Martin Staunton and the Lost Parade

Lyrics

My Luck is About to Change
Those Days Come Easy
The Immigrant
The Night
End of the Line
Falling from Above
Loretta
'neath Skies so Fearful and Cruel
Searchin'
Under the Hills
Way Through
Your Dark Eyes

My luck is About to Change

I've drifted through the lost parade
And I've been down that lonesome highway
But I wont march here another day
Now my luck is about to change

But for time no heart could mend
But for mercy there'd be no end
Well but for you I'd have lost my way
Now my luck is about to change

If you could walk down here with me
If you could see what I can see
Then I'd be lonesome no more I pray
That my luck is about to change

Well you can throw your life away
Waitin' on that judgement day
Now I'll dwell no more upon my grave
Now my luck is about to change

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Those Days Come Easy

There's a cold wind with a blunt chill that cuts through
The winter has fallin' and leaves nothing you can do
Well it seems I'm in deeper now than I've ever been
Walkin' through this river with mud on my heels

Those days come easy darlin'
Those days come easy darlin'
They'll leave you torn and shaken through

Well the night has fallin' and its here to stay
and so the darkness of its bleak sky's is comin' your way
Too many times I've stumbled off these tracks
Each time I swore I'd never look back

Those days come easy darlin'
Those days come easy darlin'
They'll leave you torn and shaken through

One summers mornin' we'll rid these sky's of grey
One summers mornin' I pray that I'll be able

In a broken disguise your story remains
And these fiery sky's don't quench nor fade
Now the burnin' winds will keep you in stride
From the deepest valley to these lonesome dark sky's

Well I'll meet you on the other side
I'll meet you on the other side

Those days come easy darlin'
Those days come easy darlin'
They'll leave you torn and shaken through

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The Immigrant

1912, the year you passed
The factory shut its doors
And left me sinkin' fast
I took the ship to the Washington shore
And left behind your grave
Forevermore
Forevermore

I've sailed the deepest ocean
And walked the empty road
But I'm sinkin' through
With you still on my mind
In the valley of the lonesome
Where the lost river flows
From dawn until the dusk
Its just, another day another dime

I took my work any place I'd find
And down on the railway
I served my time
I heard your voice callin' me
And woke to an empty room
In the dead of the night
In the dead of the night

At night I walk home
Down these empty avenues
Just lookin' for something
To remind me of you

Early mornin' I get to work on time
On the banks of the river
We build this rail line
We build this rail line

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The Night

I stood in a hollow of the dying night
My cowardly ways honey at my side
Behind the shaded side of the poplar trees
Your gleaming light did shine on me

Well the day light's sinkin' and the moon it soars
My blood filled lonesome heavy heart does roar
Somewhere down this line I'll leave this rusty and cold
Lonesome heart behind

Now with the winter's sky and its bleakness near
I wait for you honey to appear
There's a rain that smothers these hollow trees
And drowns these dyin' empty dreams

Where the air is smothered in a sea of dust
Down 'neath the shade where there's no-one to trust
Somewhere down this line I'll leave this rusty and cold
Lonesome heart behind

Well her hair does shine and her eyes do sing
Through misty cloud cold and shrill
Well her step does bring my soul to breathe
Then she creeps away so silently

Well the day light's sinkin' and the moon it soars
My blood filled lonesome heavy heart does roar
Somewhere down this line I'll leave this rusty and cold
Lonesome heart behind

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End of the Line

The evenin' sky is growin' old
Down this cold dusty lane
The streets are filled with lonesome souls
That won't ever find their way
Covered in a spell
And torn down to a single thread
Caught between hopeless faith
And the land of the living dead

Well were livin' on the edge babe
And this train is reaching the end of the line

These wheels, they keep turnin'
Until they start to grind
I got a job that pays less, mister
Than its worth my time
I come home at the end of the day
With nothing but a pair of dirty hands
And it feels like I'm sinkin'
Through this empty waist land

Well were livin' on the edge babe
And this train is reaching the end of the line

I get up at the end of the day
With a promise hard to keep
The nights are callin' for the dawn
Like a soldier in defeat
Well there's a chill in the wind
And a dew upon the hill
Where the day it awaits
When this promise will be fulfilled

Well were livin' on the edge babe
And this train is reaching the end of the line

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Falling from Above

The sky was bleek and fallin'
Like I never thought id see
I felt your hands in mine
Then your breadth turned to dust

I woke this morning
'neath a moon so frail and dim
Then you disappeared
'neath a sky filled with blood

That come fallin' from above
Come fallin' down from above
Well dark sky's filled with blood
Come fallin' from above

Dreams come tumblin'
Into the shadows below
'neath troubled sky's
There's a dark sun creepin' in
O'er mountains of fear
There's an ever lasting cry
From this bed I dream
I hear your voice callin'

It come fallin' from above
Come fallin' down from above
Well dark sky's filled with blood
Come fallin' from above

Let me bare your cross of worry
Darlin' rest your weary eyes
Let me bare your cross of worry
Wherever you sleep tonight

Where time nor patience can heal
And loneliness is your crutch
Where the misty mornings
Are soaked in your blood
Where the bitter sweet moon
Descends from your touch
And restless nights
Leave you to drown in the floods

That come fallin' from above
Come fallin' down from above
May your strength with all its grace
Come fallin' from above

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Loretta

Well I had a longing that could only drown me
But never crossed the line
Dragged through these flooded pastures and empty miles
I carried a load on my back though this unforgiving land
Lost and lonesome, and lookin' for a sign

Lookin' for my Loretta with those brown eyes
Lookin' for my Loretta with those brown eyes

There's a cross you bare that cuts deep and cold
That you cannot leave behind
Where these dark hours and frustrations turn to shame
I'll keep my head down and my feet movin'
Through these cold streets again
Past the dark lanes where empty souls reign

Lookin' for my Loretta with those brown eyes
Lookin' for my Loretta with those brown eyes

Well I stood open to be scorned and drowned
Here in a lonesome hard rain
Where the darkest hour shall pass for the dawn to come
'til I'm lyin' in my grave, this curse I'll never shed
And these haunting winds will have no end

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'neath Skies so Fearful and Cruel

Well I'm soaked in a due from my shoulders to my heels
And my feet lay torn and bruised
None but the rain could burry you so
'neath skies so fearful and cruel

Dead men crawlin' in a field of mud green
For lost hearts and their souls to regain
There's a hard rain fallin' darlin' down here
With a silence to drive you insane

The nights grow empty and the days grow dark
With the grief your soul smothers in
There's a black wind rising that cuts to the bone
And soaks in through you skin

Now none but the pure could last so long
Here in this dirt we're crawlin' through
And none but the rain could burry you so
'neath skies so fearful and cruel

Well tonight down here I can hardly breadth
I can feel my fingers turnin' blue
Here there's a rain could burry you so
'neath skies so fearful and cruel
Oh here there's a rain could burry you so
'neath skies so fearful and cruel

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Searchin'

Never have I ever drift this way before
Where the howling winds and the cruel oceans soar
In search of a better day that only time could bring
Through these gates of steel only will those days begin

I'm gonna keep on searchin for that something else
Baby I won't tire should I find some help

Those days will come and go no matter what you do
Darlin' close the door and shake the rain off your boots
It's the same days you build your dreams on
That you'll be waitin' for until those days are gone

I'm gonna keep on searchin for that something else
Baby I won't tire should I find some help

Never have the waters rose so high
Never have the waters rose so high

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Under the Hills

Where the rain falls and tears the sky
Down in the depths of this valley's road
Where emptiness calls to fill your eyes
And shadows the seeds you've sown
Here in a darkness under the hills
From morning 'til the day was through
In the black tunnels where time stood still
'neath the clouds of its smoky fumes

Down under the hills
Where sorrow streams
Through the darkness under the hills

Well this valley that once lay silent and still
Now leaves you nothin' but bruised and torn
And there's no ticket on over these hills
It's just this dust and dirt forevermore

Down under the hills
Where sorrow streams
Through the darkness under the hills

Well you praise this depth of riches
But no blessings it brings
Now as the day comes to a close
I hear the lost souls sing
Their voices echoing through
The dust and steel
With a cold and deep call
Your blood can feel

From the coal laden cages and the depths of hell
To the sound of the steam-winding engine's roar
From the slag we'd rise with the morning bell
To the deep mines sunk into the valley floor

Down under the hills
Where sorrow streams
Through the darkness under the hills

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Way Through

My hands are covered in the dirt
And grief your soul smothers in
'neath a fearful black horizon
These restless nights bring
These restless nights bring

Where this river turns to dust
And leaves your dreams torn and bruised
From this valley of mud and stone
We'll find our way through
We'll find our way through

Got on your silver chain and ring
For my lost hope to regain
To find an end in reach
Just slowly slipping away
Only slowly slipping away

If the sky should fall to black
And leave nothing you can do
From this valley of dust and stone
We'll find our way through
We'll find our way through

Well there's shadows on my heels
And my faith is growing slim
With a darkness I can feel
That soaks in through your skin
Well it soaks in through your skin

Where this river turns to dust
And leaves your dreams torn and bruised
From this valley of mud and stone
We'll find our way through
We'll find our way through

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Your Dark Eyes

I've been down the bottom of a well
It's been so long since I heard your name
I can't feel my pulse at all
I don't even know what state I'm in

I can feel the night
Takin' over me
And your sweet touch
Is slippin' away

There's a black heavy cross you bare
That drags you to your knees
Well those hours will take their toll
And leave your heart to bleed

I can feel the night
Takin' over me
And your sweet touch
Is slippin' away
I can feel your kiss
No longer needs me
But I cannot leave
Your dark eyes
No I cannot leave
Your dark eyes
No I cannot leave
Your dark eyes

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