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The Burnsong Suite

from Above Wild Water by Ian Bruce & Victor Besch

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BURNSONG SUITE (Ian M. Bruce)
DEUCH AND KEN
(Written with Carsphairn Primary Kids)
I sat by the river and watched it flow free.
Just as the day was a-dawning
My true love is gone; too far from me.
And it's oh my poor heart is a mourning.

Cally has gone; he's left for the war
Just as...
Nobody knows what they're fighting for.
He's gone by land; he's gone by sea.
Just as...
Oh Cally, Cally come back to me.
And oh...

But just like the water, time flows away.
I sit here alone day after day.
By Deugh or by Ken; by river and burn
And wish for the moment my Cally retuns.

But something has changed.
I'm losing my fear.
Soft winds are whispering into my ear.
And all of the flowers are smiling at me.
Could it be my Cally is free?

The flowers were sweet.
The wind never lied.
Just as...
We're sat by this river side by side.
And oh...

SEASONS OF THE RIVER
CHORUS
September brings the autumn. Autumn brings the fall.
Fall of leaves and water. Mother Nature's call.

Calling is the time.
Time slips through the vine.
See the clock of water.
Time is yours and mine.
Ours for the taking. Hours for to give.
Though the bodies die. Still the spirits live.

CHORUS
Calling is the winter.
River at a high.
All the hills are covered over
White to winter sky.
Trees on the horizon.
Icicles and snow
Footprints in the frost
Cold sun sitting low.

All the birds are flying
Flying to the sun.
While snow and ice is melting
Spring must surely come.

CHORUS
All the birds are flying
Landing by the burn.
To build nests they are trying
For food and drink they yearn

Calling is the river
Watch winter disappear.
Spring is diamond sparkling
Sparkling for the year.

Another year of seasons
Flying past so fast.
They all have their reasons
Enjoy them while they last.

ACID RAIN
CHORUS
Acid rain burns my face.
Thought I'd found a happy place
Walking home in this nightmare
With my clothes burning bare.
need some alkaline.

I went home - Mum went spare
When she saw me standing there
Standing there with no clothes on
She wondered where my clothes had gone.
Please let me explain.

CHORUS

I was banished to my room
To contemplate my certain doom.
I can't take this stuff anymore
All this junk I've heard before.
Aw, get me out of here.

CHORUS

I'm so fed up being so far down.
I feel as if I'm going to drown.
They say everything will be OK
That everything's hip hip hip hooray.
Life is one sad song.

CHORUS

Lo and behold to my surprise
The sun always seems to rise.
From the most unhappy rhymes
If you read between the lines.
Life is looking up.

CHORUS

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from Above Wild Water, released February 1, 2012
Written by Ian M. Bruce and The Kids of Dumfries & Galloway

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