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Trust the River

(c) words & music matt ralph 2015

She came from the highlands
Rode out in the night
She followed the highways
Down to the city lights

She rode through the town gates
With the country air inside her
The wind and the starry skies came following after

She fell from her horse once
As she raced through the water
She learnt you can’t trust a tight rope
But you can trust the river

Oh I’m in love with you

New to the city streets
I was busking for 2 bucks
She came up beside me
I lifted my voice up

And as I felt her listening
My voice became clearer
I swear I remember
That road turn to a river

She was raised in the highlands
With those white cliffs and rolling stones
And the wind and the laughter
Well they followed her where she goes

Oh I’m in love with you

She fell from her horse once
As she raced through the water
She learnt you can’t trust a tight rope
But you can trust the river

Oh I’m in love with you
I’m in love with you

Wednesday Walk Out

She kept all her money in a jar by her bed
She was just realistic about the days ahead
No one would touch it cause there was no one else there
One key to the front door
No need for a spare

She started early and never was late
By eleven o’clock she was starting to fade
Just watching the clock spin
She was locked in a trap
Til the wind finally claimed her
she never went back

She’s a Wednesday walk out
She’s a Wednesday walk out
And she knows it completely
She took what she had
And she never went back

He gets home at seven to a couple of beers
He waits for the weekend as the weeks become years
his friends are now distant calls down the line
It’s nobody’s fault it just happens in time
But his focus is dimming on the world that he sees
No light of wonder
No spark in his dreams
And he does nothing different so his days are the same
He’s waiting for something
Something to change

He’s a Wednesday walk out
He’s a Wednesday walk out
And he knows it completely
He took what he had and he never went back

He’s a Wednesday walk out
He’s a Wednesday walk out
And he knows it completely
He took what he had and he never went back
He took what he had and he never went back
He took what he had and he never went back

Is this the Day

A sunny day
A sunny shore
I’d walk with you til there was no more
I feel that sun it’s on my back yeh yeh

Can you feel that

I take my guitar off the rack
I see those curtains rolling back
I see their faces
Hear them roar yeh yeh

Can you hear that

How’s it gonna be when I see you again
How’s it gonna be now I know it’s the end

Is this the day it all gave way
Is this the day it all gave way
Is this the day it all gave way
Is the day it gave way

I’ve got my bag
I’ve got my keys
I leave my messages I received
There ain’t no way I’m calling back yeh yeh
Can you see that

How’s it gonna be when I see you again
How’s it gonna be now I know it’s the end

Is this the day it all gave way
Is this the day it all gave way
Is this the day it all gave way
Is the day it gave way

Is this the day
Is this the day
Is this the day

Days End

Days end

Glass of wine before bed

Breathe in

The air is humid and wet

Just watching the sunset

Losing my way on the hill

Wishing it was me that you wanted to find

Even though we were together at the time

I bumped into you on a track

On a NYE a long time back

And its funny how it plays on my mind

I keep going back there time after time

Taken back by the wine and the songs

Drifting back through times long gone

Just watching the sunset

Losing my way on the hill

Wishing it was me that you wanted to find

Even though we were together at the time

Just watching the sun rise up

Ever so lonely through the hills

Watching it all like a ghost of the past

And seeing in your smile

We never would last

And I cried like a child cause I knew

Something that needed no proof

That our hearts they would always pass by

It was the truth that caught me that night

And the darkness seemed empty and thin

Caught out where we shouldn’t have been

And now the songs 

they don’t let me forget

Will I ever really let the sunset

At the days end

It not that I want to go back

There’s a smile in your eyes

And I don’t want to change that

Just watching the sunset

Losing my way on the hill

Wishing it was me that you wanted to find

Even though we were together at the time

Just watching the sun rise up

Ever so lonely through the hills

Watching it all like a ghost of the past

And seeing in your smile

You would never be mine

I bumped into you on a track

On a NYE a long time back

And its funny how it plays on my mind

I keep going back there time after time