Тексты песен «John Wesley Harding»


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John Wesley Harding - $55

I'm looking for those old familiar faces In the places I left behind All the Townsons, Barnes and Staces And some good old friends of mine Because everyone is someone That I seem to recognize Must be the old familiar...

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John Wesley Harding - 50 50 Split

There are so many sides to every story And this is mine A dirty pair of hands sometimes has to come clean And now is the time I just couldn't see love's great defection Now it's flourishing in one dimension Love went...

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John Wesley Harding - A Fan Speaks

I met ray davies in a danish airport Turned out to be a real nice guy He said "keep writing your songs, man As long as you can" And I think that was good advice But actually he didn't quite say that I added...

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John Wesley Harding - A Singer's Request

Dark the night and long til day Do not bid us further stray Dark the night and long til day Do not bid us further stray Now the sun it does decline Pour the beer and pour the wine Let us lead your thoughts astray From...

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John Wesley Harding - Affairs Of The Heart

I took a deep breath and I just stood there staring It could have been stupid but I was past caring It all seemed to depend on one little kiss Oh but who would have thought it would turn out like this And if I had I'd...

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John Wesley Harding - After The Fact

There is a room that you just now walked out of It has everything in it but you There's a mirror that knew what you looked like And a door that has ruined the view There's a carpet depressed by your footsteps A hallway...

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John Wesley Harding - Already Dead

Life is just beginning to begin again I'm hoping that you've saved the best 'til last You're lying on a stretcher in a corridor Taking in a slideshow of the past You're smiling and you're covered in confetti You're...

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John Wesley Harding - An Audience With You

Your footman barred me from the door Said I couldn't see you no more What's with this bureaucracy When I filled the forms you left for me He's a loyal man who waits for you Where loyalty is such taboo Sixteen keyholes...

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John Wesley Harding - Annachie Gordon

Buchan, it's bonny, oh and there lives my love My heart it lies on him, it will not remove It will not remove for all that I have done Oh never will I forget my love annachie For annachie gordon, oh he's bonny and he's...

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John Wesley Harding - Annan Water

Oh annan water's wondrous deep And my love annie's wondrous bonny I'm loathed that she should wet her feet Because I love her best of any Go saddle to me my bonny grey mare Go saddle her soon and make her ready For I...

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John Wesley Harding - Anonymous 1916

I've lost my rifle and bayonet I've lost my pull-through too I've lost the socks that you sent me That lasted the whole winter through I've lost the razor that shaved me I've lost my four-by-two I've lost my hold all...

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John Wesley Harding - Anonymous'16

I've lost my rifle and bayonet I've lost my pull-through too I've lost the socks that you sent me That lasted the whole winter through I've lost the razor that shaved me I've lost my four-by-two I've lost my hold all...

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John Wesley Harding - Ask Why

There's a panic on the streets A reputation on a line A revolution every minute Nothing's gonna keep time Ask why Ask why The president's understudy Fluffing his cues He sure must have the self-deception blues Ask...

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John Wesley Harding - Backing Out

Been living in the city too long now Even my lungs have started to groan Everybody is singing their own song Sometimes I wanna sing alone Never been a primadonna Never seem to wanna be the one to complain Enough's too...

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John Wesley Harding - Bad Dream Baby

She had a criminal conversation with the devil On the back seat of a burned out Toyota Camry She said she'd finally found a way to start a family But not one soul could conceive that she was on the level And the strange...

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John Wesley Harding - Bastard Son

Bob dylan is my father, joan baez is my mother And I'm their bastard son Though my roots show through I'm just 22 I don't belong to anyone When the band was disbanded, I was disowned I got a number you can ring me on...

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John Wesley Harding - Bridegroom Blues

The streets are doing a wardance As their sight is restored to the blind And I'm sifting trash on the offchance That there might be something to find And mary lets her fingers do the walking Her baby's nearly due She's...

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John Wesley Harding - Build Me A Coffin

When there's not enough rigor but there's too much rigor mortis You've got to ration love because you know that there's a shortage She'll take you with a pinch of salt And she'll give you no quarter She's the queen of...

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John Wesley Harding - Burn

If I die tomorrow Don't read too much into this song I'll be as surprised as you are I always get predictions wrong If I die tomorrow Break out and play my best guitars Don't put this one in the hard rock cafe In a case...

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John Wesley Harding - Careers Service

It is a 24 hour operation with a skeleton staff The profits almost double when they cut the work force in half The boss votes the way the money goes, and the flags fly at half-mast He believes in the lie that is free...