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Search Party
03:52
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When a body falls into a mighty well
There ain’t no way but up or further down
The only light you see is like a distant star
A whistling wind is the only sound
Like a cat killed by curiosity
The hand held in the flame until it burns
I guess that there’s a lesson in here somewhere
Another lesson that I’ll never learn
Now I get to learn if friends or family
Are wondering where the hell I got to now
When’s the search party gonna come for me?
When’s the search party coming round?
I think I hear voices in the distance
I think I hear the dogs barking now
I think I’m hearing voices in the distance
I think I hear the dogs barking now
Can you hear me calling now?
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Sad Eyed Girl
02:24
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Sad Eyed Girl
If we sit and talk a while
Maybe I’ll find a way to make her smile
I just want to give the world
To my sad eyed girl
But she just turns her pretty face
And now she’s drifting into outer space
Floating far above the world
Is my sad eyed girl
My sad eyed girl, my sad eyed girl.
I just want to give the world to my sad eyed girl.
She says she needs some room to grow
And if I love her I will let her go
And that’s how I must give the world
To my sad eyed girl
By living in an empty world
Without my sad eyed girl
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The Winter Bells
04:49
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The Winter Bells have started ringing
They sing a sad beautiful song
For the dying and the living
For the weak and for the strong.
While men keep praying for redemption
And maybe for a little sun
The Winter Bells will keep on ringing
They ring for better things to come.
Chorus
And I would sail the seven oceans
I would sail the seven seas
Just to hold onto these moments
‘til Winter Bells ring out for me
Burning coppered coloured mountains
Have all faded with the sun
Now the road home wears a blanket
Of the leaves whose job has been and done
Inside we gather round the fire
Singing stories about the past
We raise our glasses to the future
We try to make these moments last
Chorus
The Winter Bells have fallen silent
That long last note has died away
And we’re left staring at the fire
At the closing of the day
So come on raise the roof beams higher
For the night that’s just begun
And we’ll sing songs around the fire
Well sing until the morning comes
Chorus
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4. |
Dead In The Water
04:09
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The winds’ turned around to the south
There’s a dusting of snow on the hill
And the words coming out of your mouth
Are just like a 3 dollar bill
You don’t try when you lie anymore
And your fuse just keeps getting shorter
You don’t try when you lie anymore
Looks to me like we’re dead in the water
All quiet when I’m here on my own
And the ashtray just keeps getting lighter
I can still hear your voice on the phone
I can still hear your wayward desire
Chorus
I can see in your eyes what uyou’re up to
Every time that you walk out the door
These days even your best friends
They won’t cover for you like they used to before
You don’t try when you lie anymore
And the body count just keeps getting higher
You don’t try when you lie anymore
Looks to me like we’re dead in the water
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Jimmy Ray
03:31
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My name is Jimmy Ray and now I’m all alone
I had a family once, but they’re all gone.
They tell me I’m not well.
They put me in this prison cell I don’t remember why
And everyone I ever loved sooner or later said goodbye.
They tell me I should pray to ease my mind
But they don’t know God’s talking to me all the time.
He tell me what to do
I am the hand of God and my aim is true.
Everyone I ever loved sooner or later said goodbye
My name is Jimmy Ray and now my time has come
They’re gonna take my life for what I done
Y’all remember this
You know, the hand of God might be a fist.
And now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take away
I pray to God watch over Jimmy Ray.
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Lost At Sea
05:04
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Hundreds of sailors are coming ashore
They’re tired of the fighting, tired of the war
They head to the taxis lined up on the quay
For 24 hours away from the sea
Later on the taxis cruise the late night bars
They’re taking home the drunks don’t know who they are
Where they belong or how they got that way
And I guess that I’ve become one of them these days
And my heart is like a sail boat now Marie,
My heart is like a sail boat now.
Dusty embankment, a dried up creek
Rusted shopping trolleys and a twisted sheet
Wrapped around the body of a broken man
Still reaching out for something with his broken hand
Someone calls an ambulance, I wonder why?
There ain’t nothing left on this earth can help the guy
And if ther is a god well he seems far away
But I say a little prayer anyway
And my heart is like a sail boat now Marie,
My heart is mike a sail boat now.
My heart is like a sail boat lost at sea,
My heart is mike a sail boat now.
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A Glass Of Cheer
04:04
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I hope this letter finds you well, my brother my old friend.
It guess it's lucky mum and dad are long gone and dead.
Remember how they always said we always let em down?
Well imagine what they'd have to say if they could see us now.
Well i'm praying for your heart and I'm praying for your soul
I'm praying they go easy when you come up for parole
We both know what you did for me when things went bad that day
Now I've got myself a debt that can ever be repaid.
My kids are with their mother now, you knew her as my wife
We're not married any more, and there's a new man in her life
Maybe I could have loved her better, but I couldn't have loved her more
But when the chips were down that didn't count for very much at all.
They asked me round for christmas, said I could come and share
But to see them round that table, well that's more than I could bear
To sit around pretending as if everythings ok-
I think it’s best for everyone if I just stay away
Chorus
Its Christmas time, Christmas time, Christmas time again
All the best to you and yours, your family and your friends.
Christmas time, christmas time, let's raise a glass of cheer.
I've got myself a job in a mining town out west
I just had to get away a while, give myself a rest.
They don't ask many questions here, they just let you live your life
They let you drink yourself to sleep if you want to, every night.
So keep your head down if you can, just make it through your time
When you get out there's a place to live and a job here at the mine.
Well I love you mate, and I'll raise a glass to you on christmas day.
I'll be drinking to the past, 'til I've drunk I'll it all away.
Chorus
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Lord knows how the time does fly
I’m stood still just watching it passing me by
But right now, right here
Dancing underneath the chandelier
Its time to kiss goodbye another year
Time to kiss goodbye another year
I had some dreams, they came to nothing much
Broken hearts that promise to keep in touch
But right now…
Another year spent at the table
Keeping touch with all the faithful
And remembering the ones who didn’t make it through
And as the clock approaches midnight
I tell her everything is gonna be alright
And resolve to do my best to make it true
Resolve to do the best that I can do.
Chorus.
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