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Fugitives
03:05
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Fugitives
Broken trailer,
The canvas flapping in the wind,
I went wandering,
I could hear the border sirens scream.
Pilgrims protest,
Searching for the Promised Land.
Strong walls, silent prayers,
Another body in the desert sand.
So, you hurt—
So, you hurt.
Release compassion from your pride,
Walk me through the fading light,
You’ll see them on the other side,
Destinations unknown.
Broken boundaries,
Disappearing overland,
Broken promises,
Another fugitive in the sand.
So, you hurt—
So, you hurt.
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Fare to Sun
04:01
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Fare to Sun
Take me down to holy water
Where the river runs slowly.
Move me where the sun shines,
Call the boatman home.
Cities rise and cities fall,
Fare forward to the sun,
I voyaged with spirits to another land,
Returned to find her gone.
Lead me through the wild winds,
Where the ocean roars,
Your smile was my salvation,
Cast up on the shore.
Cities rise and cities fall,
Fare forward to the sun,
The unnamed spirits who roam the sky,
Bear me to my home.
Watch the river rolling,
Watch the time go by,
Life is for the living,
All things born must die.
Cities rise and cities fall,
Fare forward to the sun,
I’ll find you in another land,
In another time to come.
Cities rise and cities fall,
Fare forward to the sun,
I’ll find you in another land,
In another time to come.
Take me down to holy water
Where the river runs slowly,
Bathe my body and set me free,
Call the boatman home.
Take me down to holy water
Where the river runs slowly.
Take me down to holy water
Where the river runs slowly.
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Ghosts
03:17
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Ghosts
And they came in their tall ships from across the sea,
Singing songs of peace in their artillery.
And the white ghosts descended from the clouds and sky,
The stone men are burning in the sand and fire.
Oh-oh: history,
Tales of menace and misery.
Oh-oh: history,
Passages of time creating you and me.
And I stare at the places that we once shared,
Agonizing lovers in our pleasure and dread.
And I try to remember all the things we said,
Two lonely pilgrims in the Valley of Death.
Oh-oh: history,
Tales of menace and misery,
Oh-oh: history,
Things that you don’t understand, you will imagine in me.
Shapeless forms in the middle of the night,
Never could make up your mind.
Ghosts that linger in the shadows of your life,
Never want to look behind.
Do you know me?
Do you know me?
Oh-oh: history,
Tales of menace and misery,
Oh-oh: history,
Never can be certain of what it means.
Shapeless forms in the middle of the night,
Never could make up your mind.
Ghosts that wander in the chambers of your life,
Never want to look behind.
Do you know me?
Shapeless forms in the middle of the night,
Shapeless lovers in the middle of the night,
Shapeless soldiers in the middle of the night,
Shapeless forms in the middle of the night.
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Imagining John
04:06
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Imagining John
1.
Sleeping on the train to New Orleans,
Rhythm of the rails and I had a dream.
Strange fruit hanging in the southern breeze—
New Orleans!
Oh John,
I was so alone ‘til I heard your songs.
2.
Trying to catch a bus to New York City,
People in the streets dying without pity,
They made you a god then they shot you down—
New York!
Oh John,
You were long gone before I was born.
3.
Stepping off the plane to London Town,
Going back in time to the Mersey sound,
Factories are closed and there’s no-one around—
London Town!
Oh John,
Is there anybody left to remember your songs?
4.
The roads to Heaven have all been closed.
We’re all hiding from the things we know—
Oh John,
Where in the world did we go wrong?
Oh John,
Oh John!
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Medea
02:58
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Medea
1.
Every Sunday,
You will find me there,
Standing in your cage,
Garland in my hair.
Three thousand years,
You still want to see her,
Blood on her tongue,
My vengeful Medea.
Refrain
City streets at night,
Fragments of light,
They dragged you here
Because they wanted to stare,
They judged you because you flew too close to the sun.
2.
Every Sunday
You will stop and stare,
I’ll be on my knees,
The passions that we share.
Sorrow—
The love that is cast in time.
Sorrow—
You going to find me lost in rhyme.
Refrain
3.
Every Sunday,
You’re going to find me lost in rhyme,
Every Sunday,
The sorrow bleeding from my eyes,
Every Sunday,
Medea falling to her knees,
Every Sunday,
The love that is a sin to feel.
Refrain
4
Every Sunday,
You’re going to find me on my own.
Every Sunday,
Medea is walking home alone,
Every Sunday,
You’re going to hear the same sad song,
Every Sunday,
The love that is a sin to know.
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Moss on a Falling Stone
02:51
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Moss on a Falling Stone
Picking up the pieces of another day,
Looking from the sand on to the shoreline,
There's another storm cloud at the head of the bay,
The fishing boats are straining at their moorings
Seasons come and seasons go,
Feeling like the moss on a falling stone.
Walking from the harbour through the city streets.
People draw their coats around their faces,
Thinking of the love that has passed through me,
And carried by time to other places.
Seasons come and seasons go,
Feeling like the moss on a falling stone.
Stepping from the cold to the fireside,
Face-up on the rug and I drift away,
Wild winds from the ocean, flurries through the night,
The warm glow of my life in the break of day.
Friends and faces come and go,
Feeling like the moss on a falling stone.
Seasons will come and then they'll go,
Feeling like the moss on a falling stone.
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Whispering Walls
04:39
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Whispering Walls
1.
The whispering walls
And frost on my window,
They’re talking of war,
Every man must go.
Oh my love,
Where are they taking you?
Oh my love,
Can I follow you too?
2.
I’ll wait by the moon
And swim in the ocean,
Suspended by stars
And restless emotions.
Oh my love,
Where have they taken you?
Oh my love,
Can I follow you too?
3.
The shadows are burning
And nothing is true,
I’ll fight for the life
I’m giving to you.
Oh love,
Where have they taken me?
Oh my love,
Please don’ follow me here.
4.
And when you come home,
They’ll lay you down,
Your light in the window,
Your life in the ground.
Oh my love,
Where have they taken me?
Oh my love,
Can I follow you too?
I love you—
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Love you—
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I love you—
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You're no Good
03:33
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You’re No Good
1.
We meet by chance in a bar in Soho,
You say I’m pretty and adjust your clothes,
You know a place where we can go—
And be alone.
2.
Two years later you abandon me,
You want someone who gets your OCD,
Another lover who can share in your—
Conspiracies.
Chorus
No Good.
Na, na, na, na, no,
You’re no good!
3.
Another year and you come around,
Dr Faustus with his head hung down,
She’ll dance on fire and burn your soul—
Can you come home?
Chorus
4.
Time is fading in the autumn leaves.
The London sky is hanging over me,
The winter rains will wash our dreams away—
Into the sea.
No good.
It’s no good, baby.
Na, na, na, na, no,
You’re no good.
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Chances
03:47
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Chances
1.
They serve you oolong tea,
We read ‘St Agnes Eve’,
The purple hues of night
Just can’t conceal
The bitter chill I feel.
2.
They wash your body down,
And take away your pain,
I hear your breathing easing
And I know
It’s time to let you go.
Refrain
Ooh, ooh, chances.
Ooh, ooh, chances.
You gotta know it’s only fate,
There’s nothing you can do or say,
It’s just a game that we all play.
3.
The moonlight in your eyes,
Our destinies collide.
The chances that we take
Can never break
The love that we forsake.
Refrain
Ooh, ooh, chances.
Ooh, ooh, chances.
St Agnes comes to kiss your lips,
Your life is in her fingertips,
You’ll never know the chances you missed.
Ooh, ooh, chances.
Ooh, ooh, chances.
I know I have to let you go.
I know I have to let you go.
I know I have to let you go…
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Earth and Stone
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Earth and Stone
1
You’re out walking in the evenings: the woman I’d like to be,
You’re talking about changes, looking back at me—
I never knew if you were contemptuous or content,
You stare at me with those cold blue eyes and ask me to repent.
2
The ice caps are slowly melting, dark crystals in the air,
I find myself drifting between the future and despair,
And before the dawn we’ll hear them call: the creatures lost in time,
And the lonely souls whom we’ve become won’t answer for our crimes.
Chorus
Oh Lord, is this world your miracle?
Oh Lord, can you save us from our selves?
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So, I’ll move into the desert, build my house in earth and stone,
I’ll walk two hours in the afternoon sun, drawing water from the ground.
And I’ll dream of Prometheus and the gift he made of fire,
Bringing life to the universe, bringing light to the sky.
Chorus
Oh Lord, is this world your miracle?
Oh Lord, can you save us from our selves?
Oh Lord, is this world your miracle?
Oh Lord, can you save us from our selves?
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'Sexy, smart, poetic—Joustene is a unique artist. One of the best singer-songwriters of the current era.' Felipe Rollins (The Musicians' Journal, June, 2023).
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