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1.
Else 01:59
You have swum beneath my ocean You have plumbed my deep blue sea You have seen the wrecks and treasure chests That chart my history. If you could salvage all the men-o-war That have sunk into these deeps I wouldn't hear them whisper any more In the rigging of my sleep. Else I would be someone else You have walked upon my waters And when you felt your footsteps sink Found me deep enough to drown in But not deep enough to drink. For there are angry currents in me That have shipwrecked every boat That ever dared these roiling reefs and rocks With their nets of fraying hope.
2.
Retroduction 00:43
When angels descended in the mists to walk the earth, their terrible beauty was dangerous, irresistible to the daughters of Eve. So the shining ones took custody of their liquid eyes, cloaked their proud strength and spoke in muted whispers. For any woman's heart is forever enslaved by an angel's authentic voice. Here and now that's me. That's me and you and your authentic voice.
3.
Your words flow like oil on my ears Drowning the meaning I need to be clear I don't need the promises you try to mean And I don't want the sacrifice of any of your dreams All I ask of you All that you can do Is speak to me In your authentic voice Hold me close and make it right Stay with me through this bright night I'm not afraid of what I feel If I know that you are really the one Who speaks to me In your authentic voice Love needs no words to be strong Trust adds no guilt in its song You cannot buy me, so please don't even start You cannot earn my love, but I can give my heart All I ask of you All that you can do Is speak to me In your authentic voice Tell me truth or tell me lies I can't read that in your eyes But I hear it in your smile In your hopeless peace, your violent dismay Just speak to me In your authentic voice All I ask of you All that you can do Is speak to me In your authentic voice
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January Road 02:46
Waking up to the radio news is a moment of sleepy deja vu Different scandals and different wars, but the world rolls round like it did before Absently making myself tea, carelessly burning some fruit toast I wonder whether you're awake yet up January Road In the meeting I give my report; facts and figures, bullets and triggers Every question is carefully aimed with my future sitting in the cross-hairs Through my confident glances, through my casual answers I wonder how you're getting along up January Road February wouldn't do March and April failed me too July and August both said "no" Remember November, December and here we go I brush my teeth, have a long and steamy bath, put my cellphone into its charger Turn out the light, slip into my bed and let the day die in the darkness It's not that I'm dreaming, no, it's not that I'm scheming But I wonder if you're sleeping alone up January Road
5.
Drive Away 02:03
When the passion is all gone and the feelings are all wrong Your commitment cannot hold your empty words When the joy's no longer there or the world begins to stare 'Cos there are no easy answers to your need Drive away Just drive away When your courage is lost and you're counting the cost 'Cos the love that you felt cannot be found Deny the vows you've obeyed and all the promises made Just retreat until you cannot hear their sound

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After releasing "Lean on the Angels" in 2004 I wanted to work with someone else's voice. The four tracks on this EP feature the vocals of Kat McKenzie.

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released June 1, 2005

Vocals: Kat McKenzie
Instruments and voices: Leigh H
Buttons and knobs: L Harrison

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Leigh Harrison New Zealand

Leigh Harrison started writing songs and producing other artists in the 1970s.

Two decades later Leigh released "Inappropriate Touching" and "Lean On The Angels". A number of projects with other musicians followed before the retrospective "Three Deck Wreck" in 2007.

Leigh continues to write and record, and can be spotted performing live in and around Wanganui New Zealand.
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