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Voyage of the Mayflower
03:15
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Sail away to the Promised Land
Netherlands to England
England to the Promised Land
Sail away to the Promised Land
John Robinson said you’re leaving Babylon
Go and build a new Jerusalem
Sail away to the Promised Land
Netherlands to England
England to the Promised Land
Sail away to the Promised Land
John Carver said your purpose is divine
So we risked our lives on the earth and brine
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Bodie
03:03
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Another store closes for the final time
Too few customers too much crime
Soon there’ll be nothing but an empty mine
And an empty saloon where the whiskey’s run dry
This was once a town called Bodie
This was once a town called Bodie
Thought I’d met my love here in 1902
But it turned out that she was just a passing through
I still see her ghost under a yellow moon
That lights up every empty window I look through
Riding out of Bodie leaving nothing behind
Except the empty promise of a golden time
Only sound I hear is the air as I breathe
I’m scared if I look back I will never leave
This was once a town called Bodie
This was once a town called Bodie
This was once a town called Bodie
This was once a town called Bodie
This was once a town called Bodie
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3. |
After the Big One
03:59
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When the big one hit
In 1906
San Francisco was my home
But insurance firms
Pay out on fire not earthquake
So I burnt my home down for those worms
When they threw out my claim
I made my way
Down coast on foot but after just a day
I stole a horse in San Jose
And food along the way
And picked the purse of a very trusting lady
She asked me where I’m from
I said I’m a survivor of the big one
I got no cares
And nothing scares
Cos I’m a survivor of the big one
In Carmel by the sea
I joined an artist colony
And tried to make my living selling paintings
And I paint a fence or two
And pick a pocket or two
Anything I can to bring the rent in
Now just last week
The Sheriff came to speak
To me about some missing money
From a house near me
On Monte Verde Street
I said maybe the claimant is a phoney
He asked me where I’m from…
I said I’m a survivor of the big one
I got no cares
And nothing scares
Cos I’m a survivor of the big one
I’m tired of stealing prize
From scamming cheating wives
And dealing dirty hands at poker
Know one day I’ll get caught
So I guess I really ought
To practice making peace with my maker
When he asks me where I’m from
I’ll say I’m a survivor of the big one
I got no cares
And nothing scares
Cos I’m a survivor of the big one
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My lady took off with a salesman from Little Rock
Some canine killer poisoned my dog
Lost my driving job asleep at the wheel
But the worst damn thing is I can’t get me no whiskey
I need whiskey
My brother’s bankrupt from the Wall Street Crash
His wife says she’ll have to turn heads to earn cash
Momma’s suicidal since Dad left to be free
And the worst damn thing is I can’t get me no whiskey
Prohibition – it’s the worst
Prohibition’s a curse
Cos I just got to quench my thirst
And all I need is Whiskey
My neighbour’s begging dimes out on the street
Sprawled on the side-walk, hat by his feet
Maybe someday soon that will be me
And the worst damn thing is I can’t get me no whiskey
Prohibition – it’s the worst
Prohibition’s a curse
Cos I just got to quench my thirst
And all I need is Whiskey
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Cuba is the prize
And power’s the thing
A stumble in the jungle
What madness it brings
A game set in motion
That no one can win
Seven minutes to midnight
Minutes to live
Seven minutes to midnight
Minutes to live
Seven minutes to midnight
Minutes to live
Seven minutes to midnight
Someone stop the clock
Shut off the alarm
Someone stop the clock
Shut off the alarm
Someone stop the clock
Shut off the alarm
Someone stop the clock
Ships sail west
From Soviet shores
Carrying cargo
To keep peace at their door
Seven minutes to midnight…
Someone stop the clock
Shut off the alarm
Someone stop the clock
Shut off the alarm
Someone stop the clock
Shut off the alarm
Someone stop the clock
Before we all come to harm x 2
Someone stop the clock x 3
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6. |
Summer of Love
03:23
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I’m sick of the news
Cos all I hear
Is political scandal and war
LBJ sure took us all the way
Now Tricky Dicky’s promising more
Time to tune in, turn on and drop out
Like we did at Haight-Ashbury
We can turn this rotten world around
If we treat one another
Like sisters and brothers
Come on let’s make a summer of love
There’s something in the air
We can groove to Jimi at Monterey
Let’s make a summer of love
Now your parents don’t like
The way you dress
Well I don’t think any parents ever do
Put a flower in your hair
And show them you don’t care
Cos this time’s for me and for you
There’s something going on
It’s time to right their wrongs
We might just be about to change the world
We made a start
At Golden Gate Park
And we’ll finish what we started some day
Come on let’s make a summer of love
There’s something in the air
We can groove to Jimi at Monterey
Let’s make a summer of love (x3)
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Brilliant Jewel
03:24
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You can head to the moon
But you may find
The magic lays in
What you left behind (x 2)
We are
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
Out in space
Among the stars
No beauty greater
Than this world of ours
Out in space
Among the stars
We are
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
We are
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
You can head to the moon
But you may find
The magic lays in
What you left behind (x2)
We are
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
We are
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
A brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky
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8. |
Long Live
04:04
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In New York City
The people were pretty
At Studio 54
Nights in Manhattan
Magic can happen
As the music starts once more
Strangers meeting on the dance floor
Brought together by the Queens of Amour
Singing of love, singing of love
New York City,
Oh so pretty
New York City
Oh so pretty
Singing of Love, singing of Love
On the dance floor, Queens of amour
Gloria, Chaka, Donna, Candi
Your songs of love
Oh they still move me
Round the dance floor
Never to desert me
Long Live Love and your love songs
Hand gentle on the curve of a spine
Head nestles on a shoulder
Lips brush the side of a neck
Mm getting bolder
Cheek to cheek
Turning in time
Feel so close and fit so fine
Lovers meeting for the first time
Want this night to last for ever
New York City,
Oh so pretty
New York City
Oh so pretty
Singing of Love, singing of love
On the dance floor, Queens of amour
Gloria, Chaka, Donna, Candi
Your songs of love
Oh they still move me
Round the dance floor
Never to desert me
Long live love and your love songs
Gloria and Chaka, Donna and Candi
Long live love
Long live your love songs
Gloria, Chaka, Donna, Candi
Songs of love
Oh they still move me
Round the dance floor
Never to desert me
Long live love and your love songs
Gloria, Chaka, Donna, Candi
Your songs of love
Oh they still move me
Round the dance floor
Never to desert me
Long live love and your love songs
Long live your love songs
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9. |
Nothing Better Than Rain
03:22
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1988 weren’t the year to be a farmer
Growing corn East of Lincoln in Nebraska
As the earth beneath my feet cracks
I don’t know what I’m gonna do
El Nina wish I’d never seen ya
You’ve made your point
Now you can up and leave again
In Yellowstone Park – my daughter she’s a ranger
All across Wyoming, Idaho, Montana
Fires burning all day long
And days are as dark as night
El Nina wish I’d never seen ya
You’ve made your point
Now you can disappear again
Cos sometimes there ain’t nothing better than rain
Oh what I’d give to feel it pouring down on me again
1990 and the rain finally came
I give my thanks and I go again
And count the cost of three years
Without prosperity
Sometimes there ain’t nothing better than rain
How good it feels pouring down on me again
El Nina - wish I’d never seen ya
You sure out-lived your welcome
With blood and sweat and tears
El Nina - wish I’d never seen ya
You sure out-lived your welcome
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10. |
Peekskill Meteorite
03:27
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Me and my phobias
Took a little road-trip
The Doc said I could use a break
Not a care in the world
Till I found this this little town
Up in New York State
Seems they had an incident
Take place there
Back in 1992
I don’t mind admitting
I’m a nervous guy
Who’s had a near miss or two
Peekskill meteorite
Missed Kentucky and Virginia
Peekskill meteorite
Pennsylvania too
Even skipped DC
But you couldn’t miss
A Chevy Malibu
Chances are low
Of a second strike here
Several million to one
But I’ve seen trees
Hit twice by lightening
Think it’s time I was gone
Peekskill meteorite…
Missed Kentucky, West Virginia
Peekskill meteorite
Pennsylvania too
Even skipped DC
But you couldn’t miss
A Chevy Malibu
Peekskill meteorite...
Peekskill meteorite
Hope you keep missing me
Peekskill Meteorite
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Christopher Brown and Neil Faulkner are an established song writing partnership whose prolific output has resulted in six
full albums being released in 48 months.
Melody and intellectually perceptive lyrics combine with a myriad of Americana -influenced musical styles to produce some memorable and enduring works.
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