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To Hold the Red Rose
04:34
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TO HOLD THE RED ROSE (Kavanagh)
A lover's passion
A pilgrim's quest
My love for you beats beneath my breast
The wind blows wisdom
Through joys and woes
Then I turn to you
To hold the red rose
To hold the red rose
Where your love grows
To Hold the red rose
A preacher's prayer A sinner's song
Fast or slow Time still moves along
We walk together down destiny's road
and then I turn to you
To hold the red rose
To hold the red rose
Where your love grows
To hold the red rose
A beloved father A mother's bond
A daughter's devotion A son who belongs
We stand together Through all that life throws
and then I turn to you
To hold the red rose
To hold the red rose
Where your love grows
To hold the red rose
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2. |
Hold On
04:50
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HOLD ON (Kavanagh)
Slow down, let me gather my thoughts
The why whys, the what whats
Come 'round, we'll talk of forget-me-nots
The lows and highs, the knotted knots
Lost and found, give it all that you got
Read between the lines, Join up the Dots
Gone to ground, feels like I'm losing the plot
Turning tides, X marks the spot
Travellin' through time, lost in a dream
Forgetting your face n' all that you mean
Movin' my mind, beyond my being
Misplacing this place, everything seen
It all connects, I'm here and now
Shot out from space, Southbound
I'm trying to hold on
Hold on
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3. |
Mercy
06:09
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MERCY (Kavanagh)
Goldenbridge
Polluted waters
Bring your son Bring your daughter
Golden bars
Faraway stars
Lambs ready for the slaughter
Plots and Schemes
Walls and fences
Children serve a prison sentence
Broken dreams
Open menace
Nothing so heavy as emptiness
Mercy Mercy Heaven up there in the sky
God forgot our wings
Sister Brother Where is my Mother
God forgets a lot of things
Bitter kisses and poisoned lips
Shattering steel silence
Crucifixes and penguin slips
Nothing so heavy as emptiness
You will never be free of this
God made the bees and the bees make the honey, Mercy
Children do the work and the nuns get the money, Mercy
Little fingers bleed on your sacred rosary beads, Mercy
Children on their knees as Heaven starts to freeze
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
You liar You thief
You swore to protect me
You liar You thief
You swore to protect me
You liar You thief
You swore to protect me
You liar You thief
You swore you swore
Mercy
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4. |
Can you See Me
03:03
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CAN YOU SEE ME (Kavanagh)
These questions are drying on my lips
Your eyes hide the lie in your kiss
Sparkling with every summer they’ve seen
That burning heat that’s fueling your dreams
Can you see me-Can you see me thro’ this
It’s said that everything comes in threes
This second blow has got me on my knees
Blaming everything that’s in between
Leaving Everything torn and bleeding
After the storm-Get ready for the peace
Thro’ this mist, your eyes so clear
Blind with love they see none of the fear
Leaning on your trust-You’re an angel
Begging for your trust thro’ all these changes
You’d never love me if this struggle ceased
Can you see me-Can you see me thro’ this
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5. |
Getting Things Done
03:49
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GETTING THINGS DONE (Kavanagh)
The bottom line is how we see the big picture
Get a handle on it so we’re on the same page
Great to touch base – let’s table it for later
Press some flesh-Embrace the change-Embrace the change
If you don’t do it who else will?
Get back to basics – Set up the main stage
Hit the ground running- Go in for the kill
Manage expectations and channel that rage-Channel that rage
From the rising to the setting sun
We’re getting things done-Getting things done
Make sure the left hand knows what the right one is doing
We don’t want to wind up on a slippery slope
Keep and tight ship-Don’t show your cards too soon
Take one for the team-Push out the envelope – Push out the envelope
Give us a ballpark figure leave some elbow room
Have a contingency plan-Give them enough rope
Lessons to be learned-reach beyond the moon
Watch what you’re sayin’ Wash your mouth out with soap-Was your mouth out with soap
From the rising to the setting sun
We’re getting things done-Getting things done
Stay on it-Hold on tight
Stay on it – It will be alright
Stay on it- Don’t give up the fight
Stay on it- It will be alright
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6. |
Say You Will
04:43
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SAY YOU WILL (Kavanagh)
I don’t know where to begin or how to explain
There’s a strength that flows beneath my skin
Won’t you hold me-Say you will
With this love let the fight begin
Who knows maybe we can make it
A swirling beauty and the light floods in
Won’t you hold me- Say you will
It’s flowing like a river
Now I know that it’s sink or swim
As I slip beneath the waves
A swirling beauty and the light grows dim
Won’t you hold me- Say you will
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7. |
Sweet Friend
03:53
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SWEET FRIEND (Pete Kavanagh)
I know baby that it’s hard
Your man is gone and you’ve fallen apart
You’ve been lost too long in the dark
Hold On
Be Strong
He couldn’t take it anymore
He was broken by that war
Staggered through the fog to the end of the world
He’s Gone
Carry On
Chorus
You have to take hold of the reins
Learn to live with the pain
And in time life will grow again
My Sweet Friend
At the day’s end
The whole town spoke of the shame
How all he’d left was his name
You and your children have to start all over again
To see it through
To the end
Hold your head high and believe
In all you give and receive
Your love has crossed the mountains and the seas
You have sown what you will reap
Chorus twice
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8. |
Ashes
04:30
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ASHES (Kavanagh)
Deep inside of her it’s screaming
With rage & hurt, pain & shame
Her green eyes shine so wonderful
Her green eyes shine so real
Her green eyes shine so beautiful
Spiritual and Free
If you come too close
She’ll run and hide
Behind those eyes
You won’t get by-No
Don’t come too close
She’s not like she seems
This is nothing- No Nothing like it seems to be
A beauty that’s untamed
Her soul flies the same
She’s Ice in the warm summer rain
If you come too close…Behind those smiles…
She’s a child-An Angel
She is hell personified
She is woman- Dangerous
She is hope amplified
I reach out to know her
To unlock the doors-To let in the light and shut out the night-Stop the screamin’
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9. |
Tonic for a Troop
04:56
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TONIC FOR A TROOP (Kavanagh)
I’m chasing shadows through the dirt
Walking away from everything worth fighting for
Leaving a trail of shame and hurt
Got some time to kill-Let me explain
I wasn’t like this before the war
Had a wife n’ kids n’ keys to my front door
I took pride in my name and work
Now my time is spent
Drowning the pain
I spent weeks in the belly of the beast
Lost my mind in the merciless heat
Thro’ it all I held on to the belief
I would
Return home to all I had known
Before all this death and all of this regret
And that She’d be waiting for me
You never forget the taste of sand
Or the stench of burning flesh caused by your hand
When it’s raining blood and you’re soaking wet
Prayers go unanswered in the valleys of death
I can’t eat and I can’t sleep
I just close my eyes and clench my teeth
Thro’ it all I held on to the belief
I would
Return home to all I had known
Before all this death and all of this regret
And that She’s be waiting for me
Johnny got his on the Western front
Billy got his when he went out for a smoke
Charlie’s took days and Tommy’s no legs
Jimmy’s gone blind and Tony he begs
I’ve got something to say so let me be blunt
You’re no man in here if you don’t know how to hunt
Out in the dark with your hate and your gun
You’ve got to be sure you get the job done
I’ll move on now and leave you alone
To ponder my words as you wander on home
In the end the angels will come
In the end the war will be done
Peace my Brother, Peace my Son
Peace my Mother, my Daughter, my Loved One
Peace my Father, Peace for the world
Peace for the future
Peace be the Word
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Pete Kavanagh
Pete Kavanagh is a contemporary singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
His songs explore dark themes with evocative lyrics, wry wit and a well-honed musical delivery.
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