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Travelling Salesman
03:29
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As I roam through this land with guitar and case in hand
There's a place that I dwell I return there when I can
But it’s hard to get home, all these highways all these roads
Join the dots, make it work, little doggie chase the bone
And I play and I sing
To the people I bring
I’ve got the traveling salesman problem everywhere I go
I go from A to B but never quite end up at home
With you
At home with you
Get up late, hit the road, as I head out far from home
Make a stop, grab some food, but the morning seems so rude
Take your time, hurry up, set up, play and then pack up
All the time in the world, but no time to just catch up
And I meet such nice folk
Then I say goodbye again
I’ve got the traveling salesman problem everywhere I go
I go from A to B but never quite end up at home
With you
At home with you
At home with you
At home with you
And oh the lonely days
And oh the lonesome nights
And oh the lonely days
And oh those lonesome nights
I’ve got the traveling salesman problem everywhere I go
I go from A to B but never quite end up at home
I’ve got the traveling salesman problem everywhere I go
I go from A to B but never quite end up at home
No I never quite end up at home
No I never quite end up at home
With you
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An Island
02:38
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When I look at you I see an island,
Waiting in the dawn before the light
When I look at you, I see my own self
Searching for a place to alight
When I look at you I see a white dove
Searching for a way to take flight
When I look at me I see a miner
Working day and night towards the light
There’s a place you and I can be
Hovering in the clouds above the sea
Floating in a place where only hope lives
Waiting for a place too far to see
When I look at you I see a postcard
Marking all the those days I spent with you
When I look at you I see you smiling
Waiting for the day I’m back with you
When I look at you I see myself
With a handful of pretty petals for your shelf
Hoping for a time when we can be alone
Hoping for a moment of your breath
Hoping for a chance to get to know you
Hoping for a moment of your breath
Hoping for a moment of your breath
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Without You
03:09
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I don’t know what to do
I don’t know where to go
Without you by my side
Without you day and night
Without you
I don’t know what to say
I don’t know which game to play
Without you by my side
Without you day and night
Now I’ve searched and I’ve tried, but I was way too blind
Now I’ll spend my life, trying to get back our time
Time without you
I’ll never find a better life
I’ll always be denied
Without you by my side
Without you day and night
‘Cos I’ve searched and I’ve tried, but I was way too blind
Now I’ll spend my life, trying to get back our time
Without you my eyes turn dark, my skin to grey
I clung to you, like the thoughts in my head
Now I’ve searched and I’ve tried, but I was way too blind
Now I’ll spend my life, trying to get back our time
I’ve searched and I’ve tried, but I was way too blind
Now I’ll spend my life, trying to get back our time
Time without you
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House on a Hill
03:58
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A young boy is sitting up on a log
And his father is cutting wood in the fog
And he knows it’s for winter, to keep the fire strong
There's a song in his heart, he'll sing loud and long
And a woman is gardening, she’s pulling up weeds
With the things that she grows, her family she feeds
And she knows that she won't need to garden too long
And the things that she grows, they'll grow tall and strong
A house on a hill is yet standing there still
Though the people who lived there have lived up their fill
And they know though they can’t visit it any more
It will stand there forever in their sacred halls
And a child in the nighttime is there at the door
She was scared in the dark by the monsters she saw
And although she can’t know it, she’ll soon dry her tears
And she’ll comfort her daughter when she has the same fears
And a old man is sitting in his armchair
With a book and a glass and a shock of white hair
And he knows that he's earned it, this place in the sun
And the time that he has, has now just begun
A house on a hill is yet standing there still
Though the people who lived there have lived up their fill
And they know though they can’t visit it any more
It will stand there forever in their sacred halls
And the young folk play, in the fields of their minds
And they run far and fast, and their will is divine
And they give us our meaning as we give them their lives
And they carry our clocks as they stand still in time
Oh stand still in time
A house on a hill is yet standing there still
Though the people who lived there have lived up their fill
And they know though they can’t visit it any more
It will stand there forever in their sacred halls
A house on a hill (house on a hill) is yet standing there still (standing there still)
Though the people who lived there (people who lived there) have lived up their fill (lived up their fill)
And they know (they know) though they can’t (they can’t) visit it any more (visit no more)
It will stand there forever (stand there forever) in their sacred halls (in their sacred halls)
A house on a hill (house on a hill) is yet standing there still (standing there still)
Though the people who lived there (people who lived there) have lived up their fill (lived up their fill)
And they know (they know) though they can’t (they can’t) visit it any more (visit no more)
It will stand there forever (stand there forever) in their sacred halls (in their sacred halls)
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Here to Stay
05:00
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How can I feel this way about you?
I’ve only just met you, I don’t even know you
But I feel better about you every day
There’s no infatuation and I hope it stays that way
Ah, hope it stays that way
How can I feel this way about you?
I’ve only just met you, I don’t even know you
But I feel better about you every day
There’s no infatuation and I hope it stays that way
So I’m gonna keep on holding on
I’m gonna keep this feeling going strong
And feel it while it’s here and here today
Hoping that it’s here and here to stay
That it’s here to stay
Here, here to stay
Here to stay yeh
Here, here to stay
Hey yeh
Writing about love, it’s good as fighting about love
It’s either there or it’s not
We relate more like a revelation
A song being written every day
So I’m gonna keep on holding on
I’m gonna keep this feeling going strong
And feel it while it’s here and here today
Hoping that it’s here and here to stay
I’m gonna keep on holding on (ah)
I’m gonna keep this feeling going strong
Feel it while it’s here and here today
Hoping that it’s here and here to stay
That it’s here to stay oh yeh
Here, here to stay (hey yeh)
Here, here to stay (oh yeh)
Here, here to stay (ah yeh)
Here, here to stay (hey yeh)
Here, here to stay (oh yeh ah)
Here, here to stay (ah)
Here, here to stay (here to stay)
Here, here to stay (ah yeh)
Here, here to stay (ah yeh)
Here, here to stay (whoa yeh)
Here, here to stay
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A house on a hill (house on a hill) is yet standing there still (standing there still)
Though the people who lived there (people who lived there) have lived up their fill (lived up their fill)
And they know (they know) though they can’t (they can’t) visit it any more (visit no more)
It will stand there forever (stand there forever) in their sacred halls (in their sacred halls)
A house on a hill (house on a hill) is yet standing there still (standing there still)
Though the people who lived there (people who lived there) have lived up their fill (lived up their fill)
And they know (they know) though they can’t (they can’t) visit it any more (visit no more)
It will stand there forever (stand there forever) in their sacred halls (in their sacred halls)
A house on a hill (house on a hill) is yet standing there still (standing there still)
Though the people who lived there (people who lived there) have lived up their fill (lived up their fill)
And they know (they know) though they can’t (they can’t) visit it any more (visit no more)
It will stand there forever (stand there forever) in their sacred halls (in their sacred halls)
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Simon Hudson Melbourne, Australia
Simon Hudson's highly original music weaves a captivating blend of roots, folk & Latin. Based in Melbourne Australia with great original songs & infectious live energy, he’s wowed countless audiences across Europe, Latin America and Australia. "Earthman is a wonderfully-made album ... soul, pop & world music” - Polyprisma ... more
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