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40 Days

by The Wailin' Jennys

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1.
One Voice 03:23
This is the sound of one voice One spirit, one voice The sound of one who makes a choice This is the sound of one voice This is the sound of one voice This is the sound of voices two The sound of me singing with you Helping each other to make it through This is the sound of voices two This is the sound of voices two This is the sound of voices three Singing together in harmony Surrendering to the mystery This is the sound of voices three This is the sound of voices three This is the sound of all of us Singing with love and the will to trust Leave the rest behind it will turn to dust This is the sound of all of us This is the sound of all of us This is the sound of one voice One people, one voice A song for every one of us This is the sound of one voice This is the sound of one voice
2.
Saucy Sailor 03:11
Come me own one, come me fair one come now unto me Could you fancy a poor sailor lad who has just come from sea You are ragged love and you’re dirty love And your clothes smell much of tar So be gone you saucy sailor lad so be gone you Jack Tar If I am ragged love and I’m dirty love and me clothes smell much of tar I have silver in me pocket love, and gold in great store And then when she heard him say so on her bended knee she fell I will marry my dear Henry, for I love a sailor lad so well Do you think that I am foolish love do you think that I am mad For to wed with a poor country girl where no fortune’s to be had I will cross the briny ocean, I will whistle and sing And since you’ve refused the offer love some other girl shall wear the ring I am frolicsome and I am easy, good tempered and free And I don’t give a single pin me boys what the world thinks of me
3.
Arlington 04:54
Where do you go little bird When it snows, when it snows When this world turns to sleep Do you know, do you know Is there something in the wind Breathes a chill in your heart and life in your wings Does it whisper ‘start again’ Start again Where is the sun in the night Is it cold, is it cold Does it feel left behind All alone, all alone Does it wander through the dark Does it wait for the dawn, wish on a star Does it stray very far Very far Where is your home restless wind Is it there, is it here Do you search for a place to belong Search in vain, search in fear Or is your spirit everywhere Is your voice every tree Your soul of the air If there’s no home is there no death Is there no death
4.
Take me to the breaking of a beautiful dawn Take me to the place where we came from Take me to the end so I can see the start There’s only one way to mend a broken heart Take me to the place where I don’t feel so small Take me where I don’t need to stand so tall Take me to the edge so I can fall apart There’s only one way to mend a broken heart Take me where love isn’t up for sale Take me where our hearts are not so frail Take me where the fire still owns its spark There’s only one way to mend a broken heart Teach me how to see when I close my eyes Teach me to forgive and to apologize Show me how to love in the darkest dark There’s only one way to mend a broken heart Take me where the angels are close on hand Take me where the ocean meets the sky and the land Show me to the wisdom of the evening star There’s only one way to mend a broken heart Take me to the place where I feel no shame Take me where courage doesn’t need a name Learning how to cry is the hardest part But there’s only one way to mend a broken heart
5.
Untitled 04:27
To the man who lost his mind Left home for the last time They found him in the wintertime Looking for something he couldn’t find They shipped him way out West Thought they’d put their minds at rest Now they’ve thrown the key away And there’s nothing left to say Waiting for a saviour Show me you’re so sad Wipe the tears that you’ve had Show me you’re so sad To the girl who lives next door Wonders what her life is for She’s waiting for her valentine To kiss her in the summertime He doesn’t come and so she cries Locks her door and hopes to die Now she’s thrown the key away And there’s nothing left to say Waiting for a saviour Show me you’re so sad Wipe the tears that you’ve had Show me you’re so sad Now to the ones you’ve left behind Were they not worth your time They never heard you say goodbye They never got a reason why And here’s to you who couldn’t see What it was you did to me Now you’ve thrown it all away And there’s nothing left to say And there’s nothing left to say Waiting for a saviour Show me you’re so sad Wipe the tears that you’ve had Show me you’re so sad
6.
The wind howls ‘cross the ice floes Sends the frozen snow skimming A river on a river hardened over It doesn’t know the way it’s going Is it north or south or westward It just glides across the shoreline ‘til it’s over You came for me in fast-forward On a claim for something ordered A way through and past the history that held you I’d tell my own story through you Tell it loud to never lose you A moth caught by the flame it cannot measure And there we go again, wishing something bolder Trying to push and pull inside this moment Trying to mold this life within our hands This is where the whole world keeps on turning This is where we come undone...undone Will they measure me by branches Count the rings and take my ashes Mark the ground where I fell and carry on Or will we bite against the silence Fill our days with noise and violence Not recognize our hearts when we are done There we’ll go again, wishing something bolder Trying to push or pull inside this moment Trying to mold this life within our hands This is where the whole world keeps on turning This is where we come undone We don’t know where it’s going Is it north or south or westward It just glides across the shoreline ‘til it’s over
7.
Old Man 03:11
8.
Don’t know what time it is, I’ve been up for way too long and I’m too tired to sleep I called my mother on the phone, she wasn’t home, and now I’m wandering the street I’ve been a fool, I’ve been cruel to myself I’ve been hanging on to nothing when nothing could be worse than hanging on And something tells me there must be something better than all this I’ve fallen many times in love and every time it’s been with the wrong man Still I’m out there living one day at a time and doing the best I can ‘Cause we’ve all made mistakes that seemed to lead us astray But every time they helped to get us where we are today And that’s as good a place as any and it’s probably where we’re best off anyway It’s a long and rugged road and we don’t know where it’s headed But we know it’s going to get us where we’re going And when we find what we’re looking for we’ll drop these bags and search no more ‘Cause it’s gonna feel like heaven when we’re home It’s gonna feel like heaven when we’re home There’s no such thing as perfect, and if there is we’ll find it when we’re good and dead Trust me I’ve been looking, but tonight I think I’ll go and take a bath instead And then maybe I’ll walk a while and feel the earth beneath me They say if you stop looking it doesn’t matter if you find it And who’s to say that even if I did it’s what I’m really looking for It’s a long and rugged road and we don’t know where it’s headed But we know it’s going to get us where we’re going And when we find what we’re looking for we’ll drop these bags and search no more ‘Cause it’s gonna feel like heaven when we’re home It’s gonna feel like heaven when we’re home
9.
Imagine you’re a girl on ten mile stilts You travel round the world, taking it all in You’ll never touch the ground Is it a blessing or a curse And if you’re too high to be found Are you lost or just rehearsed Got a heart that opens clear in this cool September dark It rests on treetop leaves and bursts its little sparks And sometimes it sings its songs And it lets its secrets out Except for one that sears inside That it cannot live without But if I tell you will you take it Will you shine it up to me Can you be strong to let me go on And set this freedom free The stars are out tonight, up here they’re ripe to hold But I have learned what comes to those who get too close I’m no Icarus in flight And I’m old enough to know That love is patient, but still unyielding If you leave it long enough it lets you go But if I tell you will you take it Will you shine it up to me Can you be strong to let me go on And set this freedom free
10.
Come all you sailors Sail upon my sea Swim in these salty waters Cleanse the wounds that run so deep Come all you lovers Give your hearts to me Come with your broken dreams And your ruined fancies Come all you seekers Realize that you can see Find within your deepest longing That all you need is me
11.
Take It Down 03:53
12.
There’s a light on in your house but you’re not home today And each time I’ve come on by you seem so far away Can you give me some reason to hold on Can you give me some reason to stay Got some friends knocking on my door wondering where I’ve been Tired of mining for your heart, I’ve come up for air again Can you give me some reason to hold on Can you give me some reason to stay Stay Now I’m going away, will I leave you crying It’s been forty days but this love is dying I’ve searched all around for something Something to hold onto, and a reason to stay So I’m cashing in your promises gonna leave without a sound Got a broken heart and aching head cause I know you can’t be found Can you give me some reason to hold on Can you give me some reason to stay Stay Now I’m going away, will I leave you crying It’s been forty days but this love is dying I’ve searched all around for something Something to hold onto, and a reason to stay Stay Now I’m going away, will I leave you crying It’s been forty days but this love is dying I’ve searched all around for something Something to hold onto, and a reason to stay Something to hold onto, and a reason to stay
13.
Oh all the money that e’er I spent I spent it in good company And all the harm that e’er I’ve done Alas, it was to none but me And all I’ve done for want of wit To memory now I can’t recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Oh all the comrades that e’er I’ve had Are sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that e’er I’ve had Would wish me one more day to stay But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call Good night and joy be with you all

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released August 10, 2004

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