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------------------------------------------------------------Africa (Live)
AFRICA (LIVE)
{instrumental}
© Cam Beeck (in Blantyre, Malawi), January 2000
Guitar: Cam Beeck
Drums: Steph Carr
Recorded live: 22 March 2003, Perth, Australia
--------------------------------------------------------------Beauty Be
BEAUTY BE
The way she walks is like the breeze
That makes its way from her to me
The poet’s pen can’t trace the truth
Nor writer’s draft get past the proof
She’s grace in action, her style I see
See my reaction, beauty be
The hand of God is there to see
But a greater gift he gave to me
A sister soul, a common heart
A real praise to heaven starts
She’s grace in action, she’s love to me
See my reaction, beauty be...
© Dave Carr, March 2005
Vocals, acoustic guitars, bass, percussion: Dave Carr
Electric guitars: Liam Mulvaney
Recorded: Dublin, Ireland
----------------------------------------------------Boats On The Ocean
BOATS ON THE OCEAN
A ghostly night; the foggy waves
Which subtly ripple; this lifeboat braves
This temporary vessel learns
The oars are best left down near the stern
Forgo your own way
All I see are the boats on the ocean
Responding to motion that I can’t see
Not me
Those waves which gently northward guide
Are often challenged from the other side
I notice at times the fog’s less dense
When lies don’t cloud me, the real makes sense
I’ll show you the way
All I see are the boats on the ocean
Responding to motion that I can’t see
Not me
The log books are full
Predictions and stories of when the great meteor fell
What looked like the end
Was really the start for us
Giving the impetus
The waves are still guiding us
A contradiction in this old boat
The more I’m sinking the more I float
To sink is the way
All I see are the boats on the ocean
Responding to motion that I can’t see
Not me
© D.Carr, December 2003
All instruments: D. Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia; Dublin, Ireland
------------------------------------------------------------------Cool?
COOL?
Ohh, what is fame?
Ohh, who’s in a name?
Mmm, to strut around in school
Mmm, who’s the man, who’s cool?
There’s more than what you see
That’s more cool to me
Ohh, you breathe it in
Ohh, like time it’s drawing in
Mmm, your whole wealth drifts away
Mmm, cool is wealth that stays
Living selflessly
Is far more cool to me
Give till it hurts, humbly love
Best example lives above
Tend to the poor, share with me
As we run for clarity
Ohh, yes rebel
Ohh, but away from hell
Mmm, who raised the greatest dust
Mmm, he’s the man I trust
One guy lived that free
That is cool to me
Give till it hurts, humbly love
Best example lives above
Tend to the poor, share with me
As we run for clarity
Ohh, look through all time
Ohh, who sticks in our minds?
Mmm, cool as cool can be
Mmm, follow him with me
Give till it hurts, humbly love
Best example lives above
Tend to the poor, share with me
As we run for clarity...
© Dave Carr, February 2002
All Instruments: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia; Dublin, Ireland
-----------------------------------------------------------Dark & Damp
DARK & DAMP
The street lights low
Not quite sure where to go
The bus runs by – positive
The mist sets in
Covering where I’ve been
The cab man’s dry and he’s clear
It’s dark and damp and I can feel it on my skin
It’s dark and damp as it keeps on closing in
The busker’s hands
Don’t work but he still stands
He sings his way to no one
I keep on straight
The bus it just can’t wait
It runs back now – positive
It’s dark and damp, am I on the road to home?
It’s dark and damp out here on my own
A sign is all I need
I think a sign is all I need
The rain sets in
Upon my will to win
But somehow I’m positive
He smiles at me
That busker plays for free
He’ll be there all night
It’s dark and damp but inside are the lights of home
It’s dark and damp the bus drives by new folks inside alone
It’s dark and damp and I can feel it on my skin
It’s dark and damp as it keeps on closing in
It’s dark and damp, am I on the road to home?
It’s dark and damp out here on my own
© Dave Carr, February 2005
All instruments: Dave Carr
Recorded: Dublin, Ireland
-----------------------------------------------I Know What You're Up To
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO
Back in the days when my eyes were shut
And you thought you would blind my soul forever
Grace came along and she spoke to me
And her words are life, her words are life
Now I know, can see inside
Some of your crooked mind
I know what you’re up to
Daily I can see more of your schemes
You sure don’t want me to
But I’m learning how, as Grace shows how
You take me up to the highest hill
And you promise the world with all it pleasures
Taste, as I did, and it turned to bile
So I run to love, yeah I run to love
Now I know, can see inside
Some of your crooked mind
I know what you’re up to
Daily I can see more of your schemes
You sure don’t want me to
But I’m learning how, as Grace shows how
I know you long to see
The perfect name muddied as can be
But the crushing blow’s already dealt
Now your days are numbered
Now I know, can see inside
Some of your crooked mind...
I know what you’re up to
Daily I can see more of your schemes
You sure don’t want me to
But I’m learning how, as Grace shows how
© Dave Carr, Mar 2005
All instruments: D. Carr
Recorded: Dublin, Ireland
-------------------------------------------------------In Over My Head
IN OVER MY HEAD
These changing streams are running free from me
Far from my, far from my control
The colours swirl, mixing into one
Far from my, far from my control
In over my head
In over my head
In over my head sometimes
I’m in over my head
You steer the path that I don’t see
Far from my, far from my control
Your plan is greater than the one I dream
Way beyond, way beyond my mind
In over my head
In over my head
In over my head sometimes
I’m in over my head
I’ve got to be in over my head
In over my head to feel
In over my head to trust you
Gotta be in over my head
© Cameron Beeck, March 2006
Vocals, guitar: Cam Beeck
Backing vocals: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia
-------------------------------------------------------------In The End
IN THE END
Reason said to me in tones foreboding
Hey, the fire’s been laid out for you
Best be praying ‘cause you’ll soon be burning
Hey, it’s just one long barbecue
And worst of all I can see
A good man sinks ‘cause of me
Now in the end well it’s all ok
Now in the end well it’s all ok
Yeah after all there’s another day
So in the end well it’s all ok
Don’t be thinking that I dodged a bullet
Hey, it blew my heart right in two
All I’m sayin’ is when it comes to living
It’s not what you know but it’s who
And while it pains me to see
A good man sink ‘cause of me
© Dave Carr, May 2006
All instruments, loops: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia
----------------------------------------------Johnny Howard's Eyebrows
JOHNNY HOWARD'S EYEBROWS
If I had Johnny Howard’s eyebrows
I would make a blanket or two
And take ‘em to the kids in Africa
Hey, that’s just what I would do
If I had Johnny Howard’s eyebrows
There would be no dust in my eyes
I could see the truth more clearly
Spot it when they’re telling lies
Looking below Johnny’s eyebrows
Can you see a man of his word?
To lead us with the truth to reaching out
Hey, that’s just what I prefer
Hey Johnny, yes sir
You do what you prefer...
© Dave Carr, May 2005
All instruments: Dave Carr
Recorded: Dublin, Ireland
---------------------------------------------------------------Lookout
LOOKOUT
Who left the light on in the den
It’s just as well or we’d be dead
Lighting the way so we’ll perceive
That love is to give, not just receive
Lookout, lookout
The poison pinwheel, the blackest hole
Won’t make me something more
Lookout, lookout
God made a world outside your bed
So why can’t you go out there instead
Sleeping when dawn’s about to break
When that day comes it’s no mistake
Lookout, lookout
The poison pinwheel, the blackest hole
Won’t make me something more
Lookout, lookout
Lookout, lookout
You’re not just here for you
There’s nothing more untrue
Look outside you
Look outside you
Look outside you
Look outside you
Lookout, lookout
This is a wave we need to ride
Looking up, not just inside
Lookout, lookout...
© Dave Carr, January 2003
All instruments: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia
--------------------------------------------------------Not Without Me
NOT WITHOUT ME
I hear you say you’ll make a way
You’ll teach the world to sing
The birds and plants and rocks will dance
In tune with everything
You tell me how much you will bow
How you’re lost in my love
But, hey, you’re found, no, all your sound
Will never be enough
I hear your Sunday love songs
They make you happy
That’s ok, but recall the way
Is not without me
Your band is slick, they do the trick
Your ‘audience’ spellbound
You use my name but it’s not the same
If your thinking’s on the ground
What I’d love are your thoughts above
And all the people too
Pride of none, audience of one
The cheers are not for you
I hear your Sunday love songs
They make you happy
That’s ok, but recall the way
Is not without me
I hear your Sunday love songs
They make you happy
That’s ok, but recall the way
Is not without me
Not without me...
© Dave Carr, October 2004
All instruments, loops: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia; Dublin, Ireland
-----------------------------------------------------Six Feet From Home
SIX FEET FROM HOME
I live six feet from home
Alive, but then I’ll be known
I stand, face to the sky
This land infects me with lies (all the lies)
This hope unshaken remains
Only strengthened by pain
This weight, only partially borne
Will then from my back be torn
Six feet from home, the height of the son
The depth of the earth ‘cause the end's long begun
I’m here for a time, a time known above
But I won’t be home till I’m resting in love
Tempted by pictures called truth
That screen can lie to us youth
Let’s run to truth we can know
Real life is what we will show
Six feet from home, the height of the son
The depth of the earth ‘cause the end's long begun
I’m here for a time, a time known above
But I won’t be home till I’m resting in love
Facing the future while living in now
Love what I’ve been given
But even more when you perfect your vow
Vow
Six feet from home, the height of the son
The depth of the earth ‘cause the end’s long begun
I’m here for a time, a time known above
But I won’t be home till I’m resting in love
© Dave Carr, September 2002
All instruments: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia; Dublin, Ireland
----------------------------------------------------Spirit In The Melody
SPIRIT IN THE MELODY
Love, can you hear me?
Can you feel me? Please don’t grieve me
I’m breathing in the melody
With the ebony I will grow
Open hearts will hear me
Souls embrace me - will you face me?
I ride here on the cymbal
And I float along the bow
I whispered your name
For years until you came
Remember the first day you tuned in
The whisper’s now a call
And more in love we fall
Let’s move together deep within
I’m here come distortion
Come the thunder, drowning under
And when you’re in the forest
Eyes and ears preach melody
And I see your heart spin
When you dream of dreaming out loud
But never let your vision
Drift from your lover’s tree
I whispered your name
For years until you came
Remember the first day you tuned in
The whisper’s now a call
And more in love we fall
Let’s move together deep within
We’re doing things you never dreamed
Things you never thought you could
Most don’t know what they’re hearing
Why their stirring heart’s connecting
In the feast of imprecision
Is enough to draw them on
Men all made in the image
Of a being all-pervading
Mysterious ways I’m moving
This is one for you, my son
I whispered your name
For years until you came
Remember the first day you tuned in
The whisper’s now a call
And more in love we fall
Let’s move together deep within
© D.Carr, April 2002
Vocals, guitar: Cam Beeck
Piano: Brendon Bartlett
Drums: Steph Carr
Bass, backing vocals: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia; Dublin, Ireland
-----------------------------------------------------------Thanks Part 2
THANKS PART 2
Want to speak and I know I can
One to one and man to man
Tonight
In these clothes that you made for me
Even now I can’t fully see
All right, I’m all right
What I made out of fig leaves fell
But in grace you can dress me well
Yes I am such a helpless case
But of worth when I’m in your grace
In light
I’m a fool if I live in my
Inward ways and I live by I
Don’t try
If I learn not to see you well
Wake me up with the heat of hell
Compel
Lord, I know you sought me
Hopeless as I was
And I know you bought me
Priceless then and now because
That’s your way
Only you can pay
Now my thanks are all I can give
From my heart comes the way I live
One inside shows his presence out
As I learn what he’s on about...
Want to speak and I know I can
One to one and man to man
Tonight
© Dave Carr, September 2001
Vocals, acoustic guitars, keys, percussion: Dave Carr
Keys, percussion: Liam Mulvaney
Recorded: Perth, Australia; Dublin, Ireland
--------------------------------------------------------Turn It To Good
TURN IT TO GOOD
Turn it to good, turn it to good
Make it like rain, you can turn it to good
I saw the storm around me, could not see you
The light was fading in me too
You saw the storm around me as right on cue
Now I know the love we share is true
You turn it to good, turn it to good
Make it like rain, you can turn it to good
Inside was racked with pain, could barely pray
A few more steps down every day
Inside you felt my pain but you knew the day
My greater wisdom down the way
You turn it to good, turn it to good
Make it like rain, you can turn it to good
The testing for a reason
It blows myself away
It turns my heart from treason
So while I live I’ll say
Turn it to good, turn it to good
Make it like rain, you can turn it to good...
© Dave Carr, February 2003
All instruments: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia; Dublin, Ireland
--------------------------------------------------------Yeah I'm Jealous
YEAH I'M JEALOUS
Tell me daily all the things you love about me
Hug me closely when the sky is falling ‘round me
Be my heater in those wintry storms
Here’s my promise: I will never love another
You know that’s true ‘cause, hey, I even love your mother
If some guy makes moves on you, he’s gone
‘Cause, yeah, I’m jealous
But my father’s fine with that
‘Cause we are bonded with a three-way promise
That can nurture seeds of love
Since that day we pledged to live our lives together
We found freedom living in this loving tether
Living love is life abundantly
Come to me a-when the world ain’t sweet enough
Tell me everything when your day was rough
I’ll feel upset if someone’s hurting you
‘Cause, yeah, I’m jealous
But my father’s fine with that
‘Cause we are bonded with a three-way promise
That can nurture seeds of love
Nurture seeds of love...
© Dave Carr, July 2002
All instruments: Dave Carr
Recorded: Perth, Australia; Dublin, Ireland
--------------------------------------------------------You're My Type
YOU'RE MY TYPE
I love you, can’t you love me?
Can’t do more to make you see
You’re my type
This bridge-building game gets me down
When you just won’t turn around
You’re my type
You’re killing me
You’re killing me
You’re killing me
Come to me
You go with that other guy
He’s teaching you how to lie
But you’re my type
Come wrap your arms around me
I’ll sacrifice so you see
You’re my type
You’re killing me
You’re killing me
You’re killing me
Come to me
All I want is you to be
My confidence eternally
I’ll let you know my secrets as we grow
In your heart you know I’m there
Buried down the back somewhere
And I’ll ever run behind you if you go
‘Cause you know
© Dave Carr, October 2004
Vocals, guitar, bass : Dave Carr
Guitars: Liam Mulvaney
Drums: Steph Carr
Recorded: Dublin, Ireland
