Lyrics
Salty Heaven - 1998 - Tracklist
1. Blackberry Time
2. The Hungry Ghost
3. Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
4. Ciara
5. Rainbow Warrior
6. Water Ballerina
7. Holy Ground
8. Cool Breeze
9. The Shape Of Love To Come
10. Sanas
11. Forgiveness
12. I'm A Bogman
1.Blackberry Time
There's no need to verbalise
When two hearts sometimes harmonise
Walking along the Salthill promenade
Talking about these perfect days we had
All our lives in one place
And though the light just bounces off your face
I know you know
Everything is possible in God's time
But nothing is for sure
All our hurts to wade through
And still we find
Blackberry time
There's no need to understand
Whenever you try to trust in the plan
We stand in the water and open our toes
And laugh at and love the way the river just goes
Downstream, some islands to round
I step out and dry my feet on the ground
We soak up Burren blue skies
The sun blinds me in your eyes
And I know you know
Everything is possible in God's time
But nothing is for sure
All our hurts to wade through
And still we find
Blackberry time
2.The Hungry Ghost
There is a hungry ghost waiting for me
Hoping the past will slip from memory
I thank God for the nights I cried
I thank God I nearly died
I don't know how I survived
Falling up and down the main street
A naked fool on every dance floor
Falling up and down the main street
People said, "That's what being young is for"
How could they know, I could take no more
There is a hungry ghost waiting for me
Should I take for granted, I am free now
Falling up and down the main street
A naked fool on every dance floor
Falling up and down the main street
People said, "That's what being young is for"
How could they know, I could take no more
To smell the amarillo
Dream beneath some tree
Wait for the daffodil
I am free now.
3.Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
When I look at you
I see your power
But when your blues come around
You're so hard on yourself
Somebody needs you
You always come through
You let nobody down
But when you're low
Where do you go
Who helps you come around
When I look at you
I see things you don't seem to
You're so hard on yourself
Don't be so hard on yourself
Somebody needs you
You always come through
You let nobody down
But when you're low
Where do you go
Who helps you come around
Life's not easy
Sometimes the heart aches
I will sing a song for you
Don't be so hard on yourself
Don't be so hard on yourself
4.Ciara
In our troubled times
We simply hide away
And dream of the one
We'd love to see
At the end of the day
Solitary winter chill me no more
I dream an angel by the western seashore
Ciara...
Ciara...
There is an angel
I would like to know
I sing and dream her face
Lying on my pillow
I kissed her one day
In the cool of Brigid's well
My heart beat crystal clear like a church bell
Ciara...
Ciara...
I can hear the winter knockin' on my door
I dream an angel by the western seashore
Ciara...
Ciara...
5.Rainbow Warrior
Warriors of the Rainbow
Are answering the call
They go to where the dust will rise again
Dust will rise again and fall
Leave Polynesia alone
Polynesia, leave her alone
Leave Polynesia alone
Mon ami Francais
Ecout s'il vous plait
J'apprend a parlez Francais pour dire
Votre bomb non merci
Votre poison non merci
Ecout s'il vous plait
Warriors of the rainbow
Are answering the call
They go to where the dust will rise again
Dust will rise again and fall
Polynesia, leave her alone
Fernando Perreira gave his life to the sea
His spirit is calling out to you
To you and to me
Polynesia, leave her alone...
6.Water Ballerina
Across the sand, the stones and the shells
I went down to the sea
And the golden haired ballerina came down
And swam along with me
We were strangers out in the ocean
Somehow shyness stayed ashore
And I watched the ballerina
Dive and dance down to the floor
Ballerina, ballerina
Water ballerina
As the sun went down on the ocean
And the night our time did steal
We swam on in salty heaven
It was too good to be real
So I left her a silver dolphin
In a place where she could see
So that one day out at her swimming
She might remember me
Ballerina, ballerina
Water ballerina
Water ballerina with such golden curly hair
She is gone now, like the summer
To a beach in God knows where
7.Holy Ground
When the songs flow down like a river
And the words cut through
Dreams fly around me
I'm a happy man in the world
I love the sound of the bodhran
Kicking in behind me
It heats my blood
When the trumpet flies above me
I'm a happy man in the world
It's the holy ground I'm looking for
I wake up every morning and ask for more
I'm a happy man in the world
Sometimes vultures hover
Over wounded angels lives
Black dog comes to see me
Darkness fills my world
So I close my eyes and listen
To a Jamaican freedom song
I move my body to the rhythm
I'm a happy man in the world
It's the holy ground I'm looking for
I wake up every morning and ask for more
I'm a happy man in the world
Sometimes I fly with the white swan
To my Liffey home
There the river sings to me
I'm a happy man in the world.
8.Cool Breeze
I walked through the hailstones and the merciless wind
To where the island disappears and the sea begins
It was new year's eve at the mountainside
On the winding road that slopes down to where Frankie lies
I stood still and stared down at the clay
Waiting for sorrow I started to pray
Ah but Errigal was wrapped up in brilliant white snow
Smoke rose from the turf fires of Bunbeg bungalows
I stood before the mountain waiting for sorrow
But the waves kept time and I let go
Go..... go.....
Go..... go..... to where the cool breeze sighs
Go..... go..... to where your flute tones rise
Go..... go..... to where Errigal's in your eyes
We hear your grace notes they fill our nights
We miss you too much but it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
We know you're all right now, Frankie
I waited for darkness to torture my mind
But the Atlantic waves banged out a rhythm behind
I saw his fresh face with that killer smile
The flute up to his lips and in his own style
Eyes closed he took me to his wonderland
And the waves kept time on the Donegal strand
I stood before the mountain waiting for sorrow
But the waves kept time and I let go
We know you're all right now, Frankie
I walked through the hailstones and the merciless wind
To where the island disappears and the sea begins...
9.The Shape Of Love To Come
People are leaving God's houses
Looking for footprints in the sand
The time has come to light the fire in ourselves
Find the circles around the land
Once again I hear the sacred arrow
Brigid gave us from her cell of oak
Crosses children make at springtime
Are testament to the love she spoke
This is the shape of love to come
A renaissance of moon and sun
This is the shape of love to come
Come on into the circle everyone
So I come to the hill of Tara
And feast my eyes on the royal plains
In my hunger for direction
I call up the long forgotten days
The God I love needs no house of stone
Nor is her image painted into glass
In the circle round the place I call my home
I feel connected and so I have to ask
Is this the shape of love to come?
A renaissance of moon and sun
This is the shape of love to come
Come on into the circle everyone.
10.Sanas
In the cool, clean air
As the storm dies down
Peace in the city
The thunder moves along
Sanas, sanas
In the silence of new lovers
A singer fills a room
In the voice of Seamus Ennis
His stories and his tunes
Sanas, sanas
We're working hard
To try to reach you
The road seems tougher now
To what is true
My brain gets tired sometimes
Ragged and worn
I have to surrender, to be born
Shannonbridge at sunset
Starry midland sky
I sit back and wonder
River whispers by
Sanas, sanas
It's the heartbeat of my song
The comfort in my skin
It's the destination
Of every journey within
Sanas, sanas
We're working hard
To try to reach you
The road seems tougher now
To what is true
My brain gets tired sometimes
Ragged and worn
I have to surrender, to be born
Sanas, sanas...
11.Forgiveness
Walking, wounded children lined the roads about the town Aging little faces full of need Who never should have suffered from this hunger There's a better world to go to, I believed Before our journey to Canada My love and I were married in the town One day of freedom from the anguish We sang and danced with friends from all around
A stor mo chroi
I'll always love you
On an overcrowded ship we crossed the ocean Many found their graveyard in that sea Those who set their dreams on a life in Canada Surrendered to the fate that was to be Finally my true love's heart was broken In a fever shed in Canada she died Though I will assist my fellow countrymen There is nothing only emptiness inside
A stor mo chroi
I'll always love you
All my fear of dying dissipated
Now I'm simply waiting for the end
Before I'm laid to rest in Canada
I'll bring some comfort to my Irish friends Talk to them of better days behind us Before a brute for power put us down I'll sing until the reaper comes to take me To the love that lies waiting in the ground
A stor mo chroi
I'll always love you
I open up my eyes
To the sunlight shining new
And in the dream that takes me back
A single word rings through
My memories awaken
To the horrors come to pass
One word in the morning light
Brings freedom home at last
Forgiveness...
For the ancient wounds still hurting
For the wrongs I've never known
For all the children left to die
Near fields where corn was grown
Like the ones who braved the ocean
In the fever sheds to burn
Let all the hatred leave these shores now Never to return
Forgiveness...
12.I'm A Bogman
So many people look at the bog
As a place that just lies dead
Nothing to do for the body
Nothing to do for the head
Take me where the heather and the moss grows
The turf lies row after row
Out there in the sun to dry
I breathe it in as I pedal on by
With the kids and the dogs mucking together
Bringing in the turf
No matter what the weather
I'm a bogman
Deep down, it's where I come from...
I'd love to see Arizona
Or the West Australian sands
But my heart belongs to those precious wetlands
No matter where your travelling takes you
Sure the bog will never leave you
Some people look for God above
Down in the bog I found love
Where the heather and the moss grows
The turf lies row after row
Out there in the sun to dry
I breathe it in as I pedal on by
With the kids and the dogs mucking together
Bringing in the turf
No matter what the weather
I'm a bogman
Deep down, it's where I come from...
Think about it
You love a cuppa tea by the turf fire
Your arms around your heart's desire
The two of you looking out at the midland night
At the shooting stars and the satellites
Turf smell warms hearts
'Til the huggin' and the kissin' starts
Bog love surrounds you
A beautiful place to come to
I'm a bogman
Deep down, it's where I come from...
