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Lifer
04:20
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Now you know I can't stop thinking about you
Sometimes I think about you all the time, all damn day
And all that time you were watching me love
You saw me wreck my car in the parking lot that day
I wrote a song like this many, many years ago
It has the exact same chords that I'm using now
To many times I get to thinking about you
And I've forgotten what I'm supposed to do and say
I wonder how long
I can live without your love
Actually, I have your love
I just don't have your time
And I wonder how long I can stand to be…
Without you
The one that you wanted to be
Without you
The things that you wanted for me
And now you're here, you stand in front of me love
It's like time stood still… you and I we didn't miss a day
And although its been twenty years since I first laid my eyes upon you
You still have the same way of taking my breath away
I wonder how long
I can live without your love
Actually I have your love
I just don't have your time
And I wonder how long I can stand to be
Without you
The one that you wanted to be
Without you
The things that you wanted for me
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2. |
Unbroken Horse
04:41
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Lost to me
Can anybody find it?
This thing we want
This thing that’s real
You were lost to me
But now I finally see
I’ve had you all along
It’s a cognizant thread
And can anybody find me?
Cause I’m not home
And does anybody understand
The way I love?
Like an unbroken horse
Well you sold your house
I was really hoping we could live
Out our days together
Wearing golden robes
Well it’s a tragedy
All you had to do was ask me
What was in my heart
And I’d be yours
And can anybody find you?
Cause you're not home
And does SHE understand the way you love?
Like an unbroken horse
This is not the first time that I loved you
This is not the first time that I lost you
Baby, baby, baby, now that I've
harnessed this love
Ride away with me this time
Ride away with me this time
Lost to me
Can anybody find it?
This thing we want
This thing that’s real
You were lost to me
But now I finally see
I’ve had you all along
Its a cognizant thread
And can anybody find us?
Cause we’re not home
And does anybody understand
The way WE love?
Like an unbroken horse
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The trees they do grow high and the leaves they do grow green
Many is the time my own true love I’ve seen
Many an hour I’ve watched him all alone
He's young but he's daily growing
Father dear father you've done me great wrong
You've married me to boy who is too young
I’m twice twelve and he is but fourteen
He's young but he's daily growing
Daughter, dear daughter I’ve done you no great wrong
I’ve married you to a great lord’s son
He’ll make a lord for you to wait upon
He's young but he's daily growing
Father dear father if you see fit
We’ll send him to college for one year yet
I’ll tie blue ribbons all around his head
To let the maidens know he's married
One day I was looking or my father’s castle wall
I spied all the boys a-playin with the ball
My own true love, He was the flower of them all
He's young but he's daily growing
At the age of fourteen he was a married man
At the age of fifteen the father of a son
At the age of sixteen his grave it was green
And death had put an end to his growing…
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Lady Mary
04:30
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He came from his palace grand. He came to my cottage door
His words were few but his looks will linger for evermore
The look in his sad dark eyes more tender than words could be
But I was nothing to him, and he was the world to me
There in her garden she stands, all dressed in fine satin and lace
Lady Mary so cold and so strange, who finds in her heart no place
He knew I would be his bride, with a kiss for a lifetime fee
But I was nothing to him, and he was the world to me
And now in his palace grand, on a flower strewn bed he lies
His beautiful lids are closed o’er his sad dark beautiful eyes
And among the mourners who mourn, why should I a mourner be
For I was nothing to him, and he was the world to me
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5. |
The Black Dress
04:13
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Oh she’ll take of the black dress
And put on the green
For she is forsaken and only nineteen
lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai, lai lai lai lai lai lai
For she is forsaken and only nineteen
Oh he courted her and he kissed her
And he made her heart warm
And then when he left her
He laughed her to scorn
lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai, lai lai lai lai lain lai
And then when he left her
He laughed her to scorn
For we’ll build her a cabin
On yon’ mountain high
Where the wild birds can’t find her
Nor hear her heart cry
lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai, lai lai lai lai lain lai
Where the wild birds cant find her nor hear her heart cry
Take warning Take warning
young ladies pray do
For you are quite lucky that this is not you
lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai, lai lai lai lai lain lai
For you are quite lucky that this is not you…
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6. |
Rainbows
05:15
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It's safe we move in circles
We lie so easy to ourselves
Our safety is in numbers
We put our joy back on the shelf
I gave up my future
I stayed home and built this nest
I had to learn the hard way
That I'm first not second best!
But now I'm feeling my way
Make the most of all my days
Yeah, I make the rounds
I make the sounds
And you can meet me there
Cause I can’t live in a world I can’t chase rainbows
And I won't live in a place I'm not myself
Now I’ll take all Your sweetness
I'll take all your charm
I'll create my future
I’ll take only the best you've got
Cause now I'm feeling my way
Make the most of all my days
Yeah, I make the rounds
I make the sounds
And you can meet me there
I can't live in a world I can't chase rainbows
And I won't live in a place I'm not myself
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Birdwatcher
03:18
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Oh tell me of this thing called love
Is it certain for real?
Au cas où je croire
La fille dans les arbres?
Pour égaliser les oiseaux vous êtes tous femme
Oh love, mon couer manquant
Les oiseaux tout en femme
Avec sa tête dans les nuages elle peut voir mon âme
Mon couer…is this for real…
Tu êtes doux , Tu et libre
Comme les oiseaux... que ti observez
Oh love…mon couer manquant
L’ oiseau dans la femme
Avec sa tête dans les nuages elle peut voir mon âme
Mon couer…is this for real…
Tu êtes doux , Tu et libre
Comme les oiseaux... que tu observez
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Oh tell me of this thing called love
Is it certain for real?
Should I believe the girl in the trees?
To even the birds you are all woman
Oh love, my missing heart
The bird is in the woman
With her head in the clouds she can see my soul
My heart, Is this for real
You are gentle and free like the birds that you watch
Should I believe the girl in the trees or will you fly away like the birds that you watch?
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8. |
West
03:34
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It’s funny our mommas were best friends
It’s funny you in that beat up old van
It’s funny the very first time we met
It’s not funny though, that very first kiss
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Love will find a way
Im moving west now, I'm movin' west, He’ll come find me
I’m moving west now.
I'm movin' west, its were I wanna be
I'm moving west now.
I’m moving west, he’ll come find me
Or am I far too gone?
I can't complain
You cannot feel the love without the pain
Am I far too gone
I can't complain
You cannot feel the love without the pain
No one to blame
And I will wait for you
My faith won’t leave me a second time
And I will wait for you
So come on love, I know you feel it too
Don't you feel it too
Or are you…
Far to gone? You can’t complain
You cannot feel the love without the pain
Are you far to gone you can’t complain
You cannot feel the love without the pain
No-one’s to blame
I'm movin' west now, I'm moving west, he’ll come find me…
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Swept Away
04:32
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I cannot find you
You're just a dream
I’m standing by you
But you're not here with me
You receive me
It’s in your eyes
The way I want you
I can’t deny tonight
Because I was swept away
Like the very first time we met
And this love it rushed through me
Like the tide upon this sand
And I’ll feel you like my brother, like my lover, like my friend
And my love it will endure until the end… my friend
So I’ll wrap my dreams in a silken cloth
And I’ll hide them away in a precious silver box
And if you find it; I cannot say
But I’ll hope and I’ll pray that love’s gift won’t come to late
Because I was swept away
Like the very first time we met
And this love it rushed through me
Like the tide upon this sand
And I’ll feel you like my brother, like my lover, like my friend
And my love it will endure until the end… my friend
So should I stay here or stand alone?
Would you be willing to one day oh, take this on?
What kind of life could we have then?
Would we be able to pay the wages of our sin?
Because I was swept away
Like the very first time we met
And this love it rushed through me
Like the tide upon this sand
And I’ll feel you like my brother, like my lover like my friend,
And my love it will endure until the end… my friend
And my love it will endure until the end my
friend
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10. |
Expecting You
03:44
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Take time to appreciate
Be quiet a few minutes everyday
Take life less seriously
In time baby you'll see
I’m expecting you my love
To look inside yourself
Release those fears forget your doubts
I’m expecting you
I’m expecting you my love
Forgive and understand
Remember baby you're a man
And I understand
Last night I acted foolishly
I can’t wait for you to see what I see
It’s humorous of you to practice what I
preach
I’m lost the second we meet
Look inside and you'll see
You have the power that you need
I know you're generous and kind
Be thankful what you left behind
I’m expecting you my love
To look inside yourself
Release those fears forget your doubts
I’m expecting you
I’m expecting you my love
Forgive and understand
Remember baby you're a man
I’m expecting you
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11. |
In The Fire
03:58
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I've got more than enough time to write melodies
And always time is on my side
So I'm taking back all the pain you've given me
There's nothing there that I didn't desire
And I'm throwin' it in the fire
No fear no fight - to purify
Throwin’ it in the fire for your love
No fear no fight to - glorify
I'm sure that you know that I'd do anything
Yes, anything for your love
So I'm letting you go digging an early grave
Set our love free to fly above
And I'm throwin' it in the fire
No fear no fight - to purify
Throwin’ it in the fire for your love
No fear no fight to glorify
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12. |
Widow's Walk
04:29
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I climb the ladder o’er the widow’s walk
As many times allows the day
When we were young and you a sailor
I felt our story was forever.
And on this cold and misty morning
I know can I feel you here
I can feel you all around me
I hear your voice sing through the gales
And I’ll wait, and I’ll yearn, and if nigh high I’ll fly over your ocean.
I keep watch o’er the horizon
I fear the calm before the storm
Cause time and tide it waits for no man
And hull and keel are easily torn
I see you standing at the helm
Amidst the swell and plunging seas
“Hand over fist! Hail to the harbor! All sheets to the wind!"
I’ll wait, and I’ll yearn, and if nigh, high I’ll fly high over this ocean!
Now your ocean bound glory
It runs through my veins
Yet, I still cry! I still holler!
And he still sails from love and laughter!
But with the the knelling word
Upon this high perch
I will fly high over this ocean
I will fly high over our ocean!
I climb the ladder o’er the widow's walk…
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Elizabeth Lockhart Santa Fe, New Mexico
Singer-songwriter, purveyor of old world ballads.
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