simple things
words and music by Colleen Eccleston
Me and the dog are dancing in the clover in the long light of the moon
In the sweet perfume of the night flowers
In those silent hours the music in my head
Sings me sweet to bed with all the loving things you said
When everywhere you look there’s work to do
Everyone seems to want a little piece of you
Your dreams are taking their sweet time coming true
I’m for pausing, taking stock of all we’ve dragged them through
Me and the dog are dancing on the beach to the rhythm of the sea
She’ll be chasing herons and I’ll be fancy free
No one in this whole wild world can take this joy from me
I took a long time recognizing the simple things
When everyday is mapped out to the minute and we’re vying for some future
Then I notice that our children are going to grow and move away
I am catching the eye of my lover cause our backs have been pressed together.
We’ve been circling the wagons against the coming of the storm
Me and the dog are dancing on the mountain
The city at our feet
There are a million shades of green leaves and the cool air cedar sweet
My mind is soaring ever higher than the dog and I could go
I took so long taking for granted all the simple things
Don’t sweat the things that never mattered
Tell your good friends that you love them
Cause one minute we’re alive and the next we could be gone
See its the love we give each other
We get to hold onto forever
and together we’ll recover all the simple things
all the simple things
all the simple things
for Keith Provost, Keith Eccleston, David Grierson and Xena
brew glass
music by Greg Madill, words by Colleen, Kelt and Greg
I wrote this as an instrumental when I was missing my oldest son, w
ho had gone off to Japan... a few months later his younger brother joined him, so
the song grew to include lyrics... thanks for the continued inspiration boys!
Got two boys and watched them go,
Off to the land where the plum trees grow
Won't be back until they're done,
Living in the land of the rising sun...
Blossoms pink and lanterns glow,
Teeming trains to the temples go
Tea by the light of the august moon,
Dancing wild in the great monsoon!...
stay high
words and music by Kelt Eccleston
I watched you rise from nothing
Soared with you higher than before
Saw my life in a way I hadn’t seen on any day
Kept me wanting more, more
The aura of the beauty almost made me cry
Stay high
I saw the world before me
Where before there’d only been a door
Found a weightlessness within
A warming of my skin
Kept me wanting more, more
The light within me shining
could brighten up the sky
Stay high
The pleasure and the pain
My friends tell me I’m insane
My friends tell me I am blind
My friends, I don’t mind
The sweetness of addiction
A separate reality courses through my veins
The bittersweet remains
Make me feel free, free
Keep it on forever, promise me to try
Stay high
warned
words and music by Kelt and Colleen Eccleston
chorus
I was warned you would betray me
Warned you’d be leaving my life
Now there’s no one can save me
I’m all alone I was warned
When dreams and the world were one and the same
Wide open sky and a clear level plain
I followed the wind nothing lost nothing gained
When dreams and the world were one in the same
When I heard your name it rang out like a bell
I forgot all I’d learned and in deepest love fell
What was it exactly I never could tell
I just heard your name and it rang like a bell
chorus
A good friend of yours he took me aside
He saw past the love burning wild in my eyes
Take care of your heart and don’t be surprised
I never was one for the words of the wise
When dreams and the world forgot you and I
With the coldness of a stranger
you would not meet my eye
Leaving with no good reasoning why
When dreams and the world forgot you and I
chorus
Now I must leave you to the phantoms you chase
Find my way home to my own dreaming place
The map of love blurred on the lines of my face
What was so fine you so quickly replaced
life goes on
words and music Kelt Eccleston
I’ve been through heartache, bellyache,
earthquake world shake
Politicians on the take
Dreams been shattered like a falling plate
Ooh la la la life goes on
Ooh la la la life goes on
I’ve had no peace of mind world peace
fall to pieces of the puzzle
Pieces falling into place
Everything nothing in and out of grace
Ooh la la la life goes on
Ooh la la la life goes on
We’re looking for some reason
Do what you will, harm no one
I’ve seen the people cry, people try living like people
Bombs falling from the sky
Praying to the heavens as the planes fly by
Ooh la la la life goes on
Ooh la la la life goes on
Laughter misery looking for a piece of me
Can’t think can’t speak outlook looking bleak
Spirit is willing, the flesh is weak
Ooh la la la life goes on
Ooh la la la life goes on
We’re looking for some reason
Do what you will, harm no one
We’re looking for some reason
Do what you will harm no one
big big world
words and music Kelt Eccleston
Somewhere someone is talking in a lilting foreign tongue
In a place that’s too familiar to the friends he stands among
He talks about a longing for the sands of distant shores
To smell the fragrant freedom beyond familiar doors
And a woman watches planes go by as they fly into the sun
And a boy dreams of a train to take him far away from everything
Everything he’s ever done
chorus
Whoa oh oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh
It’s a big big world and it’s waiting for you
Whoa oh oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh
It’s a big big world and it’s calling to you
Whoa oh oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh
It’s a big big world and your time has come
So you say goodbye and you turn your back on everyone
There’s a place I’ve never been but I really want to go
And before I rest in peace there are places I should know
dance dance dance
words and music by Colleen Eccleston
I think I’ve seen your face before
Watch your eyes as they follow the river
To the place where the moon rides down
To the field where the band is playing
People dancing in the night
Watch them smile hold each other tight
Dance off all their cares and woes
That’s how the summertime goes
When you dance, dance, dance, dance
the night away
I remember when you took my hand
Dew was falling cooling off the land
Sparks flying from the circle fires
oh Desire
Walked on til we met the dawn
Laughed and sang and carried on
Even though you’re far away
I’ll remember til my dying day
How we danced, danced, danced, danced
the night away
Bees buzzing by the garden gate
Roses blooming and the hour’s late
I’ve lost all track of time
Layed in all day long
Dove in the river where the current’s strong
Wash away that salty sweat
How great can living get!
When you dance, dance, dance, dance
the night away
dance as you go
/ Kiaran’s Creed
Colleen Eccleston, Hugh McMillan
Thunder on the rails at the age of seventeen
Hungry for horizons I wandered off to dream
Now I’m feeling settled, never lonely or alone
When I think of all the places I can freely
call my home
chorus
Dance as you go Dance as you go
You’ll find your heart is lighter
on the dark and dusty road
Dance as you go Dance as you go
You’ll find your feet are lighter
Get you there before you know
We think there’ll be time for dancing
when the working day is done
By then you’re tired and uninspired
and not alot of fun
There is no finer moment than the
moment that we’re in
And when we get the jist of that the
dancing can begin
chorus
Time rages ever onward the map of life is drawn
Deeper still the well of days I can draw upon
Birdsong on the breeze a smile upon my face
Life is full of treasure, no riches can replace
chorus
big sky cry
Colleen and Kelt Eccleston, Greg Madill and Hugh McMillan
Land of the big sky Flathead water
Spread like an ocean when the mountains disappeared
Red sun rising choking the summer
Fireweed whipping in the wily wind
chorus
Can’t you see the wolves running for the river
Walls of flame lick the sky
Ashes raining tinder dry
Sad enough to make the big sky cry
Aurora shining standing shadows
Man so small against this reign of fire
Mars looms over devastation
Bloodshot moon mourns the living pyre
bridge
He dug a hole six feet down
Dove for cover as the flames ripped round
Couldn’t bear to watch it all burn down
Lightning strikes still no rain
To bring what’s lost back to life again
Mountains blazing gone underground
All so silent when the forest is brought down
chorus
Big sky cry raining down on me
all you can on all you see
All your tears are what we need
Big sky cry
release the hounds
words and music by Kelt Eccleston
The path I chose to travel led me to a wall
The years gone by have bled me dry
There’s nothing left at all
The past embraces me, shields me from my fate
Got to cast it off before it’s too late
What’s that sound that wakes you in the night
In the darkness begging for the light
Release the hounds within let them run about
Release the hounds howling to get out
Release the hounds within let them run about
Release the hounds howling to get out
Let them out
How can I deny my soul
the freedom that it craves
No one survives the compromise
that chased them to their graves
To live another’s truth must surely be a lie
Though the shell remains the inside will die
What’s that sound that only you can hear
In your mind it’s fear itself you fear
Release the hounds within let them run about
Release the hounds howling to get out
Release the hounds within let them run about
Release the hounds howling to get out
Let them out
Release the hounds
ways of the world
words and music Greg Madill
An observation of where we all are, with the bridge and last verse dedicated to the life and spirit of Noah Kasper.
The eagle flies...
People organizing, too much compromising
The companies are downsizing
That’s the way of the world
The planet’s getting smaller,
everywhere seems closer...
But I still don’t know my own neighbour
That’s the way of the world
Money does the talking,
I see refugees, they are still walking...
While the warlords keep on hawking
That's the way of the world
And the seeds lie dormant, the buds are clinging to the vine
Nature’s own agenda, does it to me every time
Gone but not forgotten,
that’s what we all hope anyway
When they dig down to the bottom
Don’t you wonder what they’ll say...
Time and space dissected, everyone’s affected
More than anyone expected
That’s the way of the world
We’re never out of touch and I’m seeing way too much
The media’s like a crutch
That’s the way of the world
chorus
friends of mine are dying
And as they leave they’re trying...
To awaken and remind us of
The Ways of the World
But is hard to look away, and see the colours of the day...
The best thing is to play
And make your way in the world...
the walls of troy
words and music by Kelt Eccleston
Not so long ago I can still remember
Pillars and towers that were the walls of Troy
They stood tall and proud against the weight of the world
Like the man who defends the weakness in the boy
chorus
The walls of Troy are crumbling
Run, run or forfeit your life
You can no longer hide behind the walls of Troy
Those that passed the walls only saw the beauty
They could only guess at what might be within
Peace and confidence
The face Troy showed the world
chorus
bridge
Think of the years, think of the reasons
Think of the pain
And I don’t want to know what happened
All I know is that it happened
It’s happening again
There’s no way that I can win
The walls won’t let me in
The horse by the gate full of bad intentions
He lies and waits for you to let him in
Don’t take the bait, don’t lay down your defenses, no, no, no
chorus |
