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Wide World
03:59
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I was awake / and you were asleep
I was drowning in worries / a spinning wheel
I turn away from you / 'cause I want to hide
The morning I fear / so I keep it inside
Won't you stay here / call this your home
The world is too wide / to travel alone
Songbirds are singing / to welcome the morning
I see nothing but darkness / that I want to fade in
I don't dare to tell you / in the light of the day
My silly old dreams / they'll scare you away
Won't you stay here / call this your home
The world is too wide / to travel alone
And then you wake up / and reach out your arm
Pull me towards you / and make me feel warm
There's no need for talking / it'll fall into place
And gently your thumb wipes away / the tears from my face
Won't you stay here / call this your home
The world is too wide / to travel alone
Won't you stay here / call this your home
The world is too wide / to travel alone
The world is too wide / to travel alone
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Starlight
03:34
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Put up your tent beneath the glowing of the starlight
Reminds me of year ago
We had to make our camp out in the total darkness
Right in the middle we didn't know
Now I wonder where you are while you're not sleeping in my bed
Put your arms round someone else, tell me where you lay your head
The trees are arrows pointing up against the night sky
And I wish that you were here
To tell me names of planets, stars and constellations
And make my worries disappear
And I wish you could have tried a little harder to be mine
I gave you all I had, and my heart was on the line
Now I wonder where you are while you're not sleeping in my bed
Put your arms round someone else, tell me where you lay your head
I fall asleep surrounded by the conversation
Of other lovers holding tight
With no one else you'd sleep so well with me beside you
And I'm lost without your hand in mine
Now I wonder where you are while you're not sleeping in my bed
Put your arms round someone else, tell me where you lay your head
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3. |
Here Now
04:17
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I am like a child to your lead
The water runs and I am in too deep
The fields are wide and far away the sea
I'm torn like the cotton on your sleeve
And I know not where you were and where you'll be
I know not where you were and where you'll be
But we're here now, we're here now
When October comes you'll set the sails for me
A blackbird bowing down perilously
From branch to branch I'll climb till I can see
When a year has passed, what's fake and what is real
And I know not where you were and where you'll be
I know not where you were and where you'll be
But we're here now, we're here now
It was summer when I first saw your feet
And I liked the way they seemed to fit with me
So I dreamed a path where I thought you would lead
And that is when the bird begins to sing
And I know not where you were and where you'll be
I know not where you were and where you'll be
But we're here now, we're here now
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Nightfall
03:25
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I remember the first time you came to my door
And I told you all my heart was pouring out
I was worrying about the guy that I lived with at the time
And you laughed so loud you chased my fears away
That was thirty months ago in a place I left below
When I followed you all this way
I’ll be home before nightfall and I’ll sleep in your bed
And I dream of all the things we'll never have
I will take my lead from you I will jump in if you do
And I realize how fortunate I am
That I get to call you my friend
And we hear the freight train in the morning
When lightning is coloring the sky
And the cedars in the yard are a million miles apart
And the rain falls but everything stays dry
I’ll be home before nightfall and I’ll sleep in your bed
And I dream of all the things we'll never have
I will take my lead from you I will jump in if you do
And I realize how fortunate I am
That I get to call you my friend
There's a river and it's called the Colorado
And it flows where no riverboat can go
But you know that you and me like the water we are free
So please let me lighten your load
And I’ll be home before nightfall and I’ll sleep in your bed
And I dream of all the things we'll never have
I will take my lead from you I will jump in if you do
And I realize how fortunate I am
That I get to call you my friend
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Nightfall (acoustic)
03:13
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I remember the first time you came to my door
And I told you all my heart was pouring out
I was worrying about the guy that I lived with at the time
And you laughed so loud you chased my fears away
That was thirty months ago in a place I left below
When I followed you all this way
I'll be home before nightfall and I'll sleep in your bed
And I dream of all the things we'll never have
I will take my lead from you I will jump in if you do
And I realize how fortunate I am
That I get to call you my friend
And we hear the freight train in the morning
When lightning is coloring the sky
And the cedars in the yard are a million miles apart
And the rain falls but everything stays dry
I'll be home before nightfall and I'll sleep in your bed
And I dream of all the things we'll never have
I will take my lead from you I will jump in if you do
And I realize how fortunate I am
That I get to call you my friend
There's a river and it's called the Colorado
And it flows where no riverboat can go
But you know that you and me like the water we are free
So please let me lighten your load
And I'll be home before nightfall and I'll sleep in your bed
And I dream of all the things we'll never have
I will take my lead from you I will jump in if you do
And I realize how fortunate I am
That I get to call you my friend
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Wide World (acoustic)
04:07
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I was awake
And you were asleep
I was drowning in worries
A spinning wheel
I turn away from you
'Cause I want to hide
The morning I fear
So I keep it inside
Won't you stay here
Call this your home
The world is too wide
To travel alone
Songbirds are singing
To welcome the morning
I feel nothing but darkness
That I want to fade in
I don't dare to tell you
In the light of the day
My silly old dreams
They'll scare you away
Won't you stay here
Call this your home
The world is too wide
To travel alone
And then you wake up
And reach out your arm
And pull me towards you
Make me feel warm
There's no need for talking
It'll fall into place
And gently your thumb wipes away
The tears from my face
Won't you stay here
Call this your home
The world is too wide
To travel alone
Won't you stay here
Call this your home
The world is too wide
To travel alone
The world is too wide
To travel alone
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Starlight (acoustic)
03:18
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Put up your tent beneath the glowing of the starlight
Reminds me of year ago
We had to make our camp out in the total darkness
Right in the middle we didn't know
Now I wonder where you are while you're not sleeping in my bed
Put your arms round someone else, tell me where you lay your head
The trees are arrows pointing up against the night sky
And I wish that you were here
To tell me names of planets, stars and constellations
And make my worries disappear
And I wish you could have tried a little harder to be mine
I gave you all I had, and my heart was on the line
Now I wonder where you are while you're not sleeping in my bed
Put your arms round someone else, tell me where you lay your head
I fall asleep surrounded by the conversation
Of other lovers holding tight
With no one else you'd sleep so well with me beside you
And I'm lost without your hand in mine
Now I wonder where you are while you're not sleeping in my bed
Put your arms round someone else, tell me where you lay your head
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Laurels (acoustic)
03:22
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Green grow the laurels and soft is the dew
Sad I was darling on parting from you
Perhaps in the future our love will renew
We'll love one another and promise to be true
I passed my love's window both night time and day
I passed my love's window both night time and day
And the looks that he gave me a thousand would slay
And the looks that he gave me a thousand would slay
I wrote my love a letter and he wrote me mine
I wrote my love a letter and he wrote me mine
Saying keep your love letter and I will keep mine
And you write to your love and I'll write to mine
Green grow the laurels and soft is the dew
Sad I was darling on parting from you
Perhaps in the future our love will renew
We'll love one another and promise to be true
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Sophie Janna Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sophie Janna toured the world with her duo The Lasses before she dared to share her own songs on the stage. Vulnerable, honest and captivating, Sophie Janna’s songs deal with being a soft human in a concrete world.
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Some People I Know
by The Brother Brothers
This must surely be one of my favourite albums of the decade. David and Adam are the nicest people around and they make amazing music together.
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Wonderful songs & storytelling from this great inspiration of an artist, Karine Polwart.
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The latest album by my duo The Lasses - would be silly not to recommend, since I'm really proud of what we made!
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