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oriole
03:46
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The Oriole
On the first day of the year
Walk upon a sunny morning
All ahead is looking clear
Details forming
Wild, the bells were ringing out
Birds in congregation
Gather high up in the winter wood
Glow like the wings of the oriole,
As it sits so high up in the tree now
Don’t be afraid on this brand new day
You’ve a bright little creature calling out to you,
"Dah dah dee dah dah dee dah dah doo
I’ll follow you, oh follow back to the sun"
And we all go down to the lane to see
What the little orange bird has done
Ooo, ooo, watching you watching me run along
Ooo, ooo, watching you watching me run along
We will, we will fly with the oriole
We will, we will fly with the oriole ....
Glow like the wings of the oriole
As it sits so high up in the tree now
Don’t be afraid on this brand new day
You’ve a bright little creature calling out to you,
"Dah dah dee dah dah dee dah dah doo
I’ll follow you, oh follow back to the sun"
And we all go down to the lane to see
What the little orange bird has done
What the little orange bird has done
We will, we will fly with the oriole
We will, we will fly with the oriole
Ooo, ooo, watching you watching me run along
Ooo, ooo, watching you watching me run along
We will, we will fly with the oriole
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a lamb in soft grass
03:19
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A Lamb in Soft Grass
Do you feel alone? Do you feel alone?
No need to worry coz you've a home
In the grass with the other little lambs around you.
So soft and green,
So soft and green,
The loveliest home you've ever seen
Look around there’s another little lamb beside you
Ahhhh, do do doo
Ahhhh, do do doo
There is a hill
There is a hill
Climb to the top of it if you will
With the other little lamb beside you.
Did you lose your mind?
Did you lose your mind?
No need to worry coz you will find
It’s the same with the other little lambs around you
Ahhhh, do do doo
Ahhhh, do do doo
Over the edge, over the edge
Do we all end up in the forest?
Or over the edge, over the edge
To the funny farm?
Over the edge, over the edge
Do we all end up in the forest?
Or over the edge, over the edge
To the funny farm?
And if you find yourself wondering
While you’re wandering
It won’t be long
And if you find yourself wondering
While you’re wandering
Just sing along
Do you know the song?
Do you know the song?
It’s a lullaby, not too long.
It goes…
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reinterpretation
02:55
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Reinterpretation
a page
tear out another page
now unattached
with new attitude
the path that is sweet
is either side that we feel with our feet
and then time
time rolls on into change
changing everything
anyway when we're there that's forever yes
forever turn into timelessness
the timelessness of the changing season
constant reinterpretation of reason
the light
variations of light enter our eye
as the sun will cross the sky everyday
an infinite variation of ways
standing in the light that comes from above
there's a beauty unfolding if we just look up
if we look up
all there to see
if we look up
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September Please Come Slow
(Plester, Biddulph)
If you feel, you feel, you feel, you feel yr love and energy
If you feel, you feel, you feel your love
And you know, you know, you see the train wreck that your life could be
When you know, you know, you know, you hear where different voices go
Here you are Septemba, please come slow
Laze around, around, around, around, the sun is going down
The summer glow still shines, September
Cos it’s already in your mind
So close your eyes and breathe it all in
The winter’s coming and you are falling in dark and alone but still alive
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5. |
the map doesn't know
02:09
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The Map Doesn’t Know
[Danielle Plester, Miles Biddulph, Mary Anne Stewart, Hannah Owen]
If I had a map, if I had a map
could you show me
where the river ain’t so lonely
and the falls wash over my soul
like the clouds across the sky
yeah
If I had a map, if I had a map
could you show me the best place to sit and watch the sunset
all on my own
with my feet upon the ground
yeah
Oh the places we’ll go
that the map doesn’t know
If I had a map, if I had a map
could you show me
where to sit and read the poetry of Mary, Edward, and Walt
where the sky will shine so blue
yeah
blue
yeah
Oh the places we’ll go that the map doesn’t know
Oh the places we’ll go that the map doesn’t know
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
map doesn’t know
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6. |
droplet
03:27
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Droplet
(Plester, Biddulph)
so how do you know that
yr heart is in tow
and yr feeling
is all what it seems?
well
you flow like water
until yr farther than
what you thought it could be
Slowly, one single droplet will flow on down
Gathering speed as I run over rocks
In the soothing sound.
Flying over the edge now I’m all alone
Unexpected high, suddenly thrust in the sky
At the waterfall.
Feel like I’m rain again
Feel like I’m rain again
Eventually will I come back to these falls?
Could be centuries before I can make it at all.
Onward, we’re throwing down on the rocks below
Thousands of droplets coming together
Make the water flow.
Feel like I’m rain again
Feel like I’m rain again
(to the ocean
to the clouds
back to rain
I will cycle round)
Maybe someday I’ll join a flash flood
Or travel north and float down all snowy and cold
so how do you know that
yr heart is in tow
and yr feeling
is all what it seems?
well
you flow like water
until yr farther than
what you thought it could be
so how do you know
that yr life will unfold
and yr hope
will untangle yr dreams?
well
you flow like water
until yr farther than
what you thought it could be
feel like i'm flowing to feel
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7. |
lupine meadows
02:54
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lupine meadows by d&m (tuning: D A D G A# D)
sunlit ground, surround sound
thick with the things that fly around and around
grass is blue, river runs green,
and there's a tall, steep mile to climb in between
afternoon offers the rain,
and then we start all over again
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8. |
astronomy now
04:04
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Astronomy Now
Folks might gaze at a miniature screen
In games where people kill and die
But my love he cranes his neck in the dark
And he gazes up into the sky.
People today might worry or say
Things are too late or too soon
But my love is pleased when the sun is just right
And it lights up the face of the moon
Astronomy now
The dark side, the far side that we never see
We see the craters and scars
When folks complain that life is a curse
He smiles at the moon and the stars
Do do do do do'n do
Your whole life, you look up at the sky
And wonder ‘bout the things spinning round
But then you take a class in astronomy and
You see the universe from the ground
Astronomy now
Venus, Cassiopeia, Sagittarius, the phase of the moon
Seasons, Andromeda, Mars could be anywhere
Different angles of sun
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9. |
summer leads the way
03:49
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Summer Leads the Way by d&m
periwinkle sky, on the the river's golden banks we lie
sandstone like a peach, the full moon is sailing out of reach
ninety meters tall, the icy water waits to fall
then time is in slow motion, swirling in the ocean made of leaves
summer leads the way ahead
the mountaintop becomes our bed
and morning time the pages turn
the days are long, the dream still burns
welcome burst of flower, sunlight squeezing out upon the tower
listen to the crow- a tiny feeling cradling below
never-ending rain so evergreen and fuchsia spill again
apricot and crimson, terracotta sparkles in the air
summer leads the way ahead
the mountaintop becomes our bed
and morning time the pages turn
the days are long, the dream still burns
now the sun has gone away and cold descends upon our days
cozy in the snow, we stay inside and let the winter flow
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Guinevere and the Blue Knight Errant
(Plester, Biddulph)
(a tragic, pre-king Arthurian love story)
Who is this errant knight?
Wandering long in the woods tonight
Searching the grail
Have you tried this before, have you failed?
Blue hooded errant knight
Gallant, he rode with the maiden bright
In their hearts, they did move
But their silence has sent him to prove.
Sir, please tell me, what is your quest?
What greater foes till you pass your test?
Three blows to the head, dear
And one to the heart
All in the name of my Guinevere
My illusion…
Guinevere, the grail is in your heart
Bearing nobility
Ideals holding back what was meant to be
Coz the blue errant knight
Rode away to the quest from the light.
I watched his lofty eyes
On the horizon, into the skies
Too noble too long,
Turning my back to be strong.
Guinevere, the grail is in your heart.
Sir, please tell me what was your quest?
What better grail could pass your test?
Three blows to the head, dear,
Now one to the heart
All in the name of my/yr Guinevere,
My/Yr illusion…
mmm....
The grail was in your heart
Guinevere,
the grail was in your heart.
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Nearly Missed a Little Thing
(Plester, Biddulph)
The sun is warm on my left arm
As it closes down the day
And there’s a little breeze
That’s ruffling the mountain weeds
I nearly missed noticing.
A cooler day,the long grass sways
As it gives a wave to the clouds
And there’s a little bee
That landed on the clover next to me
I nearly missed noticing
I nearly missed a-noticing
The time was always on my side
And I nearly missed
The light inside our eyes
Oo there’s good things all around
Mm calling us to be here now
Coz all is one and one is all around
The river flows to where it goes
As I laze around on the banks
And there’s a little bird
Sang a song that no one ever heard
I nearly missed noticing
I nearly missed noticing.
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12. |
centuries of stone
02:53
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Centuries of Stone
(Plester, Biddulph)
On a grassy hillside
Centuries of stone
Danger waits forever,
Unknown
Stone by stone
We build ourselves a wall
So sit down beside me
And the sound
Will go all around
How do you build a home
Running away alone?
Something outside yourself
Sounding your heart out loud
Why do we run around?
Who are we spinning round
Under the stormy skies?
Why are we falling down?
Who could we be right now?
Why are we fading out?
Ahhhhhh…
Stone by stone
Around, around
Feel the walls go underground
Then yr falling
Into starry skies
Stone by stone
We build ourselves a wall
There’s something beside you
Outside yr heart and mind
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Halfway to the Darkest Day
(Plester, Biddulph)
Halfway to the darkest day
To the darkest day we’re halfway
And it won’t be long
Before the sun is gone
No it won’t be long
No it won’t be long
Stardust, we are falling stardust
Gathering, golden as we are
Halfway to the darkest day
To the darkest day
We’re halfway
Waiting in the dark, we feel the light will come
Dying of the stars, the cycles of the sun
We know that we are going back, returning from whence we came
Stardust, we are falling stardust
Gathering, golden as we are
The cycles of the stars
The dying and the birth
We’re waiting for the sun to come back to earth
Halfway to the darkest day
We’re halfway, and we’re on our way
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14. |
orion
03:41
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open the door within
calls in the morning wind
you’re like orion, turned long and lean
morning arc of my dream
edge of first light with a moon for your head
waking me with, saving me with your love
see the seven sisters at your shoulder now
a smart and lucky charm
sunlight flows when the moonlight goes
keeping me sane, keeping me safe from harm
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15. |
full circle again
04:08
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Full Circle Again
Who will help you sing your heart out long enough to know
Who will know the ever trying feeling of your soul
Who will end your mountain bender, bounty on far love
Who will be your understanding ooh
Who will end your waiting hour there far into your heart
ooh
I'll turn around from the static madness and reach out for your hand
Then we'll walk away to see a quiet glowing sunset touch the land
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