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When the Whistle Blows
04:06
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WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS
DOWN TOOLS AND HEAD FOR HOME
IT’S BEEN LIKE THIS AS LONG AS I REMEMBER
WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS
DOWN TOOLS AND HEAD FOR HOME
BUT IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE THIS FOREVER
WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS
MEN ARE WORKING HARD
PRETTY CLOSE TO MY BACKYARD
OVER THE BRIDGE AND UNDER THE GIANTS
MEN ARE WORKING HARD
PRETTY CLOSE TO MY BACKYARD
WHEN IT’S OVER THEY’LL FEED YOU TO THE LIONS
YOU’VE BEEN DRINKING AGAIN
I GUESS YOU’LL NEVER LEARN
YOU CAN’T SLEEP AWAY THIS PAIN
YOU’VE BEEN DRINKING AGAIN
BURIED IN A BOTTLE YEAH
YOU WON’T SLEEP AWAY THIS PAIN
SO YOU HEAD FOR HOME
WITH A STRAY DOG HOWLING AT YOUR DOOR
YOU’RE ON THE FLOOR COS YOU CAN’T SLEEP AT ALL
YOU’VE BEEN WORKING HARD
NOW THEY’RE GOING TO CLOSE THE YARD
OVER THE BRIDGE AND IN THE GATE NO MORE
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2. |
Raging Sea
06:01
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Watch you sail away like a raging sea
You being angry at you for being angry at me
Don’t know just what I’ve done
I was only having fun
Until it was wrong
Can’t imagine a world without you in it
I need a breath just give me a minute
Can’t figure out who I’m blaming on it
But me. Just blame it on me
Color’s gone, color blind, deaf and dumb
Lost love, lost mind and the sun is gone
I shouldn’t be the only one to feel this way
June comes, june goes and the winter moon is here
And the only thing that soothes is if the clouds don’t clear
The dogs don’t bite as hard as they’re barking
But I feel this time my skin is broke
Sometimes it comes but it don’t leave a mark
Though I think this time my heart is broke
Watch you sailing back across the ocean
Are you coming back for love or another piece of emotion
The smile on your face completely disarms me
You come in close and put your arms around me
I’m still not believing
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3. |
Alternative Ulster
03:22
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Nothin' for us in Belfast. The Pound's so old it's a pity
Ok, there's the Trident in Bangor, then walk back to the city
We ain't got nothin' but they don't really care
They don't even know you know
Just want our money we can take it or leave it
What we need is
An Alternative Ulster
Grab it and change it it's yours
Get an Alternative Ulster
Ignore the bores and their laws
Get an Alternative Ulster
Be an anti-security force
Alter your native Ulster Alter your native land
Take a look where you're livin' you got the Army on your street
And the RUC dog of repression is barking at your feet
Is this the kind of place you wanna live?
Is this where you wanna be?
Is this the only life we're gonna have?
What we need is
They say they've got control of you
But that's not true you know
They say they're a part of you
And that's a lie you know
They say you will never be
Free free free
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4. |
Split Nationality
03:50
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5. |
Teenage Kicks
03:18
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Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
Every time she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over 'cause I'm all alone
I need excitement, oh, I need it bad
And it's the best I've ever had
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right
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6. |
Danny Boy
06:01
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Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the roses falling
It's you, it's you, must go and I must bide
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh, Danny boy, oh, Danny boy, I love you so
But when ye come and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead and dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an 'Ave' there for me
And I shall hear tho' soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be
For you will bend and tell me that you love me
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me
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7. |
Except For Losing You
05:28
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Did you hear they’re coming back
It’s as if they never left us, as if they never left anyway
They come back every single day
And my chest feels so alive
My chest it also hurts, my chest it also hurts
Oh, I could die
Inside they’re so alive
Did I leave you
Did I leave you all behind
Or, did you leave me
Did you leave me here to die
And if you’re thinking that I’m running
Oh, well, you might be right
Did it come, did it go
Did I rescue your soul
I never meant to fly away
Least-ways not without you and I always made excuses
Up to now
Of how I never had a choice
But if I could write to you
This is what I’d say, this is what I’d say, I’ve no regrets
Oh, except for losing you
I was nothing. I was nothing without you
There’s no excuse now, let’s try to understand
And you’d cry, you’d cry, and say you’re so alone
Oh, and I, and I, and I’d come running home
I was always there
I’d still be if I could
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8. |
Keep Off The Rain
03:35
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Pull my head back out of the water and ask the question once again
Then you hold me down for the longest time
When my answer’s just the same
I could float downstream if I let it go, lose all the dreams I know
Caught up in a lie
Out there in the flow
It’s crazy that they’re shutting down
Everything that’s good all around town
I’m looking for the old and the push and the shove
And of how it grows from nothing but love
A part of me dies once I know
Why you backed down from all you told
Did you not believe how hard it was to face
The meter and the line they waver still
I never promised, but I always will
It hurts too much to put it in its place
It’s darkness for the most of us
Oh all the rain we can’t keep off
In around amongst ourselves
It’s a notion worth reminding
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9. |
Sonny's Dream
04:35
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Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space
Take off your shoes, stay out of the race
Lay down your head, on a soft river bed
Sonny always remembers the words Mamma says.
Sonny don’t go away, I’m here all alone
Your Daddy’s a sailor, never comes home,
Nights are so long, silence goes on,
I’m feeling so tired and not all that strong
Sonny works on the land, though he’s barely a man
There’s not much to do but he does what he can
Sits by his window in his room by the stairs
Watching the waves drifting soft on the pier.
And it’s a hundred miles to town, Sonny’s never been there
And he goes to the highway and stands there and stares
And the mail comes at four and the mailman is old
Oh, but he still has his dreams, full of silver and gold.
Many years have rolled on, Sonny’s old and alone
His Daddy the sailor, never came home
Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been
But from the grave Mamma still haunts his dreams.
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10. |
Not Getting Out
03:36
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Would you please take the time to ease my mind
Of the worry I find
Every time I turn around
I see a sea of faces going places
Whatever your taste is
They’re marching for your freedom
A decline in understanding is
A rise in inflammation of my
Guile and it’s the reason I’m running
Heart and it’s the reason that I’m scared
Oh, and hope
That I’m not the only one
With a reason to fear
We’re not getting out of here
Tap me on the shoulder, or push me over
But now that I’m older
I don’t take that sitting down
And oh, they’re turning over cars
Breaking windows in bars
Setting fire to the street
Or are they singing - Beautiful singing
Oh, we’re righting wrongs
And we’re singing songs
And so we fight, so we don’t have to fight
Oh for things deserved
In this troubled world
And so together we are stronger than we were
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Leslie Rich Minneapolis, Minnesota
Belfast born singer-songwriter, Leslie Rich grew up listening to a mix of punk, acoustic songwriters and traditional Celtic music. Inspired by artists like Luka Bloom and Throwing Muses, Leslie became a hard working solo performer in the bar scene. He founded the Rocket Soul Choir in 1994, mainly as an acoustic response to the heavy, guitar-driven, Irish bands cropping up at that time ... more
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