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all that is blue
02:30
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All that is blue
Let us undo all that is blue
Nurture the gift that is true
Sharing the love and all that we have
As harmony melts all that is blue
Teaching us better than any thing else
Another lesson each day
Heaven comes clear in a flurry of sense
When souls like us meet on the way
Chorus
Taking us through the most turbulent times
Holding tight as we go
The dream becoming real as we open our eyes
In a place that we already know
Chorus
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darling flower
01:54
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Darling flower
Darling flower you are to me,
As The freeing wind to the tree.
Heavens smiles, yes you light up my world,
You give me a reason, to play upon this earth.
Your with me now, every minute every hour,
Your with me now, and forever darling flower.
Time on earth is well spent with you,
From the grasp that darkness put you thru,
Soft wee lights they play on your red hair,
Your soul sparkles, see it sparkle everywhere.
Your with me now, every minute every hour,
Your with me now, and forever darling flower.
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thomasina
02:57
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Thomasina
Ch
Thomasina essence divine
You’re the favoured Auntie of mine
They turned you to a light up in the sky
Thomasina essence divine
You and me and old Father time
Turning to ancestors in the sky
V1
You wrote the painted word
Creative in you heard
To span your final hour
Distinguished, charming flower
V2
Born close to the mines
Many boy’s hearts you declined
Cherished by your Dad
Like all artists dressed quite mad
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guitar trees
03:16
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Guitar Trees
You are guitar trees, guitar trees
From every wood that’s been
The echo of the forest reveals your chosen dream
Guitar trees, guitar trees
Beyond the fallen scream
Gifting us with music and fulfilling every dream
When you sang in the forest
In the swamp, in the plain
Did you know you would carry the lament’s long refrain
All the longing and rejoicing
All the raging and the ire
As they dragged your bodies down
To the desecrating fire
Chorus
Oh my trees , I have wept
as you lay there in the rain
Carved into, uprooted then discarded once again
Now here comes a man
who will make you sing anew
Tenderly he’ll shape you
and then liberate your muse
Chorus
Now you wait in the shadows
Til his hands coax you through
Into the sunlight of a bright soulful tune
Body of alder, neck of maple hue
Rosewood and cedar for the gypsy jazz in you
Chorus
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she walks in beauty
02:01
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She walks in beauty
She walks in beauty, like the night
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Of cloudless clime and starry sky
Meet in her aspect and her eye
Which Heaven gaudy day deny
One shade the more one, ray the less
Which waves in every, raven tress
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Or softly lighten o’er her face
She walks in beauty, like the night
Thus mellowed to that tender light
And all that’s best of dark and bright
How pure how dear in lovers light
Which Heaven gaudy day deny
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seashore roses
03:08
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Seashore roses
V
Seashore roses autumn bloom
Whispering echo, summer’s tune
Seashore roses softly croon
We will be leaving, leaving soon
Ch
There is so much beauty in this passing place
No more pain to blow the heart away
Letting go of all tomorrows
Free from slipping into sorrows
Seashore roses graceful ways
V
Seashore roses, autumn bloom
Whispering echo, summer’s tune
Seashore roses, softly croon
- we will be leaving, leaving soon
Ch
There is so much beauty in this passing place
No more pain to blow the heart away
Letting go of all tomorrows
Free from slipping into sorrows
Seashore roses graceful ways
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window to another world
02:02
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Window to another world
Window to another world
Rid me of this university
Window to another world
Set me back to free
Show me my familiar hill
Grant me home's returning thrill
Heal the heart for sun and sky
Beyond the doubting who or why
Pull me through this lost train's glass
Across sweet meadows which I pass
Gift me Mother's loving glance
Whose medicine was not by chance
Thaw the heart of ice & blue
Back to lover's golden hue
Greet my lost beloved ones
Souls of old come shine at once
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we will rise
02:19
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We will rise
Where the heart grows tender
To a vast and plaintive call
Paint the faded mantra
Child of sky and sea and song
Bringing such light into being
Sailing on every feeling gone
Wether we stand, wether we fall
We will rise again, to belong
Wether we stand, or wether we fall
We will rise
In the pink of heaven
Birds they flock in seven call
Sealing love to letter
To ensue the golden dawn
Wether we stand, wether we fall
We will rise again, to belong
Wether we stand, or wether we fall
We will rise
Wether we stand, or wether we fall
We will rise
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signposts to heaven
03:15
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Signposts to heaven
There are signposts to heaven
that is what they are
Gently placed around us
Never very far
Signposts to Heaven
Shining all around
The heart’s where wisdom can be found
Cycled out this evening
And the night was sweet n cool
Heron standing sentinel
as swallows looping flew
Bird song on the river
Nesting in full sight
Happy to be here this blessed night
Chorus
Caught a sunset out at sea
Our cheeks were tinged with gold
Lighthouse bright in bridal white
A vision to behold
Dappled water showed the clouds
Reflected symmetry
Living here is more than good for me
Chorus
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paris in the rain
03:30
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Paris in the rain
Thank you for bringing me Paris in the rain,
Holding me close to you never any shame
Playing old guitars and a sweet mandolin
Sharing hot chocolate flavoured with sin
Walking through the streets feel our troubles wash away
Moving as lovers as night turns into day
Back to the pleasure of a sweet love’s embrace
Sanctuary, warmth and a welcoming smile upon your face
The lanes of Montmartre weaving into one
Huddled artists gather, hoping for the sun
Graffiti-strewn bridges reveal the art of the day
Raymond in his time warp, survival at play
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Martin Stephenson Invergordon, UK
Born Durham 27th July 1961
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