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moment of silence / moment of glory by cold comfort
V1:
in a moment of silence
came a moment of glory
a moment of peace
a moment where everyone
stood where they should
in a moment of silence
came one humble moment
one pause for breath
one pause for love
one pause for thought
CHORUS:
and the moment of glory
followed by pain
followed by knowing
all that had passed
all who had passed
- us by
sorely missed
- we can try....
V2:
in a moment of silence
to remember the fallen
to remember the joy
of this moment of glory
in a moment of silence
not one bomb exploded
not one heart was broken
not an ounce of regret
CHORUS:
and the moment of glory
followed by pain
followed by knowing
all that had passed
all who had passed
- us by
sorely missed
- we can try....
BRIDGE:
Not a bomb
Not a shot
Not a sound
Not a care
but to feel
just for once
all together
here and now
and alive and bow to that...
we can try
V3:
in that moment of glory
when we've done all we can
I can kiss you goodnight
(rest comfortably love)
but this time there's truth....
(in my words)
CHORUS (altered):
in this moment of glory.
followed by sleep
followed by knowing
all that had passed
all who had passed
- us by
sorely missed
- tomorrow we try....
for the same...
again
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk004)
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my letter to maria by cold comfort (original version)
v1:
I wrote on an old envelope
my love note to maria
and folded in a paper boat
my letter to my love maria
I passed the note at church
in the long line for the wafer
and only Jesus knew of it,
nothing was more sacred
PRE CHORUS:
than this moment when I passed away
CH:
My letter to Maria
My vow to love or die
My deepest dreams revealed in words
For no other eyes but hers...
my sweet Maria
v2:
My shoes were polished hard
My hair oiled to my forehead
My tie tight around my neck
My pulse alive electric.
My eyes looked down
but still I caught
a glimpse just to my side,
I saw her hide in her bible
my little paper boat
PRE CHORUS:
that might change both of our lives
CHORUS (see above)
BRIDGE
I kneeled beside her
as we took communion
the blush of newlyweds
none could comprehend
my hands in prayer
trembled like a lamb
as I received the Holy Host
kneeling there beside the most
PRE-CHORUS:
beautiful creature alive.
CHORUS (see above)
v3:
On Monday a dear freind arrived.
His wife my fantasy obliged
and by 5 spies delivered me
a letter from Maria
I hid the letter fast
ANd let excitement last
I would read alone
this letter from my love.
PRE CHORUS:
that might change both of our lives
CHORUS (see above)
Her letter written
in magic words on parchment and in magic verse
spoke of her obligations to Jesus and the church.
I wish now I had reached across
that inch that lay between
my ambition and the sky,
and touched just once my dream.
but that inch was occupied
by my letter to my love, my sweet maria.
PRE CHORUS:
this moment when I passed away
CHORUS (see above)
copyright 2011 cold comfort music wk025
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airplanes and taxi cabs (gently home) by cold comfort
v1:
Airplanes and taxi Cabs
I put my life in other's hands
to move the sea and push the land
beneath me
Airports and taxi ranks
suitcases passed through many hands
to deliver me jet lagged
and gently home.
CHORUS:
Arrivals and Departures
Door to Door Express
Terminals of Failure to
Skies of big success
Airplanes and Taxi Cabs
bring love back to me
v2:
Airplanes and taxi Cabs
Hotel Shuttles, rainy puddles
12 weeks in motion still
still ahead of me
Airports and taxi ranks
I met him here, but there once more
sang the same ol' sell song, 12 more times and
I'll be gently home
CHORUS (see above)
BRIDGE: (solo)
Sing that same old sell song chorus
Sing it in a new town
in a new town like the last town
like the next town and the next round
down the road...
till I'm home
till I'm gently home.
v3:
Airplanes and taxi Cabs
Cradle me through space
the whole world is a nightlight
lit beneath me
Airports and taxi ranks
food looks and tastes like plastic
I can't step on the grass,
until I'm gently home
CHORUS: (see above)
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk042)
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come storm by cold comfort
A storm will rise to
clear this mind numbing heat and
wash this dust caked sweat
away
A storm will rise
blow the weight from the air and
lift this sky, ceiling high,
away
CHORUS:
A storm will rise
out on the sea
and bring cold comfort
to a me.
A storm will blow
through the hands of this clock
that appears to have stopped
rusted in time
A storm will rise
moment of glory be known
wash this moss covered
mattress
away
A storm will rise
wash this stupor from my eyes,
lubricated by sweat,
away
CHORUS (see above)
BRIDGE
No shadows for hiding
No sun in the sky
No escaping the weight
of the world
until,
until,
until,
so still,
until
this storm comes rising....
CHORUS (see above)
OUTRO (fade) :
come storm
come from the sea
come storm
come storm
come peace.
copyright cold comfort music (wk-003)
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A universe of stars by cold comfort (wk012)
V1:
A universe of stars
shines bright above our bed
and right now we're a part
of this broad cosmos
I cannot surely tell
where you start and I end
a universe of stars
gently moving
round the sun
CHORUS:
near and far
near and far
shining bright
near and far
you and I
and our place in line
with a universe of stars
V2
A universe of stars
we're counted in that number
we're suddenly a part
of all of nature
I don't want to see the end
I don't want to stray that far
but a blanket as big as the universe
surrounds us.
CHORUS: see above.
BRIDGE
near and far - shines so bright
near and far - this sacred night
I found a universe of stars
a universal web
a prism of all colors,
like thoughts
inside a dreaming head
that's spun around us
spun around us...
CHORUS: see above.
V2
A universe of stars
we're called upon to shine
where magic meets the silence
of this space
I don't want to see the end
I don't want to stray to far
but a blanket called the universe
is wrapped around me
with your arms.
OUTRO
and we're a part
of that universe of stars
that universal star
that flickering light
right there. right there
that one there...
that's our love.
goodnight, my love.
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk012)
credits
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hand me your heart by cold comfort
V1:
hand me your heart
I'll hold it gently
give me a reason
to stop by your side
such obligation
I will not take lightly
hand me your heart
sweet lover of life
hand me your heart
and I'll bring you smiles
CH:
Hand me your heart
Give me good reason
I'll hold it safe
till you ask for it's return
and I'll pass it sadly back
to you.
V2:
hand me your heart
I'll make it whole
hand me your heart
your broken, damaged heart
with your attention
I'll fight every battle
I'll take on the universe
one star at a time
CH: (see above)
BRIDGE:
Hand me your heart
One gesture asked
one love has passed
and I wait for the chance
to take from your hand....
Repeat v1
CH: (see above)
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk006)
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suzanna was that kind of girl by cold comfort
v1:
She made me smile
with fickle tricks
she made me laugh
with twisted lips
she made me kiss
the air too often
she'd disappear
then reappear
PRE CHORUS:
... oh, that kind of girl!
CHORUS:
Suzanna was that kind of girl
Suzanna was that kind of girl
Suzanna was that kind of girl
the kind of girl... for me.
v2:
she made me crave
another night
she made me save
my pennies wisely
she made me weep
for sheer desire
she'd disappear
then reappear
... oh, that kind of girl!
CHORUS:
Suzanna was that kind of girl
Suzanna was that kind of girl
Suzanna was that kind of girl
the kind of girl... for me.
BRIDGE:
Some kind of girl
that minx Suzanna
some kind of girl
I'd think I had her
Some kind of girl
that sweet Suzanna
Some kind of girl
That Kind of girl
The kind of girl, for me
v3:
She'd make you believe
that it was true
any words she'd say to you
and then she'd laugh
and disappear
then reappear
here now and then,
but never there
PRE CHORUS:
a simple man was never meant
to consort with
or deserve
such an angel
CHORUS:
Suzanna was that kind of girl
Suzanna was that kind of girl
Suzanna was that kind of girl
the kind of girl... for me.
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk025)
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wolf kier - silent mary
05:04
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silent mary by cold comfort
v1:
without a language 15,000 miles from home
four starving children but sometimes Mary feels so all alone
- our Mary.
she scrubs their bathrooms, smiles to please
her cheeks ache and her back hurts, oh how she sleeps
- our Mary
CH
silent Mary finds a way to feed
her children, her starving children
in a land of golden opportunity
she's barely half what she could be,
our Mary. Our Silent Mary
v2:
with no way out, no bank will save her
she leaves her children all alone at home,
- our Mary
But God provides, yes God Provides,
and the 6 year old has learned to rear a baby.
- our Mary
CHORUS: (see above)
BRIDGE: call/response
With no man, she can no longer cure
With no man, a man's loneliness
With no man, and then endure
With no man, another mouth to feed.
no more will pity make her prey.
she understands that now, silent Mary.
She Understands that now, quiet child
She Understands that's how it's meant to me
She understands that now, our silent Mary
V3:
On Saturday night she smears lipstick on
and smiles in the mirror as if nothing's wrong
- our Mary
and entertains her children with a song
she learned when she was a child herself, not so long ago
- our Mary
CHORUS: (see above)
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk041)
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Is this what I've been waiting for? by cold comfort
V1: (vamp)
Here it is,
it's 3AM
Here we are
Right at your door
a fumbled handshake
a kiss on the cheek
sweet anticipation
and nothing more
for me?
Poor old miserable?
heart on my sleeve?
I know you're convinced
of just what motivates me
tonight
and last night
and the night before that
back to January.
CHORUS:
No one walks anyone home any more
The deals are all made in advance
NO one walks anyone back to their door
but you insist, my old fashioned friend
V2 (vamp)
Show me the door
smile at the gate
The first train home
doesn't leave until 8.
(Instrumental solo)
CHORUS:
No one sleeps at train stations anymore
No one with lipstick on their cheek.
Sensible sleeping arangements are made in advance
But you insist my old fashioned well intentioned friend.
BRIDGE:
And if we were just hasty?
And if we eschewed (screwed) anticipation?
And the people at the station
didn't know me, by my first name?
And if we traded places
Would you have the patience
Would I be so sure
That you'd come back?
To re-enact
This scene we've played
207 times before?
Is that what I've waiting for?
V3: (vamp)
Here it is.
It's 2.15
Don't matter where we've been
or the movie we've just seen
because in between
The cafe and your door
I thought that I would
finally ask
that you let me in
because I wasn't sure
if that's just what
you
were waiting for.
CHORUS (altered, repeat and fade) :
And you were, my sweet lover, and you were
That's just what both of us were waiting for
For me to ask politely if you'd take me though your door
For you to say, of course, what the hell have you been waiting for...
And you were, my sweet lover, and you were
That's just what both of us were waiting for
For me to ask politely if you'd let me though your door
And even if you'd only let me sleep upon your floor
I'd be home, my sweet lover
I'd be home, finally
I'd be home and always with you
I'd be home
And you were, my sweet lover, and you were
That's just what both of us were waiting for
For me to ask politely if you'd take me though your door
For you to say, of course, what the hell have you been waiting for...
And you were, my sweet lover, and you were
That's just what both of us were waiting for
For me to ask politely if you'd let me though your door
And even if you'd only let me sleep upon your floor
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk015)
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Many Blessings by cold comfort
v1
Many Blessings, so much kindness
so much joy you bring to me
Many Blessings, so much
sweet sensational pleasure, in a smile
v2
Many Blessings, such a gift
so much gentle unconditional contact
Many Blessings, so much
sweet sensational pleasure, in a kiss
ch:
from you
from me
from you
from me
like sand and sea
a pair.
BRIGE:
To know I please you
To know you feel my care
to feel you ????
that love to me
To feel you near
To feel your care.
v3
Many Blessings, so much warmth
so much kindness in your embrace
Many Blessings, so much
sweet sensational pleasure, in a touch
v4:
Many Blessings, handed me
so much love, so much dignity
Many Blessings, so much
sweet sensational pleasure, in a parting
CH (modified)
me from you
You from me
Me from you
You from me
like sand and sea
.. like the gentle push
we feel
with the tide.
Repeat first chorus:
fade.
copyright 2011 cold comfort music (wk007)
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