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By Carol's Garden
03:08
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By Carol’s Garden
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
I saw you standin in the garden
Waitin for the birds to come in
Waitin for the clouds to be liftin'
Thinkin bout the places you have been
Lookin for the right time to be dancing
Lookin for the right time for a rest
Lookin for the blooms and the growin'
That’s the time that always feels the best
Chorus:
And you breathe out and breathe in the beauty
Your light is shining bright against the sky
Breath out and breath in the beauty
That’s what you choose as time flows by
I see you smilin at the sundown
I see you laughing with the trees
I see your arms stretch in the moonlight
Being all that you can be
Chorus
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Chickadee Tangle
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Chickadee Tangle
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
At Chickadee Tangle
You choose your angle
You perch and preen and dip and dive
Mostly just tryin’ to stay alive
At Chickadee Tangle
You must finagle
All the best places so you can see
And all of the safest places for you to be
Then one day when the hawk flies through
It’s hard on me and it's hard on you
You freeze in place, you never breathe
And never a peep until they leave
At Chickadee Tangle
You choose your angle
Then one day a love comes by
You bill and coo and away you fly
Then one day a love comes by
You dip and dive and away you fly
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Give It To The Moon
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Give It To The Moon
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
You say you’ve lost the will
To carry it on
Well here’s a tip an old friend
Just passed along
When you hit the bottom and you’ve burst your balloon
When you think you’re done for and it might be over soon
When you try to sing it but it all goes out of tune
Just give it up to the moon
You say it must be crazy
Just to let it all go
But it’s come to me lately
That the truth is just so
I hate to tell you friend but there are folks who can bloom
Who know that when you’re down that you’ll be up again soon
I know it’s hard to see it, but you can burst that cocoon,
Just give it to the moon
And when the stars align
And you’re back on the top
And you got it figured out
To tell yourself to stop
And we’ll all sing together to our very own tune
And yes there will be folks who think you’re crazy as a loon
And for them your happiness will seem awfully inopportune
But just give to, just give it, give it to the moon
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It's What They Say In London
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
It’s what they say in London
That’s really in the swing
If you got no name in London
Then you ain't got anything
Who’s in is always known in London
Who’s out is never put to test
Those in the know they live in London
Because they’re better than the rest
It never rains you see in London
The sun is always said to shine
There’s no suffering in London
Everyone is always fine
They say that truth is told in London
And their ideas there reign supreme
There’s no place else to be but London
So you can see there and then be seen
And if you’re leavin’ London
Just remember when you roam
That when you’re gone from London
You can make it on your own
And when you’re gone from London
You’ll be just fine on your own
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Love In The Time Of Covid
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
I don’t go out for coffee
Not goin’ out to hear my friends
Stayin’ home and watchin’ movies
Some even right up to the end
One night I got a letter
From someone way out west
She asked me how’s it goin’
I said I’m doin’ my best
So we wrote and told our stories
And we lost count of the days
Then called when we were ready
And we hung on to every phrase
CHORUS:
And it was love in the strangest of times
Like nothing that would ever come to mind
But something that I surely recognized
As something I’d been always trying to find
And each call it got deeper
And each call got more real
Then the fantasy it ended
While fortune took the wheel
And so we made a pact to be together
To tuck into each other’s hearts
To travel light and leave no foot print
And to never be apart
BRIDGE:
And yes I guess we took some chances
And better minds might think to stay away
But people will have their romances
And you know that always takes the day
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Rocket Radio
04:04
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Rocket Radio
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
You jump into bed, and turn the lights down low
you plug in the wire to the radio
And you twist and turn tryin’ to make some ground
And you work so hard tryin to find that sound
And you search and search, through the static hum
And you really don’t know, just how it comes
But you hear the beat, and the bass comes through
And you close your eyes, and it swallows you
Rocket Radio, take me to the stars
Rocket Radio, man you can travel far
Rocket Radio, Yes you can really go
Rocket Radio, right down to your soul
Well it’s Wilson Pickett, andit's Sam and Dave
Just one more song and we’ll all be saved
It’s “I Get Around” and “Pretty Woman” too
“You Were On My Mind” and She Loves
Rocket Radio, take me to the stars
Rocket Radio, man you can travel far
Rocket Radio, Yes you can really go
Rocket Radio, right down to your soul
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7. |
Song To Bobby
02:18
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Song To Bobby
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
You’ve been walkin’ the road and you wrote it song
I’ve been hearin' your stories for all my life long
Of kingdoms and horses and blood on the tracks
How you live for today and you never look back
Hey Hey Bob Dylan I know that you know
The dreams you deliver and a thousand times more
You’re singin’ your songs and there’s never a lack
The muse in your sights and the wind at your back
Here’s to Lightfoot and Kate Wolf and Michael Smith too
And all of the folks who just did what they do
Here’s to the works and the days of them all
The many good people who answered the call
I’m out here 4000 miles from my home
I could never stay put I was just bound to roam
And the very last thing that I want to do
Is to say that I hit some hard travelin’ too
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Thinkin About You
02:00
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Thinkin' About You
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
I’ve been thinkin' about you
I've been thinkin' about you
The things you say, and Lord the things you do
I’ve been thinkin’ about your ways
I’ve been thinkin about your ways
There’s no tomorrow
You're living for today
And I’ve been thinkin’ about your eyes
Been thinkin’ about your eyes
The way they shine
With never a disguise
Repeat first verse
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Tofino
03:35
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Tofino
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
The wind blows in Tofino
Three thousand miles across the sea
And the breakers talk to me
Of time when we’ll be free
And I walk along the shoreline
And see the ocean swell
And the surf has truth to tell
I can hear it knows us well
And it says…windblown hearts must be together
This I know, this I know
And the sea says its forever
This I know, this I know
This I know
Instrumental
Repeat Chorus
The wind blows in Tofino
Three thousand miles across the sea
And breakers talk to me
Of the time that we’ll be free
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Train Goin East Part II
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Train Goin’ East Part II
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
I headed out on a train goin’ East
To seek my fortune and to find some peace
My head it was reelin’ and my mind it was gone
So I spent my time seekin’ higher ground
Then the snows they came… in November’s grey
The cold came too and it came to stay
So I danced ‘cross the boards on the freezin’ floor
To convince that fire to make heat once more
Chorus:
Well this life may be golden or it may be unkind
But one thing’s for sure it can leave you behind
So maybe as you travel keep your eye on the road
And you just might find something to lighten your load.
By times I played on my old guitar
I found it was calling and it seemed to raise the bar
For my heart to be here and my heart to be free
It brought somethin’ inside and it felt like me
Instrumental
Chorus x 2
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11. |
We Just Fall
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We Just Fall
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs 2016
I spent the night, sittin’ at the bar,
Trying not to look at you.
And I felt a rush, when I saw you blush,
And knew that you were lookin’ too.
How does it go, this impossible dream,
Why do a million voices call?
Chances are likely that I won’t take this lightly,
So I guess I’ll just fall.
To Hell with it all, I’ll just fall.
To Hell with it all, I’ll just fall.
Her smile lights up corners I’d forgotten about,
In a heart that had grown cold over time.
And the look in her eyes, was like the open skies,
A picture I just can’t get off my mind.
To Hell with it all, I’ll just fall.
To Hell with it all, I’ll just fall
How does it go this impossible dream?
Why do a million voices call?
Chances are likely that we won’t take this lightly,
So I guess we’ll just fall.
To Hell with it all, we’ll just fall.
To Hell with it all, we’ll just fall.
To Hell with it all….
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You Take Me In Your Arms
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You Take Me In Your Arms
©Tim Harrison and Second Avenue Songs
You Take me in your arms
And hold me
When I just can’t make it though another night
You Take me in your arms
And tell me
That everything is gonna be alright
Verse:
Lord have mercy
I have tried to do my best
And for some that just was not good enough
They have put you to their test
But now I'm on your broad highway
From my knees I rise up
And I've learned to let my light shine
As I drank from the cup
Chorus
Bridge:
Well I heard a wise man sayin
You gotta always tell it like it is
And I heard the woman cryin
Grace will find you, just like this
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Tim Harrison Owen Sound, Ontario
Biography
Tim Harrison has worked as an artist, songwriter, and as a creator of arts events.. Along with
founding the Owen Sound Summerfolk Festival,Tim has been Artistic Director of the Mariposa, Northwind, and Eaglewood Folk Festivals, and the Big Fish Music Fest.
Tim has released eight highly acclaimed recordings of original material and has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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