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Free
02:52
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If I have faith, if I am wise
If I can wait and open my eyes
I won’t steal and I don’t lie
You can own a hundred houses but there’s nowhere you can hide
And nothing else is holy now everything’s for sale
But I will be free
If I forgive, if I don’t mind
If I can give, if I take my time
I can hope and I can smile
You can only hold the lifebuoy kicking for a while
And nothing else is holy when everything’s for sale
But I will be free
If I could see and realise
If I could feel a stillness inside
I won’t kill cos when I die
You can’t buy your soul back from the salesman in the sky
And nothing else is holy now everything’s for sale
But I will be, oh I will be so free
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I'd Rather Be
03:40
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I would rather be a rolling stone than a diamond in a crown
And I would rather keep my head in clouds than to tie my feet to the ground
I would rather risk going way too high than to never fly at all
And I would rather take a running dive than be waiting for the fall
I would rather be a shooting star than the empty space between
And I would rather make it short and sweet than to waste a century
I would rather be a loose cannonball than a concrete paradise
I would rather be a waterfall than a solid sheet of ice
I’d keep the passion and the pain than be chained in sanity
And I’d stand in the pouring rain to feel the sun shine down on me
Cos I’d rather be
I would rather stare through the blackest night than never see the breaking dawn
I would rather bear this rack of life than to never have been born
And I would rather be a feeling flying high than a reason running down
I would rather be a field of silence than a universe of sound
I’d keep the passion and the pain than be chained in sanity
And I’d stand in the pouring rain to feel the sun shine down on me
Cos I’d rather be
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Wanting Time
03:05
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I heard you’re back against the wall
I heard you couldn’t take no more
And still you smile but you can't fake it anymore
And you couldn't call
I heard you couldn’t sleep at night
And in your dreams a fear you’re far too tired to fight,
But maybe, just maybe it’ll be alright
And I, well I'm here to turn on the light
And I will call your name,
I heard you crying again
But hey, you'll be fine, you're wanting time
I heard that all's not well with you
There's nothing I can say and nothing I can do
But maybe, just maybe it’ll be alright
And I, well I’m here to see you through the night
And I will cry your tears
Until they're drying again
Hey you'll be fine, you're wanting time
Hey you’ll be fine, you’re wanting time
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Lighthouse Man
03:43
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You are the star burning bright in my sky
You’re the light on the wall where there’s no light at all
And you’re the guiding hand
You’re the lighthouse man
To show me the way
And you’re the firelight
You’re the star at night
The sun in my day
Too many lives I’ve been riding these waves
And I reach for the shore but I keep going astray
I need a lighthouse man
Or a guiding hand
To show me the way
And you’re the firelight
You’re the star at night
The sun in my day
Each faint horizon I reach but in vain
After each sunny day comes a week in the rain
But you’re the firelight
You’re the star at night
The sun in my day
You’re the guiding hand
You’re the lighthouse man
To show me the way
Please turn that light on, that light on
The sun in my day
Turn that light on, that light on
Show me the way
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Autumn Leaves
03:19
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Autumn leaves are falling on the ground
Street lights on, the rain is coming down
Cold, cold air, you feel it bite but nothing’s there
Cold, cold air, I wake at night but you’re not there
People walk in streets of neon signs
Everybody’s talking all the time
Cold, cold air, it’s late at night but I don’t care
Cold, cold air, it must be light and you’re not there
And I’m here holding on
And you’ve been gone, you’ve gone away too long
You took my heart and laid it on the line
I saw the train a-coming but not in time
Cold, cold air, you feel it bite but nothing’s there
Cold, cold air, I wake at night and you’re not there
And I’m here holding on
And you’ve been gone
And I don’t know why I should waste my time on loving you
When you’ve been gone, you’ve gone away too long
Autumn leaves are falling on the ground
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Anything You Do
03:32
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Won’t you hold my hand
I don’t understand anything we do
Won’t you hold my hand
I don’t think I can stand up without you
But sometimes it’s not so easy
And I don’t think it through
But these things we take for granted
We don’t want to lose
And someday I’ll be all alone and want to feel you
Calling out my name and saying
Someday I’ll be waiting here for you, if only you knew
Thinking only of you, anything you do
Cos when you hold my hand
I can understand anything you do
When you hold my hand
I don’t think I can stand it without you
But someday I’ll be all alone and want to feel you
Calling out my name and saying
Someday I’ll be waiting here for you, if only you knew
Thinking only of you, anything you do
But I know that sometimes it’s not so easy
And I don’t think it through
But these things we take for granted
And I don’t want to lose you
But someday I’ll be all alone and want to feel you
Calling out my name and saying
Someday I’ll be waiting here for you, if only you knew
Thinking only of you, anything you do
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Believer
04:28
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I could be a rider, riding
I could be a runaway, a runaway
I could pray like a preacher, preaching
I could be making it easier, easy, easy, easy
Cos I try to fight the fire with fire
And I find that the only way, the only way
Was just to get higher and higher
Leaving all the loneliness, the lonely, if only
I’d seen the light of a thousand suns rising high above the sea
And I’d held the hand of a holy man, if only I believed
Believer, believer
I could be taking it easier, easy
Making it right away, the right way
And never be the lonely, if only
Running like a rider, riding, a rider, riding
Cos I could be counted, not counting
I could run and hide away, hide away
I try to be wanted and wanting
To keep away the loneliness, the lonely, if only
I’d seen the light of a thousand suns rising high above the sea
And I’d held the hand of a holy man, if only I believed
That I’ve seen the light of a thousand suns rising high above the sea
And I’ve held the hand of a holy man, if only I believed
Believer, believer, believer, believer
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Woke Up
03:16
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I woke up this morning, all the trees were gone
A concrete jungle left outside, oh no
They said on the radio, the seas were warm
And all the fish had gone and died, oh no
So what do we do now
I woke up this morning all our water’s gone
And now the ocean’s at my door, oh no
They said on the radio a storm would come
And wash away my neighbourhood, oh no
So what do we do now
I woke up this morning all the birds were gone
Politicians act alarmed, oh no
They said on the radio we’ll wait and see
The economy cannot be harmed, oh no
But can you see
Do you believe it now
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Brave New World
04:28
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Educated, emancipated
Motivated, liberated, medicated brave new world
Estimated, investigated
Calculated, complicated, isolated brave new world
You shouldn’t walk that wall, you shouldn’t try to call
You shouldn’t cry at al, and you shouldn’t, you shouldn’t fall
You shouldn’t walk that way, you shouldn’t talk that way
You shouldn’t try to say, in a brave new world
Can I take my time, can I make up my mind
Can I bend the line, can I ever be a friend of mine
And can I seek my goal, can I keep control
Can I break the mould without breaking my soul
No you shouldn’t, no you shouldn’t talk that way
And you shouldn’t, no you shouldn’t feel this way, it ain’t ok
And you couldn’t, no you couldn’t walk that way
Cos it wouldn’t, no it wouldn’t be ok, oh no
I wouldn’t walk that wall, I wouldn’t try to call
I wouldn’t cry at all, I wouldn’t, I wouldn’t fall
I wouldn’t walk that way, I wouldn’t talk that way
I wouldn’t try to say, in a brave new world
Innovated, rehabilitated
Integrated, insulated, suffocated brave new world
Dissipated, concentrated
Radiated, recreated, desolated brave new world
You shouldn’t walk that wall, you shouldn’t try to call
You shouldn’t cry at all, and you shouldn’t, you shouldn’t fall
And you shouldn’t walk that way, you shouldn’t talk that way
You shouldn’t try to say, in a brave new world
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Start Over Again
03:24
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Caught in the muddy waters, falling down
If I could breathe, then I would drown
I’m fifteen, I feel older than God
I got dreams and a hole in my heart
And he says go slow, be kind, be wise
Start over again
Out of the muddy waters, I come round
I said I’m off to London town
My love is strong, the years roll by
But now it’s gone in the blink of an eye
And he says go slow, you need time, be wise
Start over again
Thrown in the muddy waters, I come down
And you were waiting there on the ground
And then you put your hand in mine
You put your heart on the line
And you said we’ll go slow, you need time, be mine
And start over again
So pour on the muddy waters, I won’t drown
I’ll be walking a hilltop town
And I’ll make the most of time
And someday to a child of mine
Well I’ll say go slow, be kind, be wise
Start over again
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Emily Maguire Obi Obi, Australia
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and Buddhist poet Emily Maguire has released seven albums, published four books, and toured with Don McLean, Dr Hook, Eric Bibb, Roddy Frame, Glenn Tilbrook and The Blue Nile. Originally from the UK, she is now based in the Australian bush. Open about her struggles with bipolar disorder, she is an award-winning mental health advocate. ... more
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