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I’ll walk five miles when I can
Even through the driving rain
Or five hundred miles through the darkest night
To be guided toward the light
I’ll rise through the numbness and pain
I’ll move towards you again
Down the healing river to the reborn sea
Ocean, wash over me
If you lie next to me
Like the shoreline lies next to the sea
The pain washed away
In the promise of what still can be
I’ll stumble on through the dark
The road is gone, the choices are stark
I’ll rise once again though it takes all my will
My heart won’t let me keep still
You may be shattered like the hourglass
Grains of sand on dying grass
Winds howl and rage at your battered soul
Deep inside something keeps you whole
I’ll rise once again though it takes all my will
My heart won’t let me keep still
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Granada Nights
04:28
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Granada nights
I remember the time
The Spanish song from your lips so sweet
The words flow like rhyme
The candle glow falters
Burned out altar of our days
Not even love can set us free
No matter what price we pay
Losing love tastes so bitter
I never want to see you go
Oh Andalucía!
Hear the music change
From the poems of Lorca
To the saddest song I know
El amor que se aleja
No lo quiero abandonar
Andalucia, esas melodias,
los poemas de Lorca
Tan triste el recorder, triste el recorder
No lo quiero abandonar
Oh the songs of freedom
Gentle breeze on the air
We are captive to the music
And the world seemed so fair
The chains that bind came swiftly
With the change of the guard
Love, look over these prison walls
Where beauty can’t be scarred
Granada sunset
Nothing left to lose
The Moon rises
It’s the road I choose
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In The Moment
04:51
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Some people see the future
Some live in the past
I’m trying to stay in the moment
Where every second lasts
Memories and prophecies
Of emptiness I had my fill
I played my hand
I made my move
Now I’m standing still
In the moment I’m with you
In the moment I’m gone
I’m the moment eternity passes
We just have to go along
Darling, I want to stay here
But something’s pulling me
The river of time yanking at the chains
Carrying a basket to the sea
I tried to repair the world
Rebuilding in the name
The river’s strong
I’m rowing home
With what freedom is attained
I’m trying to stay in the music
Where every whole note lasts
I feel the beat, the tempo rises
I’m too slow, or it’s too fast
The song is bright, and it’s fading
The silence – a cry of pain
I did my best
I laid it down
Can we start it again?
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Rider's Song (Cordoba)
04:06
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Jet-black mare, full round moon
Olives in my saddlebag
Although I know the road so well
I shall not
I shall not
I shall not
Get to Cordoba
Through the plain, though the wind
Jet black mare, full round moon
Death is gazing down upon me
Down down down
From the towers of Cordoba
Por el llano, por el viento
Jaca negra luna roja
La muerte me esta mirando
Desde, desde, desde
Las torres de Cordoba
Ah, the road so dark and so long
Ah, my mare so tired, so brave
Death is waiting there for me
Before before before
I get to Cordoba
Jet-black mare, full round moon
Olives in my saddlebag
Although I know the road so well
I shall not
I shall not
I shall not
Get to Cordoba
Death is gazing down upon me
Down down down
From the towers of Cordoba
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When We Fall
04:15
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We are so big
We are so small
We are so broken
When we fall
When we fall
We fall
The colors flare
The autumn trees
And as leaves fall
We’re on our knees
We’re on our knees
It’s a short way down
It’s a last embrace
Hard to hold on to
Any touch of grace
Hard to hold on
There’s a yonder road
There’s a yonder hill
There’s a restless yearning
That won’t be stilled
That won’t be stilled
We are so big
We are so small
We climb back up
When we fall
We climb back up
When we fall
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Seven Years To The Day
04:59
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When Katrina broke the levees there was hell to pay
Another hurricane takes its shot, seven years to the day
If Katrina is the mother then Isaac is the son.
And the city of New Orleans is the unlucky one
It’s not hard to think the father’s sins
Are placed on the head of the son
When the storm surges cross the dams
And puts families on the run
It’s déjà vu one more time
Board the windows the storm is near.
Did the bridge hold cross the Ponchtrain?
It’s too far gone for fear
And there ain’t no one can tell me
It’s nothing but coincidence
In the City of Marie Laveau
No one’s living in the present tense
Fishing boats float on the Gulf
When the southern winds blow sweet.
Lazy days in Plaquemine.
Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street
Till once again the Gulf coast winds
Huff and puff to blow us down.
Flood us out, push us out.
We’re not movin’ to higher ground
Then the whirling winds pick another fight
Blow hard and wet and wild
Another hurricane coming ashore
Like an unruly child
We’ll get through it one more time
How? It’s hard to say
And I guess we can expect it back
In seven years to the day
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Never Thought You'd Call
03:51
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Never thought you’d call or even knew my name
I was in free fall just myself to blame
Then you shone your light
Brightened up my night
Put focus in my days
Now I’m soaring like a bird in flight
And it feels right this way
Now I see you every moment
Every spring and every fall
Shining love into my life
Love, I never thought you’d call
Love, I never thought you’d call
I always hoped you’d call, my rivers turned to ice
I was feeling small, locked out of paradise
But then you came this way
And I must say
I’m never thinking twice
About the love I finally found
And it sure feels right
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The Road is Me
05:15
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Left my home so long ago
Journeyed far and wide
Travelled easy, travelled hard
Sometimes you were by my side
Now the road is dark and nothing’s clear
Can’t tell where we go from here
We all know the journey ends
Guess I’ll se you there my friend
Still on the road
And the road’s in me
Places I been, places I want to be
Heading for home, paid the price for being free
Not ready to quit, not tired of it
The road is me
I knew where I was going
At least I thought I did
Everything made much more sense
When I was just a kid
Moving to keep moving
Going just to go
Stars were shooting way too fast
Now they’re falling slow
Thought I saw my journey clear
SI had such a pilgrim soul
Till things I believed in fell apart
Out of my control
Now I been running down this road
Up and down this well-worn track
Been so high and pushed back down
Got skid marks on my back
See how far I’ve come along
There are some things I’ve not forgotten
At my age my judgment’s ripe
Please tell me it’s not rotten
Mired in maturity
I see my heroes won’t be saving me
My thirst is quenched and hunger’s gone
Though there’s nothing I’m craving
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Still Got So Long To Go
04:32
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Feet don’t fail me yet
Heart don’t fail me yet
Faith don’t fail me yet
I still got so long to go
I’d run ten miles for your love
Or five hundred miles for you
Rise up each day not fade away
Still got so long to go
I’d crawl through glass for your love
I’d crawl through glass for you
Broken where the vision has passed
Still got so long to go
My heart is on fire for your love
My heart is on fire for you
My heart is on fire, burned from desire
Still got long to go
I’d cross over Jordan for your love
I’d cross the Mississippi for you
I’d cross muddy waters with the lovesick blues
Still got so long to go
Dark cloud on a nearby shore
Shrouds what we came her for
Stand with me and I’ll walk with you
We still got so long to go
Feet don’t fail me yet
Heart don’t fail me yet
Faith don’t fail me yet
I still got so long to go
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Howard Gladstone Toronto, Ontario
Howard Gladstone, Toronto singer/songwriter, has released 7 albums of original music. Crossing the boundaries between
genres of folk, rock, world, jazz, etc, these songs have lyrical bite & tenderness, all delivered with excellent supporting musicians and audiophile quality recording.
"If you heard this music in a crowded room, you'd swear it was a lost gem from another time." Toronto
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