Тексты песен «Small Fred»


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Small Fred - Guinevere And The Fire

My grandmother was born in 1900 On a farm in New South Wales She wed a dairyman Who liked to raise a pint of ale The first child came when she was twenty Five more babes in seven years That first daughter was my mother...

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Small Fred - Hot Frogs On The Loose

By the light of the Tennessee moon From the bilious bubbles of a black lagoon They make a hound dog howl a SWAT team swoon Hot frogs on the loose They've multiplied since '53 Slurping nuclear debris Amphibious fabulous...

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Small Fred - Housewarming

Brick and wood, mortar and plane Labor's love, a little faith You can see the structure taking form. Ancient tools, a new design Taking care, taking time We've seen so many houses fall before. CHORUS: We are building a...

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Small Fred - I Didn't Know

I didn't know they showed me photographs I didn't know -- circles and crosshatches I didn't know that you had two eyes I didn't know I would recognize your voice I had no choice I didn't know -- you can't see much from...

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Small Fred - I Will Stand Fast

The echoes of childhood whisper violence Cold wind beating out of the past Rage in your throat, muffled silence Hold on, I will stand fast. In the darkness your guardians had left you Cold wind beating out of the past...

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Small Fred - If I Were A Moose

If I were a moose and you were a cow Would you love me anyhow? Would you introduce me to your folks Would you tell your friends "No moose jokes!" If I were a moose and you were a cow. Would you invite me to your club...

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Small Fred - If I Were Taken Now

If I were taken now I would remember the light in your hair The darkness at the center of your eye If I were taken now I would remember the small of your back The arc of your shoulder If I were taken now I would give...

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Small Fred - Jaguar

In the emerald cathedral In the valley of clouds In the span of the branches Two eyes keep the watch Where the hummingbird dances And the snake hesitates With the calm of command The jaguar waits The chain saw is...

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Small Fred - Jimmy Come Lately

I pull out the choke, pump hard on the gas Oh, this wheezin' old bus is complaining. The Dungeness winter is blowing its last It's cold, but for once it's not raining. "Good morning, Jennifer, welcome aboard That's a...

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Small Fred - Larry The Polar Bear

In nineteen thirty-who at a zoo in Los Angeles a polar bear named Larry performed for the crowd, they'd cheer aloud He'd go slipping and sliding, jumping and diving The people would laugh. They took his photograph...

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Small Fred - Leslie Is Different

The neighbor up the road brought the message Joe and May never had a phone Five children grown and gone to college Now they lived out on Pewaukee Lake alone And the nurse at the big Milwaukee hospital Said "We've got a...

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Small Fred - Letter From May Alice Jeffers

I'm an old woman typing Old as the year, seventy-eight Hear what I say I was born in Laurel, Mississippi, I live in North Carolina today With my grandson James. Now about the children I had five children before the...

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Small Fred - Lifeboat

The times were lean, your eyes were bold And we fell right in together like beggars on the road And as the months turn into years with the passing of each day It gets harder all the time to find a reason not to stay...

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Small Fred - Light In The Hall

Lyrics by Fred Small and Jayne Habe There's a light in the hall There's a crack in the doorway lets it into my room Tells me everything tells me everything I curl up in a ball Try to slide in the crack between the bed...

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Small Fred - Lost That Pretty Little Gal Of Mine (To Title Ix)

I lost that pretty little gal of mine to Title Nine. I found her in the stands but I lost her at the finish line She was so soft and sweet But now I find I can't compete I lost that gal of mine to Title IX. Sure, I put...

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Small Fred - Love's Gonna Carry Us

CHORUS: It's been a long hard time It's gonna be a long steep climb But no one's gonna change our minds 'Bout what we gotta do And when the road gets rough Everybody's saying, "Just give it up" All of our friends' sweet...

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Small Fred - Mistaken Identity

I touch your hand It's not my hand you feel It's the touch of another man It's the touch of a dangerous time It's the blow that leaves no trace It's the face of the perfect crime Mistaken identity I am not the man Look...

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Small Fred - No Limit

I have seen you in the morning diving into icy blue I have seen you rise and shiver till the sun has come to you You have seen me swimming naked where the riptide pulls across You have seen me going under, you have...

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Small Fred - No More Vietnams

The market place was bustlying in the morning When the army and the ORDEN made their strike Like a farmer killing chickens for the market They cut down every living thing in sight. They tore into the wombs of the women...

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Small Fred - Peace Is

CHORUS: Peace is the bread we break Love is the river rolling Life is a chance we take When we make this earth our home Gonna make this earth our home. Feel the cool breeze blowing through the smoke and the heat Hear...