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Heart Beating
04:27
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Dead-tired feet shuffle down the street
On a grey day in May I falter
Took a straight line in a cloud of wine
At your door let me fall at your altar
Upwards I climbed toward the sunshine
From the bridge I leapt into the water
Back in a time when the world was mine
When I was just somebody’s daughter
When I was just somebody’s daughter
I dream of torrents of love
Waterfalls of pain
Anything to feel my heart beat again
Anything to feel my heart beat again
Idylls unseen, a familiar scene
In my travels while I am sleeping
Deep-set eyes and longing sighs
I awaken to find myself weeping
I awaken to find myself weeping
I dream of torrents of love
Waterfalls of pain
Anything to feel my heart beat again
Anything to feel my heart beat again
I dream of torrents of love
Waterfalls of pain
Anything to feel my heart beat again
Anything to feel my heart beat again
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Bluebird Boots
04:41
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I’ve been searching down the hall and out the door
You wouldn’t leave me, but I’m not certain anymore
I don’t know which way’s up or which way’s down
Every time I roll back into town
It just makes me want to turn around again
And put on my
Bluebird Boots
Take me dancing, twirl me once around the floor
Bring me home now, I’m not leaving anymore
It’s these boots that keep me straight and true
Keep me walking right on back to you
Cause there’s no-one knows me like you do like you do
I put on my
Bluebird Boots
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Blue Mountains
03:12
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Woke up in the night and I didn’t realise
I was over the Blue Mountains
Over the Blue Mountains
Coming home to you
Thundering of hooves, we were racing with the moon Coming over the Blue Mountains
Over the Blue Mountains
Riding home to you
There’s darkness all around and the rain was coming down Flying over the Blue Mountains
Over the Blue Mountains
Riding home to you
The trees were racing past and my heart was beating fast Riding over the Blue Mountains
Over the Blue Mountains
Heading home to you
Sure as darkness yields to day
My love will find its way
The carriage rocked and rolled shooting sparks off the road Tearing over the Blue Mountains
Over the Blue Mountains
Like a bolt of light to you
Fire in my breath, I could feel it in my chest Coming over the Blue Mountains
Over the Blue Mountains
Coming home to you
So lover if you dare endeavour to meet me there Over the Blue Mountains
Over the Blue Mountains
Coming home
Coming home to you
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Into The Light
03:18
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Into the light babe
You and I will survive the day
When darkness gathers along the way
I’ll be your kidnapper when I escape
Into the light
And until that time comes
Grab hold of my heart and hold on
Strength’s just a matter of being strong
And soon all our tears may be long gone If we can hold on
Into the light
Far from the night
We’ll be alright
Into the light
Because I love you
After everything we’ve been through
I honestly don’t know what I’d do
I only know it wouldn’t feel true
To go without you
Into the light
Far from the night
We will survive
Into the light
Into the light
Far from the night
We’ll be alright
Into the light
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Rosedale
04:14
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As she spied the Rosedale camellias
She knew that she was home
Where all that remained of the house where she was raised
Was a gate of iron and stone
She sat and contemplated
As the sun fought the clouds for the plain
How the day had begun, to the chapel they did run
To shelter from the rain
She drank through the ceremony till everything was blue
While her best friend married the one she loved there was not a soul who knew
Till later that night at the party
She staggered to where he stood alone
Unburdened and carefree, she was drowning in a sea
In that first and last moment of their own
If you could have me would you want me
We could run away tonight
If you could have me would you want me
And she reached out and held him tight
The sign said to the Cemetery but he couldn’t turn the wheel
She’d run over the edge of the clapped-out bridge
As they played the Rosedale Reel
Are we disguised when drinking or sober
Is there ever such stinging as regret
As he stood in her embrace he showed his honest face
As the eyes of his bride he met
If you could have me would you want me
We could run away tonight
If you could have me would you want me
And she reached out and held him tight
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Sea of Lights
04:37
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No-one can touch us or break this spell
I’ll tell you everything if you promise not to tell
No-one can can see you or hear you cry
What happens between us is between you and I
Only you
Only you and I
Across a sea of Lights
No use heading for the other shore
We’ve got the stars tonight and we don’t need much more
No-one can touch us or break this spell
All I need is to be with you and all is well
Only you
Only you and I
Across a sea of Lights
We row and row
Steady as we go
Across a sea of lights
Across a sea of lights
I’m yours tonight
Across a sea of lights
Tonight
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Raining in Armidale
04:17
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I don’t know where you are tonight, blazing some well-worn trail
I’m right here where you left me,
a closed chapter in your tale
Staring at the ceiling, counting protruding nails
And I’m down to my last cigarette
and it’s raining in Armidale
You lured me to the country
with promises of a long white veil
But all I’ve got to remember you by
is this growing pile of mail
I’m still living at your sister’s boyfriend’s house but it’s up for sale
And I’m down to my last cigarette
and it’s raining in Armidale
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Black Lighthouse
03:27
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Maybe it’s the waiter or what’s been cooked
Maybe it’s the wine or the way you looked
Maybe it’s the detour the conversation took
Before you turned and looked away
Let me kiss you in the ocean, kiss you on the sand
Kiss you on every corner and take you by the hand
Kiss you on the top of the Vue Grand
Before you turn and walk away
Everybody here loves you
Everybody here loves you
But nobody here loves you like I do
So let me kiss you by the water before the boat heads south
And I’ll love you like no other by the black lighthouse
Before you grow weary of the salty air
Before it’s clear you no longer care
There is one thing I need to share
Before you turn and run away
Everybody here loves you
Everybody here loves you
But nobody here loves you like I do
So let me kiss you madly on the mouth
And I’ll love you like no other by the black lighthouse
So let me kiss you by the water before the boat heads south
And I’ll love you like no other by the black lighthouse
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I’ve seen the world from upside down,
Every town’s the same as every other
I’ve chased my tail, ripped my sails,
Friends I’ve failed forgave me like I brother
I’ve been in the wilderness
And I’ve travelled down this road since last September
I’m just heading up around the bend
To see what’s on the other side of the mountain
What’s my motivation
If I hear a song and already know the ending
Can I get some wisdom
So I know if it’s the devil I’m befriending
Every day I see the signs
This run down shack I call my home is melting
I’m just heading up around the bend
To see what’s on the other side of the mountain
Before I waste away from thirst
I’m gonna find the road up to that fountain
I’m just heading up around the bend
To see what’s on the other side of the mountain
There’s more to life than what I see
I know in my heart, I know for certain
I know some day my time will come
It’s just sometimes I get so sick and tired of walking
I’d find the place where I came from
But it's so long ago I can't remember
I'm just heading up around the bend
To see what's on the other side of the mountain
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10. |
Fly Away
04:06
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White knuckles on the wheel
Cars are crawling, engines stalling in the heat and haze
I’ve nothing left to feel
Going nowhere I’ve been driving in circles for days
Cause the only thing I want to do is take the road that leads to you
That leads to the fall
Now I’m staring at nothing and screaming at no-one at all
I wish I could fly, fly, fly
Away for a little while
I wish I could fly, fly, fly
Over and above it all
I wish I could fly, fly, fly
So far away from here
I wish I could fly, fly, fly
Away with you
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suzannah espie Melbourne, Australia
Espie’s sound is an intoxicating mix of country, folk, blues, and soul. A gentle, sweet trill that can
move grown men to
tears one moment, or an Aretha-esque hellcat belt that can raise the roof the next; however she
sings it though, it’s still unmistakeably Suzannah Espie
"There aren't too many songwriters able to match meaning with melody as well as Suzannah Espie"
Charles Jenkins
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