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The Anchor
04:58
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Title: The Anchor
Music & Lyrics by Peter McVeigh, Andy Dunlop & Mark Evitts
Off to the sea again to float
Like an anchor dragging on your hopes with me,
I pretend that I can’t see your pain
I speak the words “You’ll share my name
The day that I return again”
We’ll cross that bridge
when I put out the flames
Chorus
I’m searching for life beyond this Island
I’m searching for a place for us to thrive
I’m searching for the thrill of seeing all those lights
On the Horizon one last time
Your love it shines bright and guides forward
Those letters take me back to where is home
And Home is anywhere that I’m am Alone
Alone with… you
Back to the hours upon the waves
The cold mundane relentless days
Where all I hoped
Was that I’d see your face
Lost to the world for a distant land
For a chance to hold an outstretched hand
And earn a shilling
Fair like any man
Chorus
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Steel Away
03:34
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Boy
03:35
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Title: Boy
Music & Lyrics by Peter McVeigh, Andy Dunlop & Mark Evitts
Boy I chose your name to make you strong
Make you stand out in the crowd
oh not be just be another number
Boy I read to you to make you smile
But words can take your breath away
So viciously versatile
Chours:
Your very first steps were your first steps oh away from me
Your first kiss was one kiss less for me
Your very first words were the first time that you called to me
And every time you call to me
i’ll always be there boy
Boy I held you in my arms for years
My back it changed its shape for you
and sleep just disappeared
Boy I feel your hand just slip away
You walk a step ahead of me
With your friends to school today
Chorus:
Boy I’ll hold your hand and slip away
But know I’m always here in you
It’s meant to be this way
A boy arrived to you the other day
You’re scared and you feel unprepared
but you gave him a strong name
Chorus
His very first steps are the first steps oh away from you
His first kiss is one kiss less for you
His very first words are the first time that he’ll call to you
And every time he calls to you
You’ll always be there boy x 2
You’ll always be my boy
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The Sea
03:13
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Written By Andy Dunlop
They say she is so strong and brave
Flexing out with every wave
Many ancient sailors graves
The sea will save them all
And what a day for us to swim
Thunderous arms are closing in
They're hugging us like kith and kin
Pull us in below
And I was wondering why
Why should we float
When you can swallow the sky
When you can swallow gray boats
They say the moon controls the sea
Hand in hand in harmony
Maybe that's like you and me
Eternally to be
And you will crash against the land 3
Turning rocks into the sand
We'll do it like we always planned
Just hand in hand, alone
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New York
04:13
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Title: New York
Music & Lyrics by Andy Dunlop, Peter McVeigh & Mark Evitts
I’ve been sinking slowly
And It feels so lonely
Since you’ve not been around.
Had to leave my homeland
To save my soul and
To stop it dragging me down.
When we reach the coast
In our broken boats we’ll
Head towards the lights.
And we’ll fill our sails with
Fine wine and ales and
Tie one on tonight.
Chorus
I just got to get to New York
gotta make myself a name
By the time I get to New York
I’ll find a new life start again.
And we’ll look like ghosts
In our thickest coats
Because the winters so unkind.
You’ll find me right there
In a bar in Times Square
With Broadway on my mind.
Chorus
Chorus
So when we've served our time
And see that skyline
It’s gonna feel like coming home.
I'll lay a wreath in the park
To say you're still in my heart
Even tho I'm all alone
Chorus
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Something
04:20
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Title: Something
Music & Lyrics by Andy Dunlop, Peter McVeigh & Mark Evitts
Loss has torn me apart
I’m looking for something to fix up my delicate heart
oh my delicate heart
I wish I had some kind of faith
cuz then i’d imagine a place
where you still were around
I miss you being around
Chorus
Cuz I need something
To believe in something
Just to feel something
To save me from myself, to save me from myself
I don’t want the man in a suit
trying to recruit
While blessing my soul
Sharing those stories
It doesn’t sit right
Like people die perfect
But no body is perfect
Chorus
Love it can’t disappear
Although you’re no longer here
I still hear your voice (in my head)
But i’ll always miss you being around
Chorus
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Boatman
04:27
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9. |
All Night
01:58
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All Night
Lets all drink and let’s be merry
make a night of legend where we
all be great not ordinary
let’s stay up all night
Brothers, Sisters come together
Stay inside ignore the weather
We’re all birds of the same feather
Let’s stay up all night
I see all my favourite people
Are collected here in one place
Let us dance and be happy together
And we’ll see in the dawn face to face
Let’s seize life, Live in this instance
Brush away our sad existence
Together we can go the distance
Let’s stay up all night
Lets Stay up all night
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Waves
04:16
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Title: Waves
Music & Lyrics by Andy Dunlop, Peter McVeigh & Mark Evitts
And I reach out my hand
As you fall in front of me
Pulled apart by the oceans
We’ve only swam in the sea
We’re both out of our depths now
I’ve never been here before
The waves are holding me down now
Can’t hold my breath anymore
I hear the darkness closing in
I hear you calling out my name
Oh I need you to save me
As I’m pushed father away
Oh I feeling it washing over me
Now it’s getting oh so cold
I hold onto the words we said
See together we’ll grow old
I feel the waves crash upon me now
I feel the fear oh so close
See no tears upon your face
Feel your hand slip away
Was alone all this time
I’d Never had you to let you go
Let the waves crash upon me now
Let the waves take me home
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St. Alban Belfast, UK
St. Alban
A Scotsman, an American and an Irishman walk into a bar….the band St. Alban is born over drinks and a
love of the mythology of sea travel and a history of emigration in a bar in Belfast. Three well travelled musicians, Peter McVeigh from Belfast, Andy Dunlop from Glasgow, and Mark Evitts from Nashville who feel the symbiotic relationship between being on tour and the lives of sailors.
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