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The Long Sands
04:02
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There's light reflected in their eyes
It rarely comes as no surprise
You watch the waves on higher tides
And feel the fear, don't take a ride
I'm ready
And, I'm radiating
Watch me turn the tide
Well, I'm ready, I need no translating
Watch me turn the tide
You know I'm ready?
Hell, there's no stagnating
Watch me turn the tide
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In Deep Water
04:32
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Seems to me that the fakers
Are the ones who want to make it
And they don't care, 'cause they are hanging on
The chances are they'll take it
Leaving nothing for your favours
But they don't care, 'cause they are moving on
They haven't got the questions
But find out there's no answer
They take a chance and break through all that's strong
They turn around and watch you
When you're hiding they can see you
They don't believe in anything they did wrong
I never had the patience
When nothing solves the problem
But I don't care, 'cause I am staying strong
Don't tell me what you want to hear
Don't say that it's a secret
Just sweep it up and make believe you're wrong
Well that's a loaded question
Empty out your answer
Now take your time and I will follow on
Don't turn around and watch me
I'm hiding can't you see it
I know you think the battle's nearly won
And after all is said and done
When we find the answer never comes
And after that if we find we're trapped
Then you will find we're not the only ones
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Give my love, to the waves
Send me home, on a wind that saves
If I ride the sea, or sail away
Will you carry me back, home again?
Give my time, to the pain
If I miss you, would you sail with me again?
Give my love, to the water
Then I can find my way back to where I ought to be
You will know me
Call me by name
Know how much I fear
It's always the same
I'm floating in the wake of trouble.
I wish you wary on your way
Send my love to the waves,
get me out of this trouble,
or sail me to Hell all the way
Give my love, to the waves
Send me home, on a wind that saves
Floating in the wake of trouble
I wish you wary on your way
I wish you on the waves out of trouble
Don't sail me to Hell, at least not today
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Lost to the Weather
04:31
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Lost to the weather
on a dark and stormy night
I'm searching for you
But you've already taken flight
I'm lost in translation
Nothing feels quite right
Your secrets are safe in the shadows
Hidden well out of sight
But, I feel, I feel unprotected
Like you feel, when you're rejected
The time is now for plans of acceptance
Can't hold your hand, I feel so helpless
Now I know why. I understand their offensive
I'm lost to the weather, windburnt and colder
Half frozen to death, and another year older
I'd be lost to the weather
If they capture you now...
Coming into the station
On a cold and foggy night
Their agents are waiting
Their fortunes they feel are quite right
But, they're lost in translation
Into shadows you will take flight
Defective and chasing
Catch up with you, well I just might
Your message comes through
All bridges are crossed
I see you caught in the headlights
As the sniper takes his best shot
You're lost to the weather, windburnt and colder
Now frozen to death, not another year older
And I'm lost to the weather
As they captured you...
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Prevailing Wind
03:55
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Reading between the lines
Sketching the fever of a swollen tide
The endless meaning of a mindful time
Picking up the stones of the smoothest kind
And then it begins
Beyond the veil of original sin
Reaching out to sea
Carried on a prevailing wind
And so you have your say
That the proof's the truth in its own sweet way
The bluest blue carries you away
Back to where you grow
And so it begins
Beyond the pale you take it in
Dream of the sea
and foreign shores on a prevailing wind
You didn't see the signs
Painting a picture of another time
Drawing deeply from a tainted vine
Kicking up the dust on The Poppy Line
And so it begins
Beyond an age of original sin
Setting out to sea
Carried on a prevailing wind
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Swallows
02:43
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Take me down to the river
Take me all the way out to sea
Chill my heart with the spindrift
Sail the memories home to me
Take a look at the questions
At the questions you have found
Catch a wave without harbour
Where the truth is surely drowned
Yet you know how I wonder
If the truth will be concealed
In the safety of that harbour
That's the time when all's revealed
Sail me back to Uh-huh Town
Sail me back for free
Shake the water from the prow
Sail me back for free
Take me down to the river
Take me all the way out to sea
Chill my heart with the spindrift
Sail the memories home to me
Take me to the lost & found
Sail me back to where I'm bound
Take me to the lost & found
Sail me back to where I'm bound
Take me to the lost & found
Sail me back to where I'm bound
Sail me back, sail me back
Sail me back to Uh-huh Town
Sail me back, sail me back
Take me down to the river
Take me all the way out to sea
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Grace
03:58
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You were born by the castle on the sand
Although a child of the land your father lit the way
For every passing sail, and every steamer grand
But your life didn't go quite as you planned
Though your end was not at sea
Oh Grace. You darling of the waves
Won't you come and save us from the peril of the seas
Oh Grace. You darling of the brave
Now that you have saved us, won't you stay with me
A ship was wrecked in '38
on rocks that flanked the isle, Despite the light
Your father gave, and though little more than a child
You rowed across the waters bleak
To bring those souls to land
But all the fame you didn't seek
Couldn't save you from the sand
The night was black when you returned to the castle on the sand
And all the life you ever lacked consumed in your last stand
At 26 you're laid to rest, sea fret upon a distant deck
The light reflected in the eyes of souls you saved from Longstone's distant wreck
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Who is really fooling who,
when the chips are down and you head for town?
Don't recognise the games you play
are just wasting time and they're pulling me down?
So, who is really fooling you,
when your dreams are broken and your pockets empty?
Won't you ever realise that
this time you waste is not a time of plenty?
Are you saying nothing now,
'cause no words can right your sorry fable?
Are you never gonna turn around,
'cause although you lost there's always one more table
Won't you ever realise,
that you fool yourself with your guilty pleasure?
Maybe when you come on home
you'll unlock the door, find your only treasure
Who is really fooling who,
when the chips are down and you head for town?
Don't you recognise the pain,
the waste of time it's still just pulling me down?
Who is really fooling you,
when the dreams you stole are running on empty?
Won't you ever realise that
this time you waste is not a time of plenty?
Are you saying nothing now,
'cause no words can right your sorry fable?
Are you never gonna turn around,
although you lost yourself there's always one more table
And, won't you ever realise,
that you fool yourself with that guilty pleasure?
Maybe when you come on home, babe
you'll lock the door, find your only treasure
Are you saying nothing now,
'cause no words can write your sorry fable?
Are you never gonna turn around,
although you lost yourself there's always one more table
And, won't you ever realise,
that you fool yourself with that guilty pleasure?
Maybe when you come on home
you'll unlock the door, find your only treasure
Who is really fooling who,
when the chips are down
but you're back from town?
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The Last Witchhunt
03:57
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The Last Witchhunt (Drain the Swamp)
Hardened by their anger, bring your countenance to bear
Slide into power non- violently, the future not to share
No hope defies the best of them they're not the ones who care
They'll weep forever and a day
Yes, they'll weep forever and a day...
Hardened by your temperament, ease off towards the plough
The needs of every constellation to hold their rights for now
Won't you hand it on? Piece together complications
Another time
Are we fighting for the right to fly the flag or the right to freedom?
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Just as all rivers will flow to the sea,
So forgiveness must come easily
Though your hands are tied today,
You'll be hand in hand tomorrow
That's got to come easily,
In simpler times it seems you're like the river,
Well that must flow easily
Won't it feel the way it feels to a stranger by the water
You forgive her anything, You can give her everything
The sea refuses no river,
they all flow easily, they flow because they're free
The sea to the river like a stranger must seem
If you really can’t forgive her
then it won't come easily,
you know it don't come easily
Just as all rivers will flow to the sea,
so forgiveness must come easily
Though you wash your hands today,
you'll praying for tomorrow
That won't come easily,
you know it won't come easily
The sea seems like a stranger to me,
no river sets me free,
that don't feel good to me
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Dave Bradley UK
Guitarist, singer-songwriter. Acoustic and electric indie pop and rock originals. Singer, guitarist with C5, bigMouth, TyrannoChorus, CTW, with DJ Ad, and BarbD
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