Heidi Berry
July 5th 1993
LP: CAD3009
MC: CADC3009
CD: CAD3009CD
Heidi Berry
July 5th 1993
LP: CAD3009
MC: CADC3009
CD: CAD3009CD
| 01. Mercury |
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07. Heart Like A Wheel |
| 02. Little Fox |
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08. For The Rose |
| 03. The Moon And The Sun |
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09. Follow |
| 04. One-String Violin |
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10. Arrow |
| 05. Darling Companion |
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11. Dawn |
| 06. Distant Thunder |
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| Mercury I walk through the graveyard and a late snow is on the ground The bones lying underneath the ivy Black crow flies high, his shadow moves across the stones The snow that melts my footprint melts away I turn from the West gate and look to the east I will await the coming dawn to welcome the traveller home I wonder if you hear me singing softly to myself And I wonder do you recognise the tune And times I've been so lonely for another human sound I have cried and shouted to myself I turn from the West gate and look to the east I will await the coming dawn to welcome the traveller home Dawn to dusk and dust to dust and days of mercury In my mind's eye the time goes by is set like a crystal At the end of the year the days grow dim, I feel the time go by But you can't hold on to mercury. You turn from the West gate and you look to the east While earth awaits the coming dawn To welcome the travellers home Little Fox If I had time to live over Would I find a way to get it right Would I say the words I really had meant to say Would I change the things That I've done The voice calls: Come, come away Little fox, little bird Run away into the night You will burn your eyes You will burn your wings If you go into the light If I have the strength to begin again Will I find which way to go If my legs stay steady And my hands stay strong Can I bend the road my own way The voice calls: Come, come away Little fox, little bird Run away into the night You will burn your eyes You will burn your wings If you go into the light If I give the very best part of me Will I have enough left for my self Will I change - will I turn around Will I recognise my own name The voice calls: Come, come away Little fox, little bird Run away into the night You will burn your eyes You will burn your wings If you go into the light The Moon And The Sun And she's ever-rising, ever-falling The moon and the sun Made of water, made of sand Running right through your hands And it's only, only for a little while Only, only for a little while She will be there for you Give the love that you know You'll accept nothing less And expect nothing more And only, only for a little while Only, only for a little while See the face that she's wearing today Turn around while she's dreaming tonight To become something new as she wakes What you offer to her she will take She will be there for you Be the one that is yours You'll accept nothing less And expect nothing more And only, only for a little while Only, only for a little while She's the mother and then she's the child She's the daughter, the sister to some She's your lover and then she's your friend She's the night and the day - the moon and the sun She is many and one She is more than you know She'll accept nothing less And expect nothing more And only, only for a little while Only, only for a little while One String Violin Come, hear the call, feel the beat Of the shuffling drummer And move, you will sway, you will dance Though you feel like you're dying For these are the songs And the ways of the world All that is lost can never be regained The way that it is And the way it shall be You will dance And turn, slowly turn, in an arc To the one-string violin Your face is the mask That belies That you're broken inside For these are the songs And the ways of the world The stillborn loves And never-shall-bes When trying sometimes Is it's only reward You will turn And hope is a word that you use When all hope has departed And dreams The country where your fears Are the king and the queen For these are the songs And the ways of the world With the broken hearts And the empty eyes The weak and the strong Will all join in song And will dance Darling Companion You were the best friend I ever knew There was nothing I had to pretend And nothing to prove You gave a love that came to me So strong and so free And now that you're gone You have left me life's legacy But it's so hard to live on your own And it's so hard learning to live without My darling companion Nothing can last forever This much I know So sad and so sorry we came to the end And now nothing in this wide world Can compare to your smile But I count myself lucky That I had your love for a while But it's so hard to live on your own And it's so hard learning to live without My darling companion It was you that showed me there's no way Of getting blood from a stone And those who's love won't come easy Well, you just leave them alone If there's a shadow on the sun today And the moon is hiding behind the cloud It's because I've been thinking of you And your sweet, sweet way |
Distant Thunder There is a garden that is roofed over with glass and steel It holds the kind of wonders you only see in dreams Until it's time to cross over And over again I hear the sound Of distant thunder I wish that I'd been born in nineteen hundred And viewing change as positive progression Instead of always feeling that I'm falling, falling And waking from my dreams, with a start, every night When ordinary people lose their lives While hiding in a hole in the ground Is anywhere safe anymore - on land or sea Or sailing through the air on silver wings I think it's time to call in the tide There is a garden that is roofed over with glass and steel It holds the kind of wonders you only see in dreams Until it's time to cross over And over again I hear the sound Of distant thunder Heart Like A Wheel Some say a heart is just like a wheel When you bend it, you can't mend it And my love for you like is like a sinking ship And my heart is on that ship Out in mid-ocean They say that death is a tragedy It comes once and then it's over And my only wish is for the deep, dark abyss For what's the use of living With no true lover And it's only love, and it's only love That can wreck a human being And turn them inside out When love is one, no harm can be done Although it happens frequently But what I can't understand (Please come hold my hand) Is why it had to happen to me And it's only love, and it's only love And it's only love, and it's only love Some say a heart is just like a wheel When you bend it, you can't mend it And my love for you like is like a sinking ship And my heart is on that ship Put in mid-ocean And it's only love, and it's only love That can wreck a human being And turn them inside out And it's only love, and it's only love 8. For The Rose I get up when the sun-rays kiss my eyes I watch it travel high into blue sky I say a little prayer for a brand new day But why do I do I do I Do I do I do I Tremble in the night when I'm all alone Cry out from the deep oblivion Turn my face toward a new horizon But why do I do I do I Do I do I do I Contemplate the fear in a love's surprise And try to look behind someone else's eyes And when do I find it's just myself I really recognise But why do I do I do I Do I do I do I Do I do I do I Feel the rumble of the train - it's pulling me I travel with it's sound, travel with the speed How I wish that I was on that train today But why do I do I do I Do I do I do I I'm looking for the place that my heart calls home I'm waiting for the time when I look no more I'm searching for the rose that has no thorn Follow Rain again, looks like it'll never end It looks like this city will wash away Away to the open sea Tumble the building, bodies and trees You follow - follow - follow What your heart says do Float away from me - from me See your face out in the wave Bow my head to insane circumstance Open hands, let it all go Line on my hand says Yes - This is how it shall be Read the facts there the way they stand Oh, I see your face in the wave On you go - away from me You follow - follow - follow What your heart says do, my friend You follow - follow - follow What your heart says do Ariel I can't say that I would tell So make this song for Ariel Dawn How long before the break of day How long before the sun rises I will wait for the morning to come for me I will wait quietly and still But that's not the kind of dawn That I had hoped to see Take it, oh take it away I had this dream last night Oh, I saw roses come into bloom I saw the sky was shining All opal-bright I saw it's light in your eyes But that's not the kind of dawn That I had hoped to see Take it, oh take it away Feeling alone and unreal All the time that's the way I feel I'm taking it slow And I hope for the best Oh, but take it, oh take it away What's real and what's imagined Am I still deep in my dream I will wait for the morning To come round again I will wait a long time But that's not the kind of dawn That I had hoped to see Take it, oh take it away |
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US Catalogue Number: 45301 (Warner Bros)
Produced by Hugh Jones Tracks 8 and 10 cowritten by Laurence O'Keefe
Featuring
Sleeve
"Heart Like A Wheel" written by Anna McGarrigle. |
