James James James
That was his name
His crying song he claimed
What night remained?

That cradle where he lay
His mother came
And we danced the flickering flames
For sweet James

James James James
That was his name
And as the music faded away
So did James

And we danced the flickering flames
For sweet sweet James

 

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Woke up this morning with a tear in my eye
I've been waiting for these tears a long long time

 

Why did I hold out?
Why did I hold back?
Our lives disconnected

 

No I won't let love fall through my fingers next time

 

Walked in the garden, stared nature in her eye
In search of inspiration, it was there all the time

 

Why did I hold out?
Why did I hold back?
Our love never made it

 

No I won't let love fall through my fingers next time

 

Oh but the flowers in the garden I can reach
And the music in your heart and mine still beats
It takes a man to know he's wrong to put it right
It wasn't me this time

 

Late in the evening, as the stars begin to shine
I recall a similar moment with you by my side

 

Why did I hold out?
Why did I hold back?
That's where the story ended

 

No I won't let love fall through my fingers next time

 

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I've been standing alone
I've been standing for so long
But I'm ready to run
Might explode in your face

 

Now I was lost and I was tired
But then my belly caught fire
Now when I look to the sky
A shooting star out in space

 

Hey hey hey hey hey hey
Are you going the same way?

 

So I look to you now
With no shadow of doubt
As my heartstrings untangle
Lay on a pillow of lace

 

And we're not alone
There are chambers to roam
There are roads to explore
It's not a game, it's not a race

 

So I'm waking up at last
And I'm sweeping up my past
There's no place like home
Time to unload my case

 

So come on let me out
Let me in and let's begin
I'm shaking to the bone
Time for my tears to escape

 

Whose idea was it for you to love someone?
And how do you go about filling that space when you lose someone?
I guess you can't
But life goes on
And love goes on

 

Yes love goes on!

 

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Who will show me, who will show me the way?
For down the hill I'm tumbling
I'm sinking to the bottom of the lake

 

Oh what a shame!

 

I sit beneath the silver stars
I sit beneath the golden palms they shelter me
And protected me.
Don't go out in the sun too long you may burn
And staying out all night in just a shirt
You may freeze, you may freeze to death!

 

I'm waiting for something to happen
I try and spend my time by smiling and laughing
Smiling and laughing
…Don't wait too long or you may hesitate
And Smile as much as you like but don't laugh your head off
Don't laugh
Don't laugh your head off!

 

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A year or so I think has passed
Oh how the time moves slowly
The shadow this tragedy did cast
Is still very much upon me

 

But you came through and changed the world around me
The words you spoke they fell like snow
And gathered all around me

 

There were faces in the clouds there were faces on the street
They were laughing and talking so loudly
I was living a lie, and I was breathing too fast
I was sad, lost and I was lonely

 

But you came through and change the world around me
The words you spoke they fell like snow
And gathered all around me

 

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I've been waiting by the roadside so long
I've been waiting by the roadside so long
I've been waiting, I've been waiting
Can I please go home?

 

Certainly you can

 

I've been waiting on the outside so long
I've been waiting on the outside so long
I've been waiting, I've been waiting
Can I please go home?

 

Certainly you can

 

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With inner turmoil and disruption
Carrying a pocket full of woes
She lands the wrong side of the canyon
Fighting all her battles on her own

 

Well not to worry now
We'll find love in this garden
Where autumn earth is soft
By winter it will harden
And spring will turn things round
By summer we'll be
Dancing with the flowers
We'll dance for hours and hours
And hours!

 

A lonesome man walked through the meadows
He's been wandering in circles through time
His hands and feet were cracked and dirty
His eyes were dry, he'd forgotten how to cry

 

Well stopped now in his tracks
He stared out from the branches
And watched the maiden dance
To the sound of summer chorus
She caught him with a glance
They soon were
Dancing with the flowers
They danced for hours and hours
And hours!

 

[The courtship dance]

 

And as the mist rose in the morning
Lying there so gentle so bare
This baby brought those souls together
His name was Arlo
So beautiful
So perfect

 

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I can't make my mind up
I make no decisions
I wanna go out side
But I stay in my kitchen

 

Maybe I will
Maybe I won't
Christ you know it's bright outside
Maybe I will
Maybe I won't
Why is it I can't decide?
Something's stopping me inside

 

What is it you're thinking?
Those eyes they seem so silent
If you're looking for an answer
With me I doubt you'll find it

 

Maybe you will
Maybe you won't
Christ you know it's hard sometimes
Maybe you will
Maybe you won't
What is it you seek to find?
Something stirs behind those eyes

 

You and I can make something
As we pass upon this junction
It's wrapped up in a box
That only you or I may open

 

Maybe we will
Maybe we won't
Christ you know it's hard sometimes
Maybe we will
Maybe we won't
What is it we had in mind?
The clock's stopped but we're still losing time

 

Oh

 

Let's pour a glass of wine
Yeah, let's pour a glass of wine

 

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Excuse me I'm tired
Let us stop for a while
It is dark and it's cold
Let the night unfold
This road is very long
Let me play you this song

 

And let go

 

People are so crazy
What is wrong with being lazy?
It is bad and it's sad
What the most of us have
Let us grow our own
Let us build our own homes

 

And let go

 

Love is real, I can
Love is here, I can
Feel it
I need it to grow

 

And let go

 

Love is everywhere, I can
Love is in me, I can
Feel it
I need it to grow

 

And let go

 

Restless as the sky
I watch the clouds roll on by
Starry night, sleepy dreams
Something I've never seen
Let me take you so far
We will be as one

 

And let go

 

I need your love
To let go

 

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Excuse me while I laugh aloud
And rest my head upon a cloud
Deep within the titan's clutch
I'm listening out for that loving voice
So I listen and I listen

 

An early bird and early song reveals to me
That there's nothing wrong
But later as the day time passes
The world fills up with day time traffic
And it's tragic, yeah it's tragic

The fumes they leak in to the air
We breath them with no despair
The clouds grow thick with acid juice
And it spits it out on to our food
And it stays there, yes it stays there

 

I know that I'd like to have a pop
At those evil bastards whom missed the plot
Who cut the trees and dammed the flow
And they're trying there best to put colour in the snow
And they'll do it, yeah they'll do it

 

Mother nature I wipe my eyes
We've blown a hole into your skies
Does this mean we'll burn away?
When tomorrow comes around again
Maybe next year maybe next year

 

I see sun settle down
And the moon sits on high
Over my town
But I can't tell apart the space stations
From the stars
So I'll thank you for listening
To my
Ballad of the dying day

 

Mother nature I wipe my eyes
And I apologise

 

May the sun always shine upon you
may the love surround you
may the light inside you guide you
til the end.

 

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