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The Disturber

from Singing on the Wind by Anne Lister

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Another name for Aengus Og, the god of Love - highly suitable, too. And Fionn asks Grainne "What is sharper than a knife?" She answers "A woman, caught between two men." "What is swifter than the wind?" "A woman's mind." Beara, February 1999.

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I thought I saw a rainbow when there was no sun
I thought I saw blue sky above the cloud
I thought it was over when it hadn't begun
I thought that you'd heard my thoughts out loud.

The land of sunshine lies across the waves
The road to happiness is hard to find
The heroes are sleeping in their underground caves
And the wind moves more slowly than a woman's mind.

I thought I heard bird song when storm winds blew
I thought I saw a silver tree among the rain
I thought I'd found answers no one else knew
I thought I'd found sweetness to avoid the pain.

I thought I saw a road made of tumbled stones
I thought I saw clear water mixed up with mud
I thought I could follow as the rooks fly home
I thought I'd won forgiveness with my heart's blood.

What's out there isn't what I think I see
The answers aren't what I think they are
Forgiveness isn't what you gave to me
And love disappears with the morning star.

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from Singing on the Wind, released August 5, 2021
Mike O'Connor - fiddle. Terry Mann - sax. Steafan Hannigan - bodhran and low whistle. 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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