B i o g r a p h y ( Official Site )
There’s a certain ‘beauty and the beast’ quality to the greatest male/female singer/songwriter duos… Consider Jane Birkin, the well-heeled toast of 60s society, hooking up with Serge Gainsbourg, the filthy Gallic singer/songwriter’s ever-present gauze of Gauloise smoke irreversibly clouding her reputation. Or there’s Nancy Sinatra, the golden daughter of the Chairman Of The Board, whose career was rescued from its early doldrums thanks to the intervention of producer Lee Hazlewood, who injected a gravely, cynical tone that gave Nancy’s subsequent records a disquieting, idiosyncratic charm. And so it is with Ballad Of The Broken Seas, an album length collaboration between Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan. There’s a similar sense of contrast, between Isobel’s aching, pristine chill of a vocal, and Lanegan’s wounded, regret-stewed burr. Their musical backpages could hardly be more different; Isobel found her initial fame playing cello and singing with deftly-melodic Glaswegian indie collective Belle & Sebastian, before branching off for the lushly-orchestrated melancholia of her Gentle Waves for two LPs, and releasing her debut solo album, the acclaimed Amorino, in 2003. Lanegan, on the other hand, sang for Screaming Trees, perhaps the greatest and most underrated of all the grunge bands, until their dissolution in 2000, since when he has juggled the solo career he began while still in the Trees, and a unique role as occasional frontman of Queens Of The Stoneage. The sweet, folksy girl and the grizzled rawk guy; a classic cocktail, perhaps, but the roles are inverted, in this case. “It’s weird,” begins Isobel, “as much as Nancy Sinatra was an influence on this album, as an artist I identify much more with Lee Hazlewood, or with Serge Gainsbourg over Jane Birkin. I’m writing most of the songs, I’m producing the music,” she laughs, “I’m in the Serge/Lee role, and Mark Lanegan is my own personal Jane or Nancy, which is a thought that amuses me greatly! “I had things I wanted to say, from a male perspective, in these songs, and it’s good to have a male voice to sing them for me.” And what a voice… In the songs that make up Ballad Of The Broken Seas, Lanegan sounds, by turns, haunted, shipwrecked, exultant, lost. Isobel, similarly, draws the drama out of these songs with poise and subtlety, singing cautious hope and damned hopelessness as the lyrics demand. Together, the voices complete each other, the songs dialogues as much as duets. The partnership began as Isobel was working on Time Is Just The Same, an EP she released shortly after Amorino, in 2004. The title track featured Eugene Kelly, formerly of The Vaselines and Captain America/Eugenius, on guest vocals, but Kelly’s voice was too high to sing his lines on ‘Why Does My Head Hurt So’, one of the EP’s other songs. Isobel’s boyfriend at the time played her one of Lanegan’s justly-lauded solo album, and Campbell knew she’d found the voice for the song. After sending the song to Lanegan’s label, the singer contacted Campbell while he was working on his 2004 Mark Lanegan Band album, Bubblegum, singing the song down the phone to her on their first conversation. They finally met when Queens Of The Stone Age played Glasgow’s Barrowlands that Summer, and met again when he played Scotland with his Mark Lanegan Band a couple of months later. Speeding across Glasgow in the back of someone’s car, Lanegan suggested they record an album together. “And I thought, yeah, we should,” remembers Isobel. “If he hadn’t suggested it, I wouldn’t have taken the idea seriously. But he did. We began an email conversation, I’d send him ideas and he’d send some back. He was so encouraging, so it was easy. I just felt like I wanted to do something good.” Isobel produced the album, and wrote most of the songs, except for "Revolver," for which Lanegan wrote the lyrics and melody and Isobel arranged the strings, and "It’s Hard To Kill A Bad Thing," which Isobel’s guitarist Jim McCulloch wrote. Mark and Isobel discussed Sinatra and Hazlewood, Birkin and Gainsbourg, but when it came time to write and record the music, Isobel was entirely besotted with the elemental soul of Johnny Cash’s American Recordings, specifically the Solitary Man and The Man Comes Around volumes. “I just became obsessed with those records,” Isobel remembers. “They sound so great, so natural and so strong. I remembered telling Mark, when we began, that I wanted to record something classic sounding and timeless. It helped, having such a unique voice to work with. I used those Johnny Cash CDs as reference while we were recording, to show the engineer what I was after. “Nancy and Lee’s Some Velvet Morning was a huge influence too,” she admits, “For the contrast of the voices, for that production - it’s like dustbowl Americana, but really weird and psychedelic.” The songs of Ballad Of The Broken Seas sprawl across this very canvas Isobel was imagining, songs of betrayal and loss, of a near-cinematic richness, an exquisitely detailed high drama in love with the romance of melancholy. “There’s an atmosphere of loss, of transience,” Isobel muses, “The melancholy we can all have, as humans. But it’s magnified, made larger than life, like some kind of Brothers Grimm fantasy, with added weirdness and heightened drama.” Dreamy, beautiful, with bitterness sluicing around its insides like the dregs of a bottle of wine, Ballad Of The Broken Seas is a remarkable record. Lend it your ear, and it will steal your heart.
Amorino The Breeze Whispered Your Name Monologue for an Old True Love October's Sky (Instrumental) Cat's Pyjamas Why Does My Head Hurt So (Instrumental) Johnny Come Home Poor Butterfly (Instrumental) Love for Tomorrow There Is No Greater Gold This Land Flows With Milk Song for Baby Time Is Just the Same
Deus Ibi Est Black Mountain The False Husband Ballad Of The Broken Seas Revolver Ramblin' Man (Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me Saturday's Gone It's Hard To Kill A Bad Thing (Instrumental) Honey Child What Can I Do Dusty Wreath The Circus Is Leaving Town
O Love Is Teasin’ Willow’s Song Yearning James (Instrumental) Hori Horo Reynardine Milkwhite Sheets (Instrumental) Cachel Wood Beggar, Wiseman Or Thief Loving Hannah Are You Going To Leave Me Over The Wheat & The Barley (Instrumental) Thursday’s Child Bird In The Wood
Amorino
Make it whole Heart and soul Heart and soul... Make it whole Heart and soul Heart and soul... Make it whole Heart and soul Heart and soul...
Un jour je t'emmènerai Vers ce grand pays froid Là où l'été se tait La nuit la pluie sans cesse Engouffré par l'hiver Et blotti contre toi Je te raconterai Cette envie qui fait vivre
*** Thanx a lot to Maicon for this one ***
The Breeze Whispered Your Name
This is a story That happened long ago I never thought love would ever find me Only infernal pain and woe Weeping and wailing "Saw gold and could not drink" (from "Season In Hell", Rimbaud) Somnambulance eased the sea of questions A sea of trouble brings and then The breeze whispered your name Long enough to hear it Trees whispered the same What I must do is follow you Into the water and all the way to sea Little fishes and eels and frogs dive after So careless and so free Must I abide now Against the glassy stream To wake or to sleep, remain forever The strangest lily seen And then the breeze whispered your name Long enough to hear it Trees whispered the same What I must do is follow you
Monologue for an Old True Love
Tell me how I play around So you say "I don't want you" Go and play your little game But still I'm going to haunt you now Wearing your guitar Letting your soul cry Look into my eyes Every time you miss the point Yet every time you scold me Talking so self-righteously About everything you showed me, boy Wearing your guitar Letting your soul cry Look into my eyes And still your spirit comes to me You were the one for life You brightened up the sun for me Even through all the fights And still your spirit comes to me You were the one for life You brightened up the sun for me Even through all the fights This is not about what we see A silhouette or colour This is not about gaining points But loving one and other Boy, say you're angry now I wonder why You've got then round your little finger You say you're angry now Though I wonder why The pattern it was in full swing Yeah yeah yeah Say you're angry now I wonder why You've got then round your little finger
Cat's Pyjamas
Have you ever wanted to look beyond clouds and the stars Want to know what causes the trees to burn And what changes the darkness into light If you talk like this, people call you crazy But if I could figure out just one of these things What eternity is for example I wouldn't care if they did call me crazy So fine, so elegant Fun with no money spent Each minute of the day, boy That’s why I’m asking you What is a girl to do To make you notice her too Marching to a different beat When we walk down the street Other girls won't alarm us They think we're the cat's pyjamas That’s why I’m asking you What is a girl to do To make you notice her too
Johnny come home Johnny, i'm alone and i'm feeling blue Now you're grazing on pastures new Cut the cord and we let it go A nightingale flying, high and on its own When you coming home? Words came, violently filling up the room Lovers have their own private mood To taste the honey, we must taste blood The poison nectar And if we were on fire Why we grow so tired? Da-badaba-da-da-da-badaba Da-badaba-da-da-da-badaba Da-badaba-da-da-da-badaba Da-badaba-da-da-da-badaba Johnny, i'm alone and i'm feeling blue Now you're lazing on pastures new Lost my devil and lost my saint Waiting's like dying... If you are alone Darling, come back home Da-badaba-da-ba-da-badaba Da-badaba-da-da-da-badaba Da-badaba-da-da-da-badaba Da-badaba-da-da-da-badaba
Love For Tomorrow
And now you come to me Offering a rainbow And now you come to me With love for tomorrow But now we must be wise We have both been burnt here I'm looking in your eyes Yet still there's much to learn Yours is to question why My best occupation Is letting life pass me by Loving is not my thing And yet you persevere You mean the world to me, boy If we don't give this thing a try We'll wonder why Sure as the rainbow climbs After clouds and thunder Sure as the sunbeam shines on fear Because you're near And so I come to you Offering a rainbow I'm giving only you My love for tomorrow
There Is No Greater Gold
Love used to be a stranger to me Love was so disappointing I was waiting for a sign I was looking for some company So I took a walk outside What a lucky day I saw the devil waiting for me He'd bullets and green paper He'd been walking through the earth Swinging to and fro and down in it (from" the Book of Job" 1.6) As I turned to walk away That's when I saw your face Love, there is nothing better than this Love, think of all the chances we miss See the people walking by With their mobile and computer eyes If they'd just afford the time There is no greater gold Love, I don't think I'll see you again It isn't easy you say we're friends When you opened up your heart Just enough to make me see again When you stopped to take my hand It was meant this way It was meant this way
This land flows with milk
The sun the moon And the stars too Fall to my feet When I'm with you Wilderness fades With dark decay December's june November's may This land flows with milk This land flows with milk Across the sea You say today I'm in your town, you're in the states Even still we'll lie awake Two thousand and one The year of snakes This land flows with milk This land flows with milk The sun the moon And the stars too Fall to my feet When I'm with you Wilderness fades With dark decay December's june November's may This land flows with milk This land flows with milk This land flows with milk This land flows with milk...
Song For Baby
Take your time Take it real slow It takes time You know Do unto As you would do To yourself It's not new What you reap Is what you sew Work it - stop! Now go There are those Who will hurt you And this just Won't do And there are those Who'll bring you love Sweet love Listen up! You will grow strong Wish you luck Sing-song Stars that shine One day maybe Yours and mine Baby And there are those Who'll bring you love Sweet love
Time Is Just The Same Just when I think I'm getting closer Just when I think I understand Here comes a chaos to surround us Of all the years without a plan And to the spaceship from the carthorse We play along, it's in the game This time is just the same They say we're too young to be lazy And you're not going anywhere And though I know that you'll act crazy That doesn't mean I never care And when you're tired of chasing rainbows Just look me up and say my name This time is just the same With the seasons and the rung Love is never changing, only time And I'm not getting any younger It is still the month of may And where I'm going days are longer I'm going to make it there one day And I am not the same as you are So wish me luck upon my way This time is just the same It's just the same It's just the same It's such a shame It's just the same It's such a shame It's just the same
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
Deus Ibi Est Against my will to these sad shores An unknown force has drawn me Bound unto a future shaped by ancestors before me Day on day I march the beat to someone else's drum I have searched far foreign lands there's nowhere left to run Impending storm rise up rise up Oh demons I shall shame you! Look down the barrel of my gun and one by one I'll name you Day on day my brothers leave go marching off to war Yet we never understand for what we're fighting for Ubi caritas et amor (Where there is tender care and love) Ubi caritas (Where there is tender care) Deus ibi est (God is present) Worldly desires and worldly gains Designed for worldly men I'm a master of the heart with ears and hands to lend Soldiers come and soldiers go some changed by love for thee A circle in the chain of life all fighting to be free Ubi caritas et amor Ubi caritas Deus ibi est So come my lord and we shall dance To God's own private drum Sweet Jesus and the holy vine The afterlife to come Day on day I march the the beat to someone else's drum I have searched far foreign lands there's nowhere left to run Ubi caritas et amor Ubi caritas Deus ibi est
Black Mountain
I met a man whom I'll never doubt Flew into the sun, our bodies on fire Betrothed to a mate, pray it is not so Invoke father time, then he let her go Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true I know a dog much blacker than night Who lives in a house where nothing is right All sorrow and loving riches at bay All watching a future, what shall there lay Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true Some dream of coins or some beauty's find But I want the truth while I serve my time Most complex and pain, I'd share it with you The moon looks bright, so come say I'll do Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true Lie true lie true lie true lie true
The False Husband
Where have you been, my darling Where have you been, my friend Where have you been, my darling Where have you been, my friend A crow flew past my window sill Stole me away from you until You change your heart or change your will Aren't you darling Where have you been, my darling Where have you been, my friend Where have you been, my darling Where have you been, my friend And all the while that you would burn Your tongue was working overtime Love foregone and life's so good Aren't you darling In my words I cherry picked Something fought and died today With all our words I care not say I need you darling
I've been chasing up loftier mountains Be it against my will You keep telling me “don't get no higher” But I'll be higher still
Ballad of broken seas I bring you a tale of the broken seas And i'm drowning in whisky and beer My doctor reports if I don't stop soon I'll drown in an ocean of tears I looked to you and saw my desire Went from the frying pan into the fire Surrendered to sorrow and was undone Now I'm praying that it won't be long We fucked up the sun into kingdom come You are under my blood and my skin Living life at each other's throats In the gilded sailboat of sin Ours was an ocean to swim around in Ours was an ocean i should have drowned in My doctor reports that we must be strong But I'm praying that it won't be long Revolver I know what you do I will soon catch you Now after all Don't it feel like nothing Like walking away Like a mouthful of rain At twelve o'clock A bell starts ringing A dog starts barking And you're still missing Still missing something You've never known what it was And I'm not one for thinking twice But I know this much is true The earth will turn, the pot'll burn And you are my revolver Just waking up Some dogs start barking A bell starts ringing And you're still missing And after all Don't it feel like nothing Like walking away Like a mouthful of rain I'm holding on 'Cause you're my revolver And i dreamed of an ending And flying away
Ramblin' Man ( Hank Williams Jr )
Mark Lanegan : I can settle down And be doing just fine Till I hear an old freight Going down the line Then I hurry straight Home and pack And if I didn’t go I believe I’d blow my stack I love you baby But you must understand When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' man Some folks may say That I’m no good That I wouldn’t settle Down if I could But when that open road Starts calling me There's something over the hill That I’ve gotta see Sometimes it's hard But you gotta understand When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' man I love to see The towns passing by And to ride these rails 'Neath God's blue skies Let me travel this land From the mountains to the sea Cause that's the life I believe He meant for me And when I’m gone And at my grave you stand Just say God's called Home his ramblin' man
(Do you wanna) come walk with me Little girl have i told you How you light up my life Come and lay down beside me Come and thrill me tonight Do you wanna? I'm not saying i love you I won't say i'll be true There's a crimson bird flying When i go down on you I'm so weary and lonesome And it's cold in the night When the path to your doorway Is a pathway of light Do you wanna come walk with me? Do you wanna come walk with me? If you do baby say it now Though we'll both wonder anyhow Do you wanna come walk with me? Do you wanna come walk with me? Do you wanna? Little girl have i told you You're my guiding north star And my love travels with you Wherever you are From the mountains to the valley Leave the light on for me From virginia to alaska From sea to shining sea Do you wanna come walk with me? Do you wanna come walk with me? If you do baby say it now Though we'll both wonder anyhow Do you wanna come walk with me? Do you wanna come walk with me? Do you wanna?
Saturday's Gone If you're kind for dusty highways and such Be alright to look her up The faded priestess of the highways and crutch Calling when you’re down on luck By the disused railroad road station you go To the house of dirty pearl Her existential situation you know She is not like other girls She may ask you, “Do you believe?” You can’t stay, though you’ll never leave See the sapphire in the skylines so blue See the diamond in the dirt When you think the subject won’t turn to you She got demons up her skirt It isn’t sure of her reflection at all Is seduced by all things past A pleasure-seeker of dejection Gazing into her looking glass She may ask you what you believe But the mirror doesn’t see me Saturday's gone, saturday's gone Saturday's gone, saturday's gone She may ask you, “Do you believe?” You can’t stay, though you’ll never leave Saturday's gone, saturday's gone Saturday's gone, saturday's gone Now a sundown comes, a new day for her Tired of dress and leave the ground You'd be a fool to ask her to lift you up Why go up when you go down? If you should tire of ties that bind you Filmed on fever leaves so fast You got trouble far behind you Well knows nothing's made to last Hear how God sees a lion roar Watch the serpent crossing the floor Saturday's gone, saturday's gone...
*** Thanx a lot to Orangenish for this one *** Honey child what can I do Wishin', hopin', for that old familiar feeling That takes you miles above, yeah it's called love Would you do it for me 'Cause i'm feelin' lonely Prayin', hopin', and i leave the door wide open I see you and you catch your spill But come and sit by me 'Cause i'm feelin' lonely Maybe i'm a stupid fool Chasin' butterflies like you On these days they seem so cruel But honey, child what can i do Maybe i'm a stupid fool Chasin' butterflies like you On these days they seem so cruel But honey, child what can I do Honey, child what can I do Dusty Wreath
Oh dusty wreath Your loving was everything Oh dusty wreath Your loving was everything to me
*** Thanx a lot to Orangenish for this one ***
The Circus Is Leaving Town
The party's over now So draw the curtains down Your secret's safe to keep Unzip your velvet gown And let your hair hang loose Kick off your satin shoes Throw back the eiderdown Farewell to Friday’s clown The circus is leaving town Oh Ruby, roll your stockins down Circus is leaving town Oh Ruby, dry your eyes Fix up something to heap Still water still run deep The dogs are barking now Get back out on the street The circus is leaving town Oh Ruby, roll your stockins down Circus is leaving town So Ruby, dry your eyes The party is over now Stop howling at the moon You need a different beat You need a different tune Remember that old song We heard when we were young Life was an empty page The world would ride upon Do you recall the meadow past We sit and watch the hours pass You were such a good girl then Oh ruby dry your eyes Circus is leaving town Oh Ruby, roll your stockins down Circus is leaving town So Ruby, dry your eyes You’re searching when you walk You’re searching when you talk You could make me believe That the sun sets in the east The sun sets in the east The sun sets in the east
*** Thanx a lot to Chris & Dan & Geonn for this one ***
Milkwhite sheets
*** Thanx a lot to Jeremy for these lyrics ***
O love is teasin' ( Traditional / Arranged Campbell )
O love is teasing and love is pleasing And love's a pleasure when first it is new But as love grows older it still grows colder And fades away like the morning dew Come all you fair maids, now take a warning Don't ever heed what a young man say He's like a star on some foggy morning You think he's near he's far away I left my father, I left my mother I left my brothers and sisters too. I left my home and my fond relations, Oh my young man, for the sake of you O love is pleasing and love is teasing And love's a pleasure when first it is new But as love grows older, it soon grows colder And fades away like the morning dew
Willow's song
( Paul Giovanni / Arranged Campbell ) Hey ho Who is there No one but me my dear Please come Say how do The things I'll give to you, A stroke as gentle as a feather Hey ho I am here Am I not young and fair, Please come Say how do The things I'll show to you Would you have a wondrous sight The midday sun at midnight Fair maid White and red Comb you smooth and stroke your hair
Yearning
My heart is yearning My heart is yearning Dreams are for knowing Seeds are for sewing Ebbing and flowing While my love is growing My heart is yearning My heart is yearning My heart is yearning Dreams are for knowing Seeds are for sewing Ebbing and flowing While my love is growing Sure as an acorn grows from a seed Father provide me with all that I seek My heart is yearning Dreams are for knowing Seeds are for sewing Ebbing and flowing While my love is growing Sure as a river flows from the sea Father provide me with all that I see My heart is yearning And the mountain knows it is so And the newborn knows it is so And the old man knows it is so And I always pray it is so My heart is yearning
Hori Horo ( Traditional ) Hori horo, my bonnie young man Hori horo, my rare one And won't you come with me my love? To me my own - my fair one Smiling the land, smiling the sea Sweet as a wind in the heather Would we lay yonder, just you and me? The two of us together Hori horo, my bonnie young man Hori horo, my rare one And won't you come with me my love? To be my own - my fair one
Reynardine ( Traditional / Arranged Campbell ) One evening as I rambled Among the spring in time I overheard a young woman Converse with Reynardine Her hair was black and her eyes were blue Her lips as red as wine And he smiled to gaze upon her Did the sly, bold Reynardine He said, "if by chance you should look for me Perhaps you'll not me find But i'll be in my castle Inquire for Reynardine Sun and dark she followed him His eyes did brightly shine And he led her over the mountain Did the sly, bold Reynardine
Cachel Wood There is a birch in Cachel Wood The silverest I've seen With mystery as a maiden's bed With mystery as a dream I dream to find my own true love An everlasting fire Imperishing when leaves decay T'would be my heart's desire Follow the burn to the sea How my poor heart weeps for thee Weeps for thee Then nature sent my own true love When apple blossom fell He sang beneath the mighty oak And courted me so well He spoke the pleasures of the flesh Of married life to come I loved him then in Cachel Wood T'was then I was undone Follow the burn to the sea How my poor heart weeps for thee Weeps for thee Follow the burn to the sea How my poor heart weeps for thee The berries on the rowan tree With child and in full bloom He proved to be a false young man A most unworthy groom A fish swims in the ocean deep A bird lives in the sky And fleetingly they intertwine And fleetingly they sigh Follow the bird to the sea How my poor heart weeps for thee Weeps for thee Follow the bird to the sea How my poor heart weeps for thee
Beggar, Wiseman or Thief Early one day On a Tuesday Met a wolf king across a plain And I kissed him I caressed him Will I see you again I shall roam far across the land If you shan't be my husband Beggar, wiseman Beggar, wiseman Beggar, wiseman, or thief So he led her 'Cross the river To his kingdom And back again Played a fine lute And as night fell They returned to the plain "Sweetest maid you are right for me Though God wills me be free Sweetest maid let a human beau Gather roses for thee To a wolf you cannot be wed Choose a young man instead Beggar, wiseman Beggar, wiseman Beggar, wiseman, or thief No other I'll find I'd rather be blind Missed your eyes of robin egg blue You have caused me Much despair, Sir Since I lay here with you To a beggar I shan't be wed Wisemen live in their head Dearest wolf king Thou art the thief Who has loved me so brief And as night fell Some folks will tell She crossed a river Down by the plain 'Twas there the current Held her under Never to be seen again On the plain sprang A red rose tree The wolf was never so free Now he roams far across the land Howling for his bride-to-be He shall roam far across the land For he shan't be a husband Beggar, wiseman Beggar, wiseman Beggar, wiseman or thief
Loving Hannah ( Traditional / Arranged Campbell ) I rode to church on Sunday My true love passed me by I knew her mind was achanging By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye I knew her mind was achanging By the roving of her eye My love's fair and proper Her waist is neat and small And she is quite good-looking And that's the best of all And that's the best of all And that's the best of all And she is quite good-looking And that's the best of all Oh, Hannah, loving Hannah Come give to me your hand You swore if ever you married That I would be the one That I would be the one That I would be the one You swore if ever you married That I would be the one I'll go down by the river When everyone's asleep I'll think of loving Hannah And then sit down and weep And then sit down and weep And then sit down and weep I'll think of loving Hannah And then sit down and weep I went to church on Sunday My true love she passed me by I knew her mind was achanging By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye By the roving of her eye I knew her mind was achanging By the roving of her eye
Are you going to leave me ( Traditional / Arranged Campbell ) Are you going to leave me, love Are you going to leave me Would you give up your own love true To go with a girl you never knew My true love stands in the bower door Combing down his yellow hair His bonnie face I like to see I wonder if my love thinks of me When I wore my apron low Couldn't keep you from my door But now my apron's to my shin You pass me by and won't come in I wish my baby - it was born Smiling on his daddy's knee And I a poor girl - dead and gone And the green grass growing over me Now there's a bird in your church yard They say he's blind and cannot see I wish it had been the same with me Before I kept your company I wish, I wish, but it's all in vain I wish I was a maid again But a maid again I will never be Since that young man lay still with me Are you going to leave me, love Are you going to leave me Would you give up your own love true To go with a girl you never knew
Thursday's Child Twenty-five years living in a fantasy Twenty-five years, better choose reality Took a trip searching in your house of fun Couldn't go there with almost anyone Thursday's child Far to go Thursday's child Far to go Thursday's child No regrets Thursday's child Won't forget Bought a ticket, waltzed on the ferris wheel Take this longing and make it something real Until then she will be a slave to trust Before it's ashes to ashes, dust to dust Thursday's child Far to go Thursday's child Far to go Thursday's child No regrets Thursday's child Won't forget Thursday's child Far to go Thursday's child Far to go Thursday's child No regrets Thursday's child Won't forget Thursday's child Far to go Thursday's child Far to go Thursday's child No regrets Thursday's child Won't forget
Bird in the Wood ( Hidden Track ) High mass, wise ass Bird in the wood Equal measure: Evil and good ???? Don't tell me lie See no footprints When I take thy Goodnight
Sunday At Devil Dirt
*** Thanx a lot to Alison, Orangenish and finally Richard for official lyrics ***
Seafaring Song I travelled the world around Wandered far from home Sailed the ocean 'neath foreign skies Still further to roam Back into my baby's arms Safe from this world of woe That was such a long, long time ago. Captain hollered The cabin boy stared into the sun Shadows waltzing so close behind Ever far I run Back into my baby's arms Safe from this world of woe That was such a long, long time ago Sirens capture my trembling heart What's to be will be Moon is hidden The deal is done Spread her wings o'er me Back into my baby's arms Rising soft and low That was such a long, long time ago The Raven And in the dawning of a day in late September There came a weeping from outside my chamber door Weary from fever I rose up, looked out, beheld her A Raven with a broken wing, yet nothing more I turned my head the once and bird become a damsel With lips of cherry, ivory skin and lustrous hair Opened the doorway wide and smiled for her to enter None in my lifetime ever seen a beast so rare Sweet thighs of ruin how I loved her, and I loved her She muttered low and held me to her infant breast Deliverance was long and strong as god's my witness Babylon burning sorrow numbed with each caress You came and let the night in You came for you were broken To hold, to heal, to touch You needed me too much And with the meadowlark when all had done their duty The morning glory vine awoke with dew below I breathed my last the day the warning bell was knelling She smoothed her feathers down flew back out my window You came and let the night in You came for you were broken To hold, to heal, to touch You needed me too much...
Salvation Salvation, salvation I never really wanted to believe I always thought you flattered to deceive Salvation, salvation My blood is flowing slowly like the tide And blood is thick and so's my own grey hide Got to get up and moan Got to get up and moan Got to get up and moan Got to get up and moan And I went out in that bad old world to roam And I was like a stranger coming home Salvation, salvation I'm fortune’s son and I took what I could get I loved you dear and I never will forget Salvation, salvation When my bridges burned, all I saw was you On the other side, too good to be true Got to get up and moan Got to get up and moan Got to get up and moan Got to get up and moan And I went out in that bad old world to roam And I was like a stranger coming home And I went out in that bad old world to roam Yes, and I was like a stranger coming home Who Built The Road Who built the road that led to my self esteem Twisted and crushed black metal and bones Who passed the buck who pressed my flesh to yours Spilling like wine and sweeter than tears Oh I hope we more than survive With trembling visions that terrify So who built the road, who turned it all around Pick though the wreck scramble in the dust Who built the road, who was the foolish one Step at a time two hearts in the fire Who lit the touch, who fanned the flames With sparks in the dust, spent rivers of desire Oh why don't we learn from mistakes We stumble along with so many more to make So who built the road, who could foresee That the answers we sought were many miles to go We were so lonely at times Fading away, sitting side by side And we built the road, we were the chain gang The cross that I bore the devil at my side Dark angel within the everlasting fire Come On Over (Turn Me On) Like a thief crawling through the night Like a drunk brawling in a fight How should I know what is right from wrong Come on over, turn me on Sunday best, you're my favourite suit You make the team, you're no substitute I know baby I'm your favourite song Listen up and come on over, turn me on Is it any wonder Is it any wonder how we lay awake all night Is it any wonder Hoping one day I see the light Tell me baby, tell me pretty lies See the spider been out catching flies When you leave me I know it won't be long Before you come on over, turn me on Is it any wonder Is it any wonder how we lay awake all night Is it any wonder Hoping one day I see the light Like a blind man driving at the wheel Like a hound dog scratching out a meal You and I both know where you belong Come on over, turn me on Back Burner Back Burner Back Burner Back Burner… Put it on a back burn momma I ain't gonna let you down Put it on a back burn momma Promise you I'll stick around Everybody up and sliding Bump and grinding I ain't gonna let you down Promise you I'll stick around Put it on a back burn momma I ain't gonna let you down Put it on a back burn momma Promise you I'll stick around Ain't gonna be back sliding Up and hiding I ain't gonna let you down Promise you I'll stick around Everybody up and sliding Bump and grinding I ain't gonna let you down Promise you I'll stick around The Flame That Burns The flame that burns Flame that burns The flame that burns Flame that burns The flame that burns Flame that burns The flame that burns Flame that burns Takes you through the years Takes you through the pain Can't stop the tears when they fall like rain For the flame that burns Flame that burns Beware my child Beware To take care my friend Got to take care You don't know who to love Don't know who to trust When it hurts so bad blood flows where it must For the flame that burns Flame that burns Unto eternity One day we shall We shall be free When stars rain down like dust Have heart my child Oh but you must Don't you hang your head Don't you feel no shame If I were with you now I would do the same For the flame that burns Flame that burns
Shot Gun Blues Oh Daddy Layin' on my bed Oh Daddy Layin' on my bed You'd better take that shotgun And fill it full of lead Oh Daddy Love to hear you moan Low Oh Daddy Love to hear you moan I know the night's for rambling But baby come on home Oh Daddy Climbing on your knee Oh Daddy Climbing on your knee Got an itch needs scratching You take good care of me
Keep Me in Mind Sweetheart If you ever find that you've fallen behind Please keep me in mind sweetheart If you love is true then your money's on you And you'll know what to do sweetheart Summer was high when you caught my eye Though I was pledged to another The feeling was strong when you came along Now Lord only knows how I suffer Oh, if you change your mind Leave your old love behind Just keep me in mind, sweetheart Please keep me in mind, sweetheart Summer was high when you caught my eye Though I was pledged to another The feeling was strong when you came along Now Lord only knows how I suffer If it's part of God's plan Then you'll find where I am Please keep me in mind, sweetheart Just keep me in mind, sweetheart Just keep me in mind, sweetheart
Something to Believe There's a mocking bird Singing in the tree Outside my window Looking down on me Give me a reason Something to believe Another season I will sit and grieve That bad old sun Forever shining on The world keeps turning Though my hope is gone I close my eyes And when the day is done I hang my head And dream about no one Show me direction And I'm good to go I'm trying hard Always fall so low And when I fall There'll be another star I'm chasing my tail Always running Oh it is so hard With the answers I find Weary of heart Weary soul Weak of mind Oh it is so hard Now you heard my song Will you turn and go Give me a reason And I'll say it's so If you stand by me I could never leave You'd be the reason Something to believe Something to believe Something to believe Something to believe
Trouble Trouble, oh trouble Haven't slipped a day in years Haven't slipped a day in years Haven't slipped a day Trouble, oh trouble Haven't slipped a day in years Haven't slipped a day in years Haven't slipped a day When the neon lights that find you Leave our memory far behind you Down the line I will remind you Listen how I love you Trouble, oh trouble Haven't slipped a day in years Haven't slipped a day in years Haven't slipped a day Trouble, oh trouble Haven't slipped a day in years Haven't slipped a day in years Haven't slipped a day When the world steals all hope from you Wonder where you dreams have gone to You're the one I still belong to Listen why I love you
Sally Don’t You Cry Oh Sally don't you cry Oh Sally don't you cry A man's a man Does the best he can Oh Sally don't you cry Oh Sally don't you moan Oh Sally don't you moan Go hang up the phone Give the dog a bone Oh Sally don't you moan Sally it ain't so bad Sally it ain't so bad I see you are mad But he's the best you've had Sally it ain't so bad Oh Sally sail on by Sweet Sally sail on by Oh the times are hard when you question why Oh Sally sail on by Oh Sally sail on by Oh Sally sail on by
Hawk
We Die And See Beauty Reign We die and see Beauty reign We die and see Beauty reign And on and on The final trace Shall know its place And slow erase We die and see Holes and ghosts We force ourselves Down their throats And walk alone The outer track No further fair No going back We fucked it up Forced the pace God swept along Forged our faith Our banks forclosed Our fortunes fade Our alibies Are retrograde We die and see Beauty reign We die and see Beauty reign
*** Thanx a lot to absennol for this one ***
You Won't Let Me Down Again You sold your soul when you drank the morning dew Down on your luck and so thirsty through and through A Crack in the mirror tells Of seven years of pain And you won't let me down again Drive through the land just to see the ocean green Race to the coast as no telling where I've been Both eyes on the road ahead Don't wanna look behind And you won't let me down again Ten miles south of the city I lose you in the rain So you won't let me down again Aeroplane, aeroplane race across the fields Taking me homewards, further from the deals If our love was a weaker man Give up without a sound But you won't let me down again Strength is in the solitude I try to obtain But you won’t let me down again A head full of visions I struggle to recall Most ancient of wisdoms a fortitude I saw Air will crack with me The harvest moon will rain And you won't let me down again And I don't look for pity So if it's all the same You won't let me down again You won't let me down again
Snake Song ( Townes Van Zandt cover ) Well you can't hold me I'm too slippery I do no sleeping I get lonely You can touch me If you want to I got poison I just might bite you Lie in circles On the sunlight Shine like diamonds On a dark night Ain't no mercy In my smiling Only fangs and Sweet beguiling The future, he don't Try to find me Skin I been through Dies behind me Solid hollow Wrapped in hatred Not a drop of Venom wasted Well you can slip in Try to find me Hold your breath and Flat deny me It makes no difference To my thinking I'll be here when You start sinking
Come Undone I stumble and I fall, your time is on my side Don't make sense of it all, despite my foolish pride It's got me on my knees, tearing up my heart I'm shaking at my bones, tearing me apart When I can't get close to you I come undone, I come undone Come undone, babe, I come undone Time will take its toll, time can break your heart And if I had the chance, we'd never have to part Took my only flame, took my one desire Threw it all away when jumping in the fire I can't get close to you I come undone, come undone Come undone, babe, I come undone When the day is done I lay me down to rest Everyone will see that I loved you the best When all is said and done here simple and explain And if I have the chance I'll do it all again But I can't get close to you I come undone, I come undone Come undone, babe, I come undone I'm not scared of the dark though you tangle and tease me But worse than your bark you said you'd never leave me The devil make everybody, don't please believe me Oh love of my life, won't you let me down easy Undone, I come undone Come undone, babe, I come undone I come undone, I come undone Come undone, babe, I come undone
No Place To Fall ( Townes Van Zandt Cover ) If I had no place to fall And I needed to Could I count on you To lay me down I’d never tell you no lies I don’t believe it’s wise You got pretty eyes Won’t you spin me around I ain’t much of a lover it’s true I’m here and I’m gone And I’m forever blue But I’m sure wanting you Skies full of silver and gold Try to hide the sun But it can’t be done Least not for long But if we help each other grow While the light of day Smiles down our way Oh we can’t go wrong But time, she’s a fast old train She’s here then she’s gone And she won’t come again So won’t you take my hand If I had no place to fall And I needed to Could I count on you To lay me down
Time Of The Season Christmas Eve the lights went out That don’t really help the situation She grabbed his coat and kicked him out Some angel had been praying for salvation Cats don’t believe in Santa Claus, spayed and declawed It’s not me you’re deceiving And peace and love is all around At this time of the season Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You knew I’d been with dirty dogs and kissed some frogs You knew how I was feeling Underneath the mistletoe and stars you know you set my senses reeling In your embrace I found my place Outside it’s freezing I will love you most of all At this time of the season I tracked you down to London town Met you at the station Kings Cross by the east coast line Wanted to explain the situation Duty calls with ties that bind I know you have your reasons We all do what we have to do At this time of the season I dreamed of you in Birmingham We had no plan That’s what really made it That Christmas song by Boney M. The deejay at the local station played it You took a job in Zanzibar I did my Christmas shopping I thought about you all the way On my Atlantic crossing Spoke with you in Amsterdam Said if we stand a chance, we should take it The red lights and the coffee stands Said if we’re feeling love then we should make it Like a child I gave my heart Now why do you have to break it If there’s sense inside that head of yours Well now’s the time to wake it Baby in a manger cries And men who’re wise Well seeing is believing No pantomime No alibi The joker in the pack is always dealing If loving someone is a crime Then strike me down Within the spell I’m weaving And pair me with the circus clown At this time of the season
Sunrise Sunrise, whisper in my ear Say the words I long to hear Oh, oh, oh Sunrise, later when it’s hot Even when it’s not Oh, oh, oh At sunrise Sunrise, sent the angels prayer You were standing there Oh, oh, oh Sunrise, call my name out loud Choose me from the crowd Oh, oh, oh At sunrise Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Too much pain, too much pressure And why must I have to wait so long For the one that I treasure Tomorrow that’s when I’ll be gone Sunrise, catch a falling star Wonder where you are Oh, oh, oh Sunrise, whilst the desert sleeps Lonesome willow weeps Oh, oh, oh At sunrise
To Hell & Back Again I'm in despair, I cannot win I have been to hell and back again My doctor knows, he comes and goes For I'm at your door, I'm knee up in the storm My sister says that I should rest She's been there too and she knows best A spirit's close, I love the most The Father, Son and Holy Ghost Nothing to fear when He draws near As the twilight falls to wipe away your tears When he laid me down, when he brought me around My baby's prayer, the sweetest sound I'm in despair, I cannot win I've been to hell and back again And back again, and back again And back again, come back again
Cool Water Cool water won't bring it down Oh it's hard, my backyard is full of hand me downs Make your pick, take it quick while the going's good And you are, thank the stars like I knew you could Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Cool water, you're out of grace Take a cloth, wipe it off, yeah, death's on your face Take this thing that we sing, make it something good Taking care if you dare and I knew you would And I knew you would Cool water won't bring it down Love is when you're right here, you're my favorite clown I'll depend, my right hand and we're chained and bound Feels so good like it should, let me bring you 'round Let me bring you 'round Let me bring you 'round, let me bring you 'round Let me bring you 'round
Lately
Lately more or less I'm feeling less incomplete I got no direction so I follow my feet When I think on everything my heart skips a beat Lately, lately It'll come clean in the wash know that much is true You cannot foresee that this will happen to you Best to sit and wait until the sun's breaking through Lately, lately Lately you've been talking and you don't make no sense And from what you say she's got your back to the fence And from what I see it's hard for you to find strength Lately, lately What you need, what's the hurry And ain't it cruel when people are unkind What's the fear, what's the worry Move forward now and leave the past behind You could waste your whole life through be a sleepy John Choose your favourite poison on the way to get gone Is this what you're thinking then I've got to move on Lately, lately Lately, lately What you need, what's the hurry And ain't it cruel when people are unkind What you need, what's the worry Move forward now and leave the past behind Lately I've been looking out for bells when they ring Bells for you and bells for me a beautiful thing Been a long time coming soon my ship will come in Lately, lately…
THERE IS NO OTHER
City Of Angels I'd like to know you Maybe I will grow to God only knows the Lengths that we will go to City of Angels Peacocks by a fountain New days and new ways Meet me at the mountain You're always saying You'd change it if you could No sense in delaying Stop now, magnify good City of Angels Priestess by a fountain New days and new ways I'll be in the mountains Sun always go up Sun always will go down So glad to wake up Thankful for my new town City of Angels Reel around the fountain New days and new ways Meet me at the mountain
Runnin' Down A Dream (Tom Petty cover) It was a beautiful day The sun beat down Had the radio on I was driving Trees went by Me and Del were singing "Little Runaway" I was flying Running down a dream That never would come to me Working on a mystery Going wherever it leads Running down a dream It felt so good Like anything was possible Hit cruise control And rubbed my eyes The last three days The rain was unstoppable It was always cold No sunshine Running down a dream That never would come to me Working on a mystery Going wherever it leads Running down a dream And I rolled on As the sky grew dark Put the pedal time To make some time Something good Waiting down this road I'm picking up Whatever is mine Running down a dream That never would come to me Working on a mystery Going wherever it leads Running down a dream Running down a dream That never would come to me Working on a mystery Going wherever it leads Running down a dream
Vultures Vultures Circling round Indecision Don't forget what you found Tall trees Reaching so high Guarded questions But first you got to try Tall trees Don't fade away With your ego Oh the things people say Vultures Circling round Tease and tender Chase their meal the ground Say please Everybody Got opinions Is that necessary Don't you Don't say a word Time to fly It's a falling down world Don't you cry Don't you weep Time to fly Make a leap Stand tall Heart on your sleeve Dream the dreamer There is magic, believe
Ant Life Oh you know who And such and such Just be yourself Don't ask too much Become unnumb Release the clutch Let time unwind You hear it in the way we talk And see it in the way we walk But please don't ask the world to stop Let time unwind If I lived down a country lane I wonder if I'd feel the same Release the fear Release the shame Define what's mine People like ants on the highway People like ants at the mall People like ants marching onwards With no time to stall And in the blinking of an eye We're here and gone But we won't die Refuse to lose And choose to fly Remember fun I am the gold at rainbows end I am the moon I am your friend Am she who sees on dreams to tend Remember fun People like ants all around us People like ants feeling small People like ants marching homewards With no time to stall No time to stall No time to stall No time to stall
Rainbow Wherever you go That is where I go Wherever we go There is a rainbow Down by the railway And by the houses With every new day Making choices Wherever you go That is where I go Wherever we go There is a rainbow Bada ba daba Daba da da ba Da da da da Daba da da da With every new day We raise our voices Making plans And making choices And when we walk through Life's lonely hours After the rain brings Sunshine and flowers Wherever you go That is where I go Wherever we go There is a rainbow The Heart Of It All United we stand Divided we fall Gotta get to the heart of it all Calling long distance Answer the call Gotta get to the heart of it all The heart of it all The heart of it all The heart of it all The heart of it all We poison the ocean And frack the earth Raise your voice, tell them what it's worth What use am I Without you or you And we got so much work to do The heart of it all The heart of it all The heart of it all The heart of it all We're part of it all Part of it all We're part of it all The heart of it all Gandhi and Buddha Martin Luther King Had a dream for all hearts to sing If you open your heart What might we find We are love Let's make right this time The heart of it all The heart of it all The heart of it all The heart of it all We're part of it all Part of it all We're part of it all The heart of it all
Hey World Hey world What you all about Hey world Am dying to find out Hey world Gonna let it all hang out Hey world Every now and then inside and out there when things get crazy Hey world Nothing I can say, do or even think You still amaze me Hey world Still I toss and turn and I can't sleep at night, no The answers plain this upstate village scene is too uptight yo Hey world Going inside out Hey world I scream and then I shout Hey world I'm ready to find out Hey world Hey world Don't wanna be found out Hey world The one they talk about Hey world Gonna Let it all hang out Hey world Every now and then inside and in here when things get crazy Nothing I can do, say or even think You still amaze me Still I toss and turn and I can't sleep at night, no Fall to my knees when I can't breathe and geez, Louise, don't go with the flow Hey world Don't wanna be found out Hey world The one they talk about Hey world The one they laugh about Hey world
The National Bird Of India The national bird of India Don't apologise to exist The national bird of India Don't ask questions, he just is And does he fly And does he try No, he just is I wander around, dig for depth in this town Miss my family, miss my home If friendship's so overrated Human kindness outdated I'd prefer to be alone It felt so bad It got so sad My heart turned to stone The national bird of India I saw him in Arcadia The national bird of India I was out driving in my car And what a show It's what we know Everyone a star And I have been struggling uphill now And my feet still feel like lead And I have been struggling up till now Some days it's hard to leave my bed I must be bold To not be sold And not be mislead The national bird of India From the canyons to the beach They're saying it won't be long We're all singing the song But do you practice what you preach We've come so far It's who we are Not so out of reach
Just For Today We're just waking up Anything's possible If you think it up It's philosophical Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Know peace and know love Life can be quizzical If the road gets rough It's metaphysical Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Do not worry now Be kind and be grateful Let it go somehow Work hard and be wakeful Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today Just for today See Your Face Again See your face again See your face again See your face again Find a place again See your face again See your face again See your face again Find my place again See your face again See your face again See your face again See your face again Boulevard Breathless in the whys of sighs Keep your heart up, on the prize Driving down the boulevard Travelling down the boulevard Man stands helpless on the street This is where the hungry meet Drifting down the boulevard Travelling on the boulevard Welcome to the land of dreams Nothing's ever as it seems Would you save them if you could Surrender to the highest good Always with so much to do I know you can feel it too There's change up on the boulevard Travelling on the boulevard Welcome to the land of dreams Nothing's ever as it seems Would you save them if you could Surrender to the highest good Got to stop this blue on blue What you seek is seeking you There's Angels on the boulevard Driving down the boulevard Counting Fireflies Hey dream weaver now I'd like to talk with you Hey dream weaver now we've talked the whole night through I've been dark places Passports, suitcases Ice stares, long faces Sank with no traces I would like to know I don't know Take this dream of mine Make it grow When you love someone Set them free Out into the world Wait for me Hey why do you let them steal the magic from your eyes You're talking to yourself and counting fireflies Move into trust dear What am I doing here Too much pain Too much fear Will my dreams all rust here I would like to know I don't know Take this love of mine Make it grow When you love someone Set them free Out into the world Wait for me Bad situations Greyhound bus stations Self-help quotations New motivation I would like to know I don't know Take this dream of mine Make it so Got a lot to learn Wait and see When you love someone Set them free Hey dream weaver from the mountain to the sea Hey when the day is done please say a prayer for me What about the haters Judgement, newspapers Old town, new freighter Who will be curator Now I'd like to know I don't know Take this love of mine Make it grow When you love someone Set them free Out into the world Wait for me Hey dream weaver now I'd like to talk with you Hey dream weaver now I'd like to talk with you Below Zero I know, you know We know, it is so Adios to palm trees Hello snow Below zero Below zero Tired of all the bullshit Playing nice Shadow boxing Skating on thin ice Below zero Below zero A man died in his car in Buffalo Trapped, buried Under six feet of snow Below zero Below zero
Everyhing Falls Apart Are you strong enough Are you good enough Can you hang in tough Man did life get rough Actuality, new reality We are so in flux Have you had enough Everything falls apart, you son of a bitch Quit stepping on my heart, you son of a bitch So homogenous Don't know what to trust Are you real or both Don't know what we got Cyber vacuous Be a slave to lust Leave me in the dust Go do what you must Everything falls apart, you son of a bitch Quit stepping on my heart, you son of a bitch Everything falls apart Everything falls apart Everything falls apart, you son of a bitch New phenomenon Ghosted, run and gone When your thoughts get bent Don't know what they meant We are poles apart Give me back my heart Say you're so lucky Then abandon me Everything falls apart, you son of a bitch Quit stepping on my heart, you son of a bitch Everything falls apart Everything falls apart Everything falls apart, you son of a bitch Everything falls apart, you son of a bitch I'll make a brand new start, you son of a bitch Everything falls apart Everything falls apart Everything falls apart, you son of a bitch I am good and free Innocent, feel me I can love and see This was meant to be Make a brand new start Leading from the heart Hurry up, say so Level up, let's go Everything falls apart, you son of a bitch
4316 I, I don't hate anyone I don't hate anyone Not even you This, this dream we've been riding on The emperor's clothes that he don For the world to see through Forty-three-sixteen and the world is a mess I gave you my worst and I gave you my best Forty-three-sixteen and am talking to you The old world has ended What are we gonna do Hey, give me something to laugh about Rip it up, let it out There's nothing new You gave me something to smile about Plenty to think and doubt Something to do Forty-three-sixteen and your life is a mess You gave me your worst and you gave me your best Forty-three-sixteen and am talking to you The emperor is naked What are you gonna do I, I need to get away I need a holiday That much is true I, I love to appreciate Imagine and co-create And so do you Forty-three-sixteen and your life is a mess I gave you my worst and I gave you my best Forty-three-sixteen and am talking to you The world has ended What are we gonna do
Non Albums Tracks
All alone
( Billie holiday cover 'Left Alone' / ghost of yesterday EP ) Where's the love that's made to fill my heart Where's the one from whom I'll never part First they hurt me, then desert me I'm left alone, all alone There's no house that I can call my home There's no place from which I'll never roam Town or city, it's a pity I'm left alone, all alone Seek and find they always say But up to now it's not that way Maybe fate has let him pass me by Or perhaps we'll meet before I die Hearts will open, but until then I'm left alone, all alone
Argomenti
( Astrud Gilberto Cover / Time is just the same EP ) I tuoi occhi, il tuo sguardo da prepotente Sono i soliti argomenti che non discuterò Le tue mani, le tue dita bugiarde e lunghe Anche questi sono argomenti di cui non parlerò Ma le braccia volitive, avvolgenti e forti Son le cose che ad occhi aperti fan sognare di te E perciò e perciò sognerò Ma il tuo viso, l'espressione del tuo sorriso Mi trasportano all'improvviso dove il cielo è più blu E lassù e lassù ci sei tu Non è colpa mia se non so dire no La dolcezza dei tuoi modi, la tenerezza Argomenti di un'importanza essenziale per me E perciò e perciò t'amerò Il tuo amore a parole non si può dire Argomento che mi accende il cuore, evitarlo non so E perciò e perciò ti dirò Io voglio te, bello o no, voglio te
( English Translation ) Your eyes, your overbearing look They're the usual arguments I'm not going to question Your hands, your long and lying fingers They're another kind of arguments I'm not going to talk about But your arms - wilful, wrapping up and strong They make me daydream about you And because of this, and because of this I will dream But your face, the expression of your smile They suddenly lead me where the sky is blue And over there, and over there, there's you It's not my fault if I can't say no The sweetness of your manners, the tenderness They're very important subjects for me And because of this, and because of this I will love you Your love can't be described by words A subject that lights up my heart, I can't avoid it And because of this, and because of this i'll tell you I want you, handsome or not, I want you
*** Thanx a lot to Sybil for this one ***
Bang bang ( Nancy Sinatra Cover / Time Is Just The Same EP ) I was five and he was six We rode on horses made of sticks He wore black and I wore white He would always win the fight Bang bang He shot me down, bang bang I hit the ground, bang bang That awful sound, bang bang My baby shot me down Seasons came and changed the time When I grew up, I called him mine He would always laugh and say Remember when we used to play Bang bang I shot you down, bang bang You hit the ground, bang bang That awful sound, bang bang I used to shoot you down Music played and people sang Just for me the church bells rang Now he's gone I don't know why 'Till this day some times I cry He didn't even say goodbye He didn't take the time to lie Bang bang He shot me down, bang bang I hit the ground , bang bang That awful sound, bang bang My baby shot me down
Barbara Ellen
( Original title: Barbara Allen / O love is teasin' Exclusive Album ) It was in the merry, merry month of May When the green buds, they were swelling Young William green on his deathbed lay For the love of Barbara Ellen He sent his servant to her town To the place where she was dwelling Saying master's sick and he sends for you If your name is Barbara Ellen So slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she came nigh him And all she said when she got there “Young man, I believe you're dying” "Oh yes, I'm low, I am very low And death is on me dwelling No better, no better I ever will be For I can't get Barbara Ellen" "Oh yes, you're low, you are very low And death is on you dwelling No better, no better you ever will be For you can't get Barbara Ellen" Oh don't you remember in yonder's town In yonder's town a drinking You raised your glass all around And you slighted Barbara Ellen Oh yes, I remember in yonder's town In yonder's town a drinking I gave my health to the ladies all around But my heart to Barbara Ellen He turned his pale face to the wall For death was on him dwelling "Adieu, adieu, good neighbors all Adieu sweet Barbara Ellen" As she was going across the fields She heard those death bells knelling And every stroke the dead-bell gave "Hard-hearted Barbara Ellen" "Oh mother, Mother, make my bed Go make it long and narrow Young William's died for me today And I'll die for him tomorrow" Oh, she was laid in the old church wall And he was buried nigh her And out of his bosom grew a red, red rose And out of hers a briar They grew, they grew up the old church tower Till they could grow no higher They locked and they tied in a true lover's knot The red rose around the briar
Bird Of Passage (Sweet Gum Tree feat. Isobel Campbell / The Snakes You Charm & The Wolves You Tame LP) Grass green And your hair's golden sheen In the meadow you preen yourself Greeting the dawn Goodbyes Like a escape to devise Witness life in full size Mean you're nobody's pawn No one tells you where to go No one needs to know Or try to wrest your secrets No one tells you where to go No one needs to know Birds of passage travel light Here now then out of sight Truant heart Not too pure to act smart Turn your life into art Blaze in the wake of freedom's call The slipstream Of a new self-esteem Catches you and your dream Now rid of the chain and the ball No one tells you where to go No one needs to know Or try to wrest your secrets No one tells you where to go No one needs to know No one tells you where to go No one needs to know Or try to wrest your secrets No one tells you where to go No one needs to know Birds of passage travel light Here now then out of sight Moonrise Comes up as a poor disguise For the loneliest eyes That I'll ever recall
Black And Blues (The Jesus And Mary Chain feat. Isobel Campbell / Damage And Joy Deluxe LP) I don't have nothing to give But if I could I'd give my heart's beat But my mind and heart breaks Yeah it's just a bitch Yeah it's just a bitch Yeah it's just a bitch You know we're living in shit Guess the love is where you find it But my mind and heart breaks Yeah it's just a bitch Yeah it's just a bitch Yeah it's just a bitch We could leave this world behind And die and die in the morning We could leave this world behind This world behind We could leave this world forever We could leave this world behind Still my mind and heart breaks Yeah it's just a bitch Yeah it's just a bitch Yeah it's just a bitch Yeah it's just a bitch
Black Is The Colour
( Irish song / O love is teasin' Exclusive Album ) Oh black is the colour of my true love's hair His face is softly, wonder's fair The prettiest eyes and the neatest hands I love the ground whereon he stands I love my love and well he knows I love the ground whereon he goes You on earth, no more I see I can't serve you as you have me The winter's passed and the leaves are green Time has passed that we have seen But still I hope the time will come When you and I shall be as one I go to the Clyde for to mourn, to weep For satisfied I never can sleep I write to you in a few little lines And suffer death ten thousand times Oh black is the colour of my true love's hair His face is soft, wonder's fair The prettiest hopes and the neatest hands I love the ground whereon he stands
Bordello Queen ( Time Is Just The Same EP )
She says nobody comes with a guarantee And she's talking to you and she's talking to me The night is long and you're so all alone Follow the trail of scent if you roam Where the men are fools and the girls so wise Act your age, not your shoe size, not your shoe size Turn left at the station and right past the bend Wait for a signal softly and then climb the stairs to their final peak Step inside, only talk is cheap Under look and key, take a chance on me Slowly make you feel fine Kiss you where the sun don't shine Kiss you where the sun don't shine Kiss you where the sun don't shine Masculine women and feminine men You be the rooster and I'll be the hen You be the rooster and I'll be the hen Call me your lover, don't call me a friend Don't want to be your mother Don't want to be your little girl In this man's world, man's world A woman's world in a man's world Got to stand on your feet, rise up to defeat If you tell a lie, I'll spit on your eye If you want to fight, going to show you right We all pay a price with a spin of the dice Nothing in this god-forsaken world is free Let's go little boy, won't you come with me Now we skip to the finest hour Pink colours and sunshine and rhythms and flowers No Jack cums with a guarantee I'm talking to you and you're talking to me The night plays tricks when you're all alone The lights are on, but no one's home I'm not ornamental, it's elemental "If you cross the line, then you're out this time" Initiate, initiate, dominate, dominate Communicate, don't implicate Didn't ask to be born, might as well get along Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong Yet don't take fright at John's trombone song Are you all alone
*** Thanx a lot to Hazey for this one ***
Dabbling In The Dew
( Traditional / O love is teasin' Exclusive Album ) Oh, where are you going to, my pretty little dear With your red rosie cheeks and your "I'm going a milking, kind sir" she answered me "For it's dabbling in the dew that makes the milkmaids fair" Suppose I were to buy you, my pretty little dear, A green silken gown and a ruby for your ear "Oh no, kind sir, with that I don't agree For it's dabbling in the dew that makes the milkmaids fair" Suppose I were to buy you, my pretty little dear, Lalalalala and a curly black hair "Oh no, kind sir, with that I don't agree For it's dabbling in the dew that makes the milkmaids fair" Suppose I were to wet you, my pretty little dear, With your red rosie cheeks and your coal black hair "Oh, then I'd be a wag, kind sir", she answered me "And it's dabbling in the dew that makes the milkmaids fair"
*** Thanx a lot to Chris for this one ***
Don't Make It Easy (Written by Karen Dalton / Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton LP) No regrets That's so hard to forget I may take my time Forgetting you 'Cause loving you The way I do Don't make it easy Things that you said Don't beat my head I may take my time Fogetting you And loving you The way that I do Don't make it easy You could be wrong And way too long Trying to see What you've been to me It's so hard When I just keep On missing you Don't make it easy Don't make it easy Don't make it easy
Further into the night ( Ramblin' Man 7" version ) Horses riding Angels guiding Secrets hiding Souls colliding Horses riding Angels guiding Secrets hiding Souls colliding...
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Ghost of yesterday
( Billie holiday cover 'Left Alone' / ghost of yesterday EP )
Ghost of yesterday Stalking 'round my room All night long you stay Walk around in profound gloom When the darkness falls When I've gone to bed Weirdly come your calls Mournfully, scornfully dead Folly of a love I strangled Pulsing heart I thought was gone Gives no peace Will not cease Prowling 'round till dawn Ghost of yesterday Every night you're here Whispering away "Might have been, might have been, oh, my dear" Foolish heart must pay Ghost of yesterday Yesterday
How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees cover / To Love The Bee Gees: A Tribute to the Brothers Gibb LP) I know your eyes in the morning sun I feel you touch me in the pouring rain And the moment that you wander far from me I wanna feel you in my arms again And you come to me on a summer breeze Keep me warm in your love then you softly leave And it's me you need to show How deep is your love How deep is your love How deep is your love I really mean to learn 'Cause we're living in a world of fools Breaking us down When they all should let us be We belong to you and me I believe in you You know the door to my very soul You're the light in my deepest darkest hour You're my saviour when I fall And you may not think That I care for you When you know down inside That I really do And it's me you need to show How deep is your love How deep is your love How deep is your love I really mean to learn 'Cause we're living in a world of fools Breaking us down When they all should let us be We belong to you and me And you come to me on a summer breeze Keep me warm in your love then you softly leave And it's me you need to show How deep is your love How deep is your love How deep is your love I really mean to learn 'Cause we're living in a world of fools Breaking us down When they all should let us be We belong to you and me
Love Hurts
( The Everly Brothers Cover / Live ) Love hurts, love scars Love wounds, and marks Any heart, not tough Or strong, enough To take a lot of pain Take a lot of pain Love is like a cloud Holds a lot of rain Love hurts Oh love hurts I’m young, I know But even so I know a thing, or two I learned, from you I really learned a lot Really learned a lot Love is like a flame It burns you when it’s hot Love hurts Oh love hurts Some fools think of happiness Blissfulness, togetherness Some fools fool themselves I guess They’re not foolin’ me I know it isn’t true I know it isn’t true Love is just a lie, Made to make you blue Love hurts Oh love hurts Oh love hurts...
Never My Love (The Association cover / Voices In The Sky EP) You ask me if there'll come a time When I grow tired of you Never my love Never my love You wonder if this heart of mine Will lose its desire for you Never my love Never my love What makes you think love will end When you know that my whole life depends On you Never my love Never my love You say you fear I'll change my mind And I won't require you Never my love Never my love How can you think love will end When I've asked you to spend your whole life With me Never my love Never my love Never my love Never my love
Nottamun Town
( Traditional / O love is teasin' Exclusive Album ) In Nottamun Town Not a soul would look up Not a soul would look up Not a soul would look down Not a soul would look up Not a soul would look down To show me the way to fair Nottamun Town I rode a big horse that was called the grey mare Grey mane and grey tail, green stripes down her back Grey mane and grey tail, green stripes down her back There ain't a hair on her be-what was coal black She stood so still, she threw me to the dirt She tored at my hide and bruised my shirt From saddle to stirrup I mounted again And on my ten toes I rode over the plain So the King and the Queen And the company of men A-walking behind and riding before Now a stark naked drummer Come riding along With his hands in his bosom Always beating his drum I bought me a quart to drive gladness away And to stifle the dust, for it rained the whole day Sat down on a hard, hot cold frozen stone Ten thousand stood around me Yet I was alone Took my hat in my hand For to keep my head warm Ten thousand got drownded that never were born
NYC
( Snow Patrol feat. Isobel Campbell / Songs For Polarbears LP ) Is this on Is this on Is this on Is this on I am so too I am so too I am so too I am so Is this on Is this on Is this on Is this on I am so too I am so too I am so too I am so I could take you there But I don't know how to get there I could take you there But I don't know where to go I am so too I am so too I am so too I am so Is this on Is this on Is this on Is this on Is this on Is this on Is this on Is this on I am so too I am so too I am so too I am so I could take you there But I don't know how to get there I could take you there But I don't know where to go I could take you there But I don't know how to get there I could take you there But I don't know where to go I could take you there But I don't know how to get there I could take you there But I don't know where to go
Please Don't Do It In Here ( Billie holiday cover 'Left Alone' / ghost of yesterday EP ) Take all the money Steal all the clothes Shoot off your pistol Cause anything goes Please don't do it in here Break down the door Chop up the floor Kick out the ceilin' And anything more Please don't do it in here Kick off the roof Break out the panes Smash in the walls And bust out your brains Please don't do it in here Take all the money Steal all the clothes Shoot off your pistol Cause anything goes Please don't do it in here Break down the door Chop up the floor Kick out the ceilin' And anything more Please don't do it in here Kick off the roof Break out the panes Smash in the walls And bust out your brains Please don't do it in here
Polly Put The Kettle On (Bill Wells feat. Amy Allison & Isobel Campbell / Nursery Rhymes LP) Polly, put the kettle on Polly, put the kettle on Polly, put the kettle on We'll all have tea Sukey, take it off again Sukey, take it off again Sukey, take it off again They've all gone away Sukey, take it off again Polly, put the kettle on Sukey, take it off again Polly, put the kettle on Sukey, take it off again Polly, put the kettle on We'll all have tea They've all gone away
Sa Ta Na Ma (Voices In The Sky EP) Sa Ta Na Ma Hey Ma Sa Ta Na Ma Hey Ma A running brook A knowing look A chance well took Love's storybook Above all this Above all this Above all this Above all this Sa Ta Na Ma Hey Ma Sa Ta Na Ma Hey Ma You're in my heart When it gets dark In time and space We take our place Above all this Above all this Above all this Above all this Sa Ta Na Ma Hey Ma Sa Ta Na Ma Hey Ma To while the hours The songs of flowers The songs of birds The best I've heard They plant the seed Of all I need Above all this Sa Ta Na Ma
Somebody's on my mind
( Billie holiday cover / ghost of yesterday EP )
Somebody's on my mind Like an old sweet song "The Lasting Time" Somebody's on my mind So I'm walking on clouds On a silver line To dream my dream Could be my mistake But I'd rather be wrong And sleep right along than wake Love may be blind I'll take a chance That it cares this affair, my real romance That's why you'll find somebody's on my mind
Something (The Beatles cover / Voices In The Sky EP) Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how Somewhere in her smile she knows That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how You're asking me will my love grow I don't know, I don't know You stick around, now it may show I don't know, I don't know Something in the way she knows And all I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how
Sometimes Always (The Jesus And Mary Chain feat. Isobel Campbell / Live at Hollywood Palladium) I gave you all I had I gave you good and bad I gave but you just threw it back I won't get on my knees Don't make me do that, please I've been away, but now I'm back Don't be too sure of that What makes you sure of that You went away, you can't come back I walked away from you I hurt you through and through Oh honey, give me one more chance Oh you're a lucky son Lucky son of a gun You went away, you went away You went away, but now you're back I got down on my knees And then I begged you please I always knew you'd take me back
Song For A Secret (The Jesus And Mary Chain feat. Isobel Campbell / Damage And Joy LP) Too old to crucify But too young for suicide Oh I'm glad I found you I am just glad I found you I'll wrap myself around you I'll wrap myself around you After all the shit that you've been through All that I got is time for you I am just glad you found me I am just glad you found me Just wrap yourself around me Just wrap yourself around me Kiss the feet Of the reason my heart beats If a kiss could kill maybe this one will But a kiss can't kill but maybe this one will Well, that's alright Well, that's alright We all know Either up here or too slow I just can't get my thinking down I just can't get my feelings so Well, that's alright Well, that's alright Well, that's alright (just wrap yourself around me) Well, that's alright (just wrap yourself around me) Well, that's alright (just wrap yourself around me) (Just wrap yourself around me) (Just wrap yourself around me) Well, that's alright (just wrap yourself around me)
St. James Infirmary
( Ramblin' Man EP / Traditional ) I went down to St. James Infirmary I heard my baby groan And I felt so broken hearted She used to be my Used to be my very own And I tried so hard to keep from crying My heart felt just like lead She was all that I had to live for I just can wish it Can wish that it was me instead Now she's gone She's gone, may God bless her Wherever she may be She has searched the whole wide world over She'll never find Never find another man like me
Tell me more and more
Tell me more and more and then some You know how I love that stuff Whisper on from now 'til Doomsday But I never will hear enough
The Beat Goes On ( Sonny and Cher cover / Not Alone Compilation ) Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da Charleston was once the rage, uh huh History has turned the page, uh huh The mini skirts the current thing, uh huh Teenybopper is our newborn king, uh huh And the beat goes on And the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da The grocery store's the supermart, uh huh Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh And men still keep on marching off to war Electrically they keep a baseball score And the beat goes on And the beat goes on...
The Breaking Hands (Jeffrey Lee Pierce cover / Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell / The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project: The Journey Is Long LP) The sun and sea are smiling While you're going to bed Wish Allah would will me A piece of iron in my head On my knees and wishing On my knees and breaking hands The fish are jumping in Tunis They change colours in my hands You don't watch the movies like the clouds On a plane to Japan On my knees and wishing On my knees and breaking hands They bring the fish in at Tunis They're changing blue, green and red While Allah has willed me An iron to my head On my knees and wishing On my knees and breaking hands The fish are jumping in Tunis Changing colors in my hands You don't watch the movies like the clouds And he's got it to my head On my knees and wishing On my knees and breaking hands On my knees and wishing On my knees and breaking hands
The Clearing
( Arab Strap feat. Isobel Campbell / The Week Never Starts Round Here LP ) Oh, she always used to be the same She'd be loose with a straight dark facial frame And now the things that used to turn me off, I find endearing And they laugh behind the trees as she lies naked in the clearing I adore her, but I ignore her See, I know it won't last as I reflect upon my past But on severance she made no difference There's things I won't let her know, as we're perfecting our show I want to own her - I think I'll phone her I can't explore her if I ignore her And now the things that used to turn me off, I find endearing And they laugh behind the trees as she lies naked in the clearing But she won't beckon - is what I reckon She may adore me, but she'll ignore me Put on a show there, we're getting nowhere She helps my snoring, so it never gets boring And she always used to be the same She'd be loose with a straight dark facial frame And now the things that used to turn me off, I find endearing And they laugh behind the trees as she lies naked in the clearing
The Two Of Us (The Jesus And Mary Chain feat. Isobel Campbell / Damage And Joy LP) I met a girl, she was crazy about me And in a lifetime this happens once or twice, maybe And who'd have thought that it would ever happen to me I met a girl, she was crazy about me The two of us are getting high We don't need drugs 'cause we know how to fly The two of us are getting high We don't need the drugs, just the two of us The two of us are getting high I met a boy, he was crazy about me And all my friends say he is the other half of me And everybody says we are so young and free I met a boy, he was crazy about me The two of us are getting high We don't need drugs 'cause we know how to fly The two of us are getting high We don't need the drugs, just the two of us The two of us are getting high Well, I was born the day that I met you I couldn't leave you if I tried In a thousand years, I couldn't forget you 'Cause you're the reason I'm alive You're the reason I'm alive You're the reason I'm alive The two of us are getting high We don't need drugs 'cause we know how to fly The two of us are getting high We don't need drugs 'cause we know how to fly The two of us are getting high We don't need the drugs, just the two of us The two of us are getting high
Together (Voices In The Sky EP) Gaze to starry skies Counted fireflies Both wise and unwise Time to realize Everywhere I go It's true And we've both been through so much together Everywhere I go It's you This is something So it's now or never Drive or take a plane Thrive or go insane All washed down the drain No words to explain Everywhere I go It's you And we'll both get through this thing together Everywhere I go It's you This means something so it's now or never Everywhere I go It's true And we'll both get through this thing together Everywhere I go It's you This means something so it's now or never Everywhere I go (LA, New York) It's true (UK, home is where the heart is) And we'll both get through this thing together (LA, New York) (Stick a pin in a map) Everywhere I go (LA, New York) It's you (UK, home is where the heart is) This means something so it's now or never (LA, New York) (Stick a pin in a map)
Voices In The Sky (Voices In The Sky EP) Bluebird, flying high Tell me what you sing If you could talk to me What news would you bring Of voices in the sky Nightingale, hovering high Harmonize the wind Darkness, your symphony I can hear you sing Of voices in the sky Just what is happening to me I lie awake with the sound of the sea Calling to me Old man, passing by Tell me what you sing Though your voice be faint I am listening To voices in the sky Children with a skipping rope Tell me what you sing Playtime is nearly gone The bell's about to ring For voices in the sky Just what is happening to me I lie awake with the sound of the sea Calling to me Bluebird, flying high Tell me what you sing If you could talk to me What news would you bring Of voices in the sky Voices in the sky Voices in the sky Voices in the sky
Walk Away (Franz Ferdinand cover) I love the sound of you walking away You walking away Mascara bleeds a blackened tear I am cold Yes, I'm cold Not as cold as you are I love the sound of you walking away I traded my innocence for pride Crushed the end within my stride Now I'm strong and I know that I'm a leaver I love the sound of you walking away Mascara bleeds into my eye I am old I am old Not as cold as you are I love the sound of you walking away Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Cannot stand to see your eyes As apologies may rise You look strong the first time you deceived her I love the sound of you walking away Mascara bleeds into my eye I am old Yes, I'm old Not as cold as you are I love the sound of you walking away I love the sound of you walking away I love the sound of you walking away
Who Needs You If you ever need me You know where to call me If you ever need me You know where to write me But you never call me No, you never write me I need you Who needs you Take a pen and pencil A handy letter ???? Or the telephone, dear Why you want to find them How much can it cost to you Why then you can lost, dear I need you Who needs you When I really want you You just can't be found, dear When I really need you You know where around, dear So all this prediction Leads to one deduction I need you Who needs you
Why Does My Head Hurt So
( Time Is Just The Same EP ) Baby, tell me why does it feel so bad Tell me baby, why does my head hurt so I wish I never knew why I wish I never heard those voices calling me It's been a long time wandering all around the city square Picking up nothing but garbage in the dirty rain I get so tired of trying Sometimes my only wish is to be blind Always the same playground Swinging around and around Always the same faces Never an up or down Baby, tell me why did I drift so far Tell me baby, why do I fall so hard I wish I never knew why Sometimes I wish I were blind Why does my head hurt so
Wilderness ( Paul Leonard Morgan on Filmtales LP ) Get down boy You’re coming on way too strong If you want to turn me on You’ve got to slow down Get down boy You’re burning up with desire If you want to set my heart on fire You’ve got to take it slow Get down boy You’re coming on way too strong If you want to turn me on You’ve got to slow down Get down boy You’re burning up with desire If you want to set my heart on fire You’ve got to take it slow