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When We Were Young
04:57
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across the sand towards the shade
i'm looking back at the tracks i've made
the same old smile on the same old face
this sea-side town the same old place
but will there be a trace
of when we were young
of when we were young
of when we were younger
than today
and across the mear onto the dunes
i listen to the skylarks tune
i watch the children as they play
and how they steal my thoughts away
i'm running through another day
of when we were young
of when we were young
of when we were younger
than today
but i
i remember the heather on the moors
and the running home from top of the granite tors
down watery lane i'm chasing shadows once again
of when we were young...
but how the time will fly
just pass you by
how the time will fly
how the time will fly
take my hand and we'll walk in the sun
we'll talk of the past - of all we have done
old stories are always the best
remember the good - forget the rest
and we can just reminisce
of when we were young
of when we were young
of when we were younger
than today
yesterday
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Clearwater Days
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do you remember the shelly docks
brown bodies barefoot on the rocks
the coloured canvas cuts the haze
sailing through the clearwater days
and do you remember how we used to scramble
over the tall walls through the brambles
the farmers fruit we'd steal away
bonnie and clyde in our clearwater days
when all it took to turn us on
was the devon air beneath the glory sun
when all it took to turn us on has gone
these things in life will carry on
these things in life will carry on
and do you remember the very first beer
or the drag on a jazz fag that made us feel queer
those experiments that we made
checking it out in our clearwater days
when all it took to turn us on
was to skive of school and do something wrong
when all it took to turn us on has gone
these things in life will carry on
these things in life will carry on
do you remember
do you remember
say that you do
remember me
like i remember you
like i remember you
and do you remember that hesitant kiss
the taste of innocence sweet upon the lips
the first time together we lay
naked in our clearwater days
when all it took to turn us on
was to sneak back home once your ma had gone
when all it took to turn us on has gone
these things in life will carry on
these things in life will carry on
do you remember the clearwater days
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Family Tree
06:34
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buried in the back of my mind
in shallow graves that's where you'll find
all the ghosts of wars long gone
now they're up in arms and they soldier on
and i've voted for change
and i've prayed for deliverance
but after all these years
i haven't found any difference
for just like me
yes just like me
you are the windfall
from a family tree
so i'm tracing roots of that lonely tree
exposed by time for the world to see
as they crawled over stony ground
in search of something
that they never found
and i look at you my brothers
and you seem the same
skin tanned by age
hearts bruised with the pain
for just like me
yes just like me
you are the windfall
from a family tree
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4. |
The Ark
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well true love is a special thing
a rare bird always on the wing
the perfect crime the purest sin
and it's for such love that i sing
yes it's for such love that i sing
and the dove she's my favourite bird
so seldom seen and so rarely heard
but to the ark she bought everything
and it's for that bird that i sing
yes it's for that bird that i sing
tossing around like a ship in a storm
my dreams are tied and my sheets are torn
watching them come two by two
and wishing that i had someone to
and i pray this rain will stop
and one day i'll find my mountain top
a new life well it shall begin
and it's for that day i sing
yes it's for that day i sing
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Rise
05:06
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what do you say if we roll a j
and watch the last light bleed away
later on we'll light a fire
and watch those flames getting higher and higher
and tonight we'll rise
far from this world
we'll rise
and let our flag unfurl
we'll rise
just you and me
and in our way
for a while
we'll be free
and later on we'll take a stroll
i'll will show you a place that i sometimes go
it's magic there well the mushrooms are
you can roll in grass and touch the starlight
and tonight we'll rise
far from this place
we'll rise put a smile on our face
we'll rise just you and me
and in our way
for a while
we'll be free
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When The Night
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when the night comes in
do you start to daydream
of all the things you might have been
now just a daydream
of what you have seen and done
the battles both lost and won
you're thinking of everything
when the night
when the night
comes rolling in
and when the darkness falls
you try and recall
all those places and people
just try to recall
all those that you've left behind
and those you've yet to find
you're thinking of everyone
now your day has gone
and the night
comes rolling
rolling on
and now i have to say
i'm seeing through the masquerade
of all the dreams i've thrown away
and all the plans i've made today
when the night comes in
do you start to daydream
when the night
when the night comes
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Scared To Be Alone
06:18
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tip the glass to the tongue
drown those doubts until they've gone
whilst time
her heals are clicking on
and watch the lovers swaying
hear computers playing
and a voice inside saying
you're scared to be alone
then she joins you at the bar
asks your name guess your star
and sits so close you can breath whisky scars
and you listen without caring
to all the woes that she's sharing
you're only there
'cos you're scared to be alone
then the stab of a neon light
kills the bar again tonight
you take your coat
and her invite
and down the fiddlers mean alleyway
past the desperate who ply there trade
they're all betrayed
and they're scared to be alone
and a street car named for hire
well it takes you to her door
and the meter is a liar
and you're paying once more
and your eyes do the walking
as the liquor does the talking
through her door you're falling
you're both scared to be alone
so go and lay your weary head
go lay it there upon her bed
desire alive but your heart is dead
and you can touch without feeling
whisper words that have lost all meaning
and kid yourself that it's better
then being alone
but after when the sweat grows cold
you're feeling just as desperate
lonely and sold
and her pleasure and your passion
just fake
and as the innocent sleep
you
lie awake
with sad mary
whom no man would choose
sad mary never loved
only used
and the dawn well it comes too soon
it's sun well it mocks your moon
and like a thief from her room you creep
and on a sundays street
saturdays litter at your feet
and the only sound
low heels on hard ground
and the bells don't ring
and the birds refuse to sing
and you wonder where was sown
that seed now fully grown
that keeps you moving on and on
and scared to be alone
so tip the glass to the tongue
drown that dog until its gone
whilst time
her heals are clicking on
and watch the lovers swaying
hear computers playing
and a voice inside still saying
you're scared to be alone
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Pat Orchard England, UK
Newborn. Africa. Child. Rebelled.
Exmouth. School. Fool. Expelled.
Homeless.
Drifter. Dole. Broke.
Guitar. Busker. Dreamer. Hope.
Support. Headline. MTV.
Touted. Guest list. VIP.
No Deal - Big Deal. Life's a Song.
My Voice. My Choice. Moving On.
Goodbye Smoke. Westward Bound.
Devon. Heaven. Ancient Ground.
Builder. Home. Catherine. Wife.
Fern. Dylan. Father. Life
... more
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