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'Have You Heard The Birds Sing In The Night?'
There is a sound like breathing in the night
In the quiet street
There is a sound like breathing in the night
There is a sound like music in the night
Where the trains meet
There is a sound like music in the night
And have you heard the cats call?
I thought it was a baby crying
Did you hear the caterwaul?
They were singing in harmony
They were having a street brawl
They were ducking and diving
And have you heard the birds sing in the night?
There are people moving in the night
While the city sleeps
There are people moving in the night
CHORUS
There are emus and prairies round here
But you can't see them for parked cars and traffic jams
Then when the night comes down
You can see it's a nice little turning
CHORUS
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1997)
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Where Are You Going?
03:32
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'Where Are You Going?'
Where are you going when
You run around, you run around baby?
Slow down, take a look at life
I'll have your babies and I'll be your wife
Lie back, let me rub your back
The sky is blue and it's a beautiful morning
CHORUS
I'm wild, I'm a tiny child
Sometimes I feel I want to run away
You're strong helping me along
It all works better now you see me smiling
CHORUS
But you have given me a home in your heart
Where the sun shines in and time is upside down
And there's only the sky to keep us in
And you have given me a home in your heart
Where the stars can see me dancing
To the light of the silvery moon, stop me asking
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1996)
credits
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Long Lie
03:15
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'Long Lie'
Won't you wake up and have breakfast with me
I've bought what I think is a pomelo and we could try some
And now you like rye bread and watery tea
I think you might just be perfect for me
Come on, come out, come through, get out of bed
Won't you wake up and talk to me
I need some morning conversation
And if you could only try to see
I think you might just be perfect for me
Come on, come out, come through, get out of bed
Sleeping in, having a long lie
Sleeping in, sleeping in
Sleeping in, having a long lie
You've been working all night and I know you need a long lie
Won't you be quiet and not talk to me
I need to find some concentration
And if you could only let me be
I think you might just be perfect for me
Come on, come out, come through, get out of bed
CHORUS
Do you see me when I'm sleeping or are you always sleeping too?
Did you hear me quietly weeping from the dream that I'd been through?
Do you see me, do you hear me, even when I don't see you?
Won't you wake up and have breakfast with me
I need some morning conversation
And now you can see the fool in me
I think you might just be perfect for me
Come on, come out, come through, get out of bed
CHORUS
You've been working all night and I know you need a long lie...in
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1997)
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'Is it Me You're Looking For?'
I was the girl in the feather boa
The little lady in the photograph
You were the boy in the furry green coat and the matching cap
Is it me you're looking for?
I was the girl in the secondhand dress
Drinking in the bar with the punks in
You were the boy with the alcohol breath and the squeaky clean skin
Is it me you're looking for?
Somewhere in all the panic and confusion
Somewhere there will be sweetness yet
Out there, there must be water in the desert
And like I said before
Is it me you're looking for?
She always seemed to be one of a pair
Flare and a jacket in corduroy maroon
He was the boy in the tartan over there
With his own sgian dudh
Is it me you're looking for?
She was the girl in the velvet dress
Cake frill collar and she wishes she's not there
He was the boy with the lonely face
And the long curling hair
Is it me you're looking for?
CHORUS
I'm not the one who's lost
It's just you haven't found me yet
And I was careless of this precious little person
And if I ask myself, I think it's time we met
It's just a question of observation
(repeat 1st verse)
CHORUS
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1997)
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Existential
03:40
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'Existential'
Shut the curtains now and close the houses' eyes
I wonder how the time goes by inside
How do people fill the minutes of their lives?
I was running then and panicking
See me stand my ground
See me stand my ground
Let the morning in and throw the windows wide
It's good to feel that things are on your side
Moving forwards on a gathering tide
I am running now and travelling
See me stand my ground
See me stand my ground
I will not be low etc.
(repeat verses)
CHORUS
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1999)
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Somerset
04:09
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'Somerset'
The place I love has a happy name
It sounds like childhood playing in the sun
And mine was one such happy one
The place I love is a powerful place
That sometimes heals and sometimes lays you low
A place that many people know
Somerset
I seemed to me the time was always summertime
Somerset
I seemed to me the time was always summertime
And the sun would shine
Life was better than the city
Peacocks calling in the spring
Valley's lying still and pretty
Times when we grew everything
People came and filled the house
Lived from love to love and day to day
And in the summer valleys we could hide away
Oh don't you want to come and walk in the night with me
And smell the sweetly flowering trees
Oh don't you want to come and talk in the night with me
And see the sky lit up with stars?
Well the hippies left and life grew quieter
Children who had seen it all
And settled down in London town
Became a singer and a writer
And the happy times they come and go
People die and children grow
But it always stays the place you know
thought the times may change
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Mushroom Song
01:51
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'Mushroom Song'
It's early in the morning
Time when voices seem so loud
It's early in the morning
And all I want to do is lose the crowd
You say you've all been up for hours
You say you rose to meet the dawn
You say you've all been picking mushrooms
And left me with the daisies on the lawn
And left me with the daisies on the lawn
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June Babies
03:14
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'June Babies'
You are a June baby
I was a June baby too
You are a strong lady
And they say I am a strong lady too
(If they only knew)
You are a homemaker
I am a homemaker too
We've rarely been heartbreakers
We've had our hearts broken for us me and you
We're too tight and true
CHORUS
We're what you call girlfriends
We're what you used to call best friends
You are my good friend
You are a risk taker
I am a risk taker too
You are a mover and shaker
And now I'm getting a move on too
I think we're breaking through
CHORUS
Little sea crabs running everywhere
Going sideways but getting there
Strong shelled but soft inside
You gotta pick them up with love
You are a June baby
I was a June baby too
You are a strong lady
And they say I am a strong lady too
(If they only knew)
(repeat 3rd verse)
CHORUS
And everything's looking rosy
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1997)
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Take Me Away
03:39
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'Take Me Away'
I am applying for a job that I already do
I am relying on some luck to see me through
I'm realising I'm not doing what I wanted to
This situation isn't ringing true
I know I'm lighting up this room
I know I'm selling them this tune
Sometimes they fall in love with me
I know this isn't in my head
Just from the things that they have said
Take me away, take me away from here etc.
This is my angry song
I must allow myself to hope that I am getting near
This treading water is the thing I fear
If I leap far enough there's just a chance I'll make it clear
I think I'll burn the boats that brought me here
I want to eat a 10-course meal
I want to dress the way I feel
I wanna be the one who's dancing
There's no more joy in this for me
This isn't where I want to be
CHORUS
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1997)
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Rocked By Your Love
03:08
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As a gale on a mountainside bends the oak tree
Ancient old tree
Cover me
As a wave in an April tide moves a whole sea
Just like the sea
I am rocked by your love
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Sorry
02:44
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'Sorry'
You cannot see these bruises
They are inside my head
You cannot see these bruises
They are from things you've said
And things you haven't said
There will be no excuses
There are no reasons why
There will be no excuses
You will not even try
Or seek to justify
And the funny thing is
I have forgiven you
And the funny thing is
That you will be my friend as far as you can
And the funny thing is
Now you're getting married
CHORUS
(repeat 1st verse)
This is the place I threw the plate and drove away
This is the place she took the kids and drove away
She just drove away
Lucky she could drive
And the funny thing is
I have forgiven you
And the funny thing is that I have said farewell
In every sense
And the funny thing is
Now you're getting married
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1998)
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Dancing In the Kitchen
03:05
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'Dancing In The Kitchen'
When I think of you I think of dancing like a steam engine
Like a piston engine just on one side
And when I think of you I think of dancing with your hands flat
With your palms down
Off to each side
Now I'm dancing in the kitchen with you
Dancing in the kitchen with you
Yes I'm dancing in the kitchen with you
Dancing in the kitchen with you
I think of you I think of pogo-ing around a little
Jumping up and down a little
Off to each side
And when I think of you I think of riding on a roller coaster
Spinning in a teacup on a fairground ride
CHORUS
I think of then I think of dancing on a hillside
Dancing in a cow field on a starry night
And when I think again I think of dancing with a stranger
Dancing in a corner trying to get it right
CHORUS
I think of me I think of dancing on a Friday
Lifting up my hip a little
Just on one side
And when I think of then I think of village halls and vodka and fishnet tights
CHORUS
In the kitchen, you'll find me dancing in the kitchen
I'm mostly dancing in the kitchen
In the daytime
Dancing in the kitchen you'll find me dancing on the lino
I'm mostly dancing in the kitchen
To the radio
CHORUS
We're really cooking
Now I'm dancing in the kitchen...to the radio
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1998)
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Getting On
03:35
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'Getting On'
Sometimes I put things off
It's not that I'm not trying
Sometimes I talk a lot
It's just to hide behind
CHORUS
It's just because I'm afraid
Of getting on
Sometimes I build things up
It's not that I'm not trying
If I'm not tough enough
It's just a state of mind
CHORUS
How can I do this knowing nothing
And carry on?
How can I do this all for nothing
And get along?
(repeat verse1)
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1998)
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'Where Are You Going?'
Where are you going when
You run around, you run around baby?
Slow down, take a look at life
I'll have your babies and I'll be your wife
Lie back, let me rub your back
The sky is blue and it's a beautiful morning
CHORUS
I'm wild, I'm a tiny child
Sometimes I feel I want to run away
You're strong helping me along
It all works better now you see me smiling
CHORUS
But you have given me a home in your heart
Where the sun shines in and time is upside down
And there's only the sky to keep us in
And you have given me a home in your heart
Where the stars can see me dancing
To the light of the silvery moon, stop me asking
(©Rebecca Hollweg 1996)
credits
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Rebecca Hollweg London, UK
Rebecca's albums are
2001 'June Babies',
2008 'Orange Roses',
2015 'Country Girl'.
2021 'Other People's
Songs'
(Rebecca is featured on Andy Hamill's 2002 album 'Bee For Bass')
Fans include Jamie Cullum...
‘A great singer who I love very much…a great, great album…a great listen from start to finish'
And Janice Long...
'Beautiful sound, great vibe'
‘I just love her talent‘.
rebeccahollweg.com
... more
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