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Coombes
Politician's fighting hard to win Getting a good position so he won't have to lose again The battle's always on, working against disgrace He has to win you over, well it's always the case Ends up saving face. Delegations flying in Happiest relations, smiling faces, shaking hands The battle's always on, working against displacement They have to win them over if it's only a case Of saving space. No don't bother telling me, I can see it all for myself I was born with a mind of my own, I intend to keep it free. Still the seasons come and go Bad influences pile up like the dirty driven snow Turn off the news, I really don't want to know If there was anywhere left to go, well I think I'd want to go 'Cause I really don't like the show. No don't bother telling me, I can see it all for myself I was born with a mind of my own, I intend to keep it free. |
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from Strawbs - Nomadness[Remastered] (2008)
Cousins
I sailed with Miss Columbus for a trip across the sea The horizon was behind me when I found that I was free I smashed the glass I drank from, drove it deep into my arm Tell me, how do you feel now you're back on the farm ? She put me on the periscope and told me she was lost She said she was expensive but I did not mind the cost I said her deep-sea diver did not mean her any harm Tell me, how do you feel now you're back on the farm ? I rang the bell of freedom, drank from the well of plenty The milk of human kindness was succour to my soul I took her to the mast head and showed her my conditions She promised me the cargo that she carried in her hold. The sails were set for sunrise when we found the wind had dropped I tried to make the time up but the clock had somehow stopped A fire broke out below the decks and I sounded the alarm Tell me, how do you feel now you're back on the farm ? Now you might think it strange of me to write to you this way For years I was a farmer, but I could not make it pay Yet here I am a sailor and I feel a sense of calm Tell me, how do you feel now you're back on the farm ? Tell me, how do you feel now you're back on the farm ? |
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from Strawbs - Nomadness[Remastered] (2008)
Cousins
Is it the painter or the picture hanging in the gallery ? Admired by countless thousands who attempt to read the secrets Of his vision of his very soul. Is it the painter or the picture hanging in the gallery ? Or is it but a still life of his own interpretation Of the way that God had made us in the image of His eye ? Is it the sculptor or the sculpture standing in the gallery ? Touched by fleeting strangers who desire to feel the strength of hands That realised a form of life. Is it the sculptor or the sculpture standing in the gallery ? Or is it but the tenderness with which his hands were guided To discard the unessentials and reveal the perfect truth ? Is it the actor or the drama playing to the gallery ? Heard in every corner of the theatre of cruelty That masks the humour in his speech. Is it the actor or the drama playing to the gallery ? Or is it but the character of any single member of the audience That forms the plot of each and every play ? Is it the singer or his likeness hanging in the gallery ? Tongue black, still and swollen, his eyes staring from their sockets He is silent now, will sing no more. Is it the singer or his likeness hanging in the gallery ? Or is it but his conscience, insecurity and loneliness When destiny becomes at last the cause of his demise ? |
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from Strawbs - Nomadness[Remastered] (2008)
Lambert
Listen to my story, I've got something I must say All about a new experience that came to me today Well I don't want your sudden changes, I don't need your New York zoo But I want some understanding 'cause I think I'm going to lose Yes I think I'm going to lose. Take me home, little sleepy, you don't have to take that train That leads you where you just don't want to go Take me home, little sleepy, you don't have to take that train This little rock and roller's going to show you what you are. Well it might have been in Texas and it could be New Orleans But it doesn't really matter 'cause it's only in my dreams In the places where I travel and the people that I meet All I know is what I'm fighting for, it's you I really need Yes, it's you I really need. Take me home, little sleepy, you don't have to take that train That leads you where you just don't want to go Take me home, little sleepy, you don't have to take that train This little rock and roller's going to show you what you are. In the middle of time, I'm going to be thinking about you Take a look at yourself, you know I just can't live without you. Ohhhh … Take me home, little sleepy, you don't have to take that train That leads you where you just don't want to go Take me home, little sleepy, you don't have to take that train This little rock and roller's going to show you what you are. Take me home, little sleepy, you don't have to take that train That leads you where you just don't want to go Take me home, little sleepy, you don't have to take that train This little rock and roller's going to show you what you are. |
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from Strawbs - Nomadness[Remastered] (2008)
Cousins
The rose buds are hard and firm Erect and proud they stand on slender stems Wrapped in silk and tied with a velvet ribbon. 'Tie the ribbon in my hair' - she says 'Your gentle touch upon my brow' 'Can make me close my eyes in sleepy pleasure'. Low the candle burns And flickers shadows on the wall It's crimson lips are closing 'round the flame. As the flame dies So shall our live die ? The roses stoop lower as their petals fall So shall our love die ? 'What is it ?' - she says 'Nothing' - say I 'Nothing but the West wind, the wind of change'. |
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from Strawbs - Nomadness[Remastered] (2008)
I am the depth of age of the mountain
Yet still you believe to know how to be free You are the life of the stars in the night sky As constant much brighter yet younger than me But I am the echo that calls you forever The conscience that shows you the way to belong And if you allow me I'll love you forever And make you the voice of the words of my song |
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from Strawbs - Nomadness[Remastered] (2008)
Cousins
The gilt-edged invitation came and I said : 'What can this mean ?' 'To attend the coronation as the first guest of the Queen' 'And sit upon her right hand where the Prince is normally seen ?' The maids of honour stared at me and registered surprise To see a man of such good taste appear before their eyes Now bring rather humble, I adopted a disguise As the Minister of State for Mass Environment Controls Who condemn the working classes for inhabiting the holes That belong to Queen and Country but do not permit their souls To be free like me To be free like me Oh to be free. The perspex chandelier began to melt and slip away One million candle-powered, it kept the night at bay While the power station workers were busy making hay The workers in the fields were engaged in self-defence Which involved the use of barbed wire as a self-containing fence But as a means of self-protection, it was needlessly immense I stopped to ask them for a light, they pointed at the sun Which raised their hopes of harvesting a better crop than guns Can ever mass produce at the expense of anyone Who is free like me Who is free like me Oh who is free. The solitary peasant in his home above the lake Raised high on wooden stilts, has made the singular mistake Of revolutionary conduct at the celebration wake His urban counterpart engaged in mundane occupation Enjoys the chance of laughing at the Queen's humiliation At the hands of Ministers of State for Rehabilitation Now the power station worker though his aim is too disjointed Finds himself around the corner while his gun is never pointed He is ever at the ready, he desires to be annointed And be free like me And be free like me And be free like me Oh and be free. |
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Cousins
The willows stand on guard in the dark Where lovers are rowing alone in the park In awe of each other they make a mistake And find they must spend one more night on the lake. And I don't care if anyone knows There's no one so fair as my Tokyo rose I don't care if anyone knows There's no one so fair as my Tokyo Rosie, my Tokyo Rosie, ooh. The blossom has fallen before the West wind The butterfly lies with its silken wings pinned Alone in the temple the lovers rejoice And sing to each other with one single voice. And I don't care if anyone knows There's no one so fair as my Tokyo rose I don't care if anyone knows There's no one so fair as my Tokyo Rosie, my Tokyo Rosie. I wear my silk kimono black Get your monkey off my back No matter where the West wind blows You'll never find a fallen rose. The flowers of heaven are roses in bloom The East wind turns West in the walls of my room I build my defence in the palace of sin The lovers make home and the loser must win. And I don't care if anyone knows There's no one so fair as my Tokyo rose I don't care if anyone knows There's no one so fair as my Tokyo Rosie, my Tokyo Rosie, oh Rosie, Rosie. |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
She leaned forward in the lamplight
In her eyes an amber glow She was promising the earth And yet somehow saying no We talked of pleasant summer days Kew Gardens, Hampton Court The jewellers where we bought the ring that bound us close together Oh, how she changed with ever passing day In the swirling misty morning As the day begins to break In the heavy dew her footsteps I am floundering in her wake Oh, how she changed with every passing day The shutters of indifference Have closed to bar the view A person I once knew Oh, how she changed with every passing day |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
The fragile gentle butterfly with multi-coloured wings
Settles on the toadstools in the midst of fairy rings Midsummer sounds of tinkle bells as sweet Titania sings Or am I dreaming? Or am I dreaming? And I will have a castle with a drawbridge and a moat And light my open fires with a brand new five pound note And go off on a winter cruise in a bright red sailing boat Or am I dreaming? Or am I dreaming? Pick the golden casket and you'll get what you deserve Yards of pure white chiffon falling in a graceful curve Crystal-clear cut chandeliers, orchids in a bowl Mulled wine by the fire and the finest ermine stole The water melon moon makes gentle progress in the sky Upside down it's floating as the satellites go by And you can hold a conversation if you're not too high Or am I dreaming? Or am I dreaming? The magic mountain music man Is really rather shy Or am I dreaming? |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
Pieces of 79 and 15
Drifting along a jumbly scene Pieces of 79 and 15 Drifting along a jumbly scene 79 out of work people Sitting on top of a barbarous pole Strippers who like it and fancy a bit And parties and songs in the night 15 more people but mostly the same Girls down with love tell me what can you do? Seeing your friends down a hole in the ground With the ceiling and walls falling down. |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
Jimmy Wilson had a glass eye I could see it
And he stuttered sometimes And he needed a girlfriend nighttimes Didn't know how to go about it Poor Jimmy Wilson Poor Jimmy Wilson All the boys used to tease him I know I did it And he was my friend At school we were always close together Hardly a day I didn't see him Poor Jimmy Wilson Poor Jimmy Wilson He used to go out for walks on his own With no-one to talk to at all He'd walk in the park 'til the evening grew dark Feeling quite incredibly small He was sitting in the park one Sunday evening Around about five When along came a lady, a total stranger Wanted young Jimmy to go with her Poor Jimmy Wilson Poor Jimmy Wilson Well she was so persuasive and seemed quite friendly So he went along And the lady who was lonely gave him tea And she was his friend forever after Poor Jimmy Wilson Poor Jimmy Wilson |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
Jimmy Wilson had a glass eye I could see it
And he stuttered sometimes And he needed a girlfriend nighttimes Didn't know how to go about it Poor Jimmy Wilson Poor Jimmy Wilson All the boys used to tease him I know I did it And he was my friend At school we were always close together Hardly a day I didn't see him Poor Jimmy Wilson Poor Jimmy Wilson He used to go out for walks on his own With no-one to talk to at all He'd walk in the park 'til the evening grew dark Feeling quite incredibly small He was sitting in the park one Sunday evening Around about five When along came a lady, a total stranger Wanted young Jimmy to go with her Poor Jimmy Wilson Poor Jimmy Wilson Well she was so persuasive and seemed quite friendly So he went along And the lady who was lonely gave him tea And she was his friend forever after Poor Jimmy Wilson Poor Jimmy Wilson |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
My ship sails in on a cloud of broken promises
It's just not true not a single word she says Time will tell whether she can change her ways It might take years, it might even take always Tell me what you see in me I'll tell you what I see in you Your picture melts before my tired eyes And all it leaves is just a trace of paradise You'll change again that's what I've been told But don't take long I might get too old Tell me what you see in me I'll tell you what I see in you Take it easy but take it slow For who knows which way next that wind will blow Time goes by just as quickly as I want it to And I'll make out like I never knew Tell me what you see in me I'll tell you what I see in you |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
My ship sails in on a cloud of broken promises
It's just not true not a single word she says Time will tell whether she can change her ways It might take years, it might even take always Tell me what you see in me I'll tell you what I see in you Your picture melts before my tired eyes And all it leaves is just a trace of paradise You'll change again that's what I've been told But don't take long I might get too old Tell me what you see in me I'll tell you what I see in you Take it easy but take it slow For who knows which way next that wind will blow Time goes by just as quickly as I want it to And I'll make out like I never knew Tell me what you see in me I'll tell you what I see in you |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
If in some capricious moment
I should give you cause to fear Then you have but to remember That my being is mere Fortune For the rules have been laid down To guide the thoughts of those who stray If in some deserted hour We should murmur last goodbyes With the snowflakes falling softly As the tears well in your eyes Then we kiss but once and walk away Never turning round And the snow falls on our footsteps Leaving nothing to be found And my life is yet determined By the span of what it holds And the span grows ever shorter As my lifetime folds Away. |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
In the early dawn the Bishop's men
Shivered in the damp But the shiver came not from the cold And spread throughout the camp The trembling horses sensed the fear Of silent thoughtful men Who prayed that wives and families Might see them once again The Bishops sent a dawn patrol To investigate the weight Of forces at the King's command Ensconced behind the gate The ground mist hid the patrol's approach As they drew close enough to show The sentries on the battlements And an archer drew his bow From the topmost tower a sentry fell As an arrow pierced his skull And his headlong flight into the moat Seemed that of a gull The patrol reported little There was nothing much to see But the strong and silent castle A symbol of the free The King's men took communion As the first rays of the sun Lit up the chapel's gloomy walls The fatal day begun From the castle green the rooks took flight To the high trees in the east To their carrion minds the battlefield Set a table for a feast A tide of black, the Bishop's men Equality their right Swarmed like ants across the hill Their aim at last in sight The King's men dressed in purest white Were driven back by force And the fighting grew more violent As the battle took its course The Bishops gave the order "No mercy to be shown The sacrifice will reap rewards When the King is overthrown" The sight of children lying dead Made hardened soldiers weep The outer walls began to fall They moved towards the keep The rooks surveyed the battlefield Their hungry beady eyes Revelled in the sight of death Showing no surprise The pressure mounted steadily As the Bishops neared the gate And the desperate King called to his knights "It's your lives or the state" When the anxious King began to fail As many thought he might The Queen ran screaming round the walls And urged the men to fight The Bishops' men were tiring As the afternoon grew late And the King's men lowered the drawbridge And poured out through the gate They fought their way across the bridge The men like falling leaves Or ears of corn that fall in swathes The vicious sickle cleaves The tide receded up the hill The waste of reclaimed land Once decaying swamp became A shore of pure white sand A blinded priest was seen to bless Both dying and the dead As he stumbled through the battlefield His cassock running red If uniform were black or white His eyes could never see And death made no distinction Whatever man he be As darkness fell both camps withdrew Their soldiers slain like cattle Leaving the rooks to feast alone The victors of the battle At evensong the camps reviewed Their sad depleted ranks As survivors of the battle Gave God their grateful thanks |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
In the early dawn the Bishop's men
Shivered in the damp But the shiver came not from the cold And spread throughout the camp The trembling horses sensed the fear Of silent thoughtful men Who prayed that wives and families Might see them once again The Bishops sent a dawn patrol To investigate the weight Of forces at the King's command Ensconced behind the gate The ground mist hid the patrol's approach As they drew close enough to show The sentries on the battlements And an archer drew his bow From the topmost tower a sentry fell As an arrow pierced his skull And his headlong flight into the moat Seemed that of a gull The patrol reported little There was nothing much to see But the strong and silent castle A symbol of the free The King's men took communion As the first rays of the sun Lit up the chapel's gloomy walls The fatal day begun From the castle green the rooks took flight To the high trees in the east To their carrion minds the battlefield Set a table for a feast A tide of black, the Bishop's men Equality their right Swarmed like ants across the hill Their aim at last in sight The King's men dressed in purest white Were driven back by force And the fighting grew more violent As the battle took its course The Bishops gave the order "No mercy to be shown The sacrifice will reap rewards When the King is overthrown" The sight of children lying dead Made hardened soldiers weep The outer walls began to fall They moved towards the keep The rooks surveyed the battlefield Their hungry beady eyes Revelled in the sight of death Showing no surprise The pressure mounted steadily As the Bishops neared the gate And the desperate King called to his knights "It's your lives or the state" When the anxious King began to fail As many thought he might The Queen ran screaming round the walls And urged the men to fight The Bishops' men were tiring As the afternoon grew late And the King's men lowered the drawbridge And poured out through the gate They fought their way across the bridge The men like falling leaves Or ears of corn that fall in swathes The vicious sickle cleaves The tide receded up the hill The waste of reclaimed land Once decaying swamp became A shore of pure white sand A blinded priest was seen to bless Both dying and the dead As he stumbled through the battlefield His cassock running red If uniform were black or white His eyes could never see And death made no distinction Whatever man he be As darkness fell both camps withdrew Their soldiers slain like cattle Leaving the rooks to feast alone The victors of the battle At evensong the camps reviewed Their sad depleted ranks As survivors of the battle Gave God their grateful thanks |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
He came into the shop and looked me straight between the eyes
And said "You know I'm Jesus" and I must have looked surprised Because he said "Please don't be hasty, no-one understands But I've got a way to prove it" and he lifted up his hands He was the man who called himself Jesus For a minute I was speechless then I looked into his face With sufficient lines of sadness for the total human race And I said "You must be joking" but he slowly shook his head And said "That's what they all say, I might as well be dead." He was the man who called himself Jesus He asked me if I knew a place where he could start to preach And I said "Well try a church, or maybe Brighton Beach" And I was trying to be serious but he didn't seem impressed He said "You think I'm crazy, you're just like all the rest." He was the man who called himself Jesus I was really quite embarrassed he was looking so sincere So I said "I close the shop soon, won't you come and have a beer?" Then he asked me if I meant it and he gave a funny smile And said he'd rather like that and he hung around a while He was the man who called himself Jesus On the way he stopped to pat little children's heads And taught them one line prayers to say when they went off to their beds But mostly they were frightened and they looked at him wide-eyed And when he said his name was Jesus, one girl even cried He was the man who called himself Jesus In the pub I asked him if he'd tried to see the Pope And he said although he'd thought about it there was really not a hope Then he said he thought he'd better go he had some work to do He said he'd come and see me in about a week or two He was the man who called himself Jesus Well after he had gone I thought of what he'd said And all his funny actions kept on running through my head And when I felt my mind was drowning in a sea of mud It seemed his pint of beer had turned into a pint of blood He was the man who called himself Jesus |
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from Strawbs - Strawbs[Remastered] (2008)
Cousins
Wake up one day, you're left alone From now on you're on your own The sands of time are running low You'll have nothing left to show The months slip by and change to years Soon the twilight gloom appears And then one day before you know You'll have nothing left to show. Where is this dream of your youth ? The pictures on the walls are shaking They can hear the storm a-breaking Storms may come and storms may go You'll have nothing left to show Buildings all around are trembling They can hear the earth a-rumbling Buildings come and buildings go You'll have nothing left to show. Where is this dream of your youth ? Tomorrow brings another dawn It might be better from now on Before too long that day will go You'll have nothing left to show You'll have nothing left to show You'll have nothing left to show You'll have nothing left to show You'll have nothing left to show. Where is this dream of your youth ? |
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from Strawbs - Painted Sky (2005)
The wanderer has far to go
Humble must he constant be Where the paths of wisdom lead 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 |
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from Strawbs - Painted Sky (2005)
You have been my lighthouse
In every storm You have given shelter You have kept me safe and warm And in my darkest nights You have shone your brightest lights You are my saving grace Darling I love you. You have been the pilot Who guides me home You have been the my rock As on the seven seas I roam And when I was becalmed You were the strength in my arms You are my saving grace Darling I love you. And when I found my back Was torn and broken on the reef You sailed your tiny boat Across the dark seas of my disbelief. You have been the anchor And I the chain Straining as we hold ourselves Together in the rain I have found you ever there My constant keeper's daughter fair You are my saving grace Darling I love you. |
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from Strawbs - Painted Sky (2005)
I have seen the midnight sun shining
I saw you fly away smiling The dark night sheds no light It merely serves a warning I pray for one single ray of hope Oh midnight sun. I have seen the midnight sun shining Watched her rays steadily dying The candles are alight I sit alone in mourning I wonder is there death after life Oh midnight sun. While in my life I have loved I have lost I feel no warmth from your days. Yet I have seen the midnight sun shining Welcomed her full golden lining For when I have to fight To wake up in the morning I look to her for her open arms Oh midnight sun. |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
I - Divided
Cousins The gypsy girl stood quite alone Her eyes were brightly shining Her head was in the clouds Where she had found the silver lining And all the while the crippled boy Was dancing with his lady fair While I stood on the sidelines Trying to make out that I wasn't there. So loud the music grew and grew With ever greater pain I stepped back in the shadows For I could not stand the strain I tried to look, my eyes were blind I tried to speak but could not find The words to say. They left me lying where I lay I could not bear the light of day. Treat me kindly dear blue angel Deepest colour of the night Be merciful, be gentle For I have no strength to fight. II - Half Worlds Apart Cousins So I lay in half world dream state Pressed like a flower in the pages of a half book Words in softly spoken whispers Steal through the silence of the blue veiled half light The best of questions have no answers The best of answers need no questions Born on the quest for a wave of half peace Acquired in a Dresden china cuplet Bound in the chains of the half book binding Half way to my half life. Treat me kindly dear blue angel Deepest colour of the night Be merciful, be gentle For I have no strength to fight. So she lay in half museum Pinned like a butterfly which failed to reach its half life Tender moments left half spoken Lost like an orphan in the pleasures of the dream state A man of honour has no secrets How can I be a man of secrets Trapped in the web of the woven blue veil Peering to find the angel weaver Most sacred saviour of the silver lining Half way to my half life. Treat me kindly dear blue angel Deepest colour of the night Be merciful, be gentle For I have no strength to fight. III - At Rest Cousins Sleep the sleep of peace my love And I will let you be I alone can comfort I alone can set you free I will be your healer And give you back your pride In times of need remember me At rest here by your side. When the hour of darkness comes And time itself stands still When voices from the future Seem to come and go at will I will be your servant Your ever constant guide When all is lost remember me At rest here by your side. The wisdom of the fool is such That he alone is sane So delicate the balance That e'er the moon could wax and wane I will be your teacher And show you where to hide When all else fails remember me At rest here by your side. Treat me kindly dear blue angel Deepest colour of the night Be merciful, be gentle For I have no strength to fight |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Cousins-Willoughby
Never mind the rain, never mind the weather Take a little time when you lose your grip Never mind the pain, treat it as a warning Never mind the truth when it cuts your lip. Cry no more for me I'll cry no more for you I'll cry no more for you. Never is a word I never wanted spoken Never is a kiss with your mouth closed tight Never is a dream of never ending pleasure Never is defeat in the darkest night. The night closed down with the passion of a thousand years Far out in open space A mirror shades the likeness of your pretty face Drowning in my tears. Never break a vow that's never yet been broken Never cross your heart when it's all in vain Never trust a girl who takes it all for granted Never mind the rain when it's pouring down |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Cousins-Willoughby
Do you remember the day we met How we made our way in fits and starts Do you remember the day we met How we played our roles in silent parts Oh what a day we had Oh what a day. Do you remember the day we met How we kissed the way they do in France Do you remember the day we met How we lost our tongues before the dance Oh what a day we had Oh what a day. Photographs of junior high Your hair was straight and so was I Do you remember the day we met How we scandalised the scripture class Do you remember the day we met How we walked away on broken glass Oh what a day we had Oh what a day Oh what a day we had Oh what a day. |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Strike the fiddle, start the hoedown
Rid me of my heavy load I can see those bright lights shining A little way further down the road Mysteries of ancient wonders Vanish as my world explodes Memories of old ambitions A little way further down the road All the pain of making progress Vanished when the west wind blowed I have seen myself tomorrow A little further down the road I have rid myself of strangers Buried in the overload I can see myself tomorrow A little way further down the road |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Lay down, I lay me down
Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. By still waters I lay down with the lambs In pastures green I made peace with my soul And I cared not for the night While my guiding star shone bright By still waters I lay down I lay down. Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. At the roadside I took toll of my times From dirty streets I gained peace for my soul May the merciful be right Are you ready for the night At the roadside I lay down I lay down. Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. In deep sorrow I took flight with the sun From mountains high I gained strength for my soul I proved stronger than the test When my spirit came to rest In deep sorrow I lay down I lay down. Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down Lay down, I lay me down For my soul. |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Cousins
Take my hand, I'll show you how to fly We will cross the valley road, the river rolling by Open fields, high cascading streams We will climb the mountainside, a multitude of dreams. I wake up to your morning glory Say goodbye to my late night story I close my eyes and count to ten It all comes round again. Miles apart, still further in between Once you talked to me in tongues, who knows what they can mean. The party ran all summer long, way beyond extremes The morning glory days were gone, suddenly a world of broken dreams. Deep blue days and ever darker nights No matter what the time of day, we never dim the lights. |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Cousins
I leave you with your head buried in the pillow Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy As twisted as a knot, as tangled as a wire Burning like a coal on the open fire Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy. I talk to you in riddles of the drunken sailor Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy As pretty as a rose, as bitter as a thorn A smear of virgin blood on the broken dawn Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy. Now did you hear the wind, did you ride the carousel Did you find the seaman's mission, only time can really tell Or do you see your future in the wishing well Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy. I brush you with a kiss as the moonlight murmurs Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy As simple as defeat, as certain as a toy Crying like a girl with the future of a boy Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy. |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
There's a cafe on the corner where the Latin lovers meet
They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street. There's a glow of expectation, the narcotic of the beat They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street. Rhythm of the night, heat of the street. Rhythm of the night and the heat of the street. There's a girl in every alley trying to whip you off your feet They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street. They play it tough They play it cool They play to win They drink the pool They play it by the golden rule Lady Luck is no-one's fool. There are roly poly mamas, electric slippers on their feet They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street. When they offer you the menu, try the rack of spicy meat They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street. |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Cousins
I must have been the saddest man who ever wrote a love song For when I spoke of ways and means, I knew it would not last long After all the years, the growing pains and heartaches I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss. We must have been a crazy pair to think we'd stay together I hope you find your own new world and make it last forever You gave me your best, I gave you all my worst years I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss. Thank you for your sympathy God bless you for your kindness I'm sure that as the years roll by You'll understand my sadness. I can't have been the only man who ever wrote a song for you. Take care of the kids, I didn't want to hurt them I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss. |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Cousins
The sky was like a crystal, it was sapphire blue I was like a kid again, so were you It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill. The sun came round to polish up the copper beech The leaves were black as leather where the sun don't reach It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill. I was close enough to heaven as a man could be Knowing I had solved your little mystery It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill. We could hear the distant compromise of wedding bells As we leaned on one another bidding fond farewells It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill. As we drove into the valley, the mist rolled down We were in the grip of winter in our own home town It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill. The lights were shining brightly in the house across the street I was looking for adventure, I was turning on the heat I shivered in the shadows, it was cold as hell The church bell sounded seven going, well, well, well It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill. |
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from Strawbs - Blue Angel (2005)
Cousins
The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky I told her I was leaving with the migrant birds to fly I said she might expect me with the coming of the spring When the birds return back home again with new-found songs to sing. I hit out on the highway, high on the rising sun I felt my spirit rising, my journey was newly begun The joy of expectation rose in my heart with a song The courage of conviction carried my journey along. I bathed in the lake of comfort, the milk of my mother's breast The son of constant sorrow sank to his knees in the West I prayed to my God for guidance to find there was no-one but me There was just the open highway as far as my eyes could see. Throughout my endless journey I have been searching for paradise lost I now retrace my footsteps with the burden of infinite cost I see myself returning alone with my head held high The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky. |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Lambert
Lonely, have you ever felt lonely Like you're floating on a deep sea And the world is somewhere else? And when you're trying to disguise it It only makes it deepen Trying to pretend will only weigh you down Cold steel Cold, cold steel Searching, is this why everybody's searching Looking to the sky To try to touch a star And when they get it in their hand They never want to lose it They get a monkey on their back and a pocketful of sand Good times, I heard about the good times I read it in a book It sounded alright But then I thought I saw a stranger So I had to give chase. She stabbed me in the back with a smile across her face |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Cousins
The countryside was out of sight The sky was acid blue The saplings were beside themselves The storm had passed on through The trees were wearing racing silks A vibrant grass-snake green With maidens clutching violets In many shades between But somewhere in the distance I could hear the tolling bell I saw myself reflecting back Face down in the well The tolling bell reminded me Of someone I had lost I could not quite remember who Or what had been the cost Naked from the waist up Naked upside down No matter how you break your fall You sure as hell will drown The hounds from hell were howling For the many wasted years While every sin was washed away With semi-precious tears Some said it was suicide Others first degree No matter what the paradox Was somehow lost on me The courage of a patient man Is measured in his pace While some may take the higher ground Others run the race Some folks do the dandy strut And trade as ne'er do well But I have always please myself Somewhere in the distance I could hear the rebel yell I saw myself reflecting back Face down in the well |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Cousins
Puddly pools, oily traces Storm clouds scudding past the moon Rusty hinges broken windows All is broken, all too soon Here today, gone tomorrow Shadows in the setting sun Here today, gone tomorrow Darkness when the day is done Broken china doll stares blind Painted porcelain figurine Loved to death by those who loved her Prettiest face you've ever seen Down the hill houses tumble Overlapping cheek by jowl Strike a match, frozen fingers Restless dog begins to growl |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Cousins
If I should live a thousand years I would spend my whole life dying for you If I should shed a thousand tears I would spend my whole life crying for you As certain as eternity It's written in the stars It reaches through the universe From Jupiter to Mars It stretches to infinity Beyond the edge of space Where time itself is measured In the smile upon your face If I should live a thousand years I would spend my whole life loving you If I should pick a thousand flowers I would touch each petal for a trace of you For every thousand April showers I would chase the rainbow for a place with you If I should bless a thousand brides I would never find a-one as sweet as you For every thousand high spring tides There could never be one to compete with you |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Cousins
NRG It's really elementary NRG It's time to take inventory Take the time To take some action soon There will be A chain reaction soon Along the backstreets a fire burns Inside Outside NRG It's time to hear the voices NRG It's time to take some choices |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Cousins
Well, it was on a night like this We made a vow We knew could never miss You and me Meant to be So free On a night like this Well, it was on a night like this The stars looked down It was a night of bliss In a world Of our own So alone On a night like this And if ever I get to thinking back On the good times we have had I think of the days before I met you And end up feeling sad Well, it was on a night like this We sealed our fate With just a single kiss In a world Of extremes Simple dreams On a night like this |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Cousins-Cronk-Hawken-Lambert
It was back along summer of thirty years I'll tell you a story to bring you tears Of the likes of a romance so few hears Out on the Russian front She had startling eyes of sapphire blue She lived in a house where camellias grew But where she came from no-one knew He stood as firm as the mighty oak Smelled as keen as forest smoke Loved her with a velvet stroke Out on the Russian front She loved a man who burst with pride Buried deep in her countryside Their love for life was long denied Even now I'm still unclear Those who held each other dear Are living in a state of fear Out on the Russian front Both were sent their separate ways Victims of their yesterdays The party wins the farmer pays |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Cousins-Lambert
The stars begin to fade The early morning mist is lifting As he wakes with the silence still unbroken The night has rolled away The dawn is creeping through the window As he rubs the shadows from his eyes The sun begins to rise To warm the room where he was sleeping As he reads through the headlines of the papers The dew is fading fast As he is walking through the long grass With church bell sounding in the tower He waits inside the door The clock strikes out the hour He smiles pausing for a word as they arrive. Farmers with their wives Children with their flowers Ladies in their bright mid-summer clothes The stained glass windows shine The congregation kneels in silence Then the organ and choir Join the birds in the trees As they sing their Sunday morning song |
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from Strawbs - Deja Fou (2004)
Lambert
The party wasn't over when my friends started leaving Still a lot of things I had to say If I walked back in the room would it be the way I left it? Lost my nerve and turned away And the rains came, and the skies turned grey When the lights came on I could see the picture It burned my eyes and it bruised my mind Gave me hope to face the future I was not alone when the lights came on They crucified the ox and threw his carcass to the fire Stood around proclaiming they were free Stripped away his flesh while giving thanks for all his labours No-one saw the joke but him and me Then the rains came, and the skies turned grey The wise man built his house upon the rock beside the river Cared not for the storms that lashed around The foolish man was tempted, dipped his soul into the water His body, though at peace, has not been found Because the rains came, and the skies turned grey |
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from Strawbs - Ghosts (2000)
Coombes
It's a warm summer's evening and it's been a beautiful day But the sky is getting darker in a special kind of way I'm anticipating something, think it's going to be OK 'Cause tomorrow will show me what I can't see today. Oh those changes arranges like the warmth of the storm It says change comes to cool us and you know it can't be wrong Evolution rules us from the moment we are born So just blow with the wind or the warmth of the storm. Change is three white horses, one creates and one maintains And though the last one is destructive, it can come to ease your pain 'Cause you're caught up in the wheel of life, you can't escape You just try to resist it, you know the force is far too great. Oh those changes arranges like the warmth of the storm It says change comes to cool us and you know it can't be wrong Evolution rules us from the moment we are born So just blow with the wind or the warmth of the storm. Everybody gets them, it'll catch you if you run You know you never can escape it, can't you feel it's got to go Sometimes something will tell you that you just can't stay this way Even though it has been a most beautiful day. Oh those changes arranges like the warmth of the storm It says change comes to cool us and you know it can't be wrong Evolution rules us from the moment we are born So just blow with the wind or the warmth of the storm. Those changes arranges like the warmth of the storm It says change comes to cool us and you know it can't be wrong Evolution rules us from the moment we are born So just blow with the wind or the warmth of the storm. |
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from Strawbs - Ghosts (2000)
Lambert
You brought a new kind of sound into my life You brought love every day You brought a new kind of sound into my life And I threw it away. The song that I sing is the music you bring. You gave my eyes a new sight they'd never had before You brought beauty every day You gave my eyes a new sight they'd never had before And I threw it away. The song that I sing is the music I bring. Don't try to change me, I'm doing the best I can Don't try to change me, I'm happy the way I am. You gave my mornings a light they'd never seen before You brought love every day You gave my mornings a light I'd never seen before And I threw it away. The song that I sing is the music I bring. Don't try to change me, I'm doing the best I can Don't try to change me, I'm happy the way I am. The sound they appeared to hear Was the sound that didn't disappear but stayed forever. You are love, you need love You know that much better than I do You are love, you need love You know that much better than I do, la la la la …. You brought a new kind of sound into my life You brought music every day You brought a new kind of sound into my life And I threw it away. The song that I sing is the music we bring. Don't try to change me, I'm doing the best I can Don't try to change me, I'm happy the way I am. Don't try to change me. |
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from Strawbs - Ghosts (2000)
Cousins
You have been my lighthouse in every storm You have given shelter, you have kept me safe and warm And in my darkest nights you have shone your brightest lights You are my saving grace, darling, I love you. You have been the pilot who guides me home You have been my rock as on the Seven Seas I roam And when I was becalmed you were the strength in my arms You are my saving grace, darling, I love you. And when you found my back was torn and broken on the reef You sailed your tiny boat across the dark seas of my disbelief. You have been the anchor and I the chain Straining as we hold ourselves together in the rain I have found you ever there, my constant keeper's daughter fair You are my saving grace, darling, I love you, darling, I love you. |
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from Strawbs - Ghosts (2000)
The sharper is the berry
The sweeter is the wine The longer we are parted The sooner you are mine (You are mine) Lovely lemon lady You make me feel so shy But lovely lemon lady I love your lemon pie (I love your lemon pie) The stronger the deception The lesser grow my lies The shallower the whole truth The deeper are my eyes (Are my eyes) Lovely lemon lady You make me feel so shy But lovely lemon lady I love your lemon pie Bitter lemon lady smile I'll see you in a little while Lemon lady sweet and sour You have me in your lemon power My lemon pie The simpler the solution The more that it will mean The greater the resistance The further I will lean (I will lean) Lovely lemon lady You make me feel so shy But lovely lemon lady I love your lemon pie (I love your lemon pie) Lemon, lemon pie (repeated in a round until end) |
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from Strawbs - Ghosts (2000)
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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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
The boatman rose to the sound of his heartbeat Loud in the silent approach of the dawn He glanced through the window at mist on the lake Which hung like a shroud in the still of the morn The silver cobwebs spun with the dew Hung from the bushes in filigree splendour And water lilies asleep on the lake Were reflected so delicate, tranquil and tender. The boat man sighed as he strode through the woods To the place where his boat lay moored to a stake The hollow sound as his footsteps echoed Until the sound was lost on the lake He cast off, poling the boat from the shore Peering a head through damp clinging haze He thought that he saw strange swirling shapes A trick on the eyes that the mist often plays. So intent was the boatman on crossing the lake That he failed to notice the current that flowed Leading his boat from familiar parts He was firmly, yet somehow unknowingly, towed All at once the mist seemed to lift Sufficient to show the boatman a pool That he'd never seen in the whole of his life Unnaturally deep, black and silent, and cool. The boatman's shirt clung to his back He was sweating both from exertion and fear He had the sensation that someone was watching He felt the presence of somebody near An invisible force prevented him moving The strength of his arms was utterly sapped The twisted bushes converged round the lake Like a fish in a net he was trapped. Suddenly out of the water before him The wraith-like form of a maiden appeared Clad in shimmering radiant robes The maiden materialised as she neared The hair which finely crowned her head Was a halo of golden reflecting the sun All of the beautiful women of time Were formed all at once into one.-acap |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
An orange balloon on the distant horizon
The air had a nip for the sun was still rising A delicate fusion of ambery tone Brought warmth to the shore where I walked all alone Another day begins. A crab scuttled awkwardly, shyly away Perhaps the strangest of all nature's rebels Night shed its cloak with the sounds of the day The gentle lap of the tide on the pebbles Another day begins, another day. The gulls on the breeze, soaring over my head Like marionettes with invisible thread The day unfurled like the flags on a mast Spelling a message of sunshine at last Another day begins, another day. I walked along for miles The clear blue sky was free And the smiles shone like pearls on the sea Another day begins, another day. Far too soon it was time to be leaving A gull flew ahead of me bobbing and weaving It caught my eye with a quizzical stare Was it my love, was it she who was there? Another day begins. I climbed the steep path to the high cliff top's heather The sea was as clear as a fresh mountain stream The gull as it circled away dropped a feather A souvenir of a beautiful day dream Another day begins, another day. |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
An orange balloon on the distant horizon
The air had a nip for the sun was still rising A delicate fusion of ambery tone Brought warmth to the shore where I walked all alone Another day begins. A crab scuttled awkwardly, shyly away Perhaps the strangest of all nature's rebels Night shed its cloak with the sounds of the day The gentle lap of the tide on the pebbles Another day begins, another day. The gulls on the breeze, soaring over my head Like marionettes with invisible thread The day unfurled like the flags on a mast Spelling a message of sunshine at last Another day begins, another day. I walked along for miles The clear blue sky was free And the smiles shone like pearls on the sea Another day begins, another day. Far too soon it was time to be leaving A gull flew ahead of me bobbing and weaving It caught my eye with a quizzical stare Was it my love, was it she who was there? Another day begins. I climbed the steep path to the high cliff top's heather The sea was as clear as a fresh mountain stream The gull as it circled away dropped a feather A souvenir of a beautiful day dream Another day begins, another day. |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
Close your eyes, and go to sleep
The night will soon be gone There'll be nothing here when the light goes out That wasn't here when the light was on. |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
The dragonfly appeared
The North wind brought it by As summer slipped away And autumn was approaching It flew through silver trees That stood beside the lake I looked into its eyes To find that it was smiling The dragonfly was mine As slender as a wand It cast a spell as it clung To leaves that soon were falling Its camouflage grew faint As my mind grew darker still I scarcely dared to breathe It was frail and I might harm it Its touch was as soft as the thistledown That is borne on the evening breeze Its kiss was as warm as the summer rain That whispers and sighs through the trees And now the warmth of the pale winter sun Has melted the heart of the snow I lie awake throughout the night And wait for the North wind to blow |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
Cousins-Hooper
Blue skies above me I've someone to love me To take good care of me forever. Through all that time can send We'll make it to the end Just you and me, my friend, forever. Oh weeping willow Please share my pillow So that the clouds will billow forever. And I don't have to bend We'll make it to the end Just you and me, my friend, forever. The gypsy woman who sold me her heather She told me its good luck would last me forever (Forever, forever). We've got our lives to spend We'll make it to the end Just you and me, my friend, forever. And I don't have to bend We'll make it to the end Just you and me, my friend, forever. Through all that time can send We'll make it to the end Just you and me, my friend, forever. |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
You're my secret You're my inspiration You're my journey You're my destination You have always Been so close and yet so far away You're my best friend You're my total stranger You're my lifeline You're my hint of danger You have always Been so close and yet so far away In my hour of need I call on you To comfort me But you could only set me free You're my memories You're my Rock of Ages You're my future You're my empty pages You have always Been so close and yet so far away . . . |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
The soldier smiling softly sings a song of sad farewell As the train pulls out to take him far from home His children waving gaily without knowing he has gone Now you know what I feel. And the thoughts that always greet you Every morning when you rise They never ever change they're just the same When you're weary to extreme And you never laugh or cry You're just a sheet of glass behind a frame. The best days of your life are when you don't know right from wrong When the fantasies around you seem so real And reality is really as fantastic as your dreams Now you know how I feel. So the train pulls out forever, just a whistle and it's gone And the station disappears before your eyes In time the rails will rust and you'll forget that you've been there Now I know how you feel. |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
Cousins
I only have my memories to last me the remainder of my days For time has now decided that we must go our individual ways The warmth I feel inside can more than overcome my loss But this is me today and tomorrow I must count the cost. We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb. The pleasures of a lifetime condensed into a fleeting glimpse of truth, mmm A moment of delight as when a child receives a sixpence for a tooth The simple things in life mean more to me than money ever buys The greatest thing for me to see my love reflected in your eyes. We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb. We'll meet again sometime though the way is never clear My sacrifice is made, everything that I hold dear We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb. Oh lover of a lifetime let me look upon your loveliness alone But I cannot gaze too long for I fear that it will turn me into stone A monument to life that will stand forever by your grave Inscribed for all to see, a message of respect : "Be brave". For we'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb. |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
Cousins
I only have my memories to last me the remainder of my days For time has now decided that we must go our individual ways The warmth I feel inside can more than overcome my loss But this is me today and tomorrow I must count the cost. We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb. The pleasures of a lifetime condensed into a fleeting glimpse of truth, mmm A moment of delight as when a child receives a sixpence for a tooth The simple things in life mean more to me than money ever buys The greatest thing for me to see my love reflected in your eyes. We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb. We'll meet again sometime though the way is never clear My sacrifice is made, everything that I hold dear We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb. Oh lover of a lifetime let me look upon your loveliness alone But I cannot gaze too long for I fear that it will turn me into stone A monument to life that will stand forever by your grave Inscribed for all to see, a message of respect : "Be brave". For we'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb. |
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from Strawbs - Dragonfly (1999)
Wandering the streets
Searching for a thought I chanced across an unexpected park Streams of boys and girls Laughing as they ran Were there to see the puppet man Perform his mighty tricks And you and I are young again. Running through the grass Hold your hand in mine And lose yourself in simple skyman dreams Sing out with rest When he says the word The magic word to make his tricks Succeed before your eyes And you and I are young again. Silver smiles and peals Bursting from within I know what innocence can really mean Never let it grow Stay a child within And you will find a peace of mind That's rare these softless days And you and I are young again And you and I are young again And you and I are young again. |
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from Strawbs - Grave New World (1999)
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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from Strawbs - Grave New World (1999)
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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from Strawbs - Grave New World (1999)
Ford
Crowded afternoon and there's not enough room in the city today The people assembled to hear what resembled evangelists say Some came just to see them for a laugh, others to be free Fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise. Tears from the crowd with men crying aloud or just ringing their hands The love in their hearts at this joining of people from far away lands I'd so many questions I could ask, I wanted to be free Fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise. Cheers from the crowd for a much-loved constituent lately arrived Here's to the soul of the man who takes toll for just staying alive Can't ignore the feeling in the air, glad that I was there Fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise. Evening drew on with a change of opinion from left wing and right And North accused South who were left little doubt that they needed to fight I cannot begin to understand the suffering tonight Fools must pretend to be wise Fools must pretend to be wise Fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise. |
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from Strawbs - Grave New World (1999)
Ford
Crowded afternoon and there's not enough room in the city today The people assembled to hear what resembled evangelists say Some came just to see them for a laugh, others to be free Fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise. Tears from the crowd with men crying aloud or just ringing their hands The love in their hearts at this joining of people from far away lands I'd so many questions I could ask, I wanted to be free Fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise. Cheers from the crowd for a much-loved constituent lately arrived Here's to the soul of the man who takes toll for just staying alive Can't ignore the feeling in the air, glad that I was there Fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise. Evening drew on with a change of opinion from left wing and right And North accused South who were left little doubt that they needed to fight I cannot begin to understand the suffering tonight Fools must pretend to be wise Fools must pretend to be wise Fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise. |
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Hudson
Half light appears shading in the weary days Darkness draws near spreading chills in endless ways Death holds no fear for those who see clear Is it today, Lord, that I'll reach you ? Is it today, Lord, that I'll reach you ? Old minds gain will strengthened by their silent prayer New seekers still searching for you everywhere Some find the way to reach you and say Is it today, Lord, that I'll see you ? Is it today, Lord, that I'll reach you ? |
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