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I Wish I'd Listened
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I Wish I'd listened
© Corrie Shelley
When my Daddy drove me to the church on our wedding day
he said to me 'Girl you think hard is this the life you crave?
Coz if you have one ounce of doubt I'll take you far away!'
I wish I'd listened to him now, but I chose to stay
Coz you swore that you would love me for eternity
and that you'd work hard every day help raise our family
but all you did was drink away the money that I earned
I wish I'd listened to him now, it was a hard lesson to learn
My dress it lies in tatters at the bottom of the bed
along with all my hopes and dreams and the promises you said
where did the man that I once love disappear to over night
I never knew what I'd done wrong, so how could I put it right
Now everyday I see your face worn by our little boy
and you missed out on so much fun, while he brought so much joy
coz you just found your happiness in the bottom of a glass
I wish I'd listened to him now, but that's all in the past.
So I hope you're doing fine now, I don't wish you any harm
coz I have found true happiness in someone else's arms
but if I had the chance to live my life over again
I wouldn't change a single thing coz it's made me who I am
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Alice
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Alice
© Corrie Shelley
Alice sits by the window and watches the trains go by
holding tightly onto her Mother's hand, knowing soon she will kiss her goodbye
As the train pulls into the station, her Mother say's 'Don't you cry!
It'll be just like a holiday, and soon you'll be back by my side'
Hundreds of children are boarding the trains, to take them far away
to the green fields of England to families unknown
who've promised to keep them safe
With suitcase and gas mask in her hand and a name tag around her neck
as the steam billows from the engine and the train pulls away down the tracks
Alice cries for her Mother, and Father who's gone to war
to fight for his country will fellow men, she don't know what they're fighting for
Days and weeks turn to months and years and Alice grew tall and thin
but the letters from home came infrequently and her memory of them it grew dim
When Churchill announced that we'd won the war, and we must rebuild our land
Alice dreamed that the day would come
when she'd hold her Mothers hand
Alice now sits at the station and watches the trains go by
she remembers the days of long ago and the tears flow again from her eyes.
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The Box
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The Box
© Corrie Shelley
I heard talk that you were leaving town, that you had somewhere else to go
were you ever gonna say goodbye?, or just leave me in the cold
I guess I didn't mean that much to you, you were only passing through
if you're ever back in town again here's what I would say to you
You'll find a box down by the gatepost
of all the things you left behind
ticket stubs from our first movie
and the cork from our first wine.
I don't miss you lying next to me, I no-longer miss your smell
I don't dream about your anymore, won't be the victim of your hell
they say you've done this many times before, tore apart so many lives
left homes burning in your wake, but I'll be the one who survives
My heart will no-longer be broken, you no-longer hold the key
all the feelings that I had for you, you took a way when you left me
You'll find a box down by the gatepost, of all the things you left behind
ticket stubs from our first movie and the cork from our first wine.
that shirt of yours I'd wear on Sunday's, love notes you'd leave for me to find
pictures that we took in Memphis, the bear you won me for a dime
the valentine card that you sent me that swore you'd love me for all time
the mix tape of our favourite love songs, and the cork from our first wine
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Here Comes The Rain
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Here Comes The Rain
© Corrie Shelley
I'm the fly you are the spider,
friendship breaker and divider
upward social mobile climber, beguiler
but I'll get free, Oh I'll get free
You're the spider I'm the fly
but I won't get trapped in your web of lies
I can see right though that thin disguise, your alibi's
oh I'll get free, Oh I'll get free
you think that I am just some silly girl who hangs on every word you say
well I've got news for you that this will be your judgment day
You had your chance and now it's time for me to pack my bags and walk away
I'll be ok, I'll be ok
You think that I will never leave
that I will stay here for eternity
and all the tales you'd tell me I'd believe, but they're killing me
so I'll get free, Oh I'll get free
Your love was like a high off heroin or needle full of sweet cocaine
I'm going cold turkey I've had enough of the pain
I'm gonna wash your broken promises right out my life and down the drain
Here comes the rain, Here comes the rain
Your spiders web now lies in tatters,
but listen closely cos this matters
my heart will no-longer be flattered, or battered
I'm breaking free, I'm breaking free
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Culloden
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Culloden
© Corrie Shelley
I fear my love has gone and died, he went to war and left my side
to fight the cause with fellow men and I'll na'er see his face again
the battle raged till the days end, blood was spilled on these fair glens
the dead and dying lay on the ground, I fear my true love will na'er be found
when battle ceased we searched for signs, the women folk their men to find
betwixed the injured and the dead, each passing soul a prayer was said
a cry of joy and sweet relief, then of sorrow and painful grief
neither side had victory won at the setting of the sun
so few men would walk from here without the sound still in their ears
sword on sword cannon roar, thundering hooves, bugle call
this field now lies a barren waste, a monument stands to mark the place
an eerie silence no word spoken just heather laid there as a token
what of my love? I hear thee ask, what fate befell us what came to pass?
his life was spared no injuries cept for the scars of his memories
Speed bonny boat like a bird on the wing onward the sailors cry
carry the lad that was born to be king over the sea to Skie
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My Hands
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My Hands
© Corrie Shelley
I held you in my arms on the day that you were born
and kept you close to me to keep you safe and warm
and I knew that one day you would learn to stand
on your own two feet and let go of my hand
you took your first steps and you took my breath away
you'd seek out new adventures every single day
nothing held you down as you reached for the sky
then you left this town and spread your wings to fly
But my hand still feels your hand holding tight
just the way that it used to
now someone else is holding you tonight
and gets to feel it too
You call me up at night and say you're doing fine
we talk for hours like you've been here all the time
then you say 'Goodnight and I Love You too'
and you miss me and that you will come home soon
You introduce me to the one who holds your heart
I recognise that look and know you'll never part
it's the same one I gave you when you were young
that built this love inside and keeps it growing strong
do do do do
and I knew that one day you would learn to stand
on your own two feet and let go of my hand
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Clocks
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Clocks
© Corrie Shelley
Drove past your old house just the other day,
memories flooded back from before you went away
of how you'd hold my hand so tight as I walked by your side
you'd let me sit up on your knee when I was growing tired
but the clocks they've all stopped now you've left me
and I can't rewind the time
oh the clocks they've all stopped now you've left me
I just wish I'd had the chance to say goodnight
Days seem harder now that you're not here with me
so I'll think of all the words that you would say to me
when I'm in a mess and all I need is your sound advice
you'd sit and talk for hours, you'd make that sacrifice
but the clocks they've all stopped now you've left me
and I can't rewind the time
oh the clocks they've all stopped now you've left me
I just wish I'd had the chance to say goodnight
Gonna come a time when I am older than you were, gonna come a time when I grow frail
but the little girl inside me still wants to hold your hand and hear you tell me all those fairytales
Wish that I could pause one moment in time just to spend it here with you
I'd replay the scene over and over in my mind
as the image of you flickers into view
but the clocks they've all stopped now you've left me
and I can't rewind the time
oh the clocks they've all stopped now you've left me
I just wish I'd had the chance to say goodnight
Hope I'll be as treasured as you are, hope I'll mean as much to someone too
and I hope you know that you are loved, of that there is no doubt
I hope I've made you proud and didn't disappoint
but the clocks they've all stopped now you've left me
and I can't rewind the time
oh the clocks they've all stopped now you've left me
I just wish I'd had the chance to say goodnight
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Recognition
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Recognition
© Corrie Shelley
She sits by the window staring off into space
there's a distance between us that I can't erase
all the lines on her face show the laughter we've shared
what I wouldn't give to feel her warm embrace
but she doesn't know who I am anymore
that flicker of recognition is gone
no she doesn't know who I am anymore
but I'll always say 'Hi Mum' when I walk through the door
It's so hard to believe that she's been replaced
by this woman beside me who's wearing her face
all our shared memories are only mine now
want to turn back the clock our lives to retrace
So I'll sit here beside her just holding her hand
take her on a journey through uncharted lands
I'll describe all the places that we've been before
hoping she will remember building castles with sand
The circle of life deals a cruel painful twist
its left me broken and battered and banging my fists
for the one that I love is drifting slowly away
and I'm left in this turmoil in a darkened abyss
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My Shoes
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My Shoes
© Corrie Shelley
Come spend a day in my shoes, I'll spend a day in yours
you can't judge the life I lead until you know the cause
everything I've ever done, has lead to where I am
everything that you've been through makes you a stronger man
So I'll spend a day in your shoes if you'll spend a day in mine
Come walk a day in my shoes, I'll walk a day in yours
see how far I've travelled before you close the door
the risks that I have taken to live this better life
to only find that prejudice everywhere is rife
but I'll walk a day in your shoes if you'll walk a day in mine
the painted smile you see me where masks the pain inside
I could never open up it's easier to hide
the only time I'm truly me is when I'm fast asleep
dreaming of a paradise that's hidden underneath
Come sit a while in my shoes, I'll sit a while in yours
we'll talk about our families and their love we hold so close
we'll tear down all these barriers, but only if we try
to just see past the covers to the story inside
So I'll sit a while in your shoes if you'll sit a while in mine
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Wine & The Liquor
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Wine & The Liquor
© Corrie Shelley
I've got this feeling in my heart that just won't go away
It's tearing me apart, and leaves this aching pain
but every time I see you, I just fall right back in love
but you just fall right back into the bottle and the drugs
Coz the Wine and the Liquor, don't ever hold a grudge
they don't call you up in the middle of the night
and declare undying love
they are always there to comfort you, warm you through and through
but just remember when you sober up who's heart you broke in two
There's a ghost inside this house, that haunts my memories
takes me to a place where you and I are free
but I wake to find the demons have pulled you deep within
and I can't seem to reach you the bottle always wins
Coz the Wine and the Liquor, don't ever hold a grudge
they don't call you up in the middle of the night
and declare undying love
they are always there to comfort you, warm you through and through
but just remember when you sober up who's heart you broke in two
Coz the Wine and the Liquor, don't ever hold a grudge
they don't call you up in the middle of the night
and declare undying love
but every time I see you, I just fall right back in love
but you just fall right back into the bottle and the drugs
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Hard to Believe
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Hard to Believe
© Corrie Shelley
I picked up the paper today when I usually throw it away
coz the headline it read that another was dead
to many are taken away
I still can't believe that they're gone but at least their music plays on
there's a queue at the gate, St Peter thinks that it's great
this will be the best gig bar none
Oh I still can't believe how we mourn and we grieve
as though they are family
but the songs that they sang, and the notes they let hang
was as though they were talking to me
Well I'd know all the words off by heart and play them again from the start
each one took me away to the very same day
to a lost love that tore me apart
But I hope that when I leave this land and the gates open up and I'll stand
to see all of them there, with their music to share
this will be one hell of a band
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Sit Down Together
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Sit Down Together
© Corrie Shelley & Bob Kettle
There's another war brewing we said the last was the last
but still we send men off to war
when will we learn the mistakes of the past
haven't we been here before
Let's sit down together, Let's stand side by side
Face one another share each other's pride
let's all agree we each have a place
coz aren't we all part of this human race
When will we learn that the fighting don't work
another tyrant will just take their place
we say it's all in the name of humanity
but what of the folks we displace
History keeps on repeating and we keep getting it wrong
laying claim to another man's land
sending men out with guns in their hands
how many sons and daughters must die
and be taken away from us
how many people must run for their lives
and live in a world of mistrust
History keeps on repeating and we keep getting it wrong
laying claim to another man's land
sending men out with guns in their hands
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Big Man
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Big Man
© Corrie Shelley
Oh the Big Man said he'd send his son to save us
the Big Man said he'd send his son real soon
the Big Man said he'd send his son to save us
but there's more chance of being saved by the man up in the moon
Well the world keeps spinning but there's no sign of salvation
the world keeps spinning but there's no sign of change
the world keeps spinning but there's no sign of salvation
prayers go un answered returned to sender like redirected mail.
Oh the Big Man said he'd send his son to save us
the Big Man said he'd send his son real soon
the Big Man said he'd send his son to save us
but there's more chance of being saved by the man up in the moon
Oh the Big Man said he'd send his son to save us
the Big Man said he'd send his son real soon
the Big Man said he'd send his son to save us
but there's more chance of being saved by the man up in the moon
The devil said 'let's party on till morning'
The devil said 'let's party on all night'
The devil said 'let's party on till morning'
the beers are cold, the women hot and it'll only cost your life
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Corrie Shelley Lancashire, UK
Corrie Shelley is a Folk Singer Songwriter from Lancashire UK.
Corrie writes from the heart and
doesn't shy away from any subject matter, every song has a personal meaning to them and her voice transports you through the ages right up to the present day.
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