1. |
Drive On
03:07
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Drive On
The world spins round and things fly off
Are the stars up in heaven all gone
I am listening for what does not get lost
I hold back and then I drive on
Its ok you went away, I am getting through
Are the stars up in heaven all gone
But there’s some stuff that I forgot how to do
I hold back and then I drive on
CHORUS
I’m working hard to let it all fall apart
Not to throw the world out of my heart
Watch the feathers fly from my wings
Be a small and a naked thing
All the ways we untie the ties that bind
Are the stars up in heaven all gone
It’s good, it’s bad, and I am fine
I hold back and then I drive on
CHORUS
I’m working hard to let it all fall apart
Not to throw the world out of my heart
Watch the feathers fly from my wings
Be a small and a naked thing
Bridge:
Some days are just hard
CHORUS
I’m working hard to let it all fall apart
Not to throw the world out of my heart
Watch the feathers fly from my wings
Be a small and a naked thing
©Cosy Sheridan, Cosyng Music BMI 2013
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2. |
Pretty Bird
03:13
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Pretty Bird
In a certain tree I will make my nest
You can write to me at this address
I’ll be there and then I’ll be gone
No matter where we live, we all move on
Make me a raven’s wing
I will return in the spring
When the desert is a beautiful thing
I will fly
CHORUS
Oh how the pretty bird sings
Fly away
Oh how the pretty bird sings
Fly away
Do you know your neighbors
Do you know your town
Do they pick you up
When you fall down
Do you grow best in a certain kind of ground
Do we get to keep every home we ever found
I make it up as I go along
I make my way and I make my song
Make me a raven, I will fly home
© Cosy Sheridan, Cosyng Music BMI 2014
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3. |
The First Song
03:09
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The First Song
Ever since you left I have wondered
What would be the first song
How to wrap a string of words
Around all the ways we went wrong
All the phrases I started
All the pages I erased
I’ve thrown out as many lines as I watched over time
Find their way onto your face
When I was younger this sort of song
Was an easier thing to write
Back then the you was always wrong
And the I was always right
But I have seen you bring about
More than one moment of grace
It’ll be a very long time
Till she can draw every line
That I know by heart on your face
Ever since you left I have wondered
How to be your friend
For all the bright new beginnings
There is a price to pay for the end
It’s not a complicated story
Just a question of where to begin
Everyone’s heard a song of two her’s
Fighting over just one him
In all that I let go of
And all that I embrace
All of the time and every line
You left behind on my face
I have heard about how forgiveness
Will help me to move on
I don’t know if this is forgiveness
All I know is this is the first song
© Cosy Sheridan, Cosyng Music BMI 2014
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4. |
Rise Out of the Water
03:15
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Rise Out of the Water
Things got complicate and things got hard
When someone pitched a tent in our backyard
The good went bad, the bad went good
This did not end the way I thought it would
No one was wrong and no one was right
No one was sleeping too well at night
Up in the tower the queen is crying
Someone has to say the kingdom is dying
CH
Rise out of the water
I will believe
In the cup of human kindness
There are reasons to leave
See what comes over the castle wall
We try and we fail
We rise and we fall
Sometimes we find the kingdom renewed
Can you hear Guinevere what I am telling you
CH
Rise out of the water
I will believe
In the cup of human kindness
There are reasons to leave
The lady of the Lake held a sword in her hand
She rose out of the water and said if you do this right
You can go down in darkness or go down in light
It is not explained
It might be revealed
The kingdom falls the kingdom is healed
© Cosy Sheridan Cosyng Music BMI 2013
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5. |
Sing Goodbye
03:10
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Sing Goodbye
I read your letter
The big goodbye
The train will come
We are born and we die
Is there a beautiful reason
Is it a beautiful sight
The nightbird flies into the morning light
I heard about
All the pain you’re in
I saw your picture
You are looking very thin
I am looking for the muscle
That makes happiness
I like things neat
And this is a mess
CHORUS:
I sing when I don’t know
I sing to hold on
And I sing to let go
I sing as you fall from the sky
I sing I’m sorry,
I sing goodbye
In all this loss
Something found
I dreamed last night I found gold in the ground
Beneath the tree we had planted
That did not survive
You lifted up that tree and you held it high
CHORUS:
I sing when I don’t know
I sing to hold on
And I sing to let go
I sing as you fall from the sky
I sing I’m sorry,
I sing goodbye
© Cosy Sheridan, Cosyng Music 2013 BMI
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6. |
Lost and Found
02:56
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Lost and Found
I am the sort who is easily lost
That thing with the tree and which side is the moss
Means nothing to me and I come apart
That would assume that I understand
How north and south tell me where I am
When I don’t know where I am, it’s hard on my heart
My sense of direction is deep inside
It does not pay attention when I drive
It’s best if I have some help when I travel alone
So a voice in a box talks to me in the car
It says here is where you are, out on the edge of your comfort zone
CHORUS
The map is flat, the world is round
Some things get lost, and some get found
This is for those who do not know
The easily lost who still bravely go
Out there and try
I said I’m lost, you said I am too
I feel pretty found when I’m around you
The world plays dice and we get tossed
Up in the air it’s no wonder we get lost
I think I understand I am in an unmapped land
But I know where I am when I am following my heart
©Cosy Sheridan Cosyng Music BMI 2014
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7. |
Sweet Animal
03:31
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Sweet Animal
Sweet animal we are just in time
It’s the season of the Clementine
I’d buy them all if you’d be mine
In the season of the Clementine
Sweet animal we cannot fail
The clementines are all on sale
Sometimes bright, sometimes pale
The clementines are all on sale
CHORUS
Sweet Animal all the ways we care
Clementines everywhere
Bruised but not beyond repair
Clementines everywhere
Sweet animal when the house is cold
The clementines have all been sold
Who can say what the future holds
Even clementines get old
CHORUS
Sweet Animal all the ways we care
Clementines everywhere
Bruised but not beyond repair
Clementines everywhere
© Cosy Sheridan, Cosyng Music 2013 BMI
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8. |
Welcome to Boston
02:12
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Welcome to Boston
I’ve returned to the land where I was born
Where the cautious driver is scorned
Where they believe in the hand and in the horn
And if the social fabric gets torn
Well they’ve got places to go
And things to do
That are on the other side of you
Important people coming through
And you’re in their way
Welcome to Boston
Have a nice day
The occasional insult gets hurled
When they are late for ruling the world
You might think that you should go first
But the master of the universe
Is on the phone
And on the wheel
He’s closing in while he closes his deal
He’s on task and you’re in his way
Welcome to Boston
Have a nice day
They have a busy life planned
The reins are in their hand
Who’s really happy
Life is just stress
They have medication
They do not need rest
They just need you to get out of their way
Welcome to Boston
Have a nice day
© Cosy Sheridan Cosyng Music BMI
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9. |
Charlie is My Darling
03:11
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Charlie is my Darling
One day Charlie went to work
And he was not seen again
He was replaced by a series of empty men
Who came back to the house
Sat in his chair
Some of us noticed
Charlie wasn’t there
Charlie is my darling
He shines in the night
The empty men they carry no such light
Charlie has a voice
Like a strong man would speak
The empty men: their voices are weak
CHORUS
Charlie you’re my darling
Wherever you may
Charlie you’re my darling
Come back to me
Don’t leave me here all alone
Charlie you’re my darling
Come home
The god of the job
Stole him away
Took all his life by the end of the day
I sat down by his chair
I said here’s what we’ll do
You hold on to me
And I’ll hold on to you.
CHORUS
Charlie you’re my darling
Wherever you may
Charlie you’re my darling
Come back to me
Don’t leave me here all alone
Charlie you’re my darling
Come home
Bridge:
We all go to work
And then we come home again
We all have our days of the empty men
But love is kind
If it’s any kind of love at all
© Cosy Sheridan, Cosyng Music 2013 BMI
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10. |
The Sandman's Ride
03:37
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The Sandman’s Ride
Sleep little boy
I’ll be downstairs
Looking out for your troubles
Watching over your cares
You are safe in this night
We are all nearby
Sleep little boy
Take the sandman’s ride
Sleep little boy
You are made of the dust from the stars
So fly high in your dreams
And remember who you are
Where you are not afraid
And you don’t have to hide
Sleep little boy
Take the sandman’s ride
Sleep little boy
Until you wake
Let go of your worries
Of the turns your world might take
When the boat looks small
And the sea looks wide
Sleep little boy
Take the sandman’s ride
© Cosy Sheridan, Cosyng Music 2013 BMI
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Cosy Sheridan Harrisville, New Hampshire
Cosy Sheridan has been called “one of the era’s finest and most thoughtful songwriters.” Her CD "My Fence & My Neighbor" was in the Top 10 of 2018 on folk radio. "Pretty Bird" was listed among Sing Out Magazine’s Great CDs of 2014. “You can't make it into double digits, and continue touring for twenty or so years, unless you know what you're doing, and do it well,” - The Chicago Examiner. ... more
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