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TAKE IT WHILE THE MOMENT LASTS
It's good to see you, to see you smile at me so sweetly.
Feels kinda neat, too: the combination fits completely.
This thing that we've begun grows bigger every day;
A snowball of emotion rolling downhill all the way.
It'll never reach the bottom if we live from day to day
And take it while the moment lasts.
The right components can give a high that sets you reeling:
Those frozen moments; those photographs of finer feelings;
Those times when true emotions start to crystallize,
And love begins to blossom without hint of compromise.
Don't think about tomorrow: see the present in our eyes
And take it while the moment lasts.
So take it while the moment lasts, love.
Don't try to take it slow or fast, love.
It's a certainty, they say, that love will find a way,
So relax and let the evening flow....
It's good to see you, to see you smile at me so sweetly.
Feels kinda neat, too: the combination fits completely.
This thing that we've begun grows bigger every day;
A snowball of emotion rolling downhill all the way.
It'll never reach the bottom if we live from day to day
And take it while the moment lasts.
© Tony Hazzard
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Walking Round Corners
03:19
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Walking Round Corners
Do you remember all those warm summer nights: the scent of lilac in bloom?
Well, things were great then: I was holding you tight, and I...
I reckon they’ll be great again soon, ‘cos I keep
Walking round corners and bumping into emotions:
things I thought I’d left behind long ago. Yes I keep
Walking round corners and bumping into emotions
I thought I’d forgotten. Well, it just goes to show.....
The scent of the lilac and the sound of the sea....
The taste of Muscadet wine....
They’re working their magic, and, between you and me
I think it’s gonna work out just fine, ‘cos I keep
Walking round corners and bumping into emotions:
things I thought I’d left behind long ago. Yes I keep
Walking round corners and bumping into emotions
I thought I’d forgotten. Well, it just goes to show.....
Walking round corners.....
Walking round corners.....
© Tony Hazzard
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Dreams Of Leaving
03:46
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Dreams Of Leaving
The other evening the telephone rang: “Hi, it’s Susan, won’t you tell me how you’ve been? I read the papers; I heard you on the news; I guess you’re famous now. Tell me, do the famous get the blues?”
“It seems a lifetime since last I saw your face; guess you’ve had a high time since: I don’t know how you stand the pace. But please forgive me; I didn’t mean to be unkind; it’s just that I’ve been wondering what’s been running through your mind.”
So, I told her I was happy, how contentment flowed like wine, but I left out those occasions when freedom fills my mind and I have dreams of leaving, and sailing a southern sea; heading where those southern breezes blow. Though my hearth and homefires, they keep a hold on me, my heart won’t let those dreams of leaving go.
I said: “It’s my turn now: come on and tell me all your news”. She said: “Well, I’m married, with a daughter, and we’re expecting number two. We live in the country, in a cottage by the sea, and I’m contented; at least, that’s how it seems to me.”
“And we never want for laughter, and we never want for joy, but there are those times, I must admit, when contentment starts to cloy and I have dreams of leaving, and sailing a southern sea; heading where those southern breezes blow. Though my hearth and homefires, they keep a hold on me, my heart won’t let those dreams of leaving go.”
© Tony Hazzard
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It’s Alright To Be In Love
She sees; she smiles; at last her eyes are opened,
and love she feels, allowed to overflow.
She sees; she sighs; Truth, hitherto unspoken, whispers:
“It’s alright to be in love”.
It’s wrong; it’s right: her head is tight from thinking,
but now, at peace, she’s resting in my arms,
as through the waves of love she’s gently sinking, she feels
It’s alright to be in love.
Right from the start the tide was always turning:
it took her peace of mind away.
The night departs, and now the day’s returning,
she sees that love and peace of mind are here to stay.
She sees; she smiles, with a better understanding
of what she feels, and prays it doesn’t go.
She sees; she sighs; this very lovely lady knows at last
It’s alright to be in love.
© Tony Hazzard
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Old Wave
04:16
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Old Wave
Some people like to travel; some people don’t.
Some people need to get away.
Some people rush around, while others won’t:
they live to fight another day.
Me, I like to take it easy and slow:
not for me an early grave.
I ease the tiller and my boat, she sails free,
sliding by on a slow, old wave.
Some folk are into fashion: they live in style:
they change their colours with the breeze.
They’re into glamour rock or reggae for a while:
they’ve got the media’s disease.
Me, I like to take it easy and slow:
not for me an early grave.
I ease the tiller and my boat, she sails free,
sliding by on a slow, old wave.
© Tony Hazzard
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The Venturer
05:04
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THE VENTURER
Cast the mooring loose at dawn; drift out, tide-borne, to another day,
Through the morning mist that hangs like a shroud across the bay.
Water lapping 'gainst the bow; canvas flapping as it takes the strain.
Trim the foresail as the sun lights the sea, then hoist the main.
This is the morning of The Venturer: today he sails for foreign shores,
And leaves behind him all the things he couldn't suffer anymore.
I take my hat off to The Venturer: the only shackles that he owns
Are in the rigging of his vessel: he's got freedom in his bones.
Stolen kisses in the night; love and laughter on a summer's day;
These The Venturer remembers on the morning of his day.
This is the morning of The Venturer: today he sails for foreign shores,
And leaves behind him all the things he couldn't suffer anymore.
I take my hat off to The Venturer: the only shackles that he owns
Are in the rigging of his vessel: he's got freedom in his bones.
You've got to hand it to The Venturer: the only shackles that he owns
Are in the rigging of his vessel: he's got freedom in his bones.
© Tony Hazzard
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Tony Hazzard UK
This legendary songwriter wrote hits for Manfred Mann, The Hollies, The Tremeloes, Herman’s Hermits, Andy Williams, The
Yardbirds & Lulu. His song, ‘Fox On The Run’ has been recorded by all the major bluegrass artistes. He also sang backing vocals on three of Elton John’s albums: ‘Elton John’, ‘Tumbleweed Connection’ and ‘Honky Chateau’.
Altogether he has 62 tracks available on iTunes.
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