Sanctuary Lyrics

We looked good on the face of things We spent our days like broken strings Looking at aeroplanes, talking wings Disconnected We came together like a hurricane Started rivers runni...Read Full Lyrics

She sings her songs with open eyes Never holding in the pain Of all the generations she sings about She sings her songs with open eyes Songs of distant voices through her they go ...Read Full Lyrics

I know a place outside Sydney One fine morning there you'll find me I worship the sun I worship the sea Salt water washes over me When I come to Australia And I walk ashore All my...Read Full Lyrics

The snow begins across the mountains Covers the rice fields Down below a woman awakens Her breath is frozen in the early morning Out on the freezing streets With bell and bowl she ...Read Full Lyrics

Driving into a grey, grey evening Drive into a good New Year feeling It doesn't need to mean a thing When you sing, when you sing Put a foot upon a spade Spade into the ground Fol...Read Full Lyrics

On a day of days I stood and gazed Over the western sea Startled and struck, Frightened to look When a mermaid called to me Ooh-wah Ooh-wah Ooh-wah Ooh-wah My sunny sailor boy Li...Read Full Lyrics

I walk with my father in Fanore We walk hand in hand by the shore The sun sets beyond Inisheer I thank you for bringing me here My father and mother love me We're living our lives...Read Full Lyrics

There is a hungry ghost waiting for me Hoping the past will slip from memory I thank God for the nights I cried I thank God I nearly died I don't know how I survived Falling up an...Read Full Lyrics

The night sometimes seems dangerous We wonder what it hides It sometimes brings us closer And forever changes our lives Strangers talk in open ways We cannot always understand Who ...Read Full Lyrics

The day began with a rainbow in the sand As I cycled into Kerry Cattle grazing on a steep hillside Looked well fed, well balanced Close to the edge Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on fo...Read Full Lyrics