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The Blinding Light
03:34
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In the half-lit grey of dawn
In the hour before the day is born
We are severing the night
We are firing up the light
The spectres of the night have flown
Their voices dwindle to an undertone
And we sing a victory song
For the time of fear is gone
We were strangers in the land
Long held captive
Sure you understand
Now we're taking up the fight
Through the fire and blinding light
Up ahead our Guiding Star
From St Catherine's Point
To Calabar
On a raging ocean-road
Take a chance and shed your load
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Father, father
Look what I have done
Mother, mother
I'm so sorry - I was wrong
I thought that I could work it out
That I could get by on my own
Now I know I'll never work it out
Until I find my way back home
People, people
Look what we have done
Brothers, sisters
There's nowhere that we can run
We thought that we could work it out
That we could get by on our own
We should know we'll never work it out
Until we find our way back home
And if there's a will, there's a way
We will find it
If there's a will, there's a way
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3. |
Come Back Home
04:06
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Raised in a foreign field
Taught by native sons
Called to a windswept life
Far away from anyone
You see me here
You see me there
Throughout the world
I'm hanging in the air
I'm up and down
I'm all around
I'm waiting, I'm waiting to land
(You say)
Just come home
Just come home
Just come home
Just come back home
Thrown in a lion's den
Set upon by thieves
Dragged to the underworld
It's not how one should be received
You see me here
You see me there
Throughout the world
I'm hanging in the air
I'm up and down
I'm all around
I'm waiting, I'm waiting to land
(You say)
Just come home
Give me a room to breathe
I'll pay the man whatever it costs, I don't care
I need a place to lay my head
Down on this sweet, sweet earth
Sweet, sweet earth
Just come home
You don't have to say anything
Just come home
You don't have to do anything
Just come home
You don't have to be anything
Just come back home
Please come back home
Why don't you come back home?
When will you come back
When will you come back?
Just come home
Darling, just come home
Just come home
Come home
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4. |
Flaming June
04:42
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You needed space
You need air
To breathe once more
Without a care
I was there in the beginning
You weaken now
You lose your hold
Withdraw to days of endless cold
There is no growth in such dark places
I'm only thinking of you
But I'm not thinking for you
Oh no, no, no, no, no
We've come so far
And you should know
That I will never let you go
We're all in this same boat together
The storm has passed
It had to come
Another morning, a new sun
A new sun - fiery, red and ruthless
I'm only thinking of you
But I'm not thinking for you
Oh no, no, no, no, no
I'll say farewell to flaming June
Now dancing to a different tune
I don't know now where I'm going to
I've said farewell to flaming June
I'm dancing to a different tune
And know I know just where I'm going to
I'm only thinking of you
But I'm not thinking for you
Oh no, no, no, no, no
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Lay My Burden Down
04:08
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Push the memory
To the corner
It's much safer
Than this trauma
More than ever
Lies surround me
It's a wonder
That you found me
For the moment
I will tarry
But this burden
I can't carry
And I will now lay, lay my burden down
I will now lay, lay my burden down
All this toiling
In a dry land
Ploughing furrows
With my bare hands
While the vision
Burns inside me
It's not dormant
It overwhelms me
And I will now lay, lay my burden down
I will now lay, lay my burden down
There's no movement
In this Go Slow
But to turn back
Is a no-no
Forwards ever
Backwards sometimes
This load's heavy
But it's not mine
And I will now lay, lay my burden down
I will now lay, lay my burden down
I will now lay, lay my burden down
I will now lay, lay my burden down
Down, down, down, down
Lay my burden down
Down, down, down, down
Lay my burden down
Down, down, down, down
Lay your burden down
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6. |
How Long Can This Go On?
03:59
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You've had it too good
For far too long
Do you think you'll last forever?
As you stand in the midst of a crumbling land
Your time it is up and you know it
But you soldier on
With ruthless intent
Executing your plans
Till the people are spent
And you think you're so right
And the rest are so wrong
But how long can this go on?
In your eyes I see a hangman's glare
To the gallows if we don't follow you
From your mouth
Spew out false promises
Fragments of half-baked truth
And you soldier on
With ruthless intent
Executing your plans
Till the people are spent
And you think you're so right
And the rest are so wrong
But how long can this go on?
You stagger on blindly
Through shadowlands dark
Can't you see what's in front of you?
When you stumble
You'll fall
You won't pick yourself up
You will tumble
And down you will go
But you soldier on
With ruthless intent
Executing your plans
Till the people are spent
And you think you're so right
And the rest are so wrong
But how long can this go on?
I said how long can this go on?
How long?
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Danny Goring Hastings, UK
Songwright drawing on folk and roots traditions to create lyrical songs with personal and universal
themes.
Danny cites Dylan, William Blake, Bob Marley, Billy Bragg and The Copper Family amongst his many influences.
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