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Don't you hear the gulls a-calling Johnny, One more day
Don't you hear the gulls a-calling, One more day
Only one more day me Johnny, One more day
Oh, come rock and roll me over, One more day
Don't you hear the capstan pawling Johnny, One more day
Don't you hear the capstan pawling, One more day
Only one more day me Johnny, One more day
Oh, come rock and roll me over, One more day
Don't you hear the old man growling Johnny, One more day
Don't you hear the old man growling, One more day
Only one more day me Johnny, One more day
Oh, come rock and roll me over, One more day
Don't you hear the girls a crying Johnny, One more day
Don't you hear the girls a-crying, One more day
Only one more day me Johnny, One more day
Oh, come rock and roll me over, One more day
Then put your long tail blue me Johnny, One more day
For this night is nearly through
Only one more day me Johnny, One more day
Oh, come rock and roll me over, One more day
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Waiting in the wings
04:49
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Twilight turns to orange as the dawn is creeping in
And it fills me up with courage to confront the day again
And I need that little boost cause my heart it feels so sore
For the love of a lad who's already spoken for
It's the same old story, he's the one so it seems
We have so much in common and we share the same dreams
But he neglects to tell me he has a girl of his own
And she's waiting in the wings to take him home
Oh, he's sunny and he's smiley and he's musical and all
And he fills me up with confidence when I'm feeling small
But although I think he's bonny and I talk about him all the time
I'm sure his girl does too and she's probably divine
It's the same old story, he's the one so it seems
We have so much in common and we share the same dreams
But he neglects to tell me he has a girl of his own
And she's waiting in the wings to take him home
If he can't make his mind up he must be quite a drip
So I should just leave him to his confused relationship
I'll just move on and find another one to wreck
Soon all the girls in England will want to break my neck
It's the same old story, he's the one so it seems
We have so much in common and we share the same dreams
But he neglects to tell me he has a girl of his own
And she's waiting in the wings to take him home
There's a lesson to be learned from my story so sad
So I hope you paid attention-if you are a lad
Boys you be careful unless you want to start a war
If you think one girl is trouble, then two is ten times more
It's the same old story, he's the one so it seems
We have so much in common and we share the same dreams
But he neglects to tell me he has a girl of his own
And she's waiting in the wings to take him home
It's the same old story, he's the one so it seems
And though I try to fight it he’s in all my dreams
I’m trying not to want you, I’m trying not to phone
But all I want to do is take you home
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We walk along the shore and sit down on the pebbles
It's been a while since we sat and watched the tide
Your body's warm and your arms are wrapped around me
Your eyes mist over looking on the sea so wide
But now it feels like we're going through the motions
It hasn't been the same since you came to me
And though I love you Iike I have loved no other
Your heart is with the girl you left across the sea
Do you remember what you promised me last summer
You said our love would stand the distance and the time
That if you travelled ten million miles and twenty
I'd always know that your heart's forever mine
But now it feels like we’re going through the motions
It hasn't been the same since you came back to me
And though I love you like I’ve loved no other
Your heart is with the girl you left across the sea
Oh, your fickle heart
Has wounded me right well
And did you think of me
When in her arms you fell
It's with heavy heart l leave you on the pebbles
To think about the girl who is so far away
And though I'll love you 'til the sea runs out of water
I can't tie down a heart that doesn't want to stay
But now it feels like we're going through the motions
It hasn't been the same since you came to me
And though I love you Iike I have loved no other
Your heart is with the girl you left across the sea
But now it feels like we're going through the motions
It hasn't been the same since you came to me
And though I love you Iike I have loved no other
Your heart is with the girl you left across the sea
You left across the sea
Oh, go back across the sea
Oh, across the sea
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I miss you
03:20
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Two days, thirteen hours and a half
Since I saw you walking down the path
Nine more days, maybe even ten
Until I see you walking back again
Whether it's minutes or months
The time still goes past so painfully slowly
So please, would you drop me a line
'Cause I miss you
Oh, darlin' I miss you
What if you never return?
And what if you do but you no longer need me?
Are you bored of my voice on your voice mail?
Do you think I’m thinking about you too much?
Well it's harder being the one left behind
And I'm wishing that I could just forward wind
And if you phoned me now it might ease my mind
'Cause I miss you
Oh, darlin' I miss you
So you say you’re missing me too
But you’re two hundred miles away swimming with sharks
I'll not just sit here and pine
I've got two DVDs and a bottle of wine
But there’s no-one to hug at the end of the day
I can't even pop over, you're so far away
So I'll leave one more message ‘cause I wanted to say
That I miss you
Oh, darlin' I miss you
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5. |
Last Springtime
05:48
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Last springtime, last springtime was the springtime of joy
For I fell into the company of a beautiful boy
His smile, oh, his smile, it made me to swoon
And his eyes they shone brighter than the April full moon
Last summer, last summer was the summer of love
And our love it was just as pure as the snowy white dove
And the bonds we made between us no thing could sever
And we vowed that while the stars still shine our love would endure
Last autumn, last autumn was the autumn of tears
For my love was taken from my arms to fight in the east
Although we are not married I love him more than life
And when he does return to me he will make me his wife
Last winter, last winter was the winter of woe
For the last time I had heard from him it was three months ago
There's an aching space around me, a longing in my heart
Happiness seeps out of me all the time we're apart
This springtime, this springtime is the spring of loneliness
And the birdsong and the budding leaves do not ease my distress
But when I fall asleep I feel his fingers in my hair
Wherever my love is now my heart is with him there
Three summers, three summers, three summers have passed
And as the third spring [missing] returns at last
Behind his tired eyes he has looked death in the face
As he lies sobbing in my arms I feel love in his embrace
Last springtime, last springtime was the springtime of joy
For I fell into the company of a beautiful boy
His smile, oh, his smile, it made me to swoon
And his eyes they shone brighter than the April full moon
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Come Again Sweet Love
04:10
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Come again, sweet love doth now invite
Thy graces that refrain to do me due delight
To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die
With thee again in sweetest sympathy
Come again that I may cease to mourn
Through thy unkind disdain, for now left and forlorn
I sit, I sigh, I weep, I faint, I die
In deadly pain and endless misery
All the day the sun that lends me shine
By frowns do cause me pine and feeds me with delay;
Her smiles, my springs that makes my joys
To grow, her frowns, her frowns the Winters of my woe
All the night my sleeps are full of dreams
My eyes are full of streams, my heart takes no delight
To see the fruits and joys that some do find
And mark the storms are me assigned
Out alas, my faith is ever true
Yet will she never rue, nor yield me any grace
Her eyes of fire, her heart of flint Is made
Whom tears nor truth may once invade
Gentle love, draw forth thy wounding dart
Thou canst not pierce her heart, for I that do approve
By sighs and tears, more hot than are thy shafts
Did tempt while she for triumphs laughs
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Please don't look at me that way
Because you know I can't stay
And although you see my body lying here
We both know that my heart is elsewhere
Carry me back to the ocean
Carry me back to the sea
Carry me back to the ocean
Where I can be free
And you are so beautiful
And I hate to do this to you
But I would never forgive myself
If I never returned to the blue
Carry me back to the ocean
Carry me back to the sea
Carry me back to the ocean
Where I can be free
What if you left all of this behind?
Follow me down to the sea you might find
That if you love me as I do love you
We could live happily
Carry me back to the ocean
Carry me back to the sea
Carry me back to the ocean
Where I can be free
Carry me back to the ocean
Carry me back to the sea
Carry me back to the ocean
Where I can be me
What if you left all of this behind?
Follow me down to the sea you might find
That if you love me as I do love you
We could live happily there by the blue
We could live happily there by the blue
We could live happily there by the blue
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Honeysuckle
05:01
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Sweet as honeysuckle
Flavours of your kiss
Your eyes sparkle like sapphires
You're everything I wish
And when you go
I melt like the snow
And I want you to know that
I never wanted to be free
Of this beauty that's caring for me
Caring for me
Soft as icing sugar
On our wedding cake I'm so sure
Your song fills me like
Mountain fountain water so pure
And when you return
All my senses burn
And I want you to learn that
I never want to be free
Of this beauty that's caring for me
Caring for me
And as the years flow past
I'll still feel steadfast
Here will forever last
Like bubbles in a shard of glass
Like bubbles in a shard of glass
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Fine Sailing
04:07
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There came a letter yesterday
Our ship must sail in the morn
Alas said the bonny lass
That ever I was born
And when he came to her fathers' house
At twelve o’clock at noon
This lassie being so proud of heart
She would not let him in
And it's fine sailing on the sea
When wind and weather's fair
It's better being in my love’s arms
And oh, I wish I were there
So he’s brought a ring from out of his coat
It cost him guineas three
Saying take you that my bonny lass
And oh, think well of me
And it's fine sailing on the sea
When wind and weather's fair
It's better being in my love’s arms
And oh, I wish I were there
Oh ,she's brought a ring from out of her purse
It-cost her shillings nine
Saying take you that my bonny lad
Fer I have changed my mind
And it's fine sailing on the sea
When wind and weather's fair
It's better being in my love’s arms
And oh, I wish I were there
And it’s fine drinking Glasgow beer
It’s better drinking wine
Far better being in my love’s arms
Where I’ve been many a time
And it's fine sailing on the sea
When wind and weather's fair
It's better being in my love’s arms
And oh, I wish I were there
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10. |
The Colour of Amber
02:57
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Oh, the colour of amber is my true loves hair
And his two blue eyes they entice me
And his ruby lips, they being soft and fine
And many's the time they 've been pressed to mine
Oh, I'll go a-fishing in yonder brook
And there I'll catch my love with a line and a hook
Oh, and if you love me, Oh, like I love you
No man on earth shall part us two
Oh, I wish, I wish, though this is all in vain
How I wish to god I were a maiden again
Oh, a maiden again I shall never more be
Whilst apples grow on an orange tree
Oh, the colour of amber is my true loves hair
And his two blue eyes they entice me
And his ruby lips, they being soft and fine
And many's the time they 've been pressed to mine
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