a chill farewell The young man's heart is torn. While seasons change in timely way The salt sea ever flows Where open moors lie cold and bleak A single flower grows. |
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| 3:52 |
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Cousins
The wanderer has far to go Humble must he constant be Where the paths of wisdom Distant is the shadow of the setting sun. Bless the daytime, bless the night Bless the sun which gives us light Bless the thunder, bless the rain Bless all those who cause us pain. Yellow stars may lead the way All diversions lead astray While his resolution holds Fortune and good will will surely follow him. Bless the free man, bless the slave Bless the hero in his grave Bless the soldier, bless the saint Bless all those whose hearts grow faint. Bless the daytime, bless the night Bless the sun which gives us light Bless the thunder, bless the rain Bless all those who cause us pain. Bless the free man, bless the slave Bless the hero in his grave Bless the soldier, bless the saint Bless all those whose hearts grow faint. Bless the daytime, bless the night Bless the sun which gives us light Bless the thunder, bless the rain Bless all those who cause us pain. Bless the free man, bless the slave Bless the hero in his grave Bless the soldier, bless the saint Bless all those whose hearts grow faint. … |
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| 2:52 |
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