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Who I Am
03:56
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I ask you now
I need to know
I need to know
Oh. oh, whoa,
And then we tied it
Roll it roll it roll it, roll it over
To his foot
My, my my,
Where'd he put it?
Ya ya ya ya ya
Let's take a look.
Rolly rolly rolly roll it over.
Where'd you put him?
Ya ya ya
I need to know
Roll la la la la la la
Where'd he go?
Rolly rolly rolly roll it over.
Tell me right now now.
Ya ya ya.
I gotta know.....
I went out to the pond
Saw where the Winter's love
Brought to the soul the shadows of the rain
The rocking of the mind and of the heart
Feel it all the night and in the day
All night long
It will change your way
You find yourself in your song in your song in your song
Oh ya
Oh, alright, alright, alright now it's alright now.
What turns away and turns my song...
Turns away who I am
From
Turns away from who I am.
The windows and the door
Say now
Open your heart open your heart
You know who I am
You know
You know who I am
Who I am
Oh, whoa, whoa,
Rolly, rolly, rolly, roll it over.
My my my
Ya ya ya ya ya
Rolly rolly rolly roll it over.
Where'd you put him?
ya ya ya
I need to know
Rolly la la la la la la
Where'd he go?
Rolly rolly rolly roll it over.
Tell me right now now.
Ya ya ya.
I gotta know.....
Who I am
What I'll be
What you saw
When I turned
I gotta know
I gotta know
Tell me now
I need to know
I need to know.
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2. |
Nighthawk
04:48
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When I was a boy I was quick but I lived in dreams,
Of Kukri knives, transistor radios, and gaucho boots,
Cat whiskers, secret potions, and Sergeant Preston,
Fresh ironed shirts,
And a gun that shoots
Now I’m ancient, I move so slow,
My memory is a stranger,
Who follows everywhere I go.
I tried to get away,
But I fell down fast,
As the wind filled my head
With these loving voices from the past.
They sang oh oh oh
There were Christmas songs
With the scent of Jesus
On the straw, in the cold.
Snowbells rise
Beside the driveway
Where the Prince of Night’s last story will be told.
Oh, oh, oh
I do remember
We all forget
The silent breath
The cigarette
The smoke, the ashes,
The numbing chill.
The kitten purring through this darkness we will never fill.
When you called my name,
You knew I would not answer.
I am out on the breakwater,
Lost in the seabirds’ cries.
I saw you holding hands
With your salsa dancer,
Touching those expensive muscles,
Looking into those dark Romanian eyes.
I wandered desperately
Through the drought of your pity.
I would have traded my old soul to see
One real tear fall from your eye.
Now I’m watching a nighthawk
Swoop down over the city.
First he swallows the moon,
Then the stars,
Then the whole night sky.
Oh, oh, oh
Ah, ah, ah
Love, love, love, love.
When I was a boy, I was quick but I lived in dreams.
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3. |
Bet I'm Not
04:06
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I bet I'm not the only one
Who talks to the river
Sings to the sun
Cries a little when the day is done
I bet I'm not the only one.
I know mine's not the only heart
Battered, bruised, torn apart,
Skipping beats
Right from the start,
I know mine's not he only heart.
Some times it seems
You are walking in a dream.
Your legs are heavy,
Can't escape the crowd,
All you want to do is scream out loud.
Oh my soul,
Tell the director you reject the role.
You're never never never never never gonna be
Nobody, nobody, nobody, said,
Oh my heart,
Tell the producer you accept the part.
You're always gonna, always gonna, always gonna be,
Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody.
Always gonna be.
I know mine's not the only mind,
Crack for a minute, get left behind.
Then the peaceful path's
So hard to find.
I know mine's not the only mind.
Down every road you go,
So much to learn, so much to know.
Is it fate alone or do you get to choose
A piece of this rock that is just for you?
Compassion and the sorrow,
The turning of the wheel.
All the dreams that we must borrow,
All the anger you still feel.
But
Oh my soul,
Tell the director you reject the role.
You're never never never never never gonna be
Nobody, nobody, nobody, said,
Oh my heart,
Tell the producer you accept the part.
You're always gonna, always gonna, always gonna be,
Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody.
Always gonna be.
I bet I'm not the only one
Who talks to the river,
Sings to the sun.
Cries a little when the day is done,
I bet I'm not the only one.
I know mine's not the only heart,
Battered, bruised, torn apart,
Skipping beats,
Right from the start,
Mine is not he only heart.
Oh my soul,
Tell the producer you accept the role.
Always gonna be, always gonna be,
Somebody, somebody.
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4. |
Green Hat
03:15
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"Hey little Judy,
What are you waiting for?"
"I'm waiting for the man in the green hat,
to walk through that cellar door."
"Tell me little Judy,
When will it all begin?"
"It begins when this tiny smile explodes into a grin,
That's when it all begins."
When the moon's in the East,
You hear the song of the beast,
And the pollen that's falling is
Floating on the wind.
A call to the feast
Through the billowing yeast,
That's when it all begins.
That's when it all begins.
Just a heart
Apart
Just a start
In your heart
To know to know don't he know?
Oh ya.
Well he won't say fast.
And he won't say slow.
And he won't say yes.
And he won't say no.
What is he gonna do?
Where is she gonna go?
"Hey, little Judy,
What are you waiting for?"
"Are waiting for the man in the green hat?"
Little Judy
Little Judy
Little Judy
"Whatcha waiting for?"
"Whatcha waiting for?"
"What are you waiting for?"
"What are you waiting for?"
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5. |
Haricots Verts
02:42
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Haricots verts,
Haricots verts,
Pick 'em in the garden,
Hide 'em under your chair.
Who taught the bear,
Not to stare,
When the boys and girls
Eat haricots verts?
Haricots verts. Haricots.
I do not know
Who taught the bear
Not to stare,
When the boys and girls
Eat haricots verts?
Sorry little rabbit,
I'm just off to the beach.
I've got a lizard in my pocket,
and a pebble, and a rocket,
and a Luna Cat on a leash.
Oh Oh Oh
Haricots verts,
Haricots verts.
Haricots verts,
Haricots verts.
My brother's got a shovel,
And a bucket with a crab,
And we are racing to the corner,
Throwing pebbles at the corner,
Trying to catch up with Zurab.
Haricots verts,
Haricots verts,
Slice 'em in the morning,
You can wear 'em in your hair.
Who scared the bear
Under the stair?
The boys and girls
Eat haricots verts.
Haricots verts.
Haricots.
I do not know.
Who scared the bear
Under the stair?
Was it the boys and girls
Eating haricots verts?
I love my carrot green,
Prettiest green I've ever seen.
Now I have to run and grab it,
From that friendly little rabbit.
Haricots verts,
Haricots verts,
You pick 'em in the garden,
Hide 'em under your chair.
Who taught the bear,
Not to stare,
When the boys and girls
Eat haricots verts?
Haricots. Haricots.
I do not know.
Who taught the bear,
Not to swear,
When the boys and girls
Eat haricots verts?
Haricots
Haricots
Haricots.
Haricots verts.
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6. |
Crooked Path
04:21
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Would you lie with me tonight?
I've healed my broken wings,
But I will not take flight.
Would you lie with me tonight?
I am naked,
And the world is flowing through me.
Lay your head next to mine,
I am dreaming,
And the shapes
Drift North and West
Through fine swirling snowflakes.
There are wolves in the forest,
With their own loves,
And their own sorrows.
We walk the same crooked path
Out of the same distant past,
Wait through the same dark night
'til tomorrow.
Would you link worlds in this darkness?
Your love has me awake,
But between us is a universe of silence we must cross.
But, oh, if you listen, the pine trees surround us
With their sighing and their crying.
We share the same frozen earth.
We know the same Summer thirst.
Pass through the same clear light
In dying.
There are stars in the night sky.
And they know shining.
And they know falling.
We spin the same crystal spheres.
We live the same numbered years.
Though for the stars the years are longer,
Their light burns no stronger
Than the sparks we have struck
With our laughter and our tears,
Right here.
Right here.
So,
Would you lie with me tonight?
I've healed my broken wings,
But I shall not take flight.
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7. |
Come Back
03:22
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By day I ask questions.
By night I learn.
If the soul seeks perfection,
How will the spirit return?
It was all so long ago now,
August crossed the sea,
Calling to the rose on the shore,
"Do not forget me."
In joy, in sorrow,
The light shines true.
The loves you lost
Will be found,
And come back to you.
Come back to you.
Love come back to you.
Ah, this prince keeps calling me,
He got me up on the line, saying:"Praise."
He says "I'm a soul king in Heaven."
I just said "Please, please, please, please please."
I'm a long way from home.
I'm a long way from the light.
I hear the beast breathing heavily.
He is watching every night.
In fear, in trembling, the light shines true.
The loves you lost will be found,
And come back to you.
Come back to you.
Come back to you.
I sing.
The loves you lost shall be found.
And come back to you.
Come back to you.
Come back
Come back
Come back to you.
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8. |
A Blue Rose
03:40
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A blue rose
Coloured skin
Red sky
A pearl pin
Tt took a laugh to get me in.
The door swung open,
Let love begin.
But you know the heart,
Is a secret place,
Distant, dark,
So hard to trace.
But you threw a spark,
With your embrace,
And the morning light,
Is shining in your face.
Who sent this stranger,
Who could speak my name?
Who laughed at the danger,
In dancing in the woods,
When the moon is full,
And the bear cubs are purring,
With the whippoorwill?
Night falls,
Curtains close,
It's the silent time
The lonely heart knows.
Walk the halls,
Wind the clock,
The nightbird calls,
The door is locked.
A cold walk,
On a barren field,
Some plain talk,
Would improve the yield.
It's time to leave
This war behind,
The shattered hearts,
The destroyed minds.
Who sent this stranger,
Who knew my song?
Who loves the danger,
In singing to the moon,
When the wind is high,
The cougars dance,
And the ravens sigh?
I'm the lonely faller,
Dust inside my collar,
Mushrooms on my boots.
It was hidden in my heart,
Right from the start,
How not to trip on the roots.
Just sing:
Be bop a diddly bop
Dance until your heart stops,
Sing it from the tree top,
She's sweeter than a lemon drop.
Be bop a diddly bop,
Avoid that flip flop,
Cross over the river,
Got a song to deliver.
Alright.
A blue rose
Coloured skin
Red sky
Pearl pin
It took a laugh to get me in.
The door swung open,
Let love begin.
The door swung open,
Let love begin.
The door swung open,
Let love,
Let love begin.
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9. |
Presence
04:12
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Here in the presence of the angel,
Who watches everyone we love,
Standing by our doorpost,
Eyes on the rainbow up above.
He brings music in the morning,
As the sleepers awake.
Drums and trumpets they are sounding
A sweet song to ease your heartache.
Feel the strength of rhythm and rhyme,
To steady time,
And heal our minds,
And carry us all away.
Here in the night, she is with you.
And she holds your evening song.
Sweet words of comfort,
To calm the world,
And keep your spirit strong.
You will know her by her power
And by the wisdom that she brings.
She will reach you, she will teach you,
The joyful music that she sings.
Let it in your heart.
Let it in your heart now.
Feel the strength of rhythm and rhyme,
To steady time,
And heal our minds,
And carry us all away.
Whisper to the blossom,
Pray to the seed,
They are all you'll ever need.
Rest with the owl,
Rise with the moon,
Study magic with the loon.
Dance with the raven,
Laugh with the fox,
Kiss that boy who never talks.
Smile and forgive
Your enemy tonight.
No need for a fight,
Everything's alright.
In the presence of the angel,
Who watches everyone we love,
Standing by our doorpost,
Eyes on the rainbow up above.
He brings us music in the morning,
As the sleepers awake.
Drums and trumpets they are sounding
A sweet song to ease your heartache.
To ease your heartache.
To ease your heartache.
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10. |
Morning Star
02:47
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In your heart from the start,
You know who I am.
Sing me the song of the shepherd and the lamb.
Say that word that you heard,
No man should have to beg.
Sing me the song of the robin and the egg.
Say a prayer for the air,
For the bee and the fruit.
Sing me the song of the branches and the root.
In the light, in the night,
I know who you are.
Sing me the song of the morning star.
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Patrick Godfrey Victoria, British Columbia
Patrick Godfrey
Singer Songwriter
Composer
Pianist
Born in Toronto
Based on
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Canada
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