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"The Village of Moonfleet..." |
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Last night i saw it there
Shining in the dark again
The light that all men seem to fear;
They say that sailors were drowning in the bay
And people kept away
Waiting for the riches that a wreck would bring
When the morning comes
And now the ghost of blackbeard walks again
To haunt the ones who would not hear the pain;
"Help me...
Help me..."
I took the old path down down to where the graveyard lay
The place i knew when i was young
They say that blackbeard had hidden precious stones
Amongst the ancient bones
So i set off to the darkness down below
By the candle glow
T'was then i heard the voices saw a light
And started on the journey of my life;
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With the voices getting nearer i knew that i had to hide
I got up behind a coffin then i saw who was inside
By the skin and bones of blackbeard i lay there in the dark
T'was then i heard a whisper above the beating of my heart;
"Have a care have a care
T'was evilly come by and no good will you find there
Have a care have a care
T'was evilly stolen only pain and sorrow there - have a care!"
So t'was from the world of smugglers that i hid myself that night
And when they left i opened up the coffin for a look inside
But instead of blackbeard's diamonds in the locket at his heart
Only verses from the bible and a voice came from the dark;
"Have a care have a care
T'was evilly come by and no good will you find there
Have a care have a care
T'was evilly stolen only pain and sorrow there - have a care!"
"What shall we do with the boy who's hiding
What shall we do with the boy who's hiding
What shall we do with the boy who's hiding early in the morning?"
"Lock him in the vault so he can't get out boys
Lock him in the vault so he can't get out boys
Lock him in the vault so he can't get out boys early in the morning!"
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"For Two Days and Nights..." |
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Freedom calls
And in your heart you have been waiting
For this moment to come
Within these walls
You have heard words of inspiration
That have opened your eyes;
I am old but there's a wisdom that comes with years
You are young and it's so easy when you have no fears;
Go go where your heart believes
Your memories are waiting
It's the only way to find out who you are;
In this life there is a road that you must follow
To the left or the right
One is wide but the other is hard and narrow
Take this one and you can call it your own;
There will be so many voices trying to turn you round
Take a moment just to listen then carry on;
Go go where your heart believes
Your memories are waiting
It's the only way to find out who you are;
There will be times when you're lost and lonely
And you will have no-one beside you
And that is when you'll find the hidden one inside
Who will help you through;
Go go where your heart believes
Your memories are waiting and your dreams are on their way;
Go go to your destiny
You know i will be with you every step of the way go;
(Go where your heart believes)
Freedom calls;
(Go to your destiny)
Go where your heart believes.
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And so it began
The story how elzevir would look after john as his own son
And the smugglers betrayed on moonfleet bay
By maskew looking now at elzevir's gun;
Then a shot rang out in the morning light
Maskew fell a hole between his eyes
But it was his own men who brought him down
And they also got poor john - oh they also shot poor john;
Oh it's a dangerous world boys
Oh with the smuggling crew
Oh it's a dangerous life boys
When you're running from the revenue
When you're running from the revenue;
And so to escape it came now for elzevir to pick up the boy
And carry him away
For he could not walk with a bullet in the leg
And they made for the safety of the purbeck cave;
T'was there that john would read one night
The words in the locket by candlelight
For the bible verses held the key to blackbeard's hidden treasure
At the bottom of a castle well;
Oh it's a dangerous world boys
Oh in a smuggler's life
Oh in the days of our age boys
That's where the secret of the treasure lies
That's where the secret of the treasure lies.
Oh we're going to be rich boys
The treasure we will find
Blackbeard's bones are dancing here tonight;
Yes we're going to be rich boys the treasure we will find
At fourscore-feet-deep-well-north is where it lies!
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The days of our age are threescore years and ten
And though men be so strong that they come
To fourscore years yet is their strength then
But labour and sorrow so soon passeth it away
And we are gone;
And as for me my feet are almost gone
My treadings are well nigh slipped
But let not the waterflood drown me
Neither let the deep swallow me up;
So going through the vale of misery
I shall use it for a well
Till the pools are filled with water;
For thou hast made the north and the south
Tabor and hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
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In those verses of the bible
A message was concealed
And soon for john
The secret was revealed;
Deep in a castle well
The treasure could be found
Blackbeard's diamond
Fourteen fathoms down;
"Have a care have a care have a care
T'was evilly come by;"
Though running as an outlaw with a price upon his head
To his darling grace
He had to go instead
To tell her of his love and all the riches he would bring
With blackbeard's diamond
And buy her a wedding ring;
"Have a care have a care have a care
T'was evilly come by;"
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This is my heart's surrender
This is my chosen moment
This is the time to tell you i love you
Then i have to say goodbye;
And i will miss you when winter comes
And when the summer is here
And i will listen to wind and wave
And i'll pray that you'll never forget
The one who is breathing your name;
Somewhere there's a heart that's waiting for this day to come again
Someday i will come to take you to a world where love cannot hide anymore;
So don't cry for me don't cry for me i will return;
You say you'll always love me
A candle in your window
Forever shines where an angel waits to bring me home again;
Back to the place where i'll always be
With every dream that i have
For like a tree with the deepest roots
No storm can bring us down;
Somewhere there's a heart that's waiting for this day to come again
Someday i will come to take you to a world where love cannot hide anymore;
Don't cry for me don't cry for me i will return;
This is my heart's surrender.
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It was on the trail of riches
We set off upon that day
To the castle keep of carisbrooke
To where the treasure lay
And soon i found the diamond
At the bottom of the well
But that traitor of a turnkey
To his death below he fell;
"Have a care have a care
T'was evilly come by and no good will you find there
Have a care have a care
T'was evilly stolen only pain and sorrow there - have a care!"
Then across the sea to holland
With the jewel in my hand
Where we went to sell our treasure
At the house of aldebrand
When he said it was no diamond
Through the window it was tossed
But that wicked man was lying
And we were caught in a double-cross;
"Have a care have a care
T'was evilly come by and no good will you find there
Have a care have a care
T'was evilly stolen only pain and sorrow there - have a care!"
"What shall we do with the boy who's stealing?
What shall we do with the boy who's stealing?
What shall we do with the boy who's stealing early in the morning?"
Throw him into jail let him rot forever
Throw him into jail let him rot forever
Throw him into jail let him rot forever early in the morning!"
"Have a care have a care
T'was evilly come by and no good will you find there
Have a care have a care
T'was evilly stolen only pain and sorrow there - have a care!"
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Alas poor john he was a prisoner
Fortune's fool for many a day
Blinded by that cursed diamond
With his freedom he must pay;
And so it was for faithful elzevir
Cast in chains for ten long years
With never a word of blame or anger
Just for john t'was only tears;
Oh oh oh only tears
Oh oh oh ...
Blow wind blow
And send them home again
Set the sails for england's way
Many a heart is grieving for them
Bring them back to moonfleet bay;
And as for grace
She'd still be waiting
Waiting for her only love
Every night a candle burning at her window
Should he come;
Oh oh oh should he come
Oh oh oh ...
Blow wind blow
And send them home again
Set the sails for england's way
Many a heart is grieving for them
Bring them back to moonfleet bay;
Blow wind blow
And send them home again
Set the sails for england's way
Many a heart is grieving for them
Bring them back to moonfleet bay;
Many a heart is grieving for them
Bring them back to moonfleet bay!
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Now the time had come for elzevir and john
To be sent from holland's shore
And to end their days in pain and misery
To be slaves so far from home;
Oh - how sweet the salt sea air
Oh - how bright the sun
Oh - but little did they know of the storm that was to come
And the ship that would go down;
Hey boys and listen well and a story i will tell
Send for the prisoners down below - down below!
Hey boys and wish em well and the fate that them befell
And pray that you will never see the day
You'll fight for your life on moonfleet bay!
Well the storm hit hard and the waves were high
It was every man for himself;
By a twist of fate t'was on moonfleet bay
Where the ship would meet its end;
Oh - with a roar of wind and sail
Oh - the ship was gone
Oh - in the night they saw a light
It was the candle grace had shone
And her boy was coming home;
Hey boys the ship is down
Every man must swim or drown
Head for the breakers on the shore - on the shore!
Hey boys for elzevir he put john in fortune's care
For no man ever was there till that day
Saved from the sea on moonfleet bay!
"What shall we do with the boy who's drowning?
What shall we do with the boy who's drowning?
What shall we do with the boy who's drowning
Early in the morning?"
"Throw him a rope and god go with him
Throw him a rope and god go with him
Throw him a rope and god go with him early in the morning?"
And elzevir he gave his life away
For john was the only man that day
Saved from the sea on moonfleet bay!
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Here he lies before me
My friend for many years
He saved me from the water
Now i'm drowning in my tears;
Grief is but a poor word for everything i feel
There can be no greater love;
He was there to guide me through the follies of my age
Always there beside me everything forgave;
Held me as a father showing me the way
There can be no greater love;
No fear did he have before the storm
The fate of others was his only thought
And though it was the way to certain darkness
To save my life he gave his own;
For my life he gave his own
And these words are writ in stone where he lies;
"Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life for his friend;"
"Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life for his friend;"
"Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life for his friend."
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"In The Years That Followed..." |
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Go go where your heart believes
Your memories are waiting
Your dreams are on their way;
Go go to your destiny
You know i will be with you every step of the way;
Go go where your heart believes
Another world is waiting
All your dreams are on the way;
Go go to your destiny
You know i will be with you every step of the way!
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Everywhere i go
Everywhere i go
I see an image of her face....
She talks to me
She talks to me in a thousand ways.
Everyone i know
Everyone i know is calling on the telephone:
"Are you okay!?" are you alright?
'Cause you're never at home"?
"Well i couldn't be better i found my way!"
She's an open door to a brand-new day.
Everywhere i go i see her face again
Everywhere i look i see her smile and wave
Everywhere i hear her voice is calling
This time i finally opened my eyes
To a beautiful angel ohh
Who's been caring for me like a mother for a child.
Everywhere i go.
Everywhere i go
I see the shadow of a led
It shines on me
It shines on me from another time.
So many dark days and lonely nights until she found a way
To change my life.
Everywhere i go i see her face again
Everywhere i look i see her smile and wave
Everywhere i hear her voice is calling
This time i finally opened my eyes! everywhere i go ...
Everywhere i go her voice is calling.
This time i finally opened my eyes to
My beautiful angel who's been caring
For me like a mother for a child
Everywhere i go! everywhere i go!
This time i finally opened my eyes!
Everywhere i go
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Love burns in a young man's heart
He would give her the moon and the stars
And all the treasures of the pharaohs for a moment in her arms;
To the ball with him she will go if her brings a red red rose
But there is only a rose of white in his garden green;
And calling up to the sky the birds heard his lonely cry;
"Sing for her sweet nightingale tell her of my love
Bring for her sweet nightingale a red red rose of love;
Said the tree to the nightingale
"Upon this thorn you must impale your heart
And then the blood will turn this white rose red;"
All night the little bird sang
But in the morning she was gone
And beside her on the ground lay a red red rose;
When the boy found it there joy came from his despair;
"You sang for her sweet nightingale
You told her of my love
You bring for her sweet nightingale
This red red rose of love;"
So he brought her the beautiful rose
"To the ball with me you will go"
"But no" she said "i have jewels instead
Another has won my heart and from you
Now i must part so take your foolish rose and go!"
Sing for her sweet nightingale
Sing from heaven above
Bring for her sweet nightingale
The wisdom that is love the wisdom that is love.
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Long years would be lost and over since the morning train
And the words that he called out to her
"I'll be back again!
We will all be home for christmas boys
It's what the general said"
But little did they know the winds of war
Would change the world instead;
Oh in this one life there is one love
Through the ages to be with us evermore;
He played his part a hero on the battlefield
Til a shell burst right beside
And brought him to his knees
As the blood just flowed away
He turned his face up to the sky
And a little boy was there beside him saying
"Daddy please don't die";
Oh in this one life there is one love
Through the ages to be with us evermore;
No-one knew how he made it through
And soon was on the way
With the wounded back to england
And from the early train he stepped down
And in the distance saw his wife and a little boy
Who came up running to his arms and said
"My daddy has come home";
Oh in this one life there is one love
Through the ages to be with us evermore;
In this one life:
Love of a different world;
There is one love.
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From candles burning
Shadows in the night
People praying for eternal life
But my mind just keeps on wandering
Away from this serene and hallowed place
To a woman's face;
She was lovely lovely as a dream
She had the beauty the beauty of a queen
They say that every man who meets her sooner or later will fall
Even me that they call
The master of invention
The painter of our times
I can take you round the heavens and show you how to fly
T'was a moment caught forever
There was something in her eyes
But i wish i could remember why mona lisa smiled;
She sat before me this woman so divine
Something eternal was shining in her eyes
Oh lisa del giocondo you opened up a world of mystery
When you were looking at me;
The master of invention
The painter of our times
I can take you round the heavens and show you how to fly
T'was a moment caught forever
There was something in her eyes
But i wish i could remember why mona lisa smiled;
Shame the devil in my heart but i can't stop thinking about her
And what she's doing to me doing to me;
T'was a moment of perfection
The canvas never lies
But i wish i could remember why mona lisa smiled
Why mona lisa smiled
Why mona lisa smiled
Why mona lisa smiled.
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We were talking about how all the years go by
People and places and the march of time
Only memories can take us back there again;
Like the day on the boat beneath a clear blue sky
When out of the sea they came to jump and fly
Now i understand why my friend said
"Dolphins make us cry;"
Cos this was pure joy the way they laughed and played
Skipping and a-dancing through the ocean waves
It was pure joy for all to see
So why can't we more often feel that joy of living?
And we were talking about how in the days gone by
We would believe that all our dreams could fly
But they fade away like sunset out of the sky;
And i was there in a garden where the children play
Hearing them singing on a summer's day
Made me realise how soon we lose that innocence inside;
Cos this was pure joy the way they laughed and played
Skipping and a-dancing on that sunny day
It was pure joy for all to see
So why can't we more often feel that joy of living?
(pure joy pure joy)
So why can't we more often feel that joy of living?
Sheer joy of living that joy of living:
Cos it was pure joy (the joy of living)
Pure joy (the joy of living)
It was pure joy (the joy of living)
Pure joy that joy of living.
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Let there be light where there was darkness
Let there be love where there was hate
Even in the terrors of the night
Sooner or later comes the day;
Let there be joy where there was sorrow
Let there be hope where there was none
And even as your life-blood flowed away
Neda your heart is living on;
People of the world stand up for freedom
Voices call from a distant shore
For the winds of change are blowing stronger
And evil men will fall
For freedom will not wait anymore;
Let there be spring where there was winter
Let there be green where there was grey
Even as the lion seems to sleep
Sooner or later he will wake;
People of the world stand up for freedom
Voices call from a distant shore
For the winds of change are blowing stronger
And evil men will fall
For freedom will not wait here anymore;
Women of the world have died for freedom
Hear them call from a distant shore
For the winds of change are blowing stronger
And evil men must fall
For freedom will not wait here anymore;
People of the world stand up for freedom
Voices call from a distant shore
For the winds of change are blowing stronger
And evil men will fall;
People of the world have died for freedom
Hear them call from a distant shore
For the winds of change are blowing stronger
And evil men will fall
For freedom will not wait here anymore
People of the world!
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