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SCRIBBLED IN CHALK

by Karine Polwart

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1.
Hole In The Heart I made everything come undone I made everything fall apart I quit running to the finishing line and I went back to the start I found a great big hole in the middle of my life Shaped just like my heart, just like my heart I lost sight of what was under my feet ‘Cause I always had to be on top And I was so drunk on love That I didn’t taste a single drop I used to make everything run on time ‘Til I made the whole world stop, I made it stop CHORUS Now I’m watching the world move in slow motion Now I’m finding it easy to breathe For too long I was trying to walk In high heels through a river of mud For too long I was trying to talk Over the sound of rushing blood Where truth is a story scribbled in chalk Just an hour before the flood, before the flood CHORUS I made everything come undone I made everything fall apart I quit running to the finishing line and I went back to the start I found a great big hole in the middle of my life Shaped just like my heart Just like my heart First verse repeat “Just like my heart” outro
2.
I'm Gonna Do It All I’m gonna sail right out on the Atlantic I’m gonna catch me a fish that’s bigger thangigantic I’m gonna cook up a fine fish tea It will be like some kind of Galilee I’m gonna do it all some day CHORUS I’m gonna do it all some day I’m gonna do it all some day You may not believe a word I say But I tell you I’m gonna do it all some day I’m gonna climb way over that old mountain I’m gonna shout in a place where no-one hears me shouting I’m gonna swear so loud I’ll strip the silver lining from a cloud I’m gonna do it all some day CHORUS I’m gonna fly in a silver winged space rocket I’m gonna pick out the stars and put them in my pocket I’m gonna bring those stars back down So I can spread celestial light around I’m gonna do it all some day CHORUS “I’m gonna do it all” OUTRO
3.
Daisy 03:27
Daisy Hey Daisy darling Don’t spread your arms so wide Why don’t you keep a little something inside? I know you think that hands are made for pulling us through But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do Hey Daisy darling Don’t give them all you can Why don’t you keep a few more cards in your hand? I know you’ll only say a thing you believe to be true But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do They don’t think like you do And some don’t think at all Hey Daisy darling Don’t take it all as read Why don’t you ask a few more questions instead? I know you think that everyone should be paid what they’re due But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do They don’t think like you do And some don’t think at all
4.
Maybe There's A Road I’ve kind of got used to feeling cold I know I was warm one day a long, long time ago Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard I’d rather not say why I couldn’t stay home Now I get paid never to be alone Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard The trucks roll by here day and night I know how to come on in a headlight Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard The signs are in a language I don’t understand But I’m not going anywhere anyway so I don’t give a damn Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard I think I caught his eye about 4am I thought he looked kinder than the other men Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard Now somewhere someone’s saying I was in the wrong And that I never should have travelled where I don’t belong Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard I don’t know where I am but I know I’m gonna stay Cause if you just stand still you can never lose your way Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard Show me a road that’s not this hard Show me a road that’s not this hard
5.
Where The Smoke Blows Sometimes you just get caught where the smoke blows And you just have to breathe it in until it all goes Don’t you know it’ll all be gone when you’re gone? Sometimes a thing look shit on the inside And from farther away it’s the ebb and the flow of the tide Don’t you know it’ll all be gone when you’re gone? A small mind with a big notion Brought down to earth by the size of the ocean wide Sometimes you just can’t see what’s bigger When you’re caught in the frame just a tiny figure Don’t you know it’ll all be gone when you’re gone? Sometimes the thing you think you have your eyes on Fades out of view on the far horizon Don’t you know it’ll all be gone when you’re gone? A small mind with a big lie Brought down to earth by the size of the sky All the men with enormous heads and tiny hearts In the end they’re only playing incidental parts Don’t you know it’ll all be gone when you’re gone? A small mind with a big notion Brought down to earth by the ocean A small mind with a big lie Brought down to earth by the size of the sky Sometimes you just get caught where the smoke blows Where the smoke blows, where the smoke blows...
6.
Holy Moses 04:30
Holy Moses Holy Moses Asleep in his basket Encountered a question But he couldn’t ask it Nor could he answer In baby sighs and baby cries At least he heard no doubt At least he heard no lies Holy Moses Holy Moses Afloat on the river Swaddled in big ideals Surrounded by water Too big for his tiny hands And tiny heart But in his eyes the size Of all he would later part CHORUS Somebody told him “Here’s a thing you cannot do” He did it anyway Just to prove it was not true Holy Moses, Holy Moses Holy Moses Is it any wonder That somebody raised upon Secrets and undertows Would know all the ways To reveal what is hidden And would be the one who conveys All that’s forbidden? CHORUS X 2 Holy Moses, Holy Moses
7.
Don't Know Why All of these moments cling to each other Just like a small boy clutches his mother Maybe one day they’ll go their own way I keep linking the daisies into chains I keep blinking to see if it all looks the same Maybe one day they’ll got their own way CHORUS Clouds form and disperse in the summer sky Clouds form and disperse and I don’t know why Nothing moves in a straight line, all these roads are not Roman And the ruler rods of time are not fixed or frozen Maybe one day they’ll go their own way I keep linking the daisies into chains I keep blinking to see if it all looks the same Maybe one day they’ll go their own way CHORUS All of these moments cling to each other Just like a small boy clutches his mother Maybe one day they’ll go their own way CHORUS
8.
Take Its Own Time You ceased to mow the lawn ten years ago You just wanted to see how your garden would grow You abandoned the pruning shears and welcomed each weed You permitted the soil to select its own seed But it would be unfair to assume you don’t care For you pay great attention to all that goes there You simply abstain from a plan or design You just let it all hang out and take its own time You just let it all hang out and take its own time And you follow a thread in a book that you’ve read Or in something that someone you heard somewhere said You say “It’s all connected, it’s all intertwined If you let it all hang out and take its own time If you let it all hang out and take its own time” Now you don’t move too fast, you make it all last You encounter a moment before it is past And you say “Walking slow in this world is no crime” You just let it all hang out and take its own time You just let it all hang out and take its own time …
9.
've Seen It All Build a tower Build a wall Watch it burn Watch it fall Two for sorrow And one for joy I’ve seen it all And it all comes undone A pale man pleads A pale man dies One man applauds And another cries Teeth for teeth And eyes for eyes I’ve seen it all And it all comes undone And it all comes undone Raise a flag Raise your hands Praise your Lord And then raze his lands While one falls Another stands And I’ve seen it all And it all comes undone And it all comes undone And it all comes undone
10.
Baleerie Baloo I know the warp of a thread Of fibres and filaments silver and red But these golden stars Are blood on my hands Baleerie, baleerie baloo I cradled you all in the sun I cradle you still though the day is done And these golden stars Swallow the light Baleerie, baleerie baloo Tomorrow is sealed with a sigh And I am betrayed by the tear in my eye And these golden stars Have fallen to earth Baleerie, baleerie baloo So hush ma wee lammie don’t weep A far gentler hand will soon lull you to sleep And those golden stars will shine for you and I Baleerie, baleerie baloo
11.
Terminal Star You’re a beautiful trace Across time and space You’re a thing that once shone And you still shine bright In the darkest night Though you’re already gone You have travelled so far My terminal star In your coat so red But I still don’t know how I can watch a thing now When it’s already dead When it’s already dead Just to reach my eyes You traverse the skies For a hundred million years I behold your power In this waukrife hour Just before it disappears All the stories in stones And in beakers and bones All the salt in the sea Are eclipsed by the might Of your fading light You’re dying so beautifully So beautifully You’re a beautiful trace Of time and space You’re a thing that once shone And you till shine bright In the darkest night Though you’re already gone Though you’re already gone waukrife = Scots word for waking / sleepless
12.
Follow The Heron The back of the winter is broken And light lingers long by the door And the seeds of the summer have spoken In gowans that bloom on the shore CHORUS By night and day we’ll sport and we’ll play And delight as the dawn dances over the bay Sleep blows the breath of the morning away And we follow the heron home In darkness we cradled our sorrow And stoked all our fires with fear Now these bones that lie empty and hollow Are ready for gladness to cheer CHORUS So long may you sing of the salmon And the snow scented sounds of your home While the north wind delivers its sermon Of ice and salt water and stone CHORUS X 2

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released February 18, 2009

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