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Woodstock Fifty
04:26
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Oh how I liked your smile
Everything beautiful lasts a little while
You were the angel in the flower dress
In the rain and mud, your hair a mess
The window was open we could float above
High on music in the sea of love
How I wished the feeling could stay
We’re so many miles and fifty years away
We drove all day in fog and rain
The rolling hills of New York State
Into the garden and entered the dream
Barriers were broken, freedom and love the theme
Music rose up the hill in harmony and grace
A celebration on earth, a special time and place
How I wished the magic could stay
We’re so many miles and light years away
Looking back over the fleeting years
The dream has faded and sometimes re-appears
We’re water under the bridge, wiser I suppose
When despair rises, I still believe in hope
Here’s a prism to revisit the past
Where is the angel in the flower dress?
How I wished the feeling could stay
We’re so many miles and so many years away
© Howard Gladstone August 17, 2019
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Pacific islands sparkling in seas of blue and green
The tourists are departed; the sights have all been seen
One last glance, the starboard side, tomorrow someplace new
Paradise, we’re passing through
I am just a painter, Polynesian women and pearls
They open like exotic flowers in this still idyllic world
I left Paris to find my muse in erotic earthy hues
Paradise, I was passing through
LA LA LA
The islands rose up from the sea, a million years or more
Wayfarers rode on wind and waves to settle on the shores
Then missionaries, trader ships, so quickly put an end to
Paradise, they were passing through
LA LA LA
You know I really love you, there’s nothing I can say
To get my message through the fog, there is no other way
Time is passing; the islands are strung like pearls in the blue
Paradise, I was passing through
Paradise, we’re passing through
LA LA LA
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Birds of Spain
04:32
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Someday
03:58
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Someday when the filthy river runs clear
And the people will drink their fill -Someday
Someday when the clouds of doom will pass
And the people won’t live in fear - Someday
Someday when the shattered streets breathe life
And the people laugh together - Someday
Someday when the winding road leads home
For every exile, child, and brother - Someday
That day – not far away
That day – not far away (x2)
Someday when the simple truth is known
And the people are bathed in light – Someday
Someday when every wounded soul
Walks in grace and shines like gold - Someday
Someday when the hurting world is healed
And kindness will be repaid - Someday
Someday when the filthy river runs clear
And the people will drink their fill - Someday
That day – not far away
That day – not far away (x2)
Someday
Someday
Someday
Someday
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The Promise
04:25
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Here’s the promise I make to you
For each stormy sky there’s one of blue
There’s a light keeps shining through
That’s the promise I make to you
Here’s the promise I make again
All your love is not in vain
The world will open as each day renews
The promise I make to you
Let me hold you for a moment
Wrap you in this sacred cloak
The storm, the storm rages all around
May you grow strong and solid as an oak
Here’s the promise it’s in this song
Each time you sing, I’ll sing along
As time goes by, you’ll know what’s true
That’s the promise I make to you
All the troubles you will know
Troubled waters, troubled times
The birds, the birds singing in their trees
Do you hear the promise in their rhymes?
Here’s the promise I make to you
For each stormy sky there’s one of blue
There’s a light keeps shining through
That’s the promise I make to you
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Tell Me Now
04:14
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May you never need to suffer
Though peace is hard to find without some pain
When it’s time to go out in the never-ending storm
May you find shelter from the rain
Mmmm mmm mmm
Tell me now – which way you’re going
Tell me now – can someone go with you?
Tell me now – where the wind is blowing
Tell me now – please tell me true
You’ll be travelling where your dreams will lead you
Your heart and hopes cannot be confined
May you find love and a place in the sun
Long before we’re running out of time
Mmmm mmm mmm
Tell me now – which way you’re going
Tell me now – can someone go with you?
Tell me now – where the wind is blowing
Tell me now – please tell me true
We all go down that long lonesome valley
Through shadows and hear the voices sing
Keep love in your heart and there’ll always be a place
For a bird with a broken wing
Mmmm mmm mmm
Tell me now
Tell me now
Tell me now
Tell me now
Tell me now
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There Is Only Love
03:17
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It All Falls Down
04:20
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Crossroads
05:01
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The world’s on fire, sirens screaming
Smoke and fog fill the air
Honey bee’s dying, oceans rising
The healing shoreline disappears
A clock is ticking, bells are tolling
Final call is near
Engines turning, forests burning
It’s very clear
Here at the crossroads - extinction or rebirth
A spinning dot – our only home this earth
We’re one world, one fate
Locked in struggle and embrace
Who can lead us to a safer place
Oh Mother Nature, bruised and battered
Driven to your knees
In a world of greed, with no mercy
We are all refugees
Spare the children, in the crosshairs
With the vision to see
The way out of the poison garden
There is no Planet B
We’re at the crossroads - extinction or rebirth
A spinning dot – our only home this earth
We’re one world, one fate
Hold the children in embrace
Who will lead us to a safer place
Who can lead us to a safer place
The world's on fire, sirens screaming
Some are beginning to hear
- Howard Gladstone 2020
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Howard Gladstone Toronto, Ontario
Howard Gladstone, Toronto singer/songwriter, has released 7 albums of original music. Crossing the boundaries between
genres of folk, rock, world, jazz, etc, these songs have lyrical bite & tenderness, all delivered with excellent supporting musicians and audiophile quality recording.
"If you heard this music in a crowded room, you'd swear it was a lost gem from another time." Toronto
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