1.By The Time It Gets Dark
Baby every cloud has a silver lining
Baby every dog really has his day
And it matters to me to see you smiling
Why don't you blow all your cares away
Yesterday is gone and will be forgotten
And today is where every new day starts
Got to be free as the leaves in the autumn
You may be sad but it will never last.
Chorus
Mabye by the evening we'll be laughing
Just wait and see all the changes there'll be
By the time it gets dark
2.Schooldays Over
Schooldays over, come on then john
Time to be getting your pit boots on
On with your sack and your moleskin trousers
Time you were on your way
Time you were learning the pitman's job
And earning a pitman's pay.
Come on then jim, it's time to go
Time you were working down below
Time to be handling a pick and shovel
You start at the pits today
Time to be learning the collier's job
And earning a collier's pay.
Come on then dai, it's nearly light
Time you were off to the anthracite
The morning mist is on the valley
It's time you were on your way
Time you were learning the miner's job
And earning a miner's pay
Repeat first verse
3.Once In A Very Blue Moon
I found your letter in my mailbox today
You were just checking if i was okay
And if i miss you, well you know what they say
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
And i feel one coming on soon
No need to ask me if we can be friends
And help me right back on my feet again
And if i miss you, well just now and then
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
And i feel one coming on soon
There's a blue moon shining
When i am reminded of all we've been through
Such a blue moon shining
Does it ever shine down on you？
You act as if it doesn't hurt you at all
Like i'm the only one who's getting up from a fall
Don't you remember now don't you recall
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
And i feel one coming on soon
Just once in a very blue moon
4.Farewell Farewell
Farewell, farewell to you who would hear
You lonely travellers all
The cold north winds will blow again
The winding road does call.
And will you never return to see
Your bruised and beaten sons
O i would, i would if welcome i were
For they loathe me every one.
And will you never cut the cloth
Nor drink the light to be
And can you never swear a year
To anyone but he.
No i will never cut the cloth
Nor drink the light to be
But i'll swear a year to he who lies
Asleep alongside of me.
Repeat first verse
5.Sparks Might Fly
I cannot stop this child from touching me
I see not fault in watching her bloom
She knows where fire begins and where sparks might fly
Yet i feel she may be consumed.
She done turns on the b stage
She shook hands when the shoe fit
I wanna know how the land lies
I'll let you in on a secret.
I did not steal away when love rode by
I did not let myself be unkind
It's so heard to say where love meets lust
I often think i'm losing my mind.
I trade notes with the press league
They send back their suggestions
I wanna know where i come from
But all i get are directions.
Chorus
I can't get started, can't get pain
What's wrong？
Big ideas, the find intentions
They're all gone
It takes two flagons of courage
Pounds, shillings and pence
You wind up going nowhere
It doesn't make sense.
I see my brother's face grow dark with care
I spend my time avoiding his gaze
I pray that god might make his dreams come true
I'd give so much to feel he's been saved.
A bright spark in the playground
Dead loss as an anchor
You don't call him a misfit
He's just stuck for an answer.
Chorus (2)
6.Katie
Tumbling curls of green by stainglass streaming light
And a yellow coloured lampshade used to keep us up all night
And the smile upon her face, the tears upon your cheek
And the night sky on the window
Your heart calling out to me.
Chorus
Come running home again, katie
Come running home again
Cross my heart and hope to die
Shall i cause another tear from your eye
The mirror that won't talk and your nightgown on the door
And the old pedal singer just don't sing no more
You can roll the reels for hours
From the movie of this book
It's a question mark on this heart of mine
Sends an elder back to look.
Chorus
Now i'm looking through a tunnel
Back into the room
With the genius of a druid when the sunlight floods the tomb
And i'm never going back there, and i couldn't anyway
'cause though i made the great escape
I never got away.
Chorus
7.Leaving The Land
It's time to go, jenny
No need to close the door
What if the dust gets in the house
It doesn't matter any more
You and the dust have been at war for far too many years
Now the war is over jenny dear.
Chorus
Leaving the land
Leaving the land
Leaving all i've ever been and everything i am
Leaving the land.
Remember when i brought you here
Those long bright years ago
For all that time you've been my heart
And this land has been my soul
The long bright days are over now but still the heart beats on
But jenny dear the soul is gone.
Chorus
I't time to go, jenny
Drive quickly down the track
We'll never see what lies ahead if we keep on looking back
Behind is just an empty house
Old memories and ghosts
And our small dream gathering dust.
Chorus
8.There Is A Time
There is a time in life it seems
For believing in dreams, for me it's gone
And though i realize today
Dreams are empty anyway, i still feel wronged.
Chorus
I felt cheated when you went away
But not as defeated as i felt the day
You came back and we found so little to say.
There is a time in life i know
When we all must outgrow young ideals
And the wisdom that we gain
Is paid for with the pain i now feel.
Chorus
There is a time in life it seems
For believing in dreams for me it's gone.
9.Jamie
Instrumental
10.Leaboys Lassie
First when i came to the town
They called me young and bonny
Now they've changed my name
Called me the leaboy's honey.
I'll dye my petticoats red
And i'll face them with a yellow
I'll tell the dyester lads
That the leaboys i've to follow.
It's over hills and dales
And over dykes and ditches
Say will i like the lad
Who wears the moleskin breeches
The black horse draws the cart
And he's as proud as any
Say will i like the lad
That drives them on so canny
Feather beds are fine
And painted rooms are bonny
But i would leave them all
To jog away with johnny
Oh, for saturday night
It's i that'll see my dearie
He'll come whistlin' in
When i am tired and weary.
First when i came to the town
They called me proud and saucy
Now they've changed my name
Called me the leaboy's lassie.
11.Trying To Get The Balance Right
We don't always live in harmony
And often there are times when we are enemies
I fight with you, and you fight with me
Trying to get the balance right.
Sometimes we cause each other pain
Sometimes our wills are not the same
And often we tire of the strain
Trying to get the balance right.
Chorus
Like a circus pair
Hight up in the air
Working on their act
We need that kind of pact
High above the ring
Watch them balancing
See how they unite
We too can get it right.
We don't always seem to get along
And one of us often acts too strong
Sometimes we find we're goin' wrong
Trying to get the balance right.
Chorus
We don't always live in harmony
And often there are times when we are enemies
But i love you and you love me
When we get the balance right
When we get the balance right
We can get the balance right.
12.Moon River
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