Point Me

Rescue Me

Lord I Call

Fool

Trouble

How Deep

You Say

There Was A Girl

Glorify

Hush

Hold On

I’ve been walking now for days 
Oh my body’s bruised 
My hands and knees are grazed 
And I am many miles from home 
I want to get there but I know there are still many miles to go 

But I want to come home 
But I don’t know how far I’ve roamed 
Want to call but I am too ashamed to speak 
How many times will you come search for me? 
How many times will you come search for me? 

And I can’t see the road for tears 
But I know I’ve walked this track many times now through the years 
Don’t want to do this anymore 
But I’m not sure that I know how to find my way back to your door 

But I want to come home 
but I don’t know how far I’ve roamed 
Want to call but I am too ashamed to speak how many times can you drop everything 
and come running 
The moment I’m ready? 
Oh I want to come home 
but I don’t know how far I’ve roamed 
I hang up the phone cos I am too ashamed to speak 
How many times will you come search for me? 
How many times can I bail out on you and still expect you to come through? 

And I can’t see the road for tears 
But I know I’ve walked this track many times now through the years 
Don’t want to do this anymore 
But could it be, that if I called, just one last time, you’d still come get me? 

I want to come home 
I want to come home
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from Story Bird, released April 23, 2016 
Linda Ronald: words, music, guitar and vocals 
Hili Pate: vocals 
Jim Purbrick: bass, engineering and production 
Jim King: drums 
Charles Rees: engineering and production 
Recorded at Black Barn and Freshfield Studios

Story Bird

Home - Story Bird, UK

Hope deferred makes the heart grow sick 
And she had heard her fair share of warnings 
And she knew what she was getting into from the start 
But that was cold cold comfort 

It feels like anyone’s guess how this will all go 
But I will do my best to hold on cos I know 
If I let go of this now 
Then I would let go of myself somehow 

So she built her boat on the bone dry land 
Didn’t know if it would float 
Didn’t know if she could stand it 
But she tuned out the voices ‘cept the one that said ‘keep going 
You’re not done, and this not knowing doesn’t need to bring you down’ 

It feels like anyone’s guess how this will all go 
But I will do my best to hold on cos I know 
If I let go of this now 
Then I would let go of myself somehow 

So I’ll build this boat on the bone dry land 
Don’t know if it will float, 
Don’t know if I can stand it but I’ll 
Build this boat on the bone dry land 
Don’t know if it will float 
Don’t know if this dream will stand but I will 
Hold on 

It feels like anyone’s guess how this will all go 
But I will do my best to hold on cos I know 
If I let go of this now 
Then I would let go of myself so I will 
Build this boat on the bone dry land don’t know if 
It will float, don’t know if I can stand it but I’ll 
Tune out the voices ‘cept the one that says keep going 
You’re not done and this not knowing doesn’t need to bring you down
credits
from Story Bird, released April 23, 2016 
Linda Ronald: words, music, guitar and vocals 
Hili Pate: vocals 
Jim Purbrick: bass, percussion, engineering and production 
Jim King: drums 
Charles Rees: engineering and production 
recorded at Black Barn and Freshfield Studios

If I let go - Story Bird, UK

Round round goes the sun 
Chase the moon and stars away 
When the light has gone I count the hours to see the day 
Low low, far from home 
When will I next see your face 
When this journey’s done I long to hear you speak my name 

Lord you say always 
You will light my way 
Be my sun by day 
My moon by night 
So I pray always 
Be my covering 
And may I remain 
By your side
credits
from Story Bird, released April 23, 2016 
Linda Ronald: words, music, guitar and vocals 
Hili Pate: vocals 
Jim Purbrick: bass, percussion, engineering and production 
Jim King: drums 
Charles Rees: engineering and production 
Recorded at Black Barn and Freshfield Studios

You Say - Story Bird, UK

7 and 7 set sail 
A long journey with a sting in its tail 
7 and 7 fell out of sight 
Mothers watched the seas day and the night 
And another year goes round 
Another year of tears for this town 
Till the ship comes home 
And docks in the port 
Not a word, no whisper no sound 
Black sails down, black sails down, black sails down 

7 and 7 one too many times 
The boy’s blood boils as he uncovers the lie 
7 and 7 drives him to the waves 
To face a devil hiding in a maze 
And his father cries but the boy is brave 
He says I’ll send you a sign to say I’m back home safe 
Keep your eyes on the horizon 
Turn your frown upside down 
When you see the white sails up 
And the black sails down, black sails down, black sails down 

Hold the string tight, walk away from the light 
Feel the cold stone - head full of bodies and bones 

Hold the string tight, walk away from the light 
Feel the cold stone - head full of bodies and bones 

Hold the string tight, you’re gonna fight for your life, 
you’re gonna fight for your life, you’re gonna fight for your – 

7 and 7 on a one way trip 
Screaming in the shadows as the freight train hits 
7 and 7 shouting out your name 
‘end it now or join us here in the cave’ 

‘7 and 7 rest easy now’ 
said the boy with a smile as he stood in the prow 
And he longed to see his father’s face 
But that face turned pale as it watched the waves - 
And as the black sailed ship drew a silent crowd 
The cold waves claimed the king and the crown 
The boy looks up 
His smile fades, 
grabs a rope but it’s too late 
To take the black sails down, black sails down, black sails down.
credits
from Story Bird, released April 23, 2016 
Linda Ronald: words, music, guitar and vocals 
Hili Pate: vocals 
Jim Purbrick: bass, engineering and production 
Jim King: drums 
Charles Rees: engineering and production 
Steve A Johnson: photo 
Recorded at Black Barn and Freshfield Studios

Black Sails Down - Story Bird, UK

Look at you, dead on your feet 
Unwilling to admit defeat could ever be a possibility 
You have always been headstrong 
Always met things head on 
Tired and bruised it was just like you 
to check in for two days, then out for round two 

And it hadn’t even been a year when the south winds blew him ashore 
You did yourself proud but they just kept coming back for more 

And when she said goodbye, 
tell me did your mother hold you 
for a moment longer than she needed to? 
And as you took your leave, turned away and took no heed, 
tell me did she know, as she watched you go? 
Did she pray you’d stay? 

Trouble in the north 
And signs in the sky 
Your time was running short 
Surrounded on every side 

And it hadn’t even been a year when the south winds blew him your way 
That comet burned bright till its light died that day 

What if it had played out a different way and you’d 
chased the dragons from the bay 
Stitched another scene 
Seen another day 

Well it hadn’t even been a year when the south winds helped him get near 
And did she hold you for a moment longer?
credits
from Story Bird, released April 23, 2016 
Linda Ronald: words, music, guitar and vocals 
Hili Pate: vocals 
Jim Purbrick: bass, engineering and production 
Jim King: drums 
Charles Rees: engineering and production 
Recorded at Black Barn and Freshfield Studios

Harold - Story Bird, UK

I don't know many constellations but my favourite is The Plough - I always look for it on clear nights as it's so easy to find. On a trip to Australia I couldn't find it no matter how hard I searched, until after several weeks of staring at stars and feeling like I was going slightly mad, someone took pity on me, got out a children's dictionary and showed me the difference between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
lyrics
You’ve always been there 
Through the darkest night 
With just one glance I could always find you 
In a web of diamonds 
You held my eye 
Only the dawn could chase this constellation from my sky 

Familiar and strange 
Night after night you would light up the stage 
But I only knew I missed you 
When you went away 

On a distant shore 
I searched for you 
In the shimmering crowds, but you were nowhere to be found 
Like a dog with a bone 
I couldn’t leave it alone 
Spin on my heel but the heavens wouldn’t yield you 

Familiar and strange 
Night after night you would light up the stage 
But I only knew I missed you 
When you went away 

I needed someone to sit me down and explain 
That I was the one who’d moved 
- you could not follow but you would wait 
Picture books of stars and planetary shapes 
Drop my eyes from the friendless skies 
It was you who was left behind
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from Story Bird, track released December 24, 2015 
Linda Ronald: words, music, guitar and vocals 
Hili Pate: vocals 
Jim Purbrick: bass, engineering and production 
Jim King: drums 
Charles Rees: engineering and production 
Recorded at Black Barn and Freshfield Studios

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