it's time for me to go 
so i'll have to say goodbye 

it hurts a less 
than it ever did before 

i’d like to stay now 
to stay right here 
stay right here with you 

I love the way you look 
when your laughing here with me 

and nothing in the world 
could make me love you more than I do 

any day now 
any now 
i’ll come back to you

Goodbye

jack was a cruel 
and hardened man 
but he fell in love 
as all men can 

jill was a lady 
of the night 
she used the hurt inside her 
to aid her plight 

he’d wait for her when his day was done 
lain against the hill behind the sun 

he would cry 

oh you know 
how i love you so 
and I would rather die than ever let you go 

jill was the quiet 
and saddened kind 
but the world had been cruel 
and toughened her mind 

a candle inside her 
glowed with love 
but it stoked all her fear with its warming touch 

in the morning jill would get up to leave 
and to her tender side jack would plead 

Oh you know 
how can you hurt me so 
last night you gave the world to me 
and now i see you go 

jill would reply 
with gentle words 
hush now my love 
no need to hurt 

but she felt so wretched 
that it must be 
he must think his 
money is all I see 

but to herself she would cry 
every after noon by the night 

I cannot go 
i mustn't hurt him so 
but already not to see him 
fills my heart with sorrow 

well jack decided 
one cruel day 
tonight it ends 
in some way 

I will ask her 
once again 
and if she goes 
somehow this must end 

with a swipe my heart will wain 
and the pain of my love will refrain 

one final night 
together they shared 
though only jack knew 
what was waiting there 

he said my love 
i’ll beg no more 
either stay here now 
or nevermore pass my door 

jill hearing him say thus 
replied as always I’ll do as i must 


jack let out a sigh 
and closed his eyes 
then in your tender company i shall die 
and up he rose 
and with his pistol froze 
pushed it hard against his head 
and finally let her go 

jill watched in silence 
and was alone 
she gathered her clothes 
and left his home 

she felt nothing 
as she’d always thought 
the numbness consuming 
her broken heart 

up to the hill she slowly paced 
without a sound she leapt away 

and by the light of day 
finally they lay 
together in the solitude of the grave 
and so ends the tale 
of how a love could fail 
and a warning to all lovers 
to let love prevail

Jack & Jill

Blinding Light

All We Are

Leave Me In Your Arms

Rolling Wind

Time has drifted away
Flames returned to embers
I was strong yesterday
Now I lie in December

I have travelled the world
'Board a mighty warship
I have loved and betrayed
left my heart on the doorstep

Pull these curtains in close
See my shallow breathing
I have offered the most
And here I lie this evening
Here I lie this evening

Here This Evening

Cover of 'Who Knows Where The Times Goes' originally written by Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention.

www.joshwintrup.com

Across the evening sky all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time

For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?

Who Knows Where The Times Goes (Fairport Convention/Sandy Denny Cover)

I Wont Lay Down Without You



I've never known a soul to walk 
I've never known the trees to talk 
I've never known no one like you 
I'd be with you if you asked me to 

You walked, with me or without me 
You walked, with me, with me 
You walked, with me or without me 
Once you walked alone 

Once I saw you leave me blind 
Once I saw you changed my mind 
Once I saw you proudly lead 
Once I could barely lag behind 

You walked, with me or without me 
You walked, with me, with me 
You walked, with me or without me 
Once you walked alone 

Once I nearly trusted you 
Twice I nearly felt a fool 
Thrice you nearly let me down 
Four times I longed you to stand your ground 

You walked, with me or without me 
You walked, with me, with me 
You walked, with me or without me 
Once you walked alone

Once You Walked

Waiting round the corner where the children play with their friends in the springtime 
Lacing up your shoes for to keep the icy water from entering 
It's cold outside 
It's cold

Pleading with your father just to hope to change his mind on something 
Useless but he doesn't so you go on your own to the woods in the night time

You take your time, then you lead me down 
To the earth 
Lay with me tonight, then we'll surely last 
Eternity

Waiting for your eyes to open with the light of the morning 
Glisten as the dew from the blades intrude on the blue sky yawning 
It's light outside 
It's light

Breathing exudes from the coldest earth and your icy body 
Nothing but still you spent your days in the rolling springtime

You take your time, then you lead me down 
To the earth 
Lay with me tonight, then we'll surely last 
Eternity

Recorded at Oriol's Studio, Hampshire

Blue Sky Yawning

Recorded at Enborne Church, Newbury - 17th June 2011

Where are you going I just can't sleep tonight
Where are you going I just can't sleep
Where are you going I just can't sleep tonight
I just can't sleep

Where am I going I'm going out to the waterside
Where are you going I just can't sleep
It's there I am going for there it is then my soul must lie
Where are you going I just can't sleep

What will you do when you get yourself down to the waterside
Where are you going I just can't sleep
I sit by the water and bury my head in my hands and cry
Where are you going I just can't sleep

Why do you sit by yourself when you're out on the waterside
Where are you going I just can't sleep
I weep for the lover and all of the things that I leave behind
Where are you going I just can't sleep

Why do you leave all your things that you've known (that you've loved) behind
Where are you going I just can't sleep
My lover's asleep in a matrimony when I close my eyes
Where are you going I just can't sleep

Josh Wintrup - Just Can't Sleep

http://www.joshwintrup.com

Josh Wintrup is a songwriter from Bristol.

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