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ghosts of the past

by Alan O'Neill

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1.
try 03:06
Try not to think too much Please don't drink too much Try not to do yourself harm And try to be warmer now Baby be calm now Try not to do yourself harm And you'll feel better now Than you did before You'll feel better now Well, you might be bored But you're better now And I'll still see you when the lights go out Yea try not to lose yourself Baby don't bruise yourself Try not to do yourself harm And try a little harder now For your little daughter now Try not to do yourself harm And you'll feel better now Than you did before You'll feel better now Well, you might be bored But you're better now And I'll still see you when the lights go out Yea you'll feel better now Than you did before You'll feel better now Well, you might be bored But you're better now And I'll still see you when the lights go out Yea I'll still see you when the lights go out
2.
sunflower 04:00
Sunflower Take me to your room Show me what I wanna see Sunflower Knows I'm alone And sometimes I need company Well, I got someone new now But I'm still thinking of you Oh my little Sunflower She ain't you Summer Rose Roll right in And tell me what I wanna hear Summer Rose And somehow she knows How to talk to me And take away all my fear Yea I got someone new now But I'm still thinking of you Oh my Summer Rose She ain't you Yea I got someone new now But I'm still thinking of you Oh my little Sunflower She ain't you Sunflower Take me to your room Show me what I wanna see Sunflower Knows I'm alone And sometimes I need company
3.
for you 04:09
I could spend all day singing And never find the truth I could spend all my time Just wait around for you And though my bones don't seem to fit This body that I'm in For you I won't tire 'til the end For you I won't tire 'til the end I could easy take all the pain Of any lonesome train And I could take any lie And replace what's in my brain And though your heart may never start Loving me again For you I won't tire 'til the end For you I won't tire 'til the end So, now I take all my troubles And leave this lonesome place And I could any picture of our time together take And though I might never see The morning light again For you I won't tire 'til the end For you I won't tire 'til the end And though I've quit and all my cares Again are left behind For you I would never mind dying For you I would never mind dying
4.
what am i 02:45
Was I birds Singing in your sky Or too afraid to fly Was I dreams Coming all true Or leaving you sad and blue Was I ever forever Or always goodbye now Goodbye now goodbye Yea what am I? Oh what am I? Was I songs Like a lullaby Or the ones that make you cry Was I times To never forget Or hasn't happened yet Was I ever forever Or always goodbye now Goodbye now goodbye Yea what am I? Oh what am I? Was I birds Singing in your sky Or too afraid to fly
5.
lark 03:32
It's well you stand With many diamonds on your hand And your mighty yellow hair shining Strand by wonderful strand And you stare Yea with the wind upon your eyes And like a bright light in the fog Once again you save my life And then you go Singing sweetly like the lark Your song it brings the morning And the green golden leaves upon the ground And you run With your breath upon your tongue And standing proud your golden skin Begins to glow Beneath the sun Yea you run Oh and I can not catch you still For your faster than the flame That blows away that evening chill And then you go Singing sweetly like the lark Your song as beautiful as silence And as soothing as the tide coming in Oh and you go Singing sweetly like the lark Your song it is not mournful It is careful and can never be compared Oh and you go now Singing sweetly like the lark Your heart it is open It is trusting and waiting to be tamed Ah they tell me you're not different But I do believe You are not the same
6.
which bed 03:30
Too many nights On the wrong sides of town Just another way To let you down And too many times On the wrong side of pride Yea just another way To see right from your eyes We can watch it all burn away And call it a fire At the end of hard days But who's gonna love you When I don't Yea which bed will you lie upon Well, the wheels stopped rolling A long time before And I guess we just ain't So fast anymore Well, it's hard and it's hell And covered in dust What once was to have To hold and to trust And we can watch it rain Rise and flood And call it a river If you think that you should But who's gonna love you When I don't Yea which bed will you lie upon And who's gonna love you When I won't Yea which bed will you lie upon Now which bed will you lie upon Yea which bed will you lie upon
7.
bound 03:59
See the moon begin to rise And the evening as it calms Had the color blue in my eyes but Not every star is gonna fall And I don't know Where I can go And I don't know What I can do Yea but when the morning comes a calling I'll be bound for you See the nighttime slowly gone And the glow of sun at dawn See the stains on my broken hands and And a storm that never ends And I don't know Where I can go And I don't know What I can do Yea but when the morning comes a calling I'll be bound for you Yea now when the morning comes a calling I'll be bound for you
8.
list 03:39
You're lying on the couch And you're dreaming All the things That we don't speak about Which might explain Why you were weeping At the amusements When our luck had run out So I'm making a list again this year Just hoping I get what I need Not what I want But is hoping worse than believing You're climbing the walls And you're screaming All the sounds That I hear in my head But that don't explain how you're feeling When we play cops and robbers And I'm dead So I'm making a list again this year Just hoping I get what I need Not what I want But is hoping worse than believing Well, it's two am and it's starting again All the monsters under the bed And those built to last Ghosts of the past Yea now soon they're gonna raise their heads So I'm making a list again this year Just hoping I get what I need Not what I want But is hoping worse than believing Yea is hoping worse than believing
9.
angel blue 03:02
You were blue When I found you You were someone else's too You wore red And I still remember Every single thing you said Yea I don't know If I am able All I know is You're an angel You get mad Then you get sorry You get lonely Then you get sad But you can find A while of smiling And I won't remember When you were unkind Yea I don't know If I am able All I know is You're an angel Yea I don't know If I am able All I know is You're an angel All I know is You're an angel
10.
the line 05:31
If you're down in a dirty desert Or swimming in a salty sea Crying like a wild cat Or just crying after me When you think that you lost everything Just think of me sometime Yea you gotta keep behind the line If you're standing on the platform Just looking down the track Or too far past the signpost And there ain't no turning back When your heart is full of sorrow But tears of joy you're crying Yea ya gotta keep behind the line If you're battered, bruised and broken Or sleeping out in a sack And watching the world around you Just turning from green to black And if you've nothing left to live for And standing on the edge of dyin' You gotta keep behind the line When a heavy winds a howling And your luck is running out But you know you're gonna gamble Well, ya just can't deal without And sometimes when it's raining Oh and dripping down your spine Yea ya gotta keep behind the line When you're headed for the heavens Or standing at the golden gate Waiting at the window While the night's leaning on late And underneath the lamplight Oh when the stars start to shine Yea you gotta keep behind the line And if you're born down in the backstreets With a pair of empty hands And dreaming of your desires And a fistful of future plans When the difference is the distance Between thoughts running in your mind Yea you gotta keep behind the line And until you're kissed with kindness And your hand is pressed in mine Yea you gotta keep behind the line

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released April 4, 2022

All songs written, performed and produced by Alan O'Neill

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Alan O'Neill Athlone, Ireland

Irish alternative folk singer-songwriter and producer blending traditional song structures with ambient soundscapes.
Alan's debut album ‘ghosts of the past’ was released on April 1st 2022.

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