Pied flycatcher

Pied flycatcher, flycatcher,
flycatcher fly
pied flycatcher
fly your way home

As the mist falls
over the estuary
your brood is fed and strong
in the woodland you nest
on the Sessile Oak
your work here is nearly done

(Tree, tree once more I come to thee, tree, tree Boabab tree)

Now the sun with her strength
gives birth to a day
oh the longest day of the year
and this light is your guide
that will signal your time
to migrate to your homeland once more

While your brood has fledged
in the branches above
you capture the light on your wings
and as you reach out to the falling dusk
you depart to the coastline of spain

Pied flycatcher, flycatcher,
flycatcher fly
pied flycatcher
fly your way home X2

Through the gulf stream you glide
as it carries you south
to gibralter where the warmth holds you safe
then onwards you fly to your Wolof land
to rest in the boababs embrace
to rest in the boababs embrace
X2 (Tree, tree once more I come to thee, tree, tree Boabab tree)

The Dunes

Come with me
To the dunes we’ll go
And well got lost
With the peppered sand
Between our toes
And we’ll look up to the sunlight
And watch the wildflowers sway
As they reveal their nectar
The bees and butterflies
Will make their way

Silene maritime sways
Silene maritime sways

We play in the Marram grass
And here the skylarks sing
And we know where the forest lies
It’s lost beneath the sea

mmmm…
Silene maritime sways
Silene maritime sways

We rest where the wild Thyme grows
And sleep within its leaves
We dream of the shining brow
That whispers through the breeze

Free falling

I haven’t a clue where I’m going to
I hardly know where I’ve come from
And only the sky and the sea
Now speaks to me
At the edge of this land
Where I breathe so deep

free falling
free falling
I’m free falling, falling so deep

I jumped up and left the city life
To fall right backwards in these hills
And only the trees and the flowers
Now speak to me
At the edge of this land
I will breathe so deep

I’m free falling…

Like the Barn owl that swoops across the field
In its loneliness it waits beneath the eaves
Like the Buzzard glides across the sky
Circling so high– whey up high

I’ve dug my heels deep into this town
A stranger I’ll always feel
And only the soil and the stone
Now speak to me
At the edge of this land
Where I breathe so deep

I’m free falling…

Like the Heron thats poised to take a flight
At the waters edge it waits so patiently
Like the Swift that softly sleeps in flight
Swirling round the sky with the wind

My thoughts are like the rain
Drifting from the clouds
They flow into rivers
And merge into the land

© Kate Doubleday 2011

Belonging

Do You Not Know

I'm drawn to you
like the moonlit tides
and I feel for you
in my bones it feels so right, so right

Do you not know the love I feel for you
Do you not know the aching that I have for you

You glide past me
through the morning rain
shining spokes of steel
flicker through my heart again, again

Do you not know the love I feel for you
Do you not know the aching that I have for you

I'm drawn to you
like the moonlit tides
and I feel for you
in my bones it feels so right, so right

Do you not know the love I feel for you
Do you not know the aching that I have for you

I wrestle back and forth
with my mind on you
captured in a glance
when I first laid my eyes on you

Do you not know the love I feel for you
Do you not know the aching that I have for you

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Follow Through

I'll keep looking right behind me
and watch them crawl out from their stones
if you think you've seen integrity
just turn your back
and watch them smile, smile, smile, smile
turn your back and watch them smile

Hold your breath, they won't follow through
hold your breath, they won't follow through

My head is running like a river
trying to find a place to rest
the air is thick with their apologies
whilst they drink their tea
and smile, smile, smile, smile

Hold your breath, they won't follow through
hold your breath, they won't follow through

We're so infected with their manners
hypocrisy so rife and rank
keep your views outside their boxes
before they mould you face
to smile, smile, smile, smile
before they mould your face like theirs

Hold your breath, they won't follow through
hold your breath, they won't follow through

Wild Poppies

I don't see you at first
your petticoat leaves
brush against the slender grass
silently you draw your beauty from the earth
wild poppies, wild poppies

You emerge from a hundred years of sleep
your shameless phallic bud
was torn from oblivion
such cause for man's desire
wild poppies, wild poppies

Unfold your silk stained petals
delicate your dance with corn
a memory of yours or mine
belonging to fields reborn
wild poppies, wild poppies

You are burnished by sunlight
and weary you fade
like rattlesnake your seedpod will whisper
whisper your name
wild poppies, wild poppies

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These Ways

These are your ways
I never knew these ways before
And this is your pain
That manifest itself
For this I am sure
Don't follow me through my bloodstream
Don't follow me through my veins

In your wasteland
You discarded every thought
Like scattered seeds
Did you forget
That all of these will grow
Don't follow me through my bloodstream
Don't follow me through my veins

And he would hold his heads in his hands

You left your strands here
From the threadbare cloak of shame you wear
And how we spun them into one
To feel the fibres are so strong
Don't follow me through my bloodstream
Don't follow me through my veins

And he would hold his head in his hands

Eucalyptus

You keep slip sliding with me
and like fools
we'll keep climbing up that old time tree
and we can't see the sunlight
no we don't see the ground
were just too damn preoccupied
with that smooth and slippery bark

Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus tree

You lift me higher
with your hands beneath my feet
and I pull you up
so that we can smell the leaves

Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus tree

Now we reach the top
through the branches we appear
but we're now in full view
on a tree grown far from here

Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus tree

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Watch the Flowers

Internally I begin again
like a new moon
awaits her layers of light
I glimpse a look
at my reflection
to find her sorrow there
welling in my eye

Watch the flowers float down the river
watch the flowers float down the river
watch the flowers float down the river now

Dissolve your tears
like melting dew at dawn
release your restlessness of heart
an addiction for your soul
and glimpse a look at your reflection
to find my love is there
cradled in your smile

Watch the flowers float down the river
watch the flowers float down the river
watch the flowers float down the river now

Draw out your grief
and yield forgiveness there
like the sun that bleeds her heat
to paint her Turkish sky
so glimpse a look at our reflection
to find abandonment is only in our minds

Watch the flowers float down the river
watch the flowers float down the river
watch the flowers float down the river now

My Sweet Dandelion

My sweet dandelion
whenever I call your name
the birds will sing
and the leaves they will flutter
their pure gleeful joy for me

My sweet dandelion
Forever you're in my heart
now the skies have cleared
and the air is sweet scented
in the warm breeze of love you bring

My sweet dandelion
wherever you are right now
may the rivers flow
and the valley still whisper
love songs from my lips to thee

My sweet dandelion
together we will run away
over dale and brook
through the long wildflower meadows
hand in hand through the fields and trees

My sweet dandelion
whatever will come our way
may our spirits take flight
and our hearts remain tender
and our love rise as high as can be

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In Full View

She's growing up so fine
she's kicked off
those little red shoes
just in time
and she sees the world in full view
how I love her with my life

She's streaming like fire
down Avenue Road
with the trees as her guide
and she sees the world in full view
how I love her with my life

She's feral and wise
long locks of a lion
leaping legs of gazelle
and she see's the world in full view
how I love her with my life

She's tracking her way
her indigo sense
that won't lead her astray
and she sees the world in full view
how I love her with my life

And we will guide her to find her own way
And we will guide her to grow
And we will guide her to find her own way
And we will guide her to grow

Silver Blue

Silver blue porcelain vase
I gaze at you
through the moonlight you stand
so perfectly formed
a carrier, still
that holds liquid mercury
for venus' shell

What use is your grandeur
translucent alone
such strength in your substance
yet brittle like bone
kaoline clay
and granite like dust
from the past of old China
your make-up forgot

No cracks do they form
on the smooth glaze you wear
fired from all danger
so delicate and rare
vitrified, impermeable
yet your secrets within
are flaking like ashes
transparent and thin

I watch through the shadows
the bearer comes close
to empty your contents
and cleanse you from loath
illusions, deceptions, coveted still
wild flowers left now wilting
from the hollow you've filled

Belonging

Belonging
where are you?
Belonging
where do you live?

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Renewal

Footsteps

I see her there
Standing at the footsteps of her new born life
A suitcase in one hand as she clasps so tight
The child that she has longed for, for so many years
She's weary now the outpouring of her love complete

As she hears the softly sounding footsteps of her fate
(You hear those footsteps in your heart
well don't pretend they're not there)

Will it be a while
Before his gaze has left her and he wants no more
Detached from her embraces for the chords cut loose
Misplaced abandoned loyalties for a nomadic mind
He's weary now the outpouring of his love complete

As he hears the softly sounding footsteps of his fate...

Their heals are dug deep
Immersed in their own coping, of a silent kind
Habitual needs of rearing drowns their private lives
The child now grows determined of a journey renewed
There weary now the outpouring of their love obsolete

As they hear the softly sounding footsteps of there fate...

Sweet feeling

Gesture in your existence
Devote your affection into breath
Seal your real intentions for me
Invite this moment to melt

Trust your blue intuition
Follow your carefree desires
Worry less for the trouble it may cause
Ignite your spirit to dance

Set free the dreams you've created
Capture the flutters in the air
This beauty you seek may sail with the wind
Unite each feeling to fly
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Child of gold

Tangled locks across my face
Whispers,smiles and blissful yawns
She leads me to her cartoon dreams
And nestles in my arms a while
Child of gold stay free
Child of gold stay free

Your world is glittering new
Magic is in your hands for the making
Sensations, colours all embracing
For your creations all to shine
Child of gold...

Cartwheeling days pass in your absorbing
Melting thoughts are falling from your lips
Travelling time in your leaping space
Leads you in your abandonment
Child of gold...

Enchanting sounds of exploration
Tickles in your celebration
Of dances, songs and daisy dresses
Child of gold...

Ringlets, beads and cowrie shells
Serehule waters in your well
Trinkets and treasures for mermaids
That ripple through your thoughts
Those honey birds will sing their song
For you my love
Child of gold...
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Renewal

I'm mulling time with the thoughts of you still lingering
Calling birdsong draws me from my past
I glance a look at the ground that breathes beneath me
Emerging are the flowers that yearn for life
Renewal, renewal, renewal, renewal

I've travelled down each trail that leads to you
Like the doves repeat their flights to nest
I lay me head into the arms of solitude
In the knowledge that peace will come to rest with me
Renewal, renewal, renewal, renewal

I've weaved each thread of you around my heart
Like a chrysalis forms its skin of silk
Encased within our hidden strength prepares itself
Breaking through to reveal those splendid wings for flight
Vulnerable to her prey
She waits patiently for those delicate wings to dry
Butterfly, butterfly
Renewal, renewal, renewal, renewal
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Rise and fall

You're my first thought as I rise
And the last thought as I fall
I'm holding back every feeling
I have for you
And its killing me inside
To nullify this joy
When I see her face light up with you

Well I'd feel the same
If the boot was on the other foot
Yes I'd feel the same, just like you
Well I'd feel the pain
If the boot was on the other foot
Yes I'd feel the pain, just like you

So please don' t catch my eye
For its there so plain to see
The yearning I have for you
Is burning through me
And I'm way out of my depth
Treading water like a fool
You'd have thought I would have learn by now, wouldn't you?

For I've known the pain
Only the boot was on the other foot
Yes, I've known the pain
Just li ke you
And I felt the same
Only the boot was on the other foot
Yes I felt the same
Just like you

I touch you in my dreams
For it's there I can be free
To reveal all the love I feel for you
And as I wake alone
All your tender love is gone
For your heart does not give itself to me
No, your heart does not rest itself on me
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Stonegirl

Where rivers may flow
You'll find the stone girl under the willow tree
Collecting her thoughts her devotion and kindness
Washed through her hands for the needy

She can heal with her blue lace agate
She can heal with her stones
She can heal with her green tourmaline
She can heal with her stones

Where shadows may fall
The stone girl will wait by the wane of the moon
Entrusted by angels who yield her instinctive
Bathed by their warm light maternal

She will heal with her rhodochrosite
She will heal with her stones
She will heal with her amazonite
She will heal with her stones

Where wild flowers may grow
The stone girl will ache for the rose she once held
Sweet scented and fragile,
Her tears are the petals
Plucked by her lover for giving

She can heal with her lavender jade
She can heal with her stones
She can heal with her deep red garnet
She can heal with her stones
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Had to be

Just tell me why it had to be
That we should have to
Tear our hearts into shreds
Just why it had to be
When trust was lost
Respect sailed far out to sea
It's a fire of your power
Burning me out
It's a fire of your power
Burning me out

Just tell me why it had to be
When the stakes were high
Our goals were not solidarity
Just why it had to be
Those flutters of lies
Chasing round me like enemies
It's the fire of your power...

Just tell me why it had to be
That we should have to
Live our lives so separately
Just why it had to be
Now the wells run dry
Our thirst becomes a memory
It's the fire of your power...
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Needs and wants

Starting to discover
There's a place inside
That we can't cover
For the way we feel
About each over
You know, yes you know
The needs are killing the wants
You know, yes you know
The needs are killing the wants

Down the market stalls
We barter and buy for it all
What we need and what we sigh for
Well it aint no different in our lives
Just haggling those feelings inside
You know, yes you know...

What you need is not what you want
Troubles lurking disguised for fun
Security just bores your mind
Of breaking free and running wild
It's happening all around
Chasing tails that we can't find
Just be honest and let it go

If it won't flow

Top I've got myself back onto my feet
I now know exactly what I need
I'll let my instincts guide me all the way
So please forgive me if I speak my mind
And say these words to you

If it won't flow
How can I possibly grow with you
If it won't flow
How can I possibly grow with you

I'm still learning to be content
In my own company
Drawn up some boundaries
That I know I can live safe between
And it's ok if this is the way its meant to be
I won't fear the future
With my daughter standing next to me

If it won't flow...

I'll know when the time is right
For me to open up my heart
I'll follow my feeling for you
And trust what I see in your eyes
So please be honest with me
Thats' all I'll ever ask
So I may love you freely
And join with you in all I impart
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Badumba

We're getting further every day
We're working harder in every way
We're getting stronger every day
We're drawing closer in every way

As the rain gently falls

My little flower
I'll watch you grow each day
So pure of heart
But you don't deserve to have seen
What you have seen

So we'll dance hand in hand
As the rain will gently fall
We'll dance hand in hand
To soothe our troubled souls

All songs © 2003 Kate Doubleday.