HEY MARY, PLAY A SONG FOR ME
Hey Mary won't you play me a tune
To keep me dancing by the moon
Hey Mary won't you play me some notes
To keep me swaying like the ocean's boats
Hey Mary, play a song for me
Seasons come seasons go
Winter sun Summer snow
Autumn flowers Springtime leaves
Keep alive our make-believes
In Bewley’s lane they gather round
Their feet are tapping on the ground
Her fingers fly her eyes in trance
The music moves their feet to dance
Hey Mary won't you play me a tune
To keep me dancing by the moon
Hey Mary won't you play me some notes
To keep me swaying like the ocean's boats
Hey Mary, play a song for me
Play a song for me
So if you go to Grafton Street
There is one there you need to meet
To hear a tune, to hear her play
To toss a coin and then to say..
Hey Mary won't you play me a tune
To keep me dancing by the moon
Hey Mary won't you play me some notes
To keep me swaying …
Ah Mary won't you play me a tune
To keep me dancing by the moon
Hey Mary won't you play me some notes
To keep me swaying like the ocean's boats
Hey Mary, play a song for me
Hey Mary won't you play me a tune
To keep me dancing by the moon
Hey Mary won't you play me some notes
To keep me swaying like the ocean's boats
Hey Mary, play a song for me
Music by Robin James Hurt.
Lyrics by Tony Floyd Kenna.
Copyright 2021. All rights preserved.
Dedicated to Máire Úna Ní Bheaglaoich
Death Of A Dream
It’s the end of the line on a dark rain drenched night
Two silhouettes sat in a car where the Earth meets the Sky
There will be no tomorrow no light at the dawn
In their eyes only sadness, in their hearts no more songs.
The death of a dream for two souls in the cold
The death of a dream, they will never grow old
The death of a dream.
As children they smiled and ran in the rain
It all seemed so possible they knew no real pain
As lovers they planned in the night, looked to the future
A life full of hope, of this, they were sure…
The death of a dream….
And out in the world they go, they got jobs and pay
They got a house and a car a success some would say
‘Till one day they woke up with everything gone
Thrown out on the street, what had they done wrong ?
The death of a dream ….
It’s the end of the line on a dark rain drenched night
Two silhouettes sat in a car where the Earth meets the Sky
In the paper you’ll read of the car in the sea
A girl and a boy, it could be you and me
The death of a dream ….
Lyrics – Tony Floyd Kenna, October 2015.
Music -- Jed McConkey, March 2016
First released March 7, 2016
Do You Dream ?
Do you dream?
Of a place that is warm
Of a refuge, a shelter
Away from the storm
Do you dream?
Do you wish?
For a day that is quiet
A place, a retreat
So inviting you try it
Do you wish?
Dreams are for living
Visions are for making
Reality a little nice
Smiles are for giving
A little life and laughter
Dreams are for living your life
Dreams are for living your life
Dreams are for living your life
Do you dream?
Do you dream?
Of a place that is warm
A refuge or a shelter
Away from the storm
Do you dream?
Dreams are for living
Visions are for making
Reality a little nice
Smiles are for giving
A little life and laughter
Dreams are for living your life
Dreams are for living your life
Dreams are for living your life
Do you dream?
Do you dream?
2023 - Disc 2 comes 10 years after Disc 2 on Songs From The Furnace Of Life, a collection of collaborations and covers of T.F.K. songs. Official release will be Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter 2023.
Over the next months tracks and preview mixes will be added as they develop/complete.
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