12/28/2023
Looking forward to tonight, streaming live at my FB musician live page (not this page) https://www.facebook.com/KateMacLeodMusic/live and https://www.youtube.com/macleodkate (sounds best on YouTube). 50% of the donations will be sent to Habitat for Humanity. See the virtual tip jars below, and the lyrics for tonight so that you can sing along.
VENMO: -MacLeod-5
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EARLY FIELDS
As I walked over the early fields
I heard a song a bornin’
It fell around me like rain
That washes off the morning
CHORUS
Oh I love the pipes
And I love the drum
I love the wild harp ringing
But there’s naught on earth can e’er match the sound
Of one clear voice, singing
So far away, the words are dim
And yet I know their sadness
I knew their peace, and I knew their pain
I knew their joy and gladness
And still I walk my fields in vain
As evening shadows linger
But a better journey have I had
In searching for the singer
BENEATH THE NIGHT SKY - Kate MacLeod
Old friends beneath the night sky
Stayin’ awake to watch the moon rise
We see a meteor fall
No wonder I can’t sleep
All’s quiet in the campground
The sound of the river’s in the background
The stars twinkle, like secrets
No wonder I can’t sleep
CHORUS
Still have the taste of good wine
The world fades away at this time
Just my friend and I beneath the night sky
Still have the taste of good wine
The world fades away at this time
For my friend and I beneath the night sky
You ask me a question
It takes a while for me to answer
That’s how it goes when we are traveling through space
No wonder we can’t sleep
Soon you might be in slumber
That spell we all go under
Are we awake or dreaming
No wonder we can’t sleep
Old friends beneath the night sky
The kind of time that you can’t buy
I’d like to take some of this home with me
A HORSE WITH NO NAME
On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound
CHORUS
I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can't remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La la la la la la...
CHORUS
After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
And after three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead
CHORUS
After nine days I let the horse run free
'Cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love.
NO ONE HAS A WHOLE LIFE - Kate MacLeod
No one has a whole life
Don’t know anyone who has a whole life
And sometime we’re in pieces by the end
All had a broken heart
We’ve lost our time time in the getting lost
We all need forgiveness
And for that, we need friends
CHORUS
The friends who call you honey
The friends who are always funny
The friends who give you a ride home
And the friends with all the money
No one holds all the pieces
We all wish for something that’s gone
But between us all together
We can bring it all back to home
No one is an island
Even if I used to think so
I try to carry my own weight
But I drop things now and then
And though living’s not a crime
It sure seems like we all do our time
We all break down
For times like that, we need a hand
CHORUS
And last time I saw you
There was a lot to catch up on
Back roads stories and rainy days
And things we all understand
Sometimes I can’t find the words
Or remember where last saw them
But you have my number
And remind me of what where and when
CHORUS
No one has a whole life
Don’t know anyone who has a whole life
No one holds all the pieces
And that’s why we need friends
GEORDIE - ballad
A NEW DRESS - Kate MacLeod
Callie make me a dress
That will help me to feel my very best
With robin egg blues
And the skies sunny hues
With fields of summer
In my new dress
I’ve heard that you can sew
And make almost anything from what you know
You see patterns and cut the lines
You stitch together a complete design
For anyone who needs
A new dress
And while your’e at it you can you make
A coat for a cold woman
A blanket for the warm sand
Throws and comforts
Soft as a baby’s hand
For I think the whole world
The whole world needs
A new dress
While you sit and sew
There seem troubles everywhere you go
And you making a beautiful thing
Could be one of the best things someone can bring
To a ragged world
To a ragged world that needs
A new dress
And while you’re at it can you make�
Colors that don’t bleed
Pockets with no greed
Stitches that won’t break
Endings that won’t ache
Now I’m thinking
The whole world
A new world needs
A new dress
THE GREY FUNNEL LINE
Don't mind the rain or the rolling sea
The weary night never worries me
But the hardest time in sailor's day
Is to watch the sun as it dies away
It's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
The finest ship that sailed the sea
Is still a prison for the likes of me
But give me wings like Noah's dove
I'd fly up harbor to the girl I love
It's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
Each time I gaze behind the screws
Makes me long for old Peter's shoes
I'd walk right down that silver lane
And take my love in my arms again
It's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
Oh Lord, if dreams were only real
I'd have my hands on that wooden wheel
And with all my heart I'd turn her round
And tell the boys that we're homeward bound
It's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
I'll pass the time like some machine
Until blue waters turn to green
Then I'll dance on down that walk ashore
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
On the Grey Funnel Line
WILDWOOD FLOWER
FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS - Kate MacLeod
My heart it is a sail
Made fine to carry me
Windward do I pray to thee
For fair winds and following seas
I’ve heard of harbors fair
And long to seek asylum there
For raging wars and hate despair
Our fair winds and following seas
A sunstone and a compass are
Bearings by celestial star
For a way to lead me
To fair winds and following seas
Oh bless the course before me
Bless the boat and the company
Pray I meet God peacefully
By fair winds and following seas
My heart it is a sail
Made fine to carry me
Windward do I pray to thee
For fair winds and following seas
WE SHALL OVERCOME
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
Oh, deep in my heart I know that I do believe
That we shall overcome someday
We’ll not be afraid
We’ll not be afraid
We’ll not be afraid someday
Oh, deep in my heart I know that I do believe
That we shall overcome someday
We’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk handing hand
We’ll walk hand in hand someday
Oh, deep in my heart I know that I do believe
That we shall overcome someday
