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Saviours Messenger
04:24
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Simple Life
03:16
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River Song
03:04
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Refrain
Flow River, slow river, life giver, long liver
Flow river, slow river, carry me home
Up in the steep ridges
Far from the big bridges
White felt of snow melt
And you're on your own, so..... [refrain]
Down from the treeline
At the end of the incline
In the dam you will drown
But it only slows you down
And you're on your way, [refrain]
Firshermen may steal your treasure
Boatmen your deep may measure
And, with wistful sighs
Gaze in your eye
As you show them themselves, [refrain]
You are a hand with many fingers
That seldom ever lingers
But you rest your head
As you slowly spread
On the bed of the surly sea, [refrain]
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5. |
Helping Themselves
02:54
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Everyone’s helping themselves
They’re doing their best to get more than the rest
And there’s nothing left on the shelf
So get in there fast while the dwindling stocks last
And don’t give a damn for tomorrow
Make sure that you live for today
To get it you’ll beg, steal or borrow
Before it all vanishes away
Don’t try to say it’s unjust
You drank it all up and you just drained the cup
And it was left to you in trust
But you like a fool made an ocean a pool
And what once was a garden of eden
You made into a desert of sand
You could have made it all last forever
But you let it get out of hand
Suddenly all of it’s gone
You were so clever, it would last you forever
And don’t blame the rest you’re the one
You never dreamed it was as bad as it seemed
You wouldn’t heed all the warnings
And you wouldn’t listen to sense
Now you can stand there surrounded by nothing
And wonder where the hell it all went
Everyone’s helping themselves
Time for a Change
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White Horse Hill
04:08
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John Works on the Land
04:42
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I am a hewer of wood and a drawer of water
As the sun stays low in the sky
For worlds I would not take the life of a roadman
I’ll work on the land till I die
I round up the horses with oats in my pocket
Then groom and harness the day
The horseman’s task is to collar and bridle
And Beauty and Prince work their way
Between the two ricks made of corn and of straw
The clatter of belts fills our ears
The grain it is threshed and the dust it blows higher
The mighty machine takes our years
There are ditches to clear and hedges to lay
No labour has more to show
I change the face and the look of this farmstead
Far more than a rook or a crow
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Robin Song
02:34
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Refrain
Green, orange, brown and grey
Are the colours I sing all the day
They’re the colours of me, the colours of you
The song of the seasons too (x2)
Grey’s where the colour rests
Where the song lies under my breast
It’s the time of the year when the life moves within
It’s when I build my own nest
Green is there if you look
It grows from my earthly brown
It’s the life you can see
It’s the loving in me
The light of a new spring day
Refrain
Orange is my fiery breast
That rules my heart you see
It stands for the life that’s revealed within
Summer’s own glory in me
I’m a Robin by now you have guessed
I’m the seasons where life is all blessed
If you see this in you, you’ll see me there too
The song of the sky in the blue
Refrain x 2
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9. |
I am the Land
04:35
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10. |
Sussex Cotillion
03:43
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11. |
Time for a Change
03:47
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Time for a change, time for a change (I think it’s time for a change)
Time for a change, time for a change
Time for a change, time for a change (I think it’s time for a change)
Time for a change, time for a change
Don’t you think that the time it is right, show your colours and get ready to fight;
Don’t you think that the hour it is here, go with your conscience you have nothing to fear.
Chorus
Put behind you all the years full of doubt, forget embarrassment, it’s time to come out;
Look in the mirror, look yourself in the eye, say you can do it, so go out there and try.
Oh the writings on the wall, time for thinking big and walking tall;
Learn to stand on your own feet, you know you cannot fall.
Chorus
Don’t you think that you waited enough, don’t stay silent now the going is rough;
Don’t let yourself be kicked to the ground, show yourself to the world all around.
Oh the writings on the wall, time for thinking big and walking tall;
Learn to stand on your own feet, you know you cannot fall.
Chorus
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The Yirdbards England, UK
The Yirdbards lead singer Paul Darby first came to prominence in the early ‘70s as one half of the duo Windfall, and over the ensuing years he used his musical talent to raise thousands of pounds for Greenpeace. ‘I sing’ he says, ‘because it gives me pleasure. With The Yirdbards’ line up of cello and acoustic guitars, there’s more space for intimacy and subtlety. ... more
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