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Spirit
04:01
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I wander lost, my mind in a fog
You were here one moment, then you were gone
And I didn’t take the chance to properly say goodbye
And say how happy I’d been that your life was twined with mine
Are you here? A spirit amongst the trees
Are you here? It’s almost as though you’re still with me
The snow-covered ground looks the same as before
My heart from me was so viciously torn
And I don’t know how I’ll get through these days of pain
My tears stream down, mixed with the freezing rain
Are you here? Under low-hanging grey sky
Are you here? Your eyes gaze steadily into mine
Time to head home and find strength renewed
You’ve joined all this, the beauty and the truth
We all must leave, bound for lands unknown
I’ll follow you one day, wherever your soul has flown
I can still feel all the love I gave to you
I can still feel it, and I know that you felt my love too
Are you here? A spirit free amongst the trees
Are you here? It’s almost as though you’re still with me
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Luck
05:01
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We’ve been many years together
And there’s still some time to go
There’s been sadness and there’s been joy
So much left still to know
I’ve tried to be my best for you
Sometimes I know I’ve faltered
You’ve been patient in those times
Your faith in me never altered
When the light calls and I close my eyes
And resign myself to fate
Just whisper to me about my luck
To find myself in this state
With someone to love me
With someone to love me
Your kindness and your beauty
Sustained me through the years
So be strong my only love
When the time comes for tears
Life can be mean, it can be cruel
And the weight of time so hard to hold
But beyond it all there’s only peace
An endless glory unfolds
When the light calls and you close your eyes
The end of the long wait
Just think about us and your luck
To find yourself in this state
With someone to love you
With someone to love you
When the light calls and you close your eyes
The end of the long wait
Just think about us and our luck
To find ourselves in time and space
With someone to love us
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Karine Tremblay was a bright young girl
Born in Saguenay
She’d always had a dream
To serve in Canada’s army
Keeping peace around the world
And setting people free
So when they opened up to women
In the 1970s
Karine enlisted light of heart
She’d serve her country well
Little did she know she’d
Entered the gates of hell
Training was hard, but she was tough
Her comrades encouraged her
She made some good friends for life
Her future seemed assured
But Karine had a secret
That was best kept hidden away
For love between two women
Was called a sin in those days
They’d already tried to scour
Her kind from the government halls
But she never saw it coming
How far her fortunes could fall
One day they called her in
And interrogated her
They accused her of being many things
A traitor and pervert
She’d opened herself to blackmail
By hostile foreign powers
That was their insane excuse
As they droned on for hours
Oh no, she said, you’ll never make
A traitor out of me
Just because my love is different
From the narrow view you see
Karine wouldn’t give in
And betray who she was
So they ended her employment
For the good of freedom’s cause
They sent her to the psych ward
For electroshock therapy
She said I plan to take my own life
As soon as I’m out of here
But Karine Tremblay was born to fight
So she fought bravely on
Waiting tables in Montreal
Her dreams and youth now gone
It was only decades later
Up on Parliament Hill
They finally apologized
For all the dreams that they killed
Oh people of this cold, cruel land
What demon tells you lies
Till you crush all things so pure and good
And choke them till they die
All these people ever wanted
Was to be themselves
And to serve you however they could
So you turned their lives to hell
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Light
04:31
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Hidden in darkness
You walk the hills
The grass is soft underfoot
Trees black shadows
You see the town far off
Faintly glowing
No distance voices call
You are alone
You are alone
The light that threatens from afar
Will never take you from a life among the stars
Eternity above you
Stretching all around
You feel your soul lifted
But you're held to the ground
You're held to the ground
The light that threatens from afar
Will never take you from a life among the stars
Let the ages pass and our time end
Until it all begins again
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Sleepless
04:06
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You're searching for grace
In a lifetime of small sins
Boredom and distractions
Obscure the light within
You're working all day
All week and all of your life
No time to sit still and be
Yet sleepless you walk the night
In moments of clarity
Visions of joys true and fair
Call like childhood memory
You reach out to the dreaming air
Past the sleeping houses
In the gaze of the stars above
True meaning is calling you
You know there is a perfect love
I hear a voice, crying inside
Don't let me die
Release me
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Children's Crusade
04:11
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Jack Coffey
03:48
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My name is Jack Coffey of old Newport town
A sailor by trade, that’s the life that I’ve made
And decades have passed since I first went to sea
To lands full of fear, so bravely I’ve steered
I’ve ploughed the salt main to the edge of the world
Where the sun meets the moon and the stars sing strange tunes
I’ve seen men without faces, men with no heads at all
Monsters big as houses, they fly on great wings
I’ve killed thousands of men with my knife and my gun
There's so much blood upon me, Hell will not contain me
But a curse was laid upon me by a far eastern king
That never shall I find home, for all time must I roam
And do you still wait for me there alone
The girl that I wed threescore years ago
I still carry your ring here with me
Though my doom is to stay at sea
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Somewhere New
03:11
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I'm tired of looking 'round, seeing nothing real
Just the bricks and asphalt and those choking, dying trees
Tired of electric light between me and the stars
I'm heading somewhere new
The years pass by you in a long and lonely blur
Next thing you know, there's silver in your hair
Time to make a change, before it gets too late
I'm heading somewhere new
Where the sun gleams down on the water
And on the golden reach of sand
And on the hills you can almost imagine
The lion lies down with the lamb
Farewell to you all, my family and friends
Maybe I'll see you where all roads end
You will find me where the stars glow at night
I'm heading somewhere new
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Let Go
04:25
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Sunrise on a lonely mountain far away
Trees lift up their boughs to greet another day
Here deep in the concrete maze minds are heavy with care
But another life is waiting for those willing to dare
The path is overgrown but I can see it still
Take a walk there with me, if you’ve got the will
Out of the back door of your mind from the darkened cell
To a new life waiting for you, the secret I will tell
Let go, nothing to fear nothing to hide
No future or past lies beyond your mind
Beyond your mind
It’s no mystery, the cure for this worldly blight
Just take off the blinders now and restore your sight
Let go, nothing to fear, nothing to hide
No future or past lies beyond your mind
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Mattawa
03:25
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12. |
All I Wanna Do
03:55
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The Final Song
04:14
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This is my final song
Let it end here
A little something
I'll leave you with
I never could rhyme well
So I won't even try
This is my final song
Time to say — farewell
I hope you can hear
Some love in these words
For I loved you well
In my own way
But there's a time to leave
To face the unknown
All I can offer you now
Is this song
May your life be long
May there be light enough to see
May you find something still, here
That you've always longed for
And remember me
This is my final song
My big send-off
I guess no difference was made
No lives changed
By my small, small thoughts
We all do our best
And we'll never know
What lies beyond
Someday I'll see you there
What lies beyond
Maybe I'll see you there
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Goodnight
02:05
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