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Get both ‘Deep River’ & ‘Sweet Defeat’ by Jon Allen on CD together and save with the CD Combo Pack!

British troubadour, Jon Allen found success early on when his song “Going Home” was featured in a 2008 UK advertisement for Land Rover. With the song selling more than 20,000 downloads via his website, Jon’s critical acclaim continued to grow in England with rave reviews, an appearance on Later With Jools Holland, and five singles playlisted on BBC Radio 2. Equally talented as a vocalist and guitarist, Jon’s songwriting skills have provided the perfect soundtrack for hit prime-time TV shows such as “Homeland” and “Bones,” along with Hollywood blockbusters “The Oranges” and “Safe Haven.”

The Devon born, raspy voiced singer-songwriter made an impression in the US with his 2012 OK!Good release, Sweet Defeat. Showing an impressive air of confidence and maturity in his songwriting, Sweet Defeat seamlessly transitions from solo acoustic, finger picked songs to upbeat and instantly memorable band anthems.

In 2014 Jon released his highly anticipated new album, Deep River on July 8th. Deep River sees Allen paying tribute to great tunes of the past; mixing catchy Sixties-inflected rock, soul, and country blues. With vocals that are eerily reminiscent of a young Rod Stewart, the album finds Jon Allen channeling his wide range of influences with songs covering relationships, moving on, and finding oneself.

• Night & Day

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    If I can’t have your love
    I don’t want nothing at all
    If I can’t have your love
    I’ll keep my heart behind the wall

    I don’t want to see the sun
    Don’t want nothing from no one
    And night and day don’t mean a thing to me

    If I can’t have your love
    I don’t want nobody else
    If I can’t have your love
    I’ll keep my sorrow to myself

    Can’t do no good with my time
    Got no rhythm, got no rhyme
    And night and day don’t mean a thing to me

    Come back and revive my senses
    Set fire to my skin
    Give me a reason to feel defenseless
    Give me a reason to start again

    If I can’t have your love
    I don’t want to play the game
    If I can’t have your love
    It would be a lie to love again

    I don’t have no life to live
    If you’ve got no love to give
    And night and day don’t mean a thing to me

• Lady of the Water

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    In the cold, cold morning
    Thought I heard you calling
    In the half-light just before the dawning of the day
    Half awake and dreaming
    When untapped thoughts were streaming
    Thought I heard you telling me you’d take it all away

    At the turn of midnight
    In the burning firelight
    Did I see your fragile figure dancing in the flame
    Beyond the realms of reason
    Untamed and out of season
    Could you be the missing key that gives my need a name

    Lady of the water
    Lead me to hallowed ground
    Lady of the water
    Take me where I long to be found

    My days are full of faces
    Of racketeers and chasers
    I’m praying for a drop of rain in a street that’s full of sand
    This city can undo you
    Cut its teeth right through you
    I’m looking for that open door and the grace of your hand

• Falling Back

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    Another losing hand’s been played out
    Another dream has turned to dust
    I’m trying to keep myself believing
    It never really meant that much

    And I’m falling back
    Like a barfly to the bottle
    Way down into the black
    Yeah I’m falling back
    And nothing can touch me
    ‘Cause I’m already gone

    I don’t have no explanation
    For why the cards are so unkind
    I’ve let go if every last illusion
    That ever gave me peace of mind

    And I’m falling back
    Like a barfly to the bottle
    Way down into the black
    Yeah I’m falling back
    And nothing can touch me
    ‘Cause I’m already gone

    I don’t have no cause
    No reason to be brave
    Everything I used to stand for
    Is buried in a shallow grave
    Oh, it’s such a waste
    Oh, it’s such a shame
    To see the fields of Eden
    Burning down in flames

• Hummingbird Blues

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    You’ve got a way of living, Lord it makes me feel so fine
    You’re the tonic for my troubles that gets me reeling every time

    I’ve never been to China but I’d like to go there now with you
    We could sail out on that slow boat just like the way they used to do

    The hummingbird’s singing his songs
    He don’t give a damn who can hear it
    My heart is singing along
    If I’m not in heaven now I swear I must be near it

    When I think about you darling, Oh it sets my heart aglow
    There’s so many ways you send me that you don’t even know

    The hummingbird’s singing his songs
    He don’t give a damn who can hear it
    My heart is singing along
    If I’m not in heaven now I swear I must be near it

    Gonna find your loving waters, gonna wash my spirit clean
    That river that reminds me life ain’t as cruel as it seems

• Fire In My Heart

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    You’ve got a lot of nerve
    The way you keep me hanging on
    ‘Cause I can’t let you go
    Guess I’ve been loving you too long

    And every time I try to walk away
    Something inside me always makes me stay
    ‘Cause I just can’t put out this fire in my heart

    I gave you all I had
    Wish I could take it all back now
    But I can’t start again
    ‘Cause I got a heart that don’t know how

    And maybe I don’t know what’s good for me
    And I’d be better off for getting free
    But I just can’t put out this fire in my heart

    You got me hooked on you and your bad love
    That only makes me blue
    And what’s sad about it is I can’t do without it

    Sometimes I wish, sometimes I wish we never met
    Then I wouldn’t know this pain
    Wouldn’t know this sadness and regret

    But every little bit of hurt I feel
    Is a part of me that knows love is real
    ‘Cause I just can’t put out this fire in my heart

• Deep River

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    I’ve been torn down, I’ve been kicked around
    Waiting for the war to end

    It’s been a long time since I crossed the line
    Where the weeping willows bend

    I’m going back to start anew
    To shed these scars, way out in the blue

    Deep river roll me where I need to go
    Give me the answers that only you know

    The river’s in me, It’s all I wanna be
    I just have to let it run

    All the changes that its course arranges
    Are the deeds that must be done

    Tears of joy and tears of pain
    The river takes them, takes them all the same

    I’m doing all I can to follow nature’s plan
    To hold on to the hand of fate
    Maybe I’ll see the sun setting on the way I’ve come
    Before the evening gets too late

    Deep river roll me where I need to go
    Give me the answers that only you know

• Wait For Me

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    Gonna miss you in the morning, gonna miss you when I’m gone
    With that bitter sweet sorrow of a heart that’s hanging on

    Will you wait for me?

    Well I ain’t too proud to ask it ‘cause I really need to know
    Will you watch after this fire, keep it burning when I go

    Will you wait for me?

    That big jet plane is leaving to take me far away
    But right here with you darling is where my heart will stay

    Though I got to say goodbye now, though I know we have to part
    Won’t you give a little comfort to the pain that’s in my heart

    Say you’ll wait for me

    ‘Cause I’ll be coming back here when the autumn moon is due
    I’ll be falling at your feet before the leaves of autumn do

    Will you wait for me?

    That big jet plane is leaving to take me far away
    But right here with you darling is where my heart will stay

    Gonna miss you in the morning, gonna miss you when I’m gone
    With that bitter sweet sorrow of a heart that’s hanging on

• Get What's Mine

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    Well I’ve crawled when I should have been running
    And I’ve been way too long biding my time
    I don’t care if it ain’t too becoming
    Come hell or high water, I’m gonna get what’s mine

    I ain’t lookin’ for to rob anybody
    I ain’t thinking of committing any crime
    Baby I’m just a man in a hurry
    Come hell or high water, I’m gonna get what’s mine

    I’m tired of chasing someone else’s dream
    Gonna get my freedom, gonna do a little living
    Find out what the world really means

    Well, I don’t wanna die on this mountain
    Ain’t nobody gonna build me a shrine
    So I gotta fight fire with lightning
    Come hell or high water, I’m gonna get what’s mine

    You can stone me and call me a sinner
    But I’ll be damned if I’m waiting in line
    It’s getting late and the light’s getting dimmer
    Come hell or high water, I’m gonna get what’s mine

    I’m tired of chasing someone else’s dream
    Gonna get my freedom, gonna do a little living
    Find out what the world really means

• By My Side

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    There are times when I lose my step
    Times when I forget who I am
    But I believe there's hope for me yet
    Just as long as you're around

    If I ever feel like giving up
    Near as I can be to defeated
    You always find a way to lift me up
    Catch me when I'm coming down

    I don't know how the story goes
    Or where the journey will end

    But there's a warm sun shining
    In the darkest sky
    There's a silver lining
    Long as you are by my side

    I can't hold on to the restless wind
    I can't stop the rain from falling
    But you're the one I keep believing in
    When my faith is burning low

    Every new day is blind to see
    What tomorrow will bring

    But there's a warm sun shining
    In the darkest sky
    There's a silver lining
    Long as you are by my side

    Fortune telling's not a game I play
    But I know one thing for sure
    If you promised me you'd always stay
    I'd never ask for nothing more oh

    There's a warm sun shining
    In the darkest sky
    There's a silver lining
    Long as you are by my side

• All The Money's Gone

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    Come back to me baby
    Don’t put me down in my prime
    I may be a bad man but don’t we have a good time?

    It’s a dog eat dog world, babe
    Ain’t nobody to blame
    You’re only picking on me now on account of my name

    All the money’s gone, all the money’s gone
    I can’t walk on water, I can’t even run
    Lord forgive me for the things that I’ve done

    Well it says in the good book
    That you reap what you sow
    But that old green backed woman is the only god that I know

    You can take back my Warhol
    Tear down my chandelier
    But darling, I only told you what you wanted to hear

    I’m in the bunker, baby
    I ain’t seen daylight since you said we’re through
    I ain’t worth nothing, if I’m worth nothing to you

    Lock me up if you want to
    But baby don’t lose that key
    ‘Cause you know that I need you, like I know you need me

    We belong here together
    We’re a match made in Hell
    One day we’ll start over, on the sound of that bell

    All the money’s gone, all the money’s gone
    I don’t know if I’m clever, I don’t know if I’m dumb
    But give me some credit for the things that I've done

• Loving Arms

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    I’ve walked through the badlands all alone in my bed
    I’ve suffered the silence of words left unsaid
    And I figured hope, an impassable trail
    Just the bitter chill of morning, just the distant sun so pale

    I’ve sailed across an ocean of hard luck and lies
    I’ve seen the horizon through desolate eyes
    With a heart full of hurt and a head full of fear
    Till you love-light came shining on the shoreline there so clear
    And I was reborn

    Here in your loving arms, where I belong

    I’ve lived like a stranger out of place and time
    I’ve stood on the high ledge at the edge of the line
    With blood on my shoes and fire in my brain
    I’ve held on to your memory like a rider to the reins
    And now I’m reborn

    Here in your loving arms, where I belong

    Well my days have been dark and my nights have been cold to the bone
    Like a bird on the wing, with the promise of spring I have flown
    Just looking for home

    Here in your loving arms, where I belong

• Keep Moving On

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    Well we’re stone dead standing still
    We’re just sitting ducks waiting for the kill
    If we can’t find the way and the will, to keep moving on

    We got fear in our bones and it feels like we’re so far from home
    But it’s only the pain of our growing, so keep moving on

    Maybe it’s not about getting to the Promised Land
    Maybe it’s more about trying

    Well we’re all born in the fight
    We’re all children thrown into the night
    You gotta lift your eyes up to the light, and keep moving on

    ‘Cause there ain’t no going back
    Ain’t no footprints left on the track
    And time never cut any slack, so keep moving on

    Maybe it’s not about getting to the Promised Land
    Maybe it’s more about trying

    You can’t live your life in the past
    Nothing good or bad ever lasts
    You can walk slow or you can walk fast, but keep moving on

• Joanna

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    From the dying arms of twilight, lets run into the night
    Lets fly like straight shot arrows across the sky
    From the ashes of an old life, lets catch the newborn flames
    Hold it close and never let it die

    Go with me Joanna, go with me in time
    A pair of chancers on an open road
    We'll train our feet to follow the footprints of our dreams
    Put your hand in my hand and let's go

    Lets sail upon the evening now the wind is getting high
    Lets step outside and drink in the air like wine
    This time we'll make a clean break they'll be no looking back
    We'll leave these streets of sorrow far behind

    Go with me Joanna , go with me in time
    Lets get away before we get too old
    We'll cut across the border, into unclaimed land
    Put your hand in my hand and let's go

    Somewhere there's a place to go
    Where all we have is all we need

    Maybe there's a reason that lies beyond these walls
    Maybe there's a meaning to be found
    Because I cant escape this feeling , this vision in my mind
    Of the day we put down roots in virgin ground

    Go with me Joanna , go with me in time
    I'll take you where the wild flowers grow
    We'll ride on through the darkness , and get there with the dawn
    Put your hand in my hand --------- and let's go

• Stealing Away

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    The dawn light is only
    A broken beginning
    And down in the courtyard
    The toll bell keeps ringing
    While she lies there sleeping
    The secret is creeping
    I should be stealing away

    Now the cool morning’s cut me
    And I’m trying not to feel it
    But if she were to wake
    Don’t think I could conceal it
    For the minutes are hanging
    And the autumn lights passing
    And I should be stealing away

    Oh Sweet illusion
    You’ve fooled beggars and kings
    I’ve danced in your moonlight
    Sang to your song
    But I can’t keep a hold of your wings

    Our empire has fallen
    Our dream has retreated
    The lines we held on to
    Are all but defeated
    The last post’s abandoned
    Where love was once standing
    And I should be stealing away

    Oh Sweet illusion
    You’ve fooled beggars and kings
    I’ve danced in your moonlight
    Sang to your song
    But I can’t keep a hold of your wings

    I don’t want to wait
    For the moment you rise
    Just to show you
    That far away look in my eyes
    I’ll tell you no lie
    I won’t kiss you goodbye
    I’ll just be stealing away

• Time to Cry

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    I didn’t know what love was till I let it slip away
    I didn’t know the night until I lost the day
    I didn’t know the question till I was asking myself why
    Now I know it’s my time to cry

    I had all the heavens and the stars at my command
    I held love like a rare bird helpless it in my hands
    Oh but I was cruel and like a fool I let it die
    Now I know it’s my time to cry

    Time to cry, time to cry
    Now that it’s all over
    It’s my time to cry

    They say all’s fair in love, who am I to disagree
    I lived by the sword that now is cutting me
    There’s no getting round it, it’s one eye for an eye
    Now I know it’s my time to cry

    Time to cry, time to cry
    Now that it’s all over
    It’s my time to cry

    Wish I could find the words to make you change your mind
    Wish I could feel the warmth of your lips one more time
    But you’re gone forever and the river has run dry
    Now I know it’s my time to cry

    Time to cry, time to cry
    Now that it’s all over
    It’s my time to cry

    Time to cry, time to cry
    Now that it’s all over
    It’s my time to cry

• Broken Town

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    Billboards change selling cigarettes
    Burned out lamps get replaced
    But this old town can never forget
    Every street here knows your face

    I go back to every haunt
    Every day it’s the same
    Night draws in and I’m alone
    Just the ghost of you remains

    Now I used to hurt
    Now I feel no pain
    Now my captive heart
    Is free of your chains
    Now I used to care but doesn’t it show
    Now you just someone that I used to know

    I believe in this broken town
    Though my hands have been burned
    I reach out like a beaten child
    Who’s love can’t be unlearned

    Now I used to hurt
    Now I feel no pain
    Now my captive heart
    Is free of your chains
    Now I used to care but doesn’t it show
    Now you just someone that I used to know

    Close my eyes against the rain
    Turn my back to the wind

• Lucky I Guess

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    Been eaten up, chewed on and spat out cold
    Short changed, underpaid and oversold
    Some people say I’ve been the victim of my own success
    I can’t explain it; I’m just lucky I Guess

    I played the game for what it was got hung out to dry
    They threw me to the lions just for a telling a lie
    The way some people talk you would have thought I could have hung for less
    Oh but don’t blame me boy, I’m just lucky I guess

    Shipwreck me and I’ll build a boat
    Throw me overboard and I swear that I’ll float
    There’s nothing you can do to me I haven’t done to myself

    I’ve lived down in the trenches with the pimps and thieves
    I’ve wadded through the mud till it was up to my knees
    I’ve seen things to make the laughing cavalier depressed
    The way I see it, I’m just lucky I guess

    I’ve met every sweet talking judge in this town
    They never love you more than when they’re sending you down
    Now I’m just another number doing time with the rest
    Me and my friends, We’re just lucky I guess

    I ain’t gonna cry no tears anymore
    There’s nothing you can show me I ain’t seen before
    Down in the briar patch was where I was born and bred

    Been advertised as this weeks great white hope
    Been strung along and always given just enough rope
    I’ve done what I was told, I’ve done my best to please
    Now when people see me, they don’t even lie to me

• Think of You

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    Something ‘bout the blackbirds song
    Reminds me of your loving
    Something in my past long gone
    Makes me think of you

    Something ‘bout the crescent moon
    Hanging in the heavens
    Like a lighthouse in the gloom
    Makes me think of you

    In my mind I cross the great divide
    I can see salvation in yours eyes

    Though our love has lost its way
    And oceans lie between us
    Some part of my heart still stays
    Makes me think of you

    Like a splinter in the hand of time
    All the while you never left my mind

    I might be in some far off place
    Where no one else can find me
    When kindness in a strangers face
    Makes me think of you

• Sweet Defeat

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    Well I was busy going nowhere
    Hanging out in no mans land
    When you showed me the silver
    There in bad lucks ugly hand

    You’ve got the sweetest disposition
    And a heart that’s open wide
    I know that you’re the woman
    Who’s gonna keep me satisfied

    Sweet defeat
    I’m lying helpless at your feet
    And so it’s goodbye to the street
    I’m so pleased to meet you sweet defeat

    Well I’d given up believing
    That I’d ever end up here
    But now I’m happy on the high wire
    With your voice ringing in my ears

    I wanna call you up Sundays
    When I’ve nothing much to say
    I want hold on to you darling
    Throw everything else I got away

    Sweet defeat
    I’m lying helpless at your feet
    And so it’s goodbye to the street
    I’m so pleased to meet you sweet defeat

    You’re like the morning breeze a’ blowin’
    Right through this weary soul
    You give me a feeling
    From my head down to my toes

    Sweet defeat
    I’m lying helpless at your feet
    And so it’s goodbye to the street
    I’m so pleased to meet you sweet defeat

• Love's Made a Fool Out of Me

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    I’ve been here before
    Standing out in the rain
    At the mercy of heartache and pain
    Loves made a fool of me

    I guess I was wrong
    To think my luck could change
    But once again I’ve been burnt by the flame
    Love’s made a fool out of me

    Every night I’m dreaming
    What could never be
    But I keep on believing
    They’ll come a day, you’ll belong to me

    A Heart can deceive
    Sell you a dream just to make you believe
    Now I got nothing but my misery
    Love’s made a fool out me

    Every night I’m dreaming
    What could never be
    But I keep on believing
    They’ll come a day, you’ll belong to me

    But I know my heart
    Will always lead me astray
    So I’ll pretend that I’ve locked it away
    Where no one else can see
    Love’s made a fool out of me
    Love’s made a fool out of me

• Here Tonight

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    If you were here tonight
    I wouldn’t feel so lonely
    I wouldn’t need the morning light
    I’d be alright if you were here tonight

    If you were by my side
    I wouldn’t feel the cold wind
    The distance wouldn’t be too wide
    I’d be alright if you were by my side

    Stars go on shining
    But they’ve all lost their charm
    Though they keep on trying
    They don’t move me
    Cause you can’t be

    Here tonight
    Here tonight
    If you were only here tonight
    The day wouldn’t seem so far away

    Darling don’t get me wrong
    I’m getting by without you
    Most of the time I’m feeling strong
    I keep busy when the day is long

    But when I close the door
    The silence that surrounds me
    Always makes me need it more
    The feeling that I’ve been longing for

    Stars go on shining
    But they’ve all lost their charm
    Though they keep on trying
    They don’t move me
    Cause you can’t be

    Here tonight
    Here tonight
    If you were only here tonight
    The day wouldn’t seem so far away

    Here tonight
    Here tonight
    If you were only here tonight
    The day wouldn’t seem so far away

• No One Gets Out of Here Alive

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    I don’t care who you are, if you’ve got a name
    Don’t you know I take every soul the same
    Just like Bonnie just like Clyde
    No one gets out of here alive

    So you’re young and pretty and you’re on parade
    But whatcha gonna do when that big band’s played
    Ain’t no use you making those eyes
    No one gets out of her alive

    You look at me and think that I’m the devil
    Don’t you know that I’m your only friend

    You can spend your days trying to chase the wind
    You can tell pretty lies but you just can’t win
    Cause just as sure as you arrived
    No one gets out of here alive

    Don’t you know that your folks once were just like you
    There was always grass greener back then too
    So baby don’t act so surprised
    No one gets out of here alive

    Can’t you see you’re staring down the barrel
    Can’t you see you’re running out of time

    So get a round and let the barman fill em’ up
    Cause one day that coin’s gonna find your cup
    Sure as the night and the black crow flies
    No one gets out of here alive

    Slow down baby where’da ya think you’re going
    Outside’s just the desert and the ghosts

    Nobody wants to make the best of what they’ve got
    Everyone’s holding out for the graveyard slot
    But they’ll be no encore, no reprise
    No one gets out of here alive

• Last Orders

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    I’ll love you till the dance is over
    I’ll love you till the music dies
    Till they tear down the stars from the rafters
    Till they unhook the moon from the sky

    I’ll love you till my words unravel
    I’ll love you till the clocks unwind
    Till eternity’s calling last orders
    In that place on the outskirts of time

    The Jukebox is playing Love Me Tender
    The king is singing sweet and low
    In your arms I surrender
    I’d be a fool if I let you go

    I’ll love you till tin turns to silver
    I’ll love you till jade turns to gold
    Till every last rhyme has been written
    And even the new moon is old

    When loneliness comes to my window
    And sorrow is knocking at my door
    It don’t mean nothing to me
    Cause I don’t work for them anymore

    I’ll love you till death has no meaning
    I’ll love you till life is a dream
    Till all the cares ever we carried
    Are floating like feathers down stream

    I’ll love you till the river climbs the mountain
    I’ll love you till fish rule the land
    Till the mirror can’t see our reflection
    And the bells of goodbye never sound

• When the Morning Comes (feat. Amy Smith)

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    When the wait of the night is upon you
    And you feel that the dawns gone astray
    When the stars have been blown out like candles
    And the fair-weather moon’s sailed away

    When hope like a friend says he’ll guide you
    But he leaves you alone in the dark
    With the wait of an empty promise
    That was stowing away in your hear

    Don’t waste your tears on the sadness
    They’re only clouds in your eyes
    Don’t look to far and you’ll find me
    And I’ll bring you piece of mind

    For the night is the day only sleeping
    And the moon will return as the sun
    I’ll be here while the wait is upon you
    I’ll be hear when the morning comes
    I’ll be hear when the morning comes

• Sarah (feat. Mark Knopfler)

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    Well my Head is full of questions
    Laying heavy on my mind
    And I’ve been looking for an answer
    When there really was no answer there to find

    Now my heart feels like an ocean
    And I’m just looking for the shore
    I thought I knew where I was going
    But the truth is I can’t feel it anymore

    Oh Sarah I’ve walked through this misty morning
    Sarah I’ve walked down this lonesome road
    Sarah there is nothing I want from you
    Just to see you one more time and then I’ll go

    Maybe I’m just like this old road
    You may see my seasons change
    I might be wearing different colours
    But the place I always end up is the same

    Oh Sarah I’ve walked through this misty morning
    Sarah I’ve walked down this lonesome road
    Sarah there is nothing I want from you
    Just to see you one more time and then I’ll go

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