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I have a theory about people
Just like me
Just like you
I keep waking, not sleeping
Under a pale winter moon
Mind racing into the blue
We are all flesh and blood
In space and time
Only trying to stay alive
A leaf in the flood
A piece of driftwood
Flesh and blood
Nobody knows, what the spirit holds
Lightning through the streets
Deluge breaking over the levee
We are all flesh and blood
In space and time
Only trying to stay alive
A leaf in the flood
A piece of driftwood
Flesh and blood
A veil upon the grass
A ghost from the past
Even the darkest night will pass
Even the darkest night will pass
We are all flesh and blood
In space and time
Only trying to stay alive
A leaf in the flood
A piece of driftwood
Flesh and blood
I keep waking, not sleeping
Under a pale winter moon
Mind racing into the blue
I keep waking, not sleeping
Under a pale winter moon
Mind racing into the blue
I keep waking, not sleeping
Under a pale winter moon
Mind racing into the blue
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2. |
Ride The Wave
03:14
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YOU’RE NO ANGEL,
YOUR HALO OF CIGARETTE SMOKE
I AM THE ONLY ONE
TO KEEP YOU ON
A THIN LINE OF LOVE
A THIN LINE OF HATE
YOU HAD THE DEVIL IN YOU
THE HOLY GHOST TOO
THE SWELL BREAKS
YOU RIDE THE WAVE
ALL THE WAY
A ROCKET SHIP ON A DEADLY ARC
A BLOODHOUND LOOSE IN THE PARK
YOU HAD THE OCEAN IN YOU
THE FULL MOON TOO
THE SWELL BREAKS
YOU RIDE THE WAVE
ALL THE WAY
OVER THE BREAKS
YOU RIDE THE WAVE
ALL THE WAY
LITTLE BOY DRUMMING, KEEPING TIME
REMEMBER WHEN YOUR BLUE EYES MADE ME CRY
ONE TAKE JIMMY, NO GOODBYE
YOU TURNED THE CORNER AND SLIPPED RIGHT OUTTA SIGHT
OH WHY?
YOU HAD THE DEVIL IN YOU
ALL THE ANGELS TOO
THE SWELL BREAKS
YOU RIDE THE WAVE
ALL THE WAY
SWELL BREAKS
YOU RIDE THE WAVE
ALL THE WAY
YOU RIDE
YOU RIDE
BRING IT ALL
FROM THE TOP DOWN BABY
BRING IT ALL
FROM THE TOP DOWN BABY
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3. |
Last Train To Tupelo
03:37
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He was Born in a shotgun shack
A mystery train on a one-way track
Lips curled
Blue shoes made of suede
Beale street suits
Pink automobiles
Baby face, Behind the wheel
His Hips twirl, like a dust bowl hurricane
All The Southern girls still waitin' at the station
For a blue-eyed King of rock n' roll
He's just a Country boy
On the last train to Tupelo
From the Jamboree and one night stands
Tearing it up in Scotty's band
Past the cotton fields on the freeway to Graceland
All The Southern girls still waitin' at the station
For a blue-eyed King of rock n' roll
He's just a Country boy
On the last train to Tupelo
The colonel went down to Hollywood
Made all the B movies, paid in blood
Then In '68, just like James Dean
Elvis got reborn, on the TV screen
All The Southern girls still waitin' at the station
For a blue-eyed King of rock n' roll
He's just a Country boy
On the last train to Tupelo
He's just a country boy
On the last train to tupelo
He's just a country boy
On the last train to tupelo
Along the lazy
Mississippi
He Rides the rails
To Tupelo
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Deep River
03:51
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Moon hangs low
Time goes slow
This Train's bound for Tupelo
Give me something
To make the pain go
Mama's near
Daddy's far
He went speeding
In a stolen car
I looked back
He was gone in the dark
Take me floating down a deep river
Let the rain fall softly on me
Oh Oh, heal me in the still water
Oh Oh, deep river
The Water's high
The Gator's blind
Drags the dead back to life
Take my hand Mama on the other side
Take me dreaming down a deep river
Let the cypress trees shelter me
Oh Oh, heal me in the still water
Oh Oh, deep river
I went to the water
To the blue bayou
I went to the water looking for you
Time
Like a snake in the grass
Your eyes
Watching from the trees
Drifting past
Oh Oh, heal me in the still water
Oh Oh, deep river
Oh Oh, heal me in the still water
Oh Oh, deep river
Mama
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Counting On You
03:27
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Sunrise
Burning each day
I’m away
From you babe
For love or gold
Get bought and sold
Is it worth it who knows?
I get worked to the bone
I’m counting on
Counting on you
I’m counting on
Counting on you
Can’t see you
Can’t touch you
Through the walls
Of your blue room
For love or gold
Get brought and sold
You ask what it’s worth
To trade all this hurt for love
I’m counting on
Counting on you
I’m counting on
Counting on you
Sundown
Red and gold
My hands in the dirt
Heart and soul
Cos your love
Yeah your love
Is the only thing worth working for
I’m counting on
Counting on you
I’m counting on
Counting on you
I’m counting on
Counting on you
I’m counting on
Counting on you
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6. |
Mercury
03:24
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You were flying
Much too fast
You were hiding
Behind a mask
You were here one moment
Gone the next
Then you wake up
To forget
Stay a minute
So I can hold you
No matter what
You say or do
I love you anyway
Even as you steal away
Baby, why won't you stay?
A flicker of light
In your quicksilver eyes
Solar eclipse
Moonlight disguise
Slipped through my fingers
Like sand
Mercury moving
In my hand
Stay a minute
So I can hold you
No matter what
You say or do
I love you anyway
Even as you steal away
Baby, why won't you stay?
You turn my tears into wine
I was drowning
And you threw a line
You walk on water
And I see
Real love
And it makes me believe
In God above
In the universe
In Mercury
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7. |
The Rose Of El Paso
04:43
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She works days, I work nights
I come home late, she turns out the light
Without a word
Like a prairie dog I run wild
Living hard to numb the miles
A million miles
We can't go on like this
Something's gotta change
Are you lonesome too
Out on the range?
She took the kids to Birmingham I
Packed my case and left the band
Just another journeyman
On the long drive under diamond skies
Southbound in the dashboard light
Then our song came on the radio
We don't have to live like this
Something's gotta change
Are you lonesome too
Out on the range?
Out on the range, is a desert rose
In the burning dust and wind still it grows
So drive with me tonight, under sapphire skies
To the Rose of El Paso
Out on the range, is a desert rose
Borderland, the Rio Grande winding slow
So drive with me tonight, in the dashboard light
To the Rose of El Paso
So drive with me tonight under cold Texas skies
To the Rose of El Paso
I stop on the hard shoulder to watch the river flow
Oh, still it goes
The butterfly wings through pale blue sky to the desert rose
Oh
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8. |
Blue Moon
02:51
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Blue moon, drags me back to you
Like the tide, no matter how I hard I try
That photograph still makes me laugh
Your tongue was in my ear
You were one in a million
Now I’m just a face in the crowd
Still crying for you
Once in a blue moon
The wishing tree, her branches shelter me
From all the blame, the spoon and the naked flame
High roller wheel, your crocodile tears
Even the dealer had to smile
You were one in a million
Now I’m just a face in the crowd
Still crying for you
Once in a blue moon
Blue moon, drags me back to you
Silver spoon, shot your heart in two
Blue moon, drags me back to you
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Chrissie
03:32
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What do you picture Chrissie
In the moment before you sleep?
Who will you follow in your dreams?
You’ll get older soon
You’ll go out to play
And I’ll be calling you home
Calling
Do the rain dance
Down by the bay
Do the rain dance
Chrissie
You have a brother Jimi Ray
You have a sister Jessica
You have a Mommy and Daddy too
Who love you, yes they do
You’ll get older soon
You’ll go out to play
And I’ll be calling you home
Calling
Do the rain dance
Down by the bay
Do the rain dance
Chrissie
Chrissie
Chrissie
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10. |
Sky Lantern
04:03
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Your love goes on and on
Sky lantern
Solo flight
On a wing and a prayer
Away across the mighty Shannon
Paper and flame
Drifting out over Galway Bay
Above forgotten dreams
Long caught in fishermen's nets
Across the Atlantic
You fly on and on
Across the Atlantic
Your love carries on and on
Sky lantern
Free of tethers and full of light
Flying high
Away away into exile
In moving hearts
And emigrant eyes
All hope is lifted
On a rising tide
Across the Atlantic
You fly on and on
Across the Atlantic
Your love carries on and on
And all the days
Come crashing down like ocean waves
Still I feel you close
Even as you soar away
As you soar away
Across the Atlantic
You fly on and on
Across the Atlantic
Your love carries on and on
Across the Atlantic
You fly on and on
Across the Atlantic
Your love carries on and on
Across the rubicon
Your love carries on and on
Lord bless these kites
Lord bless these kites
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11. |
Lampedusa
04:23
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From the port of Tripoli
In the fading day
Bound for Lampedusa
She sailed away
There was standing room only
For three hundred souls
Out upon the waves
How many miles to Lampedusa?
How many miles to go?
How many miles to Lampedusa?
The sun is sinking low
She dreamed of her homeland
A sunrise ago
The cedar trees
And the lemon groves
The South wind was blowing
And the boat began to roll
Out upon the waves
How many miles to Lampedusa?
How many miles to go?
How many miles to Lampedusa?
The sun is sinking low
Now God is in heaven
The stars in the sky
The boat is listing
The water is high
The girl from Tripoli
With the island in her eyes
Lost amongst the waves
How many miles to Lampedusa?
How many miles to go?
How many miles to Lampedusa?
The sun is sinking low
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12. |
At The Speed Of Love
04:55
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Brought me to my knees, is it a blessing dressed up as grief
Or just a shadow among the trees?
As a man I try to hide, to be dishonest with myself
Hiding from the darkness
I am so afraid, like a little boy again
I don't know if I said too much
But I can't pretend to be who I'm not
And the time keeps flying at the speed of love
We were once little boys and girls, not a care in the big bad world
And then the world became so real
I am so afraid, like a little boy again
I don't know if I said too much
But I can't pretend to be who I'm not
And the days keeps flying at the speed of love
Help me to be brave, teach me to let go
Help me to be brave, teach me to let go
Don't know if I said too much
But I can't pretend to be who I'm not
And the time keeps flying at the speed of love
Keep giving it all away, 'til I no longer feel afraid
Keep giving it all away, 'til I no longer feel ashamed
Feel
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13. |
On The Carousel
04:20
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Old man in the light house why do you cry?
It’s been so many years since that time
For all the blue seasons in your eyes
There’s no point in reminiscing
He said ‘my son take a closer look at me
And read between the lines of destiny
Turn your back and time will turn on you
There’s a point in reminiscing.’
On the carousel all the people go, turning around
On the carousel one day we will go, when the time comes
Now you’ve left some big boots to fill
Some days I’m moving other days I’m still
It’s much too soon for us to say goodbye
There’s a point in reminiscing
On the carousel all the people go, turning around
On the carousel one day we will go, when the time comes
Years go by, a time to live, a time to die
Years go by, a time to laugh, a time to cry
On the carousel all the people go, turning around
On the carousel one day we will go, when the time comes
When the time comes
Turning around, on the carousel, all the people go
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DAVEY LONG Kilkenny, Ireland
Davey Long is an Irish songwriter and a multi-instrumentalist. He has appeared on several albums including Celtic Woman’s GRAMMY nominated Destiny, The Fundamentals Past and Present Collide, Edisons Little Bohemia, The Kilkennys The Colour Of Freedom, Emma Langford’s Sowing Acorns and The Barnets’ forthcoming LP. EITILT is his debut album out in September 2021. ... more
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