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New Year's Day

from Singing on the Wind by Anne Lister

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When you wake up one morning and find that you're feeling OK again now, even if you never want to see the **&$*! again. London, January 1st 1988.

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Last night I dreamed I came home again
Last night I dreamed I walked by the sea
And you were walking by my side
For you were always home for me.
And in my dream I heard a song
Which seemed to come from inside my heart
And all the things I'd never said
Were echoed in the bass line part.

If I'd had a knife I'd have learnt to cut
If I'd had an axe I'd have learnt to kill
If I'd had poison I'd have made an end
Of all those things that could hurt me still.
But I'd no knife, and I'd no axe
I hadn't any sort of blade
And all pain and all the dreams
Are withered now and start to fade.

And if a song could go through the air
I would give it feathered wings
I'd send it high up in the air
And teach your cold heart how to sing
And I wish you what you've never had
I wish you all you stole from me
And now I've found more than I'd lost
This song is soaring high and free.

Last night I dreamed I came home again
Last night I dreamed you were by my side
And oh the aching in my heart
When I think how I wept and cried.
And waking now I'll sing the song
That seemed to come from inside my heart
And all the things I'd never said
Will echo through from every part.

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from Singing on the Wind, released August 5, 2021
Anne - 12 string guitar. Mike O'Connor - fiddle. Steafan Hannigan - percussion (udu), low whistle, Scottish small pipes and Highland pipes. Annie Power - harmony.

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Anne Lister Wales, UK

Anne is best known for her song "Icarus", recorded and performed by a number of different singers, including Martin Simpson and Nic Jones. "Astrolabe" is her ninth solo album.

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