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try
03:06
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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
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2. |
sunflower
04:00
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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
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3. |
for you
04:09
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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
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4. |
what am i
02:45
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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
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5. |
lark
03:32
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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
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6. |
which bed
03:30
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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
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7. |
bound
03:59
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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
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8. |
list
03:39
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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
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9. |
angel blue
03:02
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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
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10. |
the line
05:31
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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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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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