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My Mind's Eye
I can hear the church bells ringing,
I can hear the bagpipes cry When I hear the church bells ringing I can see you in the sky I go ah, ah, ah... I go ah, ah, ah... I can feel your arms reach out for me when I turn out the light I can feel your arms reach out for me from across the other side And I go ah, ah, ah... And I can see you in the sky... I can see you in my mind’s eye... And I can see you in the sky... I can see you in my mind’s eye... I am drowning in the water all bottled up inside I ’m beginning to lose your memory from across the other side And I go ah, ah, ah... And I can see you in the sky... I can see you in my mind’s eye... And I can see you in my mind’s eye and I can see you in my mind’s eye I can hear the church bells ringing I can hear the bagpipes cry when I hear the church bells ringing I can see you in the sky And I go ah, ah, ah... And I can see you in the sky... I can see you in my mind’s eye... And I can see you in the sky... I can see you in my mind’s eye... And I can see you in my minds eye and I can see you in my mind’s eye |
Nick Binkley | 01:26 |
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The Visiting
Poem by Franz Wright (A. Knopf) Music by Nick Binkley
I suffer from insomnia, from loneliness I sleep; in the midst of the talk and the laughter all at once you are there Hour of waking up and writhing with humiliation, or of wishes answered before one was aware of what they were. And let me ask you this: the dead, where aren’t they? Hour when the ones who can’t rest go to bed, and the ones who can’t wake go to work Dark blue morning glory I reach to touch, there is another world and it is this world. Then the light streamed in yellow and blue through long windows, and blood turned to wine in my veins. Tears of wine rode down my cheek. It’s happening, I thought it had never happened before. I squeezed my eyes closed, gazing into into a darkness of light. The more you tried to hold back, the more sweetly and irresistibly it arrived. Then the light streamed in yellow..... I suffer from insomnia, from loneliness I sleep; in the midst of the talk and the laughter all at once you are there |
Nick Binkley | 03:15 |
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Hundred Parts of Heart
I can hold you in the palm of my hand
I can hold you in my eyes but I can’t hold you in my heart, sweet love, ‘til my heart comes back to life I’m scattered all across the floor ike Humpty Dumpty’s shell and I can’t seem to get me back together again time will only tell Got a hole in my soul got a hole in my life; I can’t start no new loving with a hundred parts of heart. I can’t begin to love again with a hundred parts of heart. Shakyamuni Buddha. Lord Jesus on Calvary hill I can’t tell if it’s light or dark pray tell if I ever will I’m down upon my knees picking up my broken heart One. Two. Three. Forty-four pieces time I guess I start Got a hole in my soul..... A hundred parts or heart scattered all across the floor when all of a sudden in a flash of light you were standing in the door I couldn’t quite believe my eyes. I must be dreaming, “Are you really there? Back from across the river Styx answer to my prayers? You’re holding out your hand for all that I can see there’s a hundred parts of my broken heart you’re handing back to me The night that you died, I died a little too; My heart broke into a hundred parts not just in two. Got a hole in my soul.....A hundred parts of heart. |
Nick Binkley | 03:37 |
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Too Many Memories
I remember this town, with a girl by my side and a love seldom found, in this day and time
and it gets melancholy every now and again when you let your mind go t drifts way back when Too many memories f or one heart to hold once a future so bright now seems so empty and cold shadows grow long and your eyes look so old when there’s too many memories for one heart to hold There are those memories and they just never fade like the look in your eyes and the way the light played and God moved in that moment And the angels all cried and she left you a memory you’ll have ’til you die Too many memories for one heart to hold ..... Life plays its tricks some cruel and unfair and even a fool can’t pretend they don’t care and the lesson you learn and you don’t dare forget what makes you grow old is replacing hope with regret Too many memories for one heart to hold..... |
Nick Binkley | 03:58 |
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Rosalee
Rosalee, Rosalee
I can feel you looking down upon me... Rosalee I can feel my heart pounding I can tell you are near I can feel your breath on me I can tell you are there Rosalee, Rosalee I can feel you looking down upon me... Rosalee I dreamt you were near me I could feel you so close and you wrapped your arms around me then I awoke all alone Rosalee, Rosalee And I held you tight as you closed your eyes and I kissed your lips as your breath ran out and I covered your mouth with my last dying wish just to hold you tight and to breathe you in and to hold your life and to dance with you and to sing with you one last time Rosalee, Rosalee.....Rosalee, Rosalee... I can feel you looking down upon me... Rosalee |
Nick Binkley | 03:56 |
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Learning How to Live
I’m learning how to live without you in my life I’m learning how to live without you in my life I’ll take the best
of what you had to give I’ll make the most of what you left me with I’m learning how to live They say the best still yet to come but the taste of you is still on my tongue I can’t forget, and I won’t even try to erase your image and the way you made me cry I’m learning how to live - All I have left is this dime store ring but I wouldn’t trade it for anything the days ahead will never be the same for you I might’ve even changed my name I’m learning how to live I’m learning how to live without you in my life I’m learning how to live without you in my life I’m learning how to live. I’m learning how to live. |
Nick Binkley | 04:22 |
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Love You Forever
I’ll love you forever,
forever ’til the end of time I’ll love you forever, now you’re forever on my mind I’ll love you forever not just until death do us part I’ll love you forever, now you’re forever in my heart I’’ll fall upon my knees, sing hosannas to the sky without the sky the stars would cry I’ll love you forever with all my heart Love you forever not just ‘till death do us part Where you’ve gone, I cannot tell but what you see is me staring through the flames of Hell If the Lord has any mercy let his ever-loving light shine on you I pray Dan Ba Lama brings your soul home to me when he’s through I’ll fall upon my knees, sing hosannas to the sky... “No family secrets,” you always liked to say the irony of it rings like a bell all through my head so I climbed up on the mountain to turn that prayer wheel again and raise up your soul to the place it began I’ll fall upon my knees, sing hosannas to the sky... I dreamt I was awake but when I woke I found that I’d been asleep I dreamt I met your soul there now forever your soul I shall keep I’ll love you forever, now I wonder what forever really means? So I sat by a bubbling stream, forever means “through everything” So I sat by a bubbling stream, forever means “through everything” I’ll fall upon my knees, sing hosannas to the sky... I loved you forever from the very start I’ll love you forever with all my heart with all my heart all my heart..... |
Nick Binkley | 03:58 |
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Love You So Easily (Baby Blue)
I dared to love you as you loved me I dared to swim the cold, cold sea
I dared the sun set in the east I dared to love so faithfully I loved you so easily... I saw the future through your eyes I lived a life time in my disguise I’d never known to be afraid It’d had never rained on my parade I loved you so easily... Baby Blue, Baby Blue The transmigration of souls or heaven’s gate The setting of the stone beside the pond where I’ll dream of you and the great beyond I loved you so easily... I loved you so easily... So easily... Baby Blue, Baby Blue I felt a hand upon my heart quench the flame that lit my life and callout my name and you sang a song as you flew away I heard it clear as a bell you said, “I’ll love you ’til we meet again” Baby Blue, Baby Blue So I’ll put another log upon the fire I’ll close my eyes and I’ll dream awhile I’ll dance with you among the stars and we’ll play our song on my guitar I loved you so easily... loved you so easily... So easily Baby Blue, Baby Blue |
Nick Binkley | 04:15 |
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Angels of September
It’s the Fourth of July down by the river
I woke up this morning I’ll forever remember It’s the Fourth of July down by the river brimstone and fire lit up the blue morning sky It’s the Fourth of July in September and forever I woke up this morning, I’ll forever remember Freedom burns brighter the eagle’s in flight It’s the Fourth of July in September and forever It’s the Fourth of July in September forever It’s morning in America it’s mourning in America ’s morning in America! And forever we’ll remember the Angels of September In our American hearts, we’ll remember forever. Amen |
Nick Binkley | 02:52 |
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River Wilde
Down upon my knees, kneeling down in prayer for dear life,
praying to be free of this busy world, of this busy life down upon my knees, begging to be free Standing at the counter, counting out my change “Change is for the better,” they say, but I’m begging just to please, please, please set me free of this busy world down upon my knees begging to be free Bring me some water from the river wide I think I can see now to the other side bring me some water, a ray of hope sing to me softly as I walk home There’s a ringing in my ears, so easy to forget fathers are also sons, no simple arithmetic there’s a thirsting on my lips, there’s an aching in my heart bright light on the horizon, been there from the start Bring me some water... Knowing when to die, like a firefly blinking off-and-on on a summer’s night knowing when to die, like a skipping stone at the water’s edge, slipping out of sight Bring me some water from the river wide... He’s got the whole world in his hands he’s got blood on his brow there’s a bright light on the horizon I think I see him now Bring me some water from the river wide... |
Nick Binkley | 05:17 |
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I Will Follow You
I will follow you
through the green field of our dreams I will follow you along the high meadow streams I will follow you, I will follow you And you’ll call to me Like a bird song on the wing and you’ll call to me through the golden aspen leaves and you’ll call to me And I will follow you and I’ll still dream dreams of our faraway youth and I’ll paint rainbows of my life with you in colors true I will follow you...I will follow you... to the pristine mountain lakes I will follow you down the trails where we raced I will follow you... I will follow you... And I’ll still dream dreams of our faraway youth... and you’ll call to me your blond hair in the breeze and you’ll call to me your body pure and free and you’ll call to me and I will follow you and I will follow you |
Nick Binkley | 03:18 |
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Just In Time
She just stands there talking quietly to herself replaying the ups and downs of a lifetime standing on the shoulder of the road
a hitchhiker with her thumb out in the night Searching her heart to remember the choices in love she had made praying a set of headlights would surrender or a hitchhiker alone in the rain Just in time... just in time... just in time... She’s got three kids and a man who adores her but Papa John got sick and died last spring now Marijane just can’t seem to get over it and her brother lost his job again Then out of an open door she heard “Where you headed?” “I’m headed to my hopes and life’s dream” “I’m going in the same direction, let’s get started.” And the headlights played a rainbow in the rain... Just in time... And she’s standing in the midst of fading memories trying to read the signs she left so far behind she can’t even remember how or when she left the well traveled road and struck out on her own... Just in time And the desert road stretched on forever covered in a mist and full moon with all the hopes and the dreams of a lifetime reflected in her eyes, she turned home... reflected in her eyes, she turned home... |
Nick Binkley | 05:08 |
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Love You Just The Same
Mi Dieu perdona...
Mi Dieu perdona... Mi Dieu perdona I woke up in the early morning heard you call my name I ran down the hallway found the roses in the vase Saw the light behind the door full of Angels in the air on wings I flew to the water’s edge and found you resting there What were you dreaming sweet child of dear life? Where have you flown my darling? where did you call my name? On the other side of daylight I’m crying “I’ll still love you just the same” I covered your mouth as your soul breathed out and parted on the wind broken hearted I could not bear to see a new day dawn again “The rock divides the river into streams that rush apart They will join again forever in the sea’s unbroken heart”(*) What were you dreaming sweet child of dear life? Where have you flown my darling... “I’ll still love you just the same...” (*)”Fair Ladies at A Game of Poem Cards” by Monzaemon Chikamatsu |
Nick Binkley | 04:05 |
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My Mind's Eye II |
Nick Binkley | 06:39 |
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100 PARTS OF HEART
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Hints of Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash, a melodically and harmonically rich and lyrically poetic journey that both mourns death and celebrates life.
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