May 24th, 2013
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LOVE IS IN THE SEED
Love is in the seed
Love is a fire you feed
This love of mine is all you need
To get you through
Love is a burning flame
By any other name
It’ll burn the same
When it gets hold of you
Love – where does it take you
Where does it lead?
Love does what it does
Like a wind-blown seed
No matter where you run
No matter what you do
Love is a burning flame
By any other name
It’ll burn the same – burn you the same
When it gets hold of you … watch out
Love – where does it take you
Where does it lead?
Love does what it does
Like a wind-blown seed
No matter where you run
No matter what you do
Love is in the seed
Love is a fire you feed
This love of mine is all you need
All you’ll ever need …
May 17th, 2013
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DON’T YOU KNOW
Don’t you know they say it’s going round
The day you get lost, that’s the day you get found
Don’t you know it - though they’ll say you done wrong
You’ve got to get lost just to find your song
They say all sinners go to hell
What else have they got to sell?
Don’t you know you can never be found
Till you lose your way on that righteous ground
Till you fall to the red earth lost, broken and all
Down on your knees no further to fall
They say all sinners go to hell
What else have they got to sell?
They say all sinners go to hell
What else have they got to sell?
So you’re out on a limb - un-chaperoned
So full of sin and un-atoned
Out on a limb, no straight and true
But your eyes on heaven reaching for blue
They say all sinners go to hell
What else have they got to sell?
They say all sinners go to hell
What else have they got to sell?
Mmmmmmmmmm
What else have they got to sell?
May 10th, 2013
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A MAN WHO LONGS TO DANCE
Standing on the edge of a dark song
Can’t see the earth beneath my shoes
Can’t see the sky unwind above me
I just hear this man who sings the blues
Life’s a dark song on the dark side of town
You don’t find this street just by chance
I’m just listening to his blues song
Inside me there’s a man who longs to dance
The yellow dog is howling
The night turns blue
The singer sings so lonely - sad and sweet
Open up your heart
Lean into the night
Let the blues rhythm fill your feet
Everything is dark to a blind man
Your million blazing lights will not entrance
But this slow and lonely blues on the edge of town
Inside me there’s a man who longs to dance
The yellow dog is howling
The night turns blue
The singer sings so lonely - sad and sweet
Open up your heart
Lean into the night
Let the blues rhythm fill your feet
May 3rd, 2013
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DARK MERCY
I want to remember
The evening light
How it turns blue
Before the night claims it
I want to remember
This faint trace of salt
Still vlei water
And the cobalt that stains it
And the breathing of earth
You standing close to me
And the night reaching out to us
Dark mercy … dark mercy
I want to remember
These reflections in indigo
Last light
The slow land that frames it
I want to remember
The hadedah’s wild cry
The touch of your hand
Endless and forever sky
And the breathing of earth
You standing close to me
And the night reaching out to us
Dark mercy … dark mercy
Dark mercy
Dark mercy
Dark mercy
Dark mercy
Dark mercy
Dark mercy
Dark mercy
I want to remember
The evening light
How it turns blue
Before night claims it
May 3rd, 2013
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YOU’VE GOT TO STEP OUT THE BOAT
You’ve got to step out the boat
You want to walk on water
Got to get your feet wet
Just to taste the fire
Oh, and the holy bush it’ll brand you
When you touch its flame
You’ll never go back
To that old world again
They say I’m a sinner
I’ve gone broken my slate
Get down on your knees, they say
Before it’s too late
Oh, but I’ve shed my shoes
And a blue fire calls
I am bare-foot on the water
And the old world falls
They talk about a madman
He’s gone lost his way
No one can save him now
That’s what they say
Oh, but I’m bare foot on the water
I hear the angels call
I am dancing in the fire
And the old world falls
You’ve got to step out the boat
You want to walk on water
Got to get your feet wet
Just to taste the fire
Oh, and the holy bush it’ll brand you
When you touch its flame
You’ll never go back
To that old world again
You’ll never go back
To that old world – again