Remember The One

The hills are alive with the sound of magic
Rivers are singing, valleys they hum
The sun in the sky as she sets over Solway
It's time for the healing, the others have come

The rose and the briar are all of a beauty
The fragrance she carries is potent with love
But the fruit that she bears holds the hope for tomorrow
With nothing to do but remember the one

Our songs will be heard by the next generation
What would you have them take as their own
That they know in their hearts the dance is forever
With nothing to do but remember the one

The hills are alive and older than memory
Watching the troubles that go on below
They wait for the time we all sing together
Remember the old days, remember the one

Know it's not easy when people they try us
When we create what we don't want to own
But we're one with the earth and one with each other
In all the illusion, remember the one

Seeds that we plant will grow to wild meadow
Would that we plant it with what we would know
Be true to yourself for in truth there's no other
Nothing to do but remember the one

The Return

Walked the ways of mystery,I learned the ways of old
Read the book of secrets, treasures of the soul
Whose towers seem familiar as if to coming home
Whose gates to me are open,
A place where I was known

Love is 'ere the password, peace was 'ere the way
Light was always scattered, lanterns on the way
Saw the figures dancing, dancing on the wall
Then she spoke of mystery, I heard the moon call

Welcome home, it's good to see your face
There's a welcome here within
 Open road, there's magic on the trail
And I'll be waiting at the gate

Left this world without a sound I knew I had to go
Left my old familiar ways, the path I used to know
Left the valleys dear to me, the hills that held my heart
As loyal friends they are to me, to them I owe my part

Crossed the bridge of trouble,the waters of despair
Seemed as if a dream to me and never had been there
I crossed into the other lands, stood upon her shores
The mists have all but cleared now, the night she is no more

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Heard the voice of Babylon screaming in my ear
Saw the people suffer, saw the people fear,
Saw the blood pour on the land, the notion we were other than
Lived to see the hearts of men forget, who they had been

When Johnnie comes marching home again hurra, hurra
When Johnnie comes marching home again hurra, hurra
When Johnnie comes marching home again
Kissed the women and kissed the men
And we'll all be merry, when Johnnie comes marching home

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This song was co-written with Lizzy Morrison on a pretty magical night 

Windsong

Watching the white boat sail, watching the white boat sail
Watching the white boat sail, watching the white boat sail
Born on the wind we came here, born on the wind we came here
Born on the wind we came here, born on the wind we came

Look to the star that guides us, look to the star that guides
Look to the star that guides us, look to the star that guides
Travellers on our way here, travellers on our way
Travellers on our way here, travellers on our way

Love holds the universe, Love holds the universe
Love holds the universe, forever in her sight
Love holds the universe, Love holds the universe
Love holds the universe
Forever........

Watching the white bird fly, watching the white bird fly
Watching the white bird fly, watching the white bird fly
Calling us into land, calling us into land
Calling us into land, calling us into land

Know you before this day, I know you before this day
Know you before this day, I know you before this day
Up to the stars we gazed up, up to the stars we gazed
Up to the stars we gazed up, up to the stars we gazed

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Foxes of Cumberland

The foxes of Cumberland are really quite smart
Keeping her distance appears after dark
No time for romance it's the thrill of the chase
Don't care for position, pride or disgrace

The red coat she's wearing is only the finest
Blazing with colour, easy to see
Her ways are wily, cunning and smart
Wait just a minute he'll be down on his arse

She goes where she goes, 
Which way the wind blows
It's a marvellous life
One day he'll see
She'll have her liberty
She'll have her right to this life

The foxes o f Cumberland love a risk taker
Know what it feels like to take up with risk
She won't give in, fall into bondage
Freedom is something you look for within

Out on the back roads they call her the fox
Her reputation has gone to the dogs
She knows who she is smarter than most
The redheaded beauty who runs like a ghost

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The wind at her back, the run of the fells
The crystal clear waters that run through the wells
The snow in the winter that sparkles with light
The stars in the heavens to bid her goodnight

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Always Will Be This Way

Let me believe that you are the sky
That I am the ocean and never will die
Let me believe that you are the one
Always will be this way

I'll never see you walk in despair
Nor entertain notions of living with cares
I'll never see you go down in the flood
Always will be this way

Let me believe, Let me believe
That I am a river and you are the sea
Let me believe, let me believe
That you are the one
Always will be this way

Life will not play us a merry old dance
Blinded by progress and given to chance
Trouble won't find us losing our heads
Always will be this way

You'll walk on water and I'll be the sun
Dance till we're dizzy, drink till we're done
Follow the river as fast as she runs
Always will be this way

Summon the heavens to look down to earth
See that we're helpless, confounded by mirth
We stand astounded at what we have done
Always will be this way

All The Same

They did not grieve for the knowing
What never could have been
Their hearts entwined by a magic of kind
Can't be taken in
The land lay undiscovered
The gold still left to claim
She was not to be his lover
But he loved her all the same

They met by those slim chances
Don't seem like chance at all
Their eyes knew time had erased from their minds
They'd been this way before
She knew he recognised her
Yet did not know her name
She was not to be his lover
But he loved her all the same

She whispered over the distance
He heard her voice within
In dreams they'd find neither earth nor the sky
But somewhere in between
Where space can't come between us
Time cannot erase
She was not to be his lover
But he loved her all the same

He left one day in the autumn
When leaves had turned to gold
He left to find where the sun spends her time
When winters nights take hold
She did not share his money
She did not take his name
She was not to be his lover
But he loved her all the same

This Love

You set the world on fire, you set my heart in flames
This river of desire, I just get washed away
This overiding passion
This unforgiving sea
This dance we dance together
This Love can't be contained

These stars can't get no brighter
Fat moon is almost full
This breeze can't blow no lighter
This night has heaven's touch
Can't stop this train from running
This flight won't be delayed
I hear the engines humming
This Love can't be contained

Let's dance this dance together
Let's dance this dance tonight
Let's celebrate together
Let's celebrate this life
Can't stop this train......etc

Don't Wanna Know

Don't care where your shoes have been
Whose house you've been walking in
Whose big bed you're sleeping in
I don't want to know

Good for nothing, bad for me
You're a liability
Don't tell me that you love me and you'll set me free
I don't want to know

Don't wanna know
Don't wanna know
Don't tell me that you love me and you'll set me free
I don't want to know

Shrug your shoulders in defence
You talk but you make no sense
You make me nervous
You make me tense
I don't want to know

I need you like a bad disease
Like cats need dogs and dogs need fleas
Like a workaholic needs a life of ease
I don't want to know

Don't wanna know
Don't wanna know
Like a workaholic needs a life of ease
I don't want to know

The Wild Blue Sea

Lately something is making me feel
There's more than one way, more than one way to feel

I am a lighthouse, I am a light
I'm a song that keeps on playing
Into the night, I am a light

Maybe I don't know what it's all about
All I know, all I know is in doubt
I am a lighthouse, I am a light
I'm a song that keeps on playing
Into the night, I am a light

Safely, safely back to the land
Dear hearts, let there be light on the land
I am a lighthouse, I am a light
I'm a song that keeps on playing into the night
I am a light

I've been bought, I've been sold, 
I've been sick, I've been cold
Out on the wild blue sea
How I squandered my wealth
Been a law to myself
Out on the wild blue sea
What's the purpose you say of sailing away
Out on the wild blue sea
To be blessed,to be cursed
To have taken the worst, out on the wild blue sea 

Lately something is making me feel.....

The Shining Ones

There's a light, there's a light
Shining way up ahead
Through the night, through the night
Listen, hear what it said , Angel's wings to take you
Violins await you
Knew your way all along
Pearl gates open
Heavens words spoken
You know you've met with the Shining Ones
The Shining Ones

Calmer road, calmer road, calmer road up ahead
Freedom sings there, left our wings there
Nothing needs to be said
See your eyes shining light of lights timing
Wondering what took you so long
Pearl gates open
Heavens words spoken
You know you've met with the Shining Ones
The Shining Ones

Only love, only love, only love is real
 This sea of fear will just disappear
Nothing needs to be said
See your eyes shining light of lights timing
Wondering what took you so long
Pearl gates open
Heavens words spoken
You know you've met with the Shining Ones
The Shining Ones

Calmer road, calmer road up ahead.....

Just Passing Through

Just a face in a big parade, the month of June
Carnival on a summer's day, sunshining through
Hear them singing songs, singing out of tune
Won't be here for too long
We're just passing through

Time that flies out the window and into the blue
Sell your soul to the market place
Well there 'aint nothing new
Who cares about tomorrow
It's long overdue
For the day and for the moment
Just passing through

Inside

There's an ancient river in full flood
There's a million planets spinning up above
What are you dreaming of
Inside

All the stories have been told, 
All of the secrets kept in our soul
We're already home, already home

Telling me I've been sleeping, tell me I've been blind
Telling me I've been a fool , scared of the truth
Keeping it all inside, keeping it all inside

Watch the evening sun go down
Spent all morning running ground
Chasing around, all my chasing around
    
How in the world it came to be
Plays on my heart strings
Why didn't I hear all this sweet mystery
All this sweet mystery

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All the stories have been told, 
All of the secrets kept in our soul
we're already home, already home

Telling me I've been sleeping, telling me I've been blind
Telling me I've been a fool , scared of the truth
Keeping it all inside, keeping it all inside

Watch the evening sun go down
Spent all morning running ground
Chasing around, all my chasing around
    
How in the world it came to be
Plays on my heart strings
Why didn't I hear all this sweet mystery
All this sweet mystery

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