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Summer Skin
04:14
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Summer—
Feel the sun across my shoulders.
Breathless—
Crave the cold caress of night.
And I saw you with the sail boats
In bloom: drifting,
The blue of your eyes,
And a life that burns
Like summer skin.
2.
Jasmine—
Doleful, dreamy through my window.
Ocean—
Feel your lips upon my mouth.
And I thought love like stars
Would be enduring.
Now cold winds rise
And we shed our lies
Like summer skin.
Summer skin.
3.
Changes—
Feel the warning wisps of winter.
Strangers—
Watch the sun begin to fade.
And I saw storm clouds
Building in your eyes,
As the leaves start to fall
And we lose the warmth
Of our—summer skin.
Summer skin.
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Songlines (of the Orion)
04:38
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Songlines (of the Orion)
1.
Born through Gondwana
The burning country where the rivers used to flow,
Starlight in the desert,
Tracts of meaning in the sky and earth and stone.
Refrain
Nananduraka.
Alpha Centauri,
Your spirits singing in the light of Milky Way
The last Song of Innocence.
2.
Wild eyes in the shadows,
Engraving creatures in the cliffs of rock and sand,
I’m gazing through the silence,
Forever dreaming by the grace of human hands.
Refrain
3.
Treading softly over earth and stone,
You lived your lives across millennia,
Your spirits tell me that I have no home,
They say I’m just another wanderer.
Refrain
4.
Nananduraka,
Songlines of the Orion.
Mananduraka,
Songlines of the Orion.
Nananduraka
Alpha centauri
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Glory
04:16
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Glory
1.
The wind is swirling through the fallen leaves,
I watch the sky begin to pale.
The chorus of the birds in the empty streets,
I’ll take this chance to get away.
2.
The carousel of clouds, drift in evening light,
The tangled lovers make no sound,
These speculations keeping me awake at night,
Imagining goes round and round.
3.
Blessed are the meek and the mild of heart,
Blessed are the earth and sky,
Sacred is the love and the lives that pass,
Glory to the new born child.
REFRAIN
You’ve taken me to Paradise,
Left me on the open shore.
I’m looking to the stars to direct my course,
Lost within a prayer of love.
4.
The light begins to creep through the alleys and streets
I watch the colours’ slow return,
The isolation hiding from the eyes that greet
The wonder of another day.
REFRAIN
You’ve taken me to Paradise,
Left me on the open shore.
I’m looking to the stars to direct my course,
Lost within a prayer of love.
5.
There’s glory in the joy of laughter,
There’s glory in the fields of peace,
There’s glory in the ever after,
And there’s glory in the love we feel.
6.
There’s glory in the buds of summer,
There’s glory in a winter storm,
There’s glory in the life that we all share,
Revelation in a grain of sand.
Revelation in a grain of sand…
Glory in the love we share…
Welcome you to Paradise…
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Joan of Arc
04:52
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Joan of Arc
1.
Well, I fell in love with Joan of Arc,
That image of her flesh on fire,
Her body burning,
Heaven calling,
‘Come to me,’
I see her red star shining in the sky.
No, you can’t fake it,
The elements will bring you down,
Fantasies of immortality,
Will burn your cities to the ground.
2.
Ma Jeanne Purcelle d’Orleans,
Her vision, glory and her blade,
The armies of the men
Who worshipped her,
The girl whom war sent slowly mad.
No, you can’t fake it,
Life’s gonna turn you upside down,
Smoke drifting through the battlefield,
Another star is tumbling down.
REFRAIN
‘Joan,’ they said,
‘Remove your faith or undress,
‘Wretches like you need to learn,
‘That it’s compliance or you’ll burn!’
3.
Well, I imagined Joan was in my bed last night,
The movie star of my dreams,
Her eyes were blazing, fingers flaming,
‘Come to me’,
She’s everything I’ll ever want to be.
No, you can’t fake it,
You live by your mind and your heart,
The fire and air and water
That surround your soul,
Released forever to the stars.
REFRAIN
‘Joan,’ they said,
‘Remove your faith or undress,
‘Wretches like you need to learn,
‘That it’s compliance or you’ll burn!’
REFRAIN
‘Joan,’ they said,
‘Remove your faith or undress,
‘You wretches just have to learn,
‘That it’s compliance or you’ll burn!’
4.
Oh Sweet Joan,
In the altar of our home,
They made a hero and a saint of you
But we know none of that is true.
Oh Sweet Joan,
You’ll never be alone,
You left this earth in 1431,
But your star is shining on
And on
And on and on …
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Dover Beach
04:36
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Dover Beach
Dover Beach
We watch the shore waves rise
And then retreat.
So we breathe
The salted air of this
Tranquility.
Now help me, help me feel your peace;
As I feel the water rise around my knees.
And help me overcome this fear,
I’ll wave as I am swimming out to sea.
The lives we blend,
We’ll forward them
As photos to our friends.
From Dover Beach,
I’ll swim until you come and rescue me.
Please help me overcome this fear,
As you hold me close
And I pulse with your heartbeat.
Dover Beach
I watch the warships sail across the sea.
Dover Beach,
I watch the warships sail across the sea.
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Flying
04:36
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Flying
I welcome you to my body,
You kiss my ear and whisper my name,
And I feel my pulse rise
In defiance that cries
In a passion we would not restrain.
She’s standing at the edge of the world,
Looking down at the ocean below,
And I see as I pass,
Her coat on the grass,
And I wonder if she’s going to fly.
You say that the winter is coming,
The roads will be covered in snow,
And you don’t mind if I
Should denounce it or fly
To a wasteland where nobody goes.
I near on the news that she stumbled,
The girl on the cliffs yesterday,
They found her lying there
In the rocks where they said
She was already dead when she fell.
The wind on the water is calling,
The flesh of the ocean is cold,
The streets are asleep
And there’s nothing to keep
Me afloat but the hopes that I hold.
They light her skin with incense and myrrh,
A sombre song and requiem,
Her family is weeping,
Her friends can’t believe it—
‘Another spirit lost to despair’.
You welcome me to your body,
A sentimental tone,
And when you say goodbye,
You’re expecting that I
Just won’t have the strength to go on...
The restless life inside my body,
Aurora blazing crimson and green
And when you have grown
And you’re on your own,
Will you wonder what it’s like to be me?
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Beauty in the Shape of Clouds
1.
You tip-toe from your room to bed,
I feel you breathing on my neck,
The clock is calling 3 am,
We’re still awake when sun breaks in.
Chorus
Darkness drifting through your memory,
Incarnation that your eyes won’t see,
Hide your secrets in a trembling sea,
Give your love and faith to me.
2.
Sketching figures on the window pane,
Your portrait in the pouring rain,
Colour wheels of hope and doubt,
Beauty in the shape of clouds.
Chorus
Darkness drifting through your memory,
Incarnations that your eyes won’t see,
Hide your secrets in a trembling sea,
Give your love and faith to me.
3.
The terror tumbling through your eyes,
The Golden Fleece of your desires,
Feelings you can’t compromise,
Wrongs that you can never right.
Chorus
Darkness drifting through your memory,
Incarnations that your eyes won’t see,
Hide your secrets in a trembling sea,
Give your love and faith to me.
Give your love and faith to me.
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8. |
In My Street
03:18
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In my Street
The Sudanese boys are dancing in the street,
They’re laying off more workers in the factory,
Bonnie Wilkins brings her washing in,
The scarlet sky is thundering,
The football team has gone on strike,
They’re boarding up the shops at night.
In my street
In my street.
The sleepers in the parking lot, their drums on fire,
Junie Taylor’s baby’s losing weight, the nurse thinks she’s a liar,
They’re tearing down the Tudor pub,
They want to throw the old folks out,
Someone somewhere has got a plan,
To wipe away our Sacred Land.
In my street.
In my street.
The fire station’s burning down but no-one cares,
René Shah has bought a gun online, her husband’s run away,
And all this time you’re losing sleep,
You say it’s just the bracket creep,
And what’s that now you’re trying to say?
‘Who’s Junie Taylor’s baby, anyway?’
In my street,
In my street.
In my street—
In the street we’ll see our lives estranged,
In the ruins of another day,
In the street
Where we were all flung down.
They’re laying down more cables in the City of Words,
The tings we once believed were true returning to the earth,
Junie brings her baby to her breast,
The stars collide, we look in dread.
We know one day we’ll all be dead,
And so what difference does it make?
In my street,
In my street,
In my street—
In my street only the ghosts remain,
Watch them rise and disappear again.
In my street
Where we are all flung down.
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Part of Me
05:02
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Part of Me-
1.
I promised when you kissed me
Beneath the moon and stars,
I said that we would never,
Ever part.
But the future is a tangled bed
Where love can fall apart,
Another disappointed,
Broken heart.
REFRAIN
There’s no regret,
The passion and the pain that we once shared.
You’ll always be a part of me—
A part of me.
2.
I saw you at the car wash,
You’re with somebody new,
You’d changed your smile, you’d changed your style,
You’d changed your point of view.
But when I kissed your cheek,
There was so much heat,
We just smiled and walked away,
Leaving nothing, no, no, nothing more to say
REFRAIN
There’s no regret,
The passion and the pain that we once shared.
You’ll always be a part of me—
A part of me.
3.
Sometimes I sit alone at night,
And whisper to the moon,
I can’t control the life I hold,
Or my memories of you.
So, I’ll sleep with dreams and I’ll see your face,
In every shining star.
And I’ll move beyond the time that’s gone,
And the love I feel for you!
REFRAIN
There’s no regret,
The passion and the pain that we once shared.
You’ll always be a part of me—
A part of me.
A part of me.
A part of me…
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Love Can Never Be Too Late.
1.
Lantern lights
Leading through the night,
Holy Lands
Held by warring hands.
A forlorn mother sighs,
The fear in her children’s eyes.
2.
Mystery,
The world is drifting over me,
Secretly,
Our bodies writhe in ecstasy.
Circe calls,
Circe calls,
Circe calls,
Circe calls,
Circe calls.
3.
Oooh—
Love can never be too late….
(REPEAT)
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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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