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Islands

from Out Of The Blue by Chris Conway

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I recorded this on 2002's My Mind's Island album but Vikki Clayton sang it. I have taken to singing it live and fancied recording my own version. The song was inspired by a series of birthday parties I used to throw, when I noticed how diverse friends had become over the years, and how that diversity strangely binded us together.

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Islands
It was a time of celebration
A gathering of friends
When I saw an isolation
In their eyes
A strange separation
Came between us that night
I saw the whole situation
I realized that I
Was

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In a room full of islands
Waiting for the tide
We’ll meet up on the dry land
When the waters subside
So many different islands
Some of sand some of stone
But we know that when the time comes
We’ll not be alone
We’ll not be alone

There are worlds I never dreamed of
In your eyes tonight
Each glow of experience
A lighthouse in the night
There may be oceans between us
But the distances are small
And when one of us goes under
It touches us all

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Linking hands across the water
Holding back the sea
Archipelago of souls
United in diversity

With all our names and numbers
There are so many ways
To keep us in touch
And keep us away
When did I last really talk to you?
And not your machine
When were you last at my house
Tell me where have you been
Have you been

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from Out Of The Blue, released February 1, 2015
Chris Conway - vocals, acoustic 9 string guitar, keyboards, tin Irish whistle.

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Think David Crosby on a journey taking in Ireland, a jazz club, and Outer Space.

"Songs of Love & Peace & Outer Space" is his slogan and that sums it up well.

He has toured with ex-Monkees Peter Tork, played with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention as well as Vikki Clayton, Martin Carthy, Sally Barker, Pete Morton, Cathy Lesurf, & Tommy Emmanuel and Talvin Singh. ... more

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