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Helen Reddy
04:24
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She’s counting radio towers as she travels through the darkness
The way she did when she was young
She’s watching red lights flashing, out to the hidden horizon
She feels the air is full of songs, crackling with songs. Static and songs
She’s counting radio towers as she travels through the darkness
The romance of radio at night
She’s watching red lights flashing, out to the hidden horizon
She’s calmer for those flashing lights, that tail off till they’re out of sight
That tail off till they’re out of sight
As the door to their room closes, another door then opens, to a world where only they exist These nights aren’t made for sleeping. These nights are made for melting
Where does she end and he begin? What is her and what is him?
Where does she end and he begin?
As the door to their room closes, another door then opens, to a world where they can live their dreams
These nights aren’t made for sleeping. These nights are made for melting
Made for going to extremes. How they love these motel scenes
Hotel and motel scenes
A young girl listens to Helen Reddy, sees herself as Angie Baby
Her side her radio never leaves
A signal sails across the water, a broadcast from Louisiana
Jamaica picks up New Orleans
Jamaica’s listening in. Jamaica’s listening in
She’s counting radio towers as she travels through the darkness
The way she did when she was young
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2. |
Sorrow Has A Way
06:25
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How do I start to make things better, in the face of the worst thing ever?
This was never going to be pretty. I was always going to feel guilty
You can’t stop crying, and why should you? Though selfishly I wish you could do
Sorrow has a way of stealing. This has got the better of you
But I can be there for you to come back to when you come back. Just come back
I don’t want to replace her love. Oh I just want to do it justice
Let me live up to her love
If I can’t love you as much at least let me love you more than enough. I’m so lucky to have won your love
Let me give you all you deserve. It’s so easy to see why you were everything to her. You’re so easy to love
You’re so easy to love
Longing for some instant distance. But that’s not how it works with grieving
Helpless to do anything but hold you. Through the tears and through the shaking
But I can be there for you to come back to when you come back. Just come back
I don’t want to replace her love. Oh I just want to do it justice
Let me live up to her love
If I can’t love you as much at least let me love you more than enough. I’m so lucky to have won your love
Let me give you all you deserve
It’s so easy to see why you were everything to her. You’re so easy to love
You’re so easy to love
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Holding you in the morning
Listening to the rhythm of your breathing
Fulfilling such a need
you’re everything to me
Don’t worry what people
Say, let them gossip, let them guess
No one should feel guilty
For finding happiness
Happiness
We’re so fragile at times
Now there’s no kissing goodnight
Back to back lying awake
Instead of putting things right
When silence falls between us
All we do is miss each other
When the touch of lightness leaves us
All we feel‚s a lack of shelter
A lack of shelter
But you‚re not going to lose me
I’m not going anywhere
This is not the beginning of the end
Feeling your fingers on me
Skin touching skin
If a defence is what we need
Look no further than what we’re feeling
When I‚m thinking of you
I hope that you can feel it
Don’t worry what people say
Let them guess, let them gossip
Let them gossip
But you‚re not going to loose me.
I’m not going anywhere
This is not the beginning of the end
Holding you in the morning
Listening to the rhythm of your breathing
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4. |
Moonlight On Snow
04:43
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Wintertime is our time. The low sun flickering through railings
Piccadilly and coffee cups. Looking through the eyes of love
Wintertime is our time. Moonlight on snow. It’s where we were born, it’s home
It’s where we were born, it’s home
And now that you’re finally in my arms to stay, there is no ache
No longing, no sense of loss, when the cold air whispers all about us
Of you of me, of us
A bench by the channel. A cave by a castle
Places we tried to say goodbye. Someone new to miss
A tentative gift. The first butterflies, the first butterflies
And now that you’re finally in my arms to stay, there is no ache
No longing, no sense of loss, when the cold air whispers all about us
Of you of me, of us
That promise I made, I was never going to keep it.
Wasn’t there always hope? Or is that just me, rewriting history?
Is it easy to say that now, there’s no taxi cab to bring us down?
Now that the time that’s ours doesn’t have to feel like it’s running out
And now that you’re finally in my arms to stay, there is no ache
No longing, no sense of loss, when the cold air whispers all about us
Of you of me, of us
Moonlight on snow
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I won’t bring things up, if upon them you don’t touch
If that‚s what you want, it’s whatever you want
I couldn’t be more clear, how day or night I’m here
So we’ll leave it there, we’ll leave it there
Just never stop singing your song
I hadn’t heard it in so long
And if I handle you with care
It doesn’t mean I don’t think you are strong
You say don‚t worry, but how can I not?
When once you were everything, and then some more
I can’t promise not to worry, only not to scratch beneath
The skin that is so thin, when it comes to me
Just don’t forget it’s everything
That you’re not like everyone
And never stop your singing
You’re as good as people come
Whatever we have seen, it’s just you and me, I haven’t gone
You’re right to believe, I’ll always keep you safe from harm
I’ll always keep you safe from harm
I won’t bring things up, if upon them you don’t touch
If that’s what you want, it’s whatever you want
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All Eternal Things
04:36
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Although there is now hope, embers of sadness still glow
Something hasn’t quite flown
But I know you’re there to catch me now
All eternal things, the moon, the sea, the turning leaves, speak to something within
And you, ease the longing too
My reason. My sunlight. My lifeline
All eternal things and you, how this frightened heart they soothe
You and the seasons will pull me through
Will calm and comfort, and always be beautiful
You and the seasons will pull me through
I know you won’t let go of the string
I know you won’t let this kite be taken by the wind
All eternal things and you, how this frightened heart they soothe
You and the seasons will pull me through
Will calm and comfort, and always be beautiful
You and the seasons will pull me through
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The Sea Is So Quiet
03:38
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The loneliness of a single light in the distance
Everything bathed in blue
The sea and the night, and a heart that just might break in two
The North Sea meets the Atlantic
Lucky seashells, mermaid’s purses
The sea and the night, and a heart that just might, face a little crisis
Don’t let this spell be broken. This is nothing less than perfection
Don’t let this haunting stillness lift
It’s enough to make you believe
Enough to make you believe everything‚s alright with the world tonight, it’s a place of good deeds
A place of good deeds
There’s no betrayal of any sign of violence, but a small boat could get swallowed
And the music that this seascape makes could be blown away
The music that this seascape makes could be blown away
Don’t let this spell be broken. This is nothing less than perfection
Don’t let this haunting stillness lift
It’s enough to make you believe
Enough to make you believe everything is alright with the world tonight, it’s a place of good deeds
A place of good deeds
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8. |
All I'm Doing Is Losing
04:54
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You don’t know how close you came
You know I think of you as mine
But what we had you’ll have again
And don’t think that I won’t mind
I waited at the airport gate
Till your plane began to move
Then I couldn’t stand it anymore
So I walked away from you
That’s when I walked away from you
And if you believe I‚m gaining a friend
You’ll believe anything
All I’m doing is losing
All I’m doing is losing
I loved being held on that corner
I miss the dream from which I’ve awoken
You made me feel both lost and home
Now all I feel is broken
All the places we hid love
All the places we let it flourish
All the rubbish that I spoke
Hoping you wouldn’t notice
Hoping you wouldn’t notice
And if you believe I’m gaining a friend
You’ll believe anything
All I’m doing is losing
All I’m doing is losing
When you called me from New York
you sounded so far away
It wasn’t distance put to good use
Like when we looked over L.A.
At least I’ve had such moments
Been held to the sound of waves
Stars appearing over the ocean
But you were always slipping away
You were always slipping away
And if you believe I’m gaining a friend
You’ll believe anything
All I’m doing is losing
All I’m doing is losing
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One Prayer Answered
05:22
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If I could have just one wish granted
If I could have just one prayer answered
This would be that wish, this would be that prayer
Nothing bad must happen to her
Let me take the time to tell her
Everything that I should tell her
How I need her more and more, how I’m glad she came along
And how I know we’ve found where we belong
And how I know we’ve found where we belong
Nothing bad must happen to her
In the cell of the night
Holding on so tight
Thinking this is all we want for the rest of our lives
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10. |
Further To Fall
04:13
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This heart has found it’s place
It’s yours to keep, it’s yours for always
And if you must, it’s yours to break
Just don’t send me away
I always need to see your face
From the first I was lost, and to the last I’ll be yours
There’s not another soul out there, not anywhere, I could belong to now we’ve met
What’s the use of second best?
And if I need you more than is sane, let that be the case
I need your touch, I need your kiss
I’m only OK when it’s you I’m with
With every goodbye we waste a little more time
One person in the entire world
You don’t need anything else
We’re filling our pockets up with moments that could turn on us
That could really sting someday
Don’t let our time be of the borrowed kind
Instead let us escape
Let’s you and I escape
And if I need you more than is sane, let that be the case
Just what is there apart from you and me? Save me don’t set me free
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11. |
Last Port Of Call
05:44
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We may be far away
We may be long ago
Still I remember everything and
Never ever think I don’t
You come back to me
Over and again
In dreams and memories
You dance back in
Nothing will ever change all you are
Nothing could ever dim, dim your star
I still think of you every day
You’re still with me every step of the way
I remember whispering while you were sleeping
I don’t want you to go
Can’t you see it’s all for show?
I guess I hated you when you went away
Of course I loved you all the same
Is it true your soul has seen too much?
If I was any help, I wasn’t nearly enough
Should I have been the one to calm the storm?
Should I have been your last port of call?
Should I have shown you the Eastern sky?
Should I have shown you first light?
We will never be together again
But we’ll be alright in our new lives
I may not be yours, nor you mine
But a dancer born on a winter’s day will find her place
She’ll be everything again
For who could fail to see what’s blinding?
Should I have shown you the Eastern sky?
Should I have shown you first light?
I remember the thrill I’d get
On my way to meet you
A pounding my chest could hardly contain
Walking those London streets
Heading for Euston
To see you step down from your train
Should I have been the one to calm the storm?
Should I have been your last port of call?
Your last port of call. Your last port of call
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12. |
Kensington Gardens
05:30
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Kensington Gardens fixes everything
When you’re all I see
When the world slips away
Kensington Gardens fixes everything. Fixes everything. Always
You spend so much time away from me
But you’re here with me
So let’s give no thought to sorrow
We spend so much time wanting this
So let’s forget we can’t always have it
Everyone’s looking for something that matters and we matter
To be known is everything
Everyone’s looking for something that matters
Tell me again of the jukebox girl
And her dollar, and her ten plays
Waiting to hear her songs come on
I love her and all that she became
Everyone’s looking for something that matters and we matter
To be known is everything
Everyone’s looking for something that matters
I know you and you know me
Kensington Gardens fixes everything
Fall asleep with me with the sun on your face
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