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1. headlights
the headlights swing across
the naked heath
through the silent miles
the empty spaces
with the drinking boys
the dancing wine
somewhere outside
the laughing glass
burns in your eye
elvis is still the king
the long road home
the flushed caress
the trembling heart
oh, the ebb and flow
the dancing hands
she's in your arms
electric chord's
accordion bands
2. healer in your heart
there's a watcher waiting
on the edge of the world
with the thoughts that never darken
when the lights go down
in the rhythm of living
and the shifting tribe
through the cities of destruction
in these graceless times
for the universe and the stars
are around you now
but the healer in your heart
is only a breath away
in the smallness of one heartbeat
power overthrow
in the oneness of the journey
for a homing soul
with the spirits of the mighty
Here since day began
a shadow rushes
through the grasslands
to the dying sun
for the universe and the stars
are around you now
but the healer in your heart
is only a breath away
for there's silence and there's blindness
in a raging world
but the healer in your heart
is only a moment away
3. abhain an t-sluaigh
chaneil an t-adhar os cionn lunnainn
a nochd soileir no dorch
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
gun sgial air coinneal mor latha
no reultan na h-oidhche
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
an sea s'am baile gun chadal
gun fhois is gun saorsa
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
casan a' gluasad an abhainn an tuil
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
na cuibhlichean's cabhaig
a tionndaidh gun sgur
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
cus ag adhradh beairteas
air altair an tshaoghail
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
cach gun dochas gun dachaidh
air sraidean gun ghaol
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
leis gach dath s'gach creideamh
gach cainnt as gach cearn
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
gach ceist is gach freagairt
sios an abhainn gu cuan
fada bho abhainn an t-sluaigh
english translation
the crowded river
the skies above london
are neither clear nor dark
the need to be far from the crowded river
the great candle of daylight
and the stars of the night cannot be seen
the need to be far from the crowded river
in this city that never sleeps
there is no quit no stillness
the need to be far from the crowded river
footsteps keep moving
the need to be far from the crowded river
the river in full flood
the need to be far from the crowded river
the relentless wheels
keep turning without pause
the need to be far from the crowded river
many worshipping wealth at the world's altar
the need to be far from the crowded river
others without hope or home
on streets that hold no love
the need to be far from the crowded river
with the various races creeds and languages
from all corners of the globe
the need to be far from the crowded river
each question and answer
rushing down the river to the ocean
the need to be far from the crowded river
4. always the winner
when you close your eyes
there's a frightened pride
that lives for you
that your mother's life
and your father's eyes can't hide
you had no choice
didn't ask the dice to fall for you
still your courage comes
like thunder through the skies
always the winner,
the victor and the giver
somewhere through that winter
you'll never be alone
forevermore the winner
the taker and the giver
somewhere through that winter
you will not grow old
so you carry time
down the tortured line
where mysteries show
well hidden from life's
learned and life's wise
man's useless ways
and worthless conversation
lie well exposed and humbled in your smile
chorus
still you run out in the morning
with the boys and the girls
a miracle of innocence on a head of curls
we'll search every reason
wherever we roam
to find a place for these
broken hearts and bones
we'll keep a fire on the hillsides
after the summer's gone
and we'll wait here
till the war-wounded come home
chorus
5. the beautiful pain
day was young and desire was stirred
summer was all but gone
light was fading from the side of your face
sinking low in the corn
all that's constant and wise
i still see in your eyes
it was always this way from the start
right here where i stand
on the last of the land
but you're still breaking the heart
now all i have is rushing right through my hands
sailing over the seas
down that tide where fresh and salt combine
all victories are released
we who wrestle the years
Have traded our fears
for a glimpse of ecstasy in the dark
turning ice in the fire but still we're denied
but you're still breaking the heart
the skies turned red without failure
they held their promise and dread till the last
you put all of my youth in my future
you put the future back into my past
so shine a light and shine it brightly now
you know it all takes it's course
and all the many ways i've tried so hard
to reach this potent source
on the day behind time, across the divide
along the cord came all light out of dark
now i stand amazed in this beautiful pain
but you're still breaking the heart
you're breaking the heart
you're breaking my heart
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6. an cuible mor
na cuibhlichean a' tionndadh
an rathad deas agus tuath
na cuibhlichean a gluasad
mar tha' saoghal iad
a tionndadh mun cuairt
na cuibhlichean a tionndadh,
gach duthaich muir agus tir
tro ghleanntan tro' bhailtean
a dh'ionnsaigh an aite agaibh fhein'
an cuibhle mor nach stad gu brath
tionndadh oganaich gu aois
a' nochd tha'n rathad
mor n'ar coinneamh
gu am ann acg an drasda
's ioma la chaidh seachad
a ghaoth a sedeadth tro an uir
's ioma la bha 'ghrian ag eirigh oirnn
seasamh anns an eorna
nuair a bha sin og
aghmhor. aghmhor.
aruith tro na raointean 's iad a'fas
abaich. orach.
coimhead ri na speuran
's ioma la 's ioma la.
feitheamh 'son a chuairt
glaschu.
dun eideann.
inbhirnis.
sruighlea.
steornabhagh
obar dheadhain.
an gearasdan.
dun deagh.
lunnainn.
a'ghearmailt
eirinn.
ameiriga.
an cuibhle mor cuibhle mor
english translation
the big wheel
the wheels keep turning
the road stretches north and south
the wheels keep moving
like the globe they
Keep turning around
the wheels keep turning
through each country land and sea
through the glents and the cities
towards the place
that you call your own
this is the big wheel
that never stands still
turning our youth to old age
tonight the road
reaches out before us
and the present time
is the only time we have
many are the days that have gone
the wind blowing
through the dust of the earth
many are the days
that the sun rose on us
standing in the barley
when we were young
Joyful. Joyful
running through the fields
as they grew
ripe. golden
looking towards the open skies
waiting for the journey
glasgow
edinburgh
invernes
stirling
stornoway
aberdeen
fort-william
dundee
london
germany
ireland
america
the big wheel
the big wheel
7. edge of the world
all the homes on the globe
are like the television in your eyes
a cross guarding your heart
the living years a sacrifice
a shiver at the door in the night,
clouds cross a black moonlight
rushing on down to the sound
of a turning world
there's a south by sou'westerly
force eight coming in strong
across the continental shelf
from the cold grey malin beyond
the need to keep control
the need to stand alone
at the edge of the world
on the edge of the world
on the edge of the world
the adrenalin infrastructure bringing on it's
troubles some more
all the laws of the jungle
stranded on your latest shore
but the waves hold the healer force
the years disappear like a ghost
somewhere out of the sight of the night
and the light of day
now civilization groans
and the news reel cries
like a drowning man
His life in front of his eyes
oh the need to keep control
the need to bare the soul
at the edge of the world
on the edge of the world
on the edge of the world
and the man from st. Kilda
went over the cliff on a winter's day
on the edge of the world
on the edge of the world
8. hearthammer
with the eyes of a child
the wonder of it all
i used to search the stars at night
and i felt so safe and small
sweet sounds from a merseytown
and my nursery god
i wanted to ride with yuri gagarin
as he circled all around my world
hearthammer and i lose control
hearthammer
lying under the covers
radio on
settle down with caroline
as she sailed all summer long
sweetheart of the rodeo
mining hearts of gold
i think it was somewhere post rubber soul
hearthammer and i lose control
hearthammer
hearthammer and i lose control
hearthammer
there was the first caress
there were the labour years
there was the man that walked the moon
something i never really believed
the di stefano twists the charlton goals
now i'm still here with the eyes of a child
the wonder never grows old
hearthammer and i lose control
hearthammer
hearthammer and i lose control
hearthammer
hearthammer and i lose control
hearthammer
the wonder never grows old
9. i'll keep coming home
when i'm away
please take good care of my heart
and when i'm gone
say a prayer for love
'cause there's cities
and clouds in my eyes
the empty streets
and the raining nights
wherever the highway unwinds
i'll keep coming home
love on a wire
strangers walk out on the town
long distance words
outside leave the night to the young
cause its touchdowns
and runways and roads
the bright lights, the silver and gold
wherever the moment goes cold
i'll keep coming home
i'll keep coming home to you
10. flower of the west
sunburst
the morning moor
the light of god
the heart of youth
i look around me
my eyes find their rest
on this garden
the flower of the west
the silent skies
an innocent heart
holding the moment away
from time in the dark
all i see, all i know,
is touching the sacred earth
warming the hallowed ground
walk on
walk on
walk on
sunrise
the colour frontier
the ageing light
the sight that knows no fear
i look over orinsay
to the trumisgarry shore
to aloter and the road to ahmore
the silent skies
tn innocent heart
holding the moment away
from time in the dark
all i see, all i know,
is touching the sacred earth
warming the hallowed ground
i survive the childhood universe
and istep the naked heath
where the breathing of the vanished
lies in acres round my feet
past loch scadavagh loch fada
and the flatlands to the east
where the dark blue mass of eval
meets the rising rock of lee
between the crogary and maairi
ii started to descend
loch aongais on my left hand side
i look across to clett
collies barking on the outrun
dunlin dancing on the sand
breakers show round corran vallique
and empty the atlantic on the strand
the silent skies
an innocent heart
holding the moment away
from time in the dark
all i see, all i know,
is touching the sacred earth
warming the hallowed ground
flower of the west
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