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Flight Of The Moonbird
05:56
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Instrumental
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2. |
Shame On You (Boris)
05:18
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Shame On You (Boris)
You walked us into chaos without a plan inside your head,
12 weeks down the line we stand here
Facing 60000 dead
As you watch that number rise 300 by the day
Your arrogance assumes that we will back you all the way
Those who stand at your right hand they must take us for fools
While we try and we just get by they’re living large
Beyond the rules
The old, the weak, our children are the ones who pay the price
The ones who need most care you seem prepared to sacrifice.
Shame on you for what you stand for
Shame on you for what you’ve done
Shame on you for those who suffer
Shame on you for those who’ve gone
Shame on you you’ve let this country fall so far
Shame on you and shame on those who put you where you are.
You are pictured on your doorstep with your token of applause,
For those that gave their time their lives,
Those in blue that rescued yours,
60 seconds clapping once a week you give for free
Then turn deaf ears towards their cries for decent salary
Shame on you for what you stand for
Shame on you for what you’ve done
Shame on you for those who suffer
Shame on you for those who’ve gone
Shame on you you’ve let this country fall so far
Shame on you and shame on those who put you where you are.
Across the continent we’re viewed with pity and contempt.
For the isolation policies
Driven by your government
You claim we’re at the forefront but that clearly isn’t true
So put away your slides and tables and accept the shame on you.
Shame on you for what you stand for
Shame on you for what you’ve done
Shame on you for those who suffer
Shame on you for those who’ve gone
Shame on you you’ve let this country fall so far
Shame on you and shame on those who put you where you are.
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3. |
Do It Now
03:14
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Do It Now
You can wait for the stars to align,
You can wait on a call from a heavenly sign.
You can wait there forever just wasting you time
And stand still.
You can wait for the path to be clear.
You can wait on the side for a chance to appear
You can wait there forever and never get near
And stand still
Chorus
But don’t think that you’ll just do it then,
Don’t think of the why’s and the where’s and the when.
Don’t think that your chance must come round again
Do It here. Do it now.
You can wait till the birds are in flight,
You can wait till the tea leaves convince you to fight.
You can wait there forever – you probably might.
And stand still.
You can wait for a year and a day.
You can hang on n hope till a dog comes to stay*.
You can wait till your dreams are a lifetime away,
And stand still.
Chorus and repeat last line to fade
*There is a Scottish superstition that it is good luck if a stray dog follows you home to you house!
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4. |
Carousel
03:50
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Instrumental
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5. |
Three Quarter Time
05:33
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Three Quarter Time
You and Me
Don’t need much
No fancy clothes
And shoes and such.
You and me
Get along
For the cost of a melody,
The price of a song.
You and Me
We get by
We don’t get too low
Don’t get too high.
You and me
Can’t go wrong
With the cost of a melody,
The price of a song.
Chorus
Play me an old fashioned tune.
Sing me some sweet words that rhyme.
Stay with the harmony
Follow it through
Together with me
In three quarter time
You and Me
Go way back
We’ve had a journey
Been down the track.
You and me
Moving along
With the cost of a melody,
The price of a song.
You and Me
Well here we are
Through the years
We’ve come so far.
You and me
Are where we belong
For the cost of a melody,
The price of a song.
Chorus
Play me an old fashioned tune.
Sing me some sweet words that rhyme.
Stay with the harmony
Follow it through
Together with me
In three quarter time
SOLO
You and Me
We’ve seen it all.
Successes and setbacks
The rise and fall
You and me
We stood strong
With the cost of a melody,
The price of a song.
Chorus
Play me an old fashioned tune.
Sing me some sweet words that rhyme.
Stay with the harmony
Follow it through
Together with me
In three quarter time
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6. |
The Dancer
05:18
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2020 Vision
It’s time to look back
At the places we’ve been,
New friends we’ve met,
Things that we’ve seen.
The good times, the bad times,
And those in between.
Time now for all we hold dear.
Time to look back
And to count up the cost
Of all those we’ve hurt,
And the lives we have crossed.
To raise up a glass
To the souls that we’ve lost,
Now at the turn of the year.
Chorus
So whisper your prayers
To whoever you choose
Lay down your bets
Where you think they can’t lose,
Cry out at night
To the light of the moon,
And hope that a better year comes…
It’s time to look back
At the choices we’ve made,
Of people to lead us,
The plans they have made
The world we’ve created
The hand that we’ve played,
Time now to hope and to fear
Time to look back
And to try to believe
All that has happened
That we could not conceive
Time to remember
Time we should grieve
Time to give thanks that we’re here.
Chorus
So whisper your prayers
To whoever you choose
Lay down your bets
Where you think they can’t lose,
Cry out at night
To the light of the moon,
And hope that a better year comes…
SOLOS
Maybe, just maybe
It’s time to begin,
To look to the future
And to a time when
We’ll stand side to side
And breathe once again
Time to be moving along.
Chorus
So whisper your prayers
To whoever you choose
Lay down your bets
Where you think they can’t lose,
Cry out at night
To the light of the moon,
And hope that a better year comes…
And hope that a better year comes…
And hope that a better year comes
Along real soon.
Auld Lang Syne. (Tune and song)
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8. |
Half The World
03:34
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Half The World
Half the world’s in darkness,
Half the world’s in light.
Half the world thinks half the world is wrong
And they are right.
Half the world is lonesome,
Half the world is sad,
Half the world could be the friend
Half the world just never had.
Half the world is crying,
Half the world don’t care
Half the world is dying,
Half the world won’t share.
Half the world is wealthy,
Half the world is poor
Half the world is reaching out
Half the world ignore
When we going to realise
That two halves should be one?
Time to open up our eyes
We’re the same when all is said and done
Same when all is said and done
Half the world’s in shackles,
Half the world is free,
Half the world feel half the world
Live how they long to be.
Half the world’s in comfort,
Half the world’s in pain
Half the world thinks the other
Half the world should take the blame.
Half the world’s in chaos
Half the world is lost
Half the world don’t give a damn
Doesn’t count the cost.
When we going to realise
That two halves should be one?
Time to open up our eyes
We’re the same when all is said and done
Same when all is said and done
Half the world will get by,
Half the world will break.
Half the world is sleeping
Half the world’s awake
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9. |
Strange Times
03:22
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Strange Times
These are Strange Times,
Strange Times indeed,
Some folks fight for the right to matter,
Some folks fight to breathe,
Me, I’m on the edge of getting by.
These are Strange Times, my oh my.
Someday soon we’re going to stand
Shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand
Every nation across the land
From shore to shore.
We could be more,
Together as one
Someday soon we’re going to start
A change of mind a change of heart
Bring together those apart
So they can be
In harmony, together as one,
Together, we can walk towards the sun
Find a space in a better place, fix the damage that we’ve done
Together, maybe a chance to start anew.
I can almost taste it. Please don’t waste it,
Its up to me and you.
These are Strange Times,
Strange Times indeed,
Some folks fight for the right to matter,
Some folks fight to breathe,
Me, I’m on the edge of getting by.
These are Strange Times, my oh my.
These are Strange Times, my oh my.
These are Strange Times, my oh my.
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10. |
Big Yellow Taxi
04:00
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Big Yellow Taxi
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Hey farmer farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
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dave thorpe London, UK
Dave is a London based multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter. He has been a familiar figure on the London acoustic
scene, especially within the Traditional music genre, for many years.
Following two duo albums with mandolin maestro Kate Williams, Dave released his third solo album in 2021. This album ‘twenty twenty vision’ is a collection of self-written songs and a Joni Mitchell cover
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