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mamma says
04:35
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Mamma loves the rain; she loves the way it falls
And washes all the dirt away from the places where it calls
Mamma says that love is like climbing on a cross,
the nails and the wood and the terrible cost
Mamma says the family tree only grew because nobody burnt it down
But they will come around, mamma says
Mamma loves the rain; she loves the way it calls her
to her front room window and writes her name upon the walls
Mamma loves her children but she never tells
what it could be that keeps her on the edge of what is never said
Mamma says the family tree only grew because nobody burnt it down
But they will come around, mamma says
We will rise, though they put out our eyes
We shall see a better world than the one they’ve left behind Don’t be surprised to see your mamma cry
She can only be as happy as her...unhappiest child
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rollercoaster
05:03
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Holly never talked about it
She said something’s are better left unsaid i told her how i felt about it
She said ok but that’s all in your head That empty bowl, the rabbit hole
If you don’t know, go ask Alice
That’s how it was, that’s where we were up on the rooftop palace
Now she’s gone and here i am, out on the rollercoaster
Up and down, that’s how i am...sleeping on somebody’s sofa
Holly said you’ll never know what it is You middle class white suburban kid You think you can walk on the wild side But there’s more to that than this
Bah, bah, bah, doo, doo doo, are the neighbours listening
If you know well, tell her so, she’s up on the rooftop singing
Now she’s gone and here i am, out on the rollercoaster Up and down, that’s how i am...
Never getting closer, never getting further
Never seeing what is right in front of me
Holly never talked about it
She said something’s are better left unsaid
I told her how I felt about it
Ok she said and put me back (up) on the shelf
Bah, bah, bah, doo, doo doo, where the fuck is Alice? That’s how she was, that’s where we were
Up on the rooftop palace
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caterpillars
03:44
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All those butterflies ,rising will they rise Colours in the sky
On this summer tide, floating in the breeze nothing could be easier
July came and kissed us
just when we had lifted all the weight of living But we were still crawling caterpillars
Waiting for our time to arrive
as natures super models
Living and then dying on the job
Couldn’t you have tried, couldn’t you have stayed longer...than you did
Couldn't i have tried couldn’t i have held you tighter Than I did
I loved you, couldn’t you have tried...
September you were gone, burnt by the sun golden and then brown, nature’s little darling floating in the breeze, nothing could be that easy
Couldn’t we have tried couldn’t we have stayed a little longer ,than we did
Did we have to die, was that the price, was that the prize For ... living
I loved you...couldn’t we have tried A little longer
All those butterflies , rising will they rise Colours in the sky
On this summer tide , floating in the breeze nothing could have been easier
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eves lament
04:30
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Oh, Maria what happened to your accent
All those months in Canada pretending to be Someone else
Gee, i can’t tell you now from all those other girls iphone beauties
Making plans that don’t include me
Lord, make me good
But not till I’ve understood
Why you’re still hungry...for the glitter and the grime
Oh, Maria, what’s happened to us all
We’ve shrunken our lovely blue and green and silver ball Burnt our garden bare, snakes in the larder where
I was Eve, waiting by the Christmas tree
Oh, Maria, i’m so sorry
I know i have disappointed thee
These days you say you see
our love is getting lost, leaking out between the claws Of people we called friends
Of beginnings that were really ends
I’ll go truth and lies, you go heads and tails
There’s no such thing, you say, as loyalty and faith
Oh, Maria, dear as it happens now,
I got nothing done, not for days or months Maybe never mind, maybe forever finds me With a needle and a thread
And a book of what’s in your head
Trying to find the vein
I’m looking for a way,
to stay and not to leave
all the glitter and the grime
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every other day
02:53
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Where are the keys, two sets it seems have gone missing
two years have passed since we were last kissing
as promises grew some broke in two but they didn’t cost much to fix
is the barn roof falling down
does the dog need feeding?
Where are the bees, the flowers and trees need tending
two days have gone and nothings gone wrong in heaven
as promises go, those two i know
should never have been made
but we opened the door and found two more worth saving
Where are the keys, two sets it seems have gone missing
two years have passed since we were last kissing
as promises grew some broke in two but they didn’t cost much to fix
if every other day could be like this
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sincerely yours
04:14
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I had a little time and I lost it some
Where I can’t say but I know it’s gone, I lost it
I have to admit I was flying too low
Hit the trees and got buried in the snow, when I lost it
Around the same time it has to be said
You shut the door and so I left, (then) I lost you All the boys in the bar said what’s with that
Get out of town and don’t come back, so I had to
If I work hard and pay my bills, go to church and try to keep still Will I find you
Does redemption pay or is it a box they put you in and dress you up Just to fool you
Someday soon I’m going to do, what I said I never would and try my best to get back to you
And if it works out and we get that far and the sun shines down where we are....will you forgive me
Because I loved you then and I will love you again and there’s no such thing as staying friends...believe me
I wrote this down so you could hear, all the words I didn’t say when you were near .... wish I could have
It might be too late and its better that way but I mean every word I wrote today.....sincerely...yours
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there's so little time
05:21
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And there’s so little time
To find out what cannot be found (out) Another new friend of mine
Another someone I’ve never met
And you’re asking me why As if it really matters Another day passes by
Just the same as the last one
When there’s so little time
Pinch my skin to try and wake up
How are you feeling, are you fine?
Would you like to talk though that’s never enough
So I’m sending you a smile
And I’m sure you’ll send one back, soon enough My fingers walking miles
Tapping out the thumbs up
and wouldn’t I , wouldn’t we... do things right
if you and I , if all of us had... another chance shouldn’t I shouldn’t we ... make things right
if we could and we should ...turn back the clock oh, wouldn’t we, wouldn’t I ?
I count them again
like a starving man counts crumbs on his shelf but it never makes me happy
no matter how many thumbs up I get
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all the good things
05:21
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No time to get older, no coins for the meter Too heavy to carry, a flower to the teacher For a lesson in drowning
No anthem for losing, no flags to surrender
And in the confusion, strike up a tune for the sailor Who’ll never see dry land
All of the good things, fading out like a whisper
All of the good things, slipping out between our fingers, Nothing left for the children
No flowers in the desert
No time to be bolder, no coins for the preacher, Too heavy to carry, a sign for the sailor
Who’ll never see dry land
All of the good things, fading out like a shiver
All of the good things, slipping out between our fingers, All of the good things, fading out like a whisper
All of the good things, slipping out between our fingers,
Nothing left for the children, no flowers in the desert
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Come down from the clouds, rain on my 5lowers,
fall at my feet,
help me to sleep
Send me the colour of blue , sing me a melody true
Come down, come down
come down from the stars, dazzle my heart,
shine on my dreams, unravel the seams,
send me the colour of green, sing me what cannot be seen
come down, come down
send me the colour of blue sing me a melody true
send me the colour of green sing me what cannot be seen
come down, come down
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seesaw
02:55
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Did you see what i saw,
did the saw cut the sea all it two
was it me, could it have been...
what did i see, were there teeth and a bow and the foghorn in mourning,
coming up from below
for what is what for, if not to find out
what was it that i saw ,whilst walking outdoors neath the star shining, owls hunting, sky leaning over the black and white fields
all ablaze with a moonbeam(s)
did you see what i saw,
did the cat with its paw turn the milk into clouds floating by, oh my
heart is still full,
stopped with a wondrous feeling whilst swinging (ring a tinging)
on my seesaw
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Paul Tiernan France
Paul Tiernan: the man who in 2008 had a song (How to say goodbye) in Hollywood teen cult movie ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite playlist’, who once played with the legendary Donovan, who has 7 solo albums released, who has played his trusty mandola with Nick Harper, Boo Hewerdine, Robyn Hitchcock, Mark Geary, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Sinead Lohan, Katell Keineg and Glen Hansard to name but a few ... more
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