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3 little boys was a pretty good fit
When suddenly you’re feeling kinda sick in the morning
You don’t’ know what to do
People talking bout you
Just remember that you can’t run out of love
3 little boys waiting on a girl
When you’re living the life you choose
It don’t come with warnings
There’s no handbook, no rulebook
You gotta paddle your own canoe book
Just remember that you can’t run out of love
Chorus:
You Can’t Run Out Of Love
You Can’t Run Out Of Love
You Can’t live in the past
Or the flood of the aftermath
Just remember that you Can’t run out of love
Bridge:
Picnics & Birthdays
Winter follows Autumn
Now you can’t be so grateful
Now that you’ve got ‘em
Solo over bridge
3 little boys growing up so fast
Before you can blink your eye she will be crawling
The Joy has replaced the burn
The magic has returned
Just remember that
You Can’t Run Out Of Love Written by Siobhán O'Brien & Jude Johnstone
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The King's Fool
03:26
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THE KING’S FOOL
Now I am an immigrant I left my son, my home
My life, my family, my word forever I will roam
The strain of uncertainty, a life of rejection
Internal revolution, I choose my own trajection
Chorus:
The King’s Fool, I play the game,
The dancing bear, The court jester
I am like a demon I’m cursed with this desire
Biblical bureaucracy, Can I just play my Lyre?
Please take away this longing, Let me crawl back down my hole
Hide under my childhood bed to sorry to console
Chorus:
I have spent a lifetime unlearning my conditioning
When the chatter in my head gets loud
I pray for pure transitioning
Written by Siobhán O'Brien
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Love Is The Holy Grail
05:31
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I looked for Love in every face
I found it in a man so kind
I looked for Love as a constant star
I found it in the opening bar
I looked for love across the ocean
I found that it's not meant to be
I looked for love in a harvest moon
I found that it was gone too soon
I heard of love in a lonely girl
She felt her life her world unfurl,
I heard love in a baby's cry
From birth to 10 and to a teenage sigh
I heard my love an ambitious boy
Was not afraid of the ride, Ahoy!
His dreams are not pie in the sky
A long long road of lows and highs
Chorus:
I know there is divine beauty
That cuts through all the pain and grief
Love for me is beyond the pale
For me it is the Holy Grail
I saw love in a falling leaf
It whisked away the sense of defeat
I saw love in a dying mind
That glimpsed the tragedy so fine
I saw love in a fighting pair
They were always there to care
I saw love in a Humpback Whale
Her calf, her breach, her strength her tail
Written by Siobhan O'Brien
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Give Me Back The Love
04:04
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I wish I coulda been a painter
I could wrap my feelings in colour
Cause right now I just can’t write them outta my head
I rediscovered Blue, then I started to love
I could feel the love coming
It was inside of me
You showed me a view of our city
That I’ve never seen before
I didn’t know our city could look so peaceful after dark
CHORUS:
Spirit make me Holy
Spirit make me love
Spirit make me Holy
Spirit make me love
Give me back the Love that I need to be strong X 2
We sat up on your roof
And watched the colours go by
Paint it if you liked
Remember it if you wanted to
We watched the sky turn all it’s different blues
I said, “Don’t close the curtains, it’s a beautiful blue:
He said, “You should see it in a little while”
And I thanked you in my mind cause you didn’t know
What I was renewing,
You were taking me back to where I was before
CHORUS:
Written by Siobhán O'Brien
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The Burger Song
04:06
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It’s all about survival and it’s all about death
It’s all so damn confusing and it’s all so purely simple
And what about it’s history, What’s that about religion?
Let me wipe my guilt away neath your bountiful wing
CHORUS:
I’ll eat my burgers by the double
And drink my egg yolk raw
And run in circles till I find
Salvation in his law
Concentration quivers as must smells dither
Dampness calls below us, Cherubic smiles through sleep
Wax hot candles keep me sane , there’s lots to be afraid of
The man I’m thinking of doesn not know me but he will in time
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
Stalk out your homes
Rip them down to the ground
Self control has become all too rigid
The truth is found in seeing
Phony lines from paper writers bug my head in overload
Can’t think too much, might go insane
And what would poor robin do then? .. poor thing
Written by Siobhán O'Brien
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Hold Me In Your Arms
04:15
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Take me to the parade
Wine me and dine me
We can go waltzing all night long
Take me way back when
We were wild and free
I long for those days again
Chorus:
Hold Me In Your Arms
Let’s dance all night
Hold me in your arms
Down by the River
Hold me in your arms
Let’s watch the day light break
I will be yours forevermore
I wanna get dressed up
I want you to take me out
I wanna put my best dress on
I wanna have some fun
I wanna laugh dance and sing
I wanna put my best boots on
Chorus:
Bridge:
We see our children’s children
Pave their way through the mire
We gave them the tools
They shine like a beacon
The future is bright
Chorus:
Written by Siobhán O'Brien
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I Stayed Too Long
03:08
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I rode into town with the dust on my boots
Couldn’t look back fearing what I’d see
These rose tinted glasses were suiting me just fine
But sooner or later gonna have to come clean
I jumped on a train had to leave a day early
It’s hard to be friends when you’re dealing with kin
I reckon my host got a little bit squirrely
Hope in time we can make amends
Chorus:
I outstayed my welcome
Did it again
Can’t depend on Mercy
When you stay too long
I stayed Too Long
I Stayed Too Long
With my guitar and my rucksack and my travelling shoes
They’ll never get to know me so they never can tell
I rely on the kindness of strangers
One thing that lies ‘tween Heaven … and hell
Written By Siobhán O'Brien & Linda McRae
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She Hides My Plecs
04:43
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She Hides my plecs in a matchbox
She was my little baby
She mothered her dolls in their buggy prams
And taught them to dress like ladies
She grew up tall and
She grew up Strong
Ran away and joined the army
Found herself in Lebannon
Where the nights they were all balmy
Chorus:
I guess she traded the idea
Of Love for War X 2
She was sent to keep the peace
Between unknown Mother’s son’s
She didn’t know where it would end
Nor how it had begun
Now she’s happily married
And her dolls they are her babies
They’re growing up tall
And they’re growing up strong
Night Night , put on your jammies
Chorus 2 :
I guess she traded the idea of War for Love X 2
War for Love X3
Written by Siobhán O'Brien John Steele
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Sanctuary
04:15
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We’ve wandered through the stars
Lonely and bereaved
Misguided and neglected
Dispirited aggreaved
Like the injured swallow on his flight
Instinct overcomes
The crushing fear that he will not near
The path to the journey’s end
Chorus:
We’ve been wandering for years
We’ve finally found
The Sanctuary of Love
Our hearts their home they’ve found
And now our kindred spirits
Have felt the familiar clay
That touched our souls
To form our hearts
From the ripples of where we lay
While loves lies bleeding
Love lies waiting
For the time to come
When love stops bleeding and loves stops waiting
For now it is upon
Chorus:
Bridge:
Finally we’ve found our Sanctuary
Finally we’ve found our home
Finally, Finally,
Chorus:
Written by Siobhán O'Brien and Eamonn Hehir
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Mother
04:09
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Mother I’ve been so cold
So mean and low
They say with age wisdom comes
All I did was blame
Never saw your side
And all your sacrifice
Chorus 1 :
You kept your counsel
Never aired your hurt
Shored up those feelings
Offered them up
Warrior woman
You taught me how
To be a Mother,
How to respect the earth
And to care for one another
Mother You did everything
Put food on our table
Shoes on our feet
I always dissed your sense of duty
But you served us up love everyday
Chorus 2:
My only wish is to be there by your side
When that last trumpet blows I will be there
And on that day, this rite of passage
I will be there you can count on me I will be there..
Mother I’m wracked with guilt
Like a veil has lifted I see my error
Mother what got your through
You’re faith upheld
Any wane of doubt
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Siobhán O'Brien Alexandria, Virginia
Limerick Native Siobhán O'Brien relocated to the DC metro area in May 2017. career highlights include being invited on
stage by Bob Dylan (after an impromptu street audition earlier that day), American Songwriter magazine – “Siobhan O’Brien Delivers a Superb Set of Songs on Latest Album”
Americana Highways – "You Can’t Run Out Of Love is melody magic and lyrical magic”
... more
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