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One True Gift (Demos Volume 2)

by Mark Laurent

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Trimmed & Burning (Funky) 05:37
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TRIMMED AND BURNING I’m trimmed and burning ready for the night No man lights a candle just to hide it away but when you light a candle you turn the darkness into day a city built on a mountain just can’t hide from the storm but when you stand on a mountain you’re the first to see the dawn There’s just no point in turning back once you put your hand to the plough now we’re on this long, winding road we’re going to make it somehow I’m trimmed and burning ready for the night.
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Six Crazy Hats 04:28
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SIX CRAZY HATS I remember the night that Jimi died it was kind of wet so I just dropped inside this little hippie shop on Symonds Street where the fire and the water chanced to meet you were there, we said ‘gidday’ come what may You wore six crazy hats to Albert Park we stumbled up Mount Victoria in the dark did our first trip together for a lark and the Auckland winters couldn’t quench the spark that we felt, needless to say come what may I’m the restless one, I had to hit the road while you stayed with your mum and dad at home till I came back with Jesus from the south I wouldn’t have blamed you if you thrown the both of us out but you said ‘show me the way’ come what may Some things move together, some things move apart there’s continents drifting in the space between hearts some things never finish, some things never start We got married, and I finally got a job we settled down to church and all of that stuff ‘til Jossey came along to fill the nest he was quite big enough so we did without the rest we settled down, I guess you’d sqy come what may But nothing lasts forever, I suppose like hippie hats and crazy op-shop clothes and sometimes you just need the grace to say ‘thank you’ for all the happy nights and shining days and we’ll be friends, anyway come what may some things move together, some things move apart there’s universes floating in the space between hearts and some things never finish, some things never start.
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If I Compare You 03:51
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IF I COMPARE YOU (Reflections on Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare, written for Simon & Alison's wedding, 4 May 2002) If I compare you to a summer's day you are more lovely and more still and even the sun that shines the taste of the sparkling wine cannot compare with you If I compare you to a moonlit night you are more gentle in my sight the stars hanging in the sky whirling of fireflies can't draw my eyes from you If I compare you to a summer's day or even the darling buds of May a flower might last a day beauty will fade away still I will stay with you.
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It Makes Me Wonder 04:57
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IT MAKES ME WONDER The sun is going to rise in just a few minutes it’s been doing that as long as I remember the sun is going to rise in just a few minutes it’s been doing that as long as I remember every time I see the new day beginning it makes me wonder, is our love finished? Maybe I should turn my back upon the window because looking at the sun only makes me feel sorrow maybe I should turn my back upon the window looking at the sun only makes me feel sorrow I know it’s not fair to pin my hopes on you forget about the past and look into tomorrow I know it’s not fair to pin my hopes on you forget about the past and do what I must do.
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One True Gift 01:58
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ONE TRUE GIFT What do I have to offer? I’ve got one true gift What do I have to offer? I’ve got one true gift What do I have to offer? I’ve got one true gift One true gift, yeah When I wake in the morning I’ve got one true gift I lie down in the evening With my one true gift Every day’s the same I’ve got one true gift One true gift, yeah It really doesn’t matter My one true gift I’m not climbing the ladder With my one true gift Tomorrow it’ll be better My one true gift One true gift, yeah Each of us has a story It’s our one true gift We’re all part of the glory With our one true gift Let’s put them together Our one true gift One true gift, yeah.
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Sheryl Come Down 04:26
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SHERYL COME DOWN Popping pills in the corner of that old back room Two moths caught in the headlight of lust There is nothing that we can’t do tonight Desire will take what it must. Sheryl come down again… Lips collide in the back seat of the taxi cab Who cares where we’re going, the driver just drives Bodies entwine in the dark and empty room We’re holding on for our lives. Sheryl come down again… I see a dirty needle and a dirty spoon Stained in the candlelight Why did you have to come and go so soon? There’s no rest for me tonight. Sheryl come down…
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Look At That 03:36
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LOOK AT THAT Look at that girl sitting over there Her virgo dress sets off that auburn hair Look at her grey eyes, so gentle, so sad Look at that girl, the girl I never had She’s the girl I never had Look at that rock star, up there in the light Like a satelite shining in the stratosphere of night See those dark eyes staring past the crowd Look at that boy, I wish that I was him right now I was him right now We all dream our secret dreams – yeah None of us are what we seem – ah When things don’t turn out like we planned – we say I guess it’s just the way I am – The way I am We all know just how this goes - yeah The secret everybody knows - ah This is not a race we’re in – yeah But everyone still hopes to win Look at this world, it’s an amazing place We all get by with tenacity and grace Life is strange, things don’t always turn out right Look this world, how it shines like this tonight Yeah it shines like this tonight.
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Streets Of Auckland #2 05:43
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STREETS OF AUCKLAND I’ve lived in this town for all of my life And I’ve been around but I come back here every time Because a place is much more than lines On a map drawn together Or the beaches, or the mirror glass Or the uncertain weather But if you asked me why, I couldn’t explain The streets of Auckland. Up on K Road there’s a bag-lady walking In her second-hand clothes, with herself she’s always talking And I wonder why this is, did the city do this to her? The people walking by You know they just look right through her And if you asked me why I couldn’t explain The streets of Auckland. There’s a sleepy old man near the fountain In Albert Park He’s been there all morning And he probably won’t leave until well after dark Well the flowers grow and the rain comes down But he doesn’t seem to notice And all the students hurry by him You can see they think he’s kind of gross But if you asked me why I couldn’t explain The streets of Auckland. I walk these streets tonight for the ten thousandth time I’ve been this way so often now I could almost believe this whole town is mine And sometimes I think of leaving, but maybe that’s only talk Because the grass is always greener, they say On someone else’s sidewalk And if you asked me why I couldn’t explain The streets of Auckland.
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That's What It's Like (Early Daze) 04:54
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THAT’S WHAT IT’S LIKE Well the dog jumped up and bit me my bird lay down and died I ran my kitty over as I backed out of the drive that’s what it’s like, that’s what it’s like when feeling down and troubled that’s what it’s like. My baby’s gonna leave me she told me just today said my best friend treats her beter besides he gets better paid that’s what it’s like… Is God still up in heaven is he anywhere around I saw a guy who looked just like him he was hitching out of town that’s what it’s like… There’s philosophies and religions they all try to save my soul I might just a well go down into my basement and dig holes that’s what it’s like… Can anybody answer me? can anybody tell? lord I think so much about heaven man it makes me feel like hell that’s what it’s like… Well I really don’t care too much about the answer anyway why should I worry about tomorrow when I can be depressed today? that’s what it’s like…
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Guru (7 Songs version) 05:09
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GURU I used to want to be a guru I used to want to be the one I used to want to be a saviour do the things that must be done but I will never be a saviour no I’m really not that strong so I just want to be your friend from now on I used to want to be a hero really thought that I could fly I used to want to be the wise one answer when you asked me why but I will never be a wise man no I’m really not that kind but I just want to be a friend if you don’t mind When I was a little younger I used to want to change the world I used to want to be your lover I always hoped you’d be my girl but I have never been a lovert I don’t do it vbery well I just want to be your friend I hope you can tell Well I will never be a guru and I will never be the one I will never be the saviour there’s too much growing to be done but I’m making you a promise and I’ll keep it ‘til the end just give me a little time I’m going to be your friend.
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Red 04:49
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RED I feel the pressure in my head it’s getting out of control I’d like to escape instead to the country, or through some black hole See the sun when it’s shining down on the puddles, on the winter ground feel the heat burning in my head I want to move from blue to red See the grey skies all the time I wonder is there any point in trying will the light ever be again or is hell on earth not fire but rain? I would like to be someplace else here there’s nobody but myself so let me howl at the blood red moon no-one I’m accountable to See the angel in the blood-red sky oh if I open up my blood red eye makes me afraid of the light of day I have to face it, come what may.
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Silent Night (Alt.) 03:05
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SILENT NIGHT (alt.version) Silent night, holy night all is calm now and everything is bright around the young virgin, mother and child holy infant so tender and mild sleep in heavenly pecac Silent night, holy night shepherds are waking up to the sight streams of light flow from heaven, so far the heavenly choir singing hallelujah hallelujah, the saviour is born Silent night, holy night for the son of God, you're love's pure light I see it shining from your holy face the earth is filled with amazing grace Jesus, Lord at your birth.
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I Fall At Your Feet 06:18
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I FALL AT YOUR FEET You come to me when I’m alone Touch my eyes so I can see you You touch my wounds until I feel no pain Undo the locks that keep my soul in chains You come to me when I’m afraid Speak your peace into my restless heart You wrap your arms around my trembling form And tear the veil that’s keeping us apart You come to me each time I smile Each time I see the beauty you have made And when I take the time to stop and wait I hear your voice in the silence And I fall at your feet again
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Trimmed & Burning (Moody) 04:46
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TRIMMED AND BURNING I’m trimmed and burning ready for the night No man lights a candle just to hide it away but when you light a candle you turn the darkness into day a city built on a mountain just can’t hide from the storm but when you stand on a mountain you’re the first to see the dawn There’s just no point in turning back once you put your hand to the plough now we’re on this long, winding road we’re going to make it somehow I’m trimmed and burning ready for the night.
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Lord I Have This 03:20
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LORD I HAVE THIS Lord I have this and I give it to you do with me whatever you want to do.

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This is Part 2 of my collection of previously unreleased demos - songs which mostly, but not always, didn't make it to an album but have been part of my performance repertoire for decades.

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released November 18, 2018

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Mark Laurent Auckland, New Zealand

I've been a professional guitarist/singer/songwriter for 40 years, & I've recorded & worked on many albums. I'm also an author with 4 collections of poetry & an illustrated children's storybook published, & I've written articles & reviews for various magazines. I live in Auckland, New Zealand. As well as cafes, concerts & churches I also do a bit of busking to keep in touch with the 'real world'. ... more

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