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Starry night
Secrets in the night
There is no fire in my eyes
No, no, no
Don’t care about anything
Hear the silverbullet sing
Yeah
Don’t turn to me
Love won’t set me free
Don’t look my way
Come see me another day
I’m not like you
Starry night
Cats and dogs fight
There’s no fire in my eyes
And I’m filled up with wine
Don’t care about anything
I hear the silverbullet sing
Yeah
Don’t turn to me…
Hear the silver bullet sing
Gently with the wind
Hear the silver bullet sing
Rising up the hill
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Dandelion by White Ocean
02:35
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Among the leaves and the grass
Outside “Weeping Widows Bar”
Stood a dandelion
With his head tilted down
Oh please take me in
It was too much to bear
So I left him out there
In the whistling wind
And the other day
His hair had turned grey
But he still stood so tall
Like a soldier he wouldn’t fall
Like a bird in the spring
You are making me sing
So come over to the bed
While your lipstick is red
And I will make you bloom
And all the words that I say
They will still mean the same
When your hair is long and grey
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Birds by White Ocean
04:03
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Birds flew over our roof
As if they had been spooked
Had a paper in my hand
With a picture of a man
It looked like a piece of history
All dried out from the rain
Then I heard the midnight train
Roar again
The sky was split in two
One black one blue
And I’ve seen this man before
Knocking at my door
With his expensive suit
And his fancy shoes
Asking for a room
Then I heard
The midnight train
Roar again
The man
He had fled
There was a warrant
On his head
Birds flew across the roof
As if they had been spooked
He was standing in the garden
He was standing in the rain
Then I heard
The midnight train
Roar again
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I’ve been looking for a way
Out of the day
Love
Lost love along the road
Colder than snow
Help me now
Make my tears fall to the ground
I haven’t cried for years
Colder than snow
Don’t follow the light
Into the darkness of the night
Don’t follow the light
Into the darkness of the night
I see a bullet and a gun
I see a killer on the run
Don’t follow the light
Into the darkness of the night
Oh I’ll sail away
Oh I’ll sail away to France
Oh yes I’ll take the chance
With you
Help me now
Make my tears fall to the ground
I haven’t cried for years
Colder than snow
Don’t follow the light …
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Island by White Ocean
04:02
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This island will never grow old
You see it’s made out of stone
And like someone you know
It won’t die
No it won’t die
And leave you alone
The seabirds are
Drawn towards you
And the ships are seeking shelter In your arms
I’ve seen you by night
Cold as ice
Seen you by day
When the sun shines
Like the sea that I love
Like the sky above
Like the end of the world
And my little girl
I’ve seen you in a million ways
Changing day by day
There’s a moon over there
And it’s swimming in the air
And the black sea
Well it don’t seem to mind
Your reflection in the shoreline
Oh father I know
Where the fishes go
I know because you told me so
And you said to me
When I was young
That one day you would be gone
But not this island
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Through the misty landscape
Small taps against the boat
I’m reaching for the rope
To enter the port
We only hear our breathing
And the flowers
They bend their heads
Cold hands inside mine
I got at crush on your mind
I’m stealing your love
Not meant for me
We only hear our breathing
And the flowers
They bend their heads
From the lighthouse
Footsteps hits the ground
Gently we talk
Beyond the trees sun
Sets at ease
You`re begging on me, please
We only hear our breathing
And the flowers
They bend their heads
It was many years ago
But it seems like today
She stands in the doorway
Just as lovely I would say
We only hear our breathing
And the flowers
They bend their heads
From the lighthouse
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White ocean
Father’s only son
Wandered away
Into the shade
Lifting every stone
Using his elbow
And his sister moans
I’m sad to tell you this
But he left without a kiss
As he climbed into shadowland
Have you ever been
to shadowland?
It’s where the ocean steals the sand
And you feel like Halloween
Like a monster without a queen
White ocean
Father’s only son
Wandered away
Into the shade
Lifting every stone
Using his elbows
And his sister moans
No one can free him
No one can see him
Nails through his ankles
He should have been thankful
As he climbed into shadowland
Who cursed the day
you were born?
Who changed the morning
into dawn?
Don’t you run, don’t you run
After all that we have done
White ocean
Flowers are closing in
Trees are shivering
Blessed are those who sing
“Come to earth with your light
Make it good make it right”
For we are born in spring
We have the choice to live
Tonight the wind will sweep our feet Shadowland lies beneath…
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Mildred by White Ocean
03:25
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There is a picture of five sisters
Hangs on the wall in my house
And in the middle a girl
Dressed in white
The others are dressed in black
Black like the night
And I can see sunbeams
And the naked trees
Might be autumn or early spring
My girl’s grandmother
Stands to the left
Oh wearing
Wearing a wedding ring
They are looking down
From a little hill
Karen and Louise
Eve and Christine
She in between
Wearing their finest clothes
And they all lived long
But one girl in this song
She in the middle
Who smiled just a little
Oh Mildred, she died so young
Oh barely
Eighteen years old
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Woods by White Ocean
03:59
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The view is covered by curtains
But the light still shines through
And reflected by the floor
You can see the open door
And in walks the investor
He’s wearing a suit and a tie
“Please do sit down
What is on your mind?”
He says:
”You`re blind but soon you will see
Outside the window
Where the river runs free
They are dancing
Young and old
And cold and lonely
Is your little girl”
And I cried:
“Emmelyn, don’t go into the woods…”
In the quiet night
The moon was the light
I thought I should ask
The investor polite
But he wasn’t in his room
Like I had assumed
Though his cigarette
It was burning in the gloom
I looked outside
I saw him with her
I don’t think she knew
Where they were
But he talked about places
Where love didn’t leave
And he talked about people
And what he`d achieved
And I cried;
“Emmelyn, don’t go into the woods…”
I want to swim in the water
It turns so deep with you
And my words they defy
I remember how you
Once were so shy
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Driving down the highway
50 miles per hour
With the fuel injected motor
On the run
All the colors are gone
Everything is black and white
His taillights are disappearing
In the night
Cruising down the highway
With the radio on
Passed the silver saxophone
Passed the streets unknown
All the colors are gone
Everything is black and white
His taillights are disappearing
In the night
It is a lonely song…
For some…
In the backseat a letter
Written for love
But it is getting darker now…
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Jimmy Jackson´s Bar
02:22
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“Take me to my taxi
Cause I’m too drunk to stand
I’ve had too many beers
I’ve had too much to drink
Standing on my own two feet
Sleeping in the rain
Oh what a day”
Well it started out at
Jimmy Jackson’s Bar
I was walking in
She was waving from the car
When the barman saw me he said
“Drinks are on the house”
Oh what a surprise
Well I sat down next to Phil and Bill And we were having gin
We talked about the life we lived And how it was with Jill
We laughed
And shook each other’s hands
We seemed to understand
What it meant to be a man
Well the hours went
And time was spent in that little bar
I was waiting for my girl
And her orange car
But she never came
So I walked out in the rain
And I said…
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white ocean Copenhagen, Denmark
White Ocean has it‘s trademark in the bass/baritone vocal.
The music is rhythmical/atmospheric/moody and “cut down to
the bone, making space for a strong lyrical text universe.
Music by White Ocean, all lyrics are written by Christer Nagell except “Lonely Song” written by Jung/Nagell.
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