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The Sea Refuses No River

by Dave Bradley

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1.
The Long Sands 04:02
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There's light reflected in their eyes It rarely comes as no surprise You watch the waves on higher tides And feel the fear, don't take a ride I'm ready And, I'm radiating Watch me turn the tide Well, I'm ready, I need no translating Watch me turn the tide You know I'm ready? Hell, there's no stagnating Watch me turn the tide
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In Deep Water 04:32
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Seems to me that the fakers Are the ones who want to make it And they don't care, 'cause they are hanging on The chances are they'll take it Leaving nothing for your favours But they don't care, 'cause they are moving on They haven't got the questions But find out there's no answer They take a chance and break through all that's strong They turn around and watch you When you're hiding they can see you They don't believe in anything they did wrong I never had the patience When nothing solves the problem But I don't care, 'cause I am staying strong Don't tell me what you want to hear Don't say that it's a secret Just sweep it up and make believe you're wrong Well that's a loaded question Empty out your answer Now take your time and I will follow on Don't turn around and watch me I'm hiding can't you see it I know you think the battle's nearly won And after all is said and done When we find the answer never comes And after that if we find we're trapped Then you will find we're not the only ones
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Give my Love to the Waves 03:17
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Give my love, to the waves Send me home, on a wind that saves If I ride the sea, or sail away Will you carry me back, home again? Give my time, to the pain If I miss you, would you sail with me again? Give my love, to the water Then I can find my way back to where I ought to be You will know me Call me by name Know how much I fear It's always the same I'm floating in the wake of trouble. I wish you wary on your way Send my love to the waves, get me out of this trouble, or sail me to Hell all the way Give my love, to the waves Send me home, on a wind that saves Floating in the wake of trouble I wish you wary on your way I wish you on the waves out of trouble Don't sail me to Hell, at least not today
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Lost to the Weather 04:36
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Lost to the weather on a dark and stormy night I'm searching for you But you've already taken flight I'm lost in translation Nothing feels quite right Your secrets are safe in the shadows Hidden well out of sight But, I feel, I feel unprotected Like you feel, when you're rejected The time is now for plans of acceptance Can't hold your hand, I feel so helpless Now I know why. I understand their offensive I'm lost to the weather, windburnt and colder Half frozen to death, and another year older I'd be lost to the weather If they capture you now... Coming into the station On a cold and foggy night Their agents are waiting Their fortunes they feel are quite right But, they're lost in translation Into shadows you will take flight Defective and chasing Catch up with you, well I just might Your message comes through All bridges are crossed I see you caught in the headlights As the sniper takes his best shot You're lost to the weather, windburnt and colder Now frozen to death, not another year older And I'm lost to the weather As they captured you...
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Prevailing Wind 03:55
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Reading between the lines Sketching the fever of a swollen tide The endless meaning of a mindful time Picking up the stones of the smoothest kind And then it begins Beyond the veil of original sin Reaching out to sea Carried on a prevailing wind And so you have your say That the proof's the truth in its own sweet way The bluest blue carries you away Back to where you grow And so it begins Beyond the pale, you're taken in Dream of the sea and foreign shores on a prevailing wind You didn't see the signs Painting a picture of another time Drawing deeply from a tainted vine Kicking up the dust on The Poppy Line And so it begins Beyond an age of original sin Setting out to sea Carried on a prevailing wind
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Swallows 02:41
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Sail Me Back to Uhuh Town 03:37
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Take me down to the river Take me all the way out to sea Chill my heart with the spindrift Sail the memories home to me Take a look at the questions At the questions you have found Catch a wave without harbour Where the truth is surely drowned Yet you know how I wonder If the truth will be concealed In the safety of that harbour That's the time when all's revealed Sail me back to Uh-huh Town Sail me back for free Shake the water from the prow Sail me back for free Take me down to the river Take me all the way out to sea Chill my heart with the spindrift Sail the memories home to me Take me to the lost & found Sail me back to where I'm bound Take me to the lost & found Sail me back to where I'm bound Take me to the lost & found Sail me back to where I'm bound Take me to the lost & found Sail me back to where I'm bound Take me to the lost & found Sail me back to where I'm bound Take me to the lost & found Sail me back to where I'm bound Hey, hey, hey Sail me back, sail me back Sail me back to Uh-huh Town Sail me back, sail me back Take me down to the river Take me all the way out to sea
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Grace 03:58
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You were born by the castle on the sand Although a child of the land your father lit the way For every passing sail, and every steamer grand But your life didn't go quite as you planned Though your end was not at sea Oh Grace. You darling of the waves Won't you come and save us from the peril of the seas Oh Grace. You darling of the brave Now that you have saved us, won't you stay with me A ship was wrecked in '38 on rocks that flanked the isle, Despite the light Your father gave, and though little more than a child You rowed across the waters bleak To bring those souls to land But all the fame you didn't seek Couldn't save you from the sand The night was black when you returned to the castle on the sand And all the life you ever lacked consumed in your last stand At 26 you're laid to rest, sea fret upon a distant deck The light reflected in the eyes of souls you saved from Longstone's distant wreck
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Who is Fooling Who? 04:47
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Who is really fooling who, when the chips are down and you head for town? Don't recognise the games you play are just wasting time and they're pulling me down? So, who is really fooling you, when your dreams are broken and your pockets empty? Won't you ever realise that this time you waste is not a time of plenty? Are you saying nothing now, 'cause no words can right your sorry fable? Are you never gonna turn around, 'cause although you lost there's always one more table Won't you ever realise, that you fool yourself with your guilty pleasure? Maybe when you come on home you'll unlock the door, find your only treasure Who is really fooling who, when the chips are down and you head for town? Don't you recognise the pain, the waste of time it's still just pulling me down? Who is really fooling you, when the dreams you stole are running on empty? Won't you ever realise that this time you waste is not a time of plenty? Are you saying nothing now, 'cause no words can right your sorry fable? Are you never gonna turn around, although you lost yourself there's always one more table And, won't you ever realise, that you fool yourself with that guilty pleasure? Maybe when you come on home, babe you'll lock the door, find your only treasure Are you saying nothing now, 'cause no words can write your sorry fable? Are you never gonna turn around, although you lost yourself there's always one more table And, won't you ever realise, that you fool yourself with that guilty pleasure? Maybe when you come on home you'll unlock the door, find your only treasure Who is really fooling who, when the chips are down but you're back from town?
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The Last Witch Hunt 03:57
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The Sea Refuses No River 03:15
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Just as all rivers will flow to the sea, So forgiveness must come easily Though your hands are tied today, You'll be hand in hand tomorrow That's got to come easily, In simpler times it seems you're like the river, Well that must flow easily Won't it feel the way it feels to a stranger by the water You forgive her anything, You can give her everything The sea refuses no river, they all flow easily, they flow because they're free The sea to the river like a stranger must seem If you really can’t forgive her then it won't come easily, you know it don't come easily Just as all rivers will flow to the sea, so forgiveness must come easily Though you wash your hands today, you'll praying for tomorrow That won't come easily, you know it won't come easily The sea seems like a stranger to me, no river sets me free, that don't feel good to me

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released May 22, 2018

Words, music, arrangements, production by David Bradley.

All vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, synths and percussion by David Bradley; except where stated.

With thanks to Klaus Tropp for da funky drumming on "Deep Water" and "Witch Hunt", Beth for backing vocals on "Waves", Matt for rousing the crowds at C5 gigs, and Mrs Sciencebase for being.

Special thanks to Clive-Upon-Sea for inspiration and order and to C5 for putative performances of my songs.

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Guitarist, singer-songwriter. Acoustic and electric indie pop and rock originals.

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