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Annie (Many Moons Ago)
05:10
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Dear Annie,
How you doin', thought I'd write you fore the snow
Leaves me stuck here in this city without a place to go
I'm right here where you left me, wish it could be somewhere else
But I know you're probably busy making something of yourself
Thought I couldn't live without you, turns out that's not so.
It's a life that ain't worth livin, there's a difference don't you know?
I remember how we'd lie there, the secrets that we told
They were times I call the good times
But that was many moons ago
You were many moons ago.
I have to pass our corner at least four times a day
I've moved back in with folks now and mother she says hey.
Though I heard her say she wished you would slowly burn in hell
But its really me she's mad at, it doesn't help that she's unwell
Thought I couldn't live without out you, what's to be, well it must be
It would be easier if I hate you but if I hate anyone its me
I remember how we'd lie there saying we'd lie there till we're old
They were times I call the good times
But that was many moons ago
You were many moons ago
Annie, I hear Katie calling
You should see how much she's grown
since you left on her 5th birthday
But that was many moons ago
Many moons ago...
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
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'Time Well Spent'
You and me at the water’s edge
And time would pass
With nothing on our minds
Promises made
Oaths set in stone
Skimming stones
As the sun goes down and the world relents
Time with you is time well spent
You and me counting stars above
In a distant Sky
With nothing on our minds
We’ll talk it out
Try as we might
We’ll put the world right
As the sun goes down and the world relents
Time with you is time well spent
Nothing lasts forever unless it’s something
A memory I can hold on to, that I’ll never lose
Nothing lasts forever but it won’t have to
It only has to live in me, be a part of me
Like you and me at the water’s edge... waiting... watching...
The sun go down as the world relents
Time with you is time well spent
As the sun goes down and the world relents
Time with you is time well spent
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
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Something
03:55
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'Something'
Listen cause I’ve been thinking maybe
We can do without these
troubles that we share
Somehow all I do is try to
Live without a promise
Stand without a prayer
I’m still dreaming, turning, sleeping, give me what you got
Hey! something is pulling me on
Someone keeps pushing me on
It just takes one, to keep me going on and on and on and on and on, Something keeps pulling me on
Lately, you’ve been trying to show me
More than I could hope for
Less than I can bear
After all that’s said and done
Well I’m still trying to reach you
I’m still trying to care
I’m still dreaming, turning, sleeping, give me what you got
Hey! something is pulling me on
Someone keeps pushing me on
It just takes one, to keep me going on and on and on and on and on, Something keeps pulling me on
Reasons or witnesses any belief, hold it with everything
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4. |
Lighthouse Joe
03:26
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'Lighthouse Joe'
I’ve been working this lighthouse for all of my days
Like my father and his father before.
But they no longer need what I’ve lived my whole life for
And it looks like they’re letting me go.
Yes it looks like they’re letting me go
Thanks for the years Joe, goodbye and good luck.
Now leave the light on when you go sir,
Thanks for the years Joe, goodbye and good luck.
Now leave the light on when you go sir
leave the light on whenever you go.
We weren’t first on this island,
But we may be the last, for there’s no good reason to stay
The homes that once housed my friends and good neighbours
Are empty and slow to decay.
Yes they’re empty and slow to decay
And sure maybe some day
When we’ve nothing to do and we’ve traded our passions away.
We’ll spend time reminiscing of a life that we’re missing
For when it’s over
It’s over
When the old ways get lost to make way for the new
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn & Brigid O'Neill
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Me & Tommy
04:43
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'Me & Tommy'
Sorrow in this soil, trouble that is shared
Feeling like a stranger in familiar land
I took the long road home with all its twists and turns
Not ready yet to face what i can't understand
It was always me and Tommy, it was always him and me
If it weren't for Tommy I don’t who I’d be
There's the tree that's seen it all, our glories and our pain
a battle-ground for brothers and our childhood games
Look a little closer, your name carved in its bark
one more forgotten girl with her first broken heart
Mother hugged us both goodbye, I saw her tears for you
the way she gripped you tighter like she almost knew
that this would be the last time, she'd see us side by side
and though I'm still your double death divides
And now we're home at last, together by our tree
no dandelions or docken leaves... just flowers and wreaths
It was always me and Tommy, it was always him and me
now that theres no Tommy I don’t who to be
I don't know who to be
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6. |
Kinnahalla
05:01
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'Kinnahalla'
Come on up, past Ballynanny
Lies the hen in the heather contented and free
And there you’ll find where my heart wants to be,
I hope Kinnahalla is waiting for me
The sun through the mist splits the last of the oaks
That were cut down and stolen for the building of boats
The whins will be dressed in their yellow and green
I hope Kinnahalla is waiting for me
California I’ve landed, I know not a soul
My life is all packed in this suitcase I hold
But while I remain here, for one thing I’ll plea
I hope Kinnahalla is waiting for me
Up to the deers meadow the water lies deep
The red kite is nesting, the Dolmen its keep
And I’d rest there awhile in my own company
I hope Kinnahalla is waiting for me
California I'm ready and my uniform’s blue
I’ve found me my calling and nothing to lose
But for all that I have here I know where I’d be
I hope Kinnahalla is waiting to me
I’d head down Betty’s for a quick half a stout
And a song for my second I’d be singing no doubt
And it would be my pleasure I know you’ll agree
But I hope Kinnahalla is waiting for me
California I’m here and my kids are all grown
The city life suits them and it’s where they call home
But my heart’s always heavy for it’s not home for me
But I know Kinnahalla is waiting for me
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
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'Le Ciel est Bleu'
Le soleil brille, le ciel est bleu
Aucune chance de pluie, meme pas petite peu
Eien ne pouvait me faire triste, je ne vais pas même faire une liste
Que le soleil brille et le ciel est bleu.
Aujourd’hui nous n’avon pas le moindre de souci
Ce n’est pas un suprise, car je sais que tu m’aime
Aujourd’hui nous n’avon pas le moindre de souci
Ma petite amie
Car je sais que tu m’aime
La brise de soir est chaud et doux
Les rues sont vide, il n’y a que nous
Est vous prenez votre main dans la mienne
Que nous sommes assis sur les board de la Sienne
La brise de soir est chaud et doux
Aujourd’hui nous n’avon pas le moindre de souci
Ce n’est pas un suprise, car je sais que tu m’aime
Aujourd’hui nous n’avon pas le moindre de souci
Ma petite amie
Car je sais que tu m’aime
N’ayez pas peur de vous mouiller quand vous dansez avec votre amour
que le soleil brille et le ciel est bleu
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8. |
Hands off my Summer
03:24
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'Hands off my Summer'
Lost of lately, time to roll the dice
Hats off to you if you love your life
But keep your hands off my summer
Keep your hands off my summer summer
Back to petrol and a dead end start
Nothing bombs just like a broken heart
So keep your hands off my summer
Keep your hands off my summer summer
I’m still calling
I see you, see you
I’m still calling
I won’t Keep my head down while you mess me around
It’s just you and me falling down the rabbit hole to nowhere
Let down, kicked ‘round, you know it hurts
Wounds won’t heal till you know your worth
So keep your hands off my summer
Keep your hands off my summer summer
Can’t help thinking that you’re something else
If you don’t like it go and find yourself
But keep your hands off my summer
Keep your hands off my summer summer
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
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Woman
03:19
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'Woman'
It's always the woman to have and to hold
Better than riches
Rarer than gold
It's always the woman from now onto be
That's sometimes forgotten
And granted a blurred history
Always the women
This woman of mine
It always the mother who right from the start
Has true love unquestioned
From depths of her heart
It's always the mothers from whom we shall learn
Hold us together
Leave nothing to yearn
Always the mothers
This mother of mine
It's always the sister that shows you the way
A guide past the darkness
A laugh through the day
It's always the sister whose song will ring true
She's been there before
And knows what to do
Always the sister
These sisters of mine
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
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10. |
Slide out of View
04:13
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'Slide out of View'
How come I am quiet when everything around me is burning down Down to the ground
When I should be kicking and screaming?
How come I am smiling when everything around me has lost its shit Falling to bits
When I should be terrified and then some?
Lose yourself in a book or a magazine
Something a little less blue
As the world’s changing and life’s rearranging just stop
Let it slide out of view
And sing la, la la la la
How come I’m laughing
When everyone around me’s at each other’s throats?
Was it something they wrote?
Humanity’s sinking it’s a pity shit floats
Now I’m thinking about it, and feeling more anxious
So I’ll shut my eyes and my fears are soon vanquished
I’ll close off my ears with two fingers and I'll sing
La la la la la
Words & Music by Matthew Stephen McGinn
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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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