No Frontiers

Mary Black No Frontiers Lyrics
1.No Frontiers

If life is a river and your heart is a boat
And just like a water baby, baby born to float
And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high
Then your heart is amelia dying to fly
Heaven knows no frontiers
And i've seen heaven in your eyes

And if life is a bar room in which we must wait
'round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates
Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates
And we stack all the deadmen in self addressed crates
In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us 'til the day
When fear will lose its grip
And heaven has its way
Heaven knows no frontiers
And i've seen heaven in your eyes

If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails
And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails
Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right
Then your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night
In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us 'til the day when fear will lose its grip
And heaven has its way
And heaven has its way
When all will harmonise
And know what's in our hearts
The dream will realise

Heaven knows no frontiers
And i've seen heaven in your eyes
Heaven knows no frontiers
And i've seen heaven in your eyes


2.Past The Point Of Rescue

Last night i dreamed you were back again
Larger than life again, holding me tight again
Placing those same kisses on my brow
Sweeter than ever now, lord i remember how
Couldn't get enough of kissing
Do you know how much i'm missing?
No you don't, but i do

Days like a slow train trickle by
Even the words that i write refuse to fly
All that i can hear is your song haunting me
Can't get the melody out of my head you see
Distractions i've been using
Do you know how much i'm losing?
No you don't, but i do

But i do and i wonder if i'm past the point of rescue
An is no word from you at all the best that you can do
Never meant to push or shove you
Do you know how much i love you?
No you don't, but i do.


3.The Shadow

And it's over now
The guns have flowed
The nightmare flashed
On a cradle road
As the guilty rain came down
No child to hold
Through anxious fears
No gentle hand
To catch the tears
That soak this ancient ground

The smile that breaks so gently
Belies a troubled head
Like a voice that holds the secrets
Of the life you might have led
Eyes with pale indifference
In danger and in grace
But the glance that knows the death-knell
Left its shadow on your face
In the deep enduring darkness
As your loyal friends go down
Touched by the violent crown
'til their hunter's hunted down

Chorus

The web is slowly woven
The endless dreamers shed,
In the dawn the curfew is broken
On the sunday morning's dead.
Centuries of thunder
Take the castle in the flood
To the cold night air of london
Where you hands are bound in blood.
Mid winter deepened
As the parting turned inside
A thousand times you cried
But the shadow never died.

And it's over now
The guns have flowed
The night mare flashed
On a cradle road.
As the guilty rain came down.
No child to hold
Through anxious fears
No gentle hand
No graceful years
Just bitter ancient ground.

But it's over now


4.Carolina Rua

Stories never end 'til you come to conclusions:
Carolina ruadh has a hand in my confusion.
Waits for me to choose which quarter to bend in.
To susie-make-me-blue, or the redhead i'm attending.

Oh carolina ruadh has my heart and all i want to do's
Go down the windy road where my carolina goes:
Down the crooked road where carolina goes to school
Mo charolina ruadh, do you love me?
Tell me true, tell me......
Standing on three queens, thought the game was over.
Then, from the blue, carolina's at my shoulder:
Laughter in her eyes and a smile
That touches all the guys

On down the crooked road where carolina goes to school
,mo charolina ruadh, do you love me?
Tell me true, tell me..


5.Shuffle Of The Buckled

The moon was full
And their hearts were empty
When i stopped to watch the river go down
Saw the gleaming eyes
On your blind two corners
Heard the shuffle of the buckled
As they come to lay their money down

Ooo not even with his money down
And he fades in the shadows
Of the walls of night in this town
He just fades in the shadows
Of the walls of night in this town

My heart was numb and my eyes stopped running
And the wind chilled my bones where i stopped
To watch that river go down
And the song on this street
Boasts no chest proud anthem
It's the shuffle of the buckled
As they come to lay their money down

Chorus

The moon was full
And their hearts were empty
When i stopped to watch the river go down
Ooo not even with his money down


6.Columbus

Better keep your distance from this whale
Better keep your boat from going astray
Find yourself a partner and treat them well
Try to give them shelter night and day
'cause here in this blue light
Far away from the fireside
Things can get twisted and crazy and crowded
You can't even feel right

So you dream of columbus
Ever time the panic starts
You dream of columbus
With your maps and your beautiful charts
You dream of columbus
With an ache in your travelling heart

See how the cormorant swoops and dives
Must be some thrill to go that deep
Down to the basement of this life
Down to where the mermaid gently sleeps
Not like here in this blue light
Far away from the fireside
Where things can get twisted and haunted and crowded
You can't even feel alright

Chorus

And as tide must ebb and flow
I am dragged down under
And i wait the livelong day
For an end to my hunger

So i dream of columbus
Every time that the panic starts
I dream of columbus
With my maps and my beautiful charts
I dream of columbus
And there's peace in a traveling heart
I dream of columbus


7.Another Day

Hey little brother the winds of the world
Have ruffled your soft and weakened wings
And though i can't hold you as i look into your eyes
I can see the film that disappointment brings
I know it's rained upon your childhood dreams
The games you've been playing
Weren't quite what they seemed
How can i tell you don't bang your head against the wall
The wall i've been banging and praying might fall

Your time will come on another day
And your dreams will flame and in the fire play
On another day

I know it's hard for you to understand
There are no flying angels come to lend a hand
No smiling faces lined for you to meet
It looks like that in twisted glass
From the kind side of the street

Chorus

Repeat 1st verse

Chorus


8.Fat Valley Of Pain

It was one of those days
When to shine was of no value
One of those days
When the language had no grace
We were miles apart
And i stood there with my head spinning
Just another poor soul
Trying hard not to lose faith

We had it engraved
We had the key to a union
But you wanted more
So we both kept on losing

Fat valley of pain
Fat valley of pain inside
And this pain will not end
'cause loving you is what i was made for

You were like one of those rainbows
We glimpse for a few seconds
One of those dreams
That could last for a life long
Now i'm quizzing myself
And it's always the same question
Is it wrong to believe
When the feeling so so strong?

We had engraved
We had the key to a union
But you wanted more
So we both kept on losing

It's an ill-kept secret
That something here's going wrong
Oh but my helpless feelings
They keep on leading me on

Fat valley of pain
Fat valley of pain inside
And this pain will not end
'cause loving you is what i was made for
Fat valley of pain


9.I Say A Little Prayer

The moment i wake up, before i put on my make up
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair now
And wonderin' what dress to wear now
I say a little prayer for you

Forever, forever you'll stay in my heart
And i will love you forever and ever
We never will part and i will love you
Together, together that's how it must be
To live without you could only mean heartbreak for me

I run for the bus dear, while riding i think of us, dear
And say a little prayer for you
At work i just take time, and all through my coffee break time
I say a little prayer for you

Chorus

Darlin' believe me, for me there is no one but you
Say you love me too
'cause i'm in love with you
Answer my prayer now
Say you love me too
Just answer my prayer now
Say you love me too

Chorus

The moment i wake up, before i put on my make up
Answer my prayer now
Say you love me too
Just answer my prayer now
Say you love me too


10.Vanities

Big bad man's law doesn't carry much sway
When you come around here
You can still scratch my back
And i can still change sides
Don't carry no torch 'til you have it in type
That i'm doing okay
It's only one man's outlook
It could be one more lie

Look at it closely
Counterfeit mostly
Yesterdays's brushwork
Using yesterdays' paint
And everything that i believe
And every note that you receive
They're just vanities to you

Hear that liverpool wind as i'm making my way
For the very last time
Is this a resurrection?
And do you really care?
I can't relish no kiss 'til i happen to hear
Your honeycomb nouns
Let you down so often
I'll do the same again

Look at it closely
Counterfeit mostly
Yesterday's stories
It's the same all over the world
And everything that i believe
And every note that you receive
They're just vanities to you

Busy little bodies have a story to tell
Even if it goes against the grain
Tiny little seeds have got an ocean to swell
But who am i to rock the boat

And everything that i believe
And every note that you receive

Look at it closely
Counterfeit mostly
Yesterday's brushwork
Using yesterday's pain
Look at it closely
Counterfeit mostly
Yesterday's stories
It's the same all over the world


11.The Fog In Monterey

Some days the fog in monterey comes
Blowing from the grove above, and then tears away
The drifting patches lift and fold
Then sunlight cuts them white and cold
In monterey -- fog comes, oh, then
It tears away

A heart sick lover comes to stay;
She leaves the one she loves behind,
And then tears away.
She walks the hill in sudden wonder;
Is she dead or just undone?
She's lost her way -- love comes, oh, then
It tears away

Some nights this girl in monterey
Lies dreaming in her room above, then tears away:
Her eyes are on her lover's face;
He smiles, and she can hardly wait --
Is it night or day? -- dream comes, oh, then
It tears away

But now that morning's on its way
Too soon the dreamer's drowned in fog that tears away
The clouds that cover monterey
Crowd by as if they're here to say
'we never stay -- she comes, oh, then
She tears away'

Some days the fog in monterey comes
Blowing from the grove above, then tears away;
It comes--oh, then
It tears away.