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River Flows
05:04
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HOW THE RIVER FLOWS
20 YEARS HAVE GONE NOW SINCE I LET YOU GO
STRIDING THROUGH THE GRASS, WORN OUT SANDALS
BLISTERS AND THE BROKEN GLASS.
FINDING NEW WAYS TO LOSE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST
OUT OF ALL THE BAD NEWS.
AND AS THE WATER SWELLS
WITH ROLLERCOASTER LOVE
I WOULD BELIEVE IN YOU
AND LAUGH AT JOKES
YOU MAKE IN THAT DARK WAY YOU DO.
ROUND YOUR LASSO
LED ME NOWHERE
BUT THE EDGES OF THE OCEAN
MAKING LOVE WITHOUT CAUTION
BENEATH THE PATIENCE OF THE MOONLIT SKY
TOO TOUGH TO CRY,
AND I WAITED FOR YOU ON THAT SATURDAY
AND I WAITED FOR YOU TO ROW US BOTH AWAY
AND I WAITED FOR ANOTHER SUMMERS DAY
AND I WOULD’VE LOVED TO STAY.
AND ALL THE INTERLUDES OF SOMETHING TRUE
LED ME THE WRONG WAY HOME
HOW THE TIME GOES
MEMORIES ARE STORED IN SECTIONS HIGHS TO LOW
SILENTLY HOLDING ON, TRYING TO STAY STRONG AMONGST
THE WHISPERING.
BEHING MY BACK YOU STOOD, LAUGHING AT THE THINGS THAT I
MISUNDERSTOOD
AND AS THE WATER FLOWED
THE OARS OF MY MIND STEERED ME,
ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT TRIED TO PULL
ME UNDER SOMETIMES,
SOMEHOW I SAILED THROUGH.
ROUND YOUR FINGER
LEADING ME IN CIRCLES
OF YOUR CHOOSING.
WITH A SIDE EYE TO THE GALLOWS
YOU SHOWED YOURSELF AS SHALLOW
AS THEY SAID YOU WERE. A DRUNKEN SLUR
AND I WAITED FOR YOU ON THAT SATURDAY
AND I WAITED FOR YOU TO ROW US BOTH AWAY
AND I WAITED FOR ANOTHER SUMMERS DAY
AND I WOULD’VE LOVED TO STAY.
AND ALL THE INTERLUDES OF SOMETHING TRUE
LED ME THE WRONG WAY HOME
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Summer (Enough of you)
04:23
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As we go through the loneliness
We wait and watch for the break of day
The telephone calls see us though
Until August comes into view
I’ve never
Had Enough of you
And now I crave you
Summer.
I never see you
Through cold and grey
Cause I am always
So warm with you.
Why Must I wait so long
There’s been no sun
Since you.
But until then I’ll smile at
Rain.
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Grover Groove
05:02
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Instrumental
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Garden (All flow)
04:12
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DEBATING WHO SENT MESSAGES
THE FIRST TO WALK THE PRECIPICE
I WANTED TO KNOW YOUR NAME.
SPIRALLING TOWARDS THE SUN
A KISS OF LIFE THAT MADE ME YOUNG
AND SAD EYES COULD SEE AGAIN.
AND I WONDERED. AND I WANTED
TO BE LYING UPSIDE DOWN.
ON A SUNDAY IN A WARM DREY
IN A FAR DISTANT SEASIDE TOWN
PUZZLE PIECES, QUENCHED RELEASES.
AND POEMS THAT ARE READ ALOUD.
THOUGHTFUL PAPER DEMONSTRATES HER
NURTURING OF SECRETS FOUND
SINGING TO THE ATMOSPHERE
ALONE BUT SOMEHOW FULL OF CHEER
AND LONGING TO SEE YOUR ROOM
PRESSED FLOWERS ARE FORGET ME KNOTS.
NO NEED TO PROVE WHO CALLS THE SHOTS.
CAUSE LAUGHTER ALWAYS RESUMES
AND I’M WANTING AND IM WAITING
TO BE LYING UPSIDE DOWN.
ON A SUNDAY IN A WARM DREY
IN A FAR DISTANT SEASIDE TOWN
WORDS THAT DON’T STICK IN MY THROAT
EVERYTHING DONE IS BY REMOTE
YOU’RE ALWAYS A DAY AHEAD
(Wanting, Waiting)
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Joseph Cave Shrewsbury, UK
Shrewsbury psychedelic bard Joseph Cave,likes to blend up the past and the present, creating a heady sound that’s intoxicating yet refreshing.
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