1. |
First Cuckoo of Spring
03:07
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The first cuckoo of spring
Sets my heart aflame
The Caribbean winds
Are gently blowing in
The first cuckoo of spring
Is music to my ears
My baby’s coming home
Summer’s drawing near
The endless snow
Flickers in the past
All the pretty flowers
Are starting to bloom at last
The first cuckoo of spring
Such beauty to revere
My lover’s coming home
Summer’s drawing near
I’ve been pining for your touch
Winter stole the light
The first cuckoo of spring
Has brought me back to life
The sun comes out of hiding
Burns away my tears
My lovers coming home
Summer’s drawing near
My baby’s coming home
My darlin’s drawing near
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2. |
Hey There, Sunshine
02:41
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I don't wish for you no pain
Don't say goodbye
Come back again
Oh my story's just begun
You're cast in stone
You've lost and won
Hey there sunshine
What’s the matter with you
Hey there sunshine
Hey there sunshine
Hey there sunshine
What’s the matter with you
What’s the matter with you
Light me up when i go out
Fill up my lungs
I wanna scream and shout
Guess you know what you're about
Cos you've seen it all
Of that there's no doubt
Hey there sunshine
What’s the matter with you
Hey there sunshine
Hey there sunshine
Hey there sunshine
What’s the matter with you
What’s the matter with you
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3. |
Bird Of Paradise
04:16
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You slipped in next to me
All the lights were out All the lights were out
I played you to sleep
No promises to keep
Cradled in the sound
You flew in on the wind
I came alive again
But I could never cage you in
Like the tide you've turned
Like the wind you've blown
Like a star you've burned
And turned to stone
I just closed my eyes
I woke alone
My bird of paradise has flown
My mind plays tricks on me
You're everywhere I go You're everywhere I go
A love so wild and free
I wish I'd never known Wish I'd never known
Better to have loved
Than not have loved at all
Never knew how far I'd fall
Like the tide you've turned
Like the wind you've blown
Like a star you've burned
And turned to stone
I just closed my eyes
I woke alone
My bird of paradise has flown
It's a mystery will I ever know
Why my bird of paradise has flown?
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4. |
The Next One
03:34
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You’re a mystery I want to unravel
Get to the bottom of
To the dirt and the gravel
And when I've solved all the clues
And there’s nothing left of you
When no stone’s been left un turned
And all my bridges have been burned
I’ll go on waiting til the next one comes along
Yeah I’ll go on waiting til the next one comes along
It don’t matter that I kiss you
Like I mean it
Yeah I’ve heard about love
But I’ve never seen it
So why after all these years
Should she suddenly want to appear?
Can we just have a little fun
And then darling when we’re done
I can go back to waiting for the next one to come along
It's never been this hard
to leave someone behind
I’m the one who steals the hearts
but now you’ve stolen mine
Sorry I Just can’t let myself
And baby don’t you know there’ll always
be somebody else
Oh i’m gonna miss you when you go
You’re the closest thing to love
that I have ever known
But I’ll always be waiting til the next one comes along
I’ll always be waiting for the next one to come along
I’ll always be waiting for the next one
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5. |
Beautiful Game
03:25
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Like a runaway train you crashed right in
Smashed through the walls into my skin
And there’s pieces of you stuck deep inside
That I can’t get out though I’ve tried and I’ve tried
When I hear your name
Takes me right back there again
You’re just a piece of a star that landed in my world
And I was a player in your beautiful game
Yes I was a fool just a pawn to your king
You took my castle hell you took everything
Now you’re dancing in the desert with wolves and pretty girls
Blinding their eyes with sequins and curls
When I hear your name
Takes me right back there again
You’re just a piece of a star that landed in my world
And I was a player in your beautiful game
Oh its not right
Oh its not right
You don’t say what you mean you don’t mean
What you say like when you say oh baby it’s true
There’s nobody else no one like you
But there’s a girl like me in every town
Gets sucked in and spat right out
When I hear your name
Takes me right back there again
You’re just a piece of a star that landed in my world
And I was a player in your beautiful…
Oh when I hear your name
Takes me right back there again
You’re just a piece of a star that landed in my world
And I was a player in your beautiful game
I was a player in your beautiful game
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6. |
Home Down the Line
03:46
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When you're on the other end
That’s when I'm back home again
That old sea air fills my high rise room
Once more there's that refrain
And were floating down the lanes
We'll reach the very edge and look out at the blue
Bring me home with your sweet voice
Home. Home.
Bring me home with your sweet voice
Keep talking me, singing me home
Your melody rises and falls
I'm transported each time that you call
All the way home down the line
And when that line goes dead
I pull the covers over head
And dream of you til the next time
Bring me home with your sweet voice
Home. Home.
Bring me home with your sweet voice
Keep talking me, keep singing me home
Oh there's gonna come a day
When I'll hold you in my arms again
But baby until then
Won’t you bring me home with your sweet voice Home. Home. Bring me home with your sweet voice Keep talking me, singing me home
Keep talking me, singing me home
Keep talking me, singing me home
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7. |
Dragons in the Distance
03:58
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I dreamed of great adventures
When I was very small
Of solo quests for treasure chests
Alone I’d brave it all
The years crept up the fears crept in
I packed those dreams away
But you turned up and tipped them out
Into the light of day
So take my hand, let’s go.
Let’s set off into the great unknown
A two person army, we shall advance
The dragons in the distance,
They don’t stand a chance.
Against you and me my love,
They don’t stand a chance.
I’ll hold the thorny branch aside
While you cut out a path
Ever moving forward,
Never looking back
The glaring sun illuminates
Your raven hair and eyes
And in your face I see just where
The precious bounty lies
So take my hand, let’s go.
Let’s set off into the great unknown
A two person army, we shall advance
The dragons in the distance,
They don’t stand a chance.
‘Gainst you and me my love,
They don’t stand a chance.
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You’ve been turning, turning
Round in my head all day long
I’m tryin’, tryin’
To figure out what’s goin’ on
It’s them eyes. Them eyes
Looked so damn deep in my soul
& I’m wondrin’, wondering
How you got further than anyone’s got before
In the cold hard light of the day
When the magic of night has faded away
And the kisses you gave me on the dance hall floor
Have fallen now, got lost between the boards
I was on fire, now I feel like a fool
In the cold hard light of the day
You find gold, find gold
At the edge of the earth
Oh you gotta weigh it up
To see just what it’s worth
You said baby you’re such a romantic
I said no you just turn me on
I’ve been reliving these moments
One by glorious one
In the cold hard light of the day
When the magic of night has faded away
And the kisses you gave me on the dance hall floor
Have fallen now and got lost between the boards
I was on fire, now I feel like a fool
In the cold hard light of the day
I was on fire, now I feel like a fool
In the cold hard light of the day
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9. |
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A little more kindness
A little less creed
A little more giving
A little less greed
A little more smile
A little less frown
A little less kicking
A man when he’s down
A little more ‘we’
A little less ‘I’
A little more laugh
A little less cry
A little more flowers
On the path of life
Fewer on the graves
At the end of the strife
A little more Love
A little less hate
A little more thought
A little less waste
A little more sunshine
A little less rain
A little more seeing
The good in people again
A little more light
A little less dark
A little more together
A little less apart
A little more hope
A little less despair
A little shining light
That follows everywhere
A little more dreaming
A little less nightmare
A little more peace
A little less warfare
A little more tolerance
Love is love
A little redemption
For everyone of us
A little redemption
For everyone of us
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10. |
Goodnight Moon
03:23
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Goodnight moon, goodnight stars
Goodnight old broke down cars
I’m going away, I’m leaving soon
Goodnight darlin’
Goodnight moon
I don’t know where I’ll be
I don’t know if I’ll see
Out the window of my room
Shining down
Goodnight moon
Thank you babe I’m gonna miss you
When the night comes round
That’s when I long to kiss you
When the moon’s shining on the ground
Goodnight moon, goodnight stars
Goodnight old broke down cars
I’m going away, I’m leaving soon
Goodnight darlin’
Goodnight moon
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Danni Nicholls UK
Award nominated singer/songwriter.
“An artist with the elegance and imagination to restore
your faith in the visceral power of an original song”
Paul Sexton, BBC Radio 2 & freelance print/broadcast journalist
“I absolutely love the elegance and beauty of her music”
Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
“Smoky soul, folk-pop and heart-wrenching alt-country, all in a rich voice”
Q Magazine
“Sumptuous" UNCUT
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