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All By Herself
03:43
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She’s been ducking she’s been diving
You won’t see her on no shelf
She’s been trying to keep on flying
Down low by herself
She’s been riding a storm
That’s taken her far from home
But she don’t care as long as she can get along
Walking talking swinging like she means it
All by herself
Singing laughing you should see her dancing
All by herself
When they see her coming
They start to running and cry for help
What do they think she’s doing
What do they think she’s brewing
Do they think she’s someone else
She’s not hurting nobody just walking that road alone
Just wants to sit down here and rest her weary bones
Walking talking swinging like she means it
All by herself
Singing laughing you should see her dancing
All by herself
All by herself she keeps on running
All by herself she keeps on turning
All by herself she keeps on burning up
Like no one else
She’s been ducking she’s been diving
Been trying to keep flying
She’s been riding a storm
That’s taken her far from home
And she don’t care as long
As she can get along
Walking talking swinging like she means it
All by herself
Singing laughing you should see her dancing
All by herself
Walking talking now you see her swinging
All by herself
Hear her singing
Hear her laughing
© 2023 Paul J Bolger
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2. |
Breathless
03:25
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BREATHLESS
Shining bright in my old blue jeans
You walk through the door
I guess we know what that means
I sing this song to let the world know
You’re a living dream
Who can do no wrong
You are to me as sun is to dawn
Every time I see red
You make it alright and leave me
Breathless (breathless)
With you there is no darkness
Breathless (breathless)
You drive away the sadness
Like a wildfire love burns in your eyes
There is only so much
A poor soul can take
Say or do before their heart breaks
Falls apart like a broken bone
Shattered stone
For the wrong lover’s sake
But you have found the one
Who lights up your night
Every time you do wrong
I make it all right and leave you
Breathless (breathless)
With us there is no darkness
Breathless (breathless)
With us there is no sadness
Like a wildfire love burns in your eyes
You’re not the sentimental kind but I’ve seen you cry
And I fall in love again and I know why
I call you my best friend
Breathless
Breathless
You leave me
Breathless
Breathless
Like a wildfire love burns in our eyes
You’re not the sentimental kind and that’s all right
© 2023 Paul J Bolger
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3. |
Far From Here
03:18
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FAR FROM HERE
You saved him from that rope
But now he’s lying
To himself and losing hope
Who’s to say he won’t try again
Save him from this town
You know it’s heartless
Never gave him time
To get a head-start, yes
Won’t you take him
Far from here
Back to where
The water is clear
Far from here
Far from here
Show him the right road
You know he’s driving
Looking for a way out
Sick of just surviving
Help him carry his load
He’s not asking for much now
Some worse than him
Never reap what they sow
They tell him to get over it
How he needs to find closure
In other words bull shit
About as much use as a Bishop’s crozier
Far from here
Far from here
Far from here
Far from here
He came here trying as a young man
And stayed here dying as an old man
Now he’s on his knees having never learned
Life is short, not always sweet and boy can it burn
Won’t you take him far from here
Back to where the water is clear
Far from here
Far from here
Far from here
Far from here
© 2023 Paul J Bolger
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4. |
Chains Of Jealousy
03:29
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CHAINS OF JEALOUSY
Funny feeling as I’m walking
I don’t miss you now you’re gone
Take it easy when you’re talking
Telling people what went wrong
I never sang you a love song
Because you killed the voice in me
Remember now that i’m gone
I had no time for jealousy
I had to break free from your chains
Chains of jealousy
Only real love is worth sharing
n this brave new world of mine
No matter what I do or where I go
I keep on searching for a sign
I never sang you a love song
Because you killed the voice in me
Remember now that i’m gone
I had no time for jealousy
I had to break free from your chains
Chains of jealousy
Funny feeling I’m still walking
I got no place I call home
I take it easy when I’m talking
I put my words into my song
I’m singing now to someone
Who has found the voice in me
She understands why I’m numb
And has no time for jealousy
She set me free from those chains
Chains of jealousy
© Paul J Bolger
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5. |
Heather Road
04:47
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HEATHER ROAD
When I was a young man I walked alone
Down a rocky road far from where I call home
My heart was breaking like a stick under stone
So I set off somewhere I should have never gone
Recollection takes me back
To where I come from
Reminiscing hurts my heart
When I recall walking down
Heather Road
Heather Road
A terrace house on a top road
Three minutes from my school was all I’d ever known
But I was a wild child who never played ball
For no teachers I never heeded their call
To do what I was told
Or respect fools cause they’re old
They couldn’t wait to see
The back of me walking down
Heather Road
Heather Road
Heather Road is where I come from
My connections there long gone
Friends and family in the ground
Such is life when you live too long
Now I’m an old man and I live alone
Near a rocky road far from where I belong
Never listen to preachers politicians or fools
Still don’t do what I’m told I never play by their rules
Recollection takes me back
To where I come from
Reminiscing hurts my heart
When I recall walking down
Heather Road
Heather Road
Heather Road
© 2023 Paul J Bolger
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6. |
Dance To Where You Stand
04:22
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DANCE TO WHERE YOU STAND
On a bridge now I’m standing
Green river calls out my name
Memories come back crawling
Like sewer rats in the rain
But that’s OK, yea that’s all right
I’m getting so used to this game
And those white stallions ride their lightning
Will never dance upon my pain
Like a dead man walking
I glance to where you stand
Like a dead man walking
I dance to where you stand
But that’s OK, yea that’s all right
I’m getting so used to this game
And those white stallions ride their lightning
Their thunder crashes on my shame
Like a dead man walking
I glance to where you stand
Like a dead man walking
I dance to where you stand
On a bridge now I’m standing
Green river calls out my name
Memories come back crawling
Like sewer rats in the rain
© 1995/2023 Paul J Bolger & Connor Flynn
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7. |
What We Did Wrong
03:52
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WHAT WE DID WRONG
Try as we might love breaks down
When trust and truth fall from the tips of our crowns
Tips of our crowns
Like gold dust in the air your kiss caught the light
When our love was long like a summer night
Summer night
Oh I feel it coming on strong
Memories hurt of love long gone
Try my best not to sing a heartbreak song
Then I recall what we did wrong
We did wrong
What we did wrong
Nothing to say much less to do
About how we felt when our love fell through
Love fell through because of you
Oh I feel it coming on strong
Memories hurt of love long gone
Try my best not to sing a heartbreak song
Then I recall what we did wrong
We did wrong
What we did wrong
All that’s left now are those old songs
About what was said what was done
Trying our best to overcome
What I did wrong singing heartbreak songs
Heartbreak songs
Heartbreak songs
Try as we might love breaks down
When trust and truth fall from the tips of our crowns
Tips of our crowns
All that’s left now are those old songs
About what was said what was done
Trying our best to overcome
What I did wrong singing heartbreak songs
Heartbreak songs
Heartbreak songs
© 2023 Paul J Bolger
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8. |
Watering Hole
04:46
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WATERING HOLE
Take me down to The Watering Hole
I’ll drink my sins away
Take me down to The Watering Hole
I’m the one they love to hate
Big Jim’s on the door tonight
Cracking heads and shaping fate
Take me down to The Watering Hole
Driver it’s getting late
I don’t want to be locked out
Don’t want to get thrown out
Don’t want to drink at Heaven’s Gate
Take me down to The Watering Hole
My girl is on her way
Take me down to The Watering Hole
Where we can swing and sway
The Broken Hearts are in tonight
Singing songs of love and hate
Take me down to The Watering Hole
Driver it’s getting late
I don’t want to be locked out
Don’t want to get thrown out
Don’t want to drink at Heaven’s Gate
Feeling low is not a good way to be in this town
Drink is cheap, love is free, guitars they rarely weep
Fists fly fast when glass is thrown
You might wish you stayed at home
Take me down to The Watering Hole
My girl is on her way
Take me down to The Watering Hole
Where we can swing and sway
The Broken Hearts will hold the fort
Big Jim still shaping fate
Take me down to The Watering Hole
Driver it’s getting late
I don’t want to be locked out
Don’t want to get thrown out
Don’t want to drink at Heaven’s Gate
© 2023 Paul J Bolger
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