Family (EP)

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15min, 42sec

Lavender’s Blue

When I’ve been put to bed and the day is done
My Mother strokes the head of her only son
Then she sings to me my favourite lullaby
I feel my Mother’s love when I close my eyes

My sweet Mothers love

Soon I’m a terrible teen and the world is mine
My Mother lets me know her love is a sign
It’s a light in my heart as I live each day
I feel my Mother’s love show me the way

My Mother Heather lies in a field of Lavender
From where she sings me my favourite lullaby
Dilly Dilly Do, Dilly Dilly Do Lavender’s Blue

Oh my Sweet Mothers love I have it inside me
Oh my Sweet Mothers love How well it guides me

Now I’ve become a man who needs to stand tall
My Mother holds me up when I’m gonna fall
Without her shining light I couldn’t take a step
While she’s smiling on me I’m safely kept

Oh my Sweet Mothers love I have it inside me
Oh my Sweet Mothers love how well it guides me

Ooo she guides me through my life with her sweet love

My Mother Heather lies in a field of Lavender
From where she sings me my favourite lullaby
Dilly Dilly Do, Dilly Dilly Do Lavender’s Blue
Dilly Dilly Do, Dilly Dilly Do Lavender’s Blue

Good-bye Maxwell James

I wonder what was on your mind
When your breathing came to cease
I’m hoping that your thoughts were kind
I like to think you rest in peace

I would’ve liked to said good-bye
Shook your hand, shared a meal
We spoke one day and then you died
Might have been quick, wasn’t ideal

Good-bye Maxwell James
My father you’d be
You taught me how to see

I’m happy that you lived a life
Without doubting anything
And in our Mum you had a wife
With a heart that made birds sing
Good-bye Maxwell James
My father you’d be
You taught me how to see

And through your son and daughter you live on.

I wonder if you had regrets
When your breathing came to cease
I hope that dying let’s us forget
So we can all just rest in peace

Good-bye Maxwell James
Good-bye Maxwell James
Good-bye Maxwell James
 

Lindie

Sister wise, sister strong
You have your own special song
Sister wise, sister strong
In my life you belong

In our younger days when we were kids
I was sporty and she liked to read
I hardly knew what she was doing
We lived together separately

She became a teacher, I an engineer
And we took on life and found our feet
We then married and had our children
Then as families we would meet

Christmas holidays at Hawks Nest Beach
There we found a new familiar way
A friend to confide in not just a sister
Then my troubles fell away

Sister wise, sister strong
You have your own special song
Sister wise, sister strong
In my life you belong

When she’s with me I feel our family
And our childhood now long ago
With our Mum and Dad a precious memory
Lindie and I will always know

As years grow longer, and we get older
There’s less time for us to share
She’s my little sister and she’s my lifelong friend
I’m a lucky man. I know I am because
Lindie is my only sister
And I’m so glad she’s around
My only sister
Keeps my heart safe and sound
My beautiful sister
Who I’ll adore, for evermore

Being Your Dad

For all that I’ve done, the best I could be is there in my three sons
The future is you, I’m always behind everything you do
Through shadows and sun, I’ll remember that we will stay father and son
However it flows, I’ll always be there
Everywhere you go
All the times that we’ve had all the good and the bad
I love being your Dad

If you never get the call
To go to war and give your all
If you never save a soul
If your life’s not remarkable
Well know when you raise a child
There’s nothing you can do that’s more worthwhile

The choices you make; may they bring you peace and learn from your mistakes
With the love I give, tried to teach you well
Your life is there to live
All the times that we’ve had all the good and the bad
I love being your Dad

If you never get the call
To go to war and give your all
If you never save a soul
If your life’s not remarkable
Well know when you raise a child
There’s nothing you can do that’s more worthwhile

I hope that one day, the love of a child makes clear the words I say
To promise I would, if there was a way the joy of Fatherhood

All the times that we’ve had all the good and the bad
I love being your Dad