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Almost Home

by Andy Whitehouse

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It happened pretty quickly, over a matter of days Then they were running upstairs through warm pink rays He looked up through the skylight as she took off her dress And told, "Love is like a sunset - it's beauty before darkness" She moved quickly when he touched her, walked to the kitchenette And started making coffee while he talked about regrets She said, "It's no use to fight it, now don't get so distressed. I told you love is like a sunset. It's beauty before darkness. And it's always been that way, that's how it's going to stay There's nothing you can say to stop love fading away". Now he's made a little money, he's got a place up on the hill He goes up to the attic where the world is quiet and still He looks across the city to that red glow in the west Love is like a sunset, it's beauty before darkness I told you love is like a sunset, it's beauty before darkness
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Summer night in a seaside town, we slip away, away from the noise of the crowd Past the boats, cables janglin' in the wind. Car out on Highway One a distant sigh My senses are heightened I feel ten times as alive The world sparkles like freshly poured champagne Sea licks at the aching sand We're moving closer with every single step 'til we merge The moon up overhead, naked before the sky I'm moving into you, like the tide You're the ocean's daughter I'm a son of the sea We slip from the turbulence that passes for everyday On the border of sea and land we sign a treaty in flesh and blood And now, the moon up overhead, naked before the sky I'm moving into you, like the tide
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Bill Evans reaching for the sound of getting up and coming down Death and resurrection And as his fingers touch the keys somehow he's reaching in to me And makes the sweetest of connections And as the sun comes up again, and as the needle soothes the pain The notes pour out and there remain like cherry blossom in the rain The painter crouching in the dark, by firelight he makes his mark Reaching for connection I step from heat into cool cave. Ten thousand years in his grave he Waves his resurrection And as the sun comes up again, and might herd replaced by grain The tribe moves on but still remains like cherry blossom in the rain How deep and dark a place must I crawl down into to face My loss and separation Reaching out awkward and scared in case I find there's no one there When I try to make connection And as the sun comes up again with nothing left to soothe the pain The tears pour down and there remain like cherry blossom in the rain
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The River 05:01
We spend a lot of time together you and me I'm thinking 'bout where we've come from and where we are going to be Sometimes I listen to you and I think I understand But overall have to admit you are impervious to my demands I think about the bottom, what is lying in the mud I can think all day it doesn't do me any good Which way are the fish swimming? I cannot catch a single one I see them flashing for a moment in the sunlight, then they're gone I never know your name, I never see your face Still I always find myself drawn back to this place Stood on the embankment or looking off the bridge Scared and fascinated and drawn to the edge
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She Has Gone 04:27
She has gone, she has departed on another silent voyage Cast off her lines, left this world behind. I must leave her sleeping I want to kiss her cheek and underneath the sheets My hands seek curves as smooth as shell But I must leave her be inside the mystery And hope the currents treat her well, that gentle breath speaks gentle swell She has gone, she has departed on another silent voyage Cast off her lines, left this world behind. I must leave her sleeping And when she sails away at the end of the day I'm praying for her safe return With treasures from the deep and new songs soaring sweet 'Bout how she saw my lantern burn And trades her tunes my own to learn And when she doesn't come to harbour with the sun I'll raise my anchor, set my sail, and head on out to sea If she can't be with me then I'll be with her and the whales I'll be standing watching from the rail She has gone
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When? 05:54
You and me we've been kicking around Dreaming of leaving this one horse town Watching and waiting for a better thing for us to do The days go past and the dreams they fade And all our plans get re-arranged And none of those dreams feel like they're ever going to come true I said, "When? When? If it can't happen now, it won't happen then. Then? Then? If it can't happen now it won't happen then" Every morning when we wake there's a new set of vows we take We're not lying but the sunset says that's so There's a path into the setting sun waiting there for everyone If you don't run for her, she'll surely run for you I said, "When? When? If it can't happen now, it won't happen then. Then? Then? If it can't happen now it won't happen then" The priest has left with the collecting plate All his promises are out of date You'll be waiting a long time for some saviour to return You're stood at the bus stop in the midday sun Stood at the bus stop but the bus don't run You'd better pick your feet up and head on down that road I said, "When? When? If it can't happen now, it won't happen then. Then? Then? If it can't happen now it won't happen then"
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Almost Home 04:44
It's darkening for sure, it's hard to tell if that ahead is cloud or land As this old steam ship struggles on with all the speed it's engines can command If you guys labouring below can keep on shovelling the coal That keeps the fire burning in the soul See us safe to harbour, never more to roam We're almost home Salt water turned to steam over the furnaces that burn on in the dark The faces and the forearms of the firemen brief lit by flame and spark If you guys labouring below can keep on shovelling the coal That keeps the fire burning in the soul See us safe to harbour, never more to roam We're almost home Well you can holystone the decks and say your prayers over the wrecks And cast your wreaths upon the rolling waves Just lay your fingers on the rail and you will find there without fail Vibrations from the engine room They're going to get you home safe soon So lay under the sky and watch the stars as they go spinning through the night The guys are working down below and in the end it all will be alright If you guys labouring below can keep on shovelling the coal That keeps the fire burning in the soul See us safe to harbour, never more to roam We're almost home We're almost home

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released March 20, 2017

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Andy Whitehouse Sheffield, UK

Andy has performed across the UK and has guested with Chris Wood.
Recent performances include a collaboration with violinist Matt Howden and multi-instrumentalist Kate Arnold on dulcimer. In January 2019 he releases a first single, “Drunken Sailor”, on his own Cherry Blossom Records, produced and arranged by the multi-award winning Chris Wood. ... more

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