Luka Bloom (born 23 May 1955, in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland as Kevin Barry Moore) is an Irish folk-rock singer-songwriter. He is the younger brother of Irish folk singer Christy Moore.
Kevin Barry Moore was born on 23 May 1955 in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. His parents were Andy Moore and Nancy Power, who had already raised three daughters and two other sons. Moore attended a Patrician Brothers primary school, and later studied at Newbridge College, run by the Dominican Order. In college he formed the group Aes Triplex with his brother Andy and a school friend. He later attended a college in Limerick, but he dropped out after a couple of years to pursue a music career.
In 1969, fourteen year old Barry Moore embarked on a tour supporting his eldest brother, Christy Moore, at various English folk clubs. Since then, he spent all of his time practising and writing music. In 1976, Christy recorded one of his songs "Wave up to the Shore". In 1977, Barry Moore toured Germany and England as part of the group Inchiquin.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.
The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [dubious – discuss] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
If winter's snow should fall
And the sky is pale and blue
If you're needing holding
Let me come to you
Girl, let me come to you
Girl, let me come to you
It's pretty as a morning
Gentle as a dove
She shines like the sunlight
The lady I love
Girl, the lady I love
Girl, the lady I love
Let me warm you
And let me keep you cool
And let me love you
Together through the rain
And we're walking in the snow
We'll find the sunrise
Everywhere we go
Girl, everywhere we go
They had long forgotten days
Cruel men and cruel ways
Madmen screaming super race in Germany
They said "Sing!" and "Entertain!"
"We like you here to please our men
Before they go to war again in Germany."
Europe's ready for the fight
Explode us into the darkest night
The only hope left in the world
Is a German girl
We met in Hamburg in '76
In a concert hall and my eyes were fixed
I couldn't see you clear
But I could feel you there
A night in Hamburg holding hands
You said that in your future plans
You would come to Ireland
And see me there
Sabina, German girl.
Sabina, German girl.
Walking on an Irish shore
You said that you feared once more
They'd come knocking down the doors in Germany
Circle's come around again
Cruel ways of cruel men
You must return again to Germany
Sabina, German girl.
Sabina, German girl.
Europe's ready for the fight
Explode us into the darkest night
The only hope left in the world
Is a German girl
Sabina, German girl.
Every string makes it's own tune
The oak tree stands in it's own shadow
I'm alone now
But not without you
Every bird flies it's own path
The road goes to it's destination
I'm alone now
But not without you
I believe
I believe in you
I believe
I believe in you
Every river has it's own spring
The day goes to it's own sunset
I'm alone now
But not without you
What a heart has given
Is always there
It's a gift to call upon
Anytime anywhere
I believe
I believe in you
I believe
I believe in you
Your life's dance
Moves you
Your life's hand
Holds you
And my heart still loves you
I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone
Go away warplanes
You bring fear and shame
I am not at war with anyone
I give my love to Iraq, and to America
I give my love to Israel, and to Palestine
We could live as one
Between the sea and sun
I am not at war with anyone
I don't need to be friends with everyone
But I'd like to live in peace with everyone
This rush to war is wrong
And so I sing this song
I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone
Go away warplanes
You bring fear and shame
I am not at war with anyone
Underneath the oak tree
Underneath the sky
I listen to the newborn lambs cry
Cry out for nipple
Soon be out to grass
Everything is changing
Too soon, too fast
I am a river passing through
I am a river passing through
I am a river passing through
I am a river passing through
This is what we do
Standing at a corner of a Dublin street
Stare into a sea of busy little feet
Going about our business
Rush, push, shove
Hoping in our lifetimes
We'll find and be in love
I am a river passing through
I am a river passing through
I am a river passing through
I am a river passing through
This is what we do
We're all passing through
It was a homeless man in Hollywood who got me thinking.
We'd just flown in from San Francisco; we'd been flying
And driving for weeks. This day I saw a homeless man on
The street in Hollywood. I felt the usual mix of sorrow for him,
And anger at a society that makes a man live like this.
Later on I thought about it more, he affected me differently.
He really looked together, really organised. He was a survivor.
I'm sure his life is really tough, but I felt a deep sense of
Respect for him, much more than pity. Then I asked myself,
Why did I react this way. It struck me, that here in this crazy
World, there was a man, who drives no car, who flies no plane,
Who heats no home; in a time of global warming his CO2
Emissions are pretty much zero. This homeless man in
Hollywood is a model urban citizen.
I on the other hand, I live this life of good intentions,
I travel the world, I try to be aware of the earth, I sing my songs,
I look and hope for change. But out on the road, I fly everyday,
I drive everyday, I heat my home, and burn up so much fuel
That if everyone lived like me, we'd need about 4 planets
Just to keep it all going.......................... Shit!
Funny how a homeless man in Hollywood got me thinking....
Men like him just walk the walk, and men like me...........
Well, we talk a good talk....
It was a homeless man in Hollywood...
When the songs flow down like a river
And the words cut through
Dreams fly around me
I'm a happy man in the world
I love the sound of the bodhran
Kicking in behind me
It heats my blood
When the trumpet flies above me
I'm a happy man in the world
It's the holy ground I'm looking for
I wake up every morning and ask for more
I'm a happy man in the world
Sometimes vultures hover
Over wounded angels lives
Black dog comes to see me
Darkness fills my world
So I close my eyes and listen
To a Jamaican freedom song
I move my body to the rhythm
I'm a happy man in the world
It's the holy ground I'm looking for
I wake up every morning and ask for more
I'm a happy man in the world
Sometimes I fly with the white swan
To my Liffey home
There the river sings to me
All the old walls are tumbling down
Bringing us freedom for moving around
Coming and going, doing no wrong
Dancing and singing to the gypsy song
I want to sing in Riga, Krakow and Prague
Me and my guitar, and a little Irish flag
Ljubljana sounds like a city of grace
They tell me Budapest is a beautiful place
They tell me Budapest is a beautiful town
I'll find a room to sing there, put my name down
I sing about an island on the Western shore
I tell them all to come, come in the front door
Bring in Bulgaria, Romania too
Bring your gypsy music, and we'll never get blue
Bring your gypsy music
Bring your gypsy song
Bring your gypsy music
We'll be singing along
Bring your gypsy music
Bring your gypsy song
Bring your gypsy music
I came into this city on a cold winter's morn
Needing human comfort just to move along
I sang and played the music as in many towns before
Here I sang my heart out, you gave me so much more
Reminding me to live and love life with a smile
And all of my frustrations became worthwhile
In Groningen, in Groningen
When it was covered in snow
In Groningen, in Groningen
You had so many beauties I will never know
But your peace and your wisdom helping me grow
I came into this city on a cold winter's morn
Sang here every evening and I played to every dawn
The woman I met in the cafe touched me in the dark
Beloved through the morning and beloved in my heart
In Groningen, in Groningen
When it was covered in snow
In Groningen, in Groningen
You had so many beauties I will never know
The maid came to her room Wednesday morning
Found a pistol lying by her side
For thirteen years she kept her fires burning
Lost in pictures, no place left to hide
Jaqueline's gone to Pablo
Jaqueline's gone to Pablo
Alone too long, the night became her lover
She knew that he'd been waiting all this time
With dreams and magic pictures to uncover
Now that all that earthly sadness was behind
Jaqueline's gone to Pablo
Jaqueline's gone to Pablo
People go to galleries in Europe
To wonder and to feel Picasso's soul
Jaqueline's gone to Pablo
Jaqueline's gone to Pablo
Jaqueline's gone to Pablo
On a day of days
I stood and gazed
Over the western sea
Startled and struck
Frightened to look
When a mermaid called to me
Ooh-wah Ooh-wah
Ooh-wah Ooh-wah
My sunny sailor boy
Like a man in a dream
For an age it seemed
I stood as still as a stone
While the mermaid sang
And her melody rang
Like a memory calling me home
Then the sea and the wind
And the shores did spin
Though my resistance was strong
All the stars in space
Filled the mermaid's face
She captured my will with her song
Somehow I spoke
The enchantment broke
I rubbed my eyes open wide
Like a dream she was gone
What remained was a song
Borne on the ebbing tide
Ooh-wah Ooh-wah
Ooh-wah Ooh-wah
My sunny sailor boy
All the old walls are tumbling down
Bringing us freedom for moving around
Coming and going, doing no wrong
Dancing and singing to the gypsy song
I want to sing in Riga, Krakow and Prague
Me and my guitar, and a little Irish flag
Ljubljana sounds like a city of grace
They tell me Budapest is a beautiful place
They tell me Budapest is a beautiful town
I'll find a room to sing there, put my name down
I sing about an island on the Western shore
I tell them all to come, come in the front door
Bring in Bulgaria, Romania too
Bring your gypsy music, and we'll never get blue
Bring your gypsy music
Bring your gypsy song
Bring your gypsy music
We'll be singing along
Bring your gypsy music
Bring your gypsy song
Bring your gypsy music
We'll be singing along
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you.
Out of the cold, dark winter space
We come together, looking for Brigid's grace
We dip our open hands deep into the well
Where our rivers run to, who can tell, who can tell
We warm our hearts and faces in the heat of the burning flame
Something about our spirit never stays the same
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Within you
So many lives in shadows, with so much to give away
Brilliant dreams in waiting, to see the light of day
We step up to the well at the dawn of spring time
When we go our way, we let the light shine, let your light shine
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Let the light protect you
Let the light direct you
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
The light that shines within you.
Have you ever been afraid to dive in
Sitting at the edge of the pool
Imagining breast and backstrokes
Ah such a sad little fool
Come in love
I'm waiting at the shore
Come in love
I've no resistance any more
Have you heard the seaweed crackle
At the incoming tide
It can taste the moisture
And feel the moonslide
Come in love
I'm waiting at the shore
Come in love
I've no resistance any more
Come in love
Come in love
Come in love
I'm not afraid
To dive in anymore
Rise up from your bed of straw
See if you can bend that short bow one last time
Speak from your wounds and say you don't care
You know it'll prey on your mind
Wherever your arrow it falls to the ground
Lay lonesome Robin down one last time
No more, Robin, no more
Your outlaw days are over
When you were a little boy
You had to go to bed early while the sun still shone
Just like sleep was the end of the world
And tomorrow would never never come
So now lonesome Robin won't you close your eyes
So that the sun it will rise one last time
No more, Robin, no more
Your outlaw days are over
It's funny how hot is the sun
Now that you can't run away from the city
Just lie there and think of the deer you have run
And of all the games that you've played
And wondering what Marian's bound to do that's better
Than coming to see you one last time
No more, Robin, no more
Your outlaw days are over
And time's taken your time away
Time and deceptions have whittled you down
All of the times that ever you had
Have took to their heels and run
Hold on to whatever is closest to you
That's all lonesome Robin can do one last time
No more, Robin, no more
Your outlaw days are over
Yesterday I got so old
I felt like I could die
Yesterday I got so old
It made me want to cry
Go on, go on, just walk away
Go on, go on, your choice is made
Go on, go on, away from here
Go on, go on, and disappear
I know I was wrong,
What I said, it was true
It couldn't be me and be her
In between without you
Without you
Yesterday I got so scared
I shivered like a child
Yesterday you went away
It froze me deep inside
Come back, come back, don't walk away
Come back, come back, come back today
Come back, come back, oh can't you see
Come back, come back, come back to me
I know I was wrong,
What I said, it was true
It couldn't be me and be her
In between without you
Without you
Go on, go on, just walk away
Go on, go on, your choice is made
Go on, go on, away from here
Go on, go on, and disappear
I know I was wrong,
What I said, it was true
It couldn't be me and be her
In between without you
Without you
Yesterday I got so old
Afraid to say hello
Afraid they might know
Afraid to say hello
Afraid to face the day
Pain won't go
Afraid to face the day
Oh, so cold, oh, so cold
If I had a home
A pillow of my own
Maybe I'd go home
They gave me wings to fly
And took away the sky
Left me here to lie
Oh, so cold, oh, so cold
Whisper once again
Those sweet words in my ear
Whisper once again
Say it soft and clear
Did I hear you say that you loved me
Did I hear you say that you knew
Just for a moment
There was company that knew
The feeling of isolation too
The light went on ...
No more fear in the morning
No more hate in the morning
I love to feel the morning
Feel love in the morning
Just for a moment
There was company that knew
The feeling of isolation too
He is standing by the ocean
Happy as can be
Aimless in the city
Wild and angry
Watching every gesture
Remembering every move
He captures his own pictures
To sing about for you
Don't ask me for a reason
Don't ask me what it means
It's a passion to me
It's a passion to me
He tells stories on cold evenings
Simple struggling lives
Lovers flying to the moon
Children searching for some dream
Lovers private feuds
Different points of views
It's a passion to me
It's a passion
It's a passion
No, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
It's not good enough
It's not good enough
It's not good enough
It's not good enough
You can keep people hungry
Or try to leave them poor
But they will want some answers
Come knocking on your door
Take any living animal
If you don't treat him right
Every time you knock him down
He's going to get back up and fight
And if that is, and if that is a crime
And if that is, and if that is a crime
All our living's a waste of time
A waste of time
No, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
It's not good enough
It's not good enough
It's not good enough
It's not good enough
You can look for your justice
But just don't step out of line
Interrupt the judge's dinner
And you're in there doing time
We've women in our prisons
And men maimed in our cells
Condemned by men no better
Than to live in bloody hell
And if that is, and if that is a crime
And if that is, and if that is a crime
All our living's a waste of time
A waste of time
We've women in our prisons
And men maimed in our cells
Condemned by men no better
Than to live in bloody hell
And if that is, and if that is a crime
And if that is, and if that is a crime
All our living's a waste of time
Children playing in the rain
They're going home from school again
They're trapped in a world waging war all around them
And we in our blindness for Jenny we cry
As she smiles through the drops in her window
And we in our blindness for Jenny we cry
As she smiles through the drops in her window
And the heaven-borne sun
Is shining through Jenny's window
Brightens her life as she smiles
At the birds in the garden
One bird he sings, he sings a happy song
He sings for me Jenny of the sun
Sings for me Jenny of the sun
Someone passing stops and sees
The children playing in the rain
Oh God, will you please give me the strength
That Jenny she might be the same
And we in our blindness for Jenny we cry
As she smiles through the drops in her window
And we in our blindness for Jenny we cry
As she smiles through the drops in her window
And then I knew that Jenny was in her own world
A world that's really not quite like my own
For ours is a world of aeroplanes and wars
And hers is the sound of the birds as they sing
And the sun as it shines through her window
And the sun as it shines through her window
And the heaven-borne sun
Is shining through Jenny's window
Brightens her life as she smiles
At the birds in the garden
One bird he sings, and he sings a happy song
He sings for me Jenny of the sun
He sings for me Jenny of the sun
Whitethorn blossom just comes floating down
Down on the June breeze
Like summer snow on the ground
Long grass sways from side to side
The creatures are coming in here
They're coming in from far and wide
Here where everything changes and grows
Here where everything changes and grows
Here where everything changes and grows
They come to see the seasons different shows
Ah but June, I love the way you pull me in
June, I love your heat upon my skin
June, I love the way you pull me in
To your midsummer feeling
I hear the long grass shuffling in the June breeze
Smell the lavender and the catmint leaves
Everything comes and goes like the tides
Everything comes and goes like the tides
Everything comes and goes like the tides
Life is celebrations and goodbyes
Ah but June, I love the way you pull me in
June, I love your heat upon my skin
June, I love the way you pull me in
To your midsummer feeling
Wild rose and the foxglove side by side
Opening up to welcome butterflies
June
June
Things are looking bad now
They never have been worse
To the north lie mountains
To the south a curse
Bloodstained footprints in the shifting sands
Among the olive groves of Cedarland
Lebanon
Lebanon...
Young girls go running around
Giggling out the door
Every generation has seen these wars before
Caught between a rock and a hard, hard place
Still you live your lives in a state of grace
Lebanon
Lebanon...
Old man smokes his pipe
And through world-weary eyes
He curses the cameras
And pleads to merciless skies
Through the ashes float the words of Khalil Gibran
Love in time will show her hand
Lebanon
I lie under the sky
Dive into the sea
I live in the forest
Under the palm tree
I wake up every morning
Birds sing to me
Somewhere in the distance
Is my friend, my friend Lily
Lily paints in the garden
Word pictures of the mind
About her sea kingdoms
And the preciousness of time
Lily in the garden
Do as you do
Lily in the garden
You ring true
Her footsteps in the garden
Leave an imprint in the grass
Each step forward
Is an imprint to the past
She'll go into the world
She'll be going soon
She'll tell us all she learned
In her mother's womb
Lily in the garden
Do as you do
Lily in the garden
As the summer sun leads to autumn
There comes a time the harvest settles.
When the winding road finds it's destination
I'll need your love,
Your love and your affection.
There are white waves, strong waves
Reaching for the shore.
And I've had long days, lonely days
Reaching for, for your love,
Your love and your affection.
Blackbird, songbird
Singing through the year
Line rows lost life
Wishing me near, near your love,
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway
Would you have my baby
If I were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
Would you miss your colored blouse
Your soft shoes shining
Save my love from loneliness
Save my love from sorrow
I give you my onliness
Give me your tomorrow
If I were a tinker, would you come and find me
Would you carry the things I'd made
And walk alongside me
If I worked my hands in wood
Could you still love me
Would you answer me, yes I would
Or would you be above me
Save my love from loneliness
Save my love from sorrow
I give you my onliness
Give me your tomorrow
Walking by windows
Hand in hand
Under the moon
We love the Jordaan
I give you my kisses
Secrets to keep
Whispery love songs
Before our sleep
Junkies in doorways
Their heads hang low
Bittersweet moon lights
The whole night show
Yet when I see you
That smile on your face
I see only love
In a strange old place
So many changes
So much is the same
In the heart of a city
Its dances and games
Walking by windows
Hand in hand
Under the moon
We love the Jordaan
It's a strange old place
Driving into a grey, grey evening
Drive into a good New Year feeling
It doesn't need to mean a thing
When you sing, when you sing
Put a foot upon a spade
Spade into the ground
Follow the trail of worms
Until the rhythm's found
Wait until the words come down
Sound
Sing your day away
Sing your day away and dream away
Sing your day away
Sing your day away and dream away
Walking through the winter trees
Naked branches in the loss of leaves
Naked in the wind and rain
No escaping winter's waiting game
Put a foot upon a spade
Spade into the ground
Follow the trail of worms
Until the rhythm's found
Wait until the words come down
Sound
Sing your day away
Sing your day away and dream away
Sing your day away
Sing your day away and dream away
The day began with a rainbow in the sand
As I cycled into Kerry
Cattle grazing on a steep hillside
Looked well fed, well balanced
Close to the edge
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on
I take a break, I close my eyes
And I'm happy as the dolphin
In a quiet spot talking to myself
Talking about the rain
Talking about the rain
All this rain
Pedal on
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on
You see whenever I'm alone
I tend to brood
But when I'm out on my bike
It's a different mood
I leave my brain at home
Get up on the sattle
No hanging around
I don't diddle-daddle
I work my legs
I pump my thights
Take in the scenery passing me by
The Kerry mountains or the Wicklow hills
The antidote to my emotional ills
A motion built upon human toil
Nuclear free needs no oil
But it makes me hot, makes me hard
I never thought I could have come this far
Through miles of mountains, valleys, streams
This is the right stuff filling my dreams
So come on, get up on your bike
Ah go on, get up on your bike
Pedal on
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on
Finally
With my face to that bitter wind
I bombed it into Killarney
Skin raw like a sushi dinner
And an appetite
That would eat the hind leg of the lamb of God
Even though you know
I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing
Then settle down for a quiet night
Think about what I've seen and done
And wonder
There's a reason for this
Now is the time
To speak of the problem troubling my mind
Sick of the traffic choking our towns
Freaking me out, bringing me down
Knock down houses, build more lanes
Once was a problem, now it's insane
My solution it's one that I like
It's Muddy
The Acoustic Motorbike
So come on, get up on your bike
Ah go on, get up on your bike
Pedal on
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on
Ah go on
Ah go on
Get up on your bike
I walk with my father in Fanore
We walk hand in hand by the shore
The sun sets beyond Inisheer
I thank you for bringing me here
My father and mother love me
We're living our lives by the sea
Sometimes when my parents stand near
I thank you for bringing me here
I know that I am wanted in this world
So I will grow up an Irish girl
I won't pretend my world knows no fear
But I thank you for bringing me here
Where the limestone slopes down to the sea
Where my father walks tall, proud and free
Where the birdsong is music to my ear
I thank you for bringing me here
I thank you for bringing me here
Who are they to decide what we should hear?
Who are they to decide what we should see?
What do they think we can not comprehend?
Why do they fear what our reaction might be, might be?
Section 31 on the TV
Section 31 on the radio
Section 31 is like a blindfold
Section 31 makes me feel cold
The pounding of the footsteps in the early morning light,
Another family waking to an awful deadly fright.
There's a body on the pavement with a bullet through the jaw,
A thirteen-year-old victim of plastic bullet law.
The silence in my ears, the darkness in my eyes,
Heightens the fears, deafens the cries.
Of another brother taken in another act of hate.
A family preparing for another dreadful wait.
Section 31 on the TV
Section 31 on the radio
Section 31 is like a blindfold
Section 31 makes me feel cold
Who are they to decide what we should see?
Who are they to decide what we should hear?
What do they think we can not comprehend here?
Why do they fear what our reaction might be, might be?
Section 31 on the TV
Section 31 on the radio
Section 31 is like a blindfold
We looked good on the face of things
We spent our days like broken strings
Looking at aeroplanes, talking wings
Disconnected
We came together like a hurricane
Started rivers running through my veins
Dressed in love, I feel no pain
So connected
The light is changing, the night begins
She whispers softly into the listening wind
Who comes to rescue all my faded dreams within
When will I ever find my second skin
We need no trappings, no nightgowns
We're living undercover in town
We're out of touch with the people around
So connected
We came together like a hurricane
Started rivers running through my veins
Dressed in love, I feel no pain
So connected
The light is changing, the night begins
She whispers softly into the listening wind
Who comes to rescue all my faded dreams within
Little snowbird,
You have frozen my heart
While your ice has torn me in every part
One little spark and your little, little flame
You opened up my feelings
And burnt inside my brain
I'm completely lazy,
I am also very free
My fortune is fire,
But I'm into you with the sea
Cliché has new meaning,
I will rhyme it with the moon
The puppet of love
Just wants to dangle to swoon
Little snowbird,
Take me to your nest
Little snowbird,
I see you lyin' upon your breast
Little snowbird,
I coun't myself as blessed
Little snowbird,
She sings her songs with open eyes
Never holding in the pain
Of all the generations she sings about
She sings her songs with open eyes
Songs of distant voices through her they go
She stands and sings straight as a lighthouse
In the eye of the wind and rain
They bring her songs of Uisneach
And on they go again
In her voice everything turns to light
And her open eyes look across the night
She sings
Wear your troubles lightly
Root your life in the day
Respect yourself now
The love you've yet to know
Will guide your way
She sings her songs with open eyes
She sings her songs with open eyes
She sings her songs with open eyes
And all the bad days fly... fly away... fly away
She sings her songs with open eyes
In the cool, clean air
As the storm dies down
Peace in the city
The thunder moves along
Sanas, sanas
In the silence of new lovers
A singer fills a room
In the voice of Seamus Ennis
His stories and his tunes
Sanas, sanas
We're working hard
To try to reach you
The road seems tougher now
To what is true
My brain gets tired sometimes
Ragged and worn
I have to surrender, to be born
Shannonbridge at sunset
Starry midland sky
I sit back and wonder
River whispers by
Sanas, sanas
It's the heartbeat of my song
The comfort in my skin
It's the destination
Of every journey within
Sanas, sanas
We're working hard
To try to reach you
The road seems tougher now
To what is true
My brain gets tired sometimes
Ragged and worn
I have to surrender, to be born
The lilies will have grown
By the time you come home
Home from Brazil
Please come home
Before the flowers have been and gone
We'll be waiting and loving you still
May the sun shine down on you
Dive into the blue
May all your days be sublime
And as the sun goes down
And the starry night surrounds
May you dream white lilies sometime
On the streets of Salvador
You'll love the people
The music and the wine
When your hair hangs down
And you sing some Irish song
May you dream white lilies sometime
May the sun shine down on you
Dive into the blue
May all your days be sublime
And as the sun goes down
And the starry night surrounds
May you dream white lilies sometime
Mars sits outside my window
Flames dancing in my stove
I hold on to the memory of you
Camomile
The Plough is elegant above me
The cup sits upon my stove
I drink to the memory of you
Camomile
Camomile in my bloodstream
Camomile on my mind
The half moon is out of view
My face reddens by the stove
I remember warm kisses on her mouth
Camomile
No clouds, the night sky is deepened blue
Embers dying in my stove
I imagine, I am sitting here with you
Camomile
Camomile in my bloodstream
Camomile on my mind
Camomile
I give to you
Reason to live
We come together
Season to give
We question everything we see
When someone's talking
There's nothing to believe
The flow of love
Rescue mission, baby
The seed of love blossoms in me
The sound of love
Rescue mission, baby
The pulse of love
It's a celebration
I give to you
Reason to live
We come together
Season to give
It pains to hear
Those voices of our children
They wake in fear
Look for you and me to hold them
The flow of love
Rescue mission, baby
The seed of love blossoms in me
The sound of love
Rescue mission, baby
The pulse of love
It's a celebration
I give to you
I give to you
Rescue mission, baby...
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
And if you listen carefully now you will hear
This could be the first trumpet
It might as well be the last
Many more will have to suffer
Many more will have to die
I don't tell no lie
Things are not the way they used to be
One and all have to face reality now
No one tries to find the answers
To all the questions they ask
Though I know it's impossible
To go on living through the past
I don't tell no lie
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
And if you listen carefully now you will hear
This could be the first trumpet
It might as well be the last
Many more will have to suffer
And many more will have to die
I don't tell no lie
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
Blowing, blowing through the air
Blowing, blowing through the air
There is a hungry ghost waiting for me
Hoping the past will slip from memory
I thank God for the nights I cried
I thank God I nearly died
I don't know how I survived
Falling up and down the main street
A naked fool on every dance floor
Falling up and down the main street
People said, "That's what being young is for"
How could they know, I could take no more
There is a hungry ghost waiting for me
Should I take for granted, I am free now
Falling up and down the main street
A naked fool on every dance floor
Falling up and down the main street
People said, "That's what being young is for"
How could they know, I could take no more
To smell the amarillo
Dream beneath some tree
Wait for the daffodil
I am free now
Chile was worlds away
But you could see it in his eyes
Growing up in the USA
Longing for Santiago
Rodrigo wanted to be
Where the action might be
Careful Rodrigo, they said
Don't worry, what could happen to me
Chile grew dim in the mind of an American man
The voice inside the child cried return
Rodrigo is home
Soldiers hunt in packs
And cut down little children
In the city of deadly silence
And sickening screams
One young Chilean soldier
Smiles to his friends
And douses Rodrigo's body in gasoline
Chile grew dim in the mind of an American man
The voice inside the child cried return
I know a place outside Sydney
One fine morning there you'll find me
I worship the sun
I worship the sea
Salt water washes over me
When I come to Australia
And I walk ashore
All my history is no more
Waves release me
I don't know how
But I am swimming among you
In the here and now
Where ocean waves meet the Coogee stone
My skin tingles in it's southern home
I just dive in, I'm swimming so free
Salt water washes over me
I worship the sun
I worship the sea
Salt water washes over me
I worship the sun
I worship the sea
I give to you
Reason to live
We come together
Season to give
We question everything we see
When someone's talking
There's nothing to believe
The flow of love
Rescue mission, baby
The seed of love blossoms in me
The sound of love
Rescue mission, baby
The pulse of love
It's a celebration
I give to you
Reason to live
We come together
Season to give
It pains to hear
Those voices of our children
They wake in fear
Look for you and me to hold them
The flow of love
Rescue mission, baby
The seed of love blossoms in me
The sound of love
Rescue mission, baby
The pulse of love
It's a celebration
I give to you
I give to you
There is a house in Washington DC
There is a house in Washington DC
Somebody is inside
I wonder if she remembers me
My love is a cloud
Riding the Atlantic waves
My love is a cloud
Riding the Atlantic waves
Hovering over her
Remaining there
Something's changing and riding the waves
Take in this world and hold it there
Breath in the night and hold it there
Take in this world and hold it there
Till you come back home to me
Till you come back home
Till you come back home to me
Till you come back home
My love is a cloud
Warriors of the Rainbow
Are answering the call
They go to where the dust will rise again
Dust will rise again and fall
Leave Polynesia alone
Polynesia, leave her alone
Leave Polynesia alone
Mon ami Francais
Ecout s'il vous plait
J'apprend a parlez Francais pour dire
Votre bomb non merci
Votre poison non merci
Ecout s'il vous plait
Warriors of the rainbow
Are answering the call
They go to where the dust will rise again
Dust will rise again and fall
Polynesia, leave her alone
Fernando Perreira gave his life to the sea
His spirit is calling out to you
To you and to me
Remember the brave ones with the blackened face
Digging the trenches for the human race
Remember the brave ones with the sanded eyes
Storming the beach-head, hear the battle cry
Mow them down, mow them down.
The European fields and the coastal sands
Ran wet and warm where warriors had spilled
This Christian sacrifice must never happen again
The search began to find
A cleaner way to kill
Remember the brave ones who flew the skies
Dropping their gifts down on the passers-by
Deliver to London and to Dresden Town
Let the buildings and rubble be their sleeping gown
Blow them up, blow them up.
The European cities and European towns
Ran wet and warm where peaceful people spilled
This Christian sacrifice must never happen again
The search began to find
A cleaner way to kill
Remember the brave ones
With the button is down
In a shelter in Moscow or in Washington
And the faceless features of a life unborn
To a civilisation that wouldn't live to learn
To forget the brave ones and let them lie
Let their death moans be the warning cry
Of a battle that burns up like a million suns
Where there are no heroes
And there are no brave ones
Forget the brave ones
You were sent into this world
In the darkest winter days
How did I have such fortune to know you?
Know the sweetness of your kiss
Being shaken by your smile
Knowing, knowing your love
Me, see me now,
I am August oakleaf
You, yes you are,
You are Primavera
In this cold, dogmatic world
Where the righteous are on song
They talk God on every side
And all humility is gone
You are a beacon in the crowd
You bring lavender to calm
When the shouting gets too loud
Your compassion is at hand
Me, see me now,
I am August oakleaf
You, yes you are,
You are Primavera
It's a dangerous time
You must find your voice
Hold your head up high
Walk among us all
When your beauty is unveiled
And simplicity prevails
Then the world can know your love
Me, see me now,
I am August oakleaf
You, yes you are,
You are Primavera
Me, see me now,
I am August oakleaf
You, yes you are,
You are Primavera
Primavera
Primavera
On Raglan Road of an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue
I saw the danger and I walked
Along the enchanted way
And I said, let grief be a fallen leaf
At the dawning of the day
On Grafton Street in November
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
The true worth of passion's play
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay
Oh, I loved too much and by such by such
Is happiness thrown away
I gave her gifts of the mind
I gave her the secret sign
That's known to the artist who has known
The true God of sound and stone
And word and tint I did not stint
For I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her own dark hair
Like clouds over fields of May
On a quiet street where the old ghosts meet
I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly
My reason must allow
That I had loved not as I should
A creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay
Now it all lies in your hands
We've said all there is to say
The fire is going down
And the horse is miles away
Parisienne
When that thunder rolls
It triggers off a mood within
It's the nomad in my soul
And I just can't hold it in
Parisienne
Parisienne
Restless you
Listening and learning
Reckless you
Constantly yearning
Restless you
Parisienne
I feel a thunder in my heart
And it's calling me away
But this in no tragic scene
From some Shakespeare play
Parisienne
Look, no halo round my head
I'm innocent with you
Let there be no sad farewell
No tearful bel adieu
Parisienne
Restless you
Listening and learning
Reckless you
Constantly yearning
Restless you
Our politicians talking
They never let us know
They make their decisions
They bring us pain and war,
Pain and war.
They tell us, that there is nuclear
That give us the energy we need
But they really mean that this way
They can satisfy their greed,
Their greed.
No one needs this devil
We can't afford the chance
But that's where they line pockets
That's where we must stand
That's where we must stand.
The sun provides the energy
The earth provides the seas
And nature free to prosper
Gladly fill our needs
But the cancer of this nuclear
Is the cancer of our time
The science of destruction
The crime beneath all crimes
Crimes of crimes
Crimes of crimes
Know, people they must know
The truth you must not hide
That people and heaven will die
Remember the brave ones with the blackened face
Digging the trenches for the human race
Remember the brave ones with the sanded eyes
Storming the beach-head, hear the battle cry
Mow them down, mow them down.
The European fields and the coastal sands
Ran wet and warm where warriors had spilled
This Christian sacrifice must never happen again
The search began to find
A cleaner way to kill
Remember the brave ones who flew the skies
Dropping their gifts down on the passers-by
Deliver to London and to Dresden Town
Let the buildings and rubble be their sleeping gown
Blow them up, blow them up.
The European cities and European towns
Ran wet and warm where peaceful people spilled
This Christian sacrifice must never happen again
The search began to find
A cleaner way to kill
Remember the brave ones
With the button is down
In a shelter in Moscow or in Washington
And the faceless features of a life unborn
To a civilisation that wouldn't live to learn
To forget the brave ones and let them lie
Let their death moans be the warning cry
Of a battle that burns up like a million suns
Where there are no heroes
And there are no brave ones
Forget the brave ones
Though I want you badly
I can get on easy
Sometimes inside you
Gets too much for me
The way you look at me
The way you talk to me
The way you push on me
The way you frustrate me
What do you do
This city is grey
What do you say
Looking over me
Children come
They fly too high
You take us down
We learn to cry
Hudson Lady
People get sucked into you
People get hooked on you
Something happens to me
When I get together with you
The way you look at me
The way you talk to me
The look of love on you
The flesh and blood of you
The rush of want in you
The tingle of touch in you
What do you do
This city is grey
What do you say
Looking over me
Children come
They fly too high
You take us down
We learn to cry
Hudson Lady
Nighthawks swagger in front of you
Sirens punctuate your symphony
Hudson Lady
She met her love
In an English prison cell
He looked so tired
On their wedding day
Visitors hours
So the time flew by
Before they parted
Heard each other say
This is for life for me
This is for life for me
He said
If love walks on beaches
What am I to do
If love talks in soft whispers
What am I to do
Lovers gaze at sunsets
What am I to do
What am I to do
This is for life for me
This is for life for me
She sends soul kisses
To that moonless place
She's a time keeper
She knows he will come home
She's a lighthouse
He looks for her in his mind's eye
Just to hear her say
This is for life for me
This is for life for me
This is for life
You play safe
You loose the game
You keep your secrets
I wanna fly on a high trapeze
I get dizzy off my knees
Hope there is a dove waiting to fly with me
Because I know that shelf's no place for me to be
Sometimes
Stranger to a kiss
Sometimes
Delirious
I played hide and seek and found you
I brought a small bouquet to give you
Full of daydreams and cliches to please you
I'm such a novice at this
Forgive me, forgive me
Sometimes
Stranger to a kiss
Sometimes
Delirious
Sometimes
Stranger to a kiss
Sometimes
Delirious, delirious
I'll try a little harder every day, every day
To take in what you say to me
To give you what you want me to
To love you like I should do
Sometimes
Stranger to a kiss
Sometimes
Delirious
Sometimes
Stranger to a kiss
Sometimes
Videos and TVs crowding the brain
Keeping feeling down.
Some of these machines can put the mind to sleep
Keeping feeling down.
Watch the birds depart to the winter sun
Free to fly as they please.
Watch the rivers run their lives to the sea
Free to flow at their ease.
As long as my thoughts they are free
Nobody can take love from me
As long as I look there it will be.
Whenever I'm worried or uptight
I know that it's going to be alright
Just a feeling inside me.
Sunny summer days at Carnsore Point
People gathered round.
Music in our ears and love in our hearts
People gathered round.
Summer '81 at the GPO
People gathered round.
With sorrow in our souls and love in our hearts
People gathered round.
As long as my thoughts they are free
Nobody can take love from me
As long as I look there it will be.
Whenever I'm worried or uptight
I know that it's going to be alright
It's just a feeling inside me
Something's greater than me.
As long as my thoughts they are free
Nobody can take love from me
As long as I look there it will be.
Whenever I'm worried or uptight
I know that it's going to be alright
It's just a feeling inside me
La la la
La la la la la
La la la
La la la la la...
I just can't get you out of my head
Your loving is all I think about
I can't get you out of my head
It's more than I dare to dream about
La la la
La la la la la
La la la
La la la la la...
I can't get you out of my head
Your loving is all I think about
I can't get you out of my head
It's more than I dare to dream about
Every night
Every day
Just to be here in your arms
Won't you stay
Won't you stay
Stay forever and ever and ever and ever...
La la la
La la la la la
La la la
La la la la la...
I just can't get you out of my head
Your loving is all I think about
I just can't get you out of my head
It's more than I dare to dream about
There's a dark secret in me
Don't leave me locked in your heart
Set me free
Feel the need in me
Set me free
Stay forever and ever and ever and ever...
La la la
La la la la la
La la la
La la la la la...
I hope the rain holds off just for today
I hope it doesn't rain on your parade
Kick up your white heels and wave your flags around
Kick up your white heels parading in our town
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
All around the side streets, needles look for veins
Where bullets found their mark in old rebellions
Others stand saluting, saying this is who I am
A piece of cloth, a field, an island
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
Joyce lies in Zurich, Beckett lies in France
What anthem has the tune to their dance
Who is my tribe, is it only green
Or is it in the rainbow of my dreams
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
My tribe is the swallow, flying to be home
My tribe is the heron, who never feels alone
My tribe is in Pine Ridge, my tribe's in Alice Springs
My tribe is in the heartbeat of all things
Home's a place inside, I take it with me
I meet my tribe wherever I may be
It's good to lay your head down outside
It's good to dance around the tribe
Listen
Listen to the rhythm
The mechanics and the beat
Wheels of the train sounds under the feet
The music of a disco moving on the rails
Rhythm never changes neither do the tales
Trains
She is sittin' there before me
No expression on her face
We are moving in a straight line
She is out in space
I really wanna talk, where will I begin
With the countries that I've been to
And the state that I'm in
Trains
I'm about to say 'I love you,
That it's you I really need'
When we pull into a station
You get up and leave
'I'll see ya sometime'
I venture to say
'I'll see ya sometime'
I venture to say
'I'll see ya sometime'
I venture to say
I always get braver when you're movin' away
I always get braver when you're movin' away
Trains - strange
Trains
Sick of movin' in a straight line
Sick of movin' in a straight line
Sick of movin' in a straight line
I wanna get off !
I wanna get off !
There's football teams and baby screams
And transistors roarin'
There's money scenes, poker fiends
And a lone drunkard snorin'
Listen
Listen
Listen to the rhythm
The mechanics and the beat
Wheels of the train sounds under the feet
The music of a disco moving on the rails
Rhythm never changes neither do the tales
Trains, trains, trains, trains
Noises and whispers
Make me shiver inside
Slithering creatures
In the dead of the night
Here in the jungle
It's a frantic night out
The quiet is broken
By crickets and owls
In our khaki and green
We blend in well
Our purpose unseen
Getting harder to tell
Wildlife...
Old lion's resting
Tigers look on
Commandos make ready
To building new homes
Conviction and power
Will win over fear
So voodoos are broken
And pulpits appear
In our khaki and green
We blend in well
Our purpose unseen
Getting harder to tell
Wildlife...
Taxis are waiting
Lined up in a row
To speed me through dangers
To some place I know
Back in the city
It's business again
The hunting is different
The hunter the same.
In our khaki and green
We blend in well
Our purpose unseen
Getting harder to tell
A daffodil is born und rises in the spring
It opens out it's beauty to hear the cricket sing
But as quick as it does grow, it decays away so soon
Before the summer sunshine has reached it's golden noon
Before the summer sunshine has reached it's golden noon
A stream it does rise from the mountain so tall
It swells into a river and gently it does fall
It meanders through valley, through city and through town
But in the boundless ocean, this river it is drowned
Aye in the boundless ocean, this river it is drowned
On the sea the winds do rage and the waves grow so high
Whitening the surface as they reach up to the sky
But soon the waves grow gentle, no longer do they roar
As they make their lonesome passageway up to the pebble shore
As they make their lonesome passageway up to the pebble shore
If I was like the daffodil, so fair upon the ground
Or like the winding river with it's sweet and mellow sound
Like a wave up to the shore, like a river into the sea
I'd lay down in my resting place, contented there to be
Across the sand, the stones and the shells
I went down to the sea
And the golden haired ballerina came down
And swam along with me
We were strangers out in the ocean
Somehow shyness stayed ashore
And I watched the ballerina
Dive and dance down to the floor
Ballerina, ballerina
Water ballerina
As the sun went down on the ocean
And the night our time did steal
We swam on in salty heaven
It was too good to be real
So I left her a silver dolphin
In a place where she could see
So that one day out at her swimming
She might remember me
Ballerina, ballerina
Water ballerina
Water ballerina with such golden curly hair
She is gone now, like the summer
Because of who you are
I can see the road to follow
Every day with you
Will be as though there's no tomorrow
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Love doesn't always come to everyone
Only once in a blue, blue moon
Do lovers find each other
And make it to the precious room
To become a father and mother
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Love doesn't always come to everyone
And tomorrow is easy to see
When the unconditional is free
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream
To follow what it means.
And I wish on every rainbow
That I've ever seen
I'm wishing on the people
Who really dream
I'm wishing on tomorrow
Should it ever come
I'm wishing on the loving
We have ever done.
I never thought I'd see
A time when you would be
So far away from home
So far away from me.
I think of all the moments
That we spent
I just can't let you go
For me you were meant
I didn't mean to hurt you
But I know
That in the game of love
You reap what you sow.
I think it's time we should make up
I think it's time we should get back together
Make the best of things
Whether or never make the best of things
I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream
To follow what it means.
I'm wishing on a star
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew.
I only met you briefly in a bar
But your love came shining through me, oh Indian star
And when you talked about your people long ago
You painted me a picture, oh buffalo.
In the Blackfoot Hills their motorways
Are tearing up your life
Progress at it's best,
Progress bringing death.
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew.
The mirror of your heart rings through my mind
Just what I need to feel, need to find
The earth is everyone's, your people said
And he who's by the earth soul is dead
Custer leading brave young men
You educate the loss
Christians got it wrong
They never listened to your song.
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew.
Where is this place we've come to
We don't know what to say
We long to see each other
And are frightened of that day
You met me in a Burren place
You walked me to the hill
We were so good for each other then
I know we could be still
You couldn't have come at a better time
You couldn't have come at a better time
You couldn't have come at a better time
Not if you tried, oh no
Not if you tried, oh no
We have five hundred questions
Between you and me
But when you look into my eyes my love
Tell me what you see
Is it something you're not sure of
Is it something true and fine
Or is it just another case
Of the right thing at the wrong time
You couldn't have come at a better time
You couldn't have come at a better time
You couldn't have come at a better time
Since we were first together
By the lakeside sky so blue
We were so good for each other
Me and you and me and you and
Me and you and me and you
You couldn't have come at a better time
You couldn't have come at a better time
You couldn't have come at a better time
When I look at you
I see your power
But when your blues come around
You're so hard on yourself
Somebody needs you
You always come through
You let nobody down
But when you're low
Where do you go
Who helps you come around
When I look at you
I see things you don't seem to
You're so hard on yourself
Don't be so hard on yourself
Somebody needs you
You always come through
You let nobody down
But when you're low
Where do you go
Who helps you come around
Life's not easy
Sometimes the heart aches
I will sing a song for you
Don't be so hard on yourself
Crimson rises over black and grey
As the morning comes
Silence, but the cricket sings
And I can hear you breathing
Water, mountains, rise and fall
Rise and fall with dignity
One more day without you
Is just too much for me
Through the eyes of love I see your face
And in the words of love I call your name
Through the eyes of love I see your face
And in these dreams I feel no pain
Dreams in America
Dreams in America
So we curl into a little ball and roll
To where we lie in ecstasy
Breezes soothe our souls
Listen to the lover's fantasy
Through the eyes of love I see your face
And in the words of love I call your name
Through the eyes of love I see your face
And in these dreams I feel no pain
Dreams in America
Dreams in America
We seem to go our separate ways
Our bodies tune into a different rhyme
The only thought that is a saving grace
Reunion, with the passage of time
Dreams in America
The phone rings, somebody sings
'How the hell are you?'
'It's just me and the four walls
How the hell do you think I am?'
'Has anybody come to visit?'
'They come if they come
When they come or they don't come'
'Do you have everything you need?'
'Yeah! I've got all the time in the world
And more patience than a swallow's nest in February'
Doing the best I can in my solitude
Coping the best I can with my blues
Doing the best I can in my solitude
Coping the best I can with my blues
It's a game of poker
I've got a tricky hand of cards
I play the game everyday
But it's sometimes hard
But not to worry, we'll soldier on
C'est la vie, etc. etc.
A few pints, a couple of songs
And none of your auld sympathy
Doing the best I can in my solitude
Coping the best I can with my blues
Doing the best I can in my solitude
Coping the best I can with my blues
My body's a curtain
And you can't see inside
My spirit's enormous
Those who know me
Are those who have tried
I laugh and I cry in this journey I'm on
Try to hold no regrets for my situation
Doing the best I can in my solitude
Coping the best I can with my blues
Doing the best I can in my solitude
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love.
When evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love.
I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
There's no doubt in my mind where you belong.
I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love.
The storms are raging on the rollin' sea
And on the ocean of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
And you've seen nothing like me yet.
I could make you happy,
Make your dreams come true
There is nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
White frosty morning
I'm a bird of hunger
Orange glow horizon
Coming out from under
First light of spring my love
First light of spring
First light of spring my love
Sweeter than anything
Across the earth I see you
Swanlike moving there
The sun comes over trees
And throws it's light upon your hair
I'm shaken by a blackbird
I turn to hear it's song
Looking back I cannot see you
My one and only one
First light of spring my love
First light of spring
First light of spring my love
Sweeter than anything
The daffodil is pushing through
Snowdrops want to rise
Still I look to see you
In these frosty nightskies
First light of spring my love
First light of spring
First light of spring my love
Sweeter than anything
Walking, wounded children lined the roads about the town
Aging little faces full of need
Who never should have suffered from this hunger
There's a better world to go to, I believed
Before our journey to Canada
My love and I were married in the town
One day of freedom from the anguish
We sang and danced with friends from all around
A stor mo chroi
I'll always love you
On an overcrowded ship we crossed the ocean
Many found their graveyard in that sea
Those who set their dreams on a life in Canada
Surrendered to the fate that was to be
Finally my true love's heart was broken
In a fever she'd in Canada she died
Though I will assist my fellow countrymen
There is nothing only emptiness inside
A stor mo chroi
I'll always love you
All my fear of dying dissipated
Now I'm simply waiting for the end
Before I'm laid to rest in Canada
I'll bring some comfort to my Irish friends
Talk to them of better days behind us
Before a brute for power put us down
I'll sing until the reaper comes to take me
To the love that lies waiting in the ground
A stor mo chroi
I'll always love you
I open up my eyes
To the sunlight shining new
And in the dream that takes me back
A single word rings through
My memories awaken
To the horrors come to pass
One word in the morning light
Brings freedom home at last
Forgiveness...
For the ancient wounds still hurting
For the wrongs I've never known
For all the children left to die
Near fields where corn was grown
Like the ones who braved the ocean
In the fever sheds to burn
Let all the hatred leave these shores now
Never to return
In the flowering desert
Lies the heart and soul of man
Find a deep well to draw from
And give back as you can
In the moonlight musicians
Hear their tunes in the Burren wind
And in the shadows
Where an old faith's sheltered
The painter's work begins
Footsteps, I could learn to listen
Footsteps, how I long to trace
Footsteps, I could learn to listen
To footsteps of an ancient race
The fertile rock
To the flowering desert
Roll the wheels of greed
Wells dry forever
The orchid starts to bleed
Footsteps, I could learn to listen
Footsteps, how I long to trace
Footsteps, I could learn to listen
To footsteps of an ancient race
The fertile rock
Fertile rock
Ancient Place
Walk there, walk there
Footsteps
Ancient Place
Not for sale
Walk there, walk there
There is a hungry ghost waiting for me
Hoping the past will slip from memory
I thank God for the nights I cried
I thank God I nearly died
I don't know how I survived
Falling up and down the main street
A naked fool on every dance floor
Falling up and down the main street
People said, "That's what being young is for"
How could they know, I could take no more
There is a hungry ghost waiting for me
Should I take for granted, I am free now
Falling up and down the main street
A naked fool on every dance floor
Falling up and down the main street
People said, "That's what being young is for"
How could they know, I could take no more
To smell the amarillo
Dream beneath some tree
Wait for the daffodil
I go down into the water
Dive as deep as man can go
Into those dark places
Watch the underwater flow
Exploring the blue
Exploring the blue
Exploring the blue
Search of you
Here I stand by the mountain
And I look up to the sky
Knowing it's a matter of having to climb
'Bove this place, these clouds lie
Exploring the blue
Exploring the blue
Exploring the blue
Search of you
It may be high, it may be low
Where I think you are
Is that's where I'll go
That's where I'll go, that's where I'll go
I go down into the water
Your complete silence speaks
Stronger than words
I fumble trying to impress
I mumble trying to express
I tumble talk is meaningless
Just one gesture of your hand
You summon all your greatness to command
And everything I understand
The way you talk to me
Scream away, scream away
To your heart's content
I promise you won't upset a soul
Fool I am I envy you
Scream away you won't spoil the view
Your little daggers always make it through
The way you talk to me
Your smiling at things
They make no sense to me
Your visions and dreams
They might set me free
Just one gesture of your hand
You summon all your greatness to command
And everything I understand
The way you talk to me
The way you talk
These things you keep
You better throw them away
You gotta turn your back
On your soulless days
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea
If you're feelin' weary
You've been alone too long
Or maybe you've been sufferin' from
A few too many plans
That have gone wrong
You're tryin' to remember
How fine your life used to be
You're runnin' around
Banging your drums
Like it's nineteen seventy three
That was the river
This is the sea
You say you've got troubles
You say you've got pain
You say you've nothin' left to believe in
You've nothin' left to hold onto
You've got nothin' to trust
You've got nothin' but chains
You've been scourin' your conscience
Rakin' through your memories
Scourin' your conscience
Rakin' through your memories
That was the river
This is the sea
I can see you wavering
You're tryin' to decide
There's a war in your head now
It's tearin' you up inside
You're tryin' to make sense
Of something you just can't see
You're tryin' to make sense now
You know you once held the key
That was the river
This is the sea
River
River
River
River ...
I hear there's a train
Comin' down the line
It's yours if you hurry
You still got some time
You don't need no ticket
You don't pay no fee
You don't need no ticket
You don't pay no fee
That was the river
This is the sea
That was the river
This is the sea
That was the river
This is the sea
That was the river
I will come for you at nighttime
I will raise you from your sleep
I will kiss you in four places
And go running along your street
I'll squeeze the life out of you
You will make me laugh and make me cry
We will never forget it
You will make me call your name
And I'll shout it to the blue summer sky
We may never meet again
So she'd your skin and let's get started
You will throw your arms around me
You will throw your arms around me
I dreamed of you at nighttime
I watched you in your sleep
I met you in high places
I touched your head and I touched your feet
So if you disappear out of view
You know, I'll never say goodbye
I will try to forget it
You will make me call your name
And I'll shout it to the blue summer sky
We may never meet again
So she'd your skin and let's get started
You will throw your arms around me
I get a feeling this time of year
A little uneasy and tired of here.
A little feeling I need a rest
And it'd be nice to go out west.
Sick of the city you're pulling me down
Buses and taxis racing around.
Making me run when I want to go slow
Out to the country I've got to go.
Out in the air so fresh and free
No one to hurry or worry me
Feeding the chickens, making hay
Taking it easy, lazing away.
I get a feeling this time of year
A little uneasy and tired of here.
Sick of the sights I see around
Bringing me back to my place in town.
Sick of the country pulling me down
Everyone knows what you're doing around
Rivers and mountains and trees are nice
But I need an injection of love in my life.
I have an idea inside my head
That in the city I'll make my bed
Among the concrete sky-high
Somewhere there to lie.
Rockers and punks, students of words
Coppers and drunks, the ladies in furs
People around me to keep me alive,
The night sometimes seems dangerous
We wonder what it hides
It sometimes brings us closer
And forever changes our lives
Strangers talk in open ways
We cannot always understand
Who have not felt the loving touch
And seen the guiding hand
I was brought up near the riverside
In a quiet Irish town
An eighteen-month-old baby
The night they laid my daddy down
Everyone knew everyone
And everybody else as well
My home was filled with sorrow then
Too much for me to tell
The man is alive
Alive and breathing
It's taken me so long to see
The man is alive
Alive and breathing
The man is alive in me
We stood among the totem poles
Under the Canadian moonlight
She told me all about her childhood days
On the Vancouver mountain side
An eighteen-month-old baby
The night her daddy passed away
We stood and watched the darkness
Flowing into the light of day
The night sometimes seems dangerous
We wonder what it hides
It sometimes brings us closer
And forever changes our lives
Strangers talk in open ways
We cannot always understand
But we begin to feel the loving touch
And see the guiding hand
The man is alive
Alive and breathing
It's taken me so long to see
The man is alive
Alive and breathing
Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?
Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?
People have expectations of a man in your position
They want you to carry some torch into the public view
Voyeurs of this world ignoring your beautiful words
Say they want you to survive
But they demand this madness of you
Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?
I love your music and I love your songs
I love the wild things in your head
I want you here with us
Helping us to stick this mad place
But for so many years now this habit's been forming
And so many others have failed
You made friends with that devil
Now he feels a little kinder to face
Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?
I think of the young ones who make their way home
Through the night after one of your shows
Their lives a little richer
For having been touched by you
They dance and they sweat and they call out your name
The excitement just belts out and flows
You've been singing your guts out
Is that not enough to do?
Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
People are leaving God's houses
Looking for footprints in the sand
The time has come to light the fire in ourselves
Find the circles around the land
Once again I hear the sacred arrow
Brigid gave us from her cell of oak
Crosses children make at springtime
Are testament to the love she spoke
This is the shape of love to come
A renaissance of moon and sun
This is the shape of love to come
Come on into the circle everyone
So I come to the hill of Tara
And feast my eyes on the royal plains
In my hunger for direction
I call up the long forgotten days
The God I love needs no house of stone
Nor is her image painted into glass
In the circle round the place I call my home
I feel connected and so I have to ask
Is this the shape of love to come?
A renaissance of moon and sun
This is the shape of love to come
I'll soon leave the treaty
Say goodbye to the stone
I'm sorry to leave you
And sometimes sad to go
Well, I've sat by your waters
And dreamed my cares away
And I've listened to your songbirds
Asking if I'll stay
I'll soon leave the treaty
Say goodbye to the stone
I'm sorry to leave you
Oh the other day in Chinatown
A place you all know well
I was taking in the action all around
There was people rushing everywhere
With things to buy and sell
There was taxis looking for someone to run down
I was studying the walkmans in a special discount store
When I saw her walking by
Oh, she was unbelievably beautiful
And I'd love the things she wore
So there and then up to her I did fly
We could go for a walk
We could maybe stay in
We could have a good talk
But then again
I'd love to just take you for a walk down Broadway
Or any other way
Just yourself and meself, ah go on!
She says "I come from China"
I says "I'm from Ireland"
And "Isn't this a fine small world"
So we went down to the village
And we'd been walking hand in hand
Admiring all the things I couldn't afford
We could go for a walk
We could maybe stay in
We could have a good talk
But then again
I'd love to just give you one small kiss
Just a little one, ah go on!
Oh well, she brought me back to her place
Just to drink a cup of tea
She brought me in and made me feel at home
It was a tiny room she lived in with another family
But they were out and we were all alone
We could go for a walk
We could maybe stay in
We could have a good talk
But then again
I suppose we could get nice and toasty
Watch some TV, see what happens, ah go on!
Well, I woke up on the sidewalk
There was no one there at all
She must have gone with Luka left behind
And when I turned around to look for her
She couldn't hear me call
So the whole affair was only in me mind
Ah ...
We could go for a walk
We could maybe stay in
We could have a good talk
There's an ancient place, it's a city of grace
Where I lived as in a dream
Where the elders prayed and the children played
By the mountainside and stream
As I waved goodbye from the riverside
It was too much to take in
I could see the place, and imagine the face
Of the young Tibetan God-King
It's a bad old wind, should no good begin
From a hurt that has been done
When the line was crossed and the land was lost
Oh, the holy exiled ones
As I waved goodbye from the riverside
It was too much to take in
I could see the place, and imagine the face
Of the young Tibetan God-King
I can hear the cry of the geese that fly
Between the mountain and the moon
And the flags that blow in Himalayan snow
Are carried like a haunting tune
As I waved goodbye from the riverside
It was too much to take in
I could see the place, and imagine the face
If you twist and then turn away again
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would
Let it go
Surrender
Dislocate
If I could throw this lifeless
Lifeline to the wind
I'd leave this heart of clay
See you walk, walk away
Into the night
And through the rain
Into the half-light
And through the flame
If I could through myself
Set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away
See you walk, walk away
Into the light
And through the day
So let it go
And so to fade away
Let it go
And so to fade away
I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
I'm not sleeping
If you should ask then maybe
They'd tell you what I would say
True colors fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Killers crash, collide in bloodshot eyes
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would
Let it go
Surrender
Desperation
Dislocation
Separation
Condemnation
Revelation
In temptation
Isolation
Desolation
Let it go
And so to fade away
Let it go
And so to fade away
I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
I'm not sleeping
So let it go
Surrender
Let it go
Let it go
I walked along the western shore
One bright November day
I watched the heron watching me
And thought I heard him say
Just be still now
Wait a while
And let life come to you
Just be still now
All your dreams
Are on the breezes passing through
I walked along the city streets
And wished that I could fly
I saw the heron by my feet
And thought I heard him say
Just be still now
Wait a while
And let love come to you
Just be still now
All your dreams
Are on the breezes passing through
Just be still now
A heart that's full up like a landfill.
A job that slowly kills you.
Bruises that won't heal.
You look so tired and unhappy.
Bring down the government.
They don't, they don't speak for us.
A heart that's full up like a landfill.
A job that slowly kills you.
Bruises that won't heal.
You look so tired and unhappy.
Bring down the government.
They don't, they don't speak for us.
I'll take a quiet life.
A handshake some carbon monoxide.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
Silent.
Silent.
This is my final fit.
My final bellyache.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises, please.
Such a pretty house.
Such a pretty garden.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
Silent.
Silent.
Please.
I'll take a quiet life.
A handshake some carbon monoxide.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
Silent.
Silent.
This is my final fit.
My final bellyache.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises, please.
Such a pretty house.
Such a pretty garden.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
No alarms and no surprises.
Silent.
Silent.
I'll sing to you of a carpenter, a Muslim man
He was forced to join an army, he chose to leave his land
He was born in Northern Africa, with the desert all around
He loved his innocent childhood in the bosom of a desert town
Mohamed left Algeria, his family and his friends
Knowing he would never see his loved ones ever again
You must go, follow your star
No matter where you go, there you are
No matter where you go, there are you
So don't let go of what you know to be true
Mohamed went to Amsterdam, to Paris and to Rome
Nowhere in these cities did Mohamed feel at home
He'd walk the streets into the night, thrown-out wood to find
Making wooden boxes occupied his mind
Little wooden boxes in a line on Mohamed's stand
Bringing food and shelter to a Muslim man
You must go, follow your star
No matter where you go, there you are
No matter where you go, there are you
So don't let go of what you know to be true
One summer's day in Paris, he heard a haunting sound
Of a lonesome Irish fiddle, he let his tools fall down
Looking up he could not see the man, whose music filled this place
But he knew his heart was breaking, and the tears rolled down his face
Mohamed walked until he saw the man, with a fiddle to his chin
He stood and let the music glow, underneath his skin
He felt longing for Algeria, and loving for this song
How the music of a stranger helps the dreamer move along
The carpenter and the fiddler became the best of friends
And Mohamed lives in Galway, where the music never ends
You must go, follow your star
No matter where you go, there you are
No matter where you go, there are you
So don't let go of what you know to be true
By the Claddagh in the evening, you might see this southern man
Selling boxes, toys and fiddles, made with Muslim hand
Don't you feel no pity, nor think he is alone
For the music in his spirit, is his shelter and his home
Mohamed's fire ignited with the ancient jigs and reels
He sometimes chants in Arabic across the Galway fields
His prayers go to Moher, out to the Atlantic sea
And echo to Algeria to the land he had to flee
You must go, follow your star
No matter where you go, there you are
No matter where you go, there are you
So don't let go of what you know to be true
There's a woman in Algeria, she looks across the sand
Two of us caught out in a violent storm
Suddenly thrown together in the magical sea of love
So much danger coming off the island
So much danger headed for the mainland
I'll revel in this magic
Sitting in the front row
Watch you taming the lions
Watch you walking the wire
Watch you dance in the big top
Taking me higher and higher and higher
When she moves, I watch her
When she speaks, I listen
When she stands, I stand beside her
When she laughs, I'm over the moon
Side by side on Southbound train
Swaying to the engine
Rocking in the June sun
Two little babies in a cradle
Breathing
Swallowing
Drowning, drowning, drowning
When she moves, I watch her
When she speaks, I listen
When she stands, I stand beside her
When she laughs, I'm over the moon
Did you know I was out there?
I knew you were out there
Did you know I was out there?
I knew you were out there
I saw you in a dream
I saw you like a summer's evening
Did you know I was out there?
I knew you were out there
On your own
You never know who's out there
You never know who's out there
Did you know I was out there?
I knew you were out there
Did you know I was out there?
I knew you were out there
I saw you there upon the sand
I saw the flat stone leave your hand
You were all alone there
You never know who's out there
You never know who's out there
You never be alone
You need never be alone
Did you know I was out there?
I knew you were out there
You never know who's out there
Here love
Take away my heart forever
Never fear love
We'll share the load together.
How was the frost upon the ground
And how was the snow
And how were the raging wind and rain
To know?
That our love
Is stronger than the stone
And our love
Would forever keep us warm
And our love
Is shelter in the storm
Our love
Our love
Here love
Take away my heart forever
Never fear love
We'll share the load together.
How were the singing birds
And how was the rose
And how were the farmers in the fields
To know?
That our love
Sings the sweetest song of all
And our love
Is the sweetest scent of all
And our love
Is the greatest food of all
Our love
The love that I'm feeling in my heart
Is with me on this journey from the start
Deep within me,
Ireland
You gave the world your wisdom
And darkness, dead and gone
And then lying on your death bed
No help could be found
You fought to free your music
And you died to save your young
Tortured, raped and plundered,
Rose and rose and rose again
Too many people tell me
All you know is war
But I know you much better,
I feel what you are
Deep within me
The people that have hurt you
They've come to take again
But not with swords and rifles,
Notes and pens
America and England,
And Germany and France,
And Holland and Italy,
European nomads and everywhere
And the love that I'm feeling in my heart
Is with me on this journey from the start
Deep within me,
Open up your arms
Let the healing begin
For those of us still standing
Let some light shine in
Shine on your hopeless days
Shine on your raging nights
Shine on the slip of a dream
Give us all new lives
Cry, and be still
Cry, cry the bitter tears
For the stolen years
Let's learn love songs
Sweet love songs
Songs that don't deny
What has been and done
Songs that throw some light
On each and everyone
Songs that reach across
Divides and barricades
Songs that civilize
And promise brighter days
Cry, and be still
Cry, cry the bitter tears
For the stolen years
Let's learn love songs
Sweet love songs
Songs that celebrate
When nothing has been won
Songs that agitate
For lives that might be fun
Why not? Why not?
Reach out and be a star
Why not? Why not?
We have come this far
Open up your arms
Let's learn love songs
Open up your arms
Let's learn love songs
Open up your arms
Let's learn love songs
Baby's eyes light up with every new thing he sees
Every new touch he feels crawling on his knees
He's learning, learning to live.
Reading from a book or building in the snow
Jumping higher to reach ever seeking to know
He's learning, learning to grow.
There's nothing new under the sun
There's nothing new under the sun
Bees making honey
Swallows moving on.
He sits by the river and he stares at the trees
He wonders at beauties around that he sees
He's learning, learning to love.
Taking home his money feeling good he's alive
His future is doubtful, but time is on his side
He's learning, learning to survive.
There's nothing new under the sun
There's nothing new under the sun
Bees making honey
Swallows moving on.
He plays with the children he loves big and bold
Laughs at the good times, distracts from the cold
He's learning to be old.
Though his heart's a little heavy he won't cry
He can still see the birds making way in the sky
He's learning, learning to die.
There's nothing new under the sun
There's nothing new under the sun
Bees making honey
Swallows moving on.
As I sing this song I get a feeling something isn't right
Someone is interfering with the cycle of life
They've taken the days and turned them into night
They alter the climate and say it's their right.
There's something new under the sun
There's something new under the sun
No bees making honey or swallows moving on
There's no need to verbalise
When two hearts sometimes harmonise
Walking along the Salthill promenade
Talking about these perfect days we had
All our lives in one place
And though the light just bounces off your face
I know you know
Everything is possible in God's time
But nothing is for sure
All our hurts to wade through
And still we find
Blackberry time
There's no need to understand
Whenever you try to trust in the plan
We stand in the water and open our toes
And laugh at and love the way the river just goes
Downstream, some islands to round
I step out and dry my feet on the ground
We soak up Burren blue skies
The sun blinds me in your eyes
And I know you know
Everything is possible in God's time
But nothing is for sure
All our hurts to wade through
And still we find
There is a moment of surrender
Just before sleep comes
Just before sleep comes
I turn over my life's business
To the God of the Setting Sun
To the God of the Setting Sun
Sweet, sweet dreams
Sweet, sweet dreams
Of the day that's almost over
I hope my work is done
I hope my work is done
Whatever tomorrow brings
I can wait for dreams to come
I can wait for dreams to come
Sweet, sweet dreams
Sweet, sweet dreams
Just before sleep takes me
I pray for my loved ones
I pray for my loved ones
Sweet, sweet dreams
Crossing the bridge in the morning light
Making our way to school
The swans on the river made a pretty sight
Making our way to school
Later playing in the park
There were orchards we raided in the dark
Thinking back how good things were those days.
We'd go for a drive around the Curragh Plains
On a Sunday afternoon
And run among the bushes playing games
All afternoon
And when the evening came along
We would go home singing songs
And thinking back how good things were those days
Growing up in Newbridge town.
Liffey flowing gently passing by
And carried me away
Never knowing how everything could change
Since leaving Newbridge town.
Down on the strand where the river turns
And lovers love renew
We'd watched them walking and holding hands
Where flowers and bushes grew
But it all looks different now
It all seems altered now
Or is that the way things look through grown-up eyes
Looking at Newbridge town.
Liffey flowing gently passing by
And carried me away
Never knowing how everything could change
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
And if you listen carefully now you will hear
This could be the first trumpet
It might as well be the last
Many more will have to suffer
Many more will have to die
I don't tell no lie
Things are not the way they used to be
One and all have to face reality now
No one tries to find the answers
To all the questions they ask
Though I know it's impossible
To go on living through the past
I don't tell no lie
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
And if you listen carefully now you will hear
This could be the first trumpet
It might as well be the last
Many more will have to suffer
And many more will have to die
I don't tell no lie
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
Blowing, blowing through the air
In the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
Eighteen forty-seven
Was the year it all began
Deadly pains of hunger
Drove a million from this land
They journeyed not for glory
Their motive wasn't greed
A voyage of survival
Across the stormy seas
To the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
Some of them knew fortune
Some of them knew fame
More of them knew hardship
They died upon the plains
They spread throughout the nation
They rode the railroad cars
Brought their songs and music
To ease their lonely hearts
To the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
In the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
Eighteen forty-seven
Was the year it all began
Deadly pains of hunger
In our troubled times
We simply hide away
And dream of the one
We'd love to see
At the end of the day
Solitary winter chill me no more
I dream an angel by the western seashore
Ciara...
Ciara...
There is an angel
I would like to know
I sing and dream her face
Lying on my pillow
I kissed her one day
In the cool of Brigid's well
My heart beat crystal clear like a church bell
Ciara...
Ciara...
I can hear the winter knockin' on my door
I dream an angel by the western seashore
Ciara...
I walked through the hailstones and the merciless wind
To where the island disappears and the sea begins
It was new year's eve at the mountainside
On the winding road that slopes down to where Frankie lies
I stood still and stared down at the clay
Waiting for sorrow I started to pray
Ah but Errigal was wrapped up in brilliant white snow
Smoke rose from the turf fires of Bunbeg bungalows
I stood before the mountain waiting for sorrow
But the waves kept time and I let go
Go..... go.....
Go..... go..... to where the cool breeze sighs
Go..... go..... to where your flute tones rise
Go..... go..... to where Errigal's in your eyes
We hear your grace notes they fill our nights
We miss you too much but it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
We know you're all right now, Frankie
I waited for darkness to torture my mind
But the Atlantic waves banged out a rhythm behind
I saw his fresh face with that killer smile
The flute up to his lips and in his own style
Eyes closed he took me to his wonderland
And the waves kept time on the Donegal strand
I stood before the mountain waiting for sorrow
But the waves kept time and I let go
We know you're all right now, Frankie
I walked through the hailstones and the merciless wind
In America singers singing, our world could be as one
In America brothers killing some poor mothers' son
But I thank God for New York City
A rainbow of faces walks alongside me, right beside me
In America, there's an old chief, I'm waiting to see
In America, there's an old chief, he's talking to me
But I thank God for New York City
A rainbow of faces walks alongside me, right beside me
In America
My people left our troubled shore
Broken hearted knocking on your door
Small green fields, I could not be free
And your hopeful music is calling me
How can I survive without the ties that bind?
How can I let go off all the pain I left behind?
I leave my Irishness at home
To be among you just as one
To walk across this sacred place
To find the dignity and grace
Of lovers where the eagle flies
Of buffalo under blue skies
I leave all sense of race behind
To be among you colourblind
To learn what history has done
And to find the love in everyone
I thank God for New York City
A rainbow of faces walks alongside me, right beside me
In America
I love the dead of night and the nightsky
I love the dead of night and the nightsky
Greed is sleeping
In Dublin's little Shanghai
Foxes go hunting
In the waste to get by
Little girl is sleeping
By the bank's front door
CCTV is watching over her
I love the dead of night and the nightsky
I love the dead of night and the nightsky
Every dawn, something magical is gone
I hide away after birdsong
I love the dead of night and the nightsky
I love the dead of night and the nightsky
Arguments in the rain under nightsky
Lovers kissing on trains, they pass me by
Prayer for the world under nightsky
Pray for boys and girls under nightsky
I love the dead of night and the nightsky
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
You must go and I must bide.
But come you back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
I will be there in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, I love you so.
And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an 'Ave' there for me.
And I will hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all your kisses warm and sweeter be
And you'll not fail and tell me you love me
There's something funny going on
Out there in the ocean,
Ships are dumping deadly potions.
Glass-concrete barrels burning bright red,
Over the ships side down to the sea bed,
Where the fish live, where the fish live.
'Radioactive' - what does it mean?
It burns, it burns forever, forever so it seems
Where the fish live, where the fish live.
I don't know what to do,
I only know what to say to you,
Out there on the ocean floor
There's no control no more
So I want to say to you,
There's only one thing left to do;
Stop dumping, stop dumping;
Stop dumping; stop dumping
Where the fish live, where the fish live.
There's something funny going on
Out there in the ocean,
I want to roll in the sand
And swim in the sea
Let the sun come through now
And bring it all back to me
When I awake with the birds
They're singing in the trees
They're singing let the sun come through now
And bring it all back to me
Deep is the night
Deep is the night
Deep is the night
You can have your Jaguar
You can keep your limousine
But let the sun come through now
And bring it all back to me
You sing in the rain
You can play in the snow
But if I can't have my sunshine
Well, I don't want to know
Don't want to know
Don't want to know
I don't want to know
Deep is the night
Deep is the night
Deep is the night
I want to roll in the sand
And swim in the sea
So let the sun come through now
And bring it all back to me
You sing in the rain
You can play in the snow
But if I can't have my sunshine
I don't want to know
No, I don't want to know
I don't want to know
I don't want to know
I don't want to know
Deep is the night
Deep is the night
There's a creature on the mountain
Lived in perfect peace
Been there in his slumber
Through all the centuries
Happy in the mountain
Peaceful left alone
Lately he's been hunted
Taken from his home
Man brought him to the city
Locked him in a hole
In this evil captivation
He burned with anger in his soul
Take a lion from the mountain
Lock him in a cage
He'll fight you with a vengeance
In another age
See our waters laden down
See our waters, just a dumping ground
This creature in the city
Grows more angry in his pain
He burns with deadly hatred
He must be moved again
There are ships out on the ocean
Sailing through the night
Bearing cargo of destruction
Sailing slowly
Now the creature of the mountain
Waits in anger in the sea
He will poison all around him
He'll punish you and me
Once he was so peaceful
Now he's full of hate
He was taken from the mountain
Listen to the hoofbeat
Spirit coming alive
Listen to the hoofbeat
Bringing together tribes
Listen to the hoofbeat
New blood on the plains
Listen to the hoofbeat
Shaking off ancient pains
Listen to the medicine man
He hasn't been heard for years
Listen to the medicine man
Call a wiping of tears
Listen to the hoofbeat
Mother earth been too long crying
Mothers' wounds too great to bear
Mothers' children finally rising
New blood everywhere
Listen to the hoofbeat
Listen to the hoofbeat
In Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Mending the sacred hoop
Far away from the cities
Never again to bow or stoop
Listen to the hoofbeat
Ghosts of Wounded Knee
Listen to the hoofbeat
Setting the spirits free
Mother earth been too long crying
Mothers' wounds too great to bear
Mothers' children finally rising
New blood everywhere
Listen to the hoofbeat
Listen to the hoofbeat
The fisherman used to dive into running water
And take a shining sixpence from the floor
Now he's waiting for the Salmon of Knowledge
To help him wade out from the shore
He looks down on the lake on a sunlit morning
Loves the ancient world that is within
The surface shadow is his simple warning
Transformation must begin
Close your eyes
Listen to the river
Open your heart now
Listen to the river
Close your eyes
Listen to the river
The rain pours down on Barley Harbour
As expectation fills the pier
The fisherman looks out on the horizon
The Salmon of Knowledge is coming here
Let the bells ring out in the heartland
Let all the poets come to pen
May they write in praise of celebration
The salmon goes upstream once again
Close your eyes
Listen to the river
Open your heart now
Listen to the river
Close your eyes
The ice is breaking at last on the water
I'm so taken with it all by the lakeside
Still that burning's inside
Like a little boy
Little boy
Little boy in my heart
Little boy
Little boy in my heart
Bring me over to your side
We'll run in the woods for awhile
Little boy
Little boy
I've got a foothold on the shore
A toe in the water
And I'm gonna let go
When I'm older
Still I'm playing with words and aspirations
Just laughing at it all
Like a little boy
Little boy in my heart
Little boy
Little boy in my heart
Bring me over to your side
We'll run in the woods for awhile
Little boy
Little boy
Rise up from your bed of straw
See if you can bend that short bow one last time
Speak from your wounds and say you don't care
You know it'll prey on your mind
Wherever your arrow it falls to the ground
Lay lonesome Robin down one last time
No more, Robin, no more
Your outlaw days are over
When you were a little boy
You had to go to bed early while the sun still shone
Just like sleep was the end of the world
And tomorrow would never never come
So now lonesome Robin won't you close your eyes
So that the sun it will rise one last time
No more, Robin, no more
Your outlaw days are over
It's funny how hot is the sun
Now that you can't run away from the city
Just lie there and think of the deer you have run
And of all the games that you've played
And wondering what Marian's bound to do that's better
Than coming to see you one last time
No more, Robin, no more
Your outlaw days are over
And time's taken your time away
Time and deceptions have whittled you down
All of the times that ever you had
Have took to their heels and run
Hold on to whatever is closest to you
That's all lonesome Robin can do one last time
No more, Robin, no more
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you.
Out of the cold, dark winter space
We come together, looking for Brigid's grace
We dip our open hands deep into the well
Where our rivers run to, who can tell, who can tell
We warm our hearts and faces in the heat of the burning flame
Something about our spirit never stays the same
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Within you
So many lives in shadows, with so much to give away
Brilliant dreams in waiting, to see the light of day
We step up to the well at the dawn of spring time
When we go our way, we let the light shine, let your light shine
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you
Let the light protect you
Let the light direct you
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
When all the fighting is done
Forgiveness
When all the blood has run
Forgiveness
The opening fist
Brings forgiveness
A wounded hand to kiss
Forgiveness
It's the wonderdrug
It's the miracle cure
It could change our world
Make our lives secure
I take my chance at each abyss
And reach for my forgiveness
The moment the words cut in
Forgiveness
The moment anger begins
Forgiveness
In the light of a new day
Forgiveness
I hope you'll have your say
Forgiveness
Together we grow
Together we know
No losers, no winners
In forgiveness
Together we're free
Together we see
No right or no wrong
In forgiveness
It's the wonderdrug
It's the miracle cure
It could change our world
Make our lives secure
I take my chance at each abyss
And reach for my forgiveness
Forgive me
Have you ever been afraid to dive in
Sitting at the edge of the pool
Imagining breast and backstrokes
Ah such a sad little fool
Come in love
I'm waiting at the shore
Come in love
I've no resistance any more
Have you heard the seaweed crackle
At the incoming tide
It can taste the moisture
And feel the moonslide
Come in love
I'm waiting at the shore
Come in love
I've no resistance any more
Come in love
Come in love
Come in love
I'm not afraid
They waited on the platform
Mother, Father, Son
Parents took the young man's arms
Three got on
Small talk to pass the journey
On a Dublin train
Going to the Dublin doctor
Young man sat in pain
He said: "Rebel's words and rebel swords
They pushed into my face
And Shakespeare and Latin verse and
Words of market-place
But now I make my journeys
To sweeter greener lands
My friends and I
We dream of dreams
You would not understand."
I asked him if within his dreams
Or in his secret plans
He could see a ray of hope at all
For the people in this land
He said: "Love to see the walls and fences
Coming down around their ears
Love to see them standing naked
With all the naked fears."
Mother said: "He's just a young man
He will change in time."
(He said) "No, I won't go back there
Not this time
Chasing wealth and discipline
Have been your only goals
I feel peace in darker places
In my soul, in my soul.
He said: "Love to see the walls and fences
Coming down around their ears,
Love to see them standing naked
With all the naked fears."
Always told "Hide your feelings"
Always told "Never show your feelings"
But now I need to know my feelings, feelings.
Love to see the walls and fences
Coming down around their ears
Love to see them standing naked
With all the naked fears.
Waving from the platform
Watch them moving on
Together in the city
Mother, Father, Son
I have seen the lark soar high at morn
To sing up in the blue
I have heard the blackbird pipe it's tune
The thrush and the linnet too.
But there's none of them can sing so sweet
My singing bird as you
My singing bird as you
And I would climb the high, high tree
And I'd rob the wild bird's nest
And I'd bring back my singing bird
To the arms that I love the best.
But there's none of them can sing so sweet
My singing bird as you