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Jean-Baptiste was a farmer
he ploughed the fields as grey
winter was retreating
he sowed the seeds, the hay
and he walked into the morning
held his hands towards the light
and bowed his head in sorrow
said I live, I have no life
But there's a change a coming
and the words are weak and fade
can run, can hide from the angel
but she'll find you anyway
Jean-Baptiste was a farmer
he fed the fields of gold
with the passion of the godless
and he saw himself betrayed
never going back to visit Bernadette
I won't see her still there and silent
he said, to the godless
and the soulless, and unsaved
But there's a change a coming
there's a change a coming
there's a change a coming
Copyright Frances Smith @2019
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A fisherman no more
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Lights are shining in the city
there's a new man on the corner
see the shine on his shoes and
the shimmering silence of the news
Move along towards the river
running down, and running on
let's make the past unremembered
unexplained, and then unloved
There's a grey day always passing
and a new sign and an old
he bathed himself in the wonder
of the shallows of the brand new
Chorus
But you'll be a fisherman no more
yeah, you'll be a fisherman no more
there are no rocks, no depths
no sounds, no wind that pulls
you off your course, and you'll
be a fisherman no more
Lights are shining in the city
and he felt the newness and delay
couldn't steal his heart away, that's all
but he'll be the new man restored
repeat chorus
Copyright Frances Smith @2019
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The sleeping saint
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He said he'd be mine
if the sun that shines
burnt his dreams away
and the nights the night again
And he came along
with the ghosts that ran
through my sleep awake alive
and tendered forged days
Chorus
It'll be alright, yeah it'll be alright
said the sleeping saint too late
and the morning came and saved itself
yeah the morning came, and...
It's a midday thing gone wrong
sun is high and bright
and it cuts the skin
and he said he'd be mine
If the conditions are right
and the air is cold
as the wind sings songs
then that's how long I'll belong with this
repeat chorus
Copyright Frances Smith @2019
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The son of what's undone
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And he turned towards the sea
said it's the worst I've ever been
when you walk away you'll be
stronger than the left behind
But there's a way to catch the words
and there's a way to set them free
and 'm the so of what's undone
and the fear it swallowed me
He was waving to the rain
it will drown me again and again
if I lie beside your love
I'll be engulfed by memories
And the sun it saw the sun
and the son said I am one
with the frictionless slide
into the arms of the divide
into the arms of the divide
the divide and the divine
the divine and the denied
the denied and the derived
the derived and the despised
And he arrived and then he left
he was the picture in his head
and he felt as if he felt
like the son of what's undone
Copyright Frances Smith @2019
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There you were, you say
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Tampering with strands of gold
lying there too soft to hold
peaceful in the walls, and windows
glazed the world outside
And it shines untouched by anything
or anyone, or any time, and anyway
was strong enough to last this long
and sweet enough to carry on
Chorus
Well there you were, you say
and I remember you
but I never knew what it was
that you were anchored to
and you fell, you fell
but I never heard
because I had fallen too
and it's so quiet down here
and there you were, you say
There are birds up in the sky
they hunt for space and land and food
and their's is a song that disappears
and this is just the sound you hear
repeat chorus
Copyright Frances Smith @2019
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Metropolis
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Half the day is gone
and still no one is near
the window where he slept
the hours away
the hours away
the hours away to count
the distance traveled and the time
it holds the doors
it holds the streets
it holds the roots of the trees
There's thunder in the clouds
above beyond below, I don't know
and time the avenger's song
holds her back
it holds her back
it holds her back as she walks
into the rain that washes walls
and roads and words away
I'm grey and cold she said
I'm afraid and old she said
I'm pale and bold she said
I'm saving all my love
it's all a dream
it's all a scene
it's all concealed somewhere
and I will weep away the ending
and I will walk away and watch it all
'til doors are closed
and there's no more
Copyright Frances Smith @2019
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