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Days of Rain
05:22
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IN THE DAYS OF RAIN (for Rebecca Stott)
Our Fathers should have saved us
But they were in too deep
Our mothers should have saved us
But they had friends to keep
And Jesus should have saved us
But he was fast asleep
That’s why it felt like no-one ever came
To save our souls from drowning
In the days of rain
In the days of rain
In the days of rain
The system was against them
And no-one beats the house
But they should have cut their losses
And found us some way out
‘Cause we were only kids then
And they had lost their doubts - that’s why it felt like..
I think our paths have crossed once
A lifetime’s years ago
I think I caught your eye once
Before we turned to go
I think I would have liked you
But how were we to know - because it seemed like..
It all seems so unreal now
An underwater dream
A flood that rose around us
Its waters dark and warm
and I did my share of sinking
Before I learned to swim - because it seemed like..
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2. |
Tying Up Roses
03:29
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TYING UP ROSES
I just feel like a day of tying up roses
Won’t you come and tie them with me
And they’ll hang in the air, til the winter finds them there
And a cold wind makes their petals fall and turn back into dust
I just feel like a night of lying beside you
Nights can get so lonely these days
I would hold you so close in that space that no-one knows
Where the secrets of our love were whispered o’ so many nights
And the days just can’t get full,
they’re filled with holes, the joy runs through
And the nights just don’t get warm, when there is no-one holding you
And the weeks just won’t go by, they crave the scent of that perfume
Another year will never come, another rose will never bloom..
I just feel like a day of tying up roses
Won’t you come and tie them with me
And they’ll hang in the air, ‘til the winter finds them there
And a cold wind makes their petals fall and turns them into dust
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3. |
Mansion Town
04:57
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MANSION TOWN
Nobody needs shoes
Nobody gets those rambling blues
Heaven’s streets are easy on your tired feet
Nobody needs light
Nobody needs to hold back the night
There is light enough for all you need to find
Home in Mansion town
Your friends stay all around
Folks keep stopping in to talk
Here in Mansion town
Nobody needs time
Nobody here gets left behind
So tell your stories long and as slow as you like
Nobody needs love
Every last soul has more than enough
Peace has broken out, no-one can take it back
Home in Mansion town
Friends stay all around
The folks keep stopping in to talk
Here in Mansion town
Nobody needs faith
Every one here sees face to face, well
Glory, Hallelujah, let those trumpets sound!
Home in Mansion Town
Children running round
Wearing golden crowns
All the lost are found
Home in Mansion Town
There's no tears falling down
No holes in the ground
Here in Mansion Town
Home in Mansion Town
Where the lambs and the wolves lie down
On the holy ground
Home in Mansion Town.
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THE THINGS THAT MADE YOU HAPPY
every American
Should see the Grand Canyon
Something to look upon,
Before you're dead and gone
And it’s a long, long way
From this town to LA
Visiting at their place
Gave you your place to stay
The things that made you happy make me cry
The things that made you happy make me cry
You with your back to the Hollywood sign
Was this the time of your life?
Las Vegas from LA
'Cause it was the cheapest way
Never a gambler’s stay
You didn’t live that way
Two for the canyon – hey..
You should have seen the way
They loaded the breakfast trays
Oh but it seemed a waste?
The things that made you happy make me cry
The things that made you happy make me cry
You with your back to the canyon light
Was this the time of your life?
Now you will never know
You won’t see the children grow
You won’t watch the river flow
The angels swung too low
If I could hold your hand
Tell you this man to man
The way I always planned
I hope you’d understand
The things that made you happy make me cry
The things that made you happy make me cry
You with your back to the Canada skies
Was this the time of your life?
Or..
You with your back to the harvest behind
Was this the time of your life?
(to fade..)
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5. |
Saturday Train
03:33
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SATURDAY TRAIN
I’m in a tunnel of grief
On a Saturday train
Hurtling along
In the echoing dark
Til it slams to a stop
And the train powers down
So they dim all the lights
And I wait in the gloom
While it stops for too long
and all I can hear
Is dark water running
And rats on the track
What if I never get out of here?
What if I never can reach the light?
What if this Saturday train never moves again?
I’m being buried alive
In a tomb made of turf
The weight of the earth
Is crushing my chest
I can hear my own heart
I won’t trust it again
It’s beating too fast
It’s beating too loud
If I let myself sleep
I might never wake up
I might drown in these tears
I might drown in these tears
What if I never get out of here?
What if I never can reach the light?
What if this Saturday train never moves again?
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6. |
Pilgrim No More
04:29
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PILGRIM NO MORE
The trumpets will sound
And you will cross over
Walking on water
Over that river
You're pilgrim no more
Safe on that other shore
I touched you cold
Reaching from my own life
But you were gone
Over the other side
You're pilgrim no more
You left by that other door
and my brother’s question, do the dead miss the living?
Or just keep forgiving – endlessly,
all that was ever left unsaid, left undone?
We carried you
Into the sunlit air
Bone of your bone
Wept as we laid you there
You're pilgrim no more
And all you were hoping for..
These brothers’ burden, to be borne by the living
Is to just keep forgiving – endlessly,
all that was ever left unsaid, left undone
My brother’s question, do the dead miss the living?
Or just keep forgiving – endlessly,
all that was ever left unsaid, left undone?
(la la la da na na)
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7. |
Beyond Blue
05:39
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BEYOND BLUE
I tell you I am beyond blue
So I believe are precious you
I cannot talk to you again
This life will never be the same
What will you dream about tonight?
Your sleep is deeper than the darkness
Your place is further than the distance
I wish you sweet dreams tonight
I wish you sweet dreams tonight
I can imagine where you are
A long, long way beyond the stars
Where there is heaven brightly shining
A universe of silver lining
Will you get better where you are?
And will they mend your broken heart?
Are you with God and with the Lamb?
Healed by the sorrows of the Son of Man?
I will not even try to tell you
How much we all are going to miss you
I pray that God will keep this from you
I would not wish such knowledge on you
What will you dream about tonight?
Your sleep is deeper than the darkness
Your place is further than the distance
I wish you sweet dreams tonight
I wish you sweet dreams tonight
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8. |
Keep Looking Up
04:24
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Keep Looking Up
I have not been
The witness I should be
I’m glad that you
Believe in spite of me
CHORUS
Keep looking up
Keep Looking up
Keep Looking Up
Keep Looking Up
I have not lived
The dreams I always dreamed
I am so proud
Of what you all achieved
I am ashamed
Of what we put you through
I think you know
The system hurt me too
Keep looking up
Keep Looking up
Keep Looking Up
Keep Looking Up
If I’m spared I’ll walk and talk with you
If I’m spared I’ll make it up to you
If I’m spared I’ll walk and talk with you
If I’m spared I’ll make it up to you
Keep looking up
Keep Looking up
Keep Looking Up
Keep Looking Up
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9. |
Some Things
03:25
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SOME THINGS
time heals some things
but other wounds remain
like a shadow or a stain
you can’t paint over
some things you don't get over
time brings some change
but some things stay the same
like a funny kind of game
you just can’t win now
you can’t get change from some things
I do forget you now some times
you’re no longer at the raw edge of my mind
I start to laugh again without you some times… some times.
time takes some pain
calls you back to life
like a river deep and wide
it takes you downstream
some things move out to the sea
time heals some things
other wounds remain
like a shadow or a stain
you can’t paint over
some things you don't get over
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Doug Gay Glasgow, UK
Doug was part of Calvin's Dream in the 1990s, who released the album 'Fanatical' on Sticky Music in 1995. Since 2005, he has
taught theology at Glasgow University.
He released the album 'Life After Death' in 2018.
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