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Diamond Days
03:30
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Diamond Days (Kirsty McGee)
Lately all my wishes
burned so bright and new
like desert skies where desert stars
Scatter all the evening dew
The desert skies like diamonds fade into a morning desert haze
where diamonds shine beneath the sun and there’s enough for everyone
That’s why it’s so
Funny how those troubles seem to burn out in a blaze
of smoke inside the mirrors of our blessed diamonds days
but I do not know what hurts me so now you are far away
So goddamn you happy Goddamn you, diamond days
Why do I feel like I left something just exactly out of reach
We all can learn a lesson even those of us who teach
So go gently into this dark night where bluer stars can creep
and goddamn you, happy Goddamn you, happy
If I could cry then I would cry as many tears as stars
But I’m so far away from you, my tears they dry like desert dew
So best get on my feet again as best as I am able
I will swing by all our favourite haunts and sit there at our favourite table
Drinking, as the stars rise in a million shades of grey
Goddamn you happy
goddamn you, diamond days
Lately all that I was promised fell down on me like stars
An ocean full of midnights, full of dreams and of guitars
But I do not know how it was so so very hypnotising
Goddamn you, happy
you’re so goddamn hypnotising
Here I stare through blue eyes, so much bluer than the skies
and I cannot tell the difference between gentle truths and lies
We had a ball but now it all seems very far away
Goddamn you, happy
Goddamn you, diamond days
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Electricity
05:46
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Electricity (Kirsty McGee)
While the moment still remains
Draw in closer kiss my lips
Brush my shoulder with your fingertips
While the moment still remains
Something tingling in the air
Electricity is hard to see
It always happens when you're near to me
When there is nobody to blame
And if blamelessly I slip my hand into your hand
do we cross over some line that we drew in the sand?
While the moment still remains
We'll both be blameless as two souls can be
Only our eyes can speak of certainty
While the moment still remains
Let the moment simply pass
Electricity is hard to see
it always happens when you're near to me
When there is nobody to blame
And if blamelessly I slip my arm around your waist
Do we cross over some line or do we embrace?
And it's only when I dream
You draw in closer and you kiss my lips
Only in dreams I feel your fingertips
and the moment still remains
All my friends say that it's true
I burn much brighter when I shine for you
A small, ironic flame, so bold, so blue
While the moment still remains
And if blamelessly I let my heart hope for a while
Does my foolish heart leap every time that you smile?
While the moment still remains
Maybe it's time for me to say goodbye
when every touch must have its alibi
when every thought for me is strange
Something tingling in the air
Electricity is hard to see
It always happens when you're near to me
When there is nobody to blame
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If I Had a Dollar
03:14
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If I Had A Dollar (Kirsty McGee)
So strange, so strange
so strange to want something so strange
so near so near
so why does it seem to disappear
So sweet, so sweet
so sweetly we kissed,and so light
but if I had a dollar for every time I fell
I’d be a rich woman tonight
So you say, so you say
so you say and I guess that it’s true
No sense in lying anyway
when love’s a part of it
the very heart of it
So strange, so strange
so strange to want something so new
but if you had a dollar for every time I dreamed
you’d be a rich man too
Oh I had a dream such a pretty one
one everyone would take pity on
eyes wild and free slowly smiling at me
Oh but dreams are just dreams are just dreams are just dreams
You held me tight
Softly we kissed and so light
but if I had a dollar for every time I dreamed
I’d be a rich woman tonight
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Little Stars
03:05
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Little Stars (Kirsty McGee)
Open hearts and minds walking without shoes
In the sands without ocean in a pale white land
And I’ll take your hand for an hour in the sun
and we’ll share as though our hearts were one
And I feel your heart beat so warm and slow
Your breath against my skin lying soul to soul
And you mark my skin, tally deep within
Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore
Next time that I look for those hazel eyes will they be closed will they be open to the sun?
Ever changing like diamonds as they scratch against the light
Like stars will they vanish when a new day comes?
Little stars little stars shine their own bright songs and they weave their light together as we roll on home
How their voices flare in that desert there
How they vanish when the new day comes
Open hearts and minds walking without shoes
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No Imaginary Kiss
03:55
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No Imaginary Kiss (Kirsty McGee)
I never dreamed a dream so sweet as this
No imaginary kiss
Could be so sweet as kissing you
I never dreamed I'd meet someone like you
So good, so faithful & so true
When life has been so brittle & so blue
Will I awake to find my restless mind
Excelled itself inventing
The one desire my heart expressed
That I just dreamed our happiness?
I never dreamed a soul so good as yours
Shining steady through its flaws
But steady shining nonetheless
I'll be the one who loves you most of all
Arms to catch you when you fall
And we will wheel on wings of precious hue
When I dream you're in my arms
Oh so soft & still
I remember all your charms
And I guess I always will
I never dreamed a dream so full of joy
No imaginary boy
Could hold me closer than you do
I never dreamed someone would hold me tight
Would cherish me to sleep at night
When life has been so brittle & so blue
So hold me gently just some more So I can dream this dream
So I can dream & still be sure of you
I never dreamed a dream so sweet as this
No imaginary kiss
Could be so sweet as kissing you
Could be so sweet as kissing you
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Kirsty McGee Manchester
A wandering maverick and spellbinding live performer with a voice that has been described as having the texture of smoke & velvet, McGee defies categorisation, to make 'hobopop' –“music of no fixed genre”. Her continuously evolving musical personality is proof that a freedom from artistic restraints can sometimes produce a unique, enthralling and original voice with a rare honesty. ... more
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