1. |
Only You
06:19
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Only You
Only you can make this sorry world seem sweet
and somehow worth the trouble
only you can reach into my conscience
find the treasure in the rubble
only you can fill my days with knowledge
that this life is for the living
only you can see me make a mess of love
yet still be so forgiving
Only you…
Only you can sing the song that fills my sails
and leads me across the ocean
only you can fill this hole
and fix the damage done by my emotion
only you can know my heart
and turn it back to flame when it is frozen
only you could not condemn
this foolish rocky road that I have chosen
Only you…
Only you could see me at my worst
and know that I’ve been so much better
only you can ease the memory
and give me strength to just forget her
only you can guide me to the riverside
where time and thirst are mended
only you can teach me to let go
of all this sorrow I’ve befriended
Only you…
only you…
only you…
only you…
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2. |
Sunset on the Highway
04:01
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Sunset on the Highway
Big city blues and a pocket of change
spent years out runnin’ through a land cold and strange
made a few small mistakes but did one big thing right
another prodigal son on his way home tonight.
Chorus Sunset on the highway
the sky of painted flame
I’m goin’ back to my hometown
where somebody knows my name
I found myself wonderin’ if she’s still around
the girl whose sweet memory keeps me tied and bound
I just found a letter she wrote long ago
how she couldn’t hold on so she just let me go
Chorus
I had no idea I’d be headed this way
all things looked different only just yesterday
but God knows the reason and God knows the plan
who am I to question? I am just a man…
Chorus
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3. |
Sorry (If I Love You)
02:53
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Sorry (If I Love You)
I don't want to make your life any harder than it has to be
I don't want to pin you down so you feel like you ain't free
I don't want to be part of a darkness you can't see through
I'm sorry if I love you but there's nothing that I can do.
I don't want to work so hard that my heart turns into stone
I don't want to close my eyes so I can't see how we have grown
I don't want to wake up from a dream and find that it isn't true
I'm sorry if I love you but there's nothing that I can do.
You've got the lips I long to feel on mine,
the hands I long to hold.
Every time that I see your face
it's like I found my pot of gold.
I don't want to walk these streets without you by my side
I don't want to just give in 'til at least I can say I tried.
I don't want to keep you from, the things that you must do
I'm sorry if I love you but there's nothing that I can do.
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4. |
King of His Hometown
05:12
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King of His Hometown
He's the king of his hometown,
buy him another beer.
Smile when he tells you,
he'd rather be a million miles from here.
He's the king of his hometown,
the streets are his stage.
His smile is so peaceful
but his heart's filled with rage.
He's got a good job,
a child and a wife,
and a bargain with the devil,
that cost him his whole life.
He says, someday I'll find it,
my fortune and fame
but only after first breakin'
every rule in the game.
He's the king of his hometown,
give him another kiss.
Treat him with kindness
when he asks why it has to be like this.
He's the king of his hometown
I think he knows in his heart,
that four wheels and a highway
is best place to start.
They fed him on promise,
on hope and on dreams.
Sent him off to climb mountains
and sit beside streams.
Told him that one day
his ship would come in
now he waits patiently for that day to begin.
He's the king of his hometown,
tell him another tale
about faith and intention
and how they don't fail.
He's the king of his hometown,
with the world in his hands
but there's so much confusion
in the place where he stands.
One day in his youth
as he stood upon the shore
He saw the horizon
as a great, golden door.
He's been knockin' for years now
tryin' to break free.
Now he can't help but wonder
if there ever was a key.
He's the king of his hometown,
sing him another song.
Fill his soul up with beauty,
teach him right from wrong.
He's the king of his hometown,
he plays tricks now and then.
So don't be surprised
if you never see him again...
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5. |
Make Me Whole
04:42
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Make Me Whole
Be my lover in this World of woe
be my friend out on the road
and I will be the Garden where
your greatest seeds are sowed.
Be my companion in the darkness
be my shelter from the storm,
and I will be the fiery light
that will keep you safe and warm
For restless are the winds of change
and so tempting is the night.
We must stand together
if we want to win the fight.
I’m not asking you for promises,
I’m not asking for your soul
but I’m halfway there to paradise,
and your love will make me whole...
Be my comfort in confusion
be my refuge from the laws of men
and I will be the ashes where
your faith can rise again.
Be my guardian of innocence
be the forgiveness of my guilt
and I’ll be the Foundation
where your dreams can all be built.
For the careless are the raging seas
and so blinding is the light.
We must cleave to one another
if we want to make this flight.
I’m not asking you to surrender
to any flag upon a pole
it’s just that I am almost free
and your love will make me whole...
Be my laughter when all is sorrow
be my tears when I can’t weep
and I will be the treasure
that forever you may keep.
Be the vision that leads me onwards
be the voice that can still my rage
and I will be the epic tale that
leaps off of your page.
For worthless is the ragged trail
when we walk it all alone
We must hold fast to each other’s hand
if we want to make it home.
I’m not asking you for silence
when your heart wants to rock and to roll
it’s just that I’m naked out here
and your love will make me whole...
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6. |
The Real Thing
04:13
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The Real Thing
Some say love’s an illusion,
some say it’s too good to be true.
It caused me so much confusion,
until the night, when I laid my eyes on you.
Now I’m wonderin’ when it is you’re comin' home,
hopin' that you’ll never say goodbye.
'Cause you lit the fire in me, I’m the man I want to be
when I'm holdin' you and lookin' in your eye.
I don’t know how to tell ya but
I think we might have found the real thing this time...
I’ve seen a lot of things on these roads that I’ve walked down
through the summer and the winter and the spring.
But who knew in the end, that the fall would be my friend,
and that a dream as real as you Autumn would bring?
The leaves beneath our feet on the golden sunny street
flamin' like the whole world was on fire.
They've fallen to the ground without makin' any sound
and lined the path that leads to our desire.
and I don’t know how to tell ya but I
think we might have found the real thing this time...
They tell me that a patient man is wealthy,
they tell me every dog will have his day.
But I have seen the light, and its ‘s shinin’ o so bright
and there’s nothin' now that’s standing in the way.
You can be my woman and I will be your man
we can write a whole new fairy tale.
It only goes to show that when the wind begins to blow,
the best things in this life just aren’t for sale.
And I don’t know how to tell ya but I
think we might have found the real thing this time...
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7. |
Sanctified
05:56
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Sanctified
Sometimes it gets so hard to see
through all the pain and misery
that rolls like waves upon the shoreline crashing.
The walls around me warp and bend
and it feels as though I'm at the end
I look up at the lonely lightning flashing.
My memory is beat and torn
I await again to be reborn
I blow upon this angel horn that’s broken.
But who knows why I have to wait?
be standing there outside the gate
hoping my words are not left all unspoken.
I will wake, in the morning
say my prayers by the dawn’s early light
and I don’t need any justification
'cause I’ve been sanctified tonight...
So round and round the world she turns
the lighted fuse it slowly burns
and it seems like no one ever learns the reason.
I see the men who would be kings
and fear for what tomorrow brings
but know that all these things must have their season.
The babe he suckles on the breast
the mother never gets no rest
I’m filled up with this holy zest for living.
But it’s coming right down to the wire
I’m just another gun for hire
I’m glad my woman’s always so forgiving.
I will wake, in the morning
say my prayers by the dawn’s early light
and I don’t need any justification
cause I’ve been sanctified tonight...
So I go on out into the rain
with the wind a swirlin' in my brain
I try so hard to not complain about it.
But day by day it takes its toll
I feel it risin' in my soul
it's so hard to whisper when you want to shout it.
I look around and all I see
are ghosts of prides hypocrisy
like a dream where it just feels like endless fallin'
somewhere there must be some place new
where every thought is real and true
but now I only hear the devil callin'
I will wake, in the morning
say my prayers by the dawn’s early light
and I don’t need any justification
cause I’ve been sanctified tonight...
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8. |
Work
06:02
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Work
We run through these days,
and crawl through the years.
We hide all our courage,
and face all our fears.
We dream of Redemption,
then wake in the dark.
Trade our great journey,
for a walk in the park
The shadow must someday be lifted,
we'll open the Gates of the Sun
when all of the battles have ended
then all of our work will be done,
O all of our work will be done.
We drink from sad fountains,
and suffer from thirst.
The best are forsaken,
for the love of the worst.
We laugh on the gallows
and weep when it’s through.
We lie to our conscience
and think that it’s true
How long can you stare down the barrel
livin' so under the gun?
When all of the bullets are buried
then all of our work will be done,
O all of our work will be done.
We pray on the altar,
and question our Fate.
We watch the clock turning,
and hope that it's not too late.
We build golden prisons,
we cannot escape.
We run to our Lovers,
close our eyes to the rape.
But one day the cup will turn over,
and all of the game will be won.
When rest comes to we who are weary,
then all of our work will be done,
O all of our work will be done.
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9. |
Downstream
04:31
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Downstream
Where did you come from,
with your soft love so easy and sweet?
How did you find me?
I thought I’d be lost out there on Lonely Street.
And suddenly, I’ve got everything that I wanted
O baby please tell me, it ain’t just a dream
Cause I’ve struggled, for so long,
swimming against the current so strong.
Now finally, I’m really free to float downstream...
What brought you to me
Was it blind luck or did the stars cross?
How did I win you?
‘Cause to be honest I’m at a loss
to explain, how in the cold and the dark pouring rain
you broke through just like a sunbeam!
Cause I wondered and I waited,
at the water’s edge I hesitated
now finally, I’m really free to float downstream...
Now you’re beside me,
It feels like there’s nothing that I couldn’t do.
If you let me love you,
I will promise to make it all true.
This I know, when we wake up to every new morning
we’ll be washed in the glow of a love supreme.
Cause I stood there on the shore,
until you came and opened the door
now finally, I’m really free to float downstream...
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10. |
Home
06:05
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Home
I love you like a ribbon that stretches to the sun.
That's bound to earth by sailor’s knots that cannot be undone
It’s pulled tight and it stretches, but it’s spun by careful hands
made of all the finest threads from far and ancient lands.
I love you like the mighty wind that blows upon the sea
that long ago had whispered to the Shores of Galilee.
It’s swirling and it rages but it fills the sails of Grace
that will carry us to shores where we can finally know our place..
If I could teach the stars to sing
a melody that you could call your own
would you promise that forever, I could call your heart my home?
I love you like the pages of a book that doesn’t close
written by a future hand, that only fortune knows.
It’s heavy and it’s dusty but it’s in your mother tongue,
a window to our days and all the songs that we have sung.
I love you like the blooming rose of all Eternity
whose beauty shimmers 'neath the wondrous Veil of Mystery.
It’s fragile and it trembles but it will not ever fade
it’s nurtured by the faith that cannot ever be waylaid.
If you hear a chorus, ringing joyfully beneath this starry dome,
would you promise that forever, I could call your heart my home?
I love you like the morning light that Heaven does bestow,
that rises on the good and bad and leads all life to grow.
It’s blinding and it’s burning, but it’s constant as the truth,
seeing all beneath it and the secrets of our youth.
I love you like the midnight darkness all around the Moon,
vast beyond all knowledge as we lay upon the dune.
It’s empty and it’s silent but it holds us like the womb,
and beckons us to gaze beyond the confines of the tomb!
If you hear me sing to you, no matter where it is that I may roam
will you promise that forever, I could call your heart my home?
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CLAYTON DENWOOD UK
Award-winning Singer-songwriter based in the UK.
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