The Pull of the Fundy Tide

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We went walking on a Fundy shore
To shake off the troubles from the night before
Dark clouds were gathering, I thought for sure
It was the calm before the storm

You threw the stick, the dog did his part
The stone I threw skipped like a restless heart
Every ripple ran into another like
Thoughts that won't take form

At the moment of the turning tide
Thought I felt something shift inside
And I saw the both of us trapped in time
At the edge of a brand new morning

Chorus:

And the rain started falling
But it felt so good
When I kissed your shoulder
I felt the pull of the Fundy tide
I felt the pull of the Fundy tide
I felt the pull of the Fundy tide on my heart

Then something wonderful caught your eye
An eagle watching from a rock so high
Like some kind of sentinel in the sky
A guardian of the soul

We let the rain wash the doubts away
The tide delivered them far beyond the bay
And what really happened then I can't say
But it's something to try to hold

Chorus

Spin me a cartwheel where swallows fly
While the famous painter and his wife sail by
And the sun is hidden by a beautiful sky
Over the Fundy shore

Which Way Does the River Run

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He came knocking on her window pane
He said "Let me in,it's going to rain"
They kissed and they watched the storm
And they held each other to keep warm
They'd just met that day
He played guitar near the old cafe
She said she liked the Dylan song
The one about movin' on All the way to Montreal,
When it got wet the car would stall
He spoke a little high school French
She laughed and she said it made no sense
They went a little out fo the way
She had a friend out in Gaspe
They slept there, on her hardwood floor
And they make love some more

Chorus:

Which way does the river run
Through this town
Which way does the wind blow
When the sun goes down
Which way does the river run
Through this town
Which way does the wind blow
When the sun goes down

Hard to see into the sun
When they got back on the 401
Seems every town had a tale to tell
And every street had dreams to sell
She talked about her history
Said she was one quarter Cree
Her mother wouldn't let her know
But her father said that it was so

Chorus

She said baby it would be the most
If we make it out to the western coast
We could dive in the ocean there
Then just turn around and head back here
'Cause there's no place for you and me
But I love this country
The gas gauge was getting low
When they left Ontario

Chorus

Which way does the river run
Which way does the wind blow
Which way does the river run

La Valse des Vagues

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Au clair de la lune, au bord de la mer 
Nous allons danser d'une autre manière 
C'est la valse des vagues sur un air salé 
Marée haute marée basse ma chérie à mes cotés Refrain: 

Viens danser si doucement 
Suivons le rythme qui nous vient du vent 
Serre-moi plus fort fais un demi-tour 
Danse à la musique de la mer et d' l'amour 

Un vieux manteau les poches trouées 
J'ai trop de sable dans mes souliers 
La brume de la mer dans tes cheveux 
N'arrêtons pas notre pas de deux 

Refrain 

Dans la tempête, sous le soleil 
Y'a pas seulement des roses dans le rosier 
Tu me donnes la main j'enlève ta peur 
Tu me donnes la rose je te donne mon coeur

Refrain x 2

Peter's Dream

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I still get up before the day breaks
And I still walk down to the shore
I watch the sun rise from the eastern ocean
But I don't sail to meet anymore How could they have let this happen
We saw it coming years ago
The greedy ships kept getting bigger and bigger
And the sonar told them where to go

Chorus:

Last night I dreamed that I was sailing
Out on the Sea of Galilee
We cast our nets upon the waters
And Jesus pulled them in with me

Where am I gonna go now
What about this boat I own
What about this old piano
What about my father's bones

Chorus

Someone sang an old sea shanty
And Nealy told a mainland joke
Kelly cursed and swore until his voice gave out
And then he asked me for a smoke
And then he took his father's shotgun
Walked to the harbour, through the town
He fired fourteen times, woke everyone up
And we all watched that boat go down

Part of Me

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Lennie Gallant /Chris Ledrew

Part of me has already walked out on this
Part of me wants this to last
Part of me wondering what is it I'd miss
Part of me doesn't need to ask

Part of me thinks about the laughter we shared
Part of me stings from the tears
How can a part of me be feeling so scared
Which part of you do I fear

If I close my eyes, your voice surrounds me
Leaves me nowhere to turn
If I cover my ears, your eyes invade me
Part of me starts to burn

Chorus:

Part of me is wondering why I can't stay
and why I can't leave
Part of me is wondering why I can't trust
but I want to believe

Part of me wants to fall back into your web
Part of me fights to be free
Was it some magic position that I was fed
That now controls part of me

If I close my eyes your voice surrounds me
Leaves me nowhere to turn
If I cover my ears your eyes invade me
Part of me starts to burn

Chorus

Part of me knows too much about your secrets
Part of me wants to forget
There is a part of you that gives me no rest
A part that I don't know yet

If I close my eyes your voice surrounds me
Leaves me nowhere to turn
If I cover my ears your eyes invade me
Part of me starts to burn

Chorus x 2

Coal Black

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There is a ghost that walks this town
His face is tired and coal dust lined
Without a word without a sound
He lends you to the mine
He passes through the barriers there
And leaves you standing hypnotized
Cause you can't follow him down where
The truth has caved in to lies Father Father tell me how
It was back in an older time
Back where you were young
And lost your brother to the mine
Will some justice give you peace
Ease your mind, let you sleep
In your black tomb buried deep
Do you hear their lines

Chorus:

Digging deeper in my dreams
How far must I go down
Searching this deadly seam
Coal Black - Great big lie

Well who's to bless; who's to blame
Where did you get that alibi
Who was the spark, who fammed the flame
Why did they die

Chorus

Well maybe it's the system
Maybe it's one man
Or maybe it's more than
You can ever understand
But when I hear the omes
Who run for cover from it all
I think about the miner
Running from that fireball

"It's not my fault" "I didn't know"
"I wasn't there" "They were too slow"
"I didn't see" "I didn't hear"
"I'm not responsible" Let me out of here

Chorus

How deep must I go to find the truth

Pieces of You

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Well first I found your ring
And then the comb you lost
With a strand of hair
That your pretty head once tossed And then a letter came
It was addressed to you
I wrote above your name
Send it to some place new

And then I start my car
And the radio's on
I heard the final line
From your favorite song

Chorus:

They're just pieces of you
Something you left behind
Maybe it slipped your mind
Like a part of a lie
A bit of the truth
Pieces of you
Turning up everyday
In an unusual way
A bit of the past
Out of the blue
Pieces of you

Late last night
A voice on the phone
It was some guy
He asked if you were home

Then I grabbed my shirt
From the dresser drawer
And on my sleeve
Was the scent you wore

And it brought me back
To the night when you said
I can't give you my hand
Take my heart instead

Chorus

Destination (Train Song)

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She came from a little town near Jonquiere
I met her by a river and I lay with her there
I fell deep into her blue eyes
We drank the moon till it was dry Our parents were enemies never got along
They said it wouldn't work, they said it was wrong
But I married her anyway I listened to my heart
I swore that our love would never come apart

Refrain:

Ma jolie fleur tes yeux sont bleu
Je t'aime je t'aime, I still love you
Ma jolie fleur, it can't be true
Je t'aime je t'aime I still love you

Les cheveux roux comme les feuilles d'automne
Il etait tres fort, il etait si jeune
Il ma chante une belle chanson
Sa voix m'a donne des frissons

Refrain

We has some kids and our family grew
On avait les batailles like families do
Tous nos parents ont raconte
Those lies that drove her love away

Refrain

Ma jolie fleur je me souviens
Those cold cold nights you held my hand
Ne me quitte pas laisse moi chanter
Don't let our love just fade away

Refrain

I'm on a northbound train and it moves too slow
But I'll make it back ma cherie please don't go
Regarde les enfants entre nous
Their hair is red les yeux sont bleu

Slow Boat

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I'm on a slow boat to China everytime I see your face
I take a ride on the nearest wind to some faraway place
Spend a night inside a moment, guided by the stars
Dolphins dance around us
They know that we are in love

Well I only need a moment to show you what I mean
It's hard to believe sometimes the world can be so obscene
But I still believe in romance, I still believe there's time
If you would only reach out, I'd throw you a lifeline

Chorus:

And leave the jackhammers and sirens
Those crowed subway cars
Incoherent conversations in the cafes and the bars
Take a raincheck on that coffee
This trip don't need caffeine
Take a chance - I'll show you what I mean
On a slow boat

Well I reached into the rosebush, got a thorn for all my pain
But I never felt the cut 'cause I was whispering your name
Was it a dream that I was dreaming, a wish over a well
a rhyme without a reason, an attempt to cast a spell

Lifeline

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Lose our grip and we fall
Trying to climb over this wall
Made of anger and guilt
A high barrier we built
Place your foot on my back
It may be the height you lack
If you make it outside, would you come back
Be my guide Chorus:

Only love will guide us through this time
As long as there's one flame
We have a lifeline
Only love will guide us through this time

See him stumble in the dark
Trying to buy a little spark
And drive it into a vein
For a moment kill the pain
Where's my job, where's my car
Where's my lover, where's the bar
We all search for escape
Is it from our fear of faith

So much anger and hate
We have put on so much weight
And we drag it around
Start to nuture every pound
Pick a fight, pick a war
Pick a race, settle a score
Rodney King sing your song
Why can't we just get along

The Band's Still Playing

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All hands on deck, please don't panic
It's probably a drill, there's really nothing wrong
Steady as she goes on the Titanic
It can't be too bad, the band plays on There's life boats launched upon the water
Captain's crying, won't you please get in
I don't believe in this disaster
I just don't believe the mess we're in

Chorus:

And the band's still playing
Can you hear those horns
Crying out for our souls
And the band's still playing
The band played hymns
And the band played rock and roll

I'm gonna rearrange all of the deck chairs
I'm going to cover my head, every inch of skin
Trading in my sun glasses for a darker pair
So I won't have to see the mess we're in

This music's got me dancing so fast
You know I really ain't got time to think
Someone said something about a great big hole in the sky
Someone said "last call," time for one more drink

Meet Me at the Oasis

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I wander in the desert - I lost my guide
He stepped on a land mine left behind from the war
I've no sugar for this tea - no salt for this rice
On this riverbed the water runs no more Chorus:

(Won't you) Meet me at the oasis
Bring me Bedouin tea and your silver spoon
Meet me at the oasis
Drop your veil - descend the dune
And we'll drink from the moon

Over the painted canyon - the moon was rising
I saw a solitary silhouette against the sky
The pyromaniac sun, hiding behind the horizon
Settling fire to the mountains of Sinai

There's an acacia tree here, bearing nothing but thorns
We break off a dead branch and burn it to keep warm
It's so cold in the nighttime, but the Dutch oven days
bake a mirage of you - my heart is parched and warm

Chorus

Man of Steel

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He got the news this morning
It came without a warning
They're gonna shut the whole mine down
Seven hundred men out of work
Another paper promise gone down
Oh he's only forty-five but he's still alive
'Cause he's never fought a fight he hasn't won
A man of steel says, 'Don't ever break
Until the job is done' Maryann wears twenty years of worry
On her face like she never was young
She watched her husband work the hot steel
Then she watched her son
And the streets of this town
Are cracked and blistered
From all the weight they've had to bear
It aint' a town for weak hearts
The men of steel live there

Chorus:

Oh the fires are fading in the plants tonight
But they're burning in his body and his mind
He said, 'They want to melt my heart down
But it's not yet time'
I felt the temperature rising
Through the furnance was dying
As he fell to his knees upon the ground
In the end it took a piece of paper
To cut the steel man down

Now he spent more than half his life
Making a metal so heavy and hard
And life reflects your work I guess
When you work the steel yard
Oh what's a man suppose to do
When they want to refrain you
And they tell you something will come along
You start whistling a familiar tune
When you hear them sing the same old song

Chorus

Yesterday he saw his little girl at play
It's a game he played when he was nine
Paper and stones and scissors of steel
Paper winning every time

Lifeline released 1997

Fisher King

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Lennie Gallant
© 1996 Revenant Records

won't you help me reach that place
can you lead me back
through this maze of mine
was it a dream or real
there's so much concealed
by the sands of time

CHORUS:

I remember so tender a touch
like the air under angels' wings
and a cup too full to drink
without spilling a thing

now I think I know the words
I know this verse
I think I know the rhyme
but I've traveled long and far
so much has changed
the trail is hard to find

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

there's a light on the next hill
if I head for there
would I find that door
would I get that second chance
if the question's asked
what I came here for

CHORUS x2

Lifeline

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Lennie Gallant
© 1997 Revenant Records

lose our grip and we fall
trying to climb over this wall
made of anger and guilt
a high barrier we built
place your foot on my back
it may be the height you lack
if you make it outside, would you come back
be my guide

CHORUS:

only love will guide us through this time
as long as there's one flame
we have a lifeline
only love will guide us through this time

see him stumble in the dark
trying to buy a little spark
and drive it into a vein
for a moment kill the pain
where's my job, where's my car
where's my lover, where's the bar
we all search for escape
is it from our fear of faith

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

so much anger and hate
we have put on so much weight
and we drag it around
start to nurture every pound
pick a fight, pick a war,
pick a race, settle a score
Rodney King sing your song
why can't we just get along

CHORUS x2

Meet me at the Oasis 

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Lennie Gallant
© 1996 Revenant Records

I wander in the desert - I lost my guide
he stepped on a landmine left behind from the war
I've no sugar for sweet tea - no salt for this rice
on this riverbed the water runs no more

CHORUS:

(won't you) meet me at the oasis
bring me Bedouin tea and your silver spoon
meet me at the oasis
drop your veil - descend the dune
and we'll drink from the moon

over the painted canyon - the moon was rising
I saw a solitary silhouette against the sky
the pyromaniac sun hiding behind the horizon
setting fire to the mountains of Sinai

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

there's an acacia tree here, bearing nothing but thorns
we break off a dead branch and burn it to keep warm
it's so cold in the nighttime, but the Dutch oven days
bake a mirage of you - my heart is parched and worn

CHORUS

CHORUS:

won't you meet me at the oasis
bring me Bedouin tea and your sweet perfume
meet me at the oasis
drop your veil - descend the dune
and we'll drink from the moon

The Band’s still Playing (Titanic)

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Lennie Gallant
© 1997 Revenant Records

all hands on deck, please don't panic
it's probably a drill, there's really nothing wrong
steady as she goes on the Titanic
it can't be too bad, the band plays on

there's life boats launched upon the water
captain's crying, won't you please get in
I don't believe in this disaster
I just don't believe the mess we're inCHORUS

and the band's still playing
can you hear those horns
crying out for our souls
and the band's still playing
the band played hymns
and the band played rock and roll

I'm gonna rearrange all of the deck chairs
I'm gonna cover my head, every inch of skin
trading in my sunglasses for a darker pair
so I won't have to see the mess we're in

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

this music's got me dancing so fast
you know I really ain't got time to think
someone said something about a big hole in the sky
someone said last call, time for one more drink

CHORUS x 2

Slow Boat

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Lennie Gallant
© 1995 Revenant Records

I'm on a slow boat to China every time I see your face
I take a ride on the nearest wind to some faraway place
spend a night inside a moment, guided by the stars
dolphins dance around us
they know that we are in love

well I only need a moment to show you what I mean
it's hard to believe sometimes - the world can be so
obscene
but I still believe in romance, I still believe there's time
if you would only reach out, I'd throw you a lifeline

CHORUS

and leave the jackhammers and sirens
those crowded subway cars
incoherent conversations in the cafes and the bars
take a raincheck on that coffee
this trip don't need caffeine
take a chance - I'll show you what I mean
on a slow boat

well I reached into the rosebush, got a thorn for all my pain
but I never felt the cut 'cause I was whispering your name
was it a dream that I was dreaming, a wish over a well
a rhyme without a reason, an attempt to cast a spell

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

I'm on a slow boat, etc.

CHORUS

More than likely

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Lennie Gallant and Chris LeDrew
© 1997 Revenant Records

more than likely, you will make the call
more than likely, your defences will fall
more than likely, you will see my side
more than likely, I'll be justified
so why am I shaking in my shoes
when more than likely
you're missing me just like I'm missing you

more than likely, you are all alone
more than likely, staring at your telephone
so why am I shaking in my shoes
when more than likely
you're missing me just like I'm missing you

I'm risking everything we had
to hold onto my pride
when more than likely you would like me more less dignified
I heard about the man who waits for us to fall
oh it's more than likely
he is also waiting for your call

more than likely, I will play it cool
more than likely, 'cause I am no one's fool
so why am I shaking in my shoes
when more than likely
you're missing me just like I'm missing you
when more than likely
you're missing me just like I'm missing you

more than likely . . . 

Smoke and Mirrors

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Lennie Gallant
© 1996 Revenant Records

sleight of heart
he wears it up his sleeve
now you see it, now you don't
know what to believe
how long did he practice
to learn to move so quick
how many bonds did he break
trying to perfect that trick

you want to be on that stage - I don't know why
if you want to play his game you gotta learn to lie

CHORUS:

it's all smoke and mirrors
it ain't love, it's illusion
it's all smoke and mirrors
when the magic show is done
and the smoke clears
where will you run

suspend your belief
don't be deceived
I've seen him do that one before
it's all so preconceived
in front of everybody
he'll break your heart in two
before you're in one piece again
he'll disappear on you

you want to be on that stage - I don't know why
if you want to play his game you gotta learn to lie

CHORUS x2

16 Angels

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Lennie Gallant
© 1997 Revenant Records

bless me father - have I sinned
you know what I'm talking about
for too long I've held it in
now it's time to let the truth out

your silhouette behind this screen
I know what you hide in there
I know where your soul has been
darkness hiding in a prayer

CHORUS:

hear my story
touch this pain
tell me how to
learn to live again
to trust in another
how to love without fear
how to cry in a lover's arms
'til there are no more tears

bless me father - who has sinned
you know what I'm talking about
the cloth you wear is wearing thin
the time you've stolen is running out
do I really need this gun
to hold you still, bend your ear
you have got nowhere to run
the demons chasing you are here

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

you had all the power then
he was just thirteen
my brother never had the strength
to ever again feel clean
there are sixteen angels in the snow
out on the edge of town
I thought it's something you should know
that's where his body was found

CHORUS x2

Something Unspoken

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Lennie Gallant and Chris LeDrew
© 1997 Revenant Records

how long a distance covered since we lost that line
an answer hovers in the air
fingers recall numbers that have slipped the mind
almost hoping no one's there

CHORUS:

why did you call
I cannot say
was it just to hear your voice again
and know that you're okay
I know it's late
too late to fall
was there something else you wanted
to say about it all
something unspoken

I used to think that we could read each others' minds
we used to think the way we'd feel
I'd tell a story - you'd deliver the last line
there was nothing to conceal

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

if we could trace our steps - recreate the crime
find our way back through the woods
if we could focus on the finest point in time
where we were both misunderstood

CHORUS

Without Love 

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(adapted from Corinthians 1:13)
Lennie Gallant
© 1996 Revenant Records

you may speak in all the languages of angels and of men
there may be no mystery that you can't comprehend
your eyes may be so gifted, the future you can name
your faith may move a mountain, your hope forever flame

CHORUS:
(but) without love
you gain nothing
without love
you are lost
only love
is worth the journey
no matter what the cost

you may gain all of the gold and power in the land
then give it all away - beg the streets with empty hands
surrender up your body to a cause you know is right
be the winner or the loser, conceited or contrite

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

oh the tongues of men and angels will one day all be stilled
all our mysteries unravelled - our prophecies fulfilled
now we see through a glass darkly, in a mirror out of place
but then we will know fully, we shall see it face to face

CHORUS x2