Lyrics of songs on Reno Nevada (STR-716)
Winter Morning
© Beasley-Ogdin-Turk
Winter Morning
I hear the warning
But there’s no one there
Just the empty stair
And the light bulb burning bare
The sky is grieving
I heard you leaving
For another train
Softly comes the rain
And turns to snow again
Can we build a love to last?
In a world that turns so fast
Is there in this faithless time
Grace enough to make you mine?
The rain is sleeting
I hear the greetings
Of its wintry strain
On the window pane
Echo their tired refrain
The snow is falling
I hear you calling
Won't you stay
Don't go away
We can make it one more day
Can we build a love to last?
In a world that turns so fast
Is there in this faithless time
Grace enough to make you mine?
Winter Morning
A link is forming
In this little chain
Softly goes the rain
And comes the sun again
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Curragh of Kildare
Traditional
The winter is past and the summer’s come at last
and the small birds they sing on every tree;
Their little hearts are glad but mine is very sad,
since my true love is far away from me.
The rose upon the brier, by the water running clear,
Gives joy to the linnet and the bee;
Their little hearts are blest, but mine is not at rest,
While my true love is absent from me.
A livery I’ll wear, and I’ll comb back my hair,
And in velvet so green I will appear,
And straight I will repair, to the Curragh of Kildare,
For ’tis there I’ll find tidings of my dear.
I’ll wear a cap of black, with a frill upon my neck,
Gold rings upon my fingers I will wear;
It’s this I undertake, for my true lover’s sake,
He resides at the Curragh of Kildare.
I would not think it strange, thus the world for to range,
If I only got tidings of my dear;
But here in Cupid’s chain, if I’m bound to remain,
I would spend my whole life in despair.
My love is like the sun, that in the firmament does run,
And always proves constant and true;
But his is like the moon, that wanders up and down,
And every month is new.
All you that are in love and cannot it remove,
I pity the pains that you endure;
For experience let me know, that your hearts are full of woe,
And a woe that no mortal can cure.
So straight I will repair, to the Curragh of Kildare,
For ’tis there I’ll find tidings of my dear.
Ten Miles Out of Limerick
© Beasley-Ogdin-Turk
Four unmarked crossroads
That lead by the stream
Here at the churchyard
I found in a dream
There's no one to guide you
But I know the way
Then we can go runnin'
Just like yesterday
Ten Miles Out of Limerick
So hard to get to town
Staring out a rain-smeared window
School would get a body down
There's another world in Limerick
Whence I fly on the linnet's wing
But times I dream of Limerick
Can't get a hold on anything
Ten Miles Out of Limerick
Serving chips from a brother’s van
When I get my chance for leaving
Got to reach for what I can
And if I ever get there I'll never let go
And if I ever get there I'll never let go
Another working day in Limerick
Work all day and I sing at night
Ain't no proper money in it
Sing enough and I feel all right
Ten Miles Out of Limerick
Shannon sits by the riverside
The world of fame a-calling
All the doors are open wide
And if I ever get there
I'll never let go
If I ever get there
I’ll never let go
Ten thousand miles behind me
Ten thousand sleepless nights
Ten thousand miles to go
For one more chance to get it right
Ten Miles Out of Limerick
I know that's where I'm bound
Ten Miles Out of Limerick
Home to lay my body down
Lay my body down
Lay my body down
And if I ever get there I’ll never let go
And if I ever get there I’ll never let go
Four unmarked crossroads
That lead by the stream
Here at the churchyard
I found in a dream
There's no one to guide you
But I know the way
And I'll let you kiss me
Just like yesterday
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Put the Love Down (and Walk Away)
© Beasley-Ogdin-Turk
Can't you can tell when you’re deep into trouble
Better stop now and run on the double
You see blue lights a-flashin’
You got no cards to play
Your heart’s surrounded and there’s nowhere to run
Your back's to the wall and you’re under the gun
So Put the Love Down
And Walk Away
CHORUS:
Put it down
Put it down
Put it down
Put it down, down, down
And Walk Away (repeat)
Put it down
Put the Love Down
And Walk Away
Just put it down
Put it down
Put The Love Down
Put it down
Put it down
And Walk Away
It’s not like you ain’t seen this before
You know how it ends with your heart on the floor
You’d have to be downright crazy to want to stay
You heard what I said but you’re not obeyin’
This is your conscience, dummy, hear what I’m sayin’
So Put the Love Down
And Walk Away (repeat)
Put it down
Put it down
Put it down
Put it down, down, down
And Walk Away (repeat)
Put it down
Put it down
Put the Love Down
And Walk Away
Just put it down
Put it down
Put the Love Down
Put it down
Put it down
And Walk Away
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Living on the Line
© Beasley-Ogdin-Turk
I had you for three years
It was all that I could take
Oooh – LIVING ON THE LINE
You played with my fears
’Til I thought my heart would break
Oooh – LIVING ON THE LINE
You had me hung up
Like a puppet on a thread
Lawd you made it feel so fine
You kept on feeding
All those lies into my head
Then you came and cut the line
Now I’m falling — and I don’t know how to stop
The earth retreats and drops away
There’s no telling when the bottom’s coming up
Sleep and dream — and drift your life away (repeat)
I guess in sometime
I won’t hate you like I do
Too long LIVING ON THE LINE
You made me feel
Like ev’ry lie you told was true
Too long LIVING ON THE LINE
I was foolish, I was crazy, I was young
Lord knows I’ve done my time
Now for my foolishness my whole world is undone
Too long LIVING ON THE LINE
Now I’m falling — and I don’t know how to stop
The earth retreats and falls away
There’s no telling when the bottom’s coming up
Sleep and dream — and drift your life away (repeat)
I guess in sometime
I won’t hate you like I do