Come To Me On Wings
Do you come to me on wings We all believe the strangest things I hear the air move outside Full moon then spring tide. The sky is different everyday Can I decipher change this way We throw coins and cards and star patterns Stand clear chance happens. It was a hot season The dry hills turned brown I saw you circling round. Take care there is danger in the dawn Beware a stranger on the lawn He may hold some hope for salvation Or today's Times and a red carnation. It was a hot season The dry hills turned brown I saw you circling round.
Bats and Angels
Where do we draw this water from The body renews the soul carries on Maybe in the dark in a past life I flew on thin wings I'm a grown man now but I hear things. On a silent evening you can see them Circle the old stone walls. We have sound we have light to cross this divide Through senses received it helps me decide What is to know I knew some time ago In this life we grow. On a silent evening you can see them Circle the old stone walls And the night turns to rain, fine rain. The air burns gold around me tonight The edge of the sea the last of the light Some sounds are too high for me to receive When this song ends we leave.
Stars In You
At this time of the year understand make it clear I watched the first leaf fall This pale golden age with the winter on stage It's a long long haul, it's a long haul. I saw the stars in you Maybe the moon fooled me Stars in you Moon fooled me. I lived by the shore had the sea near my door Under island skies This silence is true with these pictures of you If I close my eyes, closed eyes. I saw the stars in you Maybe the moon fooled me Stars in you Moon fooled me. If the rise of the tide holds an answer inside Does this ease your pain Certain seconds you say at the end of the day You can lose your aim Catch the midnight train.
Companions in Time
(for Rosie and Nigel and their new house)
The nearby shoreline is all granite boulders Altering slowly Every sunset the light turns rosie Washed in clear sea. We are companions in time We share some unbroken line. Can you hear music This wind is from winter Passing through Northern lands The same constellations are visible from here Starlight to warm our hands. Chorus. In some ancient longhouse there are Families gathering Watching their children grow The talk is of old days measuring changes This moment is all we know. Chorus.
I Leave The Cold Shore
(for Alex and Andrew)
I leave the cold shore Before sunrise I leave in slow hours You close your eyes. I remember a young girl with red hair All my days are at sea Are you with me. A thin line of far land It's all ocean A boat rolls on long swell In slow motion. I remember a young girl with red hair All my days are at sea Are you with me. I leave the cold shore.
Here To Stay
Wander on high roads with me Wending through gardens Wander on highways with me Can you imagine. Sailing on waters breaking Floating on oceans Sail under stars till brightening Heaven lies open. As the universe gets larger everyday We have lost our link with nature on the way Everyone must learn to say We're here to stay. Round on your revolutions Shine in the darkness Round in your blue solution I understand this. As the universe gets larger everyday We have lost our link with nature on the way Everyone must learn to say We're here to stay.
These Dreams These Days
I always wondered what were you thinking of As you wheeled by on your slow bicycle This is one road, many are possible Where everything runs on a parallel timetable. These dreams take you away from here These dreams are what helps you to stay In dreams we circle a distant sphere These dreams these days. All these faces my life before my eyes We touch and go, step in and out of time Can you play me a song for the early year I sing low, I am an only man. These dreams take me away from here These dreams are what helps me to stay In dreams we circle a distant sphere These dreams these days.
If I Could Paint
If I could paint I would paint you I might describe you in line The light and the curve would combine The sound of the river behind With August to go. How do we cross this bright water Asking for more than we know I understand something that matters Many more fathoms below. What If we'd stayed until later Hours passed lying in the sun In between silence we'd come To find we had only begun With August to go. Chorus. Bring back the name of the old world We are what the natives became Are we all made of the same Colours are starting to change With autumn to go. Chorus.
Postcard From Amsterdam
Reflections on water Shade below bridges That shine over barges This earth has no edges And so we drift on canals. This evening you came here Climbing these high stairs Warm at your window Breathe in the dark air And so we drift on canals. Blossom is falling On smokers in cafes Bicycles tangled On railings the long day And so we drift on canals.
Don't Want You
Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Minches, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faroes, South-East Iceland.
I built this edifice from anger With a hollowed out inside Tall dark handsome Do you know Mr Hyde I won't have conversation This is too dangerous to say I like to live alone now There is silence every day Silence in my day. I don't have anybody else And I don't want you. Pieces of rainbows Scattering clouds Cold, cold mornings Ah this is what it's all about. I heard the midnight forecast I wake and watch the sky We sail a broken coastline Everyday we die We never said goodbye. I don't want anybody else And I don't have you.
Natural Man
Where did the first life begin In water some say Carrying secrets within Leading here. I am a natural man The universe made me this way Out on the African Plains For a million years If I could be you Would the same clothes do If I could be you Would my soul change too If I could be you Would I paint in blue Paint in blue If I could be you. Learning how to make fire Discovering language on a silent page Tall stones for the moon We chart the stars. Near the century's end We are waiting on a golden age Allah and Einstein blend We have come so far so far. Chorus. I am a natural man. This wintry afternoon sun Picks out the lines round my eyes Feel like I'm the first one And I'm welcome here. Maybe tomorrow I'm gone Drifting lifeless in white skies Leaving you wandering on In my childrens' years. Chorus. I am a natural man.
The Oban Train
From Glasgow west along the Clyde Through trees we climb In quiet thoughts do all travellers hide Watching platform mime. Passing winter stations the skies are heavy The moment that I met you is a long time now Passing winter stations these skies are heavy It's a long time now. A curve a glimpse along the glen The lochs and shores We're moving through this landscape When the engine slows. Passing winter stations the skies are heavy The moment that I met you is a long time now Passing winter stations these skies are heavy It's a long time now. The hills seem grey the windows blurred The carriage cold What can I say that you haven't heard This story's old. Passing winter stations the skies are heavy The moment that I met you is a long time now Passing winter stations these skies are heavy It's a long time now.
Tob Records 2000 All songs by Gordon Maclean (Copyright Control)
For Camrie and Sorren
Musicians
Gordon Maclean - vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion - Martyn Bennett - fiddle and backing vocals (2), pipes (12) Jack Evans - low whistle (5) Doug Hudson -- congas (2,5), backing vocals (5) Steve Kettley - tenor and soprano saxophones (1,6,7,11) Martin Low - electric guitar (11) Ian Stephen - the West Coast Pilot (5) Rhona Wilson - flute (6) Karen Wimhurst - clarinet (4,9) Emma Barlow - backing vocals (3,7) Iain Fraser - backing vocals (5) Judith Jardine-- backing vocals (6,9) Michelle MacLean - backing vocals (3,7) The Ross of Mull Ladies Choir (4)
Brass and vocal arrangements by Gordon Maclean
Recorded at Wax n Wane Studio, Pennyghael - An Tobar, Tobermory - Out of the Blue, Edinburgh
Recorded and mixed using Fostex E16, Soundtracs 16/8/16, Roland VS1680
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