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Traveling South
04:42
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Land Of Plenty
04:44
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Paddocks
04:12
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To Sea (See)
05:18
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To Sea
Ian Rushton / Nick Crosby ©2006
Verse 1
Once I thought
I'd be master
of my realm
all that I beheld
Verse 2
Once I thought
I'd leave my mark
upon this world
that is an irony
Verse 3
Because instead
this world has left
it's marks on me
Drove me to the Sea
Verse 4
When I heard
the Siren's sing
I took the helm
but let the rudder swing
Chorus
Foolish lies never gave me comfort
Comfort kills too easily
wrecks lie below the ocean
Far too cruel for any honest man to see/sea
Verse 5
We build on faith
Till faith is broken
Trust and betrayal
Two sides of a token
Verse 6
Men build fences
Then tear them down
Justify offenses
With a jeweled crown
Verse 7
Dark secrets buried
deep in the ground
That earth won't carry
Turns them upside down
Chorus
Foolish lies never gave me comfort
Comfort kills too easily
wrecks lie below the ocean
Far too cruel for any honest man to see/sea
Bridge
A calm sea is freedom from rage
A violent sea is freedom from the calm
A masthead is no steeple nor cage
The raging wind, always a bitter psalm
Chorus
Foolish lies never gave me comfort
Comfort kills too easily
wrecks lie below the ocean
Far too cruel for any honest man to see/sea
Verse 8
One mans crime
Is another's justice
Revenge claims its time
When reason becomes useless
Verse 9
Distant pounding of
Hammer on gavel
But courts on land
Can not trace our travel
Verse 10
Out on the Sea
Horizon melts with sky
Wind fills sails
waves and bow collide
Chorus
Foolish lies never gave me comfort
Comfort kills too easily
wrecks lie below the ocean
Far too cruel for any honest man to see/sea
Verse 11
Imagined lines
Divide the oceans
Aboard this ship
No such Kingly notions
Verse 12
We're free to test
The ocean reaches
On bottom rests
All that it teaches
Verse 13
And so we'll cheat
The hangman and the crown
Until the Sea
Takes and drags us down
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Taonga
05:02
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6. |
Edmund
05:11
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City Of Cones
04:13
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Tai Awatea
04:42
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Tai Awatea
© 2008 Nick Crosby & Ian Rushton
Now you've left our garden
Too few months had we together
My love was never your warden
I am a prisoner of the weather
Winter is the awful sting
For you leaving me alone
Now separate paths till spring
When together we may roam
It begins with our parting kiss
You orbit low, I ride the sky
We revoke warm summer bliss
And I crystallize the tide
I drive the City of Sails
You are the warmth of life
I bringer of ocean swells
Winter storms and strife
Tai Awatea
Te toka tu moana
Aroha mai, aroha atu
Tai Awatea
No single season can last
Each gives, its own treasure
Each a remnant of ages past
Each season its own measure
Your arc in a distant space
Your love whispers from afar
Horizon warms in the embrace
Of you, its' nearest star
Tai Awatea
Te toka tu moana
Aroha mai, aroha atu
Tai Awatea
Each of us appointed
By Gravity's tight reigns
Different heavens have anointed
Each of our campaigns
Each of our refrains
(Tai)-----------------------------(Awa------)
We'll embrace again in spring
tea ---------------)-----------(Te toka -----)
Our love will then rebound
-------------------------------(Tu ------ )
I'll return on feathered wings
(moana -----------)
Equator you go round
(Aroha mai)Round and 'round
Spinning evermore (Aroha atu)
(Tai Awatea)Round and 'round
Spinning evermore (Aroha mai)
(Tai Awatea)Round and 'round
Spinning evermore (Aroha atu)
(Tai Awatea)Round and 'round
Loving forevermore (Tai Awatea)
Tai Awatea
Tai Awatea
Tai Awatea
Tai Awatea
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Queen St
06:26
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10. |
A Dream Is But A Wish
04:26
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11. |
GDNZ
01:25
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Ian Rushton Auckland
Ian Rushton is UK born New Zealander, producer and self-taught pianist and guitarist, offering anything from contemporary classical and pop/rock instrumentals to adult contemporary pop and rock songs. Rushton regularly collaborates with musicians from around the globe to create an exciting and varied mix of easy listening music. ... more
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