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Except My Love For You
03:44
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EXCEPT MY LOVE FOR YOU
I'm losing everything.
I'm losing everything,
Except my love for you.
The Queen and I, we both want to retire.
The Queen and I, we both want to retire.
But who will rule when we are gone?
Four and twenty baked in a pie,
Black birds who had to die.
But why am I a blackbird in your eyes?
The Meadowlark makes a mournful call,
When he says 'hello' to the early fall.
But now he sings his song for nothing at all.
I'm losing everything.
I'm losing everything,
Except my love for you,
Except my love for you.
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ACROSS THE NORWOOD BRIDGE
Across the Norwood Bridge,
In the clear spring morning sun,
We walked downtown, Ross and me,
For the mystery and the miles and miles of fun.
Above the highway sounds,
To the traffic's roar, we sang our song.
Our dreams unfold, one by one.
In harmony, we helped ourselves along.
Alive and without fear,
Through the door left open wide,
We stepped outside to wonder why.
From the banks we watched the muddy Red roll by.
Dream on boys.
Dream on boys.
Dream about those golden summers,
And the tear-filled winter nights.
Dream of friendships won in glory,
And of women lost in love.
Dream on boys.
I love the never-ending sight,
Of young faces shining bright.
We lived and loved, loud and clear,
In the fiery dawn, and the purple magic night.
Across the Norwood Bridge,
In the clear spring morning sun,
We walked downtown, Ross and me,
For the mystery and the miles and miles of fun.
Dream on boys
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3. |
Angel of Truth
03:54
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ANGEL OF TRUTH
Heard mother saying
What she had dreamed
The day the devils came
The devils came for me
Don't wanna hear it
It can't be true
Can't bear to thinkin'
Of them taking you.
Swim up the river
Hard as you can
While I hold your head up
They can call me a man.
She moves mysteriously
Hallelujah, hallelujah
She moves mysteriously
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Halle lu hu hu jah
Cling to it dearly
To the holy throne
She'll pitch right in
You can't do it alone
Angel of Truth
Stands with a frown
Keep on deceiving
And they'll drag you down
She moves mysteriously
Hallelujah, hallelujah
She moves mysteriously
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Halle lu hu hu jah
Heard mother saying
What she had dreamed
The day the devils came
The devils came for me
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4. |
Hopelessly Lost In Love
02:51
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HOPELESSLY LOST IN LOVE
Verse 1:
Old has been romance,
Keeps a rollin’ on.
Baby keeps it easy.
I keep it strong.
Verse 2:
Live for each other,
That’s the race we run.
Nothing comes between us,
Nothing and no one.
Chorus:
Time and circumstances change,
But love remains our one desire.
It’s a secret in our hearts;
I couldn’t start to tell you why,
We’re hopelessly lost in love
Verse: 3
Kate was born in the springtime,
Followed soon by Paul,
Bringing us the message;
That love never dies at all.
Verse 4:
Joy was born in September
October brought us Lew
Beth warmed up our winter
And now Peggy is with us too!
Chorus:
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5. |
Mercy Mild
03:43
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MERCY MILD
Intro:
In so many ways, I've wasted my days.
You could say I deserve what I get
Still I'm faced with past dealing, with terrible feelings
Of guilt, and or loss and regret
I've managed to burn through
The saints and the saviours I knew
So father time, mother love
I turn once more sadly to you
Verse:
Mercy Mild
Why don't you come to me, tap on my shoulder?
Mercy Mild
I'm growing older, make me a child
Chorus:
I've been living in the shadows
I want to stand in the light
I've been wandering in the wilderness
I wanna come inside
Verse:
The hurt inside
Why will it never, never me over?
My heart is tired
Tired of the passion, tired of the pride
Chorus:
Mercy Mild
Why don't you come to me, tap on my shoulder?
Mercy Mild
I'm growing older, make me a child
Make me a child
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7. |
No Thanks (Spoken)
04:51
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ANGEL OF TRUTH
Heard mother saying
What she had dreamed
The day the devils came
The devils came for me
Don't wanna hear it
It can't be true
Can't bear to thinkin'
Of them taking you.
Swim up the river
Hard as you can
While I hold your head up
They can call me a man.
She moves mysteriously
Hallelujah, hallelujah
She moves mysteriously
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Halle lu hu hu jah
Cling to it dearly
To the holy throne
She'll pitch right in
You can't do it alone
Angel of Truth
Stands with a frown
Keep on deceiving
And they'll drag you down
She moves mysteriously
Hallelujah, hallelujah
She moves mysteriously
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Halle lu hu hu jah
Heard mother saying
What she had dreamed
The day the devils came
The devils came for me
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8. |
Grad 1968 (Spoken)
06:29
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John Hodgert Winnipeg, Manitoba
John Hodgert is a retired financier, published novelist, poet and musician. Except My Love For You is a selection of songs and readings from the novel of the same name - available on request. Picnic in the Heart contains songs inspired by John's poetry collection of the same name - also available on request. Find more of John's music at www.youtube.com/channel/UC15UEarzvyUc_cMiZ_WoO6A/featured. ... more
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