I Have been away for so long (Lyrics)

 

01. I Have Been Away For So Long

02. Tree (Blind Zero)

03. Lost Words (Tiguana Bibles)

04. Liar Alone (Bunnyranch)

05. Dried Up River Blues (Corsage)

06. Slow Dance (Frankie Chavez)

Track #1 

words & Melodies 

by 

a Jigsaw

Joao Rui, Jorri, Susana Ribeiro

Tracks #02 to #6

a Jigsaw's rendition of songs by the artists stated above.

Thank you

Dedicated to Nuno Ávila

Recorded by a Jigsaw at The Blue House, Mixed & Mastered by João P. Miranda

except track #01 Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at Attack-Release Studio by João P. Miranda

01. I Have been away for so long

I lost my faith in the kindness of angels
The strangest fever began toiling in my mind
All evil came back to haunt me and all good too
Something broke inside of me
There’s something broken inside


And I’m losing it,  Oh I’m losing it
I’ve been away for so long
I’ve been away...
This dream is but a whisper
And I’m losing it


I’ve been away for so long


I carved your name in the palms of my hands
And I’ve grown wings in spite of this dark side of me
The sins underneath my skin, they know how to hide so very well
This drunken Heart,


He won’t crawl,  He won’t crawl, He won’t crawl


And I’m losing it,  Oh I’m losing it
I’ve been away for so long
I’ve been away...
This dream is but a whisper
And I’m losing it
I’ve been away for so long

02. Tree (Blind Zero)

It's too late to say good-bye,  Now I'm drowning in your eyes
I'm drowning, Back to you
I know the way these things begin,  See how flesh presses the skin
I'm bursting without you


Love you like in poetry
This urge hinders me to flee
I'm climbing your tree,  Allured in your seed
I'm climbing your tree, Where I dare to see


To me you are all the party, For love and love only, 
I’m arriving,  Apart from you
Close to what's eternal, A place where we together fall
Promise me a peace I never knew


Love you like in poetry, 
This urge hinders me to flee
I'm climbing your tree, Where I may not cede
I'm climbing your tree, Where I dare to see


No one ever knew the gold, Of the burette in your hair
How write your dreams down to a letter
Underneath a pale light,  Like lovers often will
I'll go back to you again
I'll go back to you again
I'm climbing your tree

03. Lost Words (Tiguana Bibles)

I'm so happy to be free from your love
Take these chains and let me be my love
In this cold night I want to be alone,
I want you far away from me and my home
I shiver down these city streets on my own
I smoked a hundred cigarettes just to stop
The pain and hurt I felt inside from you
your cheating heart was nothing very new


So run, run back to her, tell her that you love her
My tears won't last too long
And run, run back to her see if your life's better
without my heart and all you know
So run, run back to her, tell her that you love her
My tears won't last too long
And run, run back to her see if your life's better
without my heart and all you know 


I stop and think about your lips pressed on hers
My body aches when I just think of the words,
you said to her as you would say to me, 
As you both lay in bed and laughed at me


So run, run back to her, tell her that you love her
My tears won't last too long
And run, run back to her see if your life's better
without my heart and all you know 
without my heart and all you know

04. Liar Alone (Bunnyranch)

Conspiracy , against you , against me, oh can´t you see
Look at the poor boys, they are getting rich
And the rich, they are going for broke

You’d better leave that liar alone
You’d better leave that liar alone

Look at the liar , he is working hard
With two hands full of nothing, he is going far
Oh look at the wise, he’s gonna get it, he’s gonna get it

You’d better leave that liar alone
You’d better leave that liar alone

Well I don´t know, but i´ve been told
A rock´n´n roll beat it´s so hard to keep
Ask me a question  and I will tell you no lies
The bunnyranch, honey, that´s the reason why

You’d better leave that liar alone
You’d better leave that liar alone
You’d better leave that liar alone
You’d better leave that liar alone
You’d better leave that liar alone

05. Dried up river blues (Corsage)

So you’d like to save the world you fight 
Hand in hand we do our share tonight
Lick the wounds you’ve burned with whiskey off the track
Kiss you hard and shine some colour out of the dark


And you sing this song lalalala lala
It gets you through the night and makes you want to stay
Makes you wanna move To the dried up river blues
Makes you wanna move To the dried up river blues


Keep on moving, keep on dancing, high or low
Let’s pretend we know the dancefloor as we go
I’m no savior, I won’t pull it off your back
I’m just a singer of a one-night-band


And I sing this song lalalala lala
It gets me through the night and makes me want to stay


I hope we go old and keep our treasure intact
Too precious to go
Too precious to go off the track
I hope we go old and keep our treasure intact
Dried up river blues
Dried up river blues
We dance as we go.

06. Slow Dance (Frankie Chavez)

Have you ever watched kids on the merry go round?
I'll listen to the rain slapping on the ground
Ever follow the butterflies' erratic flying?
I'll even gaze out the sun into the fading night


You better slow down, don't you dance so fast
Time is short, and this music won't last


Do you run through each day on the flight?
When you ask how are you do you still reply?
When the day is done do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred choruses running through you head?


You better slow down, don't you dance so fast
Time is short, and this music won't last


Ever told your blood we'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste not see his sorrow?
Have you ever lost touch, let a good friend die?
'Cause you never had time to call and say hi


You better slow down, don't you dance so fast
Time is short, and this music won't last
You better slow down, don't you dance so fast
Time is short, and this music won't last