1. |
The Captain
07:51
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Mist beads on sun-drenched hands
His gaze commands
Looking past the wooden mast
His aim is true he guides us through
Tho’ dangers abound, his judgement sound
See, the Sea
Gently swaying side to side
Wary of the changing tides
Mon veilleur
Come ashore
Voyageur
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Wayfarin' Stranger
03:52
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I am a poor wayfaring stranger
I’m travelling through this world of woe
Yet there’s no sickness toil nor danger
In that bright world to which I go.
I’m going there to see my father
I’m going there no more to roam
I’m only going over Jordan
I’m only going over home
I know dark clouds will gather round me
I know my way is rough and steep
But golden fields lie out before me
Where weary eyes no more shall weep
I’m going home to see my mother
She said she’d meet me when I come
I’m only going over Jordan
I’m only going over home
I’ll soon be free from earthly trials
This form will rest beneath the sod
I drop the cross of self denial
And enter on my great reward
I’m going there to meet my saviour
And dwell with him and never roam
I’m only going over Jordan
I’m only going over home
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3. |
Escape to Madeira
05:07
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4. |
All is Well
05:37
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And so it goes,
Another day.
A friend of ours has gone away.
Passed from our world without a trace
Their name still said with loving grace.
There is absolute unbroken flow.
They wait for us a space to dwell,
All is well, all is well, all is well.
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5. |
Behind the Lines
06:14
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Floating through space and time
Searching for peace of mind.
Aiming for meaningful truth
You will find...
The life you want is yours so
Take the chance and try, and don’t deny
Yourself a chance, have a life long dance
You love, you laugh, you live behind the lines.
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6. |
A Belgian Blues
05:58
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He stares as fades blue
He grabs a view, the world askew.
Long shadows cast in
the morning light disturbs the night
A chance to get away leaves you wond’ring
We are so many things to so many people
Who are we really and does it matter?
Come back, come home
My friend
It’s time!
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7. |
Changing Tides
06:07
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Views from my window I see
Figures move in the night
Changing Tides
See how they ebb and they flow?
How they dance to and fro?
Changing Times
There’s a change
Subtle it may be
Paradox and paradigms
Changing Times
Point of view
misconstrue
Truth confides
Changing Tides
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8. |
Shadows in the Light
06:02
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1.
When the light starts to fade,
Turning to shade
Life can appear,
Something to fear
But with all that is true
Give what is due
First is to have a dream
And pursuit of a Love Supreme
It is then you can see
That your light shines bright
Living with shadows in the light.
2.
Life’s a gamble you see
Uncertainty
To thine own self be true
In all you do
Always thankful and kind
Never maligned
Nothing should be assumed
Keep your life well attuned.
It is then you can see
That your light shines bright
Embracing the shadows in the light.
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9. |
Best Days of Your Life
03:39
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1.
When you’re four
You played all day and begged for more
Never worried why or how
Your dreams were only here and now.
At sixteen, you’re living out a schoolboy’s dream
Always captain of the team
Accomplishments are all but rife
These are the best days of your life.
2.
Thirty-three
A house, a wife a family
Life is fast, there’s little time
Still in the game, still in your prime.
Winter comes, the seasons pass
And all the sums like crystal glass
Each moment full of joy and strife
These are the best days of your life.
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10. |
When the Music Dies
03:30
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Now the stage lay bare,
an empty shell, all the exit lights dimmed low,
Silence all around, yet I still hear all the melodies you played.
When the music dies, it leaves the echoes of a life,
When the music dies memories live on, opening up a timeless realm of sound
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Duncan Hopkins Toronto, Ontario
Double bassist, composer and arranger Duncan Hopkins has been working at the highest levels of jazz for over twenty years. In that time he has worked with such luminaries as Rob McConnell, Scott Hamilton, Houston Person, Warren Vache, Ed Bickert, Mark Murphy, Peter Appleyard, Dianna Krall, Kenny Wheeler, D.D. Jackson, Sam Rivers, Harry Allen and Edward Simon to name but a few. ... more
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