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This World
09:50
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This World
This world is running out of time
Global warming is mankind's greatest crime
This world is turning into sand
Deserts growing devouring the land
Each day it comes as no surprise
Rain forests shrink before our eyes
Icecaps melting, oceans on the rise
Drowning distant shores of this world
This world yields a heartfelt cry
It's climate changing, poisons choke the sky
This world has little left to give
This world has little time to live
We hear dissenting voices cry
The foolish, the greedy and the sly
They're the ones who yet would still deny
All that would behold this world
This world
This world
This world
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Eric Upon Tweed
08:44
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Eric Upon Tweed
Born of the seed of a man of the earth
Sown in the soil of an earlier time
Raised on the promise of a better tomorrow
Free of the toil and the dirt and the grime
The young lad’s dad was a miner
Digging a hole digging for coal
He thought he’d get through to China through the core
Eric was woken at a quarter to four
Sleep in his eyes, mum at the door, she said
Follow your dad down to the mine,
Do as he says and things will work out fine, but
Don’t let those dirty miners
Poo in your snap, put grease on your chap
Sorry dear but that’s the way they are
Eric was the seed
Harry McGinley was a bit of a drinker
Down at the pub on a Saturday night
Often said, not much of a thinker
More often than not he’d get into a fight (and then he’d)
Take it out on Mary
Lying in bed, holding her head
Harry had his demons that’s for sure
Wide awake in the middle of the night
He peered in through the crack in the door
When he saw his mother crying
He couldn’t hold the rage any more (and then he)
Layed into old Harry
Lying in bed, holding his head
Didn’t stop ‘til Mary cried, “no more”
Eric he agreed
Eric was woken at a quarter to eight
Mum at his side, with tears in her eyes, she said
Eric my love, I’ve been saving some money
You better go before he awakes
I’ve got a sister Sue
North of the Tyne, I’ve sent her a line
Eric don’t come back here for a while
Left the train south of the border
Took the paper in his hand
Made his way to aunty Suzie's
Went along with Mary’s plan (she said)
Eric how you’ve grown
Come on inside, this is your home
We’ll get along just fine now you and I, in
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Auntie Suzie had lodger
Worked the boats out on the sea
With a toothless smile he winked at Eric
“Come on lad now, follow me”
They set off with the tide
Managed to keep breakfast inside
Safely back at Sue’s at half past three
Suzie’s lodger had a daughter
Quick to smile and fair of face
Came from a land north of the border
In Eric’s mind a different race
She gave the lad a dram
Opened his eyes, made him a man
He didn’t understand a word she said!
Eric upon Tweed
Eric my love your daddy is dying
You better go before it’s too late
There he found his mother crying
Contemplating Harry’s fate
She led him to his room
Lying in bed, resting his head
Harry beckoned Eric to his side
And then he said
Come here lad you little bastard
The last you had the best of me
If I hadn’t been so plastered
I’d have knocked ten bells out of you
Anyhow, how’ve you been?
You’re looking fine, a true son of mine
Eric I’m so very proud of you
My Eric upon Tweed
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Longship
05:32
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Longship
Longship
Homeward bound
Heading for the dawn
Longship
In a lonely sea
To viking shore now drawn
And as the autumn winds turn so cold
Winter days unfold
Longship
In freezing rain
That soon could change to snow
Longship
With a billowed sail
Your journey yet seems slow
And as the autumn winds turn so cold
Winter days unfold
On an eastward course from Greenland
Or a northward course from Spain
Sailing home from far and wide
Where so many now have died
Forever to remain where they were slain
Longship
In the mist
That deadens every sound
Longship
Fates have kissed
With new lands you have found
And as the autumn winds turn so cold
Winter days unfold
Longship
Longship
Longship
Longship
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Horsemen
13:21
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Horsemen
Oh the horsemen they did come from hell
They rode the wind to take from life a name
In the hour after westerly
In a moment locked in reverie they came
And far across this tortured land
They swept just like the storm-born sand that
Chills the bone
And turns all flesh to stone
Turns all flesh to stone
Oh the horsemen they did come from hell
Their features bore the mark of Hades' smile
Their faces were a mask of death
Their sightless eyes scarcely beckoned to beguile
In a blaze of arms the flame of life
Extinguished by the fires of strife
Become but cold
As the story stays untold
The story stays untold
So cast your gaze to silence
Turn againt wall
Fear draws no distinction
As to whether great or small
Great or small
And for those who try to run away
Tomorrow is a dancing day
Which never arrives
For no-one survives
When the horsemen ride on by
They ride on by
(repeat)
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Clay Man
21:21
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Clay Man
You walk by your eyes astare
Naked and cold but you don't care
Your eyes are sunken and hollow
And your clay drips like sorrow
What goes on in that mind of yours
You're carrying all the cries of war
Your clay drips like blood
And as you walk people stare
And follow you everywhere
They want to know who you are
Have you come form afar
Did you see the world end
When everyone was your friend
But now your all alone again
Clay man please listen
Tell us what we're missing
They want to know the reasons why
Could you tell us why
You never cry
Walk on by
Clay man
Walk on by
Bye bye
Walk on by
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Materialeyes Manchester, UK
MaterialEyes are a prog rock trio from Yorkshire, England. The band was formed by musician/songwriter Dave Westmoreland and guitarist Will Lawery, and joined shortly after by ex-Roadster guitarist Martyn Howes.
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