Distant Shore

Orla Fallon Distant Shore Lyrics
1.Who Knows?

When you look up to follow the stars
Tell me what you see through your eyes
Sailing the sky to search your soul
I see a universe unfold...

We're far apart, you're here in my heart
Home thoughts and fond thoughts surround you
I've sailed the sky and now I know
Yours is the hand I long to hold

Forever, waiting, time will carry me over, always to you
Who knows what we'll ever find?....
Forever, waiting, time will carry me over, always to you
Who knows what we'll ever find?....

A storm in the stars and I'm not afraid
It's never raining through my eyes
I've sailed the sky and now I know
I've seen my universe unfold

Forever, waiting, time will carry me over, always to you
Who knows what we'll ever find?....
Forever, waiting, time will carry me over, always to you
Who knows what we'll ever find?....
Who knows what we'll ever find?....

I've seen my universe unfold
Forever, waiting, time will carry me over, always to you
Who knows what we'll ever find?....
Forever, waiting, time will carry me over, always to you
Who knows what we'll ever find?


2.Distant Shore

I wake the morning sun, gold as the ring that I wore
Back when we woke as one, on a distant shore...
There life is blooming now, close by the wide oceans roar
If I could buy wings I'd fly to that distant shore

When you think of me, sing a heart-spun song
When it's over, sing it once more
When you dream of me, dream when I'll meet you
On that distant shore

Love sleeping in my arms, eyes like your father before
Born to have your father's need for a distant shore

When you think of me, sing a wide-open song
When it's over, sing it once more
When you dream of me, dream when I'll meet you
On that distant shore

Life is a stormy sea, hearts can be tattered and torn
I still believe peace can be found, on that distant shore

When you think of me, sing an unbroken song
When it's over, sing it once more
When you dream of me, dream when I'll meet you
On that distant shore
On that distant shore


3.Dancing In The Moonlight

Summer dreams weave magical scenes around stars that shine as
angel's eyes
Scattered feelings of darkness and wonder I've glimpsed love the
first time

Dancing in the moonlight, I fall into your eyes
Moon and stars above us, I realise
Love is all around us rising up to touch the sky
Lost in each other's eyes

Silent fields of summer lie sleeping
Shrouded in a valley of peace
Make a wish, a prayer to the mountain
Come and live in the dream

Dancing in the moonlight, I fall into your eyes
Moon and stars above us, I realise
Love is all around us rising up to touch the sky
Lost in each other's eyes

Dancing in the moonlight, I fall into your eyes
Moon and stars above us, I realise
Love is all around us rising up to touch the sky
Lost in each other's eyes

Swallows fly, the first days of winter
Hold my breath and I make my wish
Catch your dream it's there if you take it
Come and let it be real

Dancing in the moonlight, I fall into your eyes
Moon and stars above us, I realise
Love is all around us rising up to touch the sky
Lost in each other's eyes

Dancing in the moonlight
Moon and stars above us

Dancing in the moonlight, I fall into your eyes
Moon and stars above us, I realise
Love is all around us rising up to touch the sky
Lost in each other's eyes
Lost in each other's eyes
Yes we're lost in each other's eyes


4.My Land

When to your green valleys
Some day I return
When you lay your mantle around me
At rest I will be where the heart will not yearn
Then my land will ever surround me

For you are the song ever singing in me
And you are the heart ever true
For you are my land and you always will be
The voice ever calling me home to you

For you are the song ever singing in me
And you are the heart ever true
For you are my land and you always will be
The voice ever calling me home to you

For you are the song ever singing in me
And you are the heart ever true
For you are my land and you always will be
The voice ever calling me home to you
The voice ever calling me home to you


5.Shooting Star

Far horizons hiding islands in a sea of blue
Quiet wonder, silent water, daydreams too
A smiling angel keeps a fairytale way beyond the stars
It will carry you if you want it to, as you are

Everywhere you go let your dreams surround you,
Everywhere you go, like a shooting star, a light in the sky
To guide you home

Please summer sunrise, hide the night sky in a sea of gold
Hear the whisper of never-ending stories told...

Everywhere you go let your dreams surround you,
Everywhere you go, like a shooting star, a light in the sky
To guide you home

Silver laughter, ever after, sing a lullaby
Sleep so deeply when you hear me say goodnight

Everywhere you go let your dreams surround you,
Everywhere you go, like a shooting star, a light in the sky
To guide you home

Everywhere you go let your dreams surround you,
Everywhere you go, like a shooting star, a light in the sky
To guide you home

For you are the song ever singing in me
And you are the heart ever true
For you are my land and you always will be
The voice ever calling me home to you

Like a shooting star, shooting star


6.Bean An Ti

O eirigi suas a thogha na bhfear
Is cuirigi pice ar bharr gach cleith
Leagaigi sios iad lucht an droch-chroi
Agus cuirigi dli na Fraince ar bun

Agus o bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort?
O bhean an ti, fa dho no tri
Beidh an talamh gan chios on bhliain seo amach
Agus o bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort?

Ta jug ar an bhord is ta beoir ag teacht
Ta arm go leor ag an Duke of York
Ta an Francach is an Spainneach ar bhruach na tra
Agus b'fhearr liom go mor e na comhra ban

Agus o bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort?
O bhean an ti, fa dho no tri
Beidh an talamh gan chios on bhliain seo amach
Agus o bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort?

Da da da da da ...

Mo chreach is mo chra nuair a bhi me beag
In aois mo dha bhliain sular smaoinigh me ar olc
Nach ndeachaigh me ar bord no in arm an Ri
Sular chaith me mo shaol ag dul timpeall ort

Agus o bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort?
O bhean an ti, fa dho no tri
Beidh an talamh gan chios on bhliain seo amach
Agus o bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort?

Go mbristear mo dhroim faoin ualach seo
Ma thigim aris ag cur buartha ort
Is a mhead bean og as seo go hAbhainn Mhor
A shiulfadh an rod is a d'olfadh deoch

Agus o bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort?
O bhean an ti, fa dho no tri
Beidh an talamh gan chios on bhliain seo amach
O bhean an ti, fa dho no tri
Beidh an talamh gan chios on bhliain seo amach
Agus o bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort?

Da da da da da


7.Always There

When I'm less than I should be
When I can't face the day
When darkness falls around me
And I just can't find my way

When my eyes don't clearly see
And I stumble through it all
You I lean upon
You keep me strong
And you rise me when I fall

You are there when I most need you
You are there so constantly
You come shining through, you always do
You are always there for me

When life brings me to my knees
When my back's against the wall
You are standing there right with me
Just to keep me standing tall

Though a burden I may be,
You don't weary, you don't rest
You are reaching out to carry me
And I know I'm heaven blessed...

You are there when I most need you
You are there so constantly
You come shining through, you always do
You are always there for me

You are there when I most need you
You are there so constantly
You come shining through, you always do
You are always there for me
You come shining through, you always do
You are always there for me


8.Voices On The Wind

Standing by the ocean watch it tear away the shore
Glide out upon the desert, the horizon is the door
And though your voice is shouting above the wind it can't be
heard
Drop all sense of reason, it's there you'll find your own worth
And though you are surrounded, feeling quite alone
There's a light to guide you home

If you stand with your face to the wind off the water
At the point of lands end where the ocean begins
Look to the memory of the ones gone before
The light and meaning of the voices on the wind

Searching for safe passage as you knock on every door
You still can hear the howling of the mongrel dogs of war
You call out for some comfort seeking shelter from the night
A raging rain's upon you and you're tired of the fight
And though you are surrounded, feeling quite alone
There's a light to guide you home

If you stand with your face to the wind off the water
At the point of lands end where the ocean begins
Look to the memory of the ones gone before
The light and meaning of the voices on the wind

And though you are surrounded feeling quite alone
There's a light to guide you home

If you stand with your face to the wind off the water
At the point of lands end where the ocean begins
Look to the memory of the ones gone before
The light and meaning of the voices on the wind


9.Simple Love

A little yellow house, sittin' on a hill
That is where he lived, that is where he died
Every Sunday morning
Hear the weeping willows cry

Two children born, a beautiful wife
Four walls and livin's all he needed in life
Always giving, never asking back
I wish I had a simple love like that

I want a simple love like that
Always giving, never asking back
And when I'm in my final hour looking back
I hope I've had a simple love like that

My momma was his only little girl
If he'd had the money he'd have given her the world
Sittin' on the front porch, together they would sing
Oh, how I long to hear that harmony

I want a simple love like that
Always giving, never asking back
And when I'm in my final hour looking back
I hope I've had a simple love like that

I want a simple love like that
Always giving, never asking back
And when I'm in my final hour looking back
I hope I've had a simple love like that

I want a simple love like that
Always giving, never asking back
And when I'm in my final hour looking back
I hope I've had a simple love like that


10.My Waking World

Oh it seems like only yesterday I walked across your shadow
You glanced, I smiled my life was there right in front of me
And when I took your hand and held it like there was no tomorrow
Angels are not of this world, nor are they meant to be

Come away with me to the waters and the wild
Come away if only for just a little while
I can't stay but you're forever in my heart and my mind
Come away before I have to open up my eyes to my waking world

While they say we dream to keep the ones we love a little closer
I slumber deep and drift away and there you are with me
And they also say that memories fade and nothing is forever
I know better 'cos true love lasts an eternity

Come away with me to the waters and the wild
Come away if only for just a little while
I can't stay but you're forever in my heart and my mind
Come away before I have to open up my eyes to my waking world

Where I take you in my arms
I long to hold you, watch my hopes and dreams unfold
Look so deep into your eyes, a blue million miles
You're safe and warm and I'll protect you, never let this world
reflect
Now's your time so seize the moment, your stars have aligned

Come away with me to the waters and the wild
Come away if only for just a little while
I can't stay but you're forever in my heart and my mind
Come away before I have to open up my eyes to my waking world
My waking world


11.Eleanor Plunkett:Trip to Shanbally, Michael O'Dwyer's


12.You'll Never Be The Sun

You'll never be the sun turning in the sky
And you won't be the moon above us on the moonlit night
And you won't be the stars in heaven
Although they burn so bright
But even on the deepest ocean
You will be the light

You may not always shine as you go barefoot over stones
You might be so long together, or you might walk alone
And you won't find that love comes easy
But that love is always right
So even when the dark clouds gather
You will be the light

And if you lose the part inside when love turns round on you
Leaving the past behind is knowing you'll do like you always do
Holding you blind, keeping you true

You'll never be the sun turning in the sky
And you won't be the moon above us on the moonlit night
And you won't be the stars in heaven
Although they burn so bright
But even on the deepest ocean
You will be the light
You will be the light


13.Hard Times

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor.
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears:
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

Tis a sigh that is waifted across the troubled wave
Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
Oh, hard times, come again no more

Tis the song the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

While we seek mirth, and beauty, and music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door.
Though their voices are silent, their pleading lips will say:
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

Tis the song the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Hard times, come again no more.