Yvonne Breathnach

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Lyrics

Chains of Love A Ghost of what you had
Mother and Child How will he know
Loving and Free Dream on
Ships on the Sea Daddy
The House where I was born Stars in the Sky


Chains of Love

Music and Lyrics by Bob Van-Son and Maria Van-Son (Sinconjomat Publishing)

How on earth will you ever
Say what's there in your eyes
And reach the point of discussion
Where all the hope in me dies

You're standing there by the window
Looking out on the day
I'm sitting here with my head in my hands
Thinking I'm just in the way

There's an awful silence between us
And now it's making me cry
But the tears are kept there inside you
It's a big man thing - don't ask why

The chains of love are asunder
The tune is quietly played
The accusation is fading
I have to learn to be brave

Now we pick up the pieces
And God only know if we will
The end has finally caught us
The love is finally still

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A Ghost of what you had

Music and Lyrics by Bob Van-Son and Maria Van-Son (Sinconjomat Publishing)

Child with the new-born eyes
Simplicity applied
Don't you know that the rules have changed
Everything has been re-arranged
So prepare yourself to fight your corner

Wild as the stormy seas
Bowed as the coastal trees
Open handed you may have been
Welcomed everyone sight unseen
And a trusting nature makes it harder

High in the sonic blue
Clouds of a different hue
Come between you and what you know
Clear a path on the earth below
When it seems that you have gone the wrong way

After a weary day
Nothing you seem to say
Justifies what you have to do
Makes it easy to see the truth
That by now you cannot go your own way

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Mother and Child

Music and Lyrics by P. Grant and P. Foskin (Granville Music)

I have seen her in the laughter and the loneliest of times
She is there before and after in the mother and the child
And for my part I've felt her heart beat in my mind

She is there in every season every feeling I have felt
She is each and every reason a beginning and an end
And in my soul I've always known her as a friend

And it seems to me that I have seen
Her face in every page I ever wrote
I even dream I hear her voice
In every word and every note
And all along in every song
I'm reaching for her hand to take me home
Take me home

We have seen ourselves as children, we were ageless in our youth
We have been forevers minions we are timeless, we are true
What we hold was never old and never new

Like a mystery in twilight when there's little there to see
Or a symphony in silence she is simple and complete
Hand in hand I understand and I believe

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How will he Know

Music and Lyrics by Bob Van-Son and Maria Van-Son (Sinconjomat Publishing)

How will he know, how will he know
He hasn't ears that can hear when I cry
A mothers tears, can't make him whole
No happy ending however I try

But lately as pearls of happiness accrue
He shines through, forever
Le Petit boufand du bon Dieu

There's none so blind, so far away
No recognition when eye looks to eye
Yesterdays joys, are gone today
No recollection no need to reply

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Loving and Free

Music and Lyrics by Kiki Dee (Rocket Records)

Bound, I am bound, like a knot on a string
Eager to be where my life can begin
Out of the shadow and into the sun
So many things that I should have done

I will untangle myself, so that I can see
I will untangle myself, everything will be
Loving and free

Bound I am bound, like a rope on a swing
Up in the air and then down again
Sure for the first time so clear in my mind
Wise to the feeling I gently unwind

Bound I am bound, ro remember your smile
Something so special doesn't fade away
Sadness is sweet when you've gone for a while
When I see you there'll be a lot to say

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Dream On

Music and Lyrics by P. Grant (Ringville Music)

Watching you sleeping at night so peacefully there in your bed
I'm wondering what are the dreams and schemes
Going on inside your head
Do you float on the clouds with the moon for your light
Or ride on the back of an eagle in flight
Sleep on let your dreams take you high in the sky
Let the world pass you by tonight

Dream on little dreamer dream while you can
One day you'll wake up and you'll be a man
You're still just a child your spirit is free
Dream on, dream on for me

Tomorrow awaits and once more you'll wake to the new morning light
You'll have forgotten the places you've been
The world that you've seen in the night
Try to remember try not to forget
The real world is hard and you're not ready yet
Dream on while you're dreaming I'll always be near
There's nothing to fear tonight

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Ships on the Sea

Music and Lyrics by P. Grant (Ringville Music)

We walk these endless paths together hand in hand
The places only known to you and I
There we'd sit for hours and dream of times to come
Just let our cares and troubles pass us by
When we were together there was magic in the air
We knew the rules but we didn't really care

We were ships on the sea, we were young we were free
And however bad the storm we always knew
One day we'd live to see our dreams come true

Together we had everything we knew the world could give
We tried to play the part as lovers should
Hard as we tried not to, sometimes we'd drift apart
But no matter how we tried we never could
We were young and innocent to share our lives we dreamed
The world was for the taking at least that's how it seemed

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Daddy

Music and Lyrics by Bob Van-Son and Maria Van-Son (Sinconjomat Publishing)

I walked down your street just this morning
I thought I saw lights in the hall
Then I opened my eyes and remembered because
There was only a half pulled down wall

It's funny how memory gets you
How narrow a furrow you plough
If you hadn't gone when you did where would we be
Oh daddy, I'm missing you now

Shifting sands, take my hand
Where were you, when you were needed
Oh daddy I'm missing you now

I thought I had finished with crying
You see I'm not a child anymore
But my own children hold ever so tightly to me
And I don't know who needs it the more

You worked all your life and got nothing
You worked in the cold you were blue
You fought against hardship and bullies and blackguards
Oh daddy I'd fight them for you

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The House where I was born

Music and Lyrics by P. Grant (Ringville Music)

Sun shines bright through cobweb leaves
Casting a light on the torn eaves
Window flaps in the summer breeze
On a bright clear summer morn
Reflecting back when I was young
To the kitchen where the rafters rang
'Twas many a fine old song was sang
In the house where I was born

Built with clay and rugged stone
With Thatchers' reed its roof was sown
Though fallen now, it's still my home
Like a rose among the thorns
The limestone floor where first I crept
The windy loft where first I slept
Memories of the day I left
The house where I was born

Leaving wasn't easy on that day so long ago
Pack your bags and leave it all
Answering a far off call
And a promise made, to soon return again

I still could hear the music play
As we danced until the light of day
But tomorrow I will go away
And my heart is full of woe
Standing by the old half door
As I left to seek a foreign shore
Wondering if I'd see once more
The house where I was born

Round the hearth when nights were cold
Crickets sang while tales were told
Of far off lands and days of old
Till the clock would ring his warning
As a child I'd sometimes sit and glance
At the bellows wheel I'd wait my chance
To watch the flames appear and dance
In the house where I was born

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Stars in the Sky

Music and Lyrics by P. Grant (Ringville Music)

Children see stars in the sky and smile
And they wonder and wish when one falls
And sometimes their wishes come true
And I like a child in the night I'm here waiting
A new star to fall from the Heavens
And my only wish is for you

Lovers sail on the ocean of love
For each one a start up above
Guilding them safe on their way
And I, search for that star in the night
That sometime will shine there so bright
To bring my love safe home to stay

Each night I dream of only you
To hear your voice again, to feel your touch
It breaks my heart each day that we're apart
Right now I'm missing you so much

Sometimes it feels like you're beside me, once again
I reach to touch your face, you're there no more
The pain and the fears
The heartbreak the tears
And the silence, after you walked out the door

Children see stars in the sky and smile
And they wonder and wish when one falls
And sometimes their wishes come true
And I like a child in the night I'm here waiting
A new star to fall from the Heavens
And my only wish is for you

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