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Come Softly To My Wake

by Bill Blood

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1.
Lie Down 04:14
There's an angel Walking among us Has no mercy for any man alive She found me broken, without pride Asked for nothing Just said … Close your eyes and lie down Lie down Lie down Lie down She said to me … Just say what you believe A voice without heart is just an empty breeze That drifts away from me And makes it hard to breathe An untruth may reprieve But truth will be our release An untruth may reprieve But the truth will be our release There is an angel Walking among us Showin' no mercy to any man alive She found me broken, without pride Asked for nothing Just said … Close your eyes and we'll lie down We'll lie down Lie down Lie down
2.
Blind Joe 03:26
Blind Joe plays guitar real good Blind Joe's guitar is made of wood From his baby's coffin Blind Joe sold his soul for mans good See Blind Joe's soul was made of gold Like pure love When the Devil saw that gold he thought … He thought i'll have that soul and turn a profit He said … Hey Joe how would you feel if we could make a deal? He said … Hey Joe I know just what you want Just what you need All you could wish for I could give you for free But Joe said no No no no no no I have all I want I have all I need All I could wish for I have already But the Devil said no No no no no no I don't think so I have your baby's soul I have your baby's baby's soul I have your baby's baby's baby's soul But for your gold i could free those souls So Blind Joe sold his soul For mans good That's why Blind Joe's guitar is made of wood From his baby's coffin
3.
I am in love with a lady in black I have been told she ain't no good But I keep coming back To my lady in black My lady in black My lady in black Now love is a dangerous thing It can be like an addiction you can't fix No you can't fix Can be like an affliction with no cure for it No cure for it And yet … Love is a beautiful thing Makes the weakest of us feel like a king Love is one beautiful thing That makes the bleakest of us want to sing I am in love with a lady in black
4.
Honey B 01:42
Honey B You and me Are gonna hunt and kill a beast Honey B You and me Gonna hunt and kill somebody Gonna hunt and kill Hunt and kill The blood flows Like Devil's rain As we feast on the remains From the hunt and kill Hunt and kill
5.
Evil Eye 02:31
She's cold like an evil eye She'll teach you to weep She'll teach you to cry Darkness got that girl doing its thing That girl got me danglin' from a string That dark eyed girl is heavenly She'll teach you to cry She'll teach you to weep And at the Devil's request She gave me a kiss of death At her lovers behest She slew me With a kiss of death She blew me a kiss of death
6.
Ode Death 03:58
You deal your hand To all but the truth Your grudge against me Shadows my every move Today is the day I bear my rood I succumb to my doom Today is the day I go to my grave And no-one will stand in my way You are nothing but bones A wretched, pitiful thing You can shout all you want But death you'll never sing So I'll sing to you My love I sing to you Today is the day I go to my grave And no-one will stand in my way
7.
Baby don't wait up for me Cause baby I'm not comin' home Baby don't wait up for me Cause baby I'm not comin' home You can bring on the wolves It'll make no difference 'cause i'll be long gone They can hunt in their droves Makes no difference 'cause i'll be long gone By night And travelling light Light as a man can Who's carrying The weight of his life about with him Light as a man can Carrying the weight of his life about with him On shoulders no wider than that of any man Baby don't wait up for me Cause baby I'm not comin' home Baby don't wait up for me Cause baby I'm not comin' home
8.
Gypsy Girl 01:57
Gypsy girl So fey and farouche Skin pale like the moon Eyes that see right through you Gypsy girl put a spell on you Gypsy girl put a spell on you Old Skip sang I would rather meet the devil Than be that woman's man I would rather be the devil Than be that woman's man That old Skip He was one wise old man
9.
I just got paid today Got a pocket full of change I just got paid today Got a pocket full of change I aint savin' for no rainy day And I'm a man on which it has rained A man can't spend all his life bein' busy Tryin' to keep his bosses happy A man can't spend all his life bein' worried About other peoples money I just got paid today Got a woman on my case I just got paid today And my woman is on my case A drop of whiskey should set me straight A man can't spend all his life bein' busy Tryin' to keep his woman happy A man can't spend all his life in a hurry Chasin' other peoples worries I just got paid today And I feel great
10.
This strange bed is giving me strange dreams This strange bed is giving me strange dreams Dreamt I overheard What the Sun said to the Moon Come softly to my wake And i'll some softly to you Dreamt I held my son That an angel brought to me Took one look at his eyes And started to cry My boy was blind This strange bed is giving me strange dreams And they're staying with me almost mockingly They take me back to when I was young When all I wanted was to belong To all the friends that I thought would last Makes me laugh now I think about it But these strange dreams Have me thinking some strange things That angel turned to me and said … Time is all that is What will be will be Know your boy isn't blind He just has not learned to see You must teach him to see You will teach him how he is to be This strange bed is giving me strange dreams This strange bed is giving me strange dreams Dreamt i overheard What the sun said to the moon Come softly to my wake And i'll some softly to you

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released May 30, 2013

All songs written & performed by Niall Byrne

Additional keyboards & percussion on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 & 10 by Neil O'Connor

Recorded by Richard Egan (except tracks 5 & 8, recorded by Niall Byrne)

Mixed by Glenn Keating
Mastered by Stephen Quinn @ Analog Heart

Sleeve design by cowhie.org

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Thanks to everyone mentioned above & Des Byrne for their support, advice & help in getting these recordings completed.

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