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Night Train
02:48
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Night Train (M. Russell)
It's after midnight
Soft is the sound
Patter of raindrops
Treading on the ground
The fading rumble
Of a distant night train
It’s whistle singing
Far across the plain
That lonesome whistle
Heard miles away
The horn of Roland
At the break of day
My mind awakens
Just to dream about you
Remembered moments
When our love was new
Raindrops fall and rise again
Like a mended broken heart
Does the rain know how long it’s been
Since we’ve been apart
The rain keeps falling
Gently to the earth
Sleepy nightriders
Nestle in their berths
The rumble whispers
Till I hear it no more
Past the horizon
So far from my door
Raindrops fall and rise again
Like a mended broken heart
Does the rain know how long it’s been
Since we’ve been apart
I wish the night train
Would bring you home
Into the daylight
For my eyes alone
Till then I’ll sit here
Keep watching the rain
Wait for that whistle
Far across the plain
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2. |
Reflections
02:26
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3. |
The Mountain
02:56
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The Mountain (M. Russell)
It's half-past sunset
And my shadow’s taken flight
To hide in the darkness
While I seek out the light
By which to raise the memory
Of a flower whose loss I mourn
That sang atop a mountain
My spirit it adorned
To yourself be true it chimed
Nobody likes a sham
But I chose to fool myself
And who I really am
I'm going back up the mountain
And no matter the path I take
I know when I get there
I'll be wide awake
And then I'll see forever
Past my fair and rainy days
Beyond the fear and passion
And melancholy ways
For which some have mocked me
Tried to shame me to the core
But they couldn’t still the heartbeat
That I hid in metaphor
It may be half-past sunset
But a light is breaking through
And atop the mountain
My flower blooms anew
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4. |
Wisdom's Wine
03:24
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Wisdom's Wine (M Russell)
I may not be your perfect man
I can't give you a life so grand
But if you love me just the way I am
We'll be glad to be
We'll have ups and we'll have downs
Waiting for our ship to come 'round
But if we listen we'll hear the sound
Of better yet to be
Our way is gentle our way is kind
The way of compassion leaving fear behind
Follow the humble together you and I
We'll get drunk on wisdom's wine
Hand in hand we'll gaze at the sky
Beholding more than seen with eyes
Come what may, when the storms pass by
Healing love remains
Let open hearts make their confessions
Wisdom knows love asks no questions
Casts aside the world's obsessions
And sees all is one
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