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Nine Pretty Ladies
03:56
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Nine Pretty Ladies
Nine pretty ladies
talk to me
they tell me things
I should repeat
They know me so well
they know what I need
Nine pretty ladies, talk to me
nine pretty ladies
come to me
they dance around me
in my sleep
throughout the world
they stay with me
nine pretty ladies come to me
nine pretty ladies
did me seek
with naked feet
they walked with me
their sweet smile is seldom seen
nine pretty ladies seek for me
nine pretty ladies
set me free
they carry me
the break me free
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2. |
Between Heaven and Hell
04:50
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Between heaven and hell
I went down where the crows feed
where the last meal is hard as steel
all the streets are cul de sac
you ain't the first one nor the last
everyone's gone away
I just happened to be there
when the snow cleared away
and disclosed our naked pains
All my dreams are buried there
somewhere there, between heaven and hell
Yes I know it very well
I know I can't escape
I'm eroding like a rock
ticking loudly as frantic clock
I always know I could be wrong
I just can't think of it no more
time will show who has fell
you are so convinced of what you deserve
you say you are sorry in so many ways
but sorry wasn't really meant
how I'm crawling day to day
not really aiming to heaven or hell
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Did you know?
05:00
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Did you know?
did you know?
there's a cue of broken men outside your door
have you thought?
all the ways you can decide which way to go?
but myself
I don't know if I should wait or runaway
you were the one
the lucky one who got
to see it all
But I've learned,
to sail away in storm and read the winds
and see the storm before it dares to appeared
did you know?
all those stories about me where all made up
I'm not the one
the lucky one who's
seen it all
did you know?
there's a million ways for one to show some love
have you thought?
all the times you could have made what you did not
yes, I know
I know I've tried so hard to accomplish nought
then who's the one?
the lucky one who's
seen it all?
did you know?
I expect to meet my dreams at every dawn
have you thought?
that some things have got a ways to never die
as for me,
I find that hopeless love is just my thing
and who knows?
after all I might be
who'll see it all
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Exile
06:59
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Exile
I wish these words
were brave and bold
this ink is mute
and words are gone
the winter has been long
cloud of unknowing hangs upon my soul
another shore another port
another mountain crowned with untouched snow
your absence is present all around
in my blathering nights conversing alone
of all the things my hands have done
they never stole
or despoil no one
I'm punctual as a star
but I've never been docile
memories wash down in a flash
and gone just as fast
I hear voices that I know
in languages long gone
feel like gambling my luck
with dice I could not load
still the sun is weak and the nights are long
darkness leaking from my soul
cracking through my voice
the wind is blunt on my face
there's nothing I can do
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Sense of foreboding
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sense of foreboding
I rose my eyes as she walked in
she stood some way in front of me
and the only place I wished to be
it was with her in some lime green fields
as if it was
handwritten on the wall
as if foretold
she owned my soul at once
and I, I could not let her go
for life works in strange ways
she sat right there by my side
her eyes of green shone through me
I could no longer think of anything
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6. |
The Princess
03:55
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The Princess
she dreams girlish stories
while she's awake
and asks me to be
the king in this tale
she's so sure of her role
I'm having a laugh
cause this little actress
has gotten my heart
then she stops pretending
and sits by my side
she wraps me in her arms
I melt like ice
now we are watching a film
she forgets about maths
I forget for a moment
that her world will be tough
she stops the transmission
to tell me a tell
about how strong
is maiden with plaids
she dwells in my veins
and I dwell in hers
she's the blessing
that I never deserved
'cause life is a warfare
and s stranger soujourn
her happiness is all
and best I can do
when she asks me about God
and all that stuff
I tell her a story
hoping she understood
in everything we see
a hand's been involved
and yet our essence
is imperishable
don't dwell in the future
it'll come soon enough
'cause present's the thing
the only we've got
we are the doubter
and we are the doubt
our mind cannot help
all our idle hopes
what's that it matters,
if anything at all?
I think it's the courage
we use to approach
'til the sun grows cold
and the seas dry up
my love for you'll stay
right with your heart
she dreams girlish stories
while she's awake
and asks me to be
the king in this tale
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Over these ruins
05:40
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Over these ruins
Ask a bird, that lost its wings
a captain, who sunk his ship
a dreamer, who cannot sleep
a fish, dragged out of the sea
ask a lover of jilted love
the immigrant without a job
the carousel, with no wooden horse
ask the hand that strikes an off key chord
But I still can see
over these ruins that I've built
ask the raindrops that fall on flood
ask the poet 'bout writers' block
ask the law, without a God
ask the future about the past
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Don't let me down
05:25
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Don't let me down
Don't let me down
I'm calling you this time
to hear what's wrong right from your mouth
though there's nothing left for us to talk about
you won't let me down
the sweetest prettiest things sometimes are just unripe
a ghosts is pretty doomed chasing flies
I won't let you down
I wouldn't be the down giving you any sort of advice
I know there's poison when I see fangs
don't let me down
the stories you were telling me, they were all lies
I know the one who sits silently in the back
don't let me down
I'm calling you this time and I know it'll be the last
it's funny when just noise is on the line
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Temperance
03:50
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Temperance
I hear voices in my head
I know it can't be hers
I'm worried and worn out
I cannot tame my mind
I need some temperance
Was very aware of those charms
flowing like a river wild
I've gone a thousand miles
to try you once or twice
I needed some temperance
I walked barefoot on hot stones
I shaved my beard with a sharpened sword
I rose up from my slum
I didn't know where I was at
I needed some temperance
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10. |
Happy lonesome
04:23
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Happy Lonesome
When the stars collide, Up above the sky
our minds run free, our souls sing hymns
for those glorious days, we shall not forget
and in the lonely night, soon the sun will rise
melodies will sound, in the morning light
when I'll disappear, with the daylight mist
you'll look for me, with blazing ire
I'll be someone else, happy lonesome man
but I'll return at night
and I'll be your,
happy lonesome man
a mortal sweet caress, we all need this bless
we can't buy the gifts, born in our skins
we can't pay in gold, for that human touch
I will bring to you, a whole brand new world
when my roving's done, and when the night it falls
and I promise you
that I'll be your happy lonesome man
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Lullaby
02:36
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Lullaby
some things, will never die
there's so much I want to tell you about
daily, you fill my heart
forever and since you arrived
I miss you, miss your laugh, I miss your smile
I miss you when you sleep
Daddy is never far I love you so much
you are my pride
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12. |
Song for us Fools
09:02
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I watch and hear
the captain drunk
think we'd be better off
when he's finally gone
have you've been paying attention
to all what you've seen
or reading the news
tailored for you?
did they make you choose
either left or right?
have you ever consider
to take your own path?
when I hear music
I look yonder upwards
I imagine it moving
in space with no sound
I hold onto shadows
'cause they understand
hide myself behind them
they keep me alright
many times I've been there
only one step away
to get really insane
with every fear I've faced
I've seen the heroes
I've listened the wise
I stand with no shame
for nor being like them
though lessons are learnt
and stuck in my mind
I distract myself quickly
just to prove that ain't right
you think about freedom
with little few facts
but you're only seeing
the show and the lights
I look at my neighbour
try to understand
what the hell is he doing
with heavy load guns
when I look at the distance
all the rain that fell
I wonder amazed
if I'd fall where I stand
times are obscure
they keep hiding the truth
it's just a big circus
for all of us fools
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Henry Hugo Melbourne, Australia
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