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When you come back in from the winter chill
And your cheeks are red, and your eyes are bright
I take you in my arms and savour you in all your beauty
I touch your skin, it’s so cold, baby
Hope we stay as strong as we are now, my love
Hope we stay as one down the misty road
If it’s in the stars that we’ll lose control
Wait for the mist to clear
I’ll win you back
Body and soul
When I’m drunk as hell and we’re walking home
And you guide me back with a heavy heart
You walk me through the dark streets, reining me in from the cars
I hope you know you’re too good for me
Hope we stay as strong as we are now, my love
Hope we stay as one down the misty road
If it’s in the stars that we’ll lose control
Wait for the mist to clear
I’ll win you back
Broken or whole
Yes, we’ve had some wars and some skirmishes
But they’ve always ended in true love
I have made you seethe in anger, writhe in jealousy
But our love has brought you back to me
Hope we stay as strong as we are now, my love
Hope we stay as one down the misty road
If it’s in the stars that we’ll lose control
Wait for the mist to clear
I’ll win you back
© Ali George 2019
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Another Girl
03:14
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Sunset on Serifos
The sky’s indigo tonight
We’ve walked the beaches here
And we have swam the bays
I’ve fallen in love with another girl
And she looks just like you
But she comes alive in the island air
And she smiles everywhere she goes
Driving on broken roads
We go exploring in the North
Where wild winds blow the sands astray
And no one is around
I’ve fallen in love with another girl
And she clings tight to me
As we try to stand as the waves crash down
And she smiles every time the sea winds blow
Handfuls of grass seed fall through my fingers
As I watch a woman enchanted by her own homeland
I can see a woman enchanted by her own homeland
Sailing by the Cyclades
We leave Serifos behind
Your tears are testament
To what it means to say goodbye
I’ve fallen in love with another girl
And she holds hands with me
As we watch the island slip from view
© Ali George 2017
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Melanie Brown
03:39
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A Fine and Foolish Thing
04:36
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Winter falls on a summer girl
In a foreign land in the West
She’s walking down to catch that bus
She’ll be feeling that wintery kiss once again
She says that she stays
In this cold land in part for me
Oh, my sweet little one
I think that’s a fine and foolish thing to do
Whoa
Oooh, oooh
Winter falls on a summer girl
As the bitter winds kiss her skin
We’re walking back from town tonight
And my words are cruel as the wind once again
They’re just foolish words
They are nothing compared
To how I feel deep beneath my disguise
Where pleasure and pain
And passion reside
Whoa
Winter falls on a summer girl
So, I hide her away from the cold
The bitter winds – they scream and sing
But our song is as sweet as the first wild primrose
Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh
© Ali George 2017
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High Rolling Hills
04:01
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I’m in love with the high rolling hills to the west of my home
I walk there alone
In rain or shine
Just today I was treading through the fields
I was watching my boots
As they tore up the shoots of winter grass
This is just what I’ve been needing
To be free in the wild – what a feeling
Every moment I’m out there I’m healing
Oooh
Working hard almost every single day isn’t doing much for me
I still have no money and few prospects
So, I’m grateful that I’ve got this one bright thing
I can walk into the hills, through forests and fields
And ease my heart
This is just what I’ve been needing
To be free in the wild – what a feeling
This is just what I’ve been needing
To be free in the wild – what a feeling
Every moment I’m out there I’m healing
© Ali George 2017
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Meagre Heights
04:08
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And you fail in your search for the absent fire
That was lost many years before your search had begun
And you rise for a few short hours, drinking steadily
But the fall will far outweigh the meagre heights you will attain
At the crowded bar
And you wind up crashing like a fuel-drained plane
On a mountainside
And she waits by the phone, she’s petrified
She has spoken to her family and her friends in trepidation
Then she stands, puts her coat around her trembling shoulders
And she goes out into darkness and to danger on this night
In search of you
And she finds you broken like a torn-up train
On a final ride
Oooh, oooh
And you fail
As you rise
And you fall
And you wind up crashing like a fuel-drained plane
On a mountainside
© Ali George 2019
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A Song That Sleeps
03:18
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It’s a song of love that flows when I’m with you
And it tastes like wine and fresh spring water too
Oh lover, listen to it wake
Oh, it’s a song of love that sleeps so lightly now
When I’m kissing you as you lean against the door jamb
And you look so good that I’m almost a happy man
Oh lover, I don’t need a drink
Oh, I just need your loving arms to hold me tightly now
Oh, ooh
It’s a song of love that rattles in my bones
And it smells like summer bonfires back at home
Oh lover, listen to it play
Oh, it’s a song of love that sighs so sweetly now
© Ali George 2017
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Through the Forest
03:45
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Walking through the forest
With my girl at my side
Is a fine experience
Let’s just hope the sun won’t try to hide
Now we’re hand in hand
Stepping over the stream
We are fencing with birch switches
I cut your hand by accident, and you scream
One kiss for you from my hound
Two kisses from your man
And you’re smiling once again
I’ll always comfort you if I can
We go down to a clearing
Where there lies a hidden lake
And I kiss you beside the bank
Leaving here could prove a bad mistake
Yellow light beams on your face
As the clouds depart
You’re the gentlest girl I know
And I love your healer’s heart
Walking through the forest
We are free from all pain
Let us cherish these moments
For who knows when true joy will come again
© Ali George 2018
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Platys Yialos
03:53
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Dying grass sways in the perpetual wild winds
(Blowing like they’re trying to tip the car)
Platys Yialos
Love that’s just for us
Platys Yialos
Love that’s just for us
Oh, oooh
Twilight sky
Lilac washing pale to green
Moonlight glow
Sparkling the waves out in the bay
Platys Yialos
Love that’s just for us
Platys Yialos
Love that’s just for us
Oh, oooh
The crooked road is winding on home
As we leave today behind
It’s getting dark and the silence is growing
But you’re on my mind
The crooked road is winding on home
As we leave today behind
It’s getting dark and the silence is growing
But you’re on my mind
You’re on my mind
You’re on my mind
© Ali George 2019
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Ali George Bath, UK
Ali George is a British singer-songwriter with a distinct fingerstyle guitar technique, mellow vocals, and an earthy songwriting style. Inspired most deeply by Bon Iver, Nick Drake, and John Martyn, he has been active in the southwest English folk scene for 20 years. His new album “Watchful Days” will be released in July 2023. ... more
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