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Home
03:04
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I want a home
Not just a place to lay my head
I want a home
Where someone’s sleeping in my bed
A tap that drips in perfect time with all my peaceful dreams
I want a home
Somewhere to belong
I want a home
I’ve been moving far too long
Jumble sales and bicycles and books I’ve never read
I want a home
Shroud me in the night
I want a home
The cracks will only show the light
The dawn, the birds, the empty streets and rain upon the ground
Oh, I’ve lived a life for people I have known
Holding on while others’ hopes become my own
I want a home
Not just a place to lay my head
I want a home
Where someone’s sleeping in my bed
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2. |
My Friend
04:22
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Sun’s gone down, fire’s been lit
It’s been one hell of a year
Tried my best, “heaven blessed”
Longing to have you near
Got your note, the one you wrote
To say things got out of hand
I’d been meaning to ask how your Father is
And did you move to the city like you planned?
And I know we’ve been talking all night, my friend
But stay with me, oh, stay with me
Turn a phrase, hold your gaze
Study each line on your face
Spinning tales we’ve told before
As the evening fades from our view
And I know we’ve been talking all night, my friend
But stay with me, oh, stay with me
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3. |
Shades of Gloria
04:55
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I am going to the country
Going down that verdant lane
With nothing but a whistle in my hand
And a pocket full of rain
And can you hear that distant sound
Coming down the West Clare railway?
And running with the shades of Gloria
The wind is full of memories
That murmur and sigh
Hills lie in the foaming grass of Clare
Below the cold moon's eye
But you should come and see them now
When they are on fire
And running with the shades of Gloria
And the waves roll at the headland
When the tide is rising there
And here there is starlight falling
Down on the hills of Clare
I knew them when I was hungry
And I knew them when I was scared
To go running with the shades of Gloria
And I am going to the country
Where Miko in his prime
Weaves a thread of melody
In his own sweet time
And you can hear him sing and whistle
Any time you care
To go running with the shades of Gloria
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4. |
I'm Not Going Anywhere
03:26
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Don’t close the curtain
I won’t hear your prayer
I’ll see you tomorrow
I’m not going anywhere
I know you'll see me
In the mirror on the stairs
We’re always together
I‘m not going anywhere
And when you go to sleep tonight
Don’t you let the bed bugs bite
I’ll be with you till morning light
You’ll light a candle
And wish I was there
But I’ll never leave you
I’m not going anywhere
And when you go to sleep tonight
Don’t you let the bed bugs bite
I’ll be with you till morning light
I’m in the sunset
Birdsong in the air
I will surround you
I’m not going anywhere
What are goodbyes for?
And each empty each chair
Forever beside you
I’m not going anywhere
Forever beside you
I’m not going anywhere
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5. |
Hard Times
04:10
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Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times, come again no more
'Tis a song, a sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh, hard times, come again no more
There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away
With a worn heart, whose better days are o'er
Though her voice should be merry, 'tis breaking all the day
Oh, hard times, come again no more
‘Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave
‘Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
‘Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
Oh, hard times come again no more
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6. |
Take It With Me
04:17
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Phone's off the hook
No one knows where we are
It's a long time since I drank champagne
The ocean is blue
As blue as your eyes
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
Old long since gone
Now way back when
We lived in Coney Island
Ain't no good thing ever dies
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
Far far away a train whistle blows
Wherever you're goin’, wherever you've been
Waving goodbye at the end of the day
You're up and you're over and you're far away
Always for you, and forever yours
It felt just like the old days
We fell asleep on Beaula's porch
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
All broken down by the side of the road
I was never more alive or alone
I've worn the faces off all the cards
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
Children are playing at the end of the day
Strangers are singing on our lawn
It's got to be more than flesh and bone
All that you've loved is all that you own
In a land there's a town
And in that town there’s a house
And in that house there is a woman
And in that woman there's a heart I love
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
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7. |
She Must Be Mad
03:39
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She must be mad, she doesn’t have a care at all
She must be mad, she doesn’t have a care at all
While she’s reaching for the stars, I’m just trying not to fall
She must be mad, see her dance among the flames
She must be mad, see her dance among the flames
While I watch fearful from afar, I know she can’t be tamed
She must be mad to give her heart away
She must be mad to give her heart away
While she gives herself so freely, I’m still waiting for the day
She must be mad not to see all we can see
She must be mad not to see all we can see
Well that’s maybe what she’s thinking when she looks at me
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8. |
Kaleidoscope
03:47
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Your clock sits on the mantel now
Counting down the day
Black and white, in pictures proud
I think of you this way
Today is a kaleidoscope
It’s hard to see the view
Dazzling hues of red and gold
Mar my thoughts of you
Hours go by without one word
I thought I heard you laugh
We sailed around the South of France
In a better life long past
I heard a song, an old refrain
It led me from this place
I felt the breeze of summer air
Across my younger face
Grabbing life in moments
I dance and take your hand
Keep driving until morning
We’re nearly there, we disappear in the sand
Hours go by without one word
I thought I heard you laugh
We sailed around the South of France
In a better life long past
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9. |
Scotland Yet
04:34
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Gie noo a thocht to what we hae, in this land o’ the leal
The Hielan glen, the Doric stream, the fertile Lowland field
They seem tae offer different views when looked at from within
Can strangers be the only eyes tae see us a’ as yin?
The choice will be upon us soon tae set oor destiny
And I’ll drink a toast tae Scotland yet, whatever yet may be
Oor mither tongue spoke different ways that past tae present ties
Each separate and yet entwined is where oor real strength lies
For should one strand unwind itself, the others tae forsake
Then a’ would be forever lost fur a’ the strands would break
The choice will be upon us soon tae set oor destiny
And I’ll drink a toast tae Scotland yet, whatever yet may be
While we still seek to blame oor woes and pains on someone else
We’ll never hae the strength tae solve oor problems for oorsels
In truth we fought each other mair, learn this from oor past
Then together we can choose fur oorsels at last
The choice will be upon us soon tae set oor destiny
And I’ll drink a toast tae Scotland yet, whatever yet may be
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10. |
Comes the Hour
02:12
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Who will take this heart of mine
As fragile as a flower?
Who will stand or turn away
When it comes the hour?
Who will take this love of mine
Hidden now in torment?
Who will nurture knowing all
When it comes the moment?
Who will take this trembling hand?
Lead me in this dance now
Hold me close or watch me fall
Who will take the chance now?
Who will trade a sacred kiss
When love has been my crime?
Who will trust love knowing this
When it comes the time?
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Hannah Rarity Glasgow, UK
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"a gorgeous thing"
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Combining sublime vocal timbre and uncanny interpretive empathy, Rarity ranks as one of Scotland’s finest young singers, having toured internationally with US supergroup Cherish the Ladies as well as appearing and recording w RSNO, Blazin’ Fiddles, Rura & Niteworks.
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