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Where She & I Were Born
03:44
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Well I’m thinking of the fair-haired girl of the morn’ I wonder where she’s been and I wonder where she’s gone Because in just another week she’ll come running back to me Oh my fair-haired girl of the morn’ How I wonder now where she has gone Yes it’s her that I will meet on a western Glasgow street Oh my fair-haired girl of the morn’
And the sun it will be rising In the eastern sky at dawn And my love she’ll come riding From California to Caledonia
Well I’ll meet her in the town where she and I were born I’ll meet her in the town and let my heart be overthrown It’s a town of blue and green and white and we’re on different sides But she’s my lady of the morn’ She’ll come back to me wherever she may roam Yes it’s her that I will meet on a western Glasgow street Oh my fair-haired girl of the morn’
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Where I Want To Be
03:49
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I have grown a lot since yesterday but my mind keeps wandering around It keeps looking for the things that I haven’t found
So I could stay right here and count the years until I finally get up and go Or I could grab my baby and we’ll set off tomorrow
I wanna go across the ocean and get Carolina in my mind I wanna see Louisiana, see Arkansas and Tennessee I wanna go out west to the country To the land across the sea Until I finally end up where I want to be
Now I never meant no disrespect to the country that I call my home But I have a dream so my baby can’t say no
We can see the sights and we’ll live the nights and we will take on each and every day But until we leave my pain won’t go away
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Before I Leave
05:06
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I’m going away tomorrow in the morning light I’m going away in the morning light I’m gonna find my baby gonna hold her tight as hell tonight I’m gonna find my baby gonna hold her tight as hell
When I go Lord I know that I’ll wear my heart upon my sleeve When I go Lord I know that I’ll make damn sure she’s mine before I leave
I’ll be gone before she wakes up in the morning light Yeah I’ll be gone before she sees the light But she ain’t no fool she knows I’ll be back again some night No she ain’t no fool she knows I’ll back at night
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Oh Manhattan
04:36
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It’s good to see you again my dearest friend It’s been two years to the day Since I thought my life might end
So I took the train marked with “A” up to 14th Street and 8th The sun was beating down upon the ground On that concrete where I once lay
Oh Manhattan Oh My Love
They took me across town to 1st Avenue They fixed me up and put me on a bed With an aching pain all down my side They put metal in my head
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The Sky Last Night
03:58
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I saw something in the sky last night It materialised and it shone so bright And with one moment past it was gone I think the atmosphere is what it burned out on
We were looking for satellites in the sky last night Travelling through the lights of the stars so bright Then a fiery belt came along I think the atmosphere is what made it burn so strong
I could not believe my eyes But my friend was standing by my side It made me feel so significant In this great wide Universe in all her magnificence
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Some Isolated Place
04:07
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Darlin’ turn yourself away from the darkness of the day And I’ll show you where the light is in the night
And we’ll lead ourselves astray Find a new home far away Far away from our own bodies and our minds
We’ll steal ourselves away to some isolated place Let my hair grow long and shaggy down to my knees
Darlin’ turn yourself around and you and I we’ll leave this town You and I we’ll leave this town and we won’t look back
And we’ll lead ourselves astray Find a new home far away Until we’ve mended all the wounds and all the cracks
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Absence
03:24
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It takes a lot to pick a man up when he’s down Yes, it takes a lot to bring me around It takes a lot to pick a man up when he’s down If by a woman he’s waiting to be found And it’s by a woman that I’m waiting to be found
So if absence makes the heart grow fonder Then why am I as lonely as can be? Still your absence makes my heart grow fonder Does my absence make you fonder of me?
Only time can tell just how long my heart can pull through Only time can mend the wounds Because when you’re gone I can feel a space in my heart cave through But it fills up with each thought of you And I’ve been thinking a lot about you
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Outside My Window
03:12
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It sounds like there is an ocean outside my window Just like an ocean outside And if only you could be standing outside my window So I could let you in and keep you safe and warm from the cold dark night
Honey I want you here all the time Honey I want you here tonight
So excuse me for begging but I ain’t for beating around Baby please please me little sweetheart Sweetheart of mine
Baby wind is blowing outside my window The wind is blowing outside And how I wish you were standing outside my window Baby I would let you in and keep you safe and warm from the cold dark night
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Song for a Dancer
04:02
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She moves as if her feet don’t touch the ground Then she’s up on one leg on her toes and she’s spinning around Then we smoke and we talk about how all these things make us feel And as I fall in love I think of how her heart I can steal
As I lose my breath and bite my tongue
So I hold her close for a moment because I know that it’s the end My arms wrap around her three times as I start to pretend That I’ll see her soon but I know that it will be a while But I hear that she’s hurting so I wanna go see that she smiles
And make her lose her breath and bite her tongue Just like me
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Cold Damn Water
04:17
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When I woke up you were in my arms I had nothing but a smile on my face It was the morning after the night before And there ain’t much that I can’t recall
Like the memory of you laughing for most of the time And your lips pressed hard against mine But now this cold damn water between you and I Means you can’t be here by my side
When I saw you at the station you were standing alone I said there’s no way she’s waiting for me But then you picked up your head and you smiled and you said “Hello there, how are you tonight?”
Then the next thing I know I’m holding you close With your arm locked tightly in mine But now this cold damn water between you and I Means you can’t be here by my side
Now you were going away in a couple of days I knew I wouldn’t be seeing you for a while So for the next four weeks every girl that I meet I’ll pass by with a wave and a smile
Until this cold damn water between you and I Has you standing here by my side
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Ryan Joseph Burns Glasgow, UK
Ryan Joseph Burns is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and producer born in
Glasgow.
Burns has always written and developed his own music and has built his own studio in which to record and produce it.
As he continues to develop as a heartfelt lyricist, and producer, he has finally released his long-awaited, debut album ‘Absence’.
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