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1. |
Oh Eve
04:24
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Oh Eve
Aine Minogue
Oh Eve, I have seen you evenings strolling on your way
Oh Eve, holding hands with strangers, anecdotes and tales
Have you chosen fruits to multiply?
Have you chosen fish to fry?
Oh Eve, on your way
Oh Eve, we have waited all the days
Oh Eve, mother cries and father prays
You seem the strangest girl as you walk on down the lane
You know you shouldn't wear your hair so loose when it makes a train
Oh Eve, Come on now, come on, sometimes a girl looks plain
Eve, on your way
Oh Eve, The women turned down by the rivers edge
Eve, drawing water for the childrens’ well
Could you tell me, the story of the time
when the Gods pledged love to you, and me, and all mankind
Eve, come back from the water's edge
Eve, All is Well. All is Well. All is Well
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2. |
Bad Pennies
02:30
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All the bad pennies, heads up, tails you loose
Turning upside down spinning away the blues
Your sisters would like to visit you
But you're busy with your bad penny blues
All the bad pennies circling and fall
And your eyes glaze over
A tear from one eye falls
One cheek is blue, the other is white
And the ghosts of your past carefully hidden from sight
All the bad pennies (are) rolling to rest
And the echo is eerily blessed
Your father's gone, your mother long passed
And we'll sing you a psalm
requiem for, a hidden past
Hmm, ah, hmm, ah
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3. |
Ghostly Love
04:07
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My ghostly love comes to me in deep of night
Wandering through crevices of mind, before morning light
Unexpected through memories of each room
In cellars of this castle in my deepest gloom
He's drawn the drawbridge far too soon
I feel desire run through my veins,
he climbs stairs with me
a handsome prince, and I a fool, I try in vain
little girl’s getting older now, And descending to despair ’s
not, for the faint of heart, or silent vow
CHORUS
Yet all harken to him
like a moth to the flame of our undoing
such penance for my sin
Oh my ghostly love, hmm
My ghostly love pulled the drawbridge tight
father left the castle long ago
He made a hasty flight,
mother’s waiting by the well; water long gone
"you’ld better make the best of it?,” she said
CHORUS
And all, harken to him
like a moth to the flame of my undoing
such ransom for our sin
Oh my ghostly love, hmm
My ghostly Love wanders these creaking doors, I hardly recognize his face,
still, I long all the more….
his ghostly gaze sends shivers down my spine
Ah, wouldn't I just love it if he were mine
But he'll never, ever, be…
CHORUS
And all, harken to him
like a moth to the flame of my undoing
such ransom for a sin
Oh my ghostly love, hmmm
Verse V
Oh grandma, he's the deepest eyes I've ever seen
“A wolf in sheep's clothing”
She said, “that’s the way they all first appear”
And, I've seen father come and go and we'll all melt in sunlight,
disappear before we can go…
OUTRO:
My phantom lover kissed me in the night
I'ld swear he was flesh and blood
Then he disappeared from sight…
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4. |
All About Eve
03:24
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Pass the torch before it's snatched
Don’t Count your chickens 'fore they hatched
working systematically , chop their heads off
one, two, three
Eliminate the competition
onward with the new rendition
CHORUS:
'cause it's all about Eve
It's all about Eve
Step into the spotlight And say pretty please
It’s all about Eve
All the elders looking on
Expectations, of an elevated song
They've been waiting years and years
For retaliation in the spheres
CHORUS
‘cause It's all about Eve
It's all about Eve
Work your way thru mud, sweat and tears
It's all about Eve
Auntie's waited overlong
to sing out a victory song
The poison pen is poised to flow
A nib that wounds sharper than any sword
CHORUS
‘cause It's all about Eve
It's all about Eve
Work your way thru mud, sweat and fears
It's all about Eve
Beware your mother’s dreams, my dear
No apple falls far from its tree
O Eve, O Eve….
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5. |
The Perfect Eve
03:13
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I saw shadows darken my halls
as the lovers danced on the beautiful white wall
For hours I stared from across a room
Until the darkness fell on the honeymoon
So, you want me to eat your pain
A perfect mirror for the shame
A perfect Eve to your Adam
A perfect key to lock your shadow
Yes, you would have me eat your pain/shame…
Yes, You would have me eat your pain
shattered shards in the mirror of that shame
The perfect Eve to your Adam
The perfect woman to fill that chasm
Yes, you would have me eat your pain
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6. |
Georgie
04:29
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Georgie’s’ waiting on the tides
Waiting on the signals of the sea
Off to Santa Ana’s rhythms
Aching for the trumpets
of his soul’s decree
Chorus:
And somehow it's all slipping away
His odyssey to Cal-a for nia
Mother told him Never stray
from the oceanside
Georgie wanders by the nighttime waves
When the moon is brightest
Don't you tell him where to go
His wings are broken
Yet that part feels the lightest
Chorus:
And somehow it's all slipping away
His odyssey to Cal-a-for-ni-a
Father told him Never Stray
From the oceanside
Georgie dances by the bonfire
when the fires are lighted
How his mind it
darts and glows
when the spark’s ignited
Chorus:
but it all flickers away
like morning embers
and his dreams are going astray
in a hazy light….
BRIDGE:
..where…Once he saw his face
in the still waters
Of the shallow waves
Georgie’s sifting thru the ashes
searching for the tempest in a lonely room
Georgie’s waiting for the Holy Book
to show him where to wander
to reach the Holy Fools
Chorus:
but it all flickers away
his odyssey to Cal-a-for-nia-a
Mother told him never stray
From the oceanside
Outro:
Georgie’s on the tide, he’s waiting on the tides
Georgie’s on the tide, he’s waiting on the tides…
Georgie, Georgie, Georgie, Georgie, Georgie
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7. |
Echo of Love
02:23
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The sea cliff married the lark
And we waited
For the song that sings the bird
in the echo, of love
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8. |
The Garden
05:38
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There’s a garden
In the town
There my love
He’s coming ‘round
In darkness still
He comes to me
And we are one,
In reverie
TRANSITION
Beloved One,
Beloved One hmmmmm…..
CHORUS:
And virtues flow
as muses rise
At dawn my love will come with gifts
and Seven Swans will fly
And landing swift
At water’s edge
We’ll take a boat
And make our pledge
TRANSITION Beloved One
Beloved One hmmmmm…..
There is a garden
In the town
Where apples grow
on sacred ground
There is a house
Near seven hills
My mother says
there shall I live
TRANSITION
Beloved One
Beloved One hmmmmm…..
CHORUS:
As (and) virtues flow
As muses rise
At dawn my love
will come with gifts
and Seven Swans* will fly
And landing swift
At water’s edge
We’ll take a boat
And make our pledge
TRANSITION:
Beloved One
Beloved One
Ah, ah, ah, ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
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9. |
Love's Sweet Refrain
02:44
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You think it’s over
You think your race is-run
When somewhere in the distance
An old melody is sung
Familiar in accord,
The words form on your lips
And before you know it
He’s right there with a kiss
CHORUS:
Sometimes it’s dissonant (sometimes it rains)
And yet it’s still the same
You can’t help but just sing along
to love’s old sweet refrain
You can’t help but just sing along
to love’s old sweet refrain
You say I’ve been a fool
Never - again
And up and on you go and do
the same thing - again
There’s that old refrain
how bitter sweet its sound
damned if I can help myself
when I hear love’s old sweet song
CHORUS
Sometimes its dissonant (sometimes it rains)
Yet it’s still the same
You can’t help but just sing along
To love’s old sweet refrain
Can’t help but just sing along
to love’s old sweet refrain
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10. |
Puppetmaster
04:32
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Showtime, baby, flip your switch
dangling arms and legs
the puppetmaster’s here
he says it’s time to dance
Showtime, baby, flip your switch
dangling arms and legs
the puppetmaster’s here
he says it’s time to dance
CHORUS
Dance on baby
One step at a time
And if I really do it well
They’ll never know
these steps aren’t mine
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Take five, baby, feeding time
Daddy’s got your sugar cubes
he’ll feed you line by line
Tell you what you want to hear
Whisper in your ear
’s right back on a chorus line
Dangling strings-of-fear
BRIDGE:
Delicately, delicately
CHORUS
Dance on baby
One step at a time
And if I really do it well
They’ll never know
these steps aren’t mine
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Showtime, baby, flip your switch
dangling arms and legs
the puppet master’s here
he says, it’s time to dance
Delicately, delicately
CHORUS
Dance on baby
One step at a time
And if I really do it well
They’ll never know
these steps aren’t mine
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
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I am looking for the face I had before the world was made
'ere stars were bright in the sky
Before my mother knew I was a glimmer in a foolish man's eye
The face I knew before the world was nigh. Who was I?
Before they cut me off and cast me aside
I am looking for the face I had before the world was made
Before the world was mine to share
Before I screamed defiance or muttered despair
Whose face was mine to mirror theirs
Bone to bone before the sword and the flare
I am looking for the face I had before the world was made
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12. |
Warrior or Healer
03:27
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The center breaks
yet on I go
Lay on the healer's hand
touch and go
Live to fight
beg to stay
And by some grace
I Live to fight another day.
CHORUS:
This warrior's sword
This healer's hand
I carve the wound
I thread the strand
Through grief, through shade
Both in honor stand
Warrior or healer,
My brother my band
Scalpel or sword drawn
my right or my left hand
CHORUS:
This warrior's sword
This healer's hand
I carve the wound
I thread the strand
Through grief, through shade
Both in honor stand
Warrior or healer,
My brother my band
Scalpel or sword drawn
my right or my left hand
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Áine Minogue Boston, Massachusetts
Born and raised in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland, Áine Minogue is an award-winning harpist, singer, arranger and
composer
She has fourteen solo albums and extensive soundtrack work to her credit.
Áine’s music, in varying styles - Celtic, World, Folk and Spiritual - has appeared on compilations for major and indie labels.
She has an MA in Performance from the University of Limerick.
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