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The Song Poet

by Carl Mendes

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1.
Sandy Snow 04:03
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Though it was a sunny day Tears kept falling on the way Falling from a wounded cloud Out of words to ease the pain And though the waves keep on coming They never stay here for long While they come and go away Feet will sink in sandy snow Did it matter then that day Does it still matters now Seagulls flew far from my pain Oysters would forever close Rays of light would heal no thing Rays of light would heal no one Wouldn’t even light the way Rays of light would only burn Though it was a sunny day Tears kept falling on the way Falling from a wounded cloud Out of words to ease the pain And there I was sat in the sand There was I sitting alone And then an angel came to me Then my bruises were all gone Wind had blown them far away Angel healed with no potion Angel vanished in the haze While inside new man was born Though it was a sunny day Tears kept falling on the way Falling from a wounded cloud Out of words to ease the pain
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Cheer up Gloom 05:17
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When I was young I thought the rain was cold But now I know That tears are too I thought the rain was the mud that floods the world Wished for the rain someday to stop The rain is cold And I am too I wish the rain would never stop To wash away all the dreams I fell into To wash the pain and the blame I drown into When I was young I thought the sun would cheer me up I thought it’s rays of light Would warm me up if I was cold But now I know the sun’s a big twinkling star I wish the rain would come to cry my wounded hope The sun’s a globe A painful world Where all the pain is not enough So come on rain and put it out, make it go So come on rain and cheer me up in your own gloom Please cheer me up I love the rain Washes the pain Cleans me up I wish the pain Might could one day Put out the sun I love the rain I love it ‘cause The rain is cold ‘Cause when a man’s in pain The heat might wound us more So wash my name Wash it good I know your tears will never stop I know your pain and why you are oh so blue I know your pain and your name, you know me too
3.
Long After You Came 04:00
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Long before you came I was a man with no name No horizons for me to aim Long before you came Long before you came I was a breeze that blew the rain I was indeed partly insane Long before you came Now I only sit and curse the day you came And remembered me that I had still a name All the horizons brought in the day you came They have shrank and they have faded, and went away Long before you came I could not count or read a thing I couldn’t even spell my name Long before you came Long before you came I couldn’t dream of better days I could not dream in any way Long before you came But now I only sit and curse the day you came And told me one and one was two in everything Told me words I never heard nor did I say But it all turned to nothing when you went away I could not dream of better days I could not dream in any way Now when I close my eyes I see In this foggy haze Memories that stayed when you went away All those memories they have stayed Long after you came
4.
Puppets With Scars 04:07
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Well, I’m all alone But I won’t bother To find anyone To comfort me I ain’t got a home Can’t afford to buy one My lousy income Leaves no choice to me My aims are still strong My dreams much stronger now But days come and go I’m still in here I ain’t got a car Would like to get one But I couldn’t afford To ensure it Well, I’m unemployed In need and silent I am but a toy Who got tired of playin’ I live in a street You must have known it I live in the street Of lonesome fears We’re puppets of no glory Victims only of ourselves No use for feeling sorry If you can’t afford to live Well, I just wish Someone would heal the guilty me I kind of enjoy The morning blue skies I’m not sure I like Being free I am but a toy A puppet with scars Slave and unemployed Hail democracy
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Tears & Pot 03:58
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You come and go then move away There’s no need for you to stay I just need to feel alone now I cannot hear the words you say ‘Cause you won’t tell me anyway What I really need to know I can’t hide these tears for long Cannot hide these tears for long I can’t hide these tears for long ‘Cause these tears have will of their own You come and go then move away There’s no need for you to stay I was raining on my own Tears were falling from my soul Planting fears in sticky ground Cloudy thoughts and stormy hopes Bothered not my overcoat Covering all my illusions I can’t be what I am not I cannot be where you’re at I can’t be what I am not ‘Cause I am only tears and pot You come and go then move away There’s no need for me to stay
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Cold Hands 05:03
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All my dreams began falling I was falling with them I was nothing but fony Some untalented man I was aiming to grow The ground swept from my feet I could no longer hold to Hopes to reach dreamland Like a bird flew the whole world From my cold hands Like a bird flew the whole world I was left in no man’s land But I’m holding on Yes I’m holding strong But I can’t hold alone For much too long Misery tastes like honey My lips tasted like that And then the world stopped turning Not to start again I was only a grown man A child turned into this But my feet were still tiny Small were my footsteps Like a bird flew the whole world From my cold hands Like a bird flew the whole world I was left in no man’s land But I’m holding on Yes I’m holding strong But I can’t hold alone For much too long Now I’m holding on Yes I’m holding strong But I can’t hold alone For much too long No, I can’t hold alone For much too long
7.
Small Bitter Me 05:08
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I could not breathe No, I couldn't breathe The air was too thick And I couldn't hold it for long Hold it in the lungs I could not see No, I couldn't see Eyes would only bleed Tears from the soul The frozen tears would roll along Inside of me Was someone empty No, I couldn't be This strange person What have I become? What’s left of me Changed I completely? Have I betrayed the child That I was once before? A long, long time ago Oh what have I turned to be I’m heading for long Into oblivion Look what this life turned to be Dreams would only fall And I fell, just like them all Where is the meaning? Give me some meaning Pretend you mean it And I will hold it And never let it go Where is my youth, now? I need to feel it ‘Cause I've been feeling So very old And all my only hope Is to find a way not to grow Remain childish So that pain would never come My life turned into a song But the lyrics are all wrong And I can not sing along They took the toys And remained the boy And then I was told That I had to grow Behave like grown man do But inside of me I knew I was free Oh please let me be The child I was once before And let me grow no more What’s there in growing for me? ‘Cause I simply can’t see What’s there for me in growing Lost my ability to dream I have turned into a thing That I wish I never would I could not breathe No, I couldn't breathe The air was too thick For me to hold it for long
8.
Things That Cannot Be 06:15
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Today I feel like eating snow And taste a glimpse of what you own I want to freeze from head to toes And let a breeze blow my whole hopes Today I feel like eating snow Today I feel like being alone And believe there’s no world outside this home ‘Cause what it shows is hollow and poor And I’m an ill man of no cure Today I feel like being alone So please leave me alone Some place far away I can’t stand it anymore ‘Cause my life is much too poor And I’m much too drown in pain So please give me some hope The few I had has blown away Need to numb my wounded soul Need to ease the things love broke Being much too far from me Blood is on the wall Things I badly wrote In the book of my cold fate Won’t wait anymore Feeding all my hopes With things that cannot be Today I rely on A gun to fire Against my brain Today I’m a liar But the gun will fire And blow my misery away Blood is on the wall Things I badly wrote In the book of my cold fate Won’t wait anymore Feeding all my hopes With things that cannot be What can I own If everything runs What can I own Neither words will come I’m left alone Inside a cold room I’m left alone Alone with my failure Today I feel like eating snow And taste a glimpse of what you own I want to freeze from head to toes And let a breeze blow my whole hopes Today I feel like eating snow
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Cheer up Gloom (radio edit) 04:37
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When I was young I thought the rain was cold But now I know That tears are too I thought the rain was the mud that floods the world Wished for the rain someday to stop The rain is cold And I am too I wish the rain would never stop To wash away all the dreams I fell into To wash the pain and the blame I drown into When I was young I thought the sun would cheer me up I thought it’s rays of light Would warm me up if I was cold But now I know the sun’s a big twinkling star I wish the rain would come to cry my wounded hope The sun’s a globe A painful world Where all the pain is not enough So come on rain and put it out, make it go So come on rain and cheer me up in your own gloom Please cheer me up I love the rain Washes the pain Cleans me up I wish the pain Might could one day Put out the sun I love the rain I love it ‘cause The rain is cold ‘Cause when a man’s in pain The heat might wound us more So wash my name Wash it good I know your tears will never stop I know your pain and why you are oh so blue I know your pain and your name, you know me too
10.
Sandy Snow (radio edit) 04:07
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Though it was a sunny day Tears kept falling on the way Falling from a wounded cloud Out of words to ease the pain And though the waves keep on coming They never stay here for long While they come and go away Feet will sink in sandy snow Did it matter then that day Does it still matters now Seagulls flew far from my pain Oysters would forever close Rays of light would heal no thing Rays of light would heal no one Wouldn’t even light the way Rays of light would only burn Though it was a sunny day Tears kept falling on the way Falling from a wounded cloud Out of words to ease the pain And there I was sat in the sand There was I sitting alone And then an angel came to me Then my bruises were all gone Wind had blown them far away Angel healed with no potion Angel vanished in the haze While inside new man was born Though it was a sunny day Tears kept falling on the way Falling from a wounded cloud Out of words to ease the pain

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released November 15, 2011

Artwork by Bruno Pereira
Recorded & Mixed @ Estúdio Fuga
Mastered by Tó Pinheiro da Silva

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CARL MENDES is a musician from the portuguese south coast.

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