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The First Time
03:53
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The First Time © 2018 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
Oh the first time I saw your face
Heard your voice, amazing grace
By the station, seventh floor
Tap of high heels, lock the door
Scent your perfume in your long brown hair
Floorboards creaking on the stairs
And I’m singing…
In the mirror by your bed
I saw you smile and shake your head
I turned around, you’re standing there
Then turned again, now laid down bare
Emerald eyes and ruby lips
Pearly smile and golden hips
And I’m singing…
Some things you wait all your life for
Trying to fly until the final fall
In a dream I saw the stream led to your door
And there I found the key to it all
So the first time I heard you cry
Felt you tremble deep inside
Was the first time I fell in love
A gift from heaven, from high above
No one heard a heart beat more
Like a bird that’s never flown before
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2. |
People
03:21
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People © 2017 Malcolm Duff & Maristela da Silva
Look at all the people
Wondering where to go
What they might be missing
What they’ll never know
Look at all the people
As they're passing by
Ask the same old questions:
Can you tell me why?
Is it fate or just a date?
A mistake I made before?
Look at all the people
Standing by the shore
They're all someone, like me and you
Where's that someone, who's lonely too?
What will my tomorrow bring?
Will it be good or bad?
Will it let me smile and sing?
Or make me blue and sad?
The secret’s very simple
But understood by few:
Angels past watch over us
No matter what we do
So look at all the people
Only passing through
Even old they may find gold
And meet someone just like you.
Someone, somewhere, just like you.
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3. |
Rainbow
03:37
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Rainbow © 2018 Malcolm Duff & Maristela da Silva
Wherever you roam on the ocean
No matter how far you may be,
I’ll always recall the emotion
The first time we set out to sea.
The lights shining bright down the river
Like stars on a trail out to Skye,
Ships on their way
By night and by day
To be broken by and by
For time isn‘t kind, as a boy I would find
For those who sail out to see
Unless your heading’s an isle
Of warm arms, bright eyes and a smile
Setting you free…
So the day that you sail on the Rainbow,
Try to tell where you are
Waiting the tide
Or over the side
One with the sea and the stars
Waiting the tide
Or over the side
One with the sea and the stars
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4. |
Green Eyes
04:40
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Green Eyes © 2018 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
In my dreams I sometimes see your lovely face
But when I wake up no one’s lying there
It seems as if you’ve been and gone without a trace
But lingers on the perfume of your hair
Seven days and lonely nights you have been away
I never knew that time could take so long
But a girl with babe must always learn to earn her pay
And in my eyes now, you can do no wrong
Yet all the time I wondered why
I dreamt of lucky stars
Where you go, and who you really are?
But that was then; I’ve learnt to bend
My time to other rules
Now I know all of those that turn us into fools
So sail on babe, sail on out to see
Sail on honey, sail on to stay free
Dream a dream for two, just you and I
Sail on out to see with your green eyes
Sail on home to me with your green eyes
A time will come when there’s no one
Who wants what we can sell
And all the buyers tell the same old lies
But the flame of love burns on forever,
If you wish it well,
Bright as the emerald of your eyes
One full moon now sometime soon I’ll see you once again
The only one who helps me stand and fight
I’ll hold a girl who’s seen the world like a long-lost friend
And let love turn all this darkness into light
So sail on babe, sail on out to see
Sail on honey, sail on to stay free
Dream a dream for two, just you and I
Sail on out to see with your green eyes
Sail on home to me with your green eyes
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5. |
Goodbye For Now
05:47
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Goodbye For Now © 2018 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
Once I found a true love
As fine as fine can be
With the warmest smile
That green eyes ever meant
She slaved at night, and slept at light
Just fighting to stay free
And I a lover, then her friend
For she said to me we’d always be
Together till the end
I knew I really loved her
Each time she had to leave
But what can you do
When those green eyes smile at you,
Saying “Life’s a lovely game
Of pleasure and of pain…”
So it’s goodbye for now,
Take care and fare thee well
Remember I loved you a spell
If and when we’ll meet again
Only time will tell
So it’s goodbye for now
Fare thee well
So she went her way and I went mine
Searching all the time
For what we sometimes feel we must know
Looking still for that green hill
Somewhere further down the line
The heartache still burning low
And every day I’ve paid my way
To get back to her door
A true love lives forever
But it’s shorter if you’re poor
And that was when
She chose to send this letter:
“For you I’ll always be at home
Call me if you want to feel better
Now you’ll never be alone”
But it’s goodbye for now,
Take care and fare thee well
Remember I loved you a spell
If and when we’ll meet again
Only time will tell
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6. |
Leaving
04:44
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Leaving © 2017 Malcolm Duff & Maristela da Silva
If one day I hear you say you’re leaving
I'll tell you I don’t want to know
Maybe it's better to be even
If the flames burned far down low
You’ll maybe say you like me still,
Say you’ll someday maybe call
But time waits on no-one’s will
When fate upon us falls
I want a love that’s never older
Though we change from day to day
I want a love that’s never colder
Though it sometimes snows in May
A love that knows no boundaries
A love that knows no walls
Only love can ever set me free
Only love can save my soul
I’ll take a bus down to the coast
And a boat out to the isles
Try to recall what I loved most:
The sunrise in your smile
And there between the sea and stars
I’ll wish you well on your way
And love you still but from afar
And hope you'll hear me say:
I want a love that’s never older
Though we change from day to day
I want a love that’s never colder
Though it sometimes snows in May
A love that knows no boundaries
A love that knows no walls
Only love can ever set us free
Only love can save us all
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7. |
Light
04:09
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Light © 2018 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
When you’re feeling sad and lonely
And hurt with all the pain
When your nights go by so slowly
And the days are all the same
You just say the word,
And like a hummingbird
I’ll fly to your side
No you’re not alone
Girl I’m coming home
I can see the light
No matter how or where you are
There’s a road leading
Right to your star
So I’ll never stray too far
No more the lonely one
Now you’re the only one
I can see the light
And I’ll tell you that I love you
Say the words you want to hear
In my arms keep you from harm
Nothing more to fear
Now I can’t give you everything
I’m just a jealous man
But with this song I’m trying to sing
I give you all I am
So when you’re feeling sad and lonely
And the night is all you see
When all the pain comes back again
I’ll try to set you free
Cause you’re the best bet
I have ever met in my whole life
I can’t forget you, I’ll never let you
Out of my sight
No matter how or where you are
There’s a road leading right to your star
So I’ll never stray too far
To come home and kiss you
How I miss you, now I wish you’d
Dream with me tonight
No more the lonely one
Now you’re the only one
I can see the light
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8. |
Hi There
03:45
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Hi There © 2021 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
Hi there, how are you?
It’s been a long, long time
Many moons have come and gone
Are you still a love of mine?
Hey there, can you hear me?
I see that I’ve been blind
Work all day my life away
Yet held your heart, girl, all this time…
But it’s so cold, out here tonight
I need to see your light
Shining brightly, bright as day
Just a smile away
Won’t you listen while I tell you all my tale?
It won’t take long, wait and see:
I loved a girl once, and she loved me…
Now you’re only just a smile today
Now you’re only ten thousand lonely miles away
And it’s so cold, out here tonight
I need to see your light
Shining brightly, bright as day
Just a smile away
Wait a minute now, did I hear you right?
You’re all alone and coming home tonight?
Someone, somewhere heard me pray
Now you’re only just a smile away
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9. |
Whisky Waltz
02:56
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Whisky Waltz © 2019 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
Over the highlands, from now until then,
Here’s where you’ll find us, and all your old friends,
When you’ve done your day’s work and I’ve finished mine,
There we’ll drink whisky, water and wine.
You take the high road and I’ll take the low,
But wherever it leads you, whatever it shows,
Here in this heart, you’ll always stay
If ever we part, and comes on what may
Beyond the islands, and over the sea,
That’s where my love lies, and I long to be…
When you’ve done your day’s work and I’ve finished mine,
There we’ll drink whisky, water and wine.
There we’ll drink whisky, water and wine
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10. |
For You
03:40
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For You © 2021 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
Lately I’ve been lonely
Lonely just for you
You’re the one and only
Who’s always seen me through
But this freight train we’re all riding
May be all we have for time
So hold me tight all through this night
And put your hand in mine
How I miss you, that’s no lie
But I’ll kiss you by and by
So tell me you’re true
That one and one make two
And all I do I’ll do for you
There’s so much to learn
About this lonely world
As we ride from mountain high
Down to the sea
Once upon a time I loved a girl
And for a starry while she loved me
Now distance has no meaning
When we are far away
I know some summer evening
I’ll see your smile again
On this freight train we’re all riding
Sometimes seems we’re all alone
But just dream with me
And you will see
That soon we’ll be back home
How I love you, that’s no lie
Like a dove you’ll learn to fly
So tell me it’s true
That one and one make two
And all I do I’ll do for you
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11. |
Rainbow Instrumental
03:24
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12. |
In The Meantime
05:05
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In the Meantime © 2017 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
The last day that I found you
You left me with a kiss
I knew then how much you’d mean
But not how much I would miss
You showed me your new apartment
The sun shone down on your bed
I touched your lips and then your hips
So I didn’t hear a word you said:
“It’s only for a short while,
Can’t you feel that it’s full moon?
I’ve got to find another needle
Come back and see me soon.”
In the meantime, here I stand
A heavy heart and empty hands
If you need me, you just call
I will hear you over all
The last day that I felt you
In the church before your grave
The preacher spoke out loud and clear
Said you were one of the brave
When I got home I found your note
With a photo of your lovely face
And the words you wrote “We’ll meet again
In some other time and place”
Well I’ve been waiting now
For a long, long year
Searching for a sign of your love
But the only sound I ever hear
Is the whisper of the wind high above
In the meantime, here I stand
A heavy heart and empty hands
I know I’ll always remember you
Only the good things are forever true
Only the good things are forever true
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13. |
Singing The Blues
02:13
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Singing The Blues © 2022 Malcolm Duff & Maristela Da Silva
How many times has she heard the same lines
When they say, as they pay, I love you?
How many nights, when they’ve turned out the lights
Did she wish that one kiss would be true?
But that was before she read the score
And now she’s paying her dues
Now she’s singing, she’s singing the blues
Men come and go, some fast, some slow
But all, they leave in the end
Only she knows that after the shows
She’ll be finding a friend
And now when she sings, it’s as if she has wings
Love changes your views
She plays all the bars but stays with the stars
When she’s singing, she’s singing the blues
When she’s singing, she’s singing the blues
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14. |
Luz
02:13
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Malcolm Duff Rouen, France
Started to play piano at age 4, played with bands in the UK in the 70's, moved to France, has written songs ever since, now a professional singer-songwriter, member of SACEM (the authors, composers and publishers copyright association) and author. His first book "The Escorts" uses his lyrics to illustrate his experience as a helper. ... more
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