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Hymn For Her
02:55
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Hey ho, how you doing mister?
Oh no, think you're going to miss her?
Don't show too many feelings,
They will come out when the time right.
I said "Candles can be dangerous," and she agreed with a smile
And the dusk it settled slightly around us into a peaceful night
But my heart knew none of that peace and I lay there for quite some time
Sleep it was a sweet release and the rain came down from the sky
There are many proverbs and more than a few cliches
Tripping on my tongue tonight but I box them up and I bury them away
The world it turned, a storm it passed. Some days the world and I we just don't relate.
Still every twist and turn it helps this blood keep pulsing through my veins
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From The Ground Up
03:51
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Building from the ground up, aiming for the sky,
taking my time thou' cos I don't want to fall by the wayside
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and you might be laughing at the state of my shoes
but there's no way today I'm catching your blues
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cos i have been round and round and round and round again
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i have walked some paths that came to a dead end
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and i have been frowned upon for things that i have said, for somethings that i have said
excuse me mr fancy tie, greed is good and cash lives fast,
would you care to join me? you sure look like you could do with a laugh!
i see those lines wearing deep into your face -
open your eyes look around and see the love and wonder in this place
you tell me what goes up must come down, i said they put a man on the moon
you say it's a grey rainy day, i sing don't worry the sun will be here soon
you tell me that the glass is half full and i might disagree but am i wasting my words?
there are other ways I could spend my energy
chorus
excuse me mr fancy tie, please don't buy and sell the sky
think of your childrens children as you scratching around for an alibi
now you might be laughing at the state of shoes
but there's no way today I'm catching your blues
chorus
Building from the ground up, aiming for the sky, building from the ground up, aiming for the sky
aiming for the sky, aiming for the sky, aiming for the sky
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Leave It In The Ground
02:21
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D A
the world gently turned
A E
the sun she was hiding
D A
as i made my way home
E D
back through the marshes
D A A E
and miles away degrees are debated by
D A
the powers that be
A E
now i don't give weight to all their fancy bluffing
D A A D
its just so much hot air and back slapping
leave it in the ground
i want our world to avoid being drowned
the coots are still up
they love this weather
oh would they give a fuck
if we were not here
people on the streets
reclaiming the rhetoric
oh money might talk
but well so can we
so stand up and sing, you'll wonder at the difference
a voice can make when we all speak together
leave it in the ground
i want our world to avoid being drowned
leave it in the ground
i want our world to avoid being drowned
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Caitlin Roberts - Accordion
Chris Venables - Backing vocals
Naomi Wilkins - Backing vocals
Emma Dyer - Clarinet
Robin Grey - Vocals and mandolin
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Woodman, Spare That Tree
03:16
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Gm Gm F C
That old familiar tree,
Gm Gm C Am
Whose glory and renown
Gm Gm F C
Spread over land and sea,
Gm Gm C Am
And you would hew it down?
Dm Dm C C
Woodman, oh woodman, you must spare that tree!
Gm Gm Bb Bb
Touch not a single bough for in my youth it sheltered me,
Am Am Dm Dm
And I'll protect it now.
'Twas my forefather's hand
That placed it near his cot:
There, woodman, let it stand,
Thy axe shall harm it not!
My mother held me here;
and father pressed my hand
For all that we hold dear,
the old tree it must stand
We stand here in a ring,
Close as your bark, old friend!
Above the wild-bird sing,
And still thy branches bend.
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7. |
Ballad of Hawkwood
03:41
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C F
There is a fine gent christened Ru Litherland
C F
Mulch, sow and then reap
C C
There is a fine gent christened Ru Litherland
C C
And he has green fingers on both of his hands
C G C F C G C
I’ll be good to the land and the land will be good to me
With a coop of comrades he dreamed a bold dream
To grow food for his kinsmen as nature decreed.
By the edge the forest they spied a fine patch
And to grow fruit and veg there a plan they did hatch.
But the men of the hour dreamed of buildings not plants
A development would far more there profits enhance.
Our ancestors fought for this fair forest land
So now against the law was the businessman’s plan.
After twelve months had past did the council relent
Now we’ll work the earth as our forefathers meant.
Now if you pass by here you might hear a tune:
Mulch, sow and then reap
Now if you pass by here you might hear a tune,
The melody is old and the words will be soon.
I’ll be good to the land and the land will be good to me
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Ghost Around
03:41
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Am Fadd9 C G/B
I turned on the light and the shadows they were gone
was that it were so easy in our mind
and we'll laugh about it one day but for now it's just not funny
and i ghost around this crazy town, might hit the ground on the way down if i'm lucky
i never ask, i never ask
some things aren't mine to know
i never ask, i never ask, dear no
cos you're always out of focus in the background
(or turned the other way)
and then i climbed up to the top of the hill
and pretended that i was a tree
but i wasn't fooling you, I wasn't fooling the lord
and I sure the hell wasn't fooling me
now from inside here to outside there and every place between
in the half light with smoke and mirrors,
with sweetness and with sin
i never ask, i never ask
some things aren't mine to know
i never ask, i never ask
dear no
I turned on the light and the shadows they were gone
was that it were so easy in our mind
was that it were so easy in our mind
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9. |
Underneath The Skin
03:38
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who by fire and who in love
stand so tall, bless their tongues
i had hope to go but then i ended up inside
so many emotions with a dash of foolish pride
who in strength and high esteem
more than a word democracy
the curtain's wearing thin and now the people must be heard
i button up my coat and then i step out in the world
as it was so shall be
begin the walk, fill the street
the prophets find their tongues in many places i've not seen
when the telegraph opines you know that this is not a dream
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10. |
Woodman interlude
00:49
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