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The Northern Girl
03:36
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The Northern Girl
Music and Lyrics © Kevin Morrow 2021
I remember the hippie in the Afghan coat
Standing in the drizzling rain
It’s quarter to four, I’m staring at the boat
Sailing into the dock and back again
So many times, I’ve tried to let it go
But those visions are burned in my soul
What did you do in the war Daddy?
Tell me which side you were on?
The one that put food in your mouth laddie
But they’ll never let you live it down
Hiding away, they’ll never find you now
Everybody you know has gone away
I’m drowning with my hopes backed up on the ropes
You know I can’t get out
My feet are burning in the sun
So hot it makes me wanna fly…
Up into the Northern Sky
Talking with the Northern Girl
All about the modern world
And everything that’s wrong with it
So many things you were taught in school were wrong
But it’s never too late to change your mind
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Truthache
04:01
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Truthache
Music and Lyrics © Kevin Morrow 2021
Let the unravelling begin
Now we can set about the healing
Unfix your gaze, look over at the ones
That have done the stealing
Now that you know
Where the truth lay all this time
Don’t bury it away
Your pain is truthache
But you can make it go away
Truthache…
But you can make it go away
Your pain is truthache
But you can make it go away
Your pain is truthache
All of your life
You’ve been told conflicting tales
And expected to believe them
Something wasn’t quite right
You found yourself stranded on the outside
For your refusal to believe in fairy tales
Truthache…
But you can make it go away
Your pain is truthache
But you can make it go away
Your pain is truthache
Sometimes the one you think is your enemy
Turns out to be your friend
Sometimes the one you think is your enemy
Turns out to be your friend
Truthache…
But you can make it go away
Your pain is truthache
But you can make it go away
Your pain is truthache
Truthache…
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3. |
Eileen
02:58
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Eileen
Music and Lyrics © Kevin Morrow 2021
Long, lazy Summers
Near the still lakes
Listening to the chatter of the corn crakes
Life is easy
Will you travel with me on my journey?
Through good or bad
You can count on me
Your dreams are my dreams
Eileen, Eileen
You know your father he may scorn me
When he sees the uniform that adorns me
His war may never be over
Eileen, Eileen
Eileen, Eileen
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4. |
Hiding In The Shadows
03:57
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Hiding In The Shadows
Music and Lyrics © Kevin Morrow 2021
All around
People having fun
Laughing and joking in the sunshine
With their loved ones
All I wanna do is get away
To a field with no-one around but the trees
So I can breathe again
Another day
Another sleepless night
Tomorrow I must learn to fake that smile
Fake that smile
Fake that smile
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding in the shadows
Can’t make no sense of this feeling I get
Everybody seems to be so upbeat
About these times that are killing me
But you say I must be
Looking in the wrong direction
Sometimes I wish I could swap my empathy
For your cold ambition
Another day
Another sleepless night
Tomorrow I must learn to fake that smile
Fake that smile
Fake that smile
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding in the shadows…
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5. |
Bell, Lee and Summerbee
03:03
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Bell, Lee and Summerbee
Music and Lyrics © Kevin Morrow 2021
Back in ‘82
My Daddy said ‘Son,
I’ve had enough of your drinking
And your rock n’ roll fun’
If that’s the way you want it
I’ll just grab my Winter coat
And head on down to London
Via the Liverpool boat
Whole life in my haversack
Stone promise
I’m never comin’ back
Say goodbye to Bell, Lee and Summerbee
I gotta go
It’s time that I must leave you
Long train comin’ down the track
I can’t look back
I’m going to catch the rainbow
Gave up all my vinyl to a buddy in a band
Most of them I bought brand new
But some were second hand
Sank a dozen beers up in the bar
Out near the docks
Full of good intentions
Chased by whiskey on the rocks
Who knows what the future holds
I’m standing on the cobbles
Staring at the yellow cranes
Say goodbye to Bell, Lee and Summerbee
I gotta go
It’s time that I must leave you
Long train comin’ down the track
I can’t look back
If I’m going to catch the rainbow
Red Ford abandoned down in Brady’s yard
Punk rockers brawlin’ in the cinema
Warm beer and smashed up guitars
Down the shore
Say goodbye to Bell, Lee and Summerbee
I gotta go
It’s time that I must leave you
Long train comin’ down the track
I can’t look back
I’m going to catch the rainbow
Say goodbye to Bell, Lee and Summerbee
I gotta go
It’s time that I must leave
Long train comin’ down the track
I can’t look back
I’m going to catch the rainbow
I'm going to catch the rainbow
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Kevin Morrow Dublin, Ireland
Kevin Morrow was raised four miles outside the city of Belfast in the coastal town of Holywood. His melody driven song
writing has evolved from playing blues, jazz, country, rock, pop and folk.
His songs are drawn from an infusion of musical styles encountered along the way.
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