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In Ages
03:48
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In Ages
Sunset flashback
We count time in ages
Hold to the plan and
Study all their faces
Taking measure
Affecting a season
Love your neighbour
Sometimes change direction
If no man is an island
Then I am flotsam with you
Dive down deeper
Counting time in stages
Super-vision
We don’t count the danger
Night passed over
We all celebrated
Raised our heads high
Thanked the God of ages
If no man is an island
Then I am flotsam with you
If no man is an island
It seems right to be infatuated with you
Sunset Flashback
We count time in ages
Hold to the plan and
Study all their faces
See the future
We learn to count backwards
Some consider
We jump to conclusions
M E MCCARTHY 19/4/2011
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2. |
Missing Person
02:55
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MISSING PERSON
I am a missing person
Always a missing person
Ever missing in my world
I get lost
But I like it
I like it this way
I get tired
But I like it
I like it this way
M E MCCARTHY 20/11/2010
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Building Fires
03:20
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Building Fires
Wait on hold your time shall come
Say your words and loose the tongue
Now you build with earth and stone
With patient toil the seeds are sown
Come back here my little one
Come back here with your bleeding heart
Come back here I see you’re building fires
Come back here to the ones you love
Been so high to risk it all
The seasons build with a livid force
Little one’s in him belong
They’re so weak with the temptation
Come back here my little one
Come back here with your bleeding heart
Come back here I see you’re building fires
Come back here to the ones you love
It’s more than enough, cry out I love you
It’s more than enough to secretly hunt truth
More than enough, say that we’re broken
It’s more than enough, rise to occasion
Come back here my little one
Come back here with your bleeding heart
Come back here I see you’re building fires
Come back here to the ones you love
M E MCCARTHY 10/08/2012
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Plasticine
03:28
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PLASTICINE
Said my piece
Turn my head
Focus down on incident
Shot me through
A poor phrase and
Smashed to bits my confidence
Level out
With oxygen
Short breath here
And no one sends
Love to all
Peace to you
Static noise and plastic fruit
Now it’s like snow falling down
Now it’s like snow falling down
Now it’s like you’re alone for the first time
High range there
Alcohol
Screaming through
Mercy falls
Headlight twitch
And slow to stop
Soft in speech
A barking dog
Camera roll
You’re not up
To black and white
Shutter stop
Plasticine
Through my hair
Triggering
A slow defence
Now it’s like snow falling down
Now it’s like snow falling down
Now it’s like you’re alone for the first time
M E MCCARTHY – 01/02/2011
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5. |
The Lion's Share
03:20
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THE LION’S SHARE
When I saw your angels come
Not your will but mine to run afar
Even so your kingdom comes
And I know your will’s being done
On earth as in heaven
Should I stand to one side?
And let you divide on equal portions
On divine rights
With a fire inside
You chose a proven line
Through the middle
Through the whole of time
M E MCCARTHY – 29/05/2011
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6. |
Sink Me Not
04:14
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SINK ME NOT
Dance with diamonds and dogs
And lay down with eyes all over the stars
Spider in gardening glove
Strikes him oh like he’s never been struck
He’s breathing out fumes and breathing in love
Melting hearts to the wall
Will a time ever come will a time ever be gone
Can we ever become one
Sink me not
The days not done
The days not done for me
The days not done
Seeing things from above
It’s a gift it’s a curse I can never shake off
And I run for another time
Sink me not
The days not done
The days not done for me
The days not done
M E MCCARTHY – 26/02/2009
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7. |
Wilder Years
04:38
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WILDER YEARS
In the wilder years
Boisterous and blue eyed
Now you’re seeing things
That will change your sight
Blame the rolling hills
Go ahead blame the sky
While you still can then the pain subsides
In the raging storm
Well you held your own
You could not afford
A minor slip or fall
When the rigging goes
And with rocks collide
You will throw yourself over to God’s side
Filled with honour you understand
Love’s a notion of no demand
Filled with honour you understand
Love’s a notion of no demand
In the wilder years
We knew how to take
What the hand it feeds
You don’t turn away
Blame the riverbank
That burst its sides
Until you know you’re wrong
Well you can’t be right
Filled with honour you understand
Love’s a notion of no demand
Filled with honour you understand
Love’s a notion of no demand
M E MCCARTHY – 21/01/2011
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December
04:15
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DECEMBER
Got lost in December
Never found my way
I just can’t remember who I am today
It’s taken a long time
To feel again
Holding out for something
Bidding for a sign
Nature has its own way of playing with the light
It’s taken a long time
To feel again
Body is broken but I’m
On the mend
To find you is golden
To know you is best
Oh I cannot see you
Oh but I love you nonetheless
Left you with some pieces
Fragments of myself
Do you still have them with you
Are they up upon your shelf
It’s taken a long time
To feel again
Body is twisted but I’m
On the mend
To find you is golden
To know you is best
Oh I cannot see you
Oh but I love you nonetheless
M E MCCARTHY – 20/08/2009
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9. |
Reason To Sing
05:04
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REASON TO SING
Out of touch
Reality
Water cuts
Right through your feet
The wooden heart
Starts to dream
Simple shape
Steady beat
Where to run
What to hide
Forget yourself
Til you get it right
Denigrate
Hold your head
So it doesn’t fall off
And you forget
With your reason to sing
Meaning to sing
With your reason to sing
Meaning to sing
Paper cut
Across your finger
Feeling tired
For the night
I can’t say
And you can’t feel
Anything
Til you know it’s real
Said it once
Out of turn
No-one saw
Your mirror turn
Take the plunge
From the sky
Know you’re real
Know you’re mine
With your reason to sing
Meaning to sing
With your reason to sing
Meaning to sing
M E MCCARTHY – 28/11/2010
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10. |
Broken Man
04:01
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BROKEN MAN
You’re the magic in my veins
You’re the blood that keeps me running
Honey if you left now
I’d be left with nothing
Take my hand I know you can
It tells the story of the broken man on the mend
You’re the magic in my veins
Yeh you’re something like quicksilver
Wake up in the night
Cold shivers begging for more
Read my hand I know you can
It tells the story of the broken man on the mend
You’re the magic in my veins
You’re the river that keeps on flowing
With the sun setting low
Night shadows keep on rolling
If you love me take my hand
Tell you the story of the broken man on the mend
You’re the magic in my veins
You’re the blood that keeps me running
Honey if you left now
I’d be left with nothing
Read my hand I know you can
It tells the story of the broken man on the mend
If you love me take my hand
Tell you the story of the broken man on the mend
M E MCCARTHY – 28/01/2011
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Mike McCarthy Macmasters Beach, Australia
Mike McCarthy's 'Serious Face' album is a throwback in time to an era of blues, soul, and roots music. Essentially a summer road trip album full of good vibes and great story telling, the album goes from all out slide guitar 'blues grit' to warm firelight ballads. ... more
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