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Clay
05:32
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CLAY
That cowboy song kills me
You played it on the blues harp
'All wrapped up in white linen and cold as the clay'
That song always moved me
How they laid him down so softly
And they all loved the young man
Loved him even though he done wrong
I would tip myself right over
Looking up to you
And then you'd make me so mad
That I could kill you
That song has stayed with me
Like the rusty bond between us
And I will sing it for you
From the deepest vaults of my heart.
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2. |
This Bird Will Fly
04:09
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THIS BIRD WILL FLY
One more half a tank could be the difference
One more turn like that could be the end
It's been my only answer every time
To leave all my disasters far behind
The bridges are burned and the river is high
No turning back this time
The sky will subside
And this bird will fly tonight
Can you get me there in time for winter?
There's still some feeling there way down inside
The wind picks up behind me
It leads me on
To where no one will find me
Good and gone
Tired eyes start to wander
Into the glare of headlights
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3. |
The Cold Light of Day
04:37
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THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY
The cold light of day is in your eyes
Reflecting pale grey winter skies
You keep to your self imposed exile
You keep them guessing with your smile
But there's no need 'cos it's impossible to read
Let me get up to speed
And I'll jump the wall around your heart
I'll be all that you need
If I can't be all that you want
The cold light of day is hard to miss
When it burns through the skin like this
It fills up your lungs with something sweet
Like every miserable defeat
Rolled into one and left to dry out in the sun
Let me get up to speed
And I'll jump the wall around your heart
I'll be all that you need
If I can't be all that you want
Does it get lonely in your own universe?
'Cos you could do better for sure
And you could do worse
The cold light of day is a con artist
Who paints it bleaker than it is
With nothing to lose there's nothing to fear
And nothing if not time to spare
All I can do is just leave it up to you
Let me get up to speed
And I'll jump the wall around your heart
I'll be all that you need
If I can't be all that you want
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4. |
Don't Beat Yourself Up
06:52
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DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP
You never stood a chance
You paid up in advance
Anyone else would let themselves
Turn out as hard as nails
Or fly right off the rails
But you keep on
And show how it's done
Don't beat yourself up
For your own miserable luck
A quiet constant hurt
In every fumbled word
but never unkind
And always with a smile
Don't beat yourself up
For your own miserable luck
Don't think for a second that you're the one to blame
Just pick yourself up and start again
Beaten within an inch
And called out for the flinch
Look at yourself
Running around trying to help
You know that they'll do fine without
Don't beat yourself up
For your own miserable luck
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5. |
Back to Earth
04:14
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BACK TO EARTH
The perfect silence grows to deafening
Nothing buts stars out here tonight
There's a light shining up at me
Way down below as I fall
Back to earth
I suddenly realise
What it's worth
To look into those eyes again
I stumbled headlong into darkness
The ground fell out from underneath
And all those stars keep a safe distance
They turn away as I fall
Back to earth
I suddenly realise
What it's worth
To look into those eyes
Black as the slippery sky
Quietly rushing by tonight
But with a fire inside that burns so bright
There's a light shining up at me
Way down below as I fall
I suddenly realise
What it's worth
To look into those eyes
On last time
Before I hit the ground
I see them shine
From such a long way down
Tonight.
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6. |
Drift
04:31
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DRIFT
She could swim
And she was good at maths
She adored her brother
She could draw
Better than I can
She was quite an artist
All my love
Drifting off above
Everything died with her that day
I was changed forever
Left behind to try to carry on
Carry on without her
All my love
Drifting off above
50 balloons
Took to the sky
And sailed away
And the sun looked out from a curtain of dark cloud
You can cope better than I can
You were always stronger
Only now after all this time
Can I start to face it
All my love
Drifting off above
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7. |
A Dream Away
05:57
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A DREAM AWAY
Under a sky of black and blue
Lit by a distant moon
A slow moving shadow stretches out
Over the avenue
You
On your way home
All alone
No better off than before
Looking out at the amber glow
Just as it starts to rain
Sweeping across this little town
Trying to find its way
To you
On your way home
All alone
With no one waiting for you
On your way home
All alone
To face this night on your own
It's just a dream away...
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8. |
Movie Music #1
03:41
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9. |
Starlight
03:49
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STARLIGHT
Up here the night falls like an anvil
Everything turns black in an instant
This is the time
I feel you're near
And this is the place
Where I sit and wait
For you
That kind of wound heals pretty slowly
Well I guess I'd hoped it wasn't so easy to see
This is the time
I feel you're near
And this is the place
Where I sit and wait
I can't see beyond this night
I'm drowning in a pool of white
Starlight
Chasing the day
Caught without a way home
Everything turns black in an instant
This is the time
I feel you're near
And this is the place
Where I sit and wait
For you
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10. |
The Streets of Laredo
04:04
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THE STREETS OF LAREDO
As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen and cold as the clay
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy
These words he did say as I softly stepped by
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story
I'm shot in the chest and I know I will die
Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Play the death march as you carry me along
Take me to the valley and lay the soil on me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong
'Twas once in the saddle I used to go dashing
With no one as quick on the trigger as I
First lead to the drinking then lead to card playing
I got myself shot and today I must die
Get six of my buddies to carry my coffin
And six pretty maidens to sing me a song
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin
The roses will deaden the clods as they fall
We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly
We played the death march as we carried him down
For we all loved our comrade so brave young and handsome
We loved the poor cowboy although he done wrong
We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly
And some of us wept as we bore him along
For we all loved our comrade so brave young and handsome
We loved the young cowboy who said he'd done wrong
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