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Move On White Rabbit
02:24
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1. Move On White Rabbit
This place seem to have no order
All order is awry
I’ve seen humans off their leads
I’ve seen cages wide open
And teeth borne in between
This space could be animal supportive
Where order is upheld
Our history hangs out with the beasts
But ‘Bonnie’ days now look good
‘Laddie’ times look like floating free
We must learn some more
By observing such nuanced, furry things at our door
Move On, Press On, Move On White Rabbit
Never seen your eyes so petrified
Move On, Move On, Press On White Rabbit
Never seen your eyes so petrified
Amid the yelps of the blithe… people around here
Move On White Rabbit
Feeling grateful and growling about it
Knowing all ‘Alice-like’ contentment inside
‘Rex ‘and ‘My’ in the solitude
‘Ruby’ and ‘Murph’ in the air
‘Lu’, ‘Meg’ and Cat ‘Bernie’ does try
This place seem to have no order
All order is awry
I’ve seen humans off their leads
I’ve seen cages left open
And teeth borne in between
We must learn some more
By observing such nuanced, furry things at our door
We must learn some more
By observing such nuanced, furry things at our door
Move On, Press On, Move On White Rabbit
Never seen your eyes so petrified
Move On, Move On, Press On White Rabbit
Never seen your eyes so petrified
Amid the yelps of the blithe … people around here
Move On White Rabbit
Cause you for me just stole the show
… oh yeah!
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2. |
Salfit Donkey
02:44
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2. Salfit Donkey
By your hands
By your wayward hearts
You lost the best of yourselves
Putting creatures to the test like that
You had a truth
With which you could sit
But chose to strip grace
I, for one, don’t forget
Salfit Donkey
Salfit Donkey
And who do you serve
And who do you betray
A life now riddled with images
The eyes of your prey
There was a truth
With which you could sit
But chose to strip grace
I, for one, don’t forget
Salfit Donkey
Salfit Donkey
Two soldiers travelling
Oxytocin light
Humility walking real near that night
Could have lent an ear that night
Stroked a peace
Beyond the settlements
But instead stripped grace
I, for one, don’t forget
Salfit Donkey
Salfit Donkey
Who do you serve
Who do you betray
Your life forever riddled with images
The eyes of your prey
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3. |
My Ladybird
02:36
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3. My Ladybird
Some of my past gets mixed up
But none now hardens me
Some of my past gets mixed up
But none’s now hurting me
Tell her we can fly together still
Some of my paths get mixed up
But none gonna hurt me … me …
Do well my ladybird
Go about your peace song
Cause I had a nation invade me once
Helped me grow my imagination once again
For good
… for God
Some of my paths gets mixed up
But none now hardens me
Some of my past gets ripped up
None’s gonna hurt me
Tell her we can still fly together in Love
See some of my paths get mixed up
But none now hurts me… argh … me!
Do well my ladybird
Go about your peace song
Cause I had a nation invade me once
Helped me grow my imagination once again
For good
… for God
Do well my ladybird
Go about your peace work
Cause I had a nation invade me once
Help me grow my imagination now once again
For good
… for God
All good
So go well my ladybird
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4. |
Turning Turtles
03:03
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4. Turtle Turning
Good God, we could be off to Galapagos
Good God, we could be off to Galapagos
Cause I just learnt
That my family
All wanna go
Turtle Turning
Turning Turtles
Turtle Turning
Turning Turtles
Little baby turtles
On that beach yeah
Good God, we could be off to Galapagos
Good God, I could be off to Galapagos
Cause I somehow learnt
That my family
All wanna go
Turtle Turning
Turning Turtles
Turtle Turning
Turtle turning
On Santa Cruz beach
Oh, getting the babies on their feet yeah
Good God, I could be off to Galapagos
Good God, I could be off to Galapagos
Cause I just learnt
That my family
All wanna go
Turtle Turning
Turning Turtles
Turtle Turning
Turning Turtles
Turning Turtles
Turning Turtles
Out on the Caleta long beach
Oh the baby turtles
Getting back on their feet now
Getting back on their feet now, now
They think that wolves and sheep will live together in peace
And leopards will lie down with the young goats
They think that calves and lion cubs will feed together
Little children will take care of them all
Cows and bears will eat again together
Calves and cubs will lie down in peace
Lions will seek straw as cattle do
Even a baby will not be poisoned
If it plays near a poisonous snake
Even though it plays near a poisonous snake
Even though it plays near a poisonous snake … yeah, yeah, yeah
Calves and cubs will lie down together in peace
Peace
(from Isaiah 11)
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5. Froggy Went A-Courtin (Marry The President?)
Never marry the President …
Mr Froggie went a courtin and he did ride. Mmm
Mr Froggie went a courtin and he did ride. Mmm
Mr Froggie went a courtin and he did ride
A sword and a pistol by his side
Mr Froggie went a courtin and he did ride. Mmm
He went down to Missy Mouse’s door. Mmm
He went down to Missy Mouse’s door. Mmm
He went down to Missy Mouse’s door
Where he had been many times before
Mr Froggie went a courtin and he did ride. Mmm
And Missy Mouse has said she’d never
Never marry the President
It’s good to know such animals
Won’t give Trump
Their consent
He said Missy Mouse are you within. Mmm
He said Missy Mouse are you within. Mmm
He said Missy Mouse are you within
Yes, kind sir, I sit and I spin
Mr Froggie went a courtin and he did ride. Mmm
Then he took Missy Mouse upon his knee. Mmm
Then he took Missy Mouse upon his knee. Mmm
Then he took Missy Mouse upon his knee
Said Missy Mouse will you marry me
Mr Froggie went a courtin and he did ride. Mmm
And Missy Mouse has said she’d never
Never marry the President
It’s good to know such animals
Won’t give Trump
Their consent
Now next came in was a bumblebee. Mmm
Next came in was a bumblebee. Mmm
Now next came in was a bumblebee
Who danced a jig with a two leg flea
Mr Froggie went a courtin and he did ride. Mmm
And Missy Mouse has said she’d never
Never marry the President
It’s good to know such animals
Won’t give Trump
Their consent
Missy Mouse has said she’d never
Never marry the President
It’s good to know such animals
Won’t give Trump
Their consent
Won’t give Trump
Their consent
Oh no …won’t give him
Their consent … yeah, yeah
(original by Burl Ives)
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6. The Goshawk And The Kidnapper
The goshawk and the kidnapper appear
Upon the horizon I can see them clear
Home comes the rover, his journey’s over
Yield up your lifelines, creatures divine
Both man and earth, all lives are one
All things are equal when the day is done
The stars are flying, your candle’s dying
Yield up the darkness to planet earth
Across the hills, the sun have gone astray
Tomorrows cares are many dreams away
The hawk and the buzzard, the dog and the lizard
All find their comforts in the dead of night
When still and light the earth comes running clear
The horrors of evil cannot reach you here
Life is a river, flow on forever
And for your lifeblood choose the wild and the free
And for your lifeblood choose the wild and the free
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7. |
Tiger Elijah
02:40
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7. Tiger Elijah
I felt it as my body became cold here
Oh how I long for you
To find new shape
In a creature at my return
My long hoped return
Tiger Elijah
He greets me
As I seek to step forward
Not back
He’s the Parkway Cat
Tiger Elijah
He greets me
As I seek to step forward
Not back
He’s the Parkway Cat
He’s the Parkway Cat
Nine lives
But how many for us humans
Oh how I longed for you
Upon that cold road
Tiger Elijah
He greets me
As I seek to step forward
Not back
Tiger Elijah
He’ll greet me
As I seek to step forward
Not back
He’s the South Parkway Cat
He’s the Parkway Cat
The South Parkway Cat
He’s the South Parkway Cat
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8. |
Anteater Blues
03:25
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8. The Anteater Blues
I don't think you should be poking your nose in
I don't think you should go hoovering up
These animal untruths
With that flexible backbone
You should sing out from a place you feel you belong to
Something of the Anteater Blues
Good on, Jonny Morris, who took the trouble
To awaken in me an animal muse
All though, people since, have come and gone
With their most unhealthily of animal views
I got recognition from some 'I Spy' book
It was a little thing away from my school
The wood near ours such a graceful thing
But to go seeking animal magic there ain’t so cool
I don't think you should be poking your nose in
I don't think you should go hoovering up
These animal untruths
With that flexible backbone
You should sing out from a place you feel you belong to
Something of the Anteater Blues
The ancient, the strong, here in our living room
While Attenborough navigates us back on course
The tusks and the fins, butterfly painted wings
Scream back at us like some ‘Man Named Horse’
Good on, Jonny Morris, who took the trouble
To awaken in me an animal muse
Although people since have come and gone
With their most pig headed of animal views
I don't think you should go poking your nose in
I don't think you should go hoovering up
These animal untruths
With that flexible backbone
You should sing out from a place you feel you belong to
Something of the Anteater Blues
(Sir David Attenborough on the Anteater … )
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9.The Reel In The Flickering Light
As I was walking home one evenin'
I know this takes some believin'
I met a group of creatures
With the strangest lookin' features
A poor old dove and a worm in the weed
And a fine old pigeon, yes indeed
A daddy longlegs jumpet sprite
As he danced to the reel in the flickering light
Oh round we go, heel to the toe
And a daddy longlegs jumpet sprite
As he danced to the reel in the flickering light
On his thin and wispy spindles
He was deft and he was nimble
His eyes were scientific
And his dancing was terrific
And the rats and the worms they made a din
And the nettles in the corners took it in
"Oh God" says I, "Tonight's the night"
"We'll dance to the reel in the flickering light"
Oh round we go, heel to the toe
"Oh God" says I "tonight's the night
We'll dance to the reel in the flickering light"
Then he looked at me directly
With a gaze that could dissect me
Then he asked me in a whisper
"Have you got any sisters?"
"Oh God almighty" says I to him
"What sort of a man d'you think I am?
I've only one she's not your type
She wouldn't dance the reel in the flickering light"
So round we go, heel to the toe
"I've only one she's not your type
She wouldn't dance a reel in the flickering light"
Says he:
"Does she come from another planet?
Does she got a bee in her bonnet?
Does she do her daily duties
You never know we might be suited"
And the rats and the worms began to laugh
And some of them started shufflin' off
We're goin' to have some fun tonight
Getting ready for the reel in the flickering light
Oh round we go, heel to the toe
We're goin' to have some fun tonight
Getting ready for the reel in the flickering light
I could see he had no scruples
When I looked into his pupils
They were purple or magenta
Like a statue during lent
I said "I'll get her right away"
"Good man" says he "now don't delay"
We're going to have some fun tonight
And he flicked his legs in the flickering light.
Oh round we go, heel to the toe
We're goin' to have some fun tonight
And he flicked his legs in the flickering light
Then up stepped a red carnation
And they gave her an ovation
She was warm and enchatin'
As she slowly started dancin'
And the wise old pigeon peeled his eye.
And the nettles and the weeds began to sigh.
Daddy longlegs said "my-oh-my
Are we ready for the reel in the flickering light?"
Oh round we go, heel to the toe
Daddy longlegs said "my-oh-my
Are we ready for the reel in the flickering light?"
She was gentle, she was charmin'
And I heard him call her "darlin'
He was graceful as a whisper
On his delicate legs of silver
And the rats and worms were still as mice
And the poor old pigeon said "That's nice"
As shimmering there, ah, the lovely bride
As they danced to the reel in the flickering light
Oh round we go, heel to the toe
As shimmering there, ah, the lovely bride
As they danced to the reel in the flickering light
Oh round we go, heel to the toe
As shimmering there, ah, the lovely bride
As they danced to the reel in the flickering light
(original by Christy Moore)
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10. |
Eyes Of The Stag
02:31
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10. The Eyes Of The Stag
In that Oxfordshire village
I guess the eyes of the stag
Watched us all in the act
Of tuning out
To Earth’s frontier
And to Animals Around …
Here
In that Oxfordshire village
I guess the eyes of the stag
Watched us all in the act
Of tuning out
To Earth’s frontier
And to the Animals Around …
Here
For some here are as lonely as the silverback
… the eyes of the stag
And some here are as aloof
… as the eyes of the stag
As gorillas
In the mist
In the mist yeah
In the mist
Yeah, yeah
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11. |
The Elephant
03:37
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11. The Elephant
He was waiting to see me smile like him
But he hadn’t smiled like me
Since age began
Then he shifts and thinks ‘oh…
I must put another bullet in my gun’
He was stalking the earth that he felt he owned
But he didn’t own the earth
It wasn’t in his bones
Then he shifts and thinks ‘oh…
I must place another bullet in my gun’
So, tell me
What’s your blast
Your beef with the Elephant?
If time come upon you
Would you follow ever wild, wild rule?
What’s your beef with the Elephant?
Who’s wild?
The wilder ..?
Who knows?
He was wanting to see me smile like him
But he hadn’t smiled like me
Since age began
Then he shifts and goes thinking…
‘I must put another bullet in my gun’
So, tell me
What’s your blast
Your beef with the Elephant?
If time come upon you
Would you follow ever wild, wild rule?
What’s your beef with the Elephant?
Who’s wild?
The wilder ..?
Who knows?
So, tell me
What’s your blast
Your beef with the Elephant?
If time stood upon you
Would you follow ever wild, wild rule?
What’s your beef with the Elephant?
Who’s wild?
The wilder ..?
Who knows?
Who knows?
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12. |
Caught On A Cormorant
04:29
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12. Caught On A Cormorant
Thought I’d walk to where the old boat lay
Relinquish control there
Give out thanks for the day
Say hello to a wild life
To those other nations
In the peace of my grief
Move something along
In the peace of my grief
Try move something
Along
We patronize the animals for their incompleteness
We so patronize the animals for their incompleteness
And you seem to be just what I want
As the season tips towards a whole love again
Caught on a Cormorant
… I doubt there are any borders for the Cormorant
And you seem to be just what I want
As the season tips towards a whole love again
Caught on a Cormorant
… I doubt there are any borders for the Cormorant
The boat was gone, no signs of shell or of timber
Birdlife shrieked there
Behind an estuary picture
One man and his dog walked on
They were somehow keeping free
In the peace of no judgements
They got nothing on me
In the peace of no judgement
They got nothing on me
We patronize the animals for their incompleteness
We so patronize the animals for their incompleteness
And you seem to be just what I want
As the season tips towards a whole love again
Caught on a Cormorant
… I doubt there are any borders for the Cormorant
And you seem to be just what I want
As the season tips towards a whole love again
Caught on a Cormorant
… I doubt there are any borders for the Cormorant
Yes, you seem to be just what I want
As the season tips towards a whole love again
Caught on a Cormorant
… I doubt there are any borders for the Cormorant
And you seem to be just what I want
As the season tips towards a whole love again
Caught on a Cormorant
… I doubt there are any borders for the Cormorant
Find that line, find that line
… or the sparrow, or the eagle, or the dove, or the thrush
Caught up
Between human life
… caught up on, caught up on
Animal life
And the span of time …
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13. |
Dolorosa
03:55
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LYRICS FOR 'DOLOROSA' by leere
Hold back sentinels, and wait for dawn
If I could catch the stars
I'd do that the whole …
And nothing more
Nothing more
Wait on sentinels, wait for dawn
If I could catch your hearts
I'd do that, all sentinels
And wait for more
Pray for more
While we're in this mess …
Why we're in this mess ...
Atman he swore to Shalom
Valiantly said he'd take any edge off the night
Shalom she called out to Atman
But war put the whole thing back
Hold off sentinels, and wait for dawn
Track just the course of the heart
Just the Qalb, the course of her heart
Head back sentinels, for here is the dawn
Track just the course of the heart
Just the Qalb, the course of the heart
Why we're in this mess …
While we're in this mess ...
Atman he swore to Shalom
Valiantly said he'd take any edge off the night
Shalom she calls out to Atman
But war put the whole thing back
Atman he swore to Shalom
Valiantly said he'd take any edge off the night
Shalom she calls out to Atman
But war put the whole thing back
Before we ever get to the goodness of it
The Chosen, Chenetha, Dolorosa
Before we ever get to the goodness of it
Ubuntu, Communion, Dolorosa
While we're in this mess …
Why we're in this mess ...
Atman he swore to Shalom
Valiantly said he'd take any edge off the night
Shalom she calls out to Atman
But war put the whole thing back
Atman he swore to Shalom
Valiantly said he'd take any edge off the night
Shalom she calls out to Atman
But war put the whole thing back
But war put the whole thing back
But war put the whole thing back
But war put the whole thing back
Return in love
Blind sentinels
Return in love
Blind sentinels now
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leere UK
leere have worked as a collective of musicians and writers since 2004. They have released albums including 'Ever Being On Lark Lane', 'Animals Around Here' and 'Compassionate Ride'. More recently leere have published a 'city trilogy' of original poems, available at Waterstones. Here on 'bandcamp' you can access their forthcoming single 'Yellow Tango Ball'(released on Tuesday 5th September 2023). ... more
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