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Road
03:29
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Well here we are, we got this far
Together we carried the load
Life dealt you blows, you took on the nose
Now we’re running out of road
There’s love and death in a single breath
And every star will explode
You were born on the floor, with the snow at the door
Now, you’re running out of road
Love is the prize when I look in your eyes
The future soon will be past
Our bonds grow strong, as the shadows grow long
We’re running out of road
Each step we take, we’re closer to fate
How the Winter wind blowed
You’re tired and you’re beat, you admit defeat
You’re running out of road
You’re running out of road
Love was the prize when I looked in your eyes
The future now is past
Our bonds grew strong, as the shadows grew long
We’re running out of road
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Nobody's Fool
03:29
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My heart it is closed
I’m more thorn than rose
I sure know all the scores
I’m weary and wise
Love holds no surprise
This heart has been through the wars
I’m nobody’s fool
Yes I’m nobody’s fool
Nobody’s fool but yours
Got no tears left to weep
No more secrets I keep
Forgot what living was for
Felt hopes live and die
In the wink of an eye
Love was always the cause
I’m nobody’s fool
Yes I’m nobody’s fool
Nobody’s fool but yours
I’m strong, in a world gone wrong
But still I can’t resist your love
I’m nobody’s fool
Yes I’m nobody’s fool
Nobody’s fool but yours
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Shells
03:04
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Champagne and a rose, under our wedding bells
Our cups overflowed, and now they're just shells
We walked on the clouds, buoyed by love's many spells
We once walked on the clouds
Now we're walking on shells
In the sands of time, we drew a line
And the dreams we made, were pearls on the tide, pearls on the tide
Our hearts were bursting, with what love foretells
Our hearts once were bursting, now they're just shells
In the sands of time, we drew a line
And the dreams we made, were pearls on the tide, pearls on the tide
Champagne and a rose, under our wedding bells
Our cups overflowed, and now they're just shells
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Love to Hate
03:07
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Where do you see us in a year or two?
On Antiques Roadshow without a clue?
Asking the expert to pin the date
Of when our love turned to hate
When our love turned to hate
Where do you see us in a year or nine?
Attending Gardeners’ Question Time?
Asking the panel if they can relate
To when love turns to hate
When love turns to hate
Where do you see us with our last breath?
On Countdown Corner with Gyles Brandreth?
Give a conundrum for him to break
When love turns to hate
When love turns to hate
Can you see us forever more?
On Any Questions? on Radio Four
I send my query but they don’t take the bait
About when love turns to hate
When love turns to hate
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Be Strong
03:38
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Starling clouds are rolling by, a pale sun in a yellow sky
A picture grows
There is me and there is you, an Autumn maybe ‘82?
Where did we go?
I close my eyes so I might see
There is you and there is me, I think I know
Precious moments slip away they flash before my eyes and say
Where did we go?
I can’t tell you how I ever carry on
They said I must be strong
They said I must be strong
On the day you went away
Starling cloud are rolling high, embers lost in my mind’s eye
Softly glow
I close my eyes so I might find a little bit of peace of mind
I can’t tell you how I ever carry on
They said I must be strong
They said I must be strong
On the day you went away
I can’t escape from how I feel, it’s not a dream no this is real
Now that you’re gone, gone
I can’t tell you how I ever carry on
They said I must be strong
They said I must be strong
On the day you went away
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I'm Away Now
01:51
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I’m away now, away now, to the calling of the sea
I’m away now, away now, so don”t go following me
Upon the shore I left my love
A treasure chest of song
I’m guided by the stars above
Soon I’m sailing on
I”m away now, I’m away now, to the calling of the sea
Upon the shore I left my love
A treasure chest of song
I’m guided by the stars above
Soon I’m sailing on
I’m away now, away now, to the calling of the sea
I’m away now, away now, so don’t go following me
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The Low Countries UK
The Low Countries are the off-road vehicle for songwriter-singer Nigel Parrington. Nigel is currently performing with Els
D'hooge in Belgium after enjoying a heady 5 year run of full band activity in the UK.
'indie-folk at its best...' Folk Radio UK
'Blissfully wonderful music' Beehive Candy
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