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The Yellow Clock
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The Yellow Clock
Place the ring on the table
Push your cares from your mind
Put your head down on the pillow
Though sleep is hard to find
And the yellow clock is ticking
Is it counting you down?
And the photos on the dresser
watch the paintings on the wall
All those smiling faces tell you
well I guess you’ve read them all
And the yellow clock is ticking
is it counting you down?
And the colours take your dreams from you
Fresh flowers, still, they sit in view
And your heart knows what love can do
And you need love, yes you need love
You see your mothers’ books still sitting
On the shelf now by the door
Her glasses there beside them
And her shoes now on the floor
And the yellow clock is ticking
Is it counting you down?
The yellow clock is ticking
Is it counting you down?
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This Heart of Mine Is a Blind Blind Fool
This heart of mine
is a blind blind fool
It just takes one smile
to break this lovers rule
A single glance
And I can cross the line
A careless touch
and I'm out of time
It may be a gentle game
of playing two
But it could turn this man
away from you
So I don’t kiss the girls
and no I don’t kiss the boys
I've got a blind blind love
and that love is you
(Add the backing singers sing:)
So he don’t kiss the girls
and no he don’t kiss the boys
He’s got a blind blind love
and that love is you
But if they catch my eye
Just know it’s true
I keep my love at home
and my kissin’ too
For this heart of mine
May be a blind blind fool
Got one true love
And that love is you
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Tell the devil I’ve stole his crown of pain
Come follow me, let me hold your hand
let me wipe away, the tears you understand
that I will listen to the tale, you call your shame
He's a heartless man, as cruel as Cain
You turn your back, he lies just the same
This man has a gift, he’s born with the devils charm
This man has a gift, he’s born with the devils charm, my dear
This man has a gift, he’s born with the devils charm
Now the money saved, is in your purse
Enough to leave, and break this deadly curse
So come with me, and we'll walk together now
Take your brothers coat, he’ll miss it true
but if you stay he’ll miss his sister too
To save his name don’t ever try to pay him back
To save his name don’t ever try to pay him back
To save his name don’t ever try to pay him back
These scissors cut deeper than you think my dear
these scissors cut deeper than you think
We’ll be far away and you’ll be mine
We'll see the beauty that is our time
So we join together, pray together, as one
But understand that I saved your life
understand that you owe me this tonight
And tell the devil that I’ve stole his crown of pain
And tell the devil I’ve stole his crown of pain, my dear
And tell the devil I’ve stole his crown of pain
And tell the devil I’ve stole his crown of pain, my dear
And tell the devil I’ve stole his crown of pain
And tell the devil I’ve stole his crown of pain, my dear
And tell the devil that I’ve stole, I’ve stole, I’ve stole, his crown of pain
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The Holy Ghost
03:23
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The Holy Ghost
His shoes were clean
His head held high
Was the girl a fool
To catch his eye
And so the priest explains
The Holy Ghost
His bread his wine
Her heart her blood
And all her hopes
He chose to sit
She chose to kneel
She closed her eyes
But she saw him still
And so the priest explains
The Holy Ghost
His bread his wine
Her heart her blood
And all her hopes
The law, the judge
Have had their say
The fallen son
Sent home to pray
His shoes were clean
His head held high
Was the girl a fool
To catch his eye
The door's now closed
The bells don’t ring
But the organ sounds
And the sisters sing
The priest explains
The Holy Ghost
His bread his wine
Her heart her blood
And all her hopes
Her heart her blood
And the Holy Ghost
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Jim Byrne Glasgow, UK
Glasgow based Jim Byrne is an accomplished folk blues guitar player and songwriter. Jim is a recording artist with Fox Star
Records.
He has released 4 critically acclaimed albums since going solo in 2008. ‘The Innocent’ and ‘Every Day is Sunshine’ where particularly well received by listeners and press alike (Q Magazine, UNCUT, Maverick, The Daily Record, Folk Blues and Beyond, Spiral Earth).
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