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Break of the Day
03:40
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Break of the Day © Dawn Barrington 2014
Verse 1
Some would say life was a breeze
They move through the day with no one to please
They wake morning always on time
And function to the rules of all mankind
Chorus #1
They get out of bed it’s said
Without that thought of dread
At the break of each day
Yeah They get out of bed it’s said
Without that thought of dread
At the break of each da-a-a-a-a-y
a-a-a-a--a--a---a--y-y-y-y-y--y-y
B - r - e - a - k of each d-a-y
Verse 2
You will know when you see one
Eyes all glazed, blank look on their face
Tis their skill to suppress their faith
Sometimes smiling the truth, not a trace
Chorus #2
They have a life plan, the finances are sorted
The kids all have roles, destinations contorted
Free will is a noun not something you do
The funeral is booked, just the date is askew
Verse 3
They’re children are sorting their daily affairs
Worn out faces stay strong, not aware
Of the pain they ignored from those before
Numbed by the facts written on their door
Chorus #1
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What are we doing?
04:45
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What are we doing? - Dawn Barrington 2015
Verse 1
Waves move the ocean, I am you
Grey clouds roll by, I am sky
Throw a stone make a ripple, river runs dry
Fish are slowly dying, I hear them cry
Chorus
What are we doing? What is our game?
Why do we suffer? Don’t we feel the ……………. Pain STOP
Verse 2
Trees standing tall, dying in vein
How much more can we take they say
Politics and denial cutting through their grain
People are rising but they don’t know what to say
Chorus
Chorus
Verse 3
The temperatures are rising, it’s time to defend
The almighty Mother Earth again
Chorus
Ohhhhh’s to chorus
Ohhhh’s to verse
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Coming home soon
02:55
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Coming home soon © Dawn Barrington 2014
Verse 1
Little bits-of-twigs crackle
Under-the-wheel of-my ride into town
Heads all in a spin can’t keep things in
Running as fast I can
Pre chorus
I didn’t know you were coming down, otherwise I would have hung around
I didn’t know you were coming down, otherwise I would have hung around
Chorus x 2
I was waiting for you honey, I was waiting for you love
But you didn’t seem to know how to make it up
Instrumental
Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting
Chorus x 2
I was waiting for you honey, I was waiting for you love
But you didn’t seem to know how to make it up
Outro
And all that we know is that you love me so and
And I’m coming home soon - maybe
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Voices
04:04
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VOICES © Dawn Barrington 2012
Verse 1
There g-o those voices a-g-a-i-n
Go-i-n-g over the same old stuff again
Getting louder and louder
Someone’s on my shoulder. Again
CHORUS
Where do they come from?
Where do they go?
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I don’t know, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I- don’t know
Verse 2
It’s late-at-night they’ve started again
T-w-o in the-morning without warning
I need to send them far away
To-a-place that nobody knows, nobody knows
CHORUS
Verse 3
I wanna live my-life ag-a-i-n
B-e h-e-r-e again
See the birds, smell
the trees, feel the rain
Verse 4
There g-o those voices a-g-a-i-n
Go-i-n-g over the same old stuff again
I’m gonna to send them far away
To-a-place that nobody knows, nobody knows
CHORUS
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Survivor
02:25
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SURVIVOR © Dawn Barrington & Paul Coote 2014
Verse 1
Running up the lane, fear in my main, so much left to tame….I’m a survivor
Can’t see far ahead, there’s so much left to shed……….I’m a survivor (x2)
Verse 2
I’m bending over backwards to see through these eyes
Only finding dark holes their perfect in disguise
How do I feel about it? Do I feel at all? …….. I’m a survivor (x2)
Chorus
Sitting here on my sill, watching that line of pills………I’m a survivor (x2)
Glass is at half mast, boat’s leaking gotta row fast……I’m a survivor
Verse 3
Do I cave into these thoughts? Or show you the spill?
Of the water that was once half above the keel
The sun has come up eyes open wide
Nowhere left to run not much left to hide
Verse 4
The light is on my face, it’s not a perfect race………I’m a survivor (x2)
I can see the way ahead, not always full of dread……..I’m a survivor (x2)
Chorus
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6. |
You not me
04:34
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YOU, NOT ME – Dawn Barrington 2012
Verse 1
I’m here today, you’re there too
What have we said, what do we do
It’s always the same story over, yeah
Trying to find what went wrong, in what way
Verse 2
The sun is shining the sky is blue
Why is it you don’t have a clue
Of how I feel each time you look at me
And misunderstand what you see
Chorus
Goodbye for now, please don’t wait
I’m living my life, there’s no room left for hate
Goodbye for now, please don’t wait I’m living my life, beginning today
Verse 3
It was me that needed to make the split
You just didn’t seem to get it
When will we find that common ground
Will the one we lost will ever be found?
Verse 4
So here I am now waiting again
For a day to come when-it’s never the same
A day to feel the joy in my heart
The one I felt the times we were apart
Chorus
Middle 8
Tear drops are clear, you are opaque, I’m standing here wondering how to
take the words that you use to comfort my soul, I just keep hoping I don’t
see the black hole
Verse 5
I’m leaving now, I need to be on my way
Please take good care each and every day
May the brightest light shine your path
To some one else’s loving heart
Chorus
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7. |
Women of War
03:24
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Women of War © Dawn Barrington 2014
CHORUS
Women of war Women of war
VERSE 1
Every year on that April date
We spend time to commemorate
The men who fought the wretched war
One more movie and one more score
To-tell-the-stories-of how it was before
And try-to-explain a reason or a cause
VERSE 2
Where was she in all this malaise
What was her story what price did she pay
How much hardship stole her heart?
How much time spent falling apart
Under the clouds of smoke filled skies
At the factory lines of broken lives
CHORUS
Women of war whatever happened to them all
Women of war whatever happened to them all
Women of war Women of war
BRIDGE
That’s the story that goes round in my head
That’s the story that goes round in my head
Tragic in nature and filled with dread STOP
VERSE 3
No pictures, no footage of all those lost souls
Just distant memories and stories untold
Attached to every digger was a mother and wife
And kids waiting for an end to this strife
Women of war whatever happened to them all
Women of war whatever happened to them all
Women of war
Women of war whatever happened to them all
Women of war whatever happened to them all
Women of war Women of war Women of war
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Old Milling Town (Donnelly River) by Dawn Barrington
Verse 1
Here I stand weary amongst my friends
Lamenting of days that have come to an end
The sound of the saw mills broke the silence each day
Kids going to school to learn, laugh and play, laugh and play
Verse 2
Trees were the livelihoods of the folks
Had no idea about the land they bestowed
How much harm and destruction they made
They spent each day chopping, to earn their pay, earn their pay
Chorus
The kids they played in the sun and the rain
Having fun, their world had no pain
They knew the most valuable thing around
Was right there already found
(rpt)
Verse 3
Then came the day when the mindset changed
The people learned of the mess they had made,
Abandoned alone, ghost town made of us
All that’s left are dreams in the dust, dreams in the dust
Verse 4
Now they come to h-e-a-r those words
That ghosts of the past whisper in their ears
Of the days gone by no one cared about this
Look what they’ve found, nature’s greatest gift
Nature’s greatest gift
Chorus x 2
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9. |
Pink Caddillac
03:35
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Pink Caddillac © Dawn Barrington 2013
Verse 1
She’s an old 60s style pink caddillac
Flat bonnet, broad bumper out the back
Quite out of place in this home land
She has no idea of the master’s grand plan
Verse 2
He loves her so history and all
Can’t see the junction wants to hit the wall
Wirey grey hair and tiring eyes
She can-see he’s saying his final goodbye’s
Chorus
He wants to make her turn right back
She keeps going down the same old track
Colliding with life her head will explode
Turning and talking not sure which way to go, which way to go
Verse 3
She is made of steel straight and compact
With delicate wires attached to the fact
He-e won’t give-her-up no-matter what she tries
Cause-she-knows only-h-e-e will take all her lies
Chorus
He wants to make her turn right back
She keeps going down the same old track
Colliding with life her head will explode
Turning and talking not sure which way to go, which way to go
Verse 4
It was all a dream no pink Cadillac
She wants to sleep to get it all back
But like all good stories it had to end
With much wisdom did it send
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10. |
Sparks in my Heart
02:37
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Sparks in my Heart © Dawn Barrington 2013
Verse 1
Gonna heat the iron
Yeah forge a path
Find my way out from these old bars
Verse 2
Dampen off the rod
Shake out the dust
Bend my mind back to when you were near
Chorus
Sparks of anger in my heart
Into the cold now we’re apart
Gonna stand up tall like I did before
And make a brand new start
Verse 3
Closing the door
Shut out the light
I’ve smothered the flame of that night
Verse 4
Gonna heat the iron
Yeah forge a path
Find my way out from these old bars
Chorus
Sparks of anger in my heart
Into the cold now we’re apart
Gonna stand up tall like I did before
And make a brand new start
Chorus
Sparks of anger in my heart
Into the cold now we’re apart
Gonna stand up tall like I did before
And make a brand new start
Sparks of anger in my heart
Into the cold now we’re apart
Sparks of anger in my heart
Into the cold now we’re apart
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Dawn Barrington Fremantle, Australia
Dawn is a singer/songwriter based in Fremantle, Western Australia. She is a traditional storyteller at heart and her catchy choruses and rich lyrical content make for an engaging performance. Her distinctive sound and the spirit in which she sings her songs is refreshing and emotive. ... more
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Totally freakin awesome!! brilliant musicianship!!! words cannot describe how unique an different this music is!!
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