This one is about midnight on a warm summer night
                  about a sky full of starlight
                  about sweet little girl who didn´t come on hers first   
                  rendezvous 
                  about longing and loneliness
This one is about a youth that once touched us with its magical breath and than desappeared forever.

MARYAM

Don’t Come Around Here 					

I’ve got all day but I ain’t wasting my nights
Don’t come around here
I don’t want to argue and I don’t want to fight
Don’t come around here there’s nothing much to say
Don’t come around here wasting my time
Don’t come around here.

I’ve been a fool and I don’t even know why
Don’t come around here
You know the answers and I just can’t lie
Don’t come around here leave me alone
Don’t come around here wasting my time
Don’t come around here.

I got a ransom note and I know what it says
Don’t need to answer because I’ve already paid
Don’t come around here, please
There’s nothing much to say
Don’t come around here, please
Leave me alone
Don’t come around here, please.


Don’t come around here, please, there’s nothing much to say
Don’t come around here, please, leave me alone
Don’t come around here, please, wasting my time
Don’t come around here.
Don’t come around here, please, there’s nothing much to say
Don’t come around here, please, leave me alone
Don’t come around here, please, wasting my time
Don’t come around here.
Don’t come around here
Don’t come around here, please
Don’t come around here.

Don't Come Around Here.WAV

Outside the back door
Far across the fields  
Hiding in the tall grass
She kneels
Laying low
Staying out of sight
She waits.

All the warning signs
All the flashing lights
Like walking on water
Dancing on ice
There’s no cure
For the brave so
She waits.

And I’ll wait with you.

She Waits.WAV

Heard them talking behind my back
Saying something ‘bout you coming back
Well there’s good news and there’s bad
And there’s nights I wished I’d never had.
	
I heard there’s trouble in paradise
Seems it didn’t work out so nice
Tables turned and the angel learned
We all take a turn and we all pay a price.

	
	You don’t always get what you want
	Promises have to be paid for
	Everyone knows that the checkouts closed
	Cause we’re living on minimum wage now.

I don’t mind the complication
Though I can’t say I’m not scared
The damage done as hit me hard
I’ve paid in full for all of my scars.


	You don’t always get what you want
	Promises have to be paid for
	Everyone knows that the checkouts closed
	Cause we’re living on minimum wage now.

Minimum Wage.WAV

"Angels" by John Langford
Written and Performed by John Langford
Piano & Piano arrangement by Pete Wain
Vocals - John Langford
Piano - Pete Wain
Copyright Registered & Protected 
www.johnlangfordmusic.com

JL-14

Angels

These Days                                    

If anyone asks you can say I’m coming back
I just need a change of pace and scenery
I’ve been stuck in a rut for some time and I don’t know why
For life seems unkind these days.

I know I’ve been quiet and spent more time on my own
It all feels so blue and I need some greenery
And I don’t know what to with myself some times
For life seems unkind these days.

I wanna run, run, run, run away
I wanna run, run, run, run away
For life seems unkind these days.

The top and the bottom all feel much the same
Just a cog in some broken down machinery
With the fools and the gods all dancing to the same old tune
For life seems unkind these days.

These Days.WAV

When Johnny left school there was nowt much to do
So him and his mates well they joined the dole queue
And the hung around the streets like young lads often do
When a man from the Army comes calling.

He gave them some spiel and a look up and down
And he said, “Come on lads, take a good look a round
For there’s nowt for you here you should leave this old town”
When a man from the Army comes calling.

For we’ll teach you a trade and for life you’ll be made
You could travel the world and for it you’ll get paid
And all the young lassies love a man on parade
When a man from the Army comes calling.

There was not much to choose from it was easy to see
There was nowt in the town and they never would be
So they signed on the line thinking they would be free
When a man from the Army comes calling.

But instead of a trade they were given a gun
And sent off to fight in the mid-morning sun
And they started to doubt all the things they had done
When a man from the Army comes calling.

Well Johnny got lucky he just lost his legs
As he laid in the dirt he could near his mates beg
But they never got home and he lives to regret
When a man from the Army came calling.

Politicians like wars because they are blind
They never see the pain or the hurt left behind
It’s their greed and ambition and a whole waste of time
When a man from the Army comes calling.

So come all young lads don’t believe what they say
They need you to put yourself in harm’s way
For there be no wars if you just stay away
When a man from the Army comes calling.

Well Johnny’s back home where there’s nowt much to do
He’s in his wheelchair and back on the dole queue
And he shout’s out a warning to young lads like you
When a man from the Army comes calling.

When A Man From The Army Comes Calling.WAV

Serpent à sonnette

Our entry for the 35th Illawarra Folk Festival 'Emerald' themed song contest.
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LYRICS:

Rolling hills the air is free
Curls upon the ruthless sea
I was young when I walked into that scene
Cottage white upon the green

I'm coming home
Ever wonder where I've gone
I'm coming home
To new skies over castles old
Tucked into the mountain fold
In my dreams I walk those hills
In my dreams I walk them still

Emerald grass the morning fell
Stony paths and stony wells
I was young when I fell under that spell
Land of green I loved you well

And I'm coming home
Ever wonder where I've gone
I'm coming home
To new skies over castles old
Tucked into the mountain fold
In my dreams I walk those hills
In my dreams I walk them still

Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
Ooh 

Oh 
I'm coming home

Coming Home

Available to purchase on Bandcamp: https://nineyearsister.bandcamp.com/album/97-single
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Written, recorded and produced by Emma Wardle / Jennie Wardle (Nine Year Sister)
Mastering by Wayne Sunderland (Suture Mastering)
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LYRICS:

'97
When I first met you I was nine years old
Always a good girl
Doing what my parents told me to
They didn't have to tell me to love you

'97
We grew up, we grew together
We got love and it's forever
I hope we stay as close as we are now

When I first met you I could only stare and wonder
When will my sister
Take me in her arms where I belong
I didn't have to wait for very long

'97
We grew up, we grew together
We got love and it's forever
I hope we stay as close as we are now
'97
We got lost and learned a lesson
We found love and it's the best thing
I hope we don't forget where we began

Nothing's certain, nothing's free
Time is fading, I can't breathe
Don't you worry, you've got me
And I've got you
'97
'97

'97
We grew up, we grew together
We got love and it's forever
I hope we stay as close as we are now, yeah
'97
We got lost and learned a lesson
But we found love and it's the best thing
I hope we don't forget where we began
In '97
'97

Hi, I have always enjoyed writing and recording my own songs. Now and then I go out and play live, Open Mics and Folk Clubs etc, sometimes by myself and sometimes with friends. I do it for fun and have been very fortunate that I have never had to make a living out of it! I've put some of the songs to video's (not of my making) but by some very talented strangers which you can find from the Youtube link, Pete McKenna Music

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7gYb0w2aB355wrXt3sSJ6A/videos

Minimum Wage.WAV

Pete McKenna Music

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