Тексты песен «Oysterband»


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Oysterband - A Careless Life

If nothing is given nothing is required sent early to bed the boy never tired alone in the dark he learned not to cry then in his dream he could fall, he could fly (the bird's on the wing there's blood on the thorn)...

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Oysterband - Another Quiet Night In England

Just another quite night in England And far away the dogs are barking Just another quite night in England Decent folk are all in their beds And he is sleeping like the dead And another quiet night goes by His father...

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Oysterband - Between The Wars

I was a miner, I was a docker I was a railwayman between the wars I raised a family in time of austerity With sweat at the foundry, between the wars I paid the union and as times got harder I looked to the government to...

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Oysterband - Coal Creek Mine

Shut up in the mine of Coal Creek We know that we must die But if we trust in Jesus To heaven our souls shall fly Our lamps are burning dimly Our food is almost gone Death wraps his shirt around us Soon we'll be carried...

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Oysterband - Flatlands

In the middle of the journey, in the middle of the day I came to a city and I stopped to ask the way What does it matter? Said the people with a sneer You can't get there from here You may be a gallant runner, you may...

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Oysterband - Following In Father's Footsteps

I used to come home very very late Boots by the hob and gob on the grate Father waiting with his pipe in his hand He blew me upstairs with his reprimand One fine day I was out all night There he was gone, it gave me a...

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Oysterband - Generals Are Born Again

The generals are born again, born again, born again The generals are born again, they're going to save the world Their armament is seeing right, doing right, being right Their armour of righteousness is going to save...

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Oysterband - Hal-An-Tow

Take the scorn and wear the horns It was the crest when you were born Your father's father wore it And your father wore it too Robin Hood and Little John Have both gone to the fair-o We shall to the merry green wood To...

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Oysterband - Pigsty Billy

Walking through the world of Pigsty Billy You can feel the sun go down Holes in your soles and nothing in your pockets Grinning at the edge of town Sow the yard with broken bottles Find a message now and then Lose the...

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Oysterband - Rambling Irishman

I am a rambling Irishman In Ulster I was born And many happy hours I spent On the banks of sweet Lough Erin But to live poor I could not endure As other of my station To America I sailed away And left this Irish nation...

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Oysterband - The Early Days Of A Better Nation

I fall asleep with the TV on Wake with an ache it's another week gone And consider how my light was spent And where it was that the real thing went I asked a wise man for advice I told him once and I told him twice; My...

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Oysterband - The Generals Are Born Again

The generals are born again, born again, born again The generals are born again, they're going to save the world Their armament is seeing right, doing right, being right Their armour of righteousness is going to save...

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Oysterband - The Lakes Of Cool Flynn

It was early one morning Willie Leonard arose Into his comrade's bed chamber he goes Saying arise my loyal comrades, let nobody know It's a fine summer's morning and bathing we'll go But as they were walking all down a...

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Oysterband - The Lost And Found

This is the hour when the city turns blue This is the time of the lost and found They loose the nutters in the Underground Everything's far and nothing is true When the streets don't feel like a neutral zone Or the...

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Oysterband - The Oxford Girl

I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl .... Is it true what you hear, did he do it out of fear? Was the day drawing near when a child would start to show? Was it rage or shame or damage to...

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Oysterband - Wild Blue Yonder

The Oyster Band -Wide Blue Yonder -The generals are born again The generals are born again, born again, born again The generals are born again, they're going to save the world Their armament is seeing right, doing...