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Ravens And Butterflies

by Tess Callaghan

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Tess Callaghan - Back Again 03:39
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Back Again September You can leave me in a loveless state I’ve got my plans brewing babe I’m travelling See our love Gave me somewhere to belong Something to hold on I’m a gypsying type What am I gonna do I don’t wanna be lonely Back again to find I’m in a loveless state What am I gonna do I don’t wanna be lonely Back again Summer Short sleeves we’re keeping cool With a feeling we can break the rules A time for fun So we hang out Eternity a little while Till the boredom set in child Now we’re through What am I gonna do I don’t wanna be lonely Looking for respite In a loveless state What am I gonna do I don’t wanna be lonely Back again That’s all I can see I’m fixing my sleeve And looking down to contemplate Between you and me Come apart at the seams It just don’t wear anymore How did I get into this loveless state What am I gonna do I don’t wanna be lonely Looking for respite Give it babe What am I gonna do I don’t wanna be lonely Back again In a loveless state
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Tess Callaghan - Ravens And Butterflies (Folk) 03:12
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Ravens And Butterflies I thought you might call Although I gave you reason to think twice I was a little nervous I was hiding my thoughts from you last night Although I want you near I look ahead and you’re not at my side I don’t know what to do But boy I can’t take you for a ride Last night I had a dream Of ravens and pretty butterflies While they got away Something in the dream made me cry And round and round I go Dancing for you pretty pirouettes You’d be standing on a crate And I’d pretend I hadn’t seen you yet Something deep inside Is taking me to where I’ve got to go And it’s time to decide If you’re going to join me down the road And last night I had a dream Of ravens and pretty butterflies While they got away Something in the dream made me cry Last night I had a dream Of ravens and pretty butterflies While I want you near I look ahead and you’re not at my side Oh last night I had a dream Last night I had a dream Last night I had a dream Last night I had a dream
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Tess Callaghan - The Forest 03:34
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The Forest A day is a leaf A year is a tree A life is a forest I'd like to go somewhere Drive into the dark Face forward Not know where Bring myself Like magic A day is a leaf A year is a tree Take me to the forest A day is a leaf A year is a tree Take me to the forest Nature drives me on It's time to put down roots somewhere The breeze brings the buds to my ground So pretty and spread all around And the boy who takes me now Can't really speak to me A day is a life A year is a tree Take me to the forest A day is a life A year is a tree Take me to the forest A day is a life A year is a tree Take me to the forest A day is a life A year is a tree Take me to the forest
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Tess Callaghan - Fumble 03:27
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Fumble Hey, there stranger I'm sure you dropped this paper With my number and my name Please take it 'Cause boy I like your face This could be our escape Oh take a chance And have a little fun          Yeah boy I like your face And I'm lonely in this place And life's too short To fumble and regret   The paper’s in your hand You sweetly say you saw it land You know life’s too short To fumble and regret   So what if people look around Who cares if you're a happy clown Just convert this chance fate might be smiling on As I leave the train I turn to you and say I hope that I will see you once again Oh I listen to the sound Of the wheels turning round And all the places Passing quickly by Such a shame to waste If we're bound for the same place                                      Won't you come and join me for a ride Yea boy I like your face And I'm lonely in this place And life's too short  To fumble and regret The paper's in your hand You sweetly say you saw it land You know life's too short To fumble and regret
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Tess Callaghan - Lost And Found 04:40
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Lost And Found All the places you could be Where you've been slowly recedes Traveling with just a case Moving on no time to waste All the places you have seen Coming in to sharp relief Travelling with just one aim And no-one to blame But now in the dark at night Answers fail and doubts they bite While outside the traffic sounds You're on the verge of being lost and found On the verge of being lost and found Looking out into the sea Dream of how it all could be When you didn't need to know You let your feelings run the show All the faces cold and strange They don't know your name or age And to you its all the same Just repeat the pattern again All the spaces sold and barred Open prison asphalt yard Makes you tear the city down So the sky's your mirror now Shows you your forgotten vows All you've hidden underground You're on the verge of being lost and found On the verge of being lost and found On the verge of being lost and found
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Tess Callaghan - One Of The Few 03:52
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One Of The Few It wasn’t when we first met baby Too close for a view But from the other side of the room well I knew I knew That beneath your dark clothes boy You hid a blow And you’d taken away your heart babe Your heart from show And that I’d want you I’d need you And I’d like you To tell me Am I one of the few So we went into a park and We sat on the grass And it struck me there and then I’d like for this to last You had to go into a bank and Joked did I need a loan Well I smiled but deep inside I thought I’d like to spend Spend some time Alone with you Go home with you Oh yeah I’d like this time to never end show me around Alone with you Skim stones with you Tell me boy oh tell me boy am I one of the few Come on and tell me tell me baby Am I one of the few Come on and tell me tell me sweetheart What do I mean to you Come on and Tell me tell me darling I one of the few Come and tell me tell me baby What do I mean to you Alone with you Go home with you Oh yeah I’d like this time to never end Show me around Alone with you Go home with you Tell me now boy tell me now Am I one of the few Bababababababababa Tell me now oh tell me now am I one of the few Wooah One of the few Repeat Ride a bike with you Take a hike with you Come on tell me now oh tell me now Ladadadadada Dadadada Tell me now oh tell me now am I one of the few One of the few
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Tess Callaghan - Baby It's You 03:54
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Baby Its You The bags are in the back of the cab that came on time As we pull away the driver’s telling me some headline He says the main road is busy so we take the long way round I’ll make my train but that’s not how I’m inclined Oh Baby It’s You Yeah Baby It’s You You’re the only one I can’t get out my mind As I leave this town behind Driving down the road I see the stores and the cafes are open Tourists and children and anaraks bargain hunting A couple crosses over to stroll the sunny sidewalk There’s traffic on the road and the driver hums a tune on the radio Oh Baby It’s You Yeah Baby It’s You You’re the only one I can’t get out my mind [chorus ?] Oh Baby It’s You Yeah Baby It’s You The feeling’s getting harder to deny As I leave this town behind And I came and went a few times To see where the future lay You played your cards so close Too soon to walk away But actions speak the loudest No matter what you say You didn’t seem to care No not enough for me to stay Oh Baby It’s You Yeah Baby It’s You You’re the only one I can’t get out my mind Oh Baby It’s You Yeah Baby It’s You You’re the only one I can’t get out my mind As I leave this town behind
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Tess Callaghan - Camelot 04:27
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Camelot Out on the river We could drift for a while You so sure, I too tender Too easily pleased You passed me by  Oh I needed you  But I dare not look So I watched you go away And I'm scared of the prophecy Don't waste time on anyone or anything So I Ieft my ivory tower For you in Camelot Lancelot, I had to look, I had to tempt fate I’m no longer content weaving this tapestry  And I'm so far away, I’m so cut off Behind these walls, too removed I want so much to be with you        This Autumn storm will rage soon I’ll write my name on this boat And I’ll drift downstream afloat Lancelot you’re my only hope Now the tapestry has flown I’ve been in prison for too long honey It’s now or never escape and find myself in Camelot In legendary Camelot In legendary Camelot Lancelot, I had to look, I had to tempt fate I’m no longer content weaving this tapestry  Lancelot, I had to look, I had to tempt fate I’m no longer content weaving this tapestr Please be gentle with me, take my love Please be gentle with me, take my love No cold shoulder don’t turn away it’s me the lady of Shalott Lancelot, I had to look, I had to tempt fate I’m no longer content weaving this tapestry  Lancelot, I had to look, I had to tempt fate I’m no longer content weaving this tapestry 
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Tess Callaghan - All I've Got Is My Strength 03:20
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All I've Got Is My Strength I had to get away They didn’t dig me baby Honey you’ve been sweet But how come I’m still afraid If you knew where I come from I’m used to crawling out All I’ve got is my strength I mustn’t lose it now All I’ve got is my strength When all’s said and done All I’ve got is my strength So please don’t bring me down I wear purple and browns Like a queen of September And I treasure little things The kinds you won’t remember Like the card you wrote Well I keep it in the dresser When there’s no-one around To say to me All I’ve got is my strength When all’s said and done All I’ve got is my strength So please don’t bring me down And so what of the pain I’ve got to walk into the sunshine And find a man I can call mine Who can teach me and love me Just as I teach and love him yes Meanwhile I gotta be strong, got to be strong All I’ve got is my strength When all is said and done All I’ve got is my strength Oh I’m a lucky one So please don’t bring me down
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Tess Callaghan - Venus De Milo 04:13
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Venus De Milo Falling out a club in Soho  It's late and she missed the last tube home In the yellow light the street shines gold She comes up like Venus de Milo Venus de Milo  Step into the nigh Taking me with you Till you're out of sight Stepping out onto the scene Her innocence is what it seems Openness that will embrace you Stillness that will overtake you Venus de Milo  Step into the night Taking me with you  Till you're out of sight Curves tapering waves and touch With a glance the world unlocks She holds you with a trembling hand Soho shores a foreign land Standing in a Soho bar A painter now observing her Soft look of a woken child Who can't leave without goodbye  Strong as life to love the man Who walks the changing sands Bringing heaven to her feet Walking tall on Denmark Street Venus de Milo Step into the night Taking me with you  Till you're out of sight Venus de Milo Venus de Milo Venus de Milo 
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Ravens And Butterflies (Electric) 03:33
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released January 1, 2016

Production, vocals Tess Callaghan, eguitar Barrie Cadogan, Bass Simon Little, Drums Fletch, keys Jim Watson

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Tess Callaghan

Singer Songwriter from Ireland with 17 electric and acoustic collections since 2015. See review (louderthanwar.com/tess-callaghan-he-walks-in-beauty-single-review/). From indie, blues, rock and pop ('Big Heart', feat. Barrie Cadogan guitar, Simon Little bass) to home-spun acoustic, folk and celtic. ... more

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