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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
How can I say what I feel?
When I turn around you're not here I know it's my time to lead But the emptiness inside leaves me weak Chorus So now I see now you've been freed You'll always be near like you were all those years And now I breathe the life you gave 'Cause I've learned from the best And I've always been blessed with your love We gathered round for your last breath Talked with you while you slept Somehow I know you'll be all right The perfect end to a perfect life Then in a moment it all becomes so clear I want so much to tell you But you're no longer here Chorus So now I see now you've been freed That you'll always be near like you were all those years And now I breathe the life you leave 'Cause I've learned from the best And I've always been blessed with your love |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
This child he means the world to me, There is no more enchanted
A child can take this place of ruin, And magically enhance it. I see him in a golden room, With the book of life before him Strange instruments upon his charts, And the crystal glow inside him. He's your Wonder Child, And my dreams come true You've searched all your life, I see him now flying over the universe. This child will build a violin, One will follow the traveller's love Another will the bow apply, To reach the one above. I see her in a golden room, With the moon and stars above her Her simple smile is Heaven's gate, With the Queen of all beside her. She's your Wonder Child, And my dreams come true You've searched all your life, I see her now flying over the universe. Your Wonder Child, And my dreams come true You've searched all your life, I see them now flying over the universe. |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
What does it matter if the sun don't rise
It's midnight forever in my Jimmy's eyes What should it matter if it comes on to spring When I'm finding winter in everything Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now From so far away All of the wisdom that I held so high Shining and useless as this April sky The hedgerows are singing and it comes on spring But I'm finding winter in everything Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now From so far away So what should it matter if the earth may slide Sky break in pieces or the stars collide The little of sense left in this world or ours My Jimmy took with him in the wee small hours Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now It's so far away I'm finding winter in everything I'm finding winter in everything |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
What does it matter if the sun don't rise
It's midnight forever in my Jimmy's eyes What should it matter if it comes on to spring When I'm finding winter in everything Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now From so far away All of the wisdom that I held so high Shining and useless as this April sky The hedgerows are singing and it comes on spring But I'm finding winter in everything Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now From so far away So what should it matter if the earth may slide Sky break in pieces or the stars collide The little of sense left in this world or ours My Jimmy took with him in the wee small hours Lived in this cold wind city all of my life Walking around still looks the same Same people coming and going It doesn't feel right See it all now It's so far away I'm finding winter in everything I'm finding winter in everything |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Big bad man's law doesn't carry much sway
When you come around here You can still scratch my back And I can still change sides Don't carry no torch 'til you have it in type That I'm doing okay It's only one man's outlook It could be one more lie Look at it closely Counterfeit mostly Yesterdays's brushwork Using yesterdays' paint And everything that I believe And every note that you receive They're just vanities to you Hear that Liverpool wind as I'm making my way For the very last time Is this a resurrection? And do you really care? I can't relish no kiss 'til I happen to hear Your honeycomb nouns Let you down so often I'll do the same again Look at it closely Counterfeit mostly Yesterday's stories It's the same all over the world And everything that I believe And every note that you receive They're just vanities to you Busy little bodies have a story to tell Even if it goes against the grain Tiny little seeds have got an ocean to swell But who am I to rock the boat And everything that I believe And every note that you receive Look at it closely Counterfeit mostly Yesterday's brushwork Using yesterday's pain Look at it closely Counterfeit mostly Yesterday's stories It's the same all over the world |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
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In darkness we do what we can In daylight we're oblivion Our hearts so raw and clear Are turning away, turning away from here On water we have walked like the fearless child What was fastened we've unlocked revealing wondrous wild And in search for confirmation We have jumped into the fire And scrambled with our burning feet through uncontrolled desire Chorus There's a well upon the hill from our ancient past Where an age is standing still holding strong and fast And there's those that try to tame it And the carve it into stone Ah but words cannot extinguish it However hard they're thrown Chorus On Racherie they have worked with their island dreams By Lough Cleggan they have nourished in the mountain streams And in searching for acceptance They have given it away Only the children of our children Know the price they had to pay Chorus |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
We don't always live in harmony
And often there are times when we are enemies I fight with you, and you fight with me Trying to get the balance right. Sometimes we cause each other pain Sometimes our wills are not the same And often we tire of the strain Trying to get the balance right. Chorus Like a circus pair Hight up in the air Working on their act We need that kind of pact High above the ring Watch them balancing See how they unite We too can get it right. We don't always seem to get along And one of us often acts too strong Sometimes we find we're goin' wrong Trying to get the balance right. Chorus We don't always live in harmony And often there are times when we are enemies But I love you and you love me When we get the balance right When we get the balance right We can get the balance right. |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
When I see you coming
In your trespass shoes Hear the song you're humming How can i refuse With your half drunk bottle And your slurring tongue Singing sentimental Don't it always make me feel so young Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low When the push comes down to shoving When the four winds blow Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Now my heels are snagging On these pavement stones Days and nights are dragging Till I get you home With your four o'clock shadow and your cowboy songs Singing sentimental Don't it always make me feel so strong Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better when the four winds blow Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do With your forehead furrowed And your facts all wrong Oh so temperamental Oh but baby when it's said and done Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better Only goes to show when the four winds blow Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better Only goes to show Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
When I see you coming
In your trespass shoes Hear the song you're humming How can i refuse With your half drunk bottle And your slurring tongue Singing sentimental Don't it always make me feel so young Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low When the push comes down to shoving When the four winds blow Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Now my heels are snagging On these pavement stones Days and nights are dragging Till I get you home With your four o'clock shadow and your cowboy songs Singing sentimental Don't it always make me feel so strong Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better when the four winds blow Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do With your forehead furrowed And your facts all wrong Oh so temperamental Oh but baby when it's said and done Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better Only goes to show when the four winds blow Been alone We've been together Stood at toe to toe Getting older doesn't matter when lights down low Push comes to shove and worse for better Only goes to show Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do Ain't nobody ever loved me like you do |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
O love is never easy
It's almost always out of your way It's not the path of least resistance It's not some words you get to say It's a stream running up a mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore Wish I could say I never felt that way before I have a friend who's lonely She is chasing after her dreams And she is the one and only One who knows how hard it could be Chorus: There's a treasure on her island Buried in the city of news Wish I could say we didn't have that much to lose Yeh one friend tried to end it He could not see the good in his life In his mirror or his pocket And his hopes had come down like a knife It's a stream running up a mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore Wish I could say I never felt that way before There's a treasure on these islands |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
O love is never easy
It's almost always out of your way It's not the path of least resistance It's not some words you get to say It's a stream running up a mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore Wish I could say I never felt that way before I have a friend who's lonely She is chasing after her dreams And she is the one and only One who knows how hard it could be Chorus: There's a treasure on her island Buried in the city of news Wish I could say we didn't have that much to lose Yeh one friend tried to end it He could not see the good in his life In his mirror or his pocket And his hopes had come down like a knife It's a stream running up a mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore Wish I could say I never felt that way before There's a treasure on these islands |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue I'd go crawling down the avenue There's nothing that I wouldn't do To make you feel my love The storms are raging on the rollin' sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You ain't seen nothing like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldn't do Go to the ends of the earth for you To make you feel my love |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
There is a time in life it seems
For believing in dreams, for me it's gone And though I realize today Dreams are empty anyway, I still feel wronged. Chorus I felt cheated when you went away But not as defeated as I felt the day You came back and we found so little to say. There is a time in life I know When we all must outgrow young ideals And the wisdom that we gain Is paid for with the pain I now feel. Chorus There is a time in life it seems For believing in dreams for me it's gone. |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Well I woke up today and found frost perched on the town
It hovered in a frozen sky and gobbled summer down And when the sun turned straight and cold and shiverin' Trees are standing in a naked row I get the urge for going and I never seem to go I had someone in the summer time with summer coloured skin And not another one in town my darling's heart could win And when the leaves fell tumbling down and bully winds did rub their faces in the snow He got the urge for goin and I had to let him go Chorus Well he got the urge for going When the meadow grasses are turnin' brown Summer time is a fallin' down Winter's closing in And the warriors of winter gave a cold triumphant shout All that stays is dying and all that lives is getting out You see the geese in chevron flight a flapping and a racing on before the snow They've got the urge for going and they've got the wings to go Chorus I'll pile the fire with kindlin' and pull the blankets to my chin I'll lock the vagrant winter out and bolt my wanderin' in I'd like to call back summertime and let her stay for just another month or so But she's got the urge for goin, and I'll have to let her go Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Its taste was sweet like summer wine
The heart that beats in double time So he waltzed right in and bowled you over And you're still reeling from the feeling when he's gone The door is closed the lock is turned And all the memories and letters have been burned Chorus So when you pick the handsome flower Don't forget the thron upon the rose It's cut is deep and the scar lasts forever It follows love whereever love goes Just how we fall it's hard to know When what we feel we seldom show So we show the parts we feel are best We squirm around the edges trying to cover up the rest And you think you know him and he thinks the same When underneath it all it's just a crazy guessing game Chorus Win or lose it's just the same Tears of joy tears of pain They're hand in hand they come as one You'll never see the moon without the promise of the sun For all the bruises for all the blows I'd rather feel the thorn than to never see the rose Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
And it's over now
The guns have flowed The nightmare flashed On a cradle road As the guilty rain came down No child to hold Through anxious fears No gentle hand To catch the tears That soak this ancient ground The smile that breaks so gently Belies a troubled head Like a voice that holds the secrets Of the life you might have led Eyes with pale indifference In danger and in grace But the glance that knows the death-knell Left its shadow on your face In the deep enduring darkness As your loyal friends go down Touched by the violent crown 'Til their hunter's hunted down Chorus The web is slowly woven The endless dreamers shed, In the dawn the curfew is broken On the Sunday morning's dead. Centuries of thunder Take the Castle in the flood To the cold night air of London Where you hands are bound in blood. Mid winter deepened As the parting turned inside A thousand times you cried But the shadow never died. And it's over now The guns have flowed The night mare flashed On a cradle road. As the guilty rain came down. No child to hold Through anxious fears No gentle hand No graceful years Just bitter ancient ground. But it's over now |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
Your hands are cold lover
Where have you been? You don't need persuasion You just need a sin We can differ Thought the hours of the night That's no big thing Ah but give me one embrace And I'll stop all my talking The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide Life gets so serious There's no time to play I don't want any blessing 'Cause I spy you headed my way I could carve your name Down on a stone That's no big thing Ah but when I see your face There's no need for talking The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide I was lost in a fog Living in a world I never knew about Now I'm standing in a place And heaven's all around The shadows have all washed out Yeah the shadows have all washed out Oh what paradise is this The words of welcome on your lips The stamp of certainty In all your steps You're here to save me from This slow death The real you is there to see The real you is the one for me All through this rocky ride Lets do our bit in this full tide The real you is there to see The real you has the best for me Gods loves even the poorest life So let's do our bit in this full tide In this full tide |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
It reads like a fairytale
and that's what it was Young man in his prime young girl from the cross The most perfect of strangers and then the night closed in and the holy ground took care of everything Now she was a fine one and he was a handsome man One look was enough and away they ran They spend many happy hours and then the night closed in and the holy ground took care of everything Oh what's the use in complaining In for a penny in for a pound I remember the loving time and nothing else really counts And I recall the promise they made With a faith I can but admire That she'd be the one he adored and he'd be her hearts desire It didn't come true in the end they went their separate ways He couldn't change what he was she wasn't ready to wait They couldn't live in the daylight they let the night close in and the holy ground took care of everything I remember the loving time and nothing else really counts |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
It reads like a fairytale
and that's what it was Young man in his prime young girl from the cross The most perfect of strangers and then the night closed in and the holy ground took care of everything Now she was a fine one and he was a handsome man One look was enough and away they ran They spend many happy hours and then the night closed in and the holy ground took care of everything Oh what's the use in complaining In for a penny in for a pound I remember the loving time and nothing else really counts And I recall the promise they made With a faith I can but admire That she'd be the one he adored and he'd be her hearts desire It didn't come true in the end they went their separate ways He couldn't change what he was she wasn't ready to wait They couldn't live in the daylight they let the night close in and the holy ground took care of everything I remember the loving time and nothing else really counts |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover I was living in the grandeur Of my father's land Mmm... By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder And the rocks I held in my young hands I never felt them slip away Well the sun shone bright upon the waves And the wind blew high as I was leaving And I sailed so far away Looking for adventure Mmm... But I would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours Though music is a pretty thing In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away I felt I had to find my way Where no-one ever goes Mmm... It was in the south that my new home lay With a dark eyed boy and wild horses With humming birds and roses there In old Mexico There the winds of change they blew so far Of liberty and revolution And it seemed that each man heard in his breast The drumming of a nation Mmm... Repeat the first verse |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover I was living in the grandeur Of my father's land Mmm... By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder And the rocks I held in my young hands I never felt them slip away Well the sun shone bright upon the waves And the wind blew high as I was leaving And I sailed so far away Looking for adventure Mmm... But I would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours Though music is a pretty thing In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away I felt I had to find my way Where no-one ever goes Mmm... It was in the south that my new home lay With a dark eyed boy and wild horses With humming birds and roses there In old Mexico There the winds of change they blew so far Of liberty and revolution And it seemed that each man heard in his breast The drumming of a nation Mmm... Repeat the first verse |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover I was living in the grandeur Of my father's land Mmm... By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder And the rocks I held in my young hands I never felt them slip away Well the sun shone bright upon the waves And the wind blew high as I was leaving And I sailed so far away Looking for adventure Mmm... But I would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours Though music is a pretty thing In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away I felt I had to find my way Where no-one ever goes Mmm... It was in the south that my new home lay With a dark eyed boy and wild horses With humming birds and roses there In old Mexico There the winds of change they blew so far Of liberty and revolution And it seemed that each man heard in his breast The drumming of a nation Mmm... Repeat the first verse |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover I was living in the grandeur Of my father's land Mmm... By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder And the rocks I held in my young hands I never felt them slip away Well the sun shone bright upon the waves And the wind blew high as I was leaving And I sailed so far away Looking for adventure Mmm... But I would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours Though music is a pretty thing In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away I felt I had to find my way Where no-one ever goes Mmm... It was in the south that my new home lay With a dark eyed boy and wild horses With humming birds and roses there In old Mexico There the winds of change they blew so far Of liberty and revolution And it seemed that each man heard in his breast The drumming of a nation Mmm... Repeat the first verse |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Some days the fog in Monterey comes
Blowing from the grove above, and then tears away The drifting patches lift and fold Then sunlight cuts them white and cold In Monterey -- fog comes, oh, then It tears away A heart sick lover comes to stay; She leaves the one she loves behind, And then tears away. She walks the hill in sudden wonder; Is she dead or just undone? She's lost her way -- love comes, oh, then It tears away Some nights this girl in Monterey Lies dreaming in her room above, then tears away: Her eyes are on her lover's face; He smiles, and she can hardly wait -- Is it night or day? -- dream comes, oh, then It tears away But now that morning's on its way Too soon the dreamer's drowned in fog that tears away The clouds that cover Monterey Crowd by as if they're here to say "We never stay -- she comes, oh, then She tears away" Some days the fog in Monterey comes Blowing from the grove above, then tears away; It comes--oh, then It tears away. |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in a river of my tears When all my will is gone you hold me sway I need you at the dimming of the day You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide You know just where I keep my better side What days have come to keep us far apart A broken promise or a broken heart Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away I need you at the dimming of the day Come the night you're only what I want Come the night you could be my confident I see you on the street in company Why don't you come and ease your mind with me I'm living for the night we steal away I need you at the dimming of the day I need you at the dimming of the day |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
The sky collapsed around us, You didn't seem to care
I hailed you through the raindrops, You weren't even there. I juggle with the breakfast, You fret behind the sheets I want you to be steadfast, You want to be released. CHORUS: Oh my pretty darling, Where did we go astray Oh my pretty darling, I thought you'd come to stay. We're all dollied up for the circus, Oh isn't it grand We're laughing, jumping and kissing, We're beating the band. I've got no more smiles to win you, No tricks to turn your head When love cannot continue, There's not much to be said. CHORUS It's all cut and thrust at the circus, And maybe makes three You're twisting my words into serpents, I'm down on my knees. Oh my pretty darling, I thought you'd come to stay I thought you'd come to stay, I thought you'd come to stay. |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Stories never end 'til you come to conclusions
Carolina ruadh has a hand in my confusion. Waits for me to choose which quarter to bend in. To Susie-Make-Me-Blue, or the redhead I'm attending. Oh Carolina ruadh has my heart and all I want to do's Go down the windy road where my Carolina goes Down the crooked road where Carolina goes to school Mo Charolina ruadh, do you love me? Tell me true, tell me...... Standing on three queens, thought the game was over. Then, from the blue, Carolina's at my shoulder: Laughter in her eyes and a smile That touches all the guys On down the crooked road where Carolina goes to school Mo Charolina ruadh, do you love me? Tell me true, tell me.. |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
When the morning comes
I gaze on you with desire When the morning comes my look will be perfectly plain When the morning comes my beloved one When the morning comes you'll know that we both feel the same In the afternoon misgivings will pale into nothing In the afternoon we'll know what it is to believe When it's afternoon and I covet you In the afternoon I'll give you no reason to leave Done with time and patience I moved with the crowd Lonely in my silence and being without Then all in one instant straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The summer sent you Now its evening time and I reach for you lying beside me Now its evening time your kiss will be tender and sure Now its evening time just like every time In the evening time I love you as much as before Done with time and patience I moved with the crowd Lonely in my silence and being without Then all in one instance straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The Summer sent you All in one sweet instant straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The Summer sent you |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
When the morning comes
I gaze on you with desire When the morning comes my look will be perfectly plain When the morning comes my beloved one When the morning comes you'll know that we both feel the same In the afternoon misgivings will pale into nothing In the afternoon we'll know what it is to believe When it's afternoon and I covet you In the afternoon I'll give you no reason to leave Done with time and patience I moved with the crowd Lonely in my silence and being without Then all in one instant straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The summer sent you Now its evening time and I reach for you lying beside me Now its evening time your kiss will be tender and sure Now its evening time just like every time In the evening time I love you as much as before Done with time and patience I moved with the crowd Lonely in my silence and being without Then all in one instance straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The Summer sent you All in one sweet instant straight out of the blue Out of all its goodness The Summer sent you |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
She roots out her best earrings with a comb
The ones that go with her rowdy red hair Weaves her way between the plastic and the bones Leaves all her empty evenings hanging in the air And he don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she may soon say goodbye He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die She sees the men out changing the state Knows they stoop through her eyes are half drowned Hears the steeple say it's a quarter past eight Moves on in a hurry well she's a long way from town He don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she may soon make him cry He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die We won't get away from this either No matter how hard we try The truth is there to catch us The truth is going to save our lives He's in a thrill of anticipation So glad he bought something small To give her for a gift He feels kind of silly In case she thinks he's having her on All he meant was She's got a friend she can kiss And he don't mind that she's a short-tempered girl He don't mind that she soon has to fly He don't mind 'cause she's got something he loves She's as straight as a die |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Night owns my white bones but
What's left is still saying Strange prayers in high places Wild airs with wilder graces Birds fly with no motion What draws me draws the ocean Chorus Down on my knees again, Still believing In the time of reason no more Down on my knees again Still believing Peace of mind is worth any chore Great dreams and laid schemes Just blown down by high winds And strong signs from old forces Wild dogs run trackless courses Night changes sweet mountain Vain hopes need cold fountains Chorus Night owns my white bones but What's left is still saying Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
I've been searching
Through other people's words Looking for direction I've been trying To get into their worlds Without satisfaction So don't go changing Your troubled mind again You gotta make decisions Don't go waiting On middle ground when It's not a safe position Chorus Though you've lost all you received It's not what you got it's what you believe in Though you've forgot all you need You've got to stand up For what you believe in A lack of something Is evident again I feel I must explain 'Cause I feel nothing But frustration and pain That I can't contain Chorus Don't leave me behind Out of sight is out of mind Please don't let me stray I know I'll be okay So now I see I've got to get off of this fence, My mind's made up now 'Cause I feel free And my soul can make amends For all this doubt |
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With your famous philosophies
Tied up in brown paper wrapping and string You stepped back through time Like the time that you stepped through Meant nothing at all A little bit weary and world worn and eager For taking some more And we leaned on each other like brothers And fought with our backs to the wall Chorus We took no routine stance We were living' our lives by chance Robbing Peter for Paul Losing it all Maybe I'll find you one Saturday night In St. Kilda again We were wrong the world didn't end Between there and here Thought it's still looking shaky and worn Did you give up your dreaming Believing time finds a price for us all But time is an enemy, patient and clever And way beyond our control When you run out of time It's funny but money can't talk at all Chorus When the world turned rough And betrayed your trust And they left you out in the cold In the deafening silence A man is an island When he's out on his own A little bit weary and world worn Not eager for talking anymore Hey brother what happened To standing and fighting With our backs to the wall Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
He don't know how to lie
Or undermine you He don't know how to steal How to deal or deceive So leave him alone, set him free Cause he's speaking with the angel That only he can see You say he's so helpless Well what about you You don't pull the strings Don't you know anything Just leave him alone, let him be Cause he's speaking with the angel That only he can see Would you teach him about heaven Would you show him how to love the earth Would you poison him with prejudice From the moment of his birth He in the name of love He in the blood of the lamb He that never lays blame He don't even know his name Just leave him alone, let him be Cause he's speaking with the angel Speaking with the angel The very one that spoke to you and me Oh do you remember? |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
I cannot stop this child from touching me
I see not fault in watching her bloom She knows where fire begins and where sparks might fly Yet I feel she may be consumed. She done turns on the B stage She shook hands when the shoe fit I wanna know how the land lies I'll let you in on a secret. I did not steal away when love rode by I did not let myself be unkind It's so heard to say where love meets lust I often think I'm losing my mind. I trade notes with the press league They send back their suggestions I wanna know where I come from But all I get are directions. Chorus I can't get started, can't get pain What's wrong? Big ideas, the find intentions They're all gone It takes two flagons of courage Pounds, shillings and pence You wind up going nowhere It doesn't make sense. I see my brother's face grow dark with care I spend my time avoiding his gaze I pray that God might make his dreams come true I'd give so much to feel he's been saved. A bright spark in the playground Dead loss as an anchor You don't call him a misfit He's just stuck for an answer. Chorus (2) |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
Looking back
Down that long road you have travelled And I see All the pain that you have suffered A young girl walks on ancient sand Desert flower in her hand Barefoot on the red heartland Innocence makes few demands Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love And deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free? Here we are In this crazy, crazy world Circumstance Can lead you on to desperation Love can save the weary heart Or it can tear us all apart I would rather take that chance Than to never trust again Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love and deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free? Looking forward Down that long road we might travel And I see All the joy that is recovered See the young boy by the river side He throws a stick to the other side It carries with the rising tide Sometimes we might reach too high Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love and deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free? Loving heart so wild and free Who could chance what's wild and free? |
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from Mary Black - Collected (1984)
Walking all the day
Near tall towers where falcons build their nests Siver winged they fly They know the call of freedom in their breasts Saw Black Head against the sky With twisted rocks that run down to the sea Living on your western shore Saw summer sunsets, asked for more I stood by your Atlantic sea And sang a song for Ireland Talking all the day With true friends who try to make you stay Telling jokes and news Singing songs to pass the night away Watched the Galway salmon run Like silver dancing, darting in the sun Living on your western shore Saw summer sunsets, asked for more I stood by your Atlantic sea And sang a song for Ireland Drinking all the day In old pubs where fiddlers loved to play Someone touched the bow He played a reel, it seemed so grand and gay Stood on Dingle beach And cast in wild foam, we found Atlantic bass Living on your western shore Saw summer sunsets, asked for more I stood by your Atlantic sea And sang a song for Ireland Dreaming in the night I saw a land where no man had to fight Waking in your dawn I saw you crying in the morning light Lying where the falcons fly They twist and turn all in you e'er blue sky Living on your western shore Saw summer sunsets, asked for more I stood by your Atlantic sea And sang a song for Ireland |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
The moon was full
And their hearts were empty When I stopped to watch the river go down Saw the gleaming eyes On your blind two corners Heard the Shuffle of the Buckled As they come to lay their money down Ooo not even with his money down And he fades in the shadows Of the walls of night in this town He just fades in the shadows Of the walls of night in this town My heart was numb and my eyes stopped running And the wind chilled my bones where I stopped To watch that river go down And the song on this street Boasts no chest proud anthem It's the shuffle of the buckled As they come to lay their money down Chorus The moon was full And their hearts were empty When I stopped to watch the river go down Ooo not even with his money down |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I can see it in your eyes
What I know in my heart is true That our love it has faded like the summer run through So we walk doen the shore line one last time together Feel the wind blow our wandering hearts like a feather But who knows who's waiting in the wings of time Dry your eyes We're gonna go where we can shine Don't be hiding in sorrow or clinging to the past With your beauty so precious and the seasons so fast No matter how cold the horizon appears or how far the first night when I held you near You've gotta rise from these ashes like a bird of flame Take my hand We're gonna go where we can shine For all that we struggle for all we pretend It don't come down to nothing except love in the end And ours is a road that is strewn with goodbyes But as it unfolds as it all unwinds Remember your soul is the one thing you just can't compromise Step out of the shadows You gotta go where we can shine Oh we're gonna go where we can shine Shine |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I can see it in your eyes
What I know in my heart is true That our love it has faded like the summer run through So we walk doen the shore line one last time together Feel the wind blow our wandering hearts like a feather But who knows who's waiting in the wings of time Dry your eyes We're gonna go where we can shine Don't be hiding in sorrow or clinging to the past With your beauty so precious and the seasons so fast No matter how cold the horizon appears or how far the first night when I held you near You've gotta rise from these ashes like a bird of flame Take my hand We're gonna go where we can shine For all that we struggle for all we pretend It don't come down to nothing except love in the end And ours is a road that is strewn with goodbyes But as it unfolds as it all unwinds Remember your soul is the one thing you just can't compromise Step out of the shadows You gotta go where we can shine Oh we're gonna go where we can shine Shine |
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from Mary Black - Collected (1984)
My love said to me
My Mother won't mind And me Father won't slight you For you lack of kind Then she stepped away from me And this she did say It will not be long love Till our wedding day She stepped away from me And she moved through the Fair And fondly I watched her Move here and move there And she went her way homeward With on star awake As the swans in the evening Move over the lake The people were saying No two e'er were wed But one has a sorrow That never was said And she smiled as she passed me With her goods and her gear And that was the last That I saw of my dear I dreamed last night That my true love came in So softly she entered Her feet made no din She came close beside me And this she did say It will not be long love Till our wedding day |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
Schooldays over, come on then John
Time to be getting your pit boots on On with your sack and your moleskin trousers Time you were on your way Time you were learning the pitman's job And earning a pitman's pay. Come on then Jim, it's time to go Time you were working down below Time to be handling a pick and shovel You start at the pits today Time to be learning the collier's job And earning a collier's pay. Come on then Dai, it's nearly light Time you were off to the anthracite The morning mist is on the valley It's time you were on your way Time you were learning the miner's job And earning a miner's pay Repeat First Verse |
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from Mary Black - Mary Black (1983)
The moon was bright, the night was clear
No breeze came over the sea When mary left her highland home And wandered forth with me The flowers be-decked the mountainside And fragrance filled the vale But by far the sweetest flower there Was the rose of allendale Oh the rose of allendale Sweet rose of allendale By far the sweetest flower there Was the rose of allendale Where e'er I wandered east or west Though fate began to lour A solace still was she to me In sorrow's lonely hour When tempests lashed our lonely barque And rent her quivering sail One maiden's form withstood the storm 'twas the rose of allendale Oh sweet rose of allendale Sweet rose of allendale One maiden's form withstood the storm 'twas the rose of allendale And when my fever'd lips were parched On afric's burning sands She whispered hopes of happiness And tales of distant lands My life has been a wilderness Unblessed by fortune's wheel Had fate not linked my love to hers The rose of allendale Oh sweet rose of allendale Sweet rose of allendale Had fate not linked my love to hers The rose of allendale |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
I'm the latest apparition
Cutting slices in the night I come through without permission Moving in and out of human sight I'm the tapping on your shoulder I am the raving in the storm I'll take shelter in you rafters I'm the shiver when you're warm I'm the gold in California I am the well in Mexico Like the vultures in the valley I will wait for you to go I'm the gypsy in you pocket I am the horseman in your dreams I'm the reason dogs are barking I am the hand that stops the scream I am the baby's cry that isn't I am the distant relative I'm the scratching in the ceiling I am advice you shouldn't give I'm the ghost of a travelling salesman My foot will be there in your door Though I can walk through walls and windows I will knock just like before I am the darkness in your daughter I am the spot beneath the skin I am the scarlet on the pavement I am the broken heart within I won't take a train to nowhere I will not touch just anyone Ask a stranger why I'm waiting In the chamber of a gun |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Faith won't heal up everthing
The wound grows and you believe in love Walk around feeling cut in two, Wide open, with your hear on view All you bereaved, all you besotted boys in need, When love won't heel you, wh, why believe she will? O Lyubvi malyu otchayanno Say it on your knees Oh, so sharp, and way too cool, Love's bright and biggest fool has to work on speaking slow, To think hard, and to lie low Will you believe? All you bedazzled boys in need, V krayu dalyokum, chuzhie ne nuzhny. Chorus O tyubvi malyum otchayanno Say it on your knees, Crying like a baby, "Plese, please, please!" Crying, hoping maybe, O tyubvi malyum otchayanno Say it on your knees, Candle is a splendid thing: The room glows, and the candle sings "Fly up to the only light, "Ev'ry, ev'ry tiny wing!" The moth inside you bolts off to join the beautiful He flies and dies, So quickly, quickly wise. Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I remember when we were sweethearts
I was safe with you, you were my protector Those days are over, now I need someone Someone to keep me safe from you Love was all we had, we were young and sure Who'd expect their love would turn to war I don't know who to pity more How much pain can love endure? I should leave you but I can't seem to You say I'm sorry dear and I believe you Though the next time may be the worst yet How easily I forgive, how quickly you forget The poison words, the ugliness When low on hope and deep into debt The promises that bring regret For loving you is this all I get? The poison words, the ugliness the cold remains of married bliss to all our dreams a fatal kiss Oh what kind of love is this? |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
I remember when we were sweethearts
I was safe with you, you were my protector Those days are over, now I need someone Someone to keep me safe from you Love was all we had, we were young and sure Who'd expect their love would turn to war I don't know who to pity more How much pain can love endure? I should leave you but I can't seem to You say I'm sorry dear and I believe you Though the next time may be the worst yet How easily I forgive, how quickly you forget The poison words, the ugliness When low on hope and deep into debt The promises that bring regret For loving you is this all I get? The poison words, the ugliness the cold remains of married bliss to all our dreams a fatal kiss Oh what kind of love is this? |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
Last night I dreamed you were back again
Larger than life again, holding me tight again Placing those same kisses on my brow Sweeter than ever now, Lord I remember how Couldn't get enough of kissing Do you know how much I'm missing? No you don't, but I do Days like a slow train trickle by Even the words that I write refuse to fly All that I can hear is your song haunting me Can't get the melody out of my head you see Distractions I've been using Do you know how much I'm losing? No you don't, but I do But I do and I wonder if I'm past the point of rescue An is no word from you at all the best that you can do Never meant to push or shove you Do you know how much I love you? No you don't, but I do. |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
They sent you down a paper friend I hear
and you went back on all the vows you once held so dear There you stretched so calm and quiet and things looked good now don't deny it You walked on air for fifteen minutes and after that there was nothing in it You don't need those paper friends at all no you don't need those kind of friends You say you've lost your sense of time again well you've been using that excuse since who knows when You went the way of all young rebels ignore the Gods embrace the Devils But they're no good for you in your state so why not drive them right out of your gates ‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those type of friends No one knows what you're feeling and life goes on in its own sweet time Your passions flame for no reason you haunt the city for something that shines even one thing to rhyme And if I meet you on the rounds today I hope you won't turn on your heel or walk away Yes I know it takes so much effort but facing up can be so much better So what if dreams they all come to nothing just blow your nose and keep on looking ‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those kind of friends Yes you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those paper friends |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
They sent you down a paper friend I hear
and you went back on all the vows you once held so dear There you stretched so calm and quiet and things looked good now don't deny it You walked on air for fifteen minutes and after that there was nothing in it You don't need those paper friends at all no you don't need those kind of friends You say you've lost your sense of time again well you've been using that excuse since who knows when You went the way of all young rebels ignore the Gods embrace the Devils But they're no good for you in your state so why not drive them right out of your gates ‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those type of friends No one knows what you're feeling and life goes on in its own sweet time Your passions flame for no reason you haunt the city for something that shines even one thing to rhyme And if I meet you on the rounds today I hope you won't turn on your heel or walk away Yes I know it takes so much effort but facing up can be so much better So what if dreams they all come to nothing just blow your nose and keep on looking ‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those kind of friends Yes you don't need those paper friends at all you don't need those paper friends |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
There you may stand in your splendour and jewels
swaying me in both directions One is the right one, the other for fools How do I make my selection? The city lies silent in the warm morning light The sand is as golden as saffron Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who have none though they've tried Someone is drowning down there in the flood But this river will dry by tomorrow Is its ocean or stream this love in my blood? Bringer of joy and sorrow? The end of the journey must soon be in sight Birth is the start of the swansong Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who want some by are denied No one is given the map to their dreams All we can do is to trace it See where we go to Know where we've been Build up the courage to face it While we fumble in the darkness where once there was light Roaming the land of the ancients Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones whose patience never died While we stumble in blindness where once there was sight Searching for trees in the forest Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried God bless the poor ones who want some but are denied God bless the poor ones whose patience never died God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
There you may stand in your splendour and jewels
swaying me in both directions One is the right one, the other for fools How do I make my selection? The city lies silent in the warm morning light The sand is as golden as saffron Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who have none though they've tried Someone is drowning down there in the flood But this river will dry by tomorrow Is its ocean or stream this love in my blood? Bringer of joy and sorrow? The end of the journey must soon be in sight Birth is the start of the swansong Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who want some by are denied No one is given the map to their dreams All we can do is to trace it See where we go to Know where we've been Build up the courage to face it While we fumble in the darkness where once there was light Roaming the land of the ancients Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones whose patience never died While we stumble in blindness where once there was sight Searching for trees in the forest Oasis of love sweet water of life God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried God bless the poor ones who want some but are denied God bless the poor ones whose patience never died God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I do not see the way out
I do not really know how Like a shot in the dark Went your hallowed ground Had you taken too much Kept me well out of touch And refused to let me go I cannot see to you pain I do not hear you complain You are now but a dot in the pouring rain You created this mess now I'm bent to your stress And it seems to suit you well One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes the storm surely rising up Do do do do I do not see the way out You cannot turn this around Like a walk in the dark You have weighed me down I can't stand in your place Can't take this away It was all good to be true One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up Do do do do Oh you never talk about it No you never scream about it You took a spirit young and whole You turned this child into an old soul Old soul One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up Do do do do Oh you never talk about it No you never scream about it You covet things that you don't own You turn this child into and old soul Old sould One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
I do not see the way out
I do not really know how Like a shot in the dark Went your hallowed ground Had you taken too much Kept me well out of touch And refused to let me go I cannot see to you pain I do not hear you complain You are now but a dot in the pouring rain You created this mess now I'm bent to your stress And it seems to suit you well One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes the storm surely rising up Do do do do I do not see the way out You cannot turn this around Like a walk in the dark You have weighed me down I can't stand in your place Can't take this away It was all good to be true One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up Do do do do Oh you never talk about it No you never scream about it You took a spirit young and whole You turned this child into an old soul Old soul One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up Do do do do Oh you never talk about it No you never scream about it You covet things that you don't own You turn this child into and old soul Old sould One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up One and only two can be lonely I'm my own child blessed and unholy I your eyes a storm surely rising up |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
I found your letter in my mailbox today
You were just checking if I was okay And if I miss you, well you know what they say Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon And I feel one coming on soon No need to ask me if we can be friends And help me right back on my feet again And if I miss you, well just now and then Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon And I feel one coming on soon There's a blue moon shining When I am reminded of all we've been through Such a blue moon shining Does it ever shine down on you? You act as if it doesn't hurt you at all Like I'm the only one who's getting up from a fall Don't you remember now don't you recall Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon Just once in a very blue moon And I feel one coming on soon Just once in a very blue moon |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain
Couldn't be sure I was even alive Fallen from the icy heights Landed with a broken cry In this valley of shadows and sorrow and sighs Can you save me baby Chorus Nobody lives without love Nobody gets to give up You can try to lock your heart away But love will come back for you some day Nobody lives without love Thought I could live out my life as a stranger Hide from the heartbreak that love always brings Make it to the higher ground Try to turn the volume down Couldn't stop the sirens from singing Sing for me baby Repeat Chorus You came along like a flash of pure lightning Crashed into my life like a runaway star Feel myself falling like gravity's angel Now I'm standing here offering a stranger my heart Repeart Chorus Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive Thought I could live my life as a stranger Hide from the heart break that love always brings Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain
Couldn't be sure I was even alive Fallen from the icy heights Landed with a broken cry In this valley of shadows and sorrow and sighs Can you save me baby Chorus Nobody lives without love Nobody gets to give up You can try to lock your heart away But love will come back for you some day Nobody lives without love Thought I could live out my life as a stranger Hide from the heartbreak that love always brings Make it to the higher ground Try to turn the volume down Couldn't stop the sirens from singing Sing for me baby Repeat Chorus You came along like a flash of pure lightning Crashed into my life like a runaway star Feel myself falling like gravity's angel Now I'm standing here offering a stranger my heart Repeart Chorus Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive Thought I could live my life as a stranger Hide from the heart break that love always brings Seemed like I'd gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
If life is a river and your heart is a boat
And just like a water baby, baby born to float And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high Then your heart is Amelia dying to fly Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes And if life is a bar room in which we must wait 'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates And we stack all the deadmen in self addressed crates In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark That somehow this black night Feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark To hold us 'til the day When fear will lose its grip And heaven has its way Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right Then your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark That somehow this black night Feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark To hold us 'til the day when fear will lose its grip And heaven has its way And heaven has its way When all will harmonise And know what's in our hearts The dream will realise Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes |
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Oh my Donald he works on the sea
On the waves that blow wild and free He splices the ropes and he sets the sails While southward he rolls to the home of the whale And he ne'er thinks o' me far behind Nor the torments that rage in my mind He's mine for only part of the year And I'm left all alone with only my tears Ye ladies that smell of wild rose Think ye for your perfume to where a man goes Think ye o' the wives and the babies that yearn For a man ne'er returning from hunting the sperm My Donald he works on the sea On the waves that blow wild and free He splices the ropes and sets the sails While southward he rolls to the home of the whale |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
Moon River, wider than a mile
I'm crossin' you in style someday~ Oh dreammaker, you heartbreaker, Wherever you're goin', I'm goin'your way~ Two drifters, off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see~ We're after the same rainbow's end, Waitin' round the bend, My huckleberry friend, Moon River and me. |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
These are the moments that we love so well
Precious moments caught within a spell All too soon our lives thay fade away These are the moments that we wish would stay If I had my life to live again I would choose to be with you my friend Time moves slowly and it goes so fast And who knows how long the days will last So cherish deep within you The love you get today Let the moment linger Cause tomorrow steals that away Yes tomorrow steals that away These are the memories that we made so well Lives like stories that we long to tell When we're old with not too much to say We'll have the memories that we made today We'll have the memories that we made today |
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from Mary Black - Collected (1984)
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'Si mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear 'Si mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear. Suan na sian nm bhfuaireas fiin O chuaigh in gciin mo Ghile Mear. Bmmse buan ar buairt gach ls Ag caoi go ctuaidh 's ag tuar na ndeor Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beo 'S na rmomhtar tuairisc uaidh mo bhrsn. Nm lagnrann cuach go suairc ar nsin Is nml guth gadhair i gcoillte cns Na maidin shamhraidh i gcleanntaibh ceoi O d'imigh uaim an buachaill beo. Marcach uasal uaibhreach sg Gas gan gruaim is suairce sns Glac is luaimneach luath i ngleo Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag tuairgan tria Seinntear stair ar chlairsigh cheoil Is liontair tainte cart ar bord Le hinntinn ard gan chaim gan cheo Chun saol is slainte d'fhail don leon. Ghile mear 'sa seal faoi chumha 'S Eire go liir faoi chlscaibh dubha Suan na sian nm bhfuaireas fiin O luaidh i gciin mo Ghile Mear. Seal da rabhas im'mhaighdean shiimh 'S anois im' bhaintreach chaite thriith Mo chiile ag treabhadh ne dtonn go trian De bharr na gcnoc is in imigiin. English Translation (thanks to Marina Antolioni) Chorus He is my hero, my dashing darling He is my Caesar, dashing darling. I've had no rest from forebodings Since he went far away my darling. Every day I am constantly sad Weeping bitterly and shedding tears Because our lively lad has left us And no news from him is heard alas. The cuckoo sings not pleasantly at noon And the sound of hounds is not heard in nut-filled woods, Nor summer morning in misty glen Since he went away from me, my lively boy. Noble, proud young horseman Warrior unsaddened, of most pleasant countenace A swift-moving hand, quick in a fight, Slaying the enemy and smiting the strong. Let a strain be played on musical harps And let many quarts be filled With high spirit without fault or mist For life and health to toast my lion. Dashing darling for a while under sorrow And all Ireland under black cloaks Rest or pleasure I did not get Since he went far away my dashing darling. For a while I was a gentle maiden And now a spent worn-out widow My spouse ploughing the waves strongly Over the hills and far away. |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
Lying here watching the time pass
I could think of a million things I'd rather do Travel at my own pace Put myself asleep if I wanted to Chorus Might as well be behind bars Than be lashed to a wave that I can't haul Might as well be a slave Lying low in the shade of a prison wall Lying here watching the time pass I could cry for the helping hands that I refused We were good friends but I did refuse Chorus Might as well be behind bars Getting used to the sound of my keeper's call I might as well be a slave Drinking sun through a chink in a prison wall Down here down where the end is You absolve me from every crime I ever planned I was so surprised I did not think that you would understand Chorus Might as well be behind bars Growing old in a carpeted hall O might as well be a slave Ever safe out of the rain in prison walls Might as well be behind bars Getting used to the sound of my keeper's call I might as well be a slave Always safe out of the rain in prison walls. |
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from Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (1991)
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A message of love, right to your heart Comes from above, to make a new start To spark a new flame, that will ring the world round Playing destiny's game And creating her sound in a message of love Tell all your friends, our time is here We're on our way, the message is clear We're an act of creation, now and forever We're a river of nations We're coming together in a message of love Chorus Spirits of love, spirits of life Help us be strong, help us to do right Here is our chance, to heal the old scars Learn a new way to dance to the song of the stars With a message of love Chorus I hear the butterflies dreaming, in the shimmering air I feel the power of life, a flowering fire everywhere I sing the tree, and the dove the eagle, fox and the hare The right to exist is our right, we all share It's a message of love Chorus When evening falls, focus your mind When spirits call let your body unwind And open your heart, and do it today And do what is right, and do not delay Because a message of love Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Mary Black (1983)
I went to church on sunday
My love, she passed me by I knew her mind was changing By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye I knew her mind was changing By the roving of her eye My love's fair and proper Her waist is neat and small She is quite good-looking And that' s the best of all And that' s the best of all And that' s the best of all And she is quite good-looking And that' s the best of all Oh, hannah, loving hannah Come give to me your hand You said that if you're married That I will be the one That I will be the one That I will be the one You said that if you're married That I will be the one I will go down by the river When everyone's asleep I'll think of loving hannah And then sit down and grieve And then sit down and grieve And then sit down and grieve I'll think of loving hannah And then sit down and grieve I went to church on sunday My love she passed me by I knew her mind was changing By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye I knew her mind was changing By the roving of her eye |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
I never cared about the car I'd drive
Or the room I'd sleep or the bus I'd ride Just as long as I could get somewhere And not get hurt I could breathe out there I knew I could be free out there ... could be me I never cared about the word prestige About no inside track or no noblesse oblige Just as long as I could pay my way And pull my weight and say my say As long as I could pay my way ... I could say Bridge I never had no plans just dreams and vague directions I would not make my stand I the house of corrections Now I can see at last I see that everything is changing And if you want to hold on fast the future needs arranging Chorus Now I'm looking forward to you Now I'm looking forward to you My former view was backward My backward view as blue Now I'm looking forward to you Love had a weight designed to bring me down My hands would sweat and my heart would pound Now I've learned it and I've turned around And I hanker for that anchor sound I hanker for that anchor sound Once designed to bring me down Repeart Bridge & Chorus |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
It's time to go, Jenny
No need to close the door What if the dust gets in the house It doesn't matter any more You and the dust have been at war for far too many years Now the war is over Jenny dear. Chorus Leaving the land Leaving the land Leaving all I've ever been and everything I am Leaving the land. Remember when I brought you here Those long bright years ago For all that time you've been my heart And this land has been my soul The long bright days are over now but still the heart beats on But Jenny dear the soul is gone. Chorus I't time to go, Jenny Drive quickly down the track We'll never see what lies ahead if we keep on looking back Behind is just an empty house Old memories and ghosts And our small dream gathering dust. Chorus |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
First when I came to the town
They called me young and bonny Now they've changed my name Called me the Leaboy's honey. I'll dye my petticoats red And I'll face them with a yellow I'll tell the dyester lads That the Leaboys I've to follow. It's over hills and dales And over dykes and ditches Say will I like the lad Who wears the moleskin breeches The black horse draws the cart And he's as proud as any Say will I like the lad That drives them on so canny Feather beds are fine And painted rooms are bonny But I would leave them all To jog away with Johnny Oh, for Saturday night It's I that'll see my dearie He'll come whistlin' in When I am tired and weary. First when I came to the town They called me proud and saucy Now they've changed my name Called me the Leaboy's lassie. |
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from Mary Black - Full Tide (2005)
Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. Struck by the sounds before the sun, I knew the night had gone. The morning breeze like a bugle blew Against the drums of dawn. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. The ocean wild like an organ played, The seaweed's wove its strands. The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed Against the rocks and sands. I stood unwound beneath the skies And clouds unbound by laws. The crying rain like a trumpet sang And asked for no applause. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. The last of leaves fell from the trees And clung to a new love's breast. The branches bare like a banjo played To the winds that listened best. I gazed down in the river's mirror And watched its winding strum. The water smooth ran like a hymn And like a harp did hum. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
It's a cold old world that we're walking through
They ought to tell you at the start But it's warm as toast walkin' two by two Lay down the burden of your heart Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it It's a fine fine line between love and hate It's hard to tell the two apart But what strength I have I offer you Lay down the burden of your heart Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it |
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from Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001)
It's a cold old world that we're walking through
They ought to tell you at the start But it's warm as toast walkin' two by two Lay down the burden of your heart Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it It's a fine fine line between love and hate It's hard to tell the two apart But what strength I have I offer you Lay down the burden of your heart Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it Lay down the burden of your heart I know you'll never miss it Just show me, angel, where it hurts And let your mammy kiss it |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Oh Mary Jane, she step on the train
Head for the city light Yearning inside to swim with the tide and taste it all night Bag on her shoulder, breathing the cold There by the metal tracks She saw it all shine and swore in her mind she'd never go back She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio Couldn't have dreamed the things that she'd seen There on the avenue She stared right into a million eyes That looked her right through Telling red Joe, the places she'd go And wiping the table clean She got no idea the demon of fear Or what a broken heart means She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio Na Na Na Na Na Not at all New York was dark Dirty and stark Burning with yellow wings Everyday come with fever and hum Who knows what it brings Walking a wall without thought To fall and hit the ground Oh sweet Mary Jane with eyes like rain Alive to the sound She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night Late night radio Not at all |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
Oh Mary Jane, she step on the train
Head for the city light Yearning inside to swim with the tide and taste it all night Bag on her shoulder, breathing the cold There by the metal tracks She saw it all shine and swore in her mind she'd never go back She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio Couldn't have dreamed the things that she'd seen There on the avenue She stared right into a million eyes That looked her right through Telling red Joe, the places she'd go And wiping the table clean She got no idea the demon of fear Or what a broken heart means She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio Na Na Na Na Na Not at all New York was dark Dirty and stark Burning with yellow wings Everyday come with fever and hum Who knows what it brings Walking a wall without thought To fall and hit the ground Oh sweet Mary Jane with eyes like rain Alive to the sound She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night, Late night radio She don't mind the late night Late night radio She don't mind the late night radio She don't mind the late night Late night radio Not at all |
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from Mary Black - By The Time It Gets Dark (1987)
Tumbling curls of green by stainglass streaming light
And a yellow coloured lampshade used to keep us up all night And the smile upon her face, the tears upon your cheek And the night sky on the window Your heart calling out to me. Chorus Come running home again, Katie Come running home again Cross my heart and hope to die Shall I cause another tear from your eye The mirror that won't talk and your nightgown on the door And the old pedal Singer just don't sing no more You can roll the reels for hours From the movie of this book It's a question mark on this heart of mine sends an elder back to look. Chorus Now I'm looking through a tunnel Back into the room With the genius of a druid when the sunlight floods the tomb And I'm never going back there, and I couldn't anyway 'Cause though I made the great escape I never got away. Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Babes In The Wood (1991)
You've got no reason to say you're all alone
There will be a change of season That'll win a heart of stone Chorus Love is just around the corner And standin' out of view Love is just around the corner For you I can see a smile tomorrow A reason to go on The sky is always darkest Before the new day dawns. Chorus... Don't ever stop believing The sun is going to shine It's worth giving and receiving If you only give it time Chorus... Don't think you've found salvation or that the day is won When you reach your destination The journey's just begun Chorus... |
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from Mary Black - Circus (1995)
Something about this is precious, Something about this is sad
Something about this is better, Than I've ever had Hard and lean, You know what I mean? How do the roots become tangled? Why does the spirit grow tired? Where is the key to your kingdom? Yes that's my desire. CHORUS: There are those who live to count the cost And then those who count themselves content I see heaven wrapped up in a box It is you come back to love again, In a dream, This living dream. Up in a heap I'm not bothered, Down in the dumps I'm okay Here in my heart you're the best road, That I'll ever take, I'm serene yeh. CHORUS: There are those who live to take the chance And then more who find themselves content I see heaven mapped out in advance It is you and that's my journeys end, In a dream, This living dream. I'm trying to hang on to the essence, I'm feeling more faint by the day It took such a long time to get it, I don't want to see it erased CHORUS: There are those who live to count the cost And then more who count themselves content I see heaven wrapped up in a box It is you come back to love again, In a dream, This living dream This living dream. |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
When times are hard and friends are few
And you need someone to help you through Just call my name and I'll come running to your side Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to run I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid When morning comes and nothing's changed And the world around plays the same old game Just call on me and I will ease your lonely heart Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When every one that you believe still lets you down I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid Cause I will be there don't be afraid I will be there don't be afraid I will be there When morning comes and nothing's changed And the world around plays the same old game When everyone still lets you down I will be there When morning comes and friends are few You need someone you need someone to help you through I will be there don't be afraid I will be there don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid Don't be afraid I will be there When everyone that you believe still lets you down I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
When times are hard and friends are few
And you need someone to help you through Just call my name and I'll come running to your side Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to run I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid When morning comes and nothing's changed And the world around plays the same old game Just call on me and I will ease your lonely heart Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When every one that you believe still lets you down I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid Cause I will be there don't be afraid I will be there don't be afraid I will be there When morning comes and nothing's changed And the world around plays the same old game When everyone still lets you down I will be there When morning comes and friends are few You need someone you need someone to help you through I will be there don't be afraid I will be there don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid Don't be afraid I will be there When everyone that you believe still lets you down I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid I will be there When you are lost in the night No where to turn I will be there Don't be afraid don't be afraid |
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from Mary Black - No Frontiers (1989)
The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup I say a little prayer for you While combing my hair, now, And wondering what dress to wear, now, I say a little prayer for you Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart... and I will love you Forever, and ever, we never will part Oh, how I'll love you Together, Together, that's how it must be To live without you Would only mean heartbreak for me. I run for the bus, dear, While riding I think of us, dear, I say a little prayer for you. At work I just take time And all through my coffeebreak time, I say a little prayer for you. Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart and I will love you Forever, and ever we never will part Oh, how I'll love you Together, Together, that's how it must be To live without you Would only mean heartbreak for me. I say a little prayer for you I say a little prayer for you My darling, believe me For me there is no one but you Please love me too (Answer his prayer) I'm in love with you (Answer his prayer now baby) Answer my prayer now baby (Answer his prayer) Say you love me too Forever and ever you'll stay in my heart And I will love you Forever and ever we never will part Oh, how I'll love you Together Forever that's how it must be. To live without you Would only mean heartbreak for me... ★나는당신을위해짧은기도를하고있죠★ 아침에눈을뜨자마자 화장을 하기도 전에 나는당신을위해짧은기도를한답니다. 지금, 내머리를빗으면서도, 오늘은어떤옷을입을까생각하면서도 나는당신을위해짧은기도를하고있죠. 영원히, 당신은내맘속에머물거에요. 영원히 당신만을사랑하겠어요. 영원토록, 우리는절대로헤어지지않을꺼에요. 둘이서영원토록함께하는것, 그것이바로운명일꺼에요. 당신없이혼자산다는건, 내겐가슴찢어지는슬픔일뿐이에요. 버스를타려고달려가죠. 버스를타고서도, 난우리생각을한답니다. 그리고당신을위해짧은기도를 하죠. 일하는동안에도, 간신히시간을내어 커피한잔하는휴식시간동안에조차도 나는당신을위한 짧은기도를되뇌인답니다. 나 당신을위해기도해요. 나 당신을위해기도합니다. 사랑하는사람이여, 절믿어주세요. 나에겐당신말고는이세상엔아무도없어요. 절사랑해주세요. 나당신과사랑에빠졌어요. 제기도에답해주세요 |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
He said darling I'm in love with you mind
The way you care for me it's so kind Love to see you again wish I had more time He was laughing as he brushed my cheek Why don't you call me baby maybe next week Promise now cross your heart and hope to die Chorus But I misunderstood But I misunderstood But I misunderstood I thought he was saying good luck He was saying goodbye Repeat Chorus Things I tried to put shine in his eyes Wire wheels and shimmering things Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly He said the thing that's so unique When we're together we don't have to speak We'll always be such good friends you and I Chorus But I misunderstood But I misunderstood But I misunderstood I thought he was saying good luck He was saying goodbye Repeart Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Shine (2001)
He said darling I'm in love with you mind
The way you care for me it's so kind Love to see you again wish I had more time He was laughing as he brushed my cheek Why don't you call me baby maybe next week Promise now cross your heart and hope to die Chorus But I misunderstood But I misunderstood But I misunderstood I thought he was saying good luck He was saying goodbye Repeat Chorus Things I tried to put shine in his eyes Wire wheels and shimmering things Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly He said the thing that's so unique When we're together we don't have to speak We'll always be such good friends you and I Chorus But I misunderstood But I misunderstood But I misunderstood I thought he was saying good luck He was saying goodbye Repeart Chorus |
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from Mary Black - Collected (1984)
O Come all ye maids who live at a distance
Many's a mile from off your sway Come and assist me this very moment For to pass away some time Singing sweetly and completely Songs of pleasure and of love For me heart is with him altogether Though I live not where I love When I sleep I dream about you When I wake I take no rest Every moment thinking on you My heart o'er fixed in your breast But although far distance May be of assistance If from my mind your love remove For me heart is with him altogether Though I live not where I love All the world shall be of one religion All living things shall cease to die If ever I should prove false to my jewel Or any way his love deny Oh the world shall change And be most strange If from my mind your love remove For me heart is with him altogether Though I live not where I love So farewell lad and farewell lassies Now I think I've made my choice I will away to yonder mountain Where I think I hear his voice And if he hollows I will follow Around the world though it is so wide For young Thomas he did promise I should be his lawful bride Repeat first verse. |
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