Lyrics
Innocence - 2005 - Tracklist
1. Primavera
2. First Light Of Spring
3. Innocence
4. Venus
5. Miracle Cure
6. Peace On Earth
7. Gypsy Music
8. City Of Chicago
9. June
10. Salvador
11. No Matter Where You Go, There You Are
12. Thank You For Bringing Me Here
13. Larry Redican's Bow Instrumental
1.Primavera
You were sent into this world
In the darkest winter days
How did I have such fortune to know you?
Know the sweetness of your kiss
Being shaken by your smile
Knowing, knowing your love
Me, see me now,
I am August oakleaf
You, yes you are,
You are Primavera
In this cold, dogmatic world
Where the righteous are on song
They talk God on every side
And all humility is gone
You are a beacon in the crowd
You bring lavender to calm
When the shouting gets too loud
Your compassion is at hand
Me, see me now,
I am August oakleaf
You, yes you are,
You are Primavera
It's a dangerous time
You must find your voice
Hold your head up high
Walk among us all
When your beauty is unveiled
And simplicity prevails
Then the world can know your love
Me, see me now,
I am August oakleaf
You, yes you are,
You are Primavera
Me, see me now,
I am August oakleaf
You, yes you are,
You are Primavera
Primavera
Primavera
Primavera
2.First Light Of Spring
White frosty morning
I'm a bird of hunger
Orange glow horizon
Coming out from under
First light of spring my love
First light of spring
First light of spring my love
Sweeter than anything
Across the earth I see you
Swanlike moving there
The sun comes over trees
And throws its light upon your hair
I'm shaken by a blackbird
I turn to hear its song
Looking back I cannot see you
My one and only one
First light of spring my love
First light of spring
First light of spring my love
Sweeter than anything
The daffodil is pushing through
Snowdrops want to rise
Still I look to see you
In these frosty nightskies
First light of spring my love
First light of spring
First light of spring my love
Sweeter than anything
Sweeter than anything
3.Innocence
I still love the smell
The sweet smell of incense
Since the prayers and the bells
made complete sense
Most of all I loved benediction
With an innocent child's conviction
Innocence
Sweet smell of innocence
I remember the lights
on the Christmas tree
And the waiting in turn
To see what he brought me
Oh the joy, the love and belief
And the Christmas lullabies
Singing me to sleep
Innocence
Sweet smell of innocence
Between the past
And whatever the future sends
I choose innocence
I remember the taste
of the first kiss by the river
And the promises we'd keep
Forever and ever
I still love the smell
of my innocent years
And I choose innocence
after my tears
Innocence
Sweet smell of innocence
Sweet smell of innocence
4.Venus
Because of who you are
I can see the road to follow
Every day with you
Will be as though there's no tomorrow
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Love doesn't always come to everyone
Only once in a blue, blue moon
Do lovers find each other
And make it to the precious room
To become a father and mother
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Love doesn't always come to everyone
And tomorrow is easy to see
When the unconditional is free
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Venus passes by the sun
Love doesn't always come to everyone
5.Miracle Cure
When all the fighting is done
Forgiveness
When all the blood has run
Forgiveness
The opening fist
Brings forgiveness
A wounded hand to kiss
Forgiveness
It's the wonderdrug
It's the miracle cure
It could change our world
Make our lives secure
I take my chance at each abyss
And reach for my forgiveness
The moment the words cut in
Forgiveness
The moment anger begins
Forgiveness
In the light of a new day
Forgiveness
I hope you'll have your say
Forgiveness
Together we grow
Together we know
No losers, no winners
In forgiveness
Together we're free
Together we see
No right or no wrong
In forgiveness
It's the wonderdrug
It's the miracle cure
It could change our world
Make our lives secure
I take my chance at each abyss
And reach for my forgiveness
6.Peace On Earth (instrumental)
7.Gypsy Music
All the old walls are tumbling down
Bringing us freedom for moving around
Coming and going, doing no wrong
Dancing and singing to the gypsy song
I want to sing in Riga, Krakow and Prague
Me and my guitar, and a little Irish flag
Ljubljana sounds like a city of grace
They tell me Budapest is a beautiful place
They tell me Budapest is a beautiful town
I'll find a room to sing there, put my name down
I sing about an island on the Western shore
I tell them all to come, come in the front door
Bring in Bulgaria, Romania too
Bring your gypsy music, and we'll never get blue
Bring your gypsy music
Bring your gypsy song
Bring your gypsy music
We'll be singing along
Bring your gypsy music
Bring your gypsy song
Bring your gypsy music
We'll be singing along
8.City Of Chicago
In the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
Eighteen forty-seven
Was the year it all began
Deadly pains of hunger
Drove a million from this land
They journeyed not for glory
Their motive wasn't greed
A voyage of survival
Across the stormy seas
To the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
Some of them knew fortune
Some of them knew fame
More of them knew hardship
They died upon the plains
They spread throughout the nation
They rode the railroad cars
Brought their songs and music
To ease their lonely hearts
To the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
In the City of Chicago
As the evening shadows fall
There are people dreaming
Of the hills of Donegal
Eighteen forty-seven
Was the year it all began
Deadly pains of hunger
Drove a million from this land
9.June
Whitethorn blossom just comes floating down
Down on the June breeze
Like summer snow on the ground
Long grass sways from side to side
The creatures are coming in here
They're coming in from far and wide
Here where everything changes and grows
Here where everything changes and grows
Here where everything changes and grows
They come to see the seasons different shows
Ah but June, I love the way you pull me in
June, I love your heat upon my skin
June, I love the way you pull me in
To your midsummer feeling
I hear the long grass shuffling in the June breeze
Smell the lavender and the catmint leaves
Everything comes and goes like the tides
Everything comes and goes like the tides
Everything comes and goes like the tides
Life is celebrations and goodbyes
Ah but June, I love the way you pull me in
June, I love your heat upon my skin
June, I love the way you pull me in
To your midsummer feeling
Wild rose and the foxglove side by side
Opening up to welcome butterflies
June
June
June...
10.Salvador
The lilies will have grown
By the time you come home
Home from Brazil
Please come home
Before the flowers have been and gone
We'll be waiting and loving you still
May the sun shine down on you
Dive into the blue
May all your days be sublime
And as the sun goes down
And the starry night surrounds
May you dream white lilies sometime
On the streets of Salvador
You'll love the people
The music and the wine
When your hair hangs down
And you sing some Irish song
May you dream white lilies sometime
May the sun shine down on you
Dive into the blue
May all your days be sublime
And as the sun goes down
And the starry night surrounds
May you dream white lilies sometime
May you dream white lilies sometime
11.No Matter Where You Go, There You Are
I'll sing to you of a carpenter, a Muslim man
He was forced to join an army, he chose to leave his land
He was born in Northern Africa, with the desert all around
He loved his innocent childhood in the bosom of a desert town
Mohamed left Algeria, his family and his friends
Knowing he would never see his loved ones ever again
You must go, follow your star
No matter where you go, there you are
No matter where you go, there are you
So don't let go of what you know to be true
Mohamed went to Amsterdam, to Paris and to Rome
Nowhere in these cities did Mohamed feel at home
He'd walk the streets into the night, thrown-out wood to find
Making wooden boxes occupied his mind
Little wooden boxes in a line on Mohamed's stand
Bringing food and shelter to a Muslim man
You must go, follow your star
No matter where you go, there you are
No matter where you go, there are you
So don't let go of what you know to be true
One summer's day in Paris, he heard a haunting sound
Of a lonesome Irish fiddle, he let his tools fall down
Looking up he could not see the man, whose music filled this place
But he knew his heart was breaking, and the tears rolled down his face
Mohamed walked until he saw the man, with a fiddle to his chin
He stood and let the music glow, underneath his skin
He felt longing for Algeria, and loving for this song
How the music of a stranger helps the dreamer move along
The carpenter and the fiddler became the best of friends
And Mohamed lives in Galway, where the music never ends
You must go, follow your star
No matter where you go, there you are
No matter where you go, there are you
So don't let go of what you know to be true
By the Claddagh in the evening, you might see this southern man
Selling boxes, toys and fiddles, made with Muslim hand
Don't you feel no pity, nor think he is alone
For the music in his spirit, is his shelter and his home
Mohamed's fire ignited with the ancient jigs and reels
He sometimes chants in Arabic across the Galway fields
His prayers go to Moher, out to the Atlantic sea
And echo to Algeria to the land he had to flee
You must go, follow your star
No matter where you go, there you are
No matter where you go, there are you
So don't let go of what you know to be true
There's a woman in Algeria, she looks across the sand
And hears a loved one's prayer from the distant land...
12.Thank You For Bringing Me Here
I walk with my father in Fanore
We walk hand in hand by the shore
The sun sets beyond Inisheer
I thank you for bringing me here
My father and mother love me
We're living our lives by the sea
Sometimes when my parents stand near
I thank you for bringing me here
I know that I am wanted in this world
So I will grow up an Irish girl
I won't pretend my world knows no fear
But I thank you for bringing me here
Where the limestone slopes down to the sea
Where my father walks tall, proud and free
Where the birdsong is music to my ear
I thank you for bringing me here
I thank you for bringing me here
I thank you for bringing me here
