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Six of Swords
04:59
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I woke up before the sun
But I did not tell anyone
Wrapped up in my heavy coat
I stepped inside the empty boat
With a brave heart
And my soul to save
I’m rowing across the river
Making waves
I sense something fresh and new
Within the sweet morning dew
A fluttering around the trees
A restless rustle in the leave
With a brave heart
And my soul to save
I’m rowing across the river
Making waves
La la la la ….
A broken sword left in the wood
Goodbye past, goodbye for good
This wooden oar, my magic wand
Takes me away and beyond
With a brave heart
And my soul to save
I’m rowing across the river
Making waves
La la la la ….
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Fairy Queen
03:08
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She sits on a throne of twisted vines
She hands me flowers that sparkle and shine
With stems that stretch and lean
She leads me to the edge of the wishing well
But it seems I’ve forgotten how I fell
Into this pool of dreams
Into the hands of the Fairy Queen
On a boat built of leaves and sticks
She takes me sailing on waves of bliss
Through azure and emerald green
Toward the land of the Fairy Queen
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3. |
More
03:54
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Underneath the tree
With the dancing leaves
With a cork in his hand
And a bottle between his knees
He took my empty cup
And he filled it up half way
And I said more, more, give me more
Come back and give me more
The bark looked rough and dark
Against his glowing skin
His laughter licked my ear
And dissolved in the wind
He filled my cup again
But I could not get enough
So I said more, more, give me more
Come back and give me more
Then I dropped my cup
Out spilled time
I’m rolling down a sweet red river of wine
He kissed my open mouth
But before he was gone
I said more, more, give me more
Come back and give me more
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4. |
Earthrise
03:07
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What I saw
Through the window
Far away outside
Unlocked my mind
Beautiful blue jewel inside
Floating through nowhere
Watching the Earth rise
Coming down
Spinning round and round
Through ecstasy
Streaming stars
Weaving in and out
Of everything
Floating through nowhere
Watching the Earth rise
I look at you now
With a secret and silent awe
A mystery
Wrapped up
In everything I saw
Floating through nowhere
Watching the Earth rise
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5. |
John Barleycorn
08:49
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There were three men
Who came out of the West
Their fortunes for to try
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn must die
They plowed they sowed they harrowed him in
Threw clod upon his head
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barelycorn was dead
The let him lie for a very long time
Till the rains from heaven did fall
And little Sir John sprung up his head
And so amazed them all
They let him lie ‘til midsummer
‘Til he grew both pale and wan
And little Sir John grew a long sharp beard
And so became a man
They hired men with a scythe so sharp
To cut him off at the knee
They rolled him and tied him around the waste
And used him so barbarously
They hired men with sharp pitchforks
To pierce him to the heart
And the loader he treated him
Worse than that
For he tied him onto a cart
The wheeled him around and around the field
‘Til they came unto a barn
And there they made a solemn mow
Of poor John Barleycorn
They hired men with crabtree sticks
To rip him skin from bone
And the miller he treated him worst of all
For he ground him between two stones
There’s little Sir John in the nut brown bowl
And brandy in the glass
And little Sir John in the nut brown bowl
Proved the stronger man at last
And the huntsman he can’t hunt the fox
Or proudly blow his horn
And the tinker can’t mend his kettles or his pots
Without a little of the barleycorn
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