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Tracks from the album Preserving the Dead

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Lady Luck

Wanderlust

Sassafrass
Alan takes the wrong pills

Legend of the Lighthouse
the legends of John Killigrew who would deliberately cause
ships to smash against the rocks so he could steal their cargo.

Coal Train Union

Lady Luck

(lyrics - Alan / music - Eric)

Spin the wheel let the game begin, pay the price of man's mortal sin
give the gambler the right to win, the lady's trembling hand
now the cards and the chips are down, the lady's face never wears a frown
spread the deck and the joker's found, there's diamonds in those eyes

and the wheel goes round

my sweet lady dealing cards for those who wait
lovely lady why must you decide my fate
lady luck I just cannot seem to find
no straight answer spin the wheel and let it ride

and the wheel goes round

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Wanderlust

(lyrics - Alan / music - Eric)

I've moved the dust of many roads, I've seen more dawns than dusks
I've said goodbye to many towns, to feed my wanderlust

I've seen some changes in my time but I have paid the cost
left behind my life and home to feed my wanderlust

well if I had my time again, all the troubles and the pain
I wouldn't want the past to change, my wanderings would be the same

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Sassafrass

(lyrics - ? / music - Eric)

In the midst of sassafrass, many things will come to pass
and smoke shall rise again to the place above where it began

In the midst of sassafrass, hot smoke and sassafrass

and if you're happy where you are, then you need not look so far
in the gardens of the moon you'll find yourself eating with a silver spoon

and when you seek the world again, in the years that brought us ruin
and you find your peace at last you need not use a looking glass

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Legend of the Lighthouse

(lyrics - Alan / music - Eric)

a sentinel of a stormy night, guide the mariners with a warning light
but beware the wreckers of the Cornish coast with John Killigrew to fear the most
he built a beacon on the Lizard shore, to lure the ships up to hells door
shrieking timbers, ragged sails, lost souls died to tell no tales
tell no tales, ooh yeah
the Flannal Isle had an eerie gleam, but one late night no light was seen
the lamps were filled, all in it's place, of three light keepers there was no trace
no trace, ooh yeah
many stories passed through the years, the lighthouse legends still haunt mens fears
too many to tell but these lonely lights, still warn the brave of impending plight

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Coal Train Union

(lyrics - Alan / music - Eric)

Fast freight running late driving rain coal train union line
smokestack switch-back railroad heavy load making time
all night long running hard pushing fast
with the smoke stained men of the coal train union

sweat and grime on the line day and night running right on time
quarry bends never ends coal and ore from the mine
day and night never stop keep it up
with the smoke stained men of the coal train union

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