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Sundrowned

by Friends

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1.
Foreign Money 03:26
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Took a look around your room But I can’t see a space on the floor Where am I supposed to sleep ‘Cause I can’t stay awake any more? Only known you half an evening Give me rest and I’ll be feeling fine Destination far away And it’s only a matter of time All your famous honesty Makes it harder to tell you a lie Rather be your friend than lover Can’t we sort this out some other time? Would I give you foreign money? Would I send you empty letters? Would I give you dying flowers now? Would I give you foreign money? Would I send you empty letters? Would I give you dying flowers now? Would I give you foreign money? Would I send you empty letters? Would I give you dying flowers now? Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Will You Write? 03:07
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Will you write when you’ve gone? Will you write before too long? I’ll listen to your distant voice come through the words Sit in silence and imagine I have heard Write and tell me when You’re coming back again I’ll just pretend to kiss you I know I’m going to miss you when you’ve gone When you’ve gone Will you write when you’ve gone? Will you write and prove me wrong? I’ll save up all your letters for a dreary day Open them together, keep the world away I think I’ve gone too far But tell me how you are I know I’ve only met you And so I’m going to bet that you won’t write Will you write? Running through the empty streets my mind’s on you Monday morning every week I wait for news Tell me soon The postman could be late I’ll sit around and wait I’m staring at your picture I said that I would miss you when you’d gone When you’ve gone Will you write when you’ve gone? Will you write, it’s been so long Must have been a thousand times I’ve said your name Send a letter telling me you feel the same Dragging through the days I want to hear you say I’m coming back this weekend So tell me where we’ll meet when you next write When you write Will you write? Will you write? Will you write? Will you write? Will you write? Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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That Faraway Look 03:08
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Can you see a cloud in the sky? Can you feel the rain in the green trees? Slowly realising that I could be anywhere And I’d rather be here Searching for a time and a place Learning how to speak without dead words Turn around to look in your face and suddenly see That I’m here on my own Only alone You’ve got that faraway look in your eyes again It’s never really telling me anything You’ve got that faraway look in your eyes again And are you going to let me know what you’ve seen? Silently delirious then Quietly oblivious now Are we getting close to the time when anything real Starts slipping away? You’ve got that faraway look in your eyes again You seem to be a million miles away You’ve got that faraway look in your eyes again And hardly even hearing a word I say We’ll walk along the waterway Until we see the sea And don’t look at the time again Until it’s time to tell me truly You’ve got that faraway look in your eyes again The future in my picture will never come You’ve got that faraway look in your eyes again The time we have together is nearly gone You’ve got that faraway look in your eyes again I’m living for the memories in between You’ve got that faraway look in your eyes again And now I’m getting frightened of what I’ve seen Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Coming Out Of Winter 03:17
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The ice breaks and frozen rivers flow The light shakes the water from the snow Darkness dies, lift the covers off the sky The sun bursts the clouds and shines below Awakened from months of lying cold Go naked, grown young from growing old Open wide, shake the tiredness from your eyes The same way a thousand years ago Coming out of winter Running into spring and burning summer Finally beginning Living every minute just another day and a day And a day Feelings fly, reach your hands out to the sky And being here’s the first time every time Coming out of winter Running into spring and burning summer Finally beginning Living every minute just another Every year we wonder whether This time will it be for ever Longing for a never-ending Coming out of winter Waking up at midnight and it’s over Going into summer Living just to see the seasons turning round And around and around and around And again and again and again The ice breaks and frozen rivers flow Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Asia Baby 03:13
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Brown skin I’ll make your life begin Half mine Wait a half lifetime Sacred child Under ancient sky And I pray I pray Make a daughter or son be my Asia baby Asia baby Still air Hear your heart somewhere Soft heat Feel a soft heartbeat Born into Forever warm and blue And I longed so long And now all that is me is you Whole world in your eyes when you’re waking One hope in the voice softly saying Asia baby Asia baby Asia baby Asia baby Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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That's The One 03:51
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Believe me, I’m happier than I have been for a while And even if I very rarely smile Appearances can lie Remember the many ways you thought I was alright Forget about the things you didn’t like You never know, you might Sorry but I won’t apologise Here’s the rain and here’s the sun Catch the day and that’s the one Birds can fly and cats can run Clear blue sky, yeah that’s the one I’m sorry, I know I haven’t written for an age I haven’t had an awful lot to say I’ll be in touch one day “Here I am in 1993 This is what I feel and what I see” Here’s the rain and here’s the sun Catch the day and that’s the one Birds can fly and cats can run Clear blue sky, yeah that’s the one Here’s the rain and here’s the sun Catch the day and that’s the one Birds can fly and cats can run All-time high, yeah that’s the one Where I’ll go and where I’ve gone Come with me, yeah that’s the one What I’ll do and what I’ve done Here’s a dream, yeah that’s the one Hang around and here’s a song Hit that drum, yeah that’s the one Can’t wear that, I’m much too young One more time, and that’s the one Someone’s friend and someone’s son Just one life yeah that’s the one Love will go and love will come Where’s my kiss? Yeah that’s the one Where’s my kiss? Yeah that’s the one Where’s my kiss? Yeah that’s the one That’s the one That’s the one Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Sex Drive 04:12
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I’m getting not enough fun and too much pain Not enough sun and too much rain Nothing to say and too much talk And now it’s not enough play and too much work Get that bloody tune out of my head Now there’s a body to please that’s aching still A belly to feed and a mouth to fill The hunger of years to satisfy You know it’s raining out here, can I come inside? Beat that jungle rhythm in my face I’m going to go on a sex drive I want to go on a joy ride Take me round the hidden corners Wake me in the morning if I’m here Bye bye love, hello strawberry queen Give me red wine, have a good time Sky above and a bare body dream In the sunshine, now I feel fine You know it’s better with three what two can do If you’re coming with me can she come too? Get away in your bed from the daily grind If you go on ahead I’ll be right behind Let’s play every party game you know I’m going to go on a sex drive I want to see all the bright lights Teach me all the secret pleasures When it comes don’t ever let it end I want to fly to the high life I’m going down on the dark side Don’t look now, I’ll see you later Call if you can’t wait another day Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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To Sleep Without Dreaming 05:49
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Take me to the edge of sleep Wake me when I’ve swum as deep as I can fall Seven hours in emptiness Heaven is the gentleness of nevermore Oh here it comes again Slowly woken by the sun Only know the day’s begun when clouds appear Dreamworld that will last all day Feelings I can’t shake away till evening’s come Oh let it go again Oh let it go again Each night I long To sleep without dreaming Peace where I’ve gone As deep as I’m breathing And again, and again Lying in oblivion Blind and don’t know where I’ve gone till I return Trust escaping dreams to make Just one day without the waking afterburn Oh let it come again Oh let it come again Each night I long To sleep without dreaming Peace where I’ve gone As deep as I’m breathing Float out to sea To sleep without dreaming Oh make me free To be without feeling For ever, for ever For ever, for ever Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
9.
Almost There 04:38
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Down in the darkest days Down the hardest way, full of fear All my sincerity My integrity disappeared Don’t ask me why I’d kissed the world goodbye But never meant to say it until I’d gone I can survive I’ll keep my hopes alive And never let them go till I can’t go on Rescued out of desperation Get back to your inspiration All your friends will still be waiting Man you’re almost there Lost in an open space A deserted place for evermore There in the cold outside Feeling paralysed, someone called Nowhere to hide So reach down deep inside There’s nothing left to lose when you’ve nothing more Back to the start You’ve torn yourself apart So pull together all that you had before Keep on running till it’s over Don’t look back until you get there Straight on down the open road And man you’re almost there Out there on the horizon All that I know is that the sun will rise again Somewhere out in the moonlight All that I know is that the bitter night will end Rescued out of desperation Get back to your inspiration All your friends will still be waiting Man you’re almost there Keep on running till it’s over Don’t look back until you get there Straight on down the open road And man you’re almost there Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
10.
Get Together 07:12
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Come today From near and far away Journeying hard From wherever you are It’s close now It can’t be long Though it’s years too soon That our hero will be gone “Come to me” (who says?) “Come to me” (who’s there?) Is all that he hears A call from the dark outside Yeah yeah yeah We’ve all been there All known grief But nothing like this It’s the end of time And after it there’ll be nothing, nothing, nothing Emptiness fills us, drowns us “Come to me” (who says?) “Come to me” (who’s there?) Hang on, hang in there One day, one day more then one more day Get together, get together No no Don’t go yet Be there at the end Family and friends For the only man With no enemies in the world It’s time, his time And time for us all to be there “Come to me” (who says?) “Come to me” (who’s there?) The call goes round The word goes round Get together, get together Get together, get together Get together whenever it comes Get together whenever it comes Get together, get together Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
11.
Santo Spirito 01:15
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Santo Spirito Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
12.
Different Ways 03:50
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Come along and talk to me I’ll listen to your words of wisdom Tell me what I ought to see Then try to hear my atheism Ask a different question if you Want to hear a different answer Let’s agree to disagree I can’t get into your religion now I realise your faith is true I feel the strength of your conviction I don’t intend to ridicule So have respect for my position I never would do anything as Foolish as to ask for proof so Don’t try to convert me to The miracles of blinding vision now Wouldn’t it be comforting Wouldn’t it be something if it was true If I saw You? I could give up all control Unlearn all I think I know But truly we’re all on our own I’d rather face the emptiness alone Living without sympathy Who will hear my true confession? Different ways of dignity I don’t say mine is any better All that goes between us is a Total lack of understanding Even now we might as well be Speaking in another language here Come along and talk to me I’d rather unbelieve than never know Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Straw Hat 02:51
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Down the lanes I used to roam Past the lilies on the water Where the evening breezes blow Orange grove and apple orchard Never dreamed I’d dream of you today Naked in the yellow fields Bathing in the summer thunder Chase behind the tractor’s wheels Beaten tracks in bare feet running Traces of the games we used to play Didn’t know they’d still be there today And in a straw hat I’m going to lie down And in a haystack I’ll spend an afternoon And in a straw hat I’ll let the time go I’m going to lie back and watch the cold stream flow Endless summer afternoons Juniper and lilac blossom Girl her name I never knew Only face I’ve not forgotten How do I remember you today? Sleeping in the long grass where we lay And in a straw hat and in a farmyard I’ll watch a brown cat chasing butterflies And in a straw hat and in the sunshine I’m going to lie back and let the days go by Running by the burning corn Down the endless days of August Chase the light until it’s gone Warmest days are getting shorter These’ll be my memories A lifetime still in front of me Never need to search for you again And in a straw hat along the hillside And in the long grass I’m looking worldwide Until I come back and in a long time I’ll leave a straw hat I will return to find I’ll wear a straw hat all of my life And eating brown bread and drinking red wine And on a bare rock I’m going to climb high And throw a straw hat into the bright blue sky Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Is That All? 03:50
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I was born and grew old Safely warm, naked cold Catch the leaves as they fall Is that all? Where he lived let him stay Seasons give and take away Hear the voice softly call Is that all? Autumn to autumn Warm rain and shaded evening Long days are over Blossom will never fall again Freeze into winter More years than I’ve forgotten Dream of your children Roses will never grow again There it ends where begun Someone’s friend, someone’s son Dust to dust, ashes fall Is that all? Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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It Runs In The Family 03:20
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Every time I see a picture of you I wonder Who’s that child, and then I discover the clue And watch you do the foolish things that you do The same mistakes I made too Discovered shining and new I can’t believe that it’s So, let yourself go As long as you know You’ll always be one of the family Hey, take it away Live for the day You know that it runs in the family You and I could get on perfectly well if only You dropped that guy, you know he’s the boyfriend from hell And show me how, if your ancient parents allow Do you live independently now You always used to be proud But come home sooner than Then, never again Even your friends Say that it runs in the family Now, sort yourself out The louder you shout The more it’s undoubtedly something to Hear what’s new, the one that you hated at school They say that he’s mad about you If only he knew what we knew An uncool fool Is that this as bad as it gets? Tell me honestly God no, you haven’t seen anything yet because Hell, do it yourself It’s good for your health My relative wealth is the proof of it Then do it again Tell yourself when It’s only a ten to one chance you’ve been Had, happy or sad You can’t be all bad I know you’re as mad as the wind and the See what happened to me What else could it be? So make yourself one of the family now Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Safe Journey 05:35
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Father of an island where in life he longed to be His final wish was bury me at sea Waiting at the harbour for the turning of the tide By morning he’ll have sailed far out of sight Lined along the seashore, much too many tears to hide The village waits to say the last goodbye Lost without an anchor, no survivors ever found I’m wrecked or am I only run aground And we gaze, the ocean’s our view Through the haze, he’s sundrowned in blue Climb through the waves till the wind fills the sails Ride to the grave, cover over the trail And no more tomorrow, no more tomorrow No more today Shall we reach the end of the day? Have we seen the end of an age? Climb through the waves till the wind fills the sails Ride to the grave, never follow the trail And no more tomorrow, no more tomorrow No more today Light slowly fades till the flames fill the sky Bright as the day till the waves kill the fire And no more tomorrow, no more tomorrow No more today Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd

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released June 27, 2011

William Jones: voice, acoustic, electric, acoustic 12-string & Spanish guitar, keyboards
Jane Stimpson: trumpet
Rick Taylor: trombone
Andrew Price: violin
Louise Vale: violin
Mike Dale: viola
Jonathan Price: cello
Richard Buckton: electric & acoustic guitar
Jon Kirby: keyboards
Keith Peberdy: bass
Martin Parker: drums, percussion

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