The Books in My Library

from Tune In by Nuala Kennedy

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lyrics

There’s a line from Verlaine I’ll never recall,
There’s a doorway nearby where my footsteps they fall,
There’s a mirror that’s looked it’s last on my face
Amongst the books in my library, there are some I’ll never open again.
Paths left untravelled, tracks without trains,
A life lived uneasy though unfettered, unchained,
In freedom lies danger, in pleasure lies pain;
Amongst the books in my library there are some I’ll never open again.
Paper-thin shadows of Lost Hopes and Dreams
Diaries of Far Away places I’ve been Phonebooks of old under cracked window panes;
Amongst the books in my library there are some I’ll never open again.
Life’s great complexities laid out
in lines,
Impenetrable tombs, they’re so brave, they’re so fine,
James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, some Chekhov and Twain; Amongst the books in my library there are some I’ll never open again.
Lovers abandoned, wounds left undressed,
The remnants and strings of the old cuckoo’s nest,
Unfinished fine tall tales that once were begun;
Amongst the books in my library, there are some I’ll never open again...

credits

from Tune In, released August 8, 2010
Nuala Kennedy: vocals, flute Norman Blake: vocals Donald Hay: percussion Mario Caribé: double bass Julian Sutton: accordion Mike Bryan: guitar
Brian Kellock: piano

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Nuala Kennedy Ennis, Ireland

Traditional Irish singer and flute player.

“vital and original" Songlines

“fearless of the unknown” The Irish Times

'minimal, decorative and utterly beautiful' Culture Northern Ireland ... more

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