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Travelling Down
04:10
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You said you wrote your thoughts all down today
And you believe there’s nothing left to say
You never did think it would last long anyway
And there’s nothing really for you if you stay
Each time I talk to you, you seem to wear a frown
And it’s really much too early
To be travelling down
The Book of Changes is your special friend
And you’ll believe it to the very end
I only wish that it would teach you not to lend
Your love, to those who cannot bend
I’ll see you the next time that the circle comes around
But it’s really much too early
To be travelling down
And when I laughed you just reminded me
Of how I’d always wanted to be free
You hand me back my words and ask me what I see
But that’s the only way that we know how to be
And when some time has filled my mind I’ll look around
And I’ll see that it’s too early
To be travelling down
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Timeless & Strange
04:42
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Evensong
04:27
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There have been some hard and broken times
With nothing good to mark their leaving
With lips of jade and eyes of burning glass
Sensations lost in lonely grieving
And finding garret love and serpent dreams
The faces nearly all, have gone now
And left behind empty scenes
You go out in the morning feeling light as air
Come out in the evening heavy laden
You learn of many things that you had not seen
That God is time and time is Satan
And watching the wild and shameless dancing of the leaves
To join with the earth in the dark reunion
That no-one sees
You wake in the morning cold and wonder why
The smell of love that always lingers
And stepping out into the dark thin morning air
Feel the rain touch your head with soft cold fingers?
And picturing someone else that you could be
Until you don't know if you’re falling down
Or breaking free.
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Spanky
02:37
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Poem
02:01
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The Waiting Grounds
03:28
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7. |
Song for a Survivor
09:18
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Forest and the Shore
07:06
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The Forest and the Shore
It's a funny old time that we're living in
Half the good people living in sin
And the hypocrites they will turn you in
Sooner than talk to you
Yeah, sooner than talk to you
I just don't seem to see things that way
Wonder if they tapped my phone today
And if you've got anything new to say
You'd better hide it
You'd better hide it
The olden gods have run from the people
Paradise is now a house in the city
And the spirit of Calvary
Has slowly gone
Down beneath a tide
Of cynics who deride
Everything
Who deride everything you believe in
Everything that you believe in
I heard the car doors slam in the night
Got up and switched on the light
Prepared to give in without a fight
If they should find us
Yeah, if they should find us
Looked down into the street to see my fate
Huh, it was just only the neighbours coming home late
Funny how you can get yourself in a state
From letting it all get you down
From letting it all get you down
We've come a long way from the forest and the shore
Lost our faith and don't know where to turn any more
And the spirit of Calvary
Has slowly gone
Down beneath a tide
Of politicians who decide
Everything
Everything that you, that you believe in
Everything that you believe in
Everything
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Keith Christmas UK
In a career spanning over 50 years Keith has recorded multiple albums, played acoustic guitar on Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’
album, appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970 and gigged solo all over the UK and Europe.
A legendary live performer he has had a resurgence in popularity since ‘Crazy Dancing Days’ was released in December 2016 and ‘Life,Life’ in 2019
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