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1. |
Cain & Abel
03:46
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Cain & Abel [o'farrell/murphy]
Naked men in the deserts are feeding the peasents
And watch out for Cain he comes down like the rain.
Abel’s not able to eat from the table
Because his throat got cut when Cain was using the razor
Cain is now a barber heavy into fashion
And that neolithic style is really all the rage,
Watch out for the Bible cried the man inside the tower
But his mind was choked when the Devil swung the rope
Why can't you see,
It's not what I ever wanted?
Just you and me,
And what we believe
The feeling was growing like the flowers only faster
When the flies took a trip on a ship to Majorca
By the time they came back the politicians had the answer
So the problem unsolved soon led to disaster.
Somebody blamed someone said we were responsible
I couldn't take it said, "I broke the handle,
They came down really fast and said, "Hey! it's all over"
But I was only joking and the handles still broken
Why can't you see,
It's not what I ever wanted?
Just you and me,
And what we believe
And what we believe
Naked men in the deserts are feeding the peasants
And watch out for Cain he comes down like the rain.
Abel’s not able to eat from the table
Because his throat got cut when Cain was using the razor
Cain is now a barber heavy into fashion
And that neolithic style is really all the rage,
Watch out for the Bible cried the man inside the tower
But his mind was choked when the Devil swung the rope
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
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2. |
Gold
03:43
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Gold [o'farrell]
And I love her so.
I wouldn’t trade her for gold.
Walking on moonbeams
I was born with a silver spoon.
Hell I’m gonna be me.
Gonna be free.
Walking on moonbeams
And staring out to sea.
And if a door be closed
Then a row of homes start building
And tear your curtains down
For sunlight is like gold.
Hell you better be you
Do what you can do.
Walking on moonbeams
And staring out to sea.
Cause if your skin was soil
How long do you think before they’d start digging.
And if your life was gold
How long do you think you’d stay living.
And I love her so.
I wouldn’t trade her for gold.
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3. |
Vaj Vaj
05:06
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Vaj Vaj [o'farrell/macclancy]
If Vaj Vaj left today.
I wonder if I’d last.
The bodies slow decay.
But you cannot stop the time nor the rain
So blue because I love you.
Horses stumbling.
I saw the carriage stall.
Where a face was turning
To hear the words that fall like the rain
So blue because I love you.
Drag drag go the waves.
Claw down a poisioned shore.
The footsteps in the sand
Are gone for evermore just like the rain
So blue because I love you.
Mysteries are silent,
Here in the air or stone.
They stare at me like precious idols
From the temple of bone
Through to the rain
So blue because I love you.
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4. |
Breaking Out
05:37
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Breaking Out [o'farrell/macclancy]
Together as we lie.
The windows kiss a black night sky.
You ask me who am I.
And I make a sad reply.
Then you told me of your friend who found his brother headless
With a shotgun still smoking in his arms.
His mother never thought he’d come to any harm.
So slowly as I die
You can look into my eyes
And see the cold March sky
Breaking out, Breaking out
I’m reaching out, and kicking down.
Cars roll by with their windows closed
The city stands and watches them pass
Like a whore waiting for them to stop and ask
How much for a fuck without the mask?
So slowly as I die
You can look into my eyes
And see the cold March sky
Breaking out….etc
Breaking out, Breaking out
I’m reaching out, and kicking down
There’s a corridor with paintings
Where every face is framed
I have taken you to walk there
You know communion’s found in shame
Together as we lie.
The windows kiss a black night sky.
You ask me who am I.
And I make a sad reply.
Breaking out, Breaking out
I’m reaching out, and kicking down
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5. |
Wild Cat Strutting Thing
03:25
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Wild Cat Strutting Thing [o'farrell]
Wild cat strutting thing
Pride of lions feeding thing
A history of hearts loving thing
Wild cat strutting thing
Burn baby burn
Turn baby turn
So I sat down and ordered a jelly roll
I said my life is black as the coffee to the cup it flows
But if I go down for a while
I soon start too smile
I resurface with the turning of the tide
‘Cause baby I’m a wild cat strutting thing
Pride of lions feeding thing
History of hearts loving thing whoohoo
Wild cat strutting
Burn baby burn
Turn baby turn
So I’m set here pondering on my fate
I’ll test the temper and I’ll tackle any test
I’m going to head to port
I’m going to set my sails
I’m going to catch the wind
Split the waves and head to another shore
‘Cause baby I’m a wild cat strutting thing
Pride of lions feeding thing
History of hearts loving thing whoohoo
Wild cat strutting
‘Cause baby I’m a wild cat strutting thing
Pride of lions feeding thing
History of hearts loving thing whoohoo
Wild cat strutting
Burn baby burn
Turn baby turn
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6. |
Chow Mein
05:07
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Chow Mein [o'farrell/O'leary]
I love jewels, I love the sun
A green field, a fresh salad
Fish hauled out of the sea, and things free
Things paid for by barter or by spending money
I'm learning to move around with the four seasons
I'm learning that sometimes poisons lead to dreaming
Learning 'bout the pleasure and pains of love
Learning 'bout the ups and downs of death
I like chow mein, 'cause I love chicken
I love little birds in my dinners
And my TV, and my stereo
Sends me to the stars, where I'm soaring
I love a woman now
She is big enough for me
I know I love her now
At least, I believe.....
I am an average man, with ordinary skills
Working so hard to make a living
I try to feed the wolf and to save the sheep
But at the end of today ; must make ends meat.....
I am vying with the priests of destruction Printing Gods and laying laws
Making moneys' good if I could see
The distant horizon passes through me
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7. |
Let It All Past
03:06
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Let It All Past [o'farrell]
Hey baby, be good to Buddha
Hey baby, what's your goal
Hey baby, where you going
Nobody knows
And my bush, Is your bush
And this valley belongs to no-one
And if we’re happy, happy or sad
It don't matter
All things must pass
Hey Charlie, stop your name calling
Hey Charlie, don't throw stones
Hey Charlie, Where ye going
Nobody knows
I could have been
I could have done that
I was involved in a passing moment
I should have seen
And Reacted
I was involved in a passing moment
And my bush Is your bush
And this valley belongs to no-one
And if we are happy, happy or sad
It don't matter
All things must pass
And my bush Is your bush
And this valley belongs to no-one
And if we are happy, happy or sad
It don't matter
All things must pass
And my bush Is your bush
And this valley belongs to no-one
And if we are happy, happy or sad
It don't matter
All things must pass
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8. |
Rosemarie
06:40
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Rosemarie [o'farrell/macclancy]
When I met the Devil The look in his eye,
it said That he would never seek payment
Until the day I was dead.....
He'd give me pearls and little girls A fast car to drive around
A credit card to buy the stars The freedom of the town
I saw an old man
Wearing a ring
Calling loudly to someone
Who could not be seen
His words were so desperate
I heard them so clear
I wanted to help him
But could not get near.....
I saw the moon, silver and full
Stars in the nights greying hair
Saw blackbirds fly, like ash on the sky
Smelled smoke but saw no fire
Then I saw a woman
Step from the shadow
She whispered in his ear
And then turned to go
But first she reached out
To hold his thin hand
She kissed his bent fingers
And stole the golden band.....
I watched her run into the sun
It rose blazing from the land
Her eyes met mine, I saw them shine
Like polished jewels in the sand
My Rosemarie woke me
From this terrifying dream
Like the sun's rays through a storm
Her words they did stream
I knew that I had returned
From a place without hope
I felt like a hanged man
Who had broken the rope.....
I spoke the words that I had heard
Said so sad in my dream
When the old man asked the woman
Who had sowed what he must reap
She asked me what this meant
And I grew angry
Can I give explanations
For what phantoms say
I heard the cock crow
And a knock on the door
My sweet love she left me
Without asking more.....
So I turned on my TV
To fill the silence
Saw armies were growing to
to banish violence.....
Churchmen preaching Jesus' teaching
For pledges of dollars and cents
The hungry falling and bankers stalling
'Cause their economics makes sense
He'd give me pearls and little girls A fast car to drive around
A credit card to buy the stars The freedom of the town
The Devil deals dishonestly You can't believe a word you hear
Long before he claims your soul He likes to keep you near
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9. |
Wild Bill's Circus Scene
06:27
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Wild Bill's Circus Scene [o'farrell/macclancy]
It is a shame the way you chose to go
Like a genuine hero who joined a travelling show
A broken Indian in Wild Bills Circus scene
Alone at night in your bed with the wind
Do you think of what was and what might have been
It was in July when you closed the door
A decision you took on the killing floor
And now your head is swelling with more and more
Things that make truth seem obscure
I loved you once when your excuses were pure
Remember the unravelling rambling road
The burning horizon a city that glowed
The fields that rolled like waves to the wall
Where we sat listening to the sound of a call
And the silence
But that was all so very long ago
The seasons turned those green fields to gold
Like the money that buys you peace
Jewels on your fingers and snakes at your feet
The price of the doorman where all your prophets meet
Won't you take me to dance
In the streets of my last chance
Please Take me to dance
today
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10. |
Vinegar Girl
03:30
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Vinegar Girl [o'farrell/hansard]
Vinegar girl with your vinegar smile
Ain’t seen your blue eyes
In this bar for a while
We sure had something, didn’t we babe?
Now I’m scattered in the plans that we made
Vinegar girl you’re fickle
Vinegar girl it’s all so simple
Vinegar girl you’re fickle
Vinegar girl
I was the winter, you were the sun
I was living in apathy, living so happily
You were giving it to everyone
I was the winter, you were the sun
I was the winter, you were the sun
Vinegar girl, it’s all too much
You were the needle, I was the crutch
It’s a curse when we love like this
How sweet the idea, how bitter the kiss
How sweet the idea, how bitter the kiss
All will subside
And we will remember
That love is like wine
And wine turns to vinegar, girl…………
All will subside………..
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11. |
Psycho Jill
02:19
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Psycho Jill [o'farrell/macclancy]
Let me tell you a wild tale
About a man named Jill
He lived down by the railroad tracks
He camped on Stranger’s Hill
The first cut is the deepest
The first time is the test
It’s a sickening addiction
Zombie love is best
So there’s the tale
Now we’ve come to the end
Let us say goodbye for now…
Can we still be friends?
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12. |
Too Many Paths
02:57
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Too Many Paths [o'farrell/macclancy]
You were on your knees
You lost your balance
Poor ballerinas’
Forgot the secret of dance
I remember when
You were always high
You said the sun was too cold
When you touched the sky
You wer innocent
Rich with winged heels
Up among the clouds
Heavens’ chosen child
Who taught you how to read the nods and winks
Who’d help you swim or even let you sink
While one hand holds – the other letting go
Too many paths are crossing in the snow
It’s so hard to see
Who’s really free
The caged bird sings
So beautifully
Scent of summer breezes
Perfuming the trees
Tripping on the farm
Who could come to any harm
Down in the waves
Swim to the caves
Hear the sirens cry
As you drift away
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Prayer Before A Voyage
02:13
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Prayer Before A Voyage [o'farrell/macclancy]
Be my weather.
Blow through me like the wind.
Wind in invisible shapes about my ribs.
Rain on me.
Be my winter.
For what do I wish?
Not for stone or for wood,
Nor of water or o flesh.
But to meet you in a space that lies.
Between a joke and a smile,
And beachcomb the empty mile.
Be my weather.
Blow through me like the wind.
Wind in invisible shapes about my ribs.
Rain on me.
Be my winter.
La La La.
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14. |
Life And Death
04:13
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Life And Death [o'farrell/murphy/roche/macclancy/harte]
Working all day
Under the sun
Nothing is ended
Where nothing’s begun
Walking the beach
Where waters reach
To come out under
From under the deep
Digging for answers
Digging my grave
To walk with the heroes
And sleep with the saved
Life and death
Life and death
Look at you looking in the mirror
Seems to me you’re catching flies
Wind blowing cold
Shaking the trees
Leaving the branches
Taking the leaves
Yahweh he gives
He takes away
Each man breathes
To fade away
I don’t need prophets
To know where I’m going
If the world is a hotel
It’s to home I’m going
I’ve read the Bible
I search your face
The riddle is simple
There’s not much to say
Life and death
Life and death
Look at you looking in the mirror
Seems to me you’re catching flies
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15. |
Looking For Someone
03:25
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Looking For Someone [o'farrell/macclancy/levis]
I was looking for someone
Thought it might be you.
I was hoping for hope my love.
Thought you’d pull me on through.
These roads keep on changing, jokers twisting signs in every mile.
I seriously can’t remember, the last time I smiled.
You are the one, my only one.
Bringing ease to my sorrow.
Well I was looking for someone
Thought it might be you.
I was hoping for hope my love.
Thought you’d pull me on through.
I was frightened they would see this man cry inside a rainy town.
I was looking at the sunlight when the night came tumbling down.
I wondered through the darkening streets until I found you here.
There was brightness in your face as you dried all of my tears.
Well I was looking for someone
Thought it might be you.
I was hoping for hope my love.
Thought you’d pull me on through.
Darling take my two hands and we will run through cracking dawn.
You know I still can’t remember where or what we’re running from.
All I know is your the only steady thing in a rock and rolling world.
Please please stay beside me.
Well I was looking for someone
Thought it might be you.
I was hoping for hope my love.
Thought you’d pull me on through.
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Midnight Blues
05:32
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Midnight Blues [o'farrell]
I was feeling kind of low
I had the racing midnight blues.
When I caught a star in the sky
Setting my heart a-glow.
City don't, city don't, city don't beat me,
City don't, city don't, city don't beat me,down.
City don't, city don't, city don't poison me.
City don't, city don't, city don't put me in concrete.
So when the blue notes started to rise
I felt a blood rush right through my veins.
OH, John Lee Hooker come out through my sounds,
Lifting up all of my woes.
Sitting here, sitting here, got no drink to get drunk,
Sitting here, sitting here, got no drugs to get high.
Sitting here, sitting here, with no love in my arms
Sitting here, sitting here, take me away.
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17. |
88 Today
02:09
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88 Today [jackson/harte]
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INTERFERENCE Cork, Ireland
Interference are the legendary Irish band based around singer-songwriter Fergus O'Farrell. Their sound has influenced a
generation of Irish musicians. this group have an almost mythical status amongst their peers.
The award winning film documentary 'Breaking Out' , based on the life of O'Farrell was released in November 2021.
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