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A PATH OF SUN-WARMED GLASS
If I come to you with my head held high, will you have the good grace not to laugh?
Of course you will, I know, I know, I really shouldn't ask
With my bent will and stiff disregard, can you shape something to yield
Less hard hard than hope, less taut than rope, a path of sun-warmed glass
The subtle sign of your pose, aching toward the light
The changing line of your rose closing her face to the night
When I come to you with my beggar's cup, can you fill it up with love til I have enough
To give away and not take it back, as you've done in the past
A feast of scenes touching space, oh in a better off place
Less hard hard than hope, less taut than rope, a path of sun-warmed glass
The subtle sign of your pose, aching toward the light
The changing line of your rose closing her face to the night
All this the heard demands
All this the heard demands
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Forget-Me-Not
03:49
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FORGET-ME-NOT
I feel just like some dumb cliché that your mom brings home
at 4AM on Tuesday when the party's long long gone
Thumbing through an old book of dreams nobody read
Trying hard not to remember all the things you said
And I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm sure it will offend
And I want to make excuses for all the sorrys I've said
Forgive me not, forget me not
and it's all I've got
The blue TV light makes me feel insane
For buying into my own lies again
And being the one and only one to blame
I took me at my word and I fell again
And I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm sure it will offend
And I want to make excuses for all the sorrys I've left unsaid
Forgive me not, forget me not
it's all I've got
And the food don't taste the same,
And the moonlight just ain't the same
And the songs don't feel the way
And I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm so sure it will offend
And I want to make excuses for all the sorrys I've said
Forgive me not, forget me not
Forgive me not, forget me not
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G.O.W.
02:35
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G.O.W.
God, Oil and War, salvation comes for us all
count your blessings son,
you among the lucky ones
God, Oil and War, pave the way for more
think hard, think fast,
don't worry the peace won't last
God, Oil and War, what is it we're fighting for?
the right to live, the right to die
the wrongs committed on both sides
God, Oil and War, three-letter words span the globe
around about, down in a hole
only believers here or so I'm told
Go On Dying, Go On Dying
Only If Love, Only If Love
Was As Real
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Keep Your Heart Right
03:27
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KEEP YOUR HEART RIGHT
Complications will come and go
Your frustrations will always show
All the little things you're made of
And the face behind the make up
Situations will break down
All the ways we can confound
The simple way we're feeling
About the hand life is dealing
Hold your cards tight, keep your heart right and don't be a fool
for the jokers and the wild cards,
they never play by the rules
We all get answers we don't want
an unexpected dilettante
bringing beautiful distractions
divides your heart into fractions and factions
It takes some investigation
to find your destination
was right here all along
hear me now, you belong, you belong
Hold your cards tight, keep your heart right and don't be a fool
for the jokers and the wild cards,
they never play by the rules
Hold your cards tight, keep your heart right and don't be a fool
for the jokers and the wild cards,
they never play by the rules
Complications will come and go
Your frustrations will always show
All the little things you're made of
And the face behind the make up
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Never Amour
03:41
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NEVER AMOUR
Sing me a broken hallelujah
put pennies on my eyes
steal a feather from a raven's wing
together we'll fly
Listen out for the tell-tale heart
that's beating inside
the walls of the cell you built for me
when your tears ran dry
Never more, never more
never amour!
Never more, never more
never amour!
Keep your counsel with the wind that blows
through your destitute heart
the secrets known by her woes
would make a rusty love cry, cry, cry
Never more, never more
never amour!
Never more, never more
never amour!
Never more, never more
never amour!
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ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOU DOWN
Hold me now, my time has come
I don't regret the things I've done
but I hold inside too many times
my hands froze by my side
And the words just don't come
and the love grows undone
Why was I born just a man
when letting you down's not all I can
Why was I born to love you son
when letting you down is all I know
The dead of night
I close the door
wander out to where I don't know
the light of love burn me so
tomorrow comes as I go
And the words just don't come
and the love grows undone
Why was I born just a man
when doing enough's not all I can
Why was I born to love you son
when letting you down is all I know
Only love
can break you down
Only love
can save me now
oh hold me now, oh hold me now
Only love
can break me down
Only love
can save me now
oh hold me now, oh hold me now
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Show And Tell
03:09
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SHOW AND TELL
I could take you there
or anywhere
the feeling
subtle and rare
Breathe you in
deep within
taste your skin
hold you within
I love to read you
among the silent news
the spaces in between
where the love is lean
I could take you there
or anywhere
the feeling
subtle and rare
Breathe you in
deep within
taste your skin
hold you within
Up through the cracks
where the wilderness grows
we don't need to speak we know we know
we don't tell
we don't tell
but boy do we show
I could take you there
or anywhere
the spaces in between
where the love is lean
I could take you there
I could take you there
I could take you there
I could take you there
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The River Is Wide
03:35
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THE RIVER IS WIDE
If I could save your soul
I'd put in place my very own
but the river is winding, winding and wide
now we're closer to the other side
When I was young I was brave and bold
I could never do what my heart told
but the river is winding, winding and wide
now we're closer to the other side
A broken man, upon a string
told me once, 'it don't mean a thing'
for the river is winding, winding and wide
oh we're closer to the other side
There's a shelter up ahead
a warming hearth, a warming bed
but the river is winding, winding and wide
oh we're closer to the other side
So I go before you now
I'll send a sign as soon as I know how
the river is winding, winding and wide
now we're closer to the other side
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Jamie Mc Donald Sofia, Bulgaria
In a music career spanning 3 decades, Jamie has payed his dues across thousands of gigs and 10 albums.
With the Number
Nein, he explores folk, soul, rock and more with a twist of jazz and world music.
Stray Gods and Straight Dogs sees Jamie exploring some brand new songs in a solo acoustic setting. Stripped back arrangements highlight the range of styles and songwriting blended into his own mix.
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