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Innocence
05:34
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Kiss me sweet summer, tonight,
‘Cause I can still feel the trembling dreamer hiding in my heart.
Kiss me flowing river, tonight,
‘Cause I can still hear the twilight walker whisper in my soul.
Let me be the cradled summer child.
Blind my eyes from experience.
Let me see the old innocence.
Let me sleep in blissful ignorance tonight
Kiss me sweet summer, tonight
‘Cause there’s a war between imagination and harsh reality
Kiss me flowing river, tonight
Because a good soldier fights a battle
A bad one fights a war
Let me be the cradled summer child
Blind my eyes from experience
Let me see the old innocence
Let me be the old innocence
Let me be the cradled summer child
Blind my eyes from experience
Let me see the old innocence
Let me sleep in blissful ignorance tonight
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Times Of Hunger
04:19
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It’s true I loved you. Tomorrow came
Too soon for sorrow to fail again.
I know you’re sad deep down within.
You hide behind your Cheshire Cat grin.
I called your name out in bitter watches.
I sang my heart out for you, my love.
And all the tears you did not see:
You don’t believe in, naturally, my love.
My cruel love, my love.
In times of hunger for peace and love,
You give but one of two above.
It’s just your way. I don’t love you less.
It just makes me want perfect happiness with you.
I called your name out in bitter watches.
I sang my heart out for you, my love.
And all the things I did not say:
You won’t believe in anyway, my love.
My cruel love, my love.
In times of hunger for peace and love,
You give but one of two above.
It’s just your way. I don’t love you less.
It just makes me want perfect happiness.
I called your name out in bitter watches.
I sang my heart out for you, my love.
And now we’re both united at last
We don’t need to fret about anything from our past, my love.
My cruel love, my love.
My worried love, my love.
My hard luck girl, my love.”
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Refrain
02:23
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“It’s so romantic! It’s so romantic!”
That’s what you used to say all the time.
“It’s so romantic! It’s so romantic!”
Words that I used to hear all the time.
And you would gesture to the small group of trees,
“That’s where I want to marry…. marry mine.”
And we would argue on the subject of romance.
And you would win my love, every time.
“It’s so romantic! It’s so romantic!”
That’s what you used to say with starry eyes.
“It’s so romantic! It’s so romantic!”
That’s what I have come to realise.
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Forever/Sunburn Girl
03:26
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Sunburn Girl, would you concur:
You’re drunk with sunstroke and happy again?
You’ve been on the beach for all of forever,
Collecting shells and skimming pebbles.
Your scarlet body, your booming voice.
I still want to kiss you and soothe your skin.
You’ve been on the beach for all of forever,
Assaulting castles like a goddess of Greece.
Sunburn Girl, I want to know
Where all the coves are, where all the caves are.
You’ve been on the beach for all of forever.
You came from the sea like a daughter of Thetis.
Your imminent laughter, your curious gaze,
Your handfuls of treasure and your sandy haze.
You’ve been on the beach for all of forever.
You’re coming home now and you’re happy again.
Sunburn Girl, a happy return.
I am in paradise, I am in paradise.
You’ve been on the beach for all of forever
I don’t want to leave you, I don’t want to wake.
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This could be the last time that we see such beauty
In an old burning world.
Rain and leaves falling together
In whistling winds,
On a dark Autumn day.
The terracotta drips,
The grey stones glisten.
And the rain comes down.
And it’s not giving up.
Rain and leaves falling together
Through twisted trees,
On a dark Autumn day.
The cats hide under the cars,
The river ripples.
And the rain comes down
Like it might never stop.
Rain and leaves falling together
In twisting winds,
On a dark Autumn day.
The terracotta drips,
The grey stones glisten.
And the rain comes down,
And it’s not giving up.
Rain and leaves falling together
In whistling winds,
On a dark Autumn day.
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Sleepy Halls
02:57
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Sleepy Halls
You used to come to bed at half-past three
You’d wake me up so you could talk to me
And you’d tell me of your day
In your animated way
You used to come to bed at half-past three
And if I slipped back down those sleepy halls
You’d bring me around
You’ve got a million friends attached by chains
You’ve got so many I forget their names
And the chains are forged in trust
And they shatter and they rust
But some are made with unconditional love
And it’s these that bind us still
And that’s how you bend me to your will
I piggy-backed you up an emerald hill
I’m rolling down: I’m Jack and you are Jill
But I did not break my crown
And we laughed ‘til the sun went down
I piggy-backed you up an emerald hill
And if I slipped back down that emerald hill
You’d bring me around
You used to come to bed at half-past three
You’d wake me up so you could talk to me
And you’d tell me of your day
In your animated way
You used to come to bed at half-past three
You’d wake me up so you could talk to me
© Ali George 2014
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Frozen Smile
02:55
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I miss the winter
I miss the winter so bad
The chill of the trees
The way that they fade so pale
The summers’ OK
The summers’ alright for a while
But it lacks the mystery
It lacks the frozen smile
I like the flowers
But they’re not as pretty as the jewels in the grass
The crunch of the frost
The promise of snow half kept
I miss the ice on the pond
And the whiteness of the fields
I miss the bite of the wind
And the sky, so cold
I miss the winter
I miss the winter so bad
The chill of the trees
The way that they fade so pale
The summers’ OK
The summers’ alright for a while
But it lacks the mystery
It lacks the frozen smile
© Ali George 2008
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Can You Hear Me?
04:58
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We traded Camus for Fournier,
And we traded Wyndham for de Maurier.
We shared so much. You lived in me.
You were the dryad, and I was the tree.
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me?
Can you heal me still?
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me through the sea?
Can you heal me still?
We traded London for Edgar Allen Poe.
I knew you would wander: But how could I know?
It is in your nature. It is in your blood.
You go like the tide, a flowering bud.
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me?
Can you heal me still?
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9. |
Winter Verses
05:03
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When the winter grass is blowing
All around my wandering feet,
I like to think that you are wandering too.
Gentle as you are now,
When you were nineteen:
That’s the ghost when walking, I have seen.
When the winter frost is melting
As I walk between the trees,
You are the ghost that keeps me company.
Gentle as you are now,
When you were nineteen:
That’s when I was King, and you were Queen.
You were bold and full of daring,
You were crazy about love.
You walked the ways that no one seemed to go.
You could find your way in darkness,
You could vanish in the trees.
You would come to class with mud all down your jeans.
Now, you say you can’t remember all the times that I recall,
But you say those were the best days of your life.
When we walked beneath the heavens
When we were nineteen,
That’s when I was King, and you were Queen.
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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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