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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Let's come on and get together
Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on and make it better Let's make everybody see Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on and tell the story Of the way it used to be Just taking some time on Let's come on and sing a song now Of the days when we were free Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on the feeling's right now We want everyone to be Just taking some time on Let's come on and get together Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I once loved a lady who did change into a child
I saw the light of day shine in her eyes I loved her like a baby and I raised her to the sky It seems the light of day did pass me by Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea But I can't say if she ever thinks of me If I were of the ocean Or a wave upon the sand Or just a drop of water in her hand A pebble or a broken shell A rock upon the shore I doubt if I could love her any more Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea And I can't say if she ever thinks of me No I can't say if she ever thinks of me |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
The summer sun, the winter rain
Won't ever change now I'm over you The morning light, the evening night Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, now I'm over you Now I'm over you Clouds in the sky, birds flying by Won't ever change now I'm over you A young child's cry, a lover's sigh Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you Without your love The morning light hurts my eyes Without your love The evening skies make me cry Without your love I'd be no place at all I'd be lost without you Clouds in the sky, birds flying by Won't ever change now I'm over you A young child's cry, a lover's sigh Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you Now I'm over you, over you, I'm over you I'm over you, over you, I'm over you |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Child of God was born today
The child of woman just slipped away The child of man knelt down to pray And the children of the earth Didn't know it was the day of Creation, creation, creation One thousand years or maybe more Since they first set eyes on that foreign shore The grass was green and the water pure They turned the key and opened the door To a nation, nation, nation Child of God says love your brother Take him by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Child of God says love your sister Take her by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Make him understand All believers gather round Press your faces to the ground Lift your voices to the sound Of all the others who have found Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Child of God says love your brother Take him by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Child of God says love your sister Take her by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Make him understand Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
In the shining sun
My images they run Confusing all I've done before I've begun And every city scene Becomes a roaring stream A nightmare and a dream rolled into one But when the city sleeps I'm up and on my feet Along the darkened streets Hear me run Through the empty town Running, laughing, down No-one else around ? to bother old me By factories I sway My shadows seem to play To do this in the day ? I'd never be free But when the city sleeps I'm up and on my feet Along the darkened streets Hear me run |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I feel sorry for the soldier who is shot and stoned in anger
I feel sorry for his wife and child at home I feel sorry for the bomber who all life and limb dishonours For the people that he's maimed and left alone The Lord God said love thy neighbour Though in human life he trades, he's still a man I feel sorry for the children who with open mind are willing To fight for ideals aged and past their time I feel sorry for the children who will join the vicious circle Of instinct fear bred from their parents' minds The Lord God said love thy neighbour Break the circle, free the hater, call him a friend Wake up, wake up, there's a man by your side With a knife and a gun in each hand Wake up, wake up, you're one and the same It's time to stop and decide Is it love or hate? Is it peace or war? It's for sure there's no inbetween Politicians point views But they're pointing for you The solution has to be seen I thought I saw a summer soldier, helmet on his brow His silver rifle clutched beneath his armour-plated shroud I fire in hate, he cried aloud To protect myself from defeat My shield's my cause, my cause is war And from war I'll make no retreat I dreamt I saw an angel bright, a halo on his brow His golden sword lay in its sheath beneath his silver shroud I drwa thee not, he cried aloud Though your deeds like spears strike my soul My shield's my love, my cause is peace Faith be sure I shall not retreat |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I cannot see you
For the sun is in my eyes I cannot hear you Everything you say just passes by What I'd give for just a smile Instead of drifting at A hundred thousand miles Can you hear me there below? All my lines have gone dead And I'm not very sure Can you hear me there below? 'Cause I'm coming down fast I can't make it alone Oh no no no... I cannot see you For the sun is in my eyes I cannot hear you Everything you say just passes by Here I stay until I'm found Insane in space and my world Is spinning round Can you hear me there below? All my lines have gone dead And I'm not very sure Can you hear me there below? 'Cause I'm coming down fast I can't make it alone |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
The moon is making patterns on the water
Why it is I just can't say I'm not old enough or wise enough to wonder I don't think about the magic that I'm under Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes You'll find me in the twilight on the mountain When the sun shines on the lake I'm a child of darkness lost among the thunder Where the shafts of moonlight break the sky asunder Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I think I'm going back from where I came
There's something that I feel but can't explain People running round and round Putting one another down The joker laughs the joker cries He sees the world through weary eyes People running round and round Putting one another down Too many people, they don't know where they're going There are no haloes showing "Peace and love", just greed and hate It's not too late to see we're all the same The joker sees a better way But people laugh and turn away |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Let's come on and get together
Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on and make it better Let's make everybody see Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on and tell the story Of the way it used to be Just taking some time on Let's come on and sing a song now Of the days when we were free Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on the feeling's right now We want everyone to be Just taking some time on Let's come on and get together Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Oh Mother dear
What a night this has been I awoke in the light of a vision in white The prettiest girl that I have ever seen Lately my love, said the lady in white I have watched from afar, but love draws me near Now take my hand, hold tight, Mother dear Do you know what this could mean, Mother dear? Was it just another dream..... in the night? Mother dear, on that same silver night Saw a figure in black by the lady in white He said his name was death, was he right? Do you know what this could mean, Mother dear? Was it just another dream..... in the night? Do you know what this could mean, Mother dear? Was it just another dream..... in the night? Mother dear, what a night this has been It's so cold by your side, no don't cry, can't you see? Won't you listen to me please, Mother dear Was it just another dream, Mother dear? |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
In corridors of air the clouds were waiting there
They knew that never again the skies would be so blue They took away the sun and with it took the fun It's true, and now there is really nothing I can do So I look outside my window at the sheets of pouring rain And I wonder if the sun will come again But the sun will never shine the way it used to do The clouds won't let it through Oh the sun will never shine its smile for me and you The clouds won't let it through It wasn't long ago the people that I knew were glad And nothing they ever thought about was sad But since the sun has gone their laughing times are none That's bad, to make them forget the happy times they've had So they look outside their window at the sheets of pouring rain And they wonder if the sun will come again But the sun will never shine the way it used to do The clouds won't let it through Oh the sun will never shine its smile for me and you The clouds won't let it through (Barclay James Harvest, ?Ardmore & Beechwood/EMI) |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
When the world was woken
Save all unknowing eyes And thoughts that once were spoken Left only to despise And when the dawn is breaking Look upward to the sky If life is so hard to live Why not die? When the world has woken And shadows leave the air Then each spell will be broken For everyone who cares The day will then be endless The night will soon pass by If life is so hard to live Why not die? When the world has woken For all who see the sun And gentle words are spoken The dawning has begun Then man can live together With one triumphant cry If life is so hard to live Why not die? |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Get up, get up, get up, child
Get off your knees Take it, take it, take it, I'm easy We're here to please Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream 'Cause there's nothing we ain't seen Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You've got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene Make love, make love, make love, child And make it mean Take love, take love, take love, child And keep it clean Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream 'Cause there's nothing we ain't seen Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You've got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene Get up, get up, get up, child Get off your knees Take it, take it, take it, I'm easy It's here to squeeze Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream 'Cause there's nothing we ain't seen Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You've got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
She walks on through the night
Her circumstances slight Are only helping her to fail And though she feels she's right She tries with all her might And makes the deepest peril pale Oh, but she is unreal Oh, but she doesn't feel Oh, but she is unreal She chooses who to love And then unlike a dove She takes the laughter from their smile She wears a velvet glove Her friends may find it rough It is a gauntlet all the while Oh, but she is unreal Oh, but she doesn't feel Oh, but she is unreal |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Don't ask me how I know
But this dark sky will soon be blue Don't ask, no don't ask Just watch as the grey mists of winter fall Like so many drops of dew Feel the ice melt to warm tears in my eyes Uner the light of a tin sun Do not ask me how I know The effect of light on unseeing eyes How should I know? How could I know? Dark now my sky The sea of peace has left my shore No birds sing The silent spring will overflow Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me Dark now my eyes The sea of peace has met the sky No birds sing And like the Spring life whispers by Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me Dark now my sky The winds of time have swept my shore No birds fly The trees that fall will rise no more Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Early morning
It's cold and the sun is white For I was born in The darkness before the light Of a new day A new way of living Of giving delight And if you pay Then you may be slipping Back into the night Then all knowing With words and with pen I write Of the growing Of things that are in my sight Early evening It's cold and the moon is bright And I believe in The darkness before the light Of a new day A new way of living Of giving delight And if you pay Then you may be slipping Back into the night |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
I am walking in a dream
Everything I touch it isn't real People aren't just what they seem And I really don't know what to feel Mister Sunshine's not for me I don't mind the sky of blue Or the honey clouds that wander by When that orange thing comes through I must look away or think I'll die Mister Sunshine's not for me Blacker days I'll never see And I curse your light a hundred times When you shine your rays on me I must hide my head or lose my mind Mister Sunshine's not for me My old man said I am mad Said that things were saner in his day But I didn't listen, Dad All the words you said I threw away Mister Sunshine's not for me Mister Sunshine's not for me |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
So tomorrow,
What of tomorrow? Will the next day find me hiding in my sorrow? For she's gone now It won't be long now Before my heart begins to cry out, I'm alone now Yesterday seemed like I lived in a dream All that I needed was there Now that she's gone There's no sense holding on I know that I shouldn't care So tomorrow, What of tomorrow? Will the next day find me hiding in my sorrow? For she's gone now It won't be long now Before my heart begins to cry out, I'm alone now Yesterday seemed like I lived in a dream All that I needed was there Now that she's gone There's no sense holding on I know that I shouldn't care So tomorrow, What of tomorrow? Will the next day find me hiding in my sorrow? For she's gone now It won't be long now Before my heart begins to cry out, I'm alone now (repeat chorus three times) |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Things I said before
No meaning any more I can't seem to recall Places that I've seen It's like I've never been Sometimes I feel so small And if I was to ask What it's all about How could I find out If it's true? Things I said before No meaning any more I can't seem to recall Places that I've seen It's like I've never been Sometimes I feel so small |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
The world outside my window slowly passes by
As I gaze on the dim glow of the evening sky Where every breath that I take becomes a vapour cloud That wraps itself around me to hide me from the crowd Then like a wall descending Night will the day be ending And it's if as though by magic Everything's become so tragic Become so tragic I turn and look behind me and all the crowd have gone And though they're all around me I feel I am alone The sounds of day have vanished and I find in their place There is an awesome silence, of life there is no trace Then like a wall descending Night will the day be ending And it's if as though by magic Everything's become so tragic Become so tragic The world outside my window slowly passes by As I gaze on the dim glow of the evening sky Where every breath that I take becomes a vapour cloud That wraps itself around me to hide me from the crowd Then like a wall descending Night will the day be ending And it's if as though by magic Everything's become so tragic Become so tragic |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
And with the rain
Soft pools of blue White mist like love When you glow so new Must warm to you Just like the snow Falling anew When it's soaked through The snowdrops so few Must warm to you Take my hand, my love Come talk to me Tell me of your walk Through leaves of green Where life was free Tell me of rain In soft pools of blue How white mist like love When you glow so new Must warm to you Tell me of snow Falling anew How when it's soaked through The snowdrops so few Must warm to the love of your heart Warm to the love of your heart And warm to you Take my hand, my love Come talk to me Tell me of your walk Through leaves of green Where life was free Take my hand, my love Come talk to me Tell me of your walk Through leaves of green Where life is free |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Need you oh so bad by me
For the sake of pity be The one whose open arms I see Reaching out to me Need you oh so bad You don't want me any more Like a thorn that's in the sore See you around with three or four Oh my teardrops pour Need you oh so bad See the memories appear They'll be gone within a year It's the emptiness I fear Now that you're not here Need you oh so bad Now that you're not here Need you oh so bad |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
I remember people talking
People laughing and sharing their joys How I long for small time town living Life was tiring, but love was so sweet I remember Sunday fishing Young girls laughing and sharing their joys How I long for small time town living Life was tiring, but love was so sweet How I long for small time town living Life was tiring, but love was so sweet |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Don't ask me how I know
But this dark sky will soon be blue Don't ask, no don't ask Just watch as the grey mists of winter fall Like so many drops of dew Feel the ice melt to warm tears in my eyes Uner the light of a tin sun Do not ask me how I know The effect of light on unseeing eyes How should I know? How could I know? Dark now my sky The sea of peace has left my shore No birds sing The silent spring will overflow Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me Dark now my eyes The sea of peace has met the sky No birds sing And like the Spring life whispers by Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me Dark now my sky The winds of time have swept my shore No birds fly The trees that fall will rise no more Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
I can't go on without you
There's a part of me that's gone Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you There is nothing I can do And no words that I can say All the meanings slip away I can't go on without you I used to think you loved me so Now you have gone and love's no more I can't go on without you Though I must try to live again But my tears fall like the rain I can't go on without you I can't go on without you There's a part of me that's gone Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Things I said before
No meaning any more I can't seem to recall Places that I've seen It's like I've never been Sometimes I feel so small And if I was to ask What it's all about How could I find out If it's true? Things I said before No meaning any more I can't seem to recall Places that I've seen It's like I've never been Sometimes I feel so small |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
And with the dawn she changes
Her voice in different ranges The torn and tattered pages For all I've done, poor wages Satisfied, I never lied Say goodbye I couldn't try Destroy her cards and letters Act like I never met her Hardest of all, forget her Until my heart is better Satisfied, I never lied Say goodbye I couldn't try And with the dawn she changes Her voice in different ranges The torn and tattered pages For all I've done, poor wages Satisfied, I never lied Say goodbye I couldn't try |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album (1970)
Brother Thrush, how you fly so high
Way up in the clouds The trees resound with open arms for one so rare Brother Man just can't compare When we're sitting on the banks of the sunshine We hear your song High above the living Brother gull, see him soar the sky He's so pleased to be Buoyant and triumphant on the raging sea Backing nature, feeling free Loving nature, rest your head Hear the message, man is dead See the cities fall While Brother Bird still... flies! Brother Lark, see him wake the day See him fly on by Above the streets now empty to his mournful cry Brother Man just heaves a sigh When we're sitting on the banks of the sunshine We hear your song High above the living Yes, we hear your song... |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Early morning,
It's cold and the sun is white For I was born in The darkness before the light Of a new day A new way of living Of giving delight And if you pay Then you may be slipping Back into the night Then all knowing With words and with pen I write Of the growing Of things that are in my sight Early evening It's cold and the moon is bright And I believe in The darkness before the light Of a new day |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I am walking in a dream
Everything I touch it isn't real People aren't just what they seem And I really don't know what to feel Mr. Sunshine's not for me I don't mind the sky of blue Or the honey clouds that wander by When that orange thing comes through I must look away or think I'll die Mr. Sunshine's not for me Blacker days I'll never see And I curse your light a hundred times When you shine your rays on me I must hide my head or lose my mind Mr. Sunshine's not for me My old man says I am mad Said that things were saner in his day But I didn't listen, Dad All the words you said I threw away Mr. Sunshine's not for me Mr. Sunshine's not for me |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
And with the rain
Soft pools of blue White mist like love When you glow so new Must warm to you Just like the snow Falling anew When it's soaked through The snowdrops so few Must warm to you Take my hand, my love Come talk to me Tell me of your walk Through leaves of green Where life was free Tell me of rain In soft pools of blue How white mist like love When you glow so new Must warm to you Tell me of snow Falling anew How when it's soaked through The snowdrops so few Must warm to the love of your heart Warm to the love of your heart And warm to you Take my hand, my love Come talk to me Tell me of your walk Through leaves of green Where life was free |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I can't go on without you
There's a part of me that's gone Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you There is nothing I can do And no words that I can say All the meanings slip away I can't go on without you I used to think you loved me so Now you have gone and love's no more I can't go on without you Though I must try to live again But my tears fall like the rain I can't go on without you I can't go on without you There's a part of me that's gone Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I can't go on without you
There's a part of me that's gone Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you There is nothing I can do And no words that I can say All the meanings slip away I can't go on without you I used to think you loved me so Now you have gone and love's no more I can't go on without you Though I must try to live again But my tears fall like the rain I can't go on without you I can't go on without you There's a part of me that's gone Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you Like a day without the sun I can't go on without you |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Brother Thrush, how you fly so high
Way up in the clouds The trees resound with open arms For one so rare Brother Man just can't compare When we're sitting on the banks of the sunshine We hear your song High above the living Brother gull, see him soar the sky He's so pleased to be Buoyant and triumphant On the raging sea Backing nature, feeling free Loving nature, rest your head Hear the message, man is dead See the cities fall While Brother Bird still.... flies! Brother Lark, see him wake the day See him fly on by Above the streets now empty To his mournful cry Brother Man just heaves a sigh When we're sitting on the banks of the sunshine We hear your song High above the living Yes, we hear your song... |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
And with the dawn she changes
Her voice in different ranges The torn and tattered pages Of all I've done, poor wages Satisfied I've never lied Say goodbye I couldn't try Destroy her cards and letters Act like I've never met her Hardest of all, forget her Until my heart is better Satisfied I've never lied Say goodbye I couldn't try |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Let's come on and get together
Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on and make it better Let's make everybody see Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on and tell the story Of the way it used to be Just taking some time on Let's come on and sing a song now Of the days when we were free Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on the feeling's right now We want everyone to be Just taking some time on Let's come on and get together Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
When the world was woken
Save all unknowing eyes And thoughts that once were spoken Left only to despise And when the dawn is breaking Look upward to the sky If life is so hard to live Why not die? When the world has woken And shadows leave the air Then each spell will be broken For everyone who cares The day will then be endless The night will soon pass by If life is so hard to live Why not die? When the world has woken For all who see the sun And gentle words are spoken The dawning has begun Then man can live together With one triumphant cry If life is so hard to live Why not die? |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Get up, get up, get up, child
Get off your knees Take it, take it, take it, I'm easy We're here to please Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream 'Cause there's nothing we ain't seen Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You've got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene Make love, make love, make love, child And make it mean Take love, take love, take love, child And keep it clean Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream 'Cause there's nothing we ain't seen Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You've got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene Get up, get up, get up, child Get off your knees Take it, take it, take it, I'm easy It's here to squeeze Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream 'Cause there's nothing we ain't seen Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You've got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
She walks on through the night
Her circumstances slight Are only helping her to fail And though she feels she's right She tries with all her might And makes the deepest peril pale Oh, but she is unreal Oh, but she doesn't feel Oh, but she is unreal She chooses who to love And then unlike a dove She takes the laughter from their smile She wears a velvet glove Her friends may find it rough It is a gauntlet all the while Oh, but she is unreal Oh, but she doesn't feel Oh, but she is unreal |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Don't ask me how I know
But this dark sky will soon be blue Don't ask, no don't ask Just watch as the grey mists of winter fall Like so many drops of dew Feel the ice melt to warm tears in my eyes Uner the light of a tin sun Do not ask me how I know The effect of light on unseeing eyes How should I know? How could I know? Dark now my sky The sea of peace has left my shore No birds sing The silent spring will overflow Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me Dark now my eyes The sea of peace has met the sky No birds sing And like the Spring life whispers by Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me Dark now my sky The winds of time have swept my shore No birds fly The trees that fall will rise no more Oh you'll never know I love you so You'll always be A part of me |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
She said, "Why don't you
Come and stay with me Far away from people we know? We could live our lives together Happiness wherever we go" And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her Wasn't long before she grew tired of me And the life she thought would redeem All the love she'd thrown away as a child All the things she thought she had seen And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her - instrumental break - And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Two of them watched in the dawn's early light
And two of them died in the morning Search not your soul if you want to be right But two of them died in the morning It's not for you we cry No, not for those who die It is only for their sons Forget the lives of others who are gone Two and by two in the dawn's early light All went to die in the morning Search not your souls for the truth and the right For all went to die in the morning light It's not for you we cry No, not for those who die It is only for their sons Forget the lives of others who are gone It's not for you we cry No, not for those who die It is only for their sons Forget the lives of others who are gone Forget the lives of others who are gone Forget the lives of others Forget your wives and mothers Forget the lives of others who are gone |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
She comes up with the morning sun
And tells me life has just begun Oh what it is to be young And in the early evening light She brings me flowers from the sun Oh what it is to be young And if you see her you will know She's like a shadow Falling softly on the snow And in the early evening light She brings me flowers for the night Oh what it is to be young |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Rain, sea, surf, sand, clouds and sky
Hush now baby, don't you cry There's a mocking bird Singing songs in the trees There's a mocking bird Singing songs Just for you and me Rain, sea, surf, sand, clouds and sky Time will see your tears run dry There's a mocking bird Singing songs in the trees There's a mocking bird Singing songs Just for you and me Rain, sea, surf, sand, clouds and sun Bless the tears of love now gone There's a mocking bird Singing songs in the trees There's a mocking bird Singing songs Singing just for me... |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Vanessa Simmons, funny kind of name
Young and yet wise, only a child Wake up in the morning, frown across your face I know your name, but not your place Wish I could show you how to live your life But I'm not sure which one of us is right God only knows the tears I've cried Vanessa Simmons, funny kind of name Have you got life wrong, is it just a game? Wake up in the morning, find a friend at night Friends are hard to find, especially at night Wish I could show you how to live your life But I'm not sure which one of us is right God only knows, and He's the one that shows, the tears I've cried And if I asked you for the sun, would you not say "Light's not the only way to be"? And if I asked you for your love, would you not say "Love is not what you want from me"? And would I not be right To sit alone and wonder every night? Vanessa Simmons, funny kind of name Young and yet wise, only a child Wish I could show you how to live your life But I'm not sure which one of us is right God only knows, and He's the one that shows, the tears I've cried |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Looking like something from out of space we came
Nothing much to look at, but did he complain? He didn't mind us being here to live in peace and grace What we're doing to him now could put us back in space We're thinking like some creatures off the ocean floor Losing sight of what we've really come here for Can I be heard above the sounds of prejudice and hate? Take time to look around before it gets too late It's a happy old world Give and take a bit That's what you make of it A happy old world But I'm sorry to be leaving it It's a happy old world Give and take a bit That's what you make of it A happy old world But I guess I still, I still believe in it It's a happy old world We're tearing up the rivers and a thousand streams And highways, they're in places where they've never been We're building towers in the sky and racing for the sun Oh Lord, any eye can see what harm we've done I need some help to get myself out of this maze We can both just say goodbye and go our separate ways My mind's not on this song I sing, my heart's not in the lines Guess I'll go and kill myself, so would you kindly close the blinds Oh a happy old world Give and take a bit That's what you make of it A happy old world But I'm sorry to be leaving it It's a happy old world Give and take a bit That's what you make of it A happy old world But I guess, guess I still believe in it It's a happy old world |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
If I had my way I would not be here
Not for one day, my leaving is clear I've had my share of heartache and pain For happiness I'm searching in vain I've got to get rid of my ball and chain For all of my life, the times they've been bad And hard luck and strife, they're all I've ever had I've had my share of heartache and pain For happiness I'm searching in vain I've got to get rid of my ball and chain I've just got to be free God in heaven, help me If I had my way I would not, would not be here No, not for one day, my leaving, my leaving is clear I've had my share of heartache and pain For happiness I'm searching in vain I've got to get rid of my ball and chain Help me! I've had my share of heartache and pain For happiness I'm searching in vain I've got to get rid of my ball and CHAIN! |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Didn't anybody see his hand move faster
Than the lightning in his eyes Oh! what a cold surprise the flying horses cried And didn't anybody want to ask the calliope To call the tune The flying horses crooned but did not know The Medicine Man sits on the stage Eats fire and water, earth and air while we all stare The silver blade burns bright And tells us to beware Of mirrored passages that throw a thousand images Of younger days The wheel spins slower as it calls us back to play Round and round now we go Shout your name to the wind As it spins by your side Coloured lights echo as the sound slips on by Could that have been me? |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I once loved a lady who did change into a child
I saw the light of day shine in her eyes I loved her like a baby and I raised her to the sky It seems the light of day did pass me by Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea But I can't say if she ever thinks of me If I were of the ocean Or a wave upon the sand Or just a drop of water in her hand A pebble or a broken shell A rock upon the shore I doubt if I could love her any more Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea And I can't say if she ever thinks of me No I can't say if she ever thinks of me |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I've been looking for a place that I know well
It's a long long way from here and when I get there I will tell, I will tell I've been looking for a time that I once knew I could spend some happy hours just being there with you It doesn't matter where you go As long as there is someone there you know So if you need a friend you can depend on me 'Cause I know what it feels to be alone And in the darkest night you need a light to see Your shadow's sinking low Just like a stone Feels like a broken bone Guess I'll go on home I've been looking for someone I know so well She's a long long way from me and when I find her I will tell her It doesn't matter where she goes As long as there is someone there she knows |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
John's vision of armageddon literally closes the album with a bang! The references in the lyric to a stained-glass window ("one great wall of coloured parts") and "the multi-coloured cross left standing through it all" add to the apocalyptic feel of the song, which was a live favourite for many years, particularly in the days of the band's concerts with the orchestra.
Lyrics: The eyes of night march slowly by The last grain falls The kneeling man just sighs Protected by the one great wall Of coloured parts He probes his clouded mind If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day With trembling hands he wipes his eyes He tries to stand But does not feel the need The morning sun shines on The multicoloured cross Left standing through it all If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
The summer sun, the winter rain
Won't ever change now I'm over you The morning light, the evening night Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, now I'm over you Now I'm over you Clouds in the sky, birds flying by Won't ever change now I'm over you A young child's cry, a lover's sigh Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you Without your love The morning light hurts my eyes Without your love The evening skies make me cry Without your love I'd be no place at all I'd be lost without you Clouds in the sky, birds flying by Won't ever change now I'm over you A young child's cry, a lover's sigh Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you Now I'm over you, over you, I'm over you I'm over you, over you, I'm over you |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
Child of God was born today
The child of woman just slipped away The child of man knelt down to pray And the children of the earth Didn't know it was the day of Creation, creation, creation One thousand years or maybe more Since they first set eyes on that foreign shore The grass was green and the water pure They turned the key and opened the door To a nation, nation, nation Child of God says love your brother Take him by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Child of God says love your sister Take her by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Make him understand All believers gather round Press your faces to the ground Lift your voices to the sound Of all the others who have found Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Child of God says love your brother Take him by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Child of God says love your sister Take her by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Make him understand Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
In the shining sun
My images they run Confusing all I've done before I've begun And every city scene Becomes a roaring stream A nightmare and a dream rolled into one But when the city sleeps I'm up and on my feet Along the darkened streets Hear me run Through the empty town Running, laughing, down No-one else around ? to bother old me By factories I sway My shadows seem to play To do this in the day ? I'd never be free But when the city sleeps I'm up and on my feet Along the darkened streets Hear me run |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I feel sorry for the soldier who is shot and stoned in anger
I feel sorry for his wife and child at home I feel sorry for the bomber who all life and limb dishonours For the people that he's maimed and left alone The Lord God said love thy neighbour Though in human life he trades, he's still a man I feel sorry for the children who with open mind are willing To fight for ideals aged and past their time I feel sorry for the children who will join the vicious circle Of instinct fear bred from their parents' minds The Lord God said love thy neighbour Break the circle, free the hater, call him a friend Wake up, wake up, there's a man by your side With a knife and a gun in each hand Wake up, wake up, you're one and the same It's time to stop and decide Is it love or hate? Is it peace or war? It's for sure there's no inbetween Politicians point views But they're pointing for you The solution has to be seen I thought I saw a summer soldier, helmet on his brow His silver rifle clutched beneath his armour-plated shroud I fire in hate, he cried aloud To protect myself from defeat My shield's my cause, my cause is war And from war I'll make no retreat I dreamt I saw an angel bright, a halo on his brow His golden sword lay in its sheath beneath his silver shroud I drwa thee not, he cried aloud Though your deeds like spears strike my soul My shield's my love, my cause is peace Faith be sure I shall not retreat |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
I cannot see you
For the sun is in my eyes I cannot hear you Everything you say just passes by What I'd give for just a smile Instead of drifting at A hundred thousand miles Can you hear me there below? All my lines have gone dead And I'm not very sure Can you hear me there below? 'Cause I'm coming down fast I can't make it alone Oh no no no... I cannot see you For the sun is in my eyes I cannot hear you Everything you say just passes by Here I stay until I'm found Insane in space and my world Is spinning round Can you hear me there below? All my lines have gone dead And I'm not very sure Can you hear me there below? 'Cause I'm coming down fast I can't make it alone |
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from Barclay James Harvest - The Harvest Years (2003)
The moon is making patterns on the water
Why it is I just can't say I'm not old enough or wise enough to wonder I don't think about the magic that I'm under Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes You'll find me in the twilight on the mountain When the sun shines on the lake I'm a child of darkness lost among the thunder Where the shafts of moonlight break the sky asunder Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
Didn't anybody see his hand move faster
Than the lightning in his eyes Oh! what a cold surprise the flying horses cried And didn't anybody want to ask the calliope To call the tune The flying horses crooned but did not know The Medicine Man sits on the stage Eats fire and water, earth and air while we all stare The silver blade burns bright And tells us to beware Of mirrored passages that throw a thousand images Of younger days The wheel spins slower as it calls us back to play Round and round now we go Shout your name to the wind As it spins by your side Coloured lights echo as the sound slips on by Could that have been me? |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
I've been looking for a place that I know well
It's a long long way from here and when I get there I will tell, I will tell I've been looking for a time that I once knew I could spend some happy hours just being there with you It doesn't matter where you go As long as there is someone there you know So if you need a friend you can depend on me 'Cause I know what it feels to be alone And in the darkest night you need a light to see Your shadow's sinking low Just like a stone Feels like a broken bone Guess I'll go on home I've been looking for someone I know so well She's a long long way from me and when I find her I will tell her It doesn't matter where she goes As long as there is someone there she knows |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
There's a little bit of you and some of me
There's a little bit of everything you see But you don't know why Harry cried There's a time right after love when you feel low Like a bird with perfect wings denied the sky But you don't know why Harry cried Take a look at the common man He can talk with the use of his hands Pass you on by with a smile Like he just don't care Take a look at yourself in the light People see by the look in your eyes Either you're deaf or you're blind Or you just don't care Well something stirred today Young Harry he passed away Someone moves and a leaf falls to the ground Morning comes and he is not around But you don't know why Harry cried Well you pick him up and you put him in your hand And he slips on through like tiny bits of sand But you don't know why Harry cried Take a look at the common man He can talk with the use of his hands Pass you on by with a smile Like he just don't care Take a look at yourself in the light People see by the look in your eyes Either you're deaf or you're blind Or you just don't care Well something stirred today Young Harry he passed away Bye bye |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
I once loved a lady who did change into a child
I saw the light of day shine in her eyes I loved her like a baby and I raised her to the sky It seems the light of day did pass me by Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea But I can't say if she ever thinks of me If I were of the ocean Or a wave upon the sand Or just a drop of water in her hand A pebble or a broken shell A rock upon the shore I doubt if I could love her any more Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea And I can't say if she ever thinks of me No I can't say if she ever thinks of me |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
Bye, bye, bye
The time has come round again, my friend A life and some time I just gotta spend So bye bye, my friend See you again My mind in my pocket The sun in my eye There's gold in the mountains The streams run by So see you again Swing low, swing high Talk of the times, the love and the laughing I'll come back to you in the spring, little lapwing 'Till then, bye bye |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
Passing time in the sun
To think of things, lost and done You wonder why she left so soon No word or reason why All feelings born can only die Lazy days passing by With memories you just can't hide The song flows on you can't pursue Your words don't mean a thing The mood's too hard for you to sing Moving on with a sigh A silhouette against the sky The seconds they dripped right on by And slowly filled the day And feelings born can only fade away |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
Mystery is following me down that lonesome road
And I don't know my way, my way back home There's someone on my shoulder and he will not share a load And I don't know my way, my way back home There's a certain something deep inside Like a rolling sea or a river wide As the orchestra starts playing Get down Joe You can see his face, you can feel his smile Yeah, look down low and let the tears run wild When the orchestra starts playing Blue John's Blues Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that you do While the folks around me sing on Blue John's Blues Band is swinging, people singing Get down Joe There's a place down home where people meet They clap their hands and they stamp their feet When the music starts and the band plays Get down Joe They sing out loud and they sing out clear Turn your head round girl and you might just hear And if you do then start down singing Blue John's Blues Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that you do While the folks around me sing on Blue John's Blues Band is swinging, people singing Get down Joe Take hold of John's blues (?) Must be a thousand hues (?) Blue John's Blues Get back Joe Take back all of your dough You've got no place to go Blue John's Blues Get back now Joe My sweetest girl that I ever had She's drive any poor man bad Blue John's Blues Well my Ma and my Papa said, Son You'll get the KB when you're not on the run (?) Blue John's Blues Well my lady and me we're gonna dance all night Yeah yeah we're gonna dance until the broad broad light Blue John's Blues The sweetest girl that I ever had Was guaranteed to drive a poor man bad Blue John's Blues Blue John Blues Get back Joe Lord, get back Joe |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
Here I sit watching the day out
No-one beside me who may doubt All of the words that I could chose to say So listen, believe, or be gone from this day I need a friend to walk with me And sit in the shade of an old tree To think nothing much, just agree with my thoughts To say nothing much, never tell what I ought Watching the people pass by now They just don't know why or know how They don't seem to care about all that I've seen They just walk on by never knowing I've been Sitting up here where I'm wind blown Only to ask and to be shown Things that would make you believe what I say I'll tell you myself and I'll show you some day |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
John's vision of armageddon literally closes the album with a bang! The references in the lyric to a stained-glass window ("one great wall of coloured parts") and "the multi-coloured cross left standing through it all" add to the apocalyptic feel of the song, which was a live favourite for many years, particularly in the days of the band's concerts with the orchestra.
Lyrics: The eyes of night march slowly by The last grain falls The kneeling man just sighs Protected by the one great wall Of coloured parts He probes his clouded mind If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day With trembling hands he wipes his eyes He tries to stand But does not feel the need The morning sun shines on The multicoloured cross Left standing through it all If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
When I was just a child
My world it was so small The empty playground swings The corner shop, the penny drinks The backyard walls Of a brave new world And as the years passed by I never thought to try And memorise the dreams The childhood fantasies The backyard walls Of a brave new world Hey, Suzanne, won't you come out to play? Well the moon is bright and this weather's fine And there's something I've got to say Hey, Suzanne, won't you come out to play? Well my mama told me and I know she's right That the blackest day's when the nations fight Remember to pray when you go to bed For what mama said Bow your head For a brave new world Now I'm twenty-four My small world's closed the door I feel like I should cry Death's desperation lies on every eye In the brave new world Hey, Suzanne, won't you come out to play? Well the moon is bright and the weather's fine And there's something I've got to say Hey, Suzanne, won't you come out to play? Well my mama told me and I know she's right That the blackest day's when the nations fight Remember to pray when you go to bed For what mama said Bow your head For a brave new world Now I'm old and grey And life has passed my way My tears have all run dry I've seen men born to kill and born to die For a brave new world For a brave new world It's such an old, old world |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
She said, "Why don't you
Come and stay with me Far away from people we know? We could live our lives together Happiness wherever we go" And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her Wasn't long before she grew tired of me And the life she thought would redeem All the love she'd thrown away as a child All the things she thought she had seen And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her - instrumental break - And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
She comes up with the morning sun
And tells me life has just begun Oh what it is to be young And in the early evening light She brings me flowers from the sun Oh what it is to be young And if you see her you will know She's like a shadow Falling softly on the snow And in the early evening light She brings me flowers for the night Oh what it is to be young |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
I once loved a lady who did change into a child
I saw the light of day shine in her eyes I loved her like a baby and I raised her to the sky It seems the light of day did pass me by Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea But I can't say if she ever thinks of me If I were of the ocean Or a wave upon the sand Or just a drop of water in her hand A pebble or a broken shell A rock upon the shore I doubt if I could love her any more Now she walks along the seashore And she listens to the sea And I can't say if she ever thinks of me No I can't say if she ever thinks of me |
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3:47 | ||||
from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
I've been looking for a place that I know well
It's a long long way from here and when I get there I will tell, I will tell I've been looking for a time that I once knew I could spend some happy hours just being there with you It doesn't matter where you go As long as there is someone there you know So if you need a friend you can depend on me 'Cause I know what it feels to be alone And in the darkest night you need a light to see Your shadow's sinking low Just like a stone Feels like a broken bone Guess I'll go on home I've been looking for someone I know so well She's a long long way from me and when I find her I will tell her It doesn't matter where she goes As long as there is someone there she knows |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories (1972)
Didn't anybody see his hand move faster
Than the lightning in his eyes Oh! what a cold surprise the flying horses cried And didn't anybody want to ask the calliope To call the tune The flying horses crooned but did not know The Medicine Man sits on the stage Eats fire and water, earth and air while we all stare The silver blade burns bright And tells us to beware Of mirrored passages that throw a thousand images Of younger days The wheel spins slower as it calls us back to play Round and round now we go Shout your name to the wind As it spins by your side Coloured lights echo as the sound slips on by Could that have been me? |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
Sitting here, me and Chris's son
We've got a story to strike you down About a girl with the light in her eyes Black on the night, drive on the day Let the wheels run dry Sitting here, waiting for the sun Little darling, for you to come By the light of the moon flashing by Black on the night, drive on the day Let the wheels run dry Fly on by silver bird in the sky Fly on day, black on night, roll on by Bring on the sunshine shine in her eyes Fly on by silver bird Sitting here in the early grey Of a Delph town morning, we sit and pray For a sight of the light in her eyes Black on the night, drive on the day Let the wheels run dry Fly on by silver bird in the sky Fly on day, black on night, roll on by Bring on the sunshine shine in her eyes Fly on by silver bird |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
I feel sorry for the soldier who is shot and stoned in anger
I feel sorry for his wife and child at home I feel sorry for the bomber who all life and limb dishonours For the people that he's maimed and left alone The Lord God said love thy neighbour Though in human life he trades, he's still a man I feel sorry for the children who with open mind are willing To fight for ideals aged and past their time I feel sorry for the children who will join the vicious circle Of instinct fear bred from their parents' minds The Lord God said love thy neighbour Break the circle, free the hater, call him a friend Wake up, wake up, there's a man by your side With a knife and a gun in each hand Wake up, wake up, you're one and the same It's time to stop and decide Is it love or hate? Is it peace or war? It's for sure there's no inbetween Politicians point views But they're pointing for you The solution has to be seen I thought I saw a summer soldier, helmet on his brow His silver rifle clutched beneath his armour-plated shroud I fire in hate, he cried aloud To protect myself from defeat My shield's my cause, my cause is war And from war I'll make no retreat I dreamt I saw an angel bright, a halo on his brow His golden sword lay in its sheath beneath his silver shroud I drwa thee not, he cried aloud Though your deeds like spears strike my soul My shield's my love, my cause is peace Faith be sure I shall not retreat |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
I thank me, I thank you
I thank Dixie and Pete too I thank Teddy for a sweet scene Eddie for the jokes inbetween I thank me, I thank you I thank Ollie and Chris too I thank Janet for the meat pies Snibbley for the soldering iron blues I thank Heather for the waterfall And Georgie for his Yankee drawl And Cassie is a gas with his "Wo issen das?", Mr. Dream I thank Nicky for the record machine I thank Ricky for the discount between I thank Eric for his Hotlegs Kev and Lol for Billy Bean's Machine |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
I cannot see you
For the sun is in my eyes I cannot hear you Everything you say just passes by What I'd give for just a smile Instead of drifting at A hundred thousand miles Can you hear me there below? All my lines have gone dead And I'm not very sure Can you hear me there below? 'Cause I'm coming down fast I can't make it alone Oh no no no... I cannot see you For the sun is in my eyes I cannot hear you Everything you say just passes by Here I stay until I'm found Insane in space and my world Is spinning round Can you hear me there below? All my lines have gone dead And I'm not very sure Can you hear me there below? 'Cause I'm coming down fast I can't make it alone |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
The moon is making patterns on the water
Why it is I just can't say I'm not old enough or wise enough to wonder I don't think about the magic that I'm under Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes You'll find me in the twilight on the mountain When the sun shines on the lake I'm a child of darkness lost among the thunder Where the shafts of moonlight break the sky asunder Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
Child of God was born today
The child of woman just slipped away The child of man knelt down to pray And the children of the earth Didn't know it was the day of Creation, creation, creation One thousand years or maybe more Since they first set eyes on that foreign shore The grass was green and the water pure They turned the key and opened the door To a nation, nation, nation Child of God says love your brother Take him by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Child of God says love your sister Take her by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Make him understand All believers gather round Press your faces to the ground Lift your voices to the sound Of all the others who have found Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Child of God says love your brother Take him by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Child of God says love your sister Take her by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Make him understand Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
The summer sun, the winter rain
Won't ever change now I'm over you The morning light, the evening night Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, now I'm over you Now I'm over you Clouds in the sky, birds flying by Won't ever change now I'm over you A young child's cry, a lover's sigh Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you Without your love The morning light hurts my eyes Without your love The evening skies make me cry Without your love I'd be no place at all I'd be lost without you Clouds in the sky, birds flying by Won't ever change now I'm over you A young child's cry, a lover's sigh Won't ever change now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you I'm over you, over you, I'm over you I'm over you, over you, now I'm over you Now I'm over you, over you, I'm over you I'm over you, over you, I'm over you |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
In the shining sun
My images they run Confusing all I've done before I've begun And every city scene Becomes a roaring stream A nightmare and a dream rolled into one But when the city sleeps I'm up and on my feet Along the darkened streets Hear me run Through the empty town Running, laughing, down No-one else around ? to bother old me By factories I sway My shadows seem to play To do this in the day ? I'd never be free But when the city sleeps I'm up and on my feet Along the darkened streets Hear me run |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
I thank me, I thank you
I thank Dixie and Pete too I thank Teddy for a sweet scene Eddie for the jokes inbetween I thank me, I thank you I thank Ollie and Chris too I thank Janet for the meat pies Snibbley for the soldering iron blues I thank Heather for the waterfall And Georgie for his Yankee drawl And Cassie is a gas with his "Wo issen das?", Mr. Dream I thank Nicky for the record machine I thank Ricky for the discount between I thank Eric for his Hotlegs Kev and Lol for Billy Bean's Machine |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
Didn't anybody see his hand move faster
Than the lightning in his eyes Oh! what a cold surprise the flying horses cried And didn't anybody want to ask the calliope To call the tune The flying horses crooned but did not know The Medicine Man sits on the stage Eats fire and water, earth and air while we all stare The silver blade burns bright And tells us to beware Of mirrored passages that throw a thousand images Of younger days The wheel spins slower as it calls us back to play Round and round now we go Shout your name to the wind As it spins by your side Coloured lights echo as the sound slips on by Could that have been me? |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
I think I'm going back from where I came
There's something that I feel but can't explain People running round and round Putting one another down The joker laughs the joker cries He sees the world through weary eyes People running round and round Putting one another down Too many people, they don't know where they're going There are no haloes showing "Peace and love", just greed and hate It's not too late to see we're all the same The joker sees a better way But people laugh and turn away |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
Child of God was born today
The child of woman just slipped away The child of man knelt down to pray And the children of the earth Didn't know it was the day of Creation, creation, creation One thousand years or maybe more Since they first set eyes on that foreign shore The grass was green and the water pure They turned the key and opened the door To a nation, nation, nation Child of God says love your brother Take him by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Child of God says love your sister Take her by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Make him understand All believers gather round Press your faces to the ground Lift your voices to the sound Of all the others who have found Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Child of God says love your brother Take him by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Child of God says love your sister Take her by the hand Child of God says love your neighbour Make him understand Make him understand Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation Salvation, salvation, salvation |
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from Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (1972)
The moon is making patterns on the water
Why it is I just can't say I'm not old enough or wise enough to wonder I don't think about the magic that I'm under Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes You'll find me in the twilight on the mountain When the sun shines on the lake I'm a child of darkness lost among the thunder Where the shafts of moonlight break the sky asunder Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes Oh moonwater, running out like silver from my eyes |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Turn Of The Tide (1981) | |||||
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Turn Of The Tide (1981)
How do you feel now
We've got a reason to go on Newly born Seems like I've waited for a lifetime But honey I believed in you When I saw her face I had to cry I don't know why Is she real? Seems like I've waited for a lifetime But honey I believed in you To make my dreams all come true We've got a child I tried and tried to talk it over Seemed like we'd waited a million years Then you conceived our child was born And we were one Picked her up put her by your side Saw a smile that you couldn't hide I tried and tried to talk it over Seerr.ed like we'd waited a million years Then you conceived our child was born And we were one Picked her up put her by your side Saw a smile that you couldn't hide How do you feel now We've got a reason to go on Newly born Seems like I've waited for a lifetime But honey I believed in you To make my dreams all come true We've got a child |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Turn Of The Tide (1981)
Stranger at the gate let him in
Stranger at the gate let him in Stranger at the gate let him in Won't you let him in He's been waiting on the other side He's been waiting on the other side He's been waiting for the turn of the tide Won't you let him in Promises leave you with nothing to show Destiny leaves you with nowhere to go Back to the wall Have you seen the light? Is your soul worth saving? Back to the wall Can you pay the price Then your life is waiting Down by the shore We can help you no more Standing with our back to the wall Is your soul worth saving? Have you seen the light? Then your life is waiting Can you pay the price? Promises leave you with nothing to show Destiny leaves you with nowhere to go Back to the wall Have you seen the light? Is your soul worth saving? Back to the wall Can you pay the price Then your life is waiting Down by the shore We can help you no more Standing with our back to the wall |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Turn Of The Tide (1981)
You got the groove
I got to move Cause suddenly something's unreal I got to go Get up and go Cause you ain't the way that I feel I know what I like And it ain't looking at you If I have to believe I believe in myself and nobody else Your kind of love ain't for real I got the wheels I got the deals But suddenly you ain't so cool Great God above it's diamond love But that kind of rock don't appeal I know what I like And it ain't looking at you If I have to believe I believe in myself and nobody else Your kind of love ain't for real I got to change it's feeling strange And strange is a highway for fools If it's diamond love that makes you feel good Then that kind of love I can steal I know what I like And it ain't looking at you If I have to believe I believe in myself and nobody else Your kind of love I can steal |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Turn Of The Tide (1981)
Here lie the towers so tall
Strange, they tumble and fall Time softly playing the chord Could be lost in the void Do your eyes see it all? Gone like the dreams that you made Sad how memory fades Drawn by the mystical sight There's a voice in the night And your eyes see it all Stay with me All I want from you Just stay with me All I want to do Is look in your eyes And sail on through the night Echoes and shadows Drift through tomorrow's Dreams that you follow In the dark Fools are entranced by the dawn But the wise man misses it all He laughs and the pages are torn While the intellect scorns As he clutches the straws Stay with me All I want from you Just stay with me All I want to do Is look in your eyes And sail on through the night Echoes and shadows Drift through tomorow's Dreams that you follow In the dark |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Turn Of The Tide (1981)
I look down the street but there's no one there
In the cold, in the dark, in the night air I call out for life but my heart feels despair There's no sign of a light in the cold dismal night The lights have all gone the clothes are all torn The people are gone but the victory's won I call out for life but it's after the day Now the people are gone just the city alone Eyes look from the second floor Down to the street below Calm now the wind is slow See posters once on the wall Now washed away in the rain Peeling from buildings tall I'll follow you friends to where life never ends Make our mistakes again as our life lines descend Time is like dust and the dust is like snow As it covers the ruins of the life that you know Trees once green now turned to stone Objects that look like ghosts All of them overgrown Mist all sight and mind is blurred Lie on your back and cry Words uttered never heard I look down the street but there's no one there In the cold, in the dark, in the night air I call out for life but my heart feels despair There's no sign of a light in the cold dismal night The lights have all gone the clothes are torn The people are gone but the victory's won I call out for life but it's after the day Now the people are gone just the city alone |
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from Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest - Turn Of The Tide (1981)
Look around
And cry aloud Seems so much is happening But I have found When you awake The sky will shine Even on a cloudy day Want to be Where I can see Oh so much is happening To you and me Will it end? Will day turn black Will we ever see things right And how can we make it through the night? I'm like a train That's jumping the track Caught up in the slide And I'll never come back I turn around and look for a way Nothing that I can do Nothing that I can say What a life I was living before Hard to see If you can't find a door Seen the turning Know it's burning me To be with you I'm like a train That's jumping the track Caught up in the slide And I'll never come back I turn around and look for a way Nothing that I can do Nothing that I can say |