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Song and Dance

by Bluebyrd

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1.
'Song and Dance' The day's too short to stare at the horizon Waiting for your ship to come in Placing safe bets at the table On a game you can never lose or win Keeping your cards truly hidden Waiting for the dealer's hand to turn Even stakes keep you safe from bleeding Nothing’s lost but nothing’s really learned You’ve got to dance like there’s no tomorrow Sing the song like you just don’t care 'Cause when the day is done At the setting sun We disappear And just your song and dance will still be here Inch along a mealy stem to nowhere As the butterfly soars up and cuts the blue In this spec of life that’s gone in a flutter Deep down you know what you' gotta do You’ve got to wake up step out those shadows Let the world see what you can do Don’t wait for another tomorrow Tomorrow ain't going to wait for you You’ve got to dance like there’s no tomorrow Sing the song like you just don’t care 'Cause when the day is done At the setting sun We disappear And just your song and dance will still be here (Middle solo ) You’ve got to dance like there’s no tomorrow Sing the song like you just don’t care 'Cause when the day is done At the setting sun We disappear And just your song and dance will still be here You’ve got to dance like there’s no tomorrow Sing the song like you just don’t care 'Cause when the day is done At the setting sun We disappear And just your song and dance will still be here will still be here just your song and dance will still be here song and dance
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Crystals 02:49
'Crystals' Runs through the rough end of town Where your feet daren't touch the ground That’s the place that she is found When she needs crystals What costume shall the poor girl where? What colour shall she paint her hair? Got to look right when she’s there For the crystals And when the world just isn’t right When she’s too scared to think She’ll hold on to them oh so tight 'Till it’s alright Ask her where her money’s gone She’ll tell you she ain't got none Ask her what she’s spent it on lots of crystals lots of crystals Trust your intuition Choose what’s best for you Let it bathe in moonlight Let it filter through Don't trust geology That’s too much science for me It’s all spirituality When you choose crystals So off she goes back on the train To the same old place again The only things that keep her sane Are the crystals And when the world just isn’t right When we’re too scared to think I'll hold on to you oh so tight 'Till it’s alright She needs crystals She needs crystals We need crystals I need crystals
3.
Siren Song 03:59
'Siren song' I heard Siren's song Led me from right to wrong I gave everything Just to hear Siren sing Don’t blame me, it was the tune, blame it on the band They just plugged and struck this chord it took me by the hand I couldn't stop , I had to join, I had to play along That was decades past I first heard the Siren's song slave to the Siren's song Thought I'd lost a day But I’d sung my life away All those years gave From the child To the grave Parents lock your kids away plug wax into their ears Do not let them hear the song that robs you of your years For once they taste this fruit your children's souls will belong To those who play and dance and sing to the siren's song She gives no respite I sing for her from dawn to night All my time I gave Now I’m Siren's slave
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'Sing me the song' Sing me the song that will make me sleep tonight Sing it to me low Sing it to me light Send it’s sweet whisper to kiss weary eyes Sing it to me low Sing it to me light Give me the tune that will take me by the hand Pull me from the sea Rest me on the sand Rail at those roarers then steer me inland Pull me from the sea Rest me on the sand Just like the brook that finds its way back down to the sea The song will find our tuneless voice and teach us harmony Serenade my soul with verse poets' penned Melody heal Melody mend Sing the hymn that makes the ache in our hearts end Melody shall heal Melody shall mend Hum me that tune that takes me through the night Sing me from the dark Sing me to the light Make the airs lay to rest the steely storm's might Sing me from the dark Sing me to the light Just like the brook that finds its way back down to the sea The song will find our tuneless voice and teach us harmony
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'Where does the river flow?' I’m looking at a dark sky Thinking on a sunrise Dreaming of years yet to be Not knowing where we’re going Where the rivers flowin' The safe bets still on you and me So take your tarot cards And hide them in the back yard Where does the river flow? Where does the river flow? Cos I cant answer that anymore Where does the river flow Where does all that water go? No one around here knows for sure The crystal ball's been shattered As if it really mattered So through all those smithereens away And don’t give me predictions About some dirt track to perdition The fool's always got the most to say So if you want your tea leaves read I’m sorry but going off to bed Where does the... I know that I'm here for you And you are here for me We don’t know what’s coming next So why can’t we just be I’ll tell you what’s a safe bet I’ll be looking at that sunset And you’ll be watching it with me But don’t trust intuition Or fool hearted premonition I’m clueless, getting older, as you can see And if you want to read my palms I might just take up arms Where does...
6.
Rock Pool 03:44
'Rock Pool' Rock pool Lost in it’s time Without a care Sedated By dancing light That holds me there And if I could I would stay here Stay here and while the days away I know I should I should be here here forever and a day Rock pool Sifting sands Take me anywhere Captured It’s ragged calm Has caught me in its snare The surf's roar Is far away It's raging voice you seems to quell A troubled world Is kept at bay As I rest inside your dappled drowsy spell
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'Babe, it’s me and you' There, you sit away from me We may be worlds apart But this thing will be through So listen to your heart We both know what is true Babe, it’s me and you We know the song remains the same So we won’t change the chords Or add some dumb refrain This harmony’s for two For us to rehearse through Babe, it’s me and you We know that we’re in this together So keep that in your heart This is a storm That we’re gonna weather It will never ever break us Cut us or divide us Knock us down Or tear our love apart So why you asking out the door Saying this day is done That there’s a better view Past this setting sun We both know that’s not true Babe, it’s me and you We know we’re in this together... Here I sit, I wait For your long distance call And when you get through I know that you'll recall What we always knew Babe, it’s me and you
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'I ain’t got a ticket to ride' I ain’t got a ticket to ride When you wake up in the morning it will still be me that you’re lying beside I forgot to draw up a master plan I just crashed out on your sofa, woke up in the morning and here I still am I just stumbled forward Ambition outside Nothing to declare Nothing to hide No place to be Nothing to confide I ain’t got a ticket to ride I never thought to bring a map with me I just followed the stars, I got here on time (approximately) And did you think back then that you’d hear me say “Remember that time, so long ago, seems like yesterday” Now we stumble forward Ambition outside Nothing to declare Nothing to hide No place to be Nothing to confide We ain’t got a ticket to ride Hey don’t you dream of all those ‘could be’s’ Forget the journeys that you never made The grass is never really greener They’re filtered lives that trick the eye to thinking you ain’t made the grade We’re still here So don’t you dream of all those could be’s Forget the journeys that you never made The grass is never really greener They’re just filtered lives that trick the eye to thinking you ain’t made the grade We ain’t got a ticket to ride We just wake up in the morning and it’s you and me that we’re still beside And we’re stumbling forward Ambition outside Nothing to declare Nothing to hide Nowhere to be Nothing to confide We ain’t got a ticket to ride Yeh we’re stumbling forward Ambition outside Nothing to declare Nothing to hide No place to be Nothing to confide We ain’t got a ticket to ride A ticket to ride We don’t care
9.
The Bridge 03:18
'The Bridge' His mind detoured and took him there The broken highway, beyond repair I could steal an hour, but why do that When the time is right you gotta throw in the hat He said Take me to the bridge Don’t you let me doubt it Take me to the bridge There's no doubt about it It’s my darkest day Take me to the bridge He'll inconvenience the 9.15 Those people marching by won’t know what they’re seeing He'll halt their tracks, they’ll stop and stare Go home tell their families that they were there I saw him on the bridge Don’t you ever doubt it I saw him on the bridge I could have talked him out of it But I had to catch my train I saw him on the bridge The road's hard to see When you’ve got weary eyes and you're standing alone Its hard to see a brighter side Well I heard they talked him down He fell into the arms that wrapped around A broken frame that would see better days I like to think the world will hear him say Take me to the bridge I'm gonna leap across it Take me to the bridge I’m gonna dance across it Cos its my better day So take me to the bridge Im gonna jump across it Take me to the bridge I'm gonna dance across it Cos it's my better day Take me to the bridge Take me to the bridge
10.
Stanton Drew 03:32
'Stanton Drew' Lost for words Lost in time Lost in space In search of some peace of mind It's here to find Off the map Off the road Drawn like moths To where we first sang our song It's where we belong And if I had just one more day I would spend it here time wasting with you And if I could change just one thing I'd change to stone Become still Never to move I caught her there Bathed in lost worlds Lost in stones As summer's sun's butter light Caught the night Take me there Rest my head Upon the heath Beneath the stars And let me share The ancient's air And if I had just one more day I would spend it here time wasting with you And if I could change just one thing I'd change to stone Become still Never to move
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'Too much noise' The writer's prose The player's touch The angel's voice It’s all too much The sculptor's hand The painter's eye The singer's song Get's no reply The comic's quip The poet's rhyme The film-star's looks Hey not this time The great mind's thought The preacher's prayer The celeb's date We just don’t care too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise is banging in our heads We can’t hear what you said Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Let's all shout loud and louder still we're at the door but no-one's in and no-one sees and no-one hears we mouth the words then disappear too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise is banging in our heads We can’t hear what you said Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise I like it here in my home I like it here in my room I like it here in my chair I like it here in my head too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise is banging in our heads We can’t hear what you said Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise is banging in our heads We can’t hear what you said Too much noise Too much noise Too much noise There’s too much noise There's too much noise.
12.
Lost 01:55
'Lost' So lost From decade to decade Parisian or renegade So lost So lost Blindfolded in the night Someone switch on the light So lost Need a reason Need a scapegoat Need a meal Need a lame excuse Somewhere to rest abuse So lost So lost Aimlessly roam Pay the money See the show Go home So lost

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released May 15, 2023

Music and Lyrics - Chris Rowley. Arrangements - Bluebyrd. Additional voice on 'Sing Me the Song' - Bekah Rowley. Album design - Erin Pask.

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Bluebyrd Wolverhampton, UK

Since their formation in 2017 folk-pop duo Bluebyrd have been in high demand on the live circuit and in the media. As well as extensive gigs across the Midlands, Bluebyrd have been Festival favourites in the UK. Media popularity has also been growing rapidly with numerous live radio slots , as well as extensive radio coverage of all tracks released to date. ... more

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