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The Music
04:35
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THE MUSIC
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
On wooden ships and mothers tears
I left the West Coast ringing loud and clear
I was born here raised here through pipe and drum
Now I leave these shores who knows what I’ll become
In Wild West Towns the church bells rang
My melody was in the hymns they sang
In the mountains and the Ozarks they took to me
They played me with a banjo upon their knee
I am your music I am your song
Carry me with you
Play me forever
Always belong
I am your music I am your song
Carry me with you
Play me forever Always belong
Always be strong
I’ll leave you now so here’s to Auld Lang Syne
\Marching, dancing to this beat of thine
Don’t find me, a stranger, for the seeds are sown
When you hear me playing somewhere on the road
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2. |
Nightmare Alley
05:03
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NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
Hold me, I’m rain soaked through
and it’s gone straight to my bones
You know me
You’ve been skimming on dreams
Now it’s finally hit home
I’m dead inside
and you’re the kiddo bride
You’re a dead end street
A one way trip
You’re the vision of Mary I can’t disappear from
You’re the ghost I meet
A sinking ship
You’re the nightmare alley I can’t stay clear of
The nightmare alley I can’t stay clear of
Maybe you were once a spirit
that could kill with kindness
It’s not for me to suggest you could do with a little mindfulness
I’m dead inside
and you were never alive
Ooh
Don’t Kick me off your feet
Don’t Kick me off your feet
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3. |
Making Waves
02:58
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MAKING WAVES
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
The first time we sailed across the ocean
We sang under the blue heavens
As we heaved against the tide
Blindly Leading forward men & women
With nothing but each other by our sides
We’ll have fair winds and following seas
Leave our wake wherever we go.
Horizons full of promise are waiting
We’re making waves together as we row
The first time we were hit by gales a blowing
We were caught between the Devil
And the deepest of blue seas
The voyage hadn’t stopped but sure was slowing
As we wished that we were back upon the quays
We’ll have fair winds and following seas
Leave our wake wherever we go.
Horizons full of promise are waiting
We’re making waves together as we row
The first time we saw land we’re all but broken
We’d been down in the doldrums for 3 months and maybe more
By mid morning we were three sheets to the the wind under the hammer
Long Before we ever reached the Sandy shore
We’ll have fair winds and following seas
Leave our wake wherever we go.
Horizons full of promise are waiting
We’re making waves together as we row
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4. |
Lig Dúinn
02:43
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LIG DÚINN
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
We’ve been pushed Harried
Scourged
Beaten
Bruised
God knows how long We can stand
Head up strong
Lig Dúinn
We’ve been shoved Broken
Shunned
Battered
Played
God knows how long We can stand
Head up strong
Lig Dúinn
Oh there are distances between us Ye let them in
We have differences between us Ye let them in
We’ve been slapped Shaken
Struck
Bitten
Burned
God knows how long We can stand
Head up strong
Lig Dúinn
Oh there are distances between us Ye let them in
We have differences between us Ye let them in
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5. |
God Only Knows
05:06
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GOD ONLY KNOWS
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn & Suzanne Savage
There are no pockets in my shroud
No shrine to your god on my ground
Work the land tilling soil
Genuflect the living Lord
Break your back, flesh on bone,
Who’s listening?
No one’s home
God only knows the differences between us
Are only for show
God only knows the differences between us
Are our own
Are of our own
There are reasons why I’m proud
Blood of the father’s in this ground
Work the land, breaking stone
Bow heads to a god long gone
Breaking sweat
Wind and rain
Borrowed land
Borrowed name
God only knows the differences between us
Are only for show
God only knows the differences between us are our own
Are of our own
This place is more than what we own
More than fields than we have sown
Call it out what’s it for
What’s mine can’t be yours
Take your God, take your shame
Take your truth while it runs lame
What of pride? What remains?
What of love? What of pain?
What of rage? what of hate?
What of lessons learnt too late?
God only knows the differences between us
Are only for show
God only knows the differences between us
Are our own
Are of our own
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6. |
Behind Every Door
03:59
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BEHIND EVERY DOOR
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
In the next room
I can hear the tv playing
The dog is with you, she’s happier there
If I could tear these thin walls down
Just like paper
I don’t think I could break through to you
Behind every door there’s a promise
A promise that I’ll never speak
Behind every door there’s a promise
A promise I intend to keep
Out for the evening I can see the heads you’re turning
You smile without effort, you laugh without care
Part of me figures you’re not the girl
I remember but
How do I break it to you?
Behind every door there’s a promise
A promise that I’ll never speak
Behind every door there’s a promise
A promise I intend to keep
When you come lookin’
I’ll be here waiting
If you ever let go
I’ll never tell
Marks aren’t leaving
Scars are stayin’
Memory serves me too well
Behind every door there’s a promise
A promise that I’ll never speak
Behind every door there’s a promise
A promise I intend to keep
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7. |
Rainbows
04:39
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RAINBOWS
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
I’ve been here
Looking on
Waiting
For someone like you to come along
And tell me
It’s alright
To be me
Face it
The old world’s fading
So let go
A new one’s is waiting
If you find you’re fixed upon the storm
You can look behind
Use the colours of the rainbow as your guide
You’ve walked through fire
Believing
It was right
To not let each other know just how you feel
To hide it
In the shadows
From the world
Face it
The old world’s fading
So let go
A new one’s is waiting
If you find you’re fixed upon the storm
You can look behind
Use the colours of the rainbow as your guide
Can’t you feel it
It’s coming
We’re close now
To loosening the bonds that hold us fast
And live right
It’s better It’s right
Face it
The old world’s fading
So let go
A new one’s is waiting
If you find you’re fixed upon the storm
You can look behind
Use the colours of the rainbow as your guide
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8. |
Shine Your Light
03:29
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SHINE YOUR LIGHT
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
You’re getting ready to take off Darlin’
Getting ready to fly
I’ll take a look at the night sky Darlin’
You’ll be the shooting light
You’ve lived your life in the shadows
You’ve been a dreamer of dreams
Now you’re ready to take off Darlin
Now you know what it means
Sometimes the hardest thing
Is knowing what song to sing
Is finding your voice to sing it in then
You can do most anything yeah
You’re getting ready to set sail Darlin’
Put your back to the wind
I’ll meet you over the high seas Darlin’
I’ll cheer you through anything
It’s like you’ve always been wandering
Wondering where you can go
Now you’re ready to take off Darlin’
Now you’re ready to show
Sometimes the hardest thing
Is knowing what song to sing
Is finding your voice to sing it in You can do most anything yeah
Shine your light
Shine your light
Don’t back on your crazy dreams
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9. |
To the New Year
04:35
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TO THE NEW YEAR
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
Darkness rest over the mountains
The last light is smouldering way off in the West
The cold from the outside can’t harm us
As sparks from the fire burn black on the hearth
Come now together the night and the day
Come now today and tomorrow
The old year has passed to make way for the new
Let us pray for an end to our sorrows
Time may not always be with us
New worries will come so leave old ones behind
Leave your burdens unsaddled
Hate travels heavy but mercy is light
Come now together the night and the day
Come now today and tomorrow
The old year has passed to make way for the new
Let us pray for an end to our sorrows
We’ll sing a new song in the morning
We’ll sing a new song to a world that’s renewed
We’ll cast out the woes that won’t break us
And welcome the new dawn’s light breaking through
Come now together the night and the day
Come now today and tomorrow
The old year has passed to make way for the new
Let us pray for an end to our sorrows
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10. |
The Turning of the Tide
10:59
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THE TURNING OF THE TIDE
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
A silent street
The wind has changed for winter
And still I play
As cold as I may be
Though damaged limbs
Goad me toward my failure
I sound the air
my bow touched upon steel
Farewell my old and Trusted Friend
In life you served me well
Farewell I feel it’s near the end
There’s a changing of the Seasons coming
A turning of the tide
There was a time
Before these walls were shaken
A man could sit
And play for all to see
A vision comes
I hope to God I’m mistaken
These streets awash
With blood surrounding me
Farewell my old and Trusted Friend
In life you served me well
Farewell I feel it’s near the end
There’s a changing of the Seasons coming
A turning of the tide
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Matt McGinn Northern Ireland, UK
Matt McGinn is an award winning singer, songwriter and producer from the foothills of the Mourne Mountains in Co. Down,
Ireland.
His latest album 'Time Well Spent' was ALBUM OF THE WEEK on both RTE Radio 1 & BBC Radio Ulster
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