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Just Look At You Now
03:32
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So many cycles around this sun
Got a map and a compass
A torch and a drum
Sometimes the heat, it sure gets you down
Sometimes the heat, it gets you down.
Just look at you now,
Oh, just look at you now,
Oh, just look at you now.
And the band it keeps playing
While that great ship is sinking
And you want to remember that
Laissez-faire feeling
Where you just didn’t care
What they’d say in the morning
But that sea level’s rising and
And she gave you fair warning
Oh, just look at you now
Oh, just look at you now
And the preacher man quotes
From his old-time religion
About the rock and the sand
And the houses they’re building
Saying stand or fall is the
Proof of foundation
But there’s children in the dirt
Beneath his mission station
Oh, just look at you now
Oh, just look at you now
So many cycles around this sun
Got a map and a compass
A torch and a drum
Sometimes the heat it sure gets you down
Sometimes the beat it sure spins you around
And if the statues are falling
And the framework is shaken
Then a storm that destroys
Becomes liberation…
And oh, just look at you
Oh just look at you
Oh just look at you
So many cycles around this sun
Got a map and a compass
A torch and a drum
Sometimes the heat, it sure gets you down
Sometimes the heat, it gets you down.
Just look at you,
Just look at you now,
Just look at you
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2. |
Out Of This Frame
03:10
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I wanna run with feet on tar
I wanna run under this burning star
I wanna run sweat trickling
Wanna run heel toe, teel toe, heel toe blistering
Heel toe, teel toe, heel toe blistering
I wanna run across this page
I wanna run, wanna run right out of this frame
I wanna run across this page
I wanna run right out of this frame
Run right out of this frame
Gonna run right out of this frame
You can take me out
You can take me on
I’m not gonna hide myself
For anyone
You can take me out
You can take me on
I’m not gonna stay the same
For anyone
You can take me out
You can take me on
I’m not gonna hide away
For anyone
You can take me out
You can take me on
I’m not gonna stay the same
Gonna run right out of this frame
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3. |
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Blackbird hit the glass
Crash was sudden death was fast
And so I penned an epitaph
Grab the moment hold it fast
And they told us, ‘Jackie’s gone’
Well Jackie rode this train
He was crossing the tracks 'in another man's rain'
Doll by Doll— to sweet elixir
Lines and rhymes combine addiction
But Jackie made his way back to the game
It’s really not that easy
To always just behave
And all grace you thought you had
It keeps pulling away…
You're battle weary wandering
From every angle, sink or swim
But you’re not going down today
Now, Jackie’s coming round to play
Blackbird on this tavern roof
Troubadour she sings the blues,
Loss and love and chagrin tunes
And politics and platitudes
And Jackie said ‘keep following the muse’
Now every time the ending twists
Un-poetic-justice of 'what ifs?'
A fall that breaks, a hand that lifts
'The pearl, the lamb, her crucifix'
And Jackie loved her, said he always will
And Jackie said he liked my words
Well I guess he said that to other girls
Then he checked out of this motel
To rendezvous with Judee Sill
I remember the night when we first heard
The voice, the songs, that man who blurred
Barfly slews with skater’s truths
Sometimes there’s just too much, too much to lose…
Can you bring me a road
That will take me home?
Or is home another crowded room
With no one I know? …
We're battle weary wandering
From every angle it's sink or swim
But we’re not going down today
Now Jackie’s coming round to play
But we’re not going down today
And we’re not going down
And we’re not going down
And we’re not going down today….
And Jackie - he rode this train
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4. |
Signal
03:12
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In dreams I am an eye wide open
Staring into the mind
Of a creature wild, born of music, born of memory
A woman, a whale, and a child
And I am the eye, I am rising, am rising
greyscale into light
And I am the eye, I am voice, I am echo
Sending a signal wide
Sending a signal wide
And when we beach, will you search will you find us?
Will you help pull us from the shore?
And when we breach, we’re breaking that surface
Breaking beyond that wall
In colour we dream
A space in between
A view from another side
In colour we dream
That space in-between
A woman, a whale, a child
And I am the eye I am rising, am rising
Greyscale into light
And I am, I am, I am voice, I am echo
Sending a signal wide
Sending a signal wide
Sending a signal ...
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5. |
Fire Girl
04:12
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Now she’s dancing from within from without
It doesn’t matter what you told her those words are ashes now
She says why would I worry when I’m playing in this flower
Of flames spinning wider and brighter
Fire-girl, take hold the weight and let it swing, let it flow
Fire-girl, take hold the weight and let it swing, let it flow
So much to burn that little girl, so alone
And for the record, she didn’t earn this
So much to burn that little girl, so alone
And for the record, she don’t deserve this
Find the core, feel the warmth, keep turning
Circling wider, and brighter
Find the core, feel the warmth, keep turning,
Circling wider and brighter
Fire girl, take hold the weight and let it swing, let it burn
Fire girl, take hold the weight and let it swing let it burn
Let it swing, let it burn, let it spin keep turning
Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning
Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning
Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning
Let it swing, let it burn, let it spin keep turning / And for the record she didn’t earn this
Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning / And for the record she don’t deserve this…
Let it swing, let it burn, let it spin keep turning / And for the record she didn’t earn this
Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning / And for the record (fire girl) she don’t deserve this…
Fire girl, take hold the weight and let it swing, let it flow
Fire girl, take hold the weight and let it swing let it flow
Now she’s dancing from within from without
It doesn’t matter what you told her those words are ashes now
She says why would I worry when I’m playing in this flower
Of flames spinning wider and brighter
And brighter, and brighter and brighter
Now she’s dancing from within from without
It doesn’t matter what you told her
Those words are ashes now
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6. |
Someone
03:39
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Some one murmurs
Someone sighs
Someone whispers a lullaby
Someone to lift you way on high
Someone to say goodbye
Oh to lay down
Oh to lay down
Oh to lay down
To lay you down with me
Some days to hide away
Some days are just for play
Some days are still and warm
Some days are storms
Oh to lay down
Oh to lay down
Oh to lay down
To lay you down with me
Sometimes you’ll trip and fall
Sometimes you’ll stand so tall
Sometimes you’re lost at sea
Sometimes you’re free
Oh to lay down
Oh to lay down
Oh to lay down
To lay you down with me
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7. |
All In The Game
03:09
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I’m just sitting here
And the echoes of your feet
Passing tide
Rumble the train
Rattling overhead
Passing tide
And it’s all in the game
Just one big show
And it’s all in the game
Just one big show
Chime of the bell
Says it’s time for you to go
Passing tide
Shaking off those working clothes
And painting on a smile
Passing tide
And it’s all in the game
Just one big show
And it’s all in the game
Just one big show
As small as a shell
As wide as the view
As long as this memory
That tethers me to you …
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8. |
February 29th
03:16
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February 29th tomorrow is another life
Not searching for some emerald city
Just a place to stop and be
A ticket out of purgatory
I’ve seen so many hells already
Yeah, I’ve seen so many hells already
And just how many times
Just how many times
Will I ever find a place to be?
Just how many times
Just how many times
Will I ever find a place to be?
This morning they came yelling
With their bulldozers and knives
Get up get out get moving
Yeah, the story of our lives
Get up, get out, get moving
And in the tear gas confusion
We’ve seen so many hells
Yeah, we’ve seen so many hells already
We’ve seen so many hells already
And just how many times
Just how many times
Will we ever find a place to be?
Oh, and just how many times
Just how many times
Will we ever find a place to be?
Yeah, just how many times
Just how many times
Will we ever find a place to be?
Oh, and just how many times
Just how many times?
February 29th tomorrow is another life
Not searching for some emerald city
Just a place to stop and be
A ticket out of purgatory
I’ve seen so many hells already
Yeah, I’ve seen so many hells already
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9. |
Shoot the Moon
03:45
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And so, you break, like a china cup
Give it up they tell you
You gotta give it up
Always another tree to fall
But no one to hear
Hush my little baby
Hush my dear
You know I bet it don’t rain today
Bet it won’t rain today
Makes no difference who you pay
I bet it won’t rain
Now Jack come tumbling down
As Jill shoots for the heel
She shoots for the heel
Jack come tumbling down
She was his crimson refugee
Not such a simple nursery rhyme
Don’t tell her children what she’s seen
You know I bet it won’t rain today
I bet it don’t rain today
Makes no difference who you pay
I bet it won’t rain
And if I had a sling shot
I’d hand it to you
I’d say, come on babe
Shoot the moon down
Leave these giants in the dark
Let them tear themselves apart
Come on babe shoot the moon down
Cause, they won’t offer you mercy
They won’t offer you gum
I see you’re so tired of chewing
And spitting at that sun
But the rain you’re waiting on
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
And now your roses have withered
And there’s blood in your eyes
Come on drop that big cheese from the sky
You could shoot the moon down
Hmmm, hmmm,
Gonna shoot the moon, you’re gonna shoot the moon, you’re gonna shoot the moon…
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10. |
Fibonacci's Train
04:11
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Fibonacci’s Train and Introduction: Old Woman Tossed Up In A Basket (Trad. Nursery Rhyme)
There was an old woman tossed up in a basket
Ninety-nine times as high as the moon
But where she was going no mortal could tell
For under her arm she carried a broom
‘Old woman, old woman, old woman,’ said I
‘Wither, ah wither? Wither so high?’
‘Oh, I’m sweeping the cobwebs off the sky
And I’ll be with you by and by’
So let me sleep, just let me sleep
I want to curl beneath these sheets
And fall ten stories deep…
And oh, I just want to take the next train home
I’ve climbed this hill so many times
Got nothing left to show
Oh, I just want to take the next train home
And I don’t want to let you down
And I don’t want to fail
I know this outcome is inevitable
And I keep chasing my own tail
Is Fibonacci laughing now
Well, what was I expecting?
And it all comes down to moments
And these questions of connection
It all comes down to moments
And it all comes down again …
Oh, just let me sleep
Let Fibonacci keep all my dreaming for a while …
And oh, I just want to take the next train home
I’ve climbed this hill so many times
Got nothing left to show
Oh, I just want to take the next train home
And I don’t want to let you down
And I don’t want to fail
I know this outcome is inevitable
And I keep chasing my own tail
But sometimes you can hear me
And sometimes it’s ok
Sometimes you can hear me
And sometimes it’s ok
Oh someday, oh someday
And someday will I sleep as Fibonacci sweeps all those cobwebs from the sky?
He’s singing I shall be with you by and by
I shall be with you.
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Pandora said to Eve,
‘Hey babe it’s just you and me,
Do you wanna hit the road today?
You who taste the apple
I who break the jar,
Well, there’s so much more, so far…
So much unwritten
About you and me,
We’re just shadows upon the horizon,
If the sky’s getting darker
And the sun’s on the run
Well, this this business of living, get it done’
She’s gonna breathe,
She’s gonna breathe,
It all in
And Eve said, ‘Hey Pandora
All those tears that you choked,
You saw the jar it was broken,
No, it’s not the end of all things
It’s just an unraveling,
Just another box
That’s been opened.
See there are gifts
And there are givers
And all their gifts came with strings
Yeah, all those gifts came with strings
All those gifts came with strings.’
She’s getting burned getting free
She’s getting burned getting free
She’s gonna breathe
She’s gonna breathe
She’s gonna breathe
It all in…
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12. |
Last Chance Parade
03:52
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She walks in and they walk out
And no one’s left in any doubt
We’re getting lost inside this crowd
Someone shouts from up above
A murmuration moving us
Now she’s calling it out loud
She says, ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’
She says, ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’
The rain came down and washed away
The painted faces that we made
Banners dissolving into sky
She starts to sing that one refrain
In harmony we share the blame
And the band plays one more time
And she says ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’
She says ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’
She says ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’
She says ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’
All of us out here on this last chance parade…
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Rachel Taylor-Beales Wales, UK
Singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist whose music meets on the crossroads between folk, roots, blues and jazz...
Described as “Musically exquisite and enthralling.” BBC Radio 4 / "Exceptional" Folk Radio UK and "Outstanding" BBC Radio Wales /
"Excellent and Original' Folking.com
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