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1. |
If You're Here
03:42
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If i was a writer
I would send you all my mail
But i'd deliberately underpay the postage
'Cos then I do believe
You'd have to return it to me
And then girl I would tell you of my motive
I'd say that I have had a dream
It was pure and it was sweet
We were sat upon the seat of a swing
That was hung beneath the pine
Suspended somehow like the time
But in your beauty I was blinded to the ending
And I would like to think
What I had written in that ink
Would make you run here all this way into my arms
'Cos I tried to live without you but I can't
And if you're here
To say we could be more
I would open, I would open up the door
If I was a sailor
I would sabotage my mast
And I'd be going nowhere fast but that would suit me
Because I would have planned
For my boat to float to land
And it would land upon the sand lined with palm trees
There would only be one villager
And that villager would be you
And then there would be 2 of us for the moment
And I would light a fire to keep us warm
As we made love through the raging storm
Then maybe there'd be more at least here's to hoping
I'd like to believe that you've been thinking of me
It's what keeps me bailing out the water from this leak
Cos I tried be strong without you but I'm weak
And if you're here
To point me to your shore
Then I would open I would open up the door
If i were a detective
I'd hope that you would be a thief
And I would catch you with your finger on the trigger
But the only thing you'd aim for
Would be all your hopes and dreams
You'd say come with me boy it seems there's something bigger
And if you're here
Your crimes won't matter anymore
I would open, I would open up the door
If I were an old man
And I were writing my last rites
Be writing all this life has written on my wall
To say I'm sorry
I never found the right profession
Though I had many in succession you will recall
Though I never gained the skills
To say I will I do I still
Love you more than any love that has been found
As I begin my last vocation
Take post at my final station
Before my last vacation comes around
Know I will spend my final hours , thinking of all the Autumn showers
Where I slowly ran my fingers through your hair
Hoping you'll be fine when I'm not there
If you're here
Scared of what might be in store
Know I would open I would open up the door
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2. |
Going Alone
02:44
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Feels like yesterday
Tomorrow's never last
Only games that I'd play
Now the pieces are falling fast
And I don't know if you'll meet me there
But don't try, to make me stay
I know this like often isn't fair but I'll be going anyway
So don't wait for me
No I'll be fine
I see it's brighter
I'm not a sinking stone
I'm just going alone
But I know in time,
Your song will start again
And at the end of the line
There's a road sign spelling out your name
And I don't know if you'll meet me there
But don't try, to make me stay
I know this like often isn't fair but I'll be going anyway
So don't wait for me
No I'll be fine
I see it's brighter
I'm not far from home
I'm just going alone
It seems to me there's always been
A million reasons that I should give it in
I've waited for so long for them all to be gone
But now I find, they're only where I've been
And I don't know if you'll meet me there
But don't try, to make me stay
I know this like often isn't fair but I'll be going anyway
So don't wait for me
No I'll be fine
I see it's brighter
I'm more than skin and bone
I'm just going alone
See how far I've flown
Now I'm flying alone
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3. |
I Knew a Girl Once
03:22
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4. |
You Could Take My House
03:05
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Sat in the car out in the dark in the cold in September
Talking ‘bout how we gonna live out here remember
Many days have passed now since that night
Waited patiently to find out how much we could borrow
If it don’t work out this time babe there’ll always be tomorrow
If everything goes wrong I’ll make it right
Days and weeks went by
Not much longer after I
Was sleeping fast beside you once we made
Plans for what we’d do
All the blueprints that we drew
Though many times since then those lines have changed
It’s only bricks and mortar patch of grass out in the back
In a thousand years be nothing but debris
You could tear down my house tomorrow but you can’t take my home from me
Mostly all the doors have closed most softly in their frames
But any times that they were harder they were fleeting just the same
As all those lazy Sunday mornings way back when
Take me to the ocean or the highest hill we’ve climbed
Wait until the sun sets then take me back in time
For I’ve been here before I’m going back again
Changed everything we didn’t like
Talking late into the night
Speculating all that might come next loo
Of all the things I promised you
I hope at least that some came true
But there’s plenty time to finish all that’s left
These walls and all they housed be gone when I leave town
In a thousand years be lost into the sea
You could wash away my house tomorrow but you can’t take my home from me
A thousand nights and more
I have spent behind it’s door
Many times I’ve held you in its walls
Many more I’ve kissed you in its halls
In time when all has burned to ash and only ghosts are left
If a hurricane takes this stone and sets it free
You could blow away my house tomorrow but you can’t take my home from me
If all I do is move with you to another part of town
Time for another to arrive and for us to flee
I could take leave of my house tomorrow but my home won’t take leave of me
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5. |
Rocking Chair
03:48
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This rocking chair's gonna be a boat
And I will take you with me
Anywhere I float
And when the tide
Is too high
We'll just flap our arms
And we will touch the sky
And we'll fly up fast but we'll come down slow
This little table's gonna be a cave
And we'll make great lists of the hieroglyphs
Inside the walls that we have made
From old sheets
That we will take
We will fall asleep
And then we'll wake
And then we'll think of somewhere else to go
Cos these days won't stay forever we best make them last
Time is given slow, but baby it's taken fast so for tonight
Just dream of all the stories we will write
And we'll be alright
This little patch of grass is gonna be a forest
And we'll never admit it but we're scared if we're honest
Of the big old tiger we imagined
Or the giant and the yeti and the fire breathing dragon
But we got sticks so we got swords
We'll be soldiers in the war
Where victory will be followed close by peacetime
This little box is gonna ba a plane
And i'll be your co-pilot
Anywhere you aim
And when there's storms
I'll hold your hand
Then I will help you to land
And there'll be rainbows and the sun will shine
Cos these days won't stay forever we best make them last
Time is given slow, but baby it's taken fast so for tonight
Just dream of all the stories we will write
And we'll be alright
A million years would be too few
So i'll spend every day I can
In this rocking chair with you
Cos these days won't stay forever we best make them last
Time is given slow, but baby it's taken fast so for tonight
Just dream of all the stories we will write
And we'll be alright
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Natalia
02:47
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Oh Natalia
Did you find it
The note I left under the rock outside your door
Oh Natalia,
Were you blinded
Were the holes stitched close on the mask that you have worn
Oh Natalia did you come to see
That all that came so effortlessly
Was in fact a torture you’d learned to take
Were the winter nights just too cold
In linen sheets stitched with gold
Did the guards outside your door keep you awake
Oh Natalia oh Natalia did you make it
Past the border posts
Did you make the train did it take you far from here
Did you leave a note so that they’d know
That you decided long ago
Natalia when did you disappear
Were you worried,
About the distance
Did you think that it would be too much to bear
Did they wear down
Your resistance
Did they change more than the colour of your hair
Oh Natalia did you realise
As you danced naked neath the lights
That only warmed your skin when they were on you
Did you understand eventually
That all they gave has not been free
Natalia I only hope you didn’t tell them that you knew
Oh Natalia oh Natalia did you make it past your masters guards
Did you cut the strings held by some puppeteer
With all the eyes upon your back
Did you fall somehow between the cracks
Natalia when did you disappear
Try forget all you have heard
That defection is a dirty word
Well I hope you got down on your knees and crawled deep into the dirt
Oh Natalia oh Natalia did you make it past the passport gates
Did they look in to your eyes and let you through
Do you ever stop to think of me
I hope you don’t I hope you’re free
Oh my love Natalia where are you
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7. |
All That I Need
03:34
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One day they’ll write a story about us
Probably be some middle page of the paper
They’ll say ain't it sweet, how they’re still holding hands after all this time
But they won’t understand this love is greater
They could take a million pictures
Write chapter after verse
They could interview the world
But they won’t know how it works
I want to kiss you, say I miss you, that I’ll always be there
I want to lay you down on the ground and kiss your hair
I want you to know
And baby I hope you agree
I want to hold you like I told you back when we first met
I want to never let you go you know I haven’t yet
I want you to know
That baby you’re all that I need
Some day they’ll wonder where we went
They’ll be running round thinking we disappeared
They’ll tell us we should come back home they’ll say that we’re too old for this but I don’t know
i’d kinda like to see their faces when we’re free and running clear
We’ll be on a plane to Bali
Gonna hitchhike to Peru
Well I'm too old for nothing babe
As long as I’m with you
I want to kiss you, say I miss you, that I’ll always be there
I want to lay you down on the ground and kiss your hair
I want you to know
And baby I hope you agree
I want to hold you like I told you back when we first met
I want to never let you go you know I haven’t yet
I want you to know
That baby you’re all that I need
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If our house was made of sand
And our shoes were carved from stone
And eventually the tide rose to our necks
Then I would sit beside you still because we never go alone
if we drown we drown together I’d suggest
If we walked through the woods
And lay together on the grass
And a fire caught ablaze and blocked the way
Then long after our bodies burn this love will rise up from the ash
Cos some things shine too brightly to ever fade
When the sun doesn’t rise
If all the sky stays dark
I'll build our home between the breaks in the debris
Holding my blistered hands maybe you’d understand that we’re never gonna be apart
There’s nowhere else that I would rather be
If the weight upon your back becomes a burden you can’t bear
If you have to rest here for a while
You need only set it down, I’ll run my fingers through your hair
For I would carry you a thousand miles
When the sun doesn’t rise
If all the sky stays dark
I’ll build our home between the breaks in the debris
Holding my blistered hands maybe you’d understand that we’re never gonna be apart
There’s nowhere else that I would rather be
We’re a long way from the ocean now
But if I hold you close I can hear somehow
If the winds would all stop blowing
Then I’m sure that I’d die knowing
That this fire In my heart burns in the third degree
I don’t need the world to grow
My homes anywhere you go
And there’s nowhere in it that I would rather be
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9. |
Beautiful World
03:31
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The sun in the sky
Don’t shine everyday
As brightly as it did the day before
But all the sun needs
Is to think happy thoughts
So maybe he could borrow
Some of yours
So if you smile and sing then everything
Will start I’m sure to work out
The suns gonna rise so don’t be surprised there was never any need to doubt
Don’t go anywhere what can I do to make you stay
Cos It’s a beautiful morning it’s a beautiful day
The moon and the stars
Don’t shine overnight
There’ll be times
When all you see is dark
But all darkness needs
Is to relight it’s fire
And all fire needs is a spark
So if you smile and sing then everything
Will start I’m sure to work out
The suns gonna rise so don’t be surprised there was never any need to doubt
Don’t go anywhere just tell me what I need to say
Cos It’s a beautiful morning it’s a beautiful day
The love in your soul
Won’t always feel full
Your heart will be broken sometimes
But when you’re alone
And you’re far from your home
Just call and I’ll lend you some of mine
And if you smile and sing then everything
Will start I’m sure to work out
The suns gonna rise so don’t be surprised there was never any need to doubt
Don’t go anywhere what can I do to make it right
Been a beautiful day now it’s a beautiful night
Don’t go anywhere watch this life as it unfurls
Cos It’s a beautiful night it’s a beautiful world
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10. |
My Love For You
03:09
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Don't you know that I'd live a thousand lives
To spend my love one more moment with you
And I’d forego living every one
If my love you but asked me to
For though the wind blows harder now
It carries me to your arms
And though the storm is raging still
Behind I see the stars
If I drop dead tomorrow dig a shallow grave
Dry all the tears from your eyes
For though my soul may be been and gone
My love for you won’t die
If I wore armour old and worn
I know my love that you’d patch the holes
Yet through those holes know I'd bear thorns
To bring to you my sweet love a rose
Though the nights grow longer dear
If all of the stars cease to shine
I’d be beside you constantly
If you'd spare the time
If I go off to war
Won’t you write to me please
I'll bear letters in place of a blade
If I'm carried away laid to rest on my shield
My love for you won’t fade
If I’m taken by wolves
Dressed in black cotton suits
If I never again see the day
Look for me no longer dear
For my love for you will stay
If you find another
To place in your heart
Another for whom you will long
Take from me almost all that I have
For to you my love will always belong
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11. |
Endless Days
03:52
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The time for looking back
Has now passed beyond the hill
The horizon now it calls beyond the sea
Yet I can’t go alone
By my side I need you still
As dawn breaks I would shatter
Without you beside me
The chorus of the birds
Will be an unfamiliar song
And ballads I once knew lost to the breeze
But your voice will call more sweetly
And your stride will grow more long
And by before late morning you'd have given my heart ease
Take courage
Set our worries fast ablaze
For in the morning we’ll say goodbye
To all our endless days
I see you now more clearly
Than I once did long ago
You now are more beautiful to my eyes
Though the waves roll higher now
You still are soft aglow
A fire burning white love some leagues beneath the tide
Soon but by my choosing my gaze will set aloft
Cast no longer upon this hallowed ground
The trodden dirt now furnished with pieces we have lost
Leave them now and head with me horizon bound
Be brave
For there are not so many ways
To say goodbye
To all these endless days
Many seasons now have passed
Many years trail in their wake
But shade is drawn too thin to keep me sleeping
Those shadows now at last
Have vanished with the break
Of the new day and the secrets it is keeping
I’d be bold
And cast off these rusted chains
If you only help me say goodbye
To all these endless days
So lay me down
Set those spectres in their graves
Rest easy tonight
With all our endless days
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