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Cheddleton Mill
02:28
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Lone bird sings at Cheddleton mill
while the furnace lights the dawn
oh the wheel it turns and turns
while that fire it burns and burns
Oh I made my home at Cheddleton mill
left behind the wrong I'd done
left behind a love too strong
left the night, the hurt, the words
that I should have left unheard
Hear the wheels and hear them turn
grinding flint for hours and hours
and the mill stream is so clear
is the force and is the power
Oh I made my home at Cheddleton mill
left my future in its hands
and its hands are stronger than mine
he never asked where I was gone
and that lone bird sings on and on
oh i made my home at Cheddleton mill
made my home at Cheddleton mill
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Esther
03:20
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Esther let the evening fall on her
heavy was the weight
but sometimes you can't escape
and the day had disappeared
filled with clouds that sang
across the time that wasn't hers
Chorus
She had done what she had done
she had run when she could run
she had flown when she could fly
and she had broken him
she knew she'd broken him
but she'd had to go away
and maybe she'd go back one day (last time)
Esther knew the night was still and long
it carried her across itself
into the dark and thinking light
and more days would disappear
and the clouds would sing less clear
and she'd still have room to love
repeat chorus
copyright Frances Smith 2021
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This Time
03:26
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Been winter here a long long time, a long long time
and wind and fog are our only friends, our only friends
I think I saw him there today
and I think I heard the street beneath his feet
chorus
He was standing by the low lights
standing by the low lights
and then the low lights let him go
Captured by the storm that had a name, that had a name
and it washed away his fading glow, his fading glow
fish quay, distant boats, and calls of birds
gather round around the fire and burn
repeat chorus
And he won't be there again, anyway
he came, he went, he moved, he stole, he left
and the wind is somewhere dancing with him now
And I thought I heard his voice one day, his voice one day
but it could just have been the rain you know, the rain your know
it makes its sound upon the ground
changing all to different shades of grey
And I was standing by the low lights
by the low lights, by the low lights
by the low lights on thequay
and the low lights won't let me be free
copyright Frances Smith 2021
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