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climbs like the ivy of dreams
inhabits your mind
sees every scheme
might take a lifetime to learn
songs of forgetting
songs of return
rum-pum-pum
on purple drums
morning comes
and you've begun
just begun
you've begun
just begun
to live
live, again
climbs like the ivy of dreams
towards christmas day
and the the new year, unseen
might take a lifetime to learn
songs of forgetting
songs of return
rum-pum-pum
on purple drums
morning comes
and you've begun
just begun
you've begun
just begun
to live
live, again
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2. |
Doubting Castle
03:57
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Hey babe, where did you go?
I was just getting to know you
"Kaspar Hauser-Chic"
I spent the week in your dust-bin
It's getting harder to see
Figuring how this life fits on me
Yesterday, my dream was new
But now it's down and out
Seeing it slipping from view
Into doubt......
Hey babe, where did you go?
I was just getting to know you
"Kaspar Hauser-Chic"
Strung up all week on your clothes-pin
It's getting heavier now
Something has just gotta give somehow
Yesterday, my dream was real
But now it's down and out
Chasing a thought as it steals
Into doubt......
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3. |
Annabel Would Say
03:45
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Annabel would say
we'll meet again some sunny day
a winding rainbow
where she flies
turning to and fro
in a white sky
rhymes of departing
turn an ear, they're gone
within your shadow-boxer's song
Annabel would say
it's not a sin
to lose your way
it's not unusual
to change your mind
better you're burned
than be buried behind
a tune for tomorrow
lend an ear it might
let it hang emeralds
in your night
Annabel would say
we'll meet again that sunny day
a curving window
which she goes
into alone and to where
no on knows
the melody's leaving
but i'll always hear her song
such previous little
lasts so long
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4. |
As You Were
04:00
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traced the line to no conclusion
a missing page I meant to find
I have tripped the light fantastic
through the corners of my mind
I'm content to wander free
while the bygone ricochets
it's memory that obscures tomorrow
through the lens of yesterday
as you were
as you were
as you were
as you were
paced the floors of my confusion
woe betides the whitest lie
all these images astound me
as they trick upon the eye
i'm content to wander free
while the bygone reappears
it's memory that distorts perception
silhouettes of yesteryear
as you were
as you were
as you were
as you were
unlucky to share this fate
it's all a weight we shoulder
i'm lucky to hold on fast
the moment's past
it's over
as you were
as you were
as you were
as you were
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5. |
Under Elm Groves
03:07
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autumn sun
setting alone at the brink of the world
yellow leaves
rustle and fall on the green flames
as they curled
the air so very nice
crisp and bright
heavenly hour
of the earth's delight
harvest moon
rising alone at the brink of the world
ivory stars
twinkle and beam on the blue flames
as they curled
another time will tell
for all we know
unanswered riddles in the afterglow
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6. |
Capricious Saturday
03:12
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there he goes
long in the tooth and frail
a fugitive on the never-ending trail
he's going daft
in a tragic cabaret
a man of straw
pitied by men of clay
capricious saturday rolling in
he feels amoral
and unhinged
noonday devil & me
out on another binge
another spree
there he goes
in a beholden style
the milquetoast man
who wears a crayola smile
see him dance
to the organ grinder's song
soon to be
a month of sundays gone
capricious saturday rolling in
he feels amoral
and unhinged
noonday devil & me
out on another binge
another spree
oh yeah
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7. |
Fairytales
04:26
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in the fairest hour
I have seen
through the happened
and the happening
the spirit of the staircase
spiralling
in the faintest hour
I have known
I ventured through
the overgrown
I played my cards
and turned to stone
fairytales
in fabled times
follow you down
the chill of evening falls
on february's clown
and what shall you receive?
no letter no reprieve
you're chained to make believe
in the fairest hour
I have seen
through the veil
of the in-between
the spirit of the staircase
spiralling
in the faintest hour
I have known
I imagined
I was going home
I played my cards
and turned to stone
fairytales
in fabled times
follow you down
the chill of evening falls
on february's clown
and what shall you receive?
no letter no reprieve
you're chained to make believe
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8. |
Madrigal #3
02:53
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you've got a way about you
brightens up the world
brightens up the world
brightens up the world
it moves enchanted
through the early morning dew
til the midwinter evening
falls around you
this winsome way about you
drifts around the world
drifts around the world
drifts around the world
bends the branches
where the nightbirds bill and coo
touching down
as the pealing bells
surround you
you've got a way about you
brightens up the world
brightens up the world
brightens up the world
as golden ribbons fade
and smokey light decays
this i'll hold
in my soul
for another day
this i'll hold
in my soul
for another day
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when you were in my life
you came at a time
I had not a handle
on your love or mine
built our foundation
on papier-mache
disintegrating
with each passing day
pictures and puzzles
broken design
slowly lose meaning
through labyrinths of time
if only I could put
the mystery behind
a wardrobe of faces
you wore when inclined
some things are hard to find
some things are hard to find
some things are hard to find
some things are hard to find
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10. |
Merry Way
02:47
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amber dawning
early rise
once again
hypnotized
in pleasant fields
we lay
tell me all
'bout where you've been
I feel it now
as it was then
a dark cloud
part its way
loping through the grey
april into may
here's to sweeter days
on merry way
turning down the cul-de-sac
blessings be
welcome back
a silver horn
does play
tell me all
'bout what you've seen
fill me in
on every theme
a black shroud
swept away
loping through the grey
april into may
here's to sweeter days
on merry way
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Brian Noyes Seattle, Washington
Psych Folk, Baroque Pop, Singer Songwriter
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