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Lander Lane
Like an oasis in the desert
Island in a troubled sea
I think back to Lander Lane
And what it meant to you and me
Shelter after bitter strife
Sweetly filled with yellow light
Lying together in the night
We were living our real life
Lovely Lander Lane
Birdsong at the door
Lovely Lander Lane
Hear the far-off city roar.
A time of peace and love
Starlight twinkled up above
Nothing’s ever been the same
Since we lived in Lander Lane
When holding you I held the world
Knowing we would never part
And so I hold you still, oh girl
Deep within my heart
First love was a precious thing
A gift for us alone
That gave us our own song to sing
And a keepsake when we’d grown
We thought the nights would never end
Such happiness to treasure
How much love could heaven send
And joy beyond all meansure
© Des Wade 2021
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Memories of You
We didn’t always have the best
But made the best of what we had
Nor always blest with happiness
But remembered it when we were sad
But there were always guardian angels
By our shoulders standing tall
To tell us we are able
To rise again if we should fall
It wasn’t every day
My thoughts would turn to you
But now you’ve gone away
Every day they do
It wasn’t every day
That you would cross my mind
But since you’ve gone away
Every day you do, I find
If, as they say, our thoughts flow like a stream
Well, they must go home to the sea
To return again as memories
And rain all over me
I went walkin’ out this evenin’
In the air so fresh and clean
And I said goodbye to grievin’
For all that might have been
It wasn’t every day
My thoughts would turn to you
But now you’ve gone away
Every day they do
It wasn’t every day
That you would cross my mind
But since you’ve gone away
Every day you do, I find
© Des Wade 2023
AU-C2C-21-00036 T-061765466-6
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So Softly in the Twilight …
So softly in the twilight I hear my mother singing
Just the two of us at home tonight
And the house so still and dreamy
And as she sings so sweetly, all is calm and easy
And a peaceful summer evening is stealing back to me
I count amongst my treasures those twilight times we shared
And when I hear one of those songs
I am taken there
Oh yes, I return then - to the house where I was born
And the child I was - I am again
And it’s just like comin’ home
So softly in the twilight at the dimming of the day
So softly in the twilight taking me away
Oh these lovely life-long memories I carry in my heart
Still mean all the world to me
As they have done from the start
And I can be where I loved to be - just my mum and I
And her singing, softly singing in the twilight
So softly in the twilight in the silvering of the day
So softly in the twilight taking me away
© Des Wade 2021
AU-C2C-21-00049 T-061479590-2
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Wings of Angels
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Wings of Angels
Could I command the wings of angels
Order them to where you lie
To lift you up while you are sleeping
And lay you down by my side
If by my hand the winds of heaven
In cloudy arms transport the rain
To grace your days with rainbow ribbons
And by night wash clean your pain
Chorus
You are everything
Is tú damhsa órg an tsaol
You are everything to me
Is tú grá geal mo chroí*
Could I control the turning seasons
Place the seeds in nature’s room
From my heart the flowers of summer
Would all arise and for you bloom
Chorus
*English Translation:
You are everything
You are the golden dance of life
You are everything to me
You are the bright love of my heart
© Des Wade 2021
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Big Wing
Now song shall arise on a porcelain sky
The shade of days gone by
Clear air and light in hollow-boned pipes
Play the song of our flight
Big wing, take me high, big wing, make me fly
Learning to fly, learning to glide
To another life, Learning to see Eternity
Big wing, take me high, big wing, make me fly
So still and moon bright this new born night
Now yesterday and all its tears are gone
Tomorrow is nigh and into it we’ll fly
By the light of the golden eyed dawn
Big wing, take me high, big wing, make me fly
© Des Wade 2021
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To Grace Your Days
Could I command the wings of angels
Order them to where you lie
To lift you up while you are sleeping
And lay you down by my side
If by my hand the winds of heaven
In cloudy arms transport the rain
To grace your days with rainbow ribbons
And by night wash clean your pain
CHORUS:
You are everything to me and in my world always will be
Yes, you are everything to me and you make my life complete
Could I control the turning seasons
Place the seeds in nature’s room
From my heart the flowers of summer
Would all arise and for you bloom
CHORUS:
You are everything to me and in my world always will be
Yes, you are everything to me and you make my life complete
© Des Wade 2023 APRA & All rights Reserved
AU-C2C-23-00005 T-316091655-8
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Summer Lovers (Spring to Fall)
Springtime wore her summer dress
And by her grace and a warm caress
Ushered in our days of happiness
And there beneath green leafy trees
We uncovered new love’s mysteries
And the sweet, sweet air that found us
Poured its perfume all around us
On my lips your name was like a prayer
But with tender heart and soul laid bare
In love’s drowsiness I lay without care
That in the sound of distant thunder
And fading flowers of summer
The dream was ending even as I slumbered
Summer lovers - spring to fall
Summer lovers one and all
Spring to fall
Now woodsmoke hangs like incense burning
In the ceremony of the season’s turning
An offering in ashes to the yearning
For what I believed had just begun
And who I was sure was the only one
And for the faith I lost in the heart I thought I’d won
Summer lovers - spring to fall
Summer lovers one and all
Only spring to fall
© Des Wade 2016
AU-C2C-21-00053 T-061765468-8
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Call For Me Early
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Call For Me Early
Call for me early when the bush is still furled
With dew in the moonlight in a cold, winter world
As our white breath like ghost words flows on and is one
With mist in the valley where free rivers run
Call for me early on a warm summer’s eve
With waves rolling inward as steady as heartbeats
That leave lacey frill on the hem of the beach
And we’ll walk from the shadow of sorrow’s dark reach
Then I come tumbling down
Call for me early on the day I’m released
When walls fall away and captivity’s ceased
And the future unfolds lke a carpet of gold
And tomorrow unrolls all its ribbons of roads
Then I come tumbling down
And I know it’s only dreams that may never come to be
But everyone needs something to believe
And I hope there’s someone there but I fear that all my prayers
Belong to someone else that isn’t me
What keeps the stars pinned so high in the sky
And what do you think makes them fall
I’ve wished on each one now my wishing is done
And that is the saddest of all
Call for me early
© Des Wade 2023
AU-C2C-21-00088
T-060663714-2
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Des Wade Adelaide, Australia
Born in Ireland - has lived in Australia for 46 + years. Describes music as Celtic and Western. Mainly songwriter with very rare public appearances. Influences - Irish ballads and folk music, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
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