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Waiting
04:56
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I see that you're moving baby, I know how that feels
I hope you can keep it going I know it's for real
But if you find that you're just sitting alone
And if your mind starts wondering, thinking of home
Thinking of home... well you know
I'm waiting, I'm waiting ,you know I'm waiting for you
Waiting here for you
And I don't mind how long it takes you to fllow your fate
I can just sit here knowing I just have to wait,
And when your mind starts wondering, thinking of home
When you find that your just sitting alone, sitting alone,
.. well you know
I'm waiting, I'm waiting ,you know I'm waiting for you
Waiting here for you
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The Dream Is Over
02:04
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When I came to the city I was seventeen
Everything looking just like in a dream, yes it was.
I made a little money and I drank a lot of wine
Met some really cool people had some wild times, yes it was,
Now everyone's going to Copenhagen and I'm stuck here alone,
The dream is over, I think it's time to go home.
I met all the people and saw all the faces
Heard a lot of fine stories how they were going places
I believed it then
And the guys who went off to live in the woods
Said they were leaving the city for good
You know they're back again
And I guess it's the same in Copenhagen and in Amsterdam and Rome,
The dream is over, it's time to go home.
I'm getting sick and tired of being out on the street
I've got to work all day to get back on my feet, and get away
The wine's gone sour and the money's getting slow
Everybody's talking about how it used to flow
Yesterday
Everyday I go down in the subway I'm still standing on that stone
The dream is over, it's time to go home.
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A Minor Blues
02:13
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Instrumental
01:53
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It's all about the instrumental
She was instrumental in doing it that way,
Without words, without words.
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Searching For Venus
02:56
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Lying there next to the swimming pool
She kicks off her shoes and reads a magazine
I've been travelling just for her and I
Still won't remember all the things I've seen
Though she can't see my eyes,
She doesn't seem to recognise me as I bend down and offer her a glass
Five years I've been looking for her
Most of the time I was on my own,
Then I saw her there looking just like she did,
I knew right away I was almost home
Though I can't see her eyes, she doesn't seem to be be surprised
And she says, no thank you I don't
Five years can really turn a man inside out
But I swear that to look at I haven't changed all that much
She's got no reason to pretend not to know
We parted as friends we said we'd keep in touch
keep in touch
Then it suddenly dawned up on me, that the woman I could see was not the one,
No she was not the one at all
Just like both the times it happened before
The resemblance was amazing I was completely taken in
and I wonder when they're gonna send the next one along
and if the five years has yet to begin and if the day will ever come
When I finally catch up with the one who keeps me from going back to where I came from
Lying there next to the swimming pool....
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You'll be all Right
02:36
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Century
03:43
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⌛️On the first day of the century my little girl came up to me she said daddy what changes will we see in this new century
🕍And the church bells were ringing, the prophets were singing, the people were swimming around in the world of what shall be.
I said back in 67 I was still as young as you, and though I knew the answers there was nothing I could do. And there was a singer, But his name I don't recall. He told all the children that the rain was soon to fall
So we sat and closed our eyes and counted 82 and then when we open them we could see nothing that was new.
Now I'm nearly 60 and there's not much more to do. All I've got to live for as my love and hope for you
You see I've been right through all these things I've seen they're all the same but still the poets tell me that I couldn't feel their pain.
Little girl since your mother died, I guess I've grown a little cold inside.
Little girl this is your century go ahead now don't look back at me
Little girl I hope you keep that smile, go out and do whatever seems to you to be worthwhile
Little girl this is your century 🌟
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Amsterdam
02:58
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Open Instrumental
03:06
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This tune doesn't have any lyrics because it's an instrumental, which is why it is called "Intsrumental". In all of my songs the guitar part is instrumental to the music but in most there is a vocal part as well. That's not the case this time.
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The War Is Over
02:10
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Are you coming home girl the war is over
it's time to rearrange the fragments that remain
SO COME ON HOME GIRL We'd like
TO SEE YOU AND I FEEL it won't be, BE CAN'T BE VERY LONG
I'VE HEARD THE BIRDS HAVE STARTED NESTING ON THE CLIFFS AGAIN AND THE DEBRIS ON THE BEACHES IS BEING WASHED AWAY
SO COME ON HOME GIRL the war is over Living STARTS AGAIN toDAY
You've been gone split between the dangers
fighting for which ever side is looking down
Falling out, or maybe just falling,
Falling for slogans and sympathetic eyes
Last night the lights were shining all over the town again
And the the children outside laughing like they never been away
so come on home girl the war is over
loving starts again today
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Andy Roberts England, UK
Original and unique songs through the decades
in the classic
"contemporary folk" solo
acoustic
singer songwriter style.
Influences: Roy Harper, Mike Chapman, Loudon Wainwright, Beefheart
... more
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Just great guitar playing
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