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well i’m walking round to the piece of ground
where we used to go and play
there’d be grass and mud and sometimes blood
on our clothes at the end of the day
now there’s a big sign telling you you’d better beware
and cctv cameras everywhere
and i’m walking away from yesterday
well i’m walking back from the cul-de-sac
and the house my parents owned
it was all they ever dreamed of
worked their fingers to the bone
now the whole world’s stuck in some buy-to-let
and the landlord’s taking everything he can get
and i’m walking away from yesterday
oh, nothing stays the same
before you know it’s fading, fading away ...
there’s a time to keep your distance
a time for going home
a time for reminiscence
a time for moving on
a time to seek forgiveness
a time to steal away
and i’m walking away from yesterday
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carry me away
04:40
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we’re falling from the heavens
tired and confused
the ground’s coming closer
there’s nothing we can do
for however hard you fight it
however hard you try
gravity gets you
it gets you every time
carry me away ...
we thought we’d be different
thought we’d be excused
thought this only happened
on the news
but going by what’s going down
and what’s to come
looks like we were human
looks like we were wrong
carry me away ...
i’m gonna lift my feet up one at a time
before you know i’ll be flying
lift my feet up one at a time and i’ll fly away
way up yonder
floating here and there and everywhere
never coming down ...
there’ll be no happy landing
why pretend
we know the ending
it’s just a case of when
and some will go down gentle
and some will go down blind
and some will go down raging
and howling at the sky
carry me away ...
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may
04:37
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may the winds be with you, may your ship be light
may your hand be steady, may your stars be bright
may you cross that ocean and may all your dreams come true
may the lord of mercy shine a light for you
may you be courageous, may you come to know
it’s the storms that take us where we need to go
may you never go under; and when you do
may the lord of mercy shine a light for you
money and possessions
pebbles on the shore
may you know their pleasures
may you keep on going ’cause there’s more and more
may you share the joys that love can bring
may your soul rejoice, may your body sing
and when your heart gets broken
may it heal as good as new
and may the lord of mercy shine a light for you
may your wings be strong, may you spread them wide
may your spirit soar in a clear blue sky
may you find a friend to fly with you
and may the lord of mercy shine a light for you
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seagull
03:34
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early this morning to my surprise
looked out my window through sleepy eyes
above this city where the neon shines so bright
saw a pure white seagull wheeling through the sky
seagull now where have you been so long
leaving me stranded without a song
i love my linen and i love my lady too
but i would leave them all
just to fly one time with you
fly away with you ... (x 2)
seagull you know i’m a working man
scraping and scratching the best i can
don’t dive deep and i sure can’t fly like you
but i will walk on water if you want me to
down on the river in between the green and blue
i will walk on water if you want me to
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you'd better let love in
05:04
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another morning another day
another mess to clear away
another lover who didn´t stay when the show was over
you keep it simple don´t want no ties
they ask no questions you tell no lies
show no emotion cold as ice
and always in control
you drive them crazy you watch them come
buenos notches on your gun
that´s all you know: hit and run
you´d better let love in
how many times will you fake
how many hearts must you break
how many conquests does it take
before you can surrender
that independence you love so well
but is it heaven or is it hell
these days it´s getting hard to tell
you´d better let love in
tall in the saddle, wild and free
is what you´re trying so hard to be
but a little child is all I see
when I look at you
and all your trophies cannot hide
that emptiness deep inside
so many tears you never cried
you´d better let love in
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talk to me
03:07
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been waiting so long
something tells me something’s wrong
hey talk to me
no sign no word
not a whisper have i heard
hey talk to me
how much longer must i shake your tree
when you gonna put me out of my misery
you don’t write you don’t call
makes me feel invisible
hey talk to me
how much longer must i shake your tree
when you gonna put me out of my misery
if you were me and i were you
you’d be singing too
hey talk to me
so say yes or say no
but please let me know
and hey talk to me
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woman to love
04:39
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woman to rock woman to roll
woman to soothe my soul
woman to ease my heavy load
woman to love
woman to touch woman to feel
woman to hold woman to heal
woman to give me something real
woman to love
and i thank the stars above
for giving me woman to love
woman to talk woman to share
woman to listen woman to care
woman to just be there
woman to love
woman to learn woman to grow
woman to reap woman to sow
woman to not let go
woman to love
and i thank the stars above
for giving me woman to love
woman to build woman to plan
woman to see who i am
woman to be her man
woman to love
woman to dance woman to sing
woman to wear my ring
woman to be my everything
woman to love
and i thank the stars above
for giving me woman to love
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silver & gold
03:58
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jujuli, jujulino, have you seen the world outside
there´s a sunbeam in the garden and a rainbow in the sky
and Miss McCloud is empty and Mister Sun has arrived
and i declare jujulino it´s so good to be alive
once i worked in the city being busy day and night
i was young and i was pretty but i was not satisfied
and my hands were full of silver and my dreams were full of gold
but it slipped through my fingers lord, it felt so cold
so i went upon a journey just to see what i might see
on a search for a treasure buried deep inside of me
now i´m back from my adventures and my world´s a better place
got a song to be singing and a smile upon my face
and my hair is full of silver and my teeth are full of gold
but i swear jujulino babe
this fire within will never grow old
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here with you
03:49
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moonlight coming through the trees
your love shining down on me
i feel like a baby, empty and new
here with you
sometimes when I closed my eyes
my heart would rise up and fly
like an arrow, straight and true
home to you
now the dream is over, yes it’s over
and i wake to find i’m standing here with you
where we can be together, where we can fly
and all i ever want is here with you
i know we have been apart
but your song was playing in my heart
keeping me going, guiding me through
home to you
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when (will i be loved)
04:00
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my daddy´s working every day
when will i be loved
always working from early till late
when will i be loved
when will when will i
when will i be loved
my daddy´s gone to an early grave
when will i be loved
two dark strangers carried him away
when will i be loved
when will when will i
when will i be loved
now the wheel has turned and i hope and pray
when will i be loved
you will never have to say
when will i be loved
when will when will i
when will i be loved
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she works in her garden
04:02
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she works in her garden morning and afternoon
tending flowers for hours and hours alone
she sits at her window tea and a radio
birds of summer are leaving she watches them go
and everybody says she´s just fantastic
and isn´t it amazing how she copes
and everybody says they really should drop by
when we find time
she once had a family was it so long ago
now she gathers the leaves in and waits for the snow
and everybody says she´s just fantastic
and isn´t it amazing how she copes
and everybody says that one day soon we´ll all drop by
when we find time
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is it really over? she still can’t believe it
as she drives home to her lover
aflame for another
all she really wanted was someone to hold her
one to understand
the way it hurts when love grows colder
oh but then it feels so right
hot kisses in the middle of the night
and now it hurts so hard to see
she’s all caught up between
the devil and the deep blue sea
meanwhile back at home now
he is not alone now
she doesn’t have to say
he saw this coming anyway
doesn’t seem to matter
isn’t even angry at her
after all these years
of close-your-eyes-and-compromise
oh and though it hurts to know
love died long ago
he has a reason he won’t leave
he’s all torn up between
the devil and the deep blue sea
like the sailors in history
when their ships caught fire in the middle of the sea
there’s no hope to be found
now are you going to burn or are you going to drown
you’re between the devil and the deep blue sea
he lives far away now, says he’ll be okay now
says he always was a rover
he’s glad it’s over
eats off dirty plates now in the room he hates now
oh especially when he’s sober
sometimes he sends toys to a red-haired boy
“from the father you so rarely see
to the child growing up between
the devil and the deep blue sea“
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feels like coming home
03:33
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oh my lord i feel your grace
in the silence of this place
a subtle kind of beauty i have never known
and it feels like coming home
i’ve been walking in despair
i’ve been searching everywhere
and it was here inside me all along
and it feels like coming home
i’ve been running round in circles
chasing my tail
i’ve been lonely baby lonely baby
doing things the hard way
setting it up to fail
don’t you know this night has been so long
now i feel it in the air
just a lightness everywhere
you know i would not praise the morning before the dawn
but it feels like coming home
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paul batchelor Germany
Paul Batchelor writes intelligent songs about who we are, and what we seek to become. Click any album on this page to explore Paul's music and lyrics. For more information about Paul and upcoming concerts, please click his website link just below this text. ... more
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