ROSELLA RED - CHRIS WILE

Falling Ashes
 

Falling Ashes – Chris While

 

I remember this town when I was small
Thousands of workers making ships so tall
We'd rise in the morning when the whistle blew
A simple life was all we knew

Before the ashes came falling, ashes came falling
In this burned out town

Sunday morning at my father's feet
He was planing the wood for the queen of the fleet
He had a shine like a mirror on the oak wood bar
He said "this new liner will be the best so far"

Before the ...

Against the tide, they couldn't keep them down

Couldn’t break the heart of this northern town

And though much has changed from what it was back then

Those shipyard dreamers remember When

 

The ashes came falling

2 You Didn’t Think It Through Did You (Chris While)

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It starts with an idea a temptation in your mind

A flower of excitement growing fast

Resentment for reason in you trying to talk you down

Becoming your worst friend and not your best

Adapting to the changes surrendering to the slide

With doubt snapping at your heels

And two become one eyes open wide

Only passion driving your wheels

 

And you’re not the person you thought you were

You let yourself down it’s true

Now you can’t even look yourself in the eye

You didn’t think it through did you

 

Each has a book of right and wrong

You placed your at the back of the shelf

And like a wilful child you won’t be told what to do

Even by your better self

You gave temptation wings and you let her fly

Wearing eyes of the blind you’d go

Into the fire stamping over me

I never thought you go so low

 

Now you’re not the person you thought you were

You let yourself down it’s true

Now you can’t even look yourself in the eye

You didn’t think it through did you

 

Now you’re looking for a friend, don’t look here

It’s all I can do to speak your name

And the one you love now with the desperate heart

Will surely end up the same

Cause the only consistent thing about you

Is that you’ll move on in your good time

And your faithless heart will spur you on

Completely detached from mine

 

And you’re not the person you thought you were

You let yourself down it’s true

Now you can’t even look yourself in the eye

You didn’t think it through did you

Pennyweight Hill ( Michael Kennedy)

Safe in Your Arms

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We left in the morning and flew through the night

Battled with sleep I was losing the fight

Terrible timing and in the wrong place

Too many miles from your face

Then closing my eyes the dreams were so real

The warmth of your arms and your kisses I’d feel

Then a beautiful feeling washed into my heart

I knew time couldn’t keep us apart

And I’ll sing

 

Fare thee well my own true love

I’m flying away through the heavens above

The sky is so blue but it might as well rain

Until I am safe in your arms again

 

Back on the ground after ten thousand miles

To rest in the glow of Australian smiles

And the colours of spring are so vibrant and true

But they would shine brighter if you were here too

Then the sun wouldn’t set and the wind wouldn’t bite

The birds would still sing in the dead of the night

The clouds wouldn’t dare show their face in the sky

And the rivers would never run dry and I’ll sing……Chorus

 

When I bought this ticket I just wanted to run

Once round the world and twice round the sun

And I was not looking and then you were there

And if you were here with me I swear

The Victoria moon it would shine all the day

And the sun in her wisdom she won’t stand in the way

The horizon would glow with rosella red

And the I could forget what I said, when I said...

Chorus x 2

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Dark Blue Eyes#

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There’s a special kind of love that no other is above

That once the bond is made it will never dim and fade

It was there from the start in the goodness of your heart

And the kindness in those dark blue eyes

 

From laughter and play to the woman I see today

There was wisdom of the old and treasures untold

And when I couldn’t cope when I’d all but given up hope

There was kindness in those dark blue eyes

 

And when we’re apart

You’re always in my heart

And what else can I do

But write this song for you

 

My heart has been caressed and eternally blessed

Just by knowing your face and the beauty that you grace

All I can do is tell you that I’ll always love you

And the kindness in those dark blue eyes

 

All I can do is tell you that I’ll always love you

And the kindness in those dark blue eyes

When I Watch You Sleep

Think I’ll Let It Ride - Chris While

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I’m closing my heart for business today

I’ve bared it to much now I fear

And the one that I want to talk to today

Can no longer bear to hear

She hasn’t got room for my fears

She’s filled to the brim with her own

So I’m pulling down the barriers now

I’ll deal with it better alone

 

And there’s a time to share (and I never get that right)

And there’s a time to care (I don’t always get that right)

I’m gonna bide my time

And let it ride

 

I’m locking my thoughts away today

They don’t always translate into conversation

And if I express how I feel today

I can’t promise that there will be reservation

I’ve held out my arms until they ache now

They always come drifting back down

And the weight of that big empty space now

Is worse that the loneliest sound

Chorus

 

I’m closing my mouth for a change now

In the hope that some peace will descend

So that the river we drift on can flow again

And somewhere upstream it bend

There’s this child inside me that’s hoping

That this silence will make it alright

But the woman that I have become now

Is stealing herself for the fight

 Chorus

The Promise - Chris While

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I remember summer sunshine we ran through winter snow

April brought the showers and in march the winds would blow

Content with simple pleasures the future safe and sound

Now you’re taking back your treasures and prophecies resound

 

And I have taken you for granted never felt your pain

Closed my eyes and blindly followed, never will again

I promise, I promise to play my part in your fate

I’m hoping my promise is not too late

 

Now your gleaming white riches are crashing to the sea

And your angry winds are spinning where they’re not supposed to be

And the skin that should protect us is now rotting like old lace

And the virus that is killing you is called the human race

 

Chorus

 

And those who shouted warnings were silenced mocked and spurned

For conscience counts for nothing where money is concerned

Cheap seats pollute the atmosphere, two cars on every drive

Oh we better stop to listen if we want you to survive

 

And I have taken you for granted never felt your pain

Closed my eyes and blindly followed, never will again

I promise, I promise to play my part in your fate

I’m hoping my promise is not too late

 

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Walking in my Shoes - Chris While

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You can take the shoes from off my feet but you’ll never walk like I walk

You can cut the tongue right from my mouth but you’ll never talk what I talk

You can take the love from my life but you’ll never feel what we feel

You think you’ve got everything I had but it never will be real

I’ve seen you watch with needy eyes tried to move in on my life

Thinking if you had just what I had everything would be alright

But you’ll never have what I have

You’ll never have what I have

You’ll never have what I have – cause you’ll never be me

 

 

You can take the smile from off my face but you’ll never know how it feels

You can steal the air from my tyres but you can never ride on my wheels

And on the end in spite of yourself you’ll still only be you

You can make believe pretend you’ve changed but you still won’t have clue

You can strip the soil from my roots but stand and watch me grow

But in your mediocrity there’s one thing you should know

You’ll never have what I have

You’ll never have what I have

You’ll never have what I have - cause you’ll never be me

 

So fade away on your own then I can be rid of you

So get a life stand alone cause my back wasn’t built for two

 

You can build me up pretend to care but you don’t know haw to be a friend

You can try to fix this but you will fail cause it’s something that you can’t mend

So give it your best do what you can, I don’t really care

Cause you’re dangerous you wear a sign – DO NOT TRUST – BEWARE

Cause you’ve tried to take the best of me but you haven’t scratched my skin

So find yourself another fool to share the miserable life your in

‘Cause you’ll never have what I have

You’ll never have what I have

You’ll never have what I have - cause you’ll never be me

Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell

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Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
Looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and they snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

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I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

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Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
And you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

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I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions that I recall
I really don't know love at all

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Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say, "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

Oh, but now old friends they're acting strange
And they shake their heads and they tell me that I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day

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I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

It's life's illusions that I recall
I really don't know life at all

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