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A NIGHT AT THE
ORPHEUM
This
Rita MacNeil release comes in the form of a live recording from
Rita's acclaimed 1999 cross-Canada 'On a Personal Note' Symphony
Tour. Recorded at Vancouver's historic Orpheum Theatre, and
featuring the world-renowned Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the
15 song CD showcases some of Rita's most popular songs and
includes two brand new ones - Why Am I Surprised and Dream
Forever. Now for the first time on CD, with the lush sounds of
the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, experience the magic of Rita
MacNeil live!
Click
song titles for lyrics, play icons for Real Audio sound clips
 Track
Listing & Sound Clips
1.
Respective
2. Home I'll Be
3. Reason To Believe
4. I'm Not What I Seem
5. Flying On Your Own
6. I'll Accept The Rose
7. Working Man
8. Black Rock
9. Why Am I Surprised
10. My Island Too
11. Good Friends
12. Dream Forever
13. That'll Be The Day
14. Snowbird
15. Johnny Be Fair
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Home
I'll Be
I see
the mountains, feel the salt air
I have reasons to behold
All the wonders that never cease to be
You're as timeless as the water
You're as gentle as the fields
I caress you oh Cape Breton in my dreams
And you
never let the hard times
Take away your soul
And you stopped the tears from falling
As you watched the young ones go
You're as peaceful as a clear day
You're as rugged as the seas
I caress you oh Cape Breton in my dreams
Chorus:
And home I'll be
Home I'll be
Banish thoughts of leaving
Home I'll be
I see
the blue lakes, feel the passion
I have reasons to believe
There are places that will bring you to your knees
I hear voices they are calling
I have reason to pay heed
I caress you oh Cape Breton in my dreams
And you
kept your arms wide open
To let your children know
Wherever there is distance
The heart is always home
You're as soulful as a choir
You're as ancient as the hills
I caress you oh Cape Breton in my dreams
Chorus
/Repeat Chorus
Banish
thoughts of leaving, Home I'll be
Words
and Music by Rita MacNeil
©1990 Pond Publishing and Production Limited
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Reason
To Believe
I’ve
been going over my life
And I teal you in the breeze
You’re a constant reminder
Of what used to be
And I know you walk beside me
On the earth beneath my feet
And through you’re only a memory
You still give to me
A reason to remember
And a reason to believe
I’ve
been going over your life
And I’ve seen you on your knees
You so wanted favours bestowed
upon me
And I know that in our distance
You were never out of reach
And through you’re only a memory
You still give tome
A reason to remember
And a reason to believe
Chorus
And the love that you gave me
Is the reason I feel
Why the heart needs affection
And the soul needs the peace
I’ve
been going over our time
And when parting had to be
When you live through the changes
Oh the learning cuts deep
And I know that in your silence
You found a way to speak
And though you’re only a memory
You still give to me
A reason to remember
And a reason to believe
Chorus
(Repeat Chorus)
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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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Flying
On Your Own
You
were never more strong girl
You were never more alone
Once there was two, now there's
Just you
You're flying on your own
You
were never more happy girl
You were never oh so blue
Once heartaches begin
Nobody wins
You're flying on your own
Chorus:
And when you know the wings you ride
Can keep you in the sky
There isn't anyone holding back you
First you stumble, then you fall
You reach out and you fly
There isn't anything that you can't do
You
were never more wise girl
You were never more a fool
Once you break through
It's all up to you
You're flying on your own
You
were never more together
You were never more apart
Once pieces of you were all that
You knew
You're flying on your own
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Words
and Music by Rita Mac Neil
©1987 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited
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I'll
Accept The Rose
I'm so
afraid of losing you
I don't know how I'm holding you
I can't believe you love me
After all this time
For
you're the kind you look up to
I know you say that of me too
And of all the loves that walked with you
I'm glad I'm walking now
Chorus:
So I'll accept the rose tonight
The one you give with so much love
You've taken all the fear inside
And right before my very eyes
You turned it into love
I know
the way you look at me
There's never any doubt it seems
You stop my heart from beating
By the way you speak
And in
this world where love grows cold
And broken dreams are left to hold
I pray I may never know
A day without your love
Chorus
(Repeat Chorus)
Words
and Music by Rita MacNeil
© 1989 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited
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Working
Man
Chorus
It’s a working man l am
And I’ve been down under ground
And I swear to God if lever see the sun
Or for any length of time
I can hold it in my mind
I never again will go down under ground
At the
age of sixteen years
Oh he quarrels with his peers
Who vowed they’d never see another one
In the dark recess of the mines
Where you age before your time
And the coal dust has heavy on your lungs
Chorus
At the
age of sixty-four
Oh hell greet you at the door
And hell gently lead you by the arm
Through the dark recess of the mines
Oh hell take you back in time
And hell tell you of the hardships that were had
Chorus
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Chorus)
God I
never again will go down under ground
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Black
Rock
When I
saw the black rock
The first thing that I thought
I'd fill up with sadness and cry
But I sang
And the
blue sky hung over
The fast moving water
And I stood on the rocks
And the memories began
Chorus:
Can you imagine to overcome sadness
A trip to the black rock is all that it takes
And the waves will wash o'er me
And the black rock will hold me
And keep me from drifting away
Down on
the black rocks
I take all of my thoughts
And I hang them to lie
On the wind and the waves
Now the
rock has been worn down
By time and by water
And I have been worn down
By time and myself
Chorus
When I
saw the black rock
The first thing that I thought
I'd fill up with sadness and cry
But I sang
And the
moon shone above me
And the darkness fell on me
And I slept on the rocks
'Til the morning time came
Chorus
Words
and Music by Rita MacNeil
© 1979 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited
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Why
Am I Surprised?
I didn’t
know that it would be this way
Always listen to your heart they say
But I have listened for oh so long
My heart is lying, why am I surprised
When I
was younger I had many dreams
My life a patchwork of everything
Now in my wisdom I have realised
Time is a master, why am I surprised?
Chrorus:
And it’s
hard to hold on
To the innocence
When so want to believe
You have to learn
When to walk away
Before the heart will bleed
In this
journey that
My life will make
I seldom learn from
My first mistakes
Second
chances help
The world survive
Life is a mystery, why am I surprised
There are moments when you touch the sky
Feel the passion and then watch it die
But as sure as the sun will rise
Time is a healer, why am I surprised
Words
and Music by Rita Mac Neil
© 1999 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited (SOCAN/BMI)
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My
Island Too
The
wind is blowing
Over your island
The season is changing
Your beauty to see
And although I'm not there
My heart is with you
Can
this be my island too
Can this be my island too
I'd left you for profit
And high adventure
I came to a city
I never
knew
The bright lights and the nightlife
Have stolen me from you
Can
this be my island too
Can this be my island too
Friends
and relations
I'm longing to see you
Peace and contentment
When I do
One day I'm returning
Never to leave you
Can
this be my island too
Words
and Music by Rita MacNeil
© 1981 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited
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Good
Friends
Don't
forget when the day is done
Who's around when the morning comes
Who's always there to cheer you up
When you're down and out of luck
Chorus
Good friends light a candle
Whenever they're around
And old friends keep it burning
They never let you down
Oh down
It's
not always rain and shine
Not always clear sometimes
But to know when you turn around
There's someone who's reaching out
Chorus
And
when my day was darkest
You shone a light for me
And all through the good times
You shared it aM with me
We all
count our blessings
When we go to sleep
And for what's been given
Has brought me to my knees
There
is nothing greater
Than to reach a bend
And see an old familiar face
Holding out a hand
Chorus
They
never let you down
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Dream
Forever
Why is
this world so torn
Is there a better day
‘Round the corner
Take
heart and seize the day
Some things we may not change
We must never
Make a place where dreams will die
Or lose our hope
Oh we must try
To save the child within us
Think
of the sun on high
Cradled among the clouds
It comes shining
If the
star is too far
Gather the stardust now
We must never
Make a place where dreams will die
Lose our hope
Oh we must try
To save the child within us
Bridge:
I have
a dream
I have a journey
Whatever the cost
It won’t be easy
But if you and I start together
I know that we can dream forever
There
is a part of life
We may not understand
We are shaken
Kind as the heart can be
It only goes so deep
We must never
Make a place where dreams will die
Lose our hope
Oh we must try
To save the child within us
Bridge
Words
and Music by Rita MacNeil
© 1997 Big Pond Publishing and Production Limited
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Snowbird
Beneath
this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring
When I
was young my heart was young then too
And anything that it would tell me that's the thing that I would
do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want the most in life is the thing that I
can't win
Chorus:
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you
The
breeze along the river seems to say
That he'll only break my heart again should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flor
Chorus
Yeah if
I could you know that I would fly away with you
Words
and Music by Gene MacLellan
1970 Beechwood Music of Canada
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Johnny
Be Fair
Billy
be fair and Billy be fine
He wants me for to wed
And I would marry Billy
But my father up and said
I'm sad to tell you daughter
what your mother never knew,
but Billy here, he's a son of mine,
and so he's kin to you
Oh
Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine
He wants me for to wed
And I would marry Johnny
But my father up and said
I'm sad to tell you daughter
what your mother never knew,
but Johnny too, he's a son of mine,
and so he's kin to you
Well
you never seen a girl so sad
And sorry as I was
The boys in town are all my kin
And my father is the cause
If life should thus continue
I will die a single miss
I'm going to go to mother
And complain to her of this
Oh my
daughter haven't I taught you
To forgive and to forget
And if your father's sown his oats
Well still you needn't fret
He may be father to all the single boys in town but still;
He's not the one who sired you, so marry who you will!
Words
and Music By Buffy St. Marie
Gypsy Boy Music
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