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I'M NOT WHAT I
SEEM
It's
taken me years to find where I am going. I am sure I've said
that many times. I watched others struggle as well I spoke of
that in "Some Of Us Slide". I discovered the writings
of others like Leon Dubinsky in songs like "Oh Love".
I gave my trust to those in "I Believe In Miracles"
and I still do.
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Track
Listing & Sound Clips
 1.
 Southeast Wind
2. 90% Stoned 10% Blue
3. Here's To The People
4. Kuan-Yin Doll
5. Strung Out And Crazy
6. Stephen Foster Song
7. Broken Heart Strings
8. Oh Love
9. Some Of Us Slide
10. I'm Not What I Seem
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Southeast
Wind
David
and I collected old bottles
Ladder back chairs and broken down rockers
When we first came together we had such ideas
Full of the future and full of good feelings
David and I bought a farm in the country
Tore down walls and planted tall trees
Sat up in the comfort of working and sharing
And planning a lifetime of living together
Chorus:
Then a Southeast wind came and blew up my mind
Tore up the Memories I'd long left behind
Started me thinking and started me feeling
But most of all it started me dreaming
David
and I gathered up our belongings
Parting the ways when the dreams started falling
We visit the children on separate occasions
And justify lonliness whenever we're able
David and I live in separate places
And sometimes I run off to live in the spaces
I sit in the rocker, set chairs round the table
And bury my past with gentle persuasion
CHORUS
Planning a lifetime of living together.
Chorus
David and I gathered our belongings
Parted the ways when the dreams started falling
We visit the children on separate occasions
And justify loneliness whenever we're able.
Chorus
David and I live in Separate places
And sometimes I run off to live in the spaces
I'll sit in the rocker set chairs round the table
And bury my past with gentle persuasion.
Chorus
Words
and Music by Rita Mac Neil
© 1983 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited
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Broken
Heartstrings
Like
the stars in the black sky
There's teardrops in your eyes
And I know who put them there tonight
But I don't deal in love songs
The pain it lasts too long
So I hope you don't mind if I treat this light
Chorus:
There are so many lovers
With so many troubles
And more broken heartstrings than I care to know
Like
the birds in the blue sky
There's leaving on your mind
And I know just how you feel tonight
But the places you run to
To heal all of your wounds
Holds a window of darkness
To keep out the light
Chorus
Like
the trees in the forest
You're back here among us
And I know just how you feel tonight
For the pain has subsided
You're finally smiling
So I hope you don't mind
If I treat this light.
Chorus
Words
and Music by R. Mac Neil
© 1982 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited
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I'm
Not What I Seem
I'm not
what I seem and I'm not what you're seeing
I'm a re-creation of somebody's dream
Somebody's nightmare somebody's mistake
But it all depends on who is doing the looking
It's
taken past thirty to find where I'm going
And it's caused me many of unhappy moments
Plenty of darkness before there was light
But it all depends on who's doing the walking
I've
listened to people who've gone on before me
And I've tried to learn from the things that they’ve told me
But it all depends on who's doing the talking
I'm not
what I seem and I'm not what you're seeing
I'm a re-creation of somebody's dream
Somebody's nightmare somebody's mistake
But it all depends on who is doing the looking
Words
and Music by Rita MacNeil
© 1983 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited (SOCAN)
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