Family (EP)

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