8. Carrickfergus

(Ferry)

Here is a rainbow for your hair
Here is another sign of the times
We live we die
We laugh we cry
We know not why

Lipstick ‘n leather wear ‘n tear
Off another sign of the times
We’re chained and bound
Hard lines crack down
On stony ground

Here is a taste of here and now
Red is the bloody sign of the times
The bride stripped bare
Of all despair
We’re cut but we don’t care

Here is a rainbow for your hair
Here is another sign of the times

Light up in anger, I’ll be there
Fight for a sign of the times
We live we die
We laugh we cry
We know not why

Bent on a life between the lines
End on a sign of the times

(Ferry)

Well I rush out blazin’ my pulse is racin’
As the rain streams down my face
There’s no turning back now to fight with fate
Outnumbered ‘n out of place

They said go west young man, that’s best
It’s there you’ll feel no pain
Bel-air’s okay if you dig the grave
But I want to live again

Can’t let go
There’s a madness in my soul tonight
Can’t let go
Must I ride it like the storm?
Can’t let go
Will I run out of control tonight?
Can’t let go
Until every trace is gone

It’s a winding road from Cuesta Way down sunset to the beach
And Canoga Park is a straight safe drive
It’s too far out of reach
But now the headlights are flashin’ by so fast
All directions seem the same
And the windscreen wipers keep a beat repeatin’
You can’t let go again

What’s in a name on the street tonight?
I’m only a face in the crowd
I’m all in the dark and afraid tonight
Nowhere to run or to hide
But I can’t let go

Sometimes the world outside’ll take you in with just a smile
And you so blinded with desire
A hundred sleepless nights have left me
wasted and so cold
But I can take it I’m hangin’ on

Can’t let go
There’s a madness in my soul tonight
Can’t let go
Must I ride it like the storm?
Can’t let go
Will I run out of control tonight?
Can’t let go
Until every trace is gone

Can’t let go, Ooh Can’t let go, Ooh, Can’t let go,
Can’t let go Can’t let go, Can’t let go,
Can’t let go, Can’t let go
Can’t let go

(Hayes/Porter)

Don’t you ever feel sad
Lean on me when the times are bad
When the day comes
And you are down
In a river of trouble
And about to drown

Hold on I’m coming
Hold on I’m coming

I would always be your lover
If you get cold I’ll be your cover
Don’t have to worry
Don’t have to fear
No need to suffer baby
Cause I’m here

Hold on I’m coming
Hold on I’m coming
Hold on I’m coming
Hold on I’m coming

Reach out to me for satisfaction
Just call my name for quick reaction
Action, action, action

Now don’t you ever feel sad
And lean on me
When the times are bad
And the day comes
And you are down
In a river of trouble
And about to drown

Hold on I’m coming
Hold on I’m coming
Hold on I’m coming
Hold on I’m coming
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
I’m coming (I’m coming)
Now hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
I’m coming (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)
Hold on (I’m coming)

(Cale)

Have you heard that rumour
That’s going around?
You got another man
Way across town
It’s the same old story
Tell me when does it end?
Yes I heard the news
It’s the same old blues again

Well I wrote you a letter
You must have read it wrong
I stood at your doorway
Ah, but you were gone

I took a lot of time
And let your telephone ring
It’s the same old blues
The same old blues again

When you give me the business
Well it didn’t mind
Cause I’ve got a lot of patience
And I got a lot of time

It’s the same old story
Tell me when does it end?
It’s the same old blues
The same old blues again
I said it’s the same old blues
The same old blues again

I’m gonna find me a mountain
I’m gonna hide out
I ain’t talking to you
And I ain’t yet coming out
Cause I heard that rumour
Tell me where does it end?
Yes I heard the news
It’s the same old blues again
Cause I said it’s the same old blues
The same old blues again

(Ferry)

When she walks in the room
Then you know
Why your date says it’s late
Time to go
And you know you can’t leave
You must stay
Till her laughter has drifted away

So you talk to the walls
Always know
Cause they’ve seen it all
And heard it all before
And your fair weather friends
Fail to speak

They’re so afraid still waters run deep
And they don’t understand or perceive
That you can’t see the woods for the trees
Christmas trees you were sure
Weren’t the sort
To build up your hopes
Then sell you short
Yeah to build you up
And sell you short

All your life you were taught to believe
Then a moment of truth, you’re deceived

All the wine in your life’s all dried up
Is now the time to give up?

Like the soft paper cup that you squeeze
So you take this and that and then some more
And you make your way through the door
You make up your way through the door
Through the door
Through the door

When she walks in the room
When she walks in the room
When she walks in the room
When she walks in the room
When she walks in the room
When she walks in the room
When she walks in the room
When she walks in the room
When she walks in the room

(Green/Hodges)

I don’t know why I love you like I do
After the things that you put me through
You stole my money, my cigarettes
I haven’t seen or heard of you yet
I wanna know, won’t you tell me
I’m love to stay

Take me to the river
Wash me down
She cleans my soul
Put my feet on the ground

I don’t know why you treated me so bad
After the things we could have had
Love is emotion that I can’t forget
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
Oh wanna know, won’t you tell me
I’m in love to stay

Take me to the river

Hold me, love me
Please me, tease me
Till I can’t, till I can

I don’t know why I love you like I do
After the changes you put me through
The sixteen candles burn on my wall
Then tell me who is the biggest fool of them all
I wanna know, won’t you tell me
Are we in love to stay

Take me to the river
Take me to the river
Take me to the river
Walk me to the water
Walk me to the water
Take me to the river
Just walk me on the water
Walk me on the water
Take me to the river
Take me to the river

(Reed)

What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am falling down
What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am upside down

Lady be good
Do what you should
You know it’ll work alright
Baby be good
Do what you should
You know it’ll be alright

I’m going up
I’m going down
I’m gonna fly from side to side
No problems in these times
I’ve built but knotting down my mind

Baby be good
Do what you should
You know it’ll be alright
Lady be good
Do what you should
You know it’ll work alright

Here we go again
Playing the fool again
Here we go again
Acting hard again

One minute one
One minute two
One minute up
And then one minute down

What goes on in your mind?
I think I am upside down
Baby be good
Do what you should
You know it’ll be alright

Baby be good
Do what you should
You know it’ll work alright

Here we go again
I thought that you were my friend
Here we go again
I thought that you were my friend

How does it feel to be loved
How does it feel to be loved
How does it feel to be loved
How does it feel to be loved

(Traditional/Ferry)

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Just to see my love before I die

But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
Nor have I wings so I could fly
I wish I could meet a handsome boatman
To carry me over my love and I

In Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stones as black as ink
With gold and silver I did support her
But I’ll sing no more till I’ve had a drink

Well I’m drunk today and I’m seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
But I am sick now my days are numbered
Come all you young men and lay me down
Come all you young men and lay me down

(Jamison)

If I was a songbird way up there
I’d go with love most everywhere
I’d be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know that I’m still around

That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is

I’d be the weeping willow, drown in my tears
And you could go swimming when you were here
And I’d be the rainbow after the tears have gone
Wrap you in my colours, keep you warm

That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is

I’d be the ocean so deep and wide
And get all the tears whenever you cried
And I’d be the breeze after the storm is gone
To dry your eyes and love you till dawn

That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is

So much love, so much love
That’s how strong my love is
Any kind of love you want, I would get for you
Any kind of love, any kind of love
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how it is

(Ferry)

So I send an SOS
Semaphore myself
Catch me falling finally

Through the air and underground
Everywhere this sound
Screams and whisper
I can’t breathe

I feel it in my bones
Though I know I’m not alone
You’re spinning far too far from me

So cruel to be so kind
Now I know I’ll always find
This island earth a mystery

As I stumble through the dark
Dream lovers dream apart
Starry eyed a vision rushes in

Do I wonder or care
My spirit’s bleeding God knows where
A never ending stream

I tried to love, tried to find
My soul in shadows running blind
And restless as the sea

Via sidewalks through the haze
Wandering as in a maze
Lost in number time and space

So near and yet so far
Castaway as strangers are
This island earth
And you and me