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Biologically Blue
03:36
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Somebody said
She’s biologically blue
No matter how long you wait
She’ll never work it through
But, I don’t care what they say
They can call me crazy too
I’ve fallen deep in love with
A girl biologically blue
Nobody knows
The way that she feels
But everybody talks about her
Over their Sunday meals
She had a heart of gold
Not a heart of steel
And when heart was broken once
It never healed
And how I love her so
I know she tries to let me know she knows
But only
Her sadness shows
I know she’ll love again
I just can’t say how soon
Maybe when the morning breaks
Maybe by the next full moon
So go ahead
Roll your eyes
I’m not like the rest of you
I’ve got faith in the girl
You call biologically blue
And how I love her so
I know she tries to let me know she knows
But only her sadness shows
I know she’ll love again
I just can’t say how soon
You say there’s something off
In her brain
I say it’s just a very bad mood
So go ahead
Roll your eyes
I’ve fallen deep in love with a girl
Biologically blue
I’ve fallen deep in love with a girl
Biologically blue
Words & music Greg Trooper
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The Munition Maker
04:35
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I am the Cannon king, behold!
I perish on a throne of gold.
With forest far and turret high,
renowned and rajah-rich am I.
My father was and his before,
With wealth we owe to war on war;
But let no potentate be proud
There are no pockets in a shroud.
By nature I am mild and kind,
To gentleness and truth inclined;
And though the pheasants over-run
My woods, I will not touch a gun.
Yet while each monster that I forge
Thunders destruction from its gorge.
Death's whisper is, I vow, more loud
There are no pockets in a shroud.
My time is short, my ships at sea
Already seem like ghosts to me
My millions mock me, I am poor
As any beggar at my door.
My vast dominion I resign,
Six feet of earth to claim as mine,
Brooding with shoulders bid bitter-bowed
There are no pockets in a shroud.
Dear God, let me purge pure my heart,
And be of Heaven's hope a part!
Flinging my fortune's foul increase
To fight for pity, love and peace.
Oh that I could with healing fare,
And pledged to poverty and prayer
Cry high above the cringing crowd
"Ye fools! Be not by Mammon cowed
There are no pockets in a shroud."
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Poison Tree
02:38
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The steam above the water rises through the air.
All I wants to touch it; feel it on my skin.
Follow in it's motion; travel where it's been
I'm a little man in a little town.
It's a little cold; I'm a little down.
I get a little angry a little bit each day.
A little while longer we'll dig a little grave
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The stitches of my pocket fray upon the seam.
My truest secrets spilled over my heart beat.
A frail little drop of the poison tree.
I'm a little man in a little town.
It's a little cold and I'm a little down.
I get a little angry a little bit each day.
A little while longer we'll dig a little grave.
Songwriters: Pattengale Kenneth / Ryan Joseph Edward
Poison Tree lyrics © Bmg Gold Songs, Joey Ryan Music Publishing, Dr Caulwell And Co
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SomeRiseSomeFall Ireland
SomeRiseSomeFall is a community of songwriters, musicians and creatives based in Cork. It brings together artists such as
John Blek, Rowan, Anna Mitchell, Kevin Herron, Marlene Enright with producer Brian Casey, to interpret & reimagine songs for unique new recordings.
Their forthcoming album titled ‘No Simple Highway’ looks at loss, grief and enduring love and the transformative powers of music
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