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The Ballad of Buttercup
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The Ballad of Buttercup
Once upon a time, far far away
There lived a Buttercup, whose true love went to sea
He met a buccaneer, who always used to say
Most likely, kill you in the morning
What else could he do, but serve the pirate true
Took the pirate name, grew the pirate fame
After many years, after many tears
He returned to Buttercup, to take her back from Humperdinck
As you wish, he whispered true
Anything you want me to
I’ll storm a castle for your love
Fight a giant, push and shove
Iocaine won’t slow me down
Fiery swamp, what’s that sound?
Fight with sword and screaming eels
Love is inconceivable
Poor Buttercup, she thought her love had died
The people loved her true, but not so much the Prince
Was caught up in a scheme, to start a bloody war
Tween, Florin and Guilder
Thrown into a pit Westley did despair
Tortured mostly dead, but thanks a lot to Max
True love overcame and saved the day for them
With Fezzik and Inigo
As you wish, he whispered true
Anything you want me to
I’ll storm a castle for your love
Fight a giant, push and shove
Iocaine won’t slow me down
Fiery swamp, what’s that sound?
Fight with sword and screaming eels
Love is inconceivable
Once upon a time, far far away
There lived a Buttercup, whose true love went to sea
He met a buccaneer, who always used to say
Most likely, kill you in the morning
What else could he do, but serve the pirate true
Took the pirate name, grew the pirate fame
After many years, after many tears
He returned to Buttercup, to take her back from Humperdinck
As you wish, he whispered true
Anything you want me to
I’ll storm a castle for your love
Fight a giant, push and shove
Iocaine won’t slow me down
Fiery swamp, what’s that sound?
Fight with sword and screaming eels
Love is inconceivable
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The Past It Binds
04:12
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The Past it Binds
Hello old friend, will you take my hand
It’s been quite some time, I can’t remember when
We last talked, and I enjoyed your company
Hello old friend, it’s good to see your face
The familiar time, the familiar place
As it all comes back, like perfect harmony
Like those times in youth, that we can’t forget
When our hearts were brave, and our futures set
And we knew our place, within the universe
Though our dreams did stumble, though our dreams did fall
We persevered, and through it all
We look back now, and smile and reminisce
I’m glad I had you in my life back then
And I’m glad I had the chance to name you friend
And though I only see you seldom now
The past it binds, our hearts together somehow
The years are kind only to the young
But way back then we did have our fun
And though the years they fade, and seasons pass us by
In another time and another place
I’d seek you out, and your friendly face
And share the laughter that brought our souls such joy
I’m glad I had you in my life back then
And I’m glad I had the chance to name you friend
And though I only see you seldom now
The past it binds, our hearts together somehow
I yearn to laugh, and to see you smile
To share a joke for a little while
And to reconnect, and share our lives once more
As life moves on, and our courses change
Our paths diverge, and though it seems strange
Our lives still linked, we carry on alone
I’m glad I had you in my life back then
And I’m glad I had the chance to name you friend
And though I only see you seldom now
The past it binds, our hearts together somehow
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Hand In Hand
03:43
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Hand In Hand
The morning blooms in your smiling eyes
As the day begins and I realize
What a lucky man I have to be
To have you here standing next to me
As I take your hand, wrap it in my own
For in your love I’ve found my home
Then I brush a lock of your auburn hair
And my fingers thrill as you gaze with care
Hand in hand we’ll walk this byway
You and me, we’ll do it our way now
Hand in hand, walking with no other
Step by step leaning on each other now
As we make our way underneath the oak
Through the knee high grass flowing like a cloak
Upon the field the breath of spring
Dances like our hearts in a flowered ring
As I kiss your lips blooming like a rose
Living in a moment of time that froze
Still the ribbon light prances on the stream
And brings new life to everything
Hand in hand we’ll walk this byway
You and me, we’ll do it our way now
Hand in hand, walking with no other
Step by step leaning on each other now
Hand in hand we’ll walk this byway
You and me, we’ll do it our way now
Hand in hand, walking with no other
Step by step leaning on each other now
Hand in hand we’ll walk this byway
You and me, we’ll do it our way now
Hand in hand, walking with no other
Step by step leaning on each other now
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Here On Lighthouse Road
03:14
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Here On Lighthouse Road
As a little child born in Michigan
I began my life, I don’t remember when
But my memories playing in the woods
Among the deep set trees
They comfort me, as they did back then
Filling in my life like a faithful friend
Always there for me, when I needed to
Give my mind a rest
Up on Lighthouse Road
That’s where the music flows
Deep from the well within
The music never ends
Heading off to school, there across the state
Thought I’d try my hand at finding fate
Met a woman there, who completed me
And filled a hole inside
Working to survive we made our home
Feeling deep inside a call to roam
Completing school as our family grew
Waiting for the time to come
Up on Lighthouse Road
That’s where the music flows
Deep from the well within
The music never ends
Heading west again in the final move
We settled in to a house that proved
To bring to mind my days of youth
Among the growing trees
Where time slowed down and the years they passed
Living out our lives feeling home at last
And the music knocked looking for release
Here among the trees
Up on Lighthouse Road
That’s where the music flows
Deep from the well within
The music never ends
Here on Lighthouse Road
Here where the music flows
Deep from the well within
The music never ends
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Upon This Journey
04:24
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Upon This Journey
Tell me what you see
When you look in my eyes
There’s no need for you to shy away
When I drink you in my love
And your beauty floods my soul
And your face it puts the sun to shame
You’re all I need to see
To keep me though the hours
Until I meet you once again
Just say you’ll wait for me
It means the world to see you
Standing there at my world’s end
Two of us upon this journey
Through a story seldom told
Two of us upon this journey
As our lives they do unfold
We pledge our lives one to the other
And in our hearts we build our home
For two of us upon this journey
Never will we fear to roam
Never have I seen
The love you give to me
I swear my heart has come undone
Pouring out with feelings
Spoken not with words
In language only known by one
I sense it deep within you
The love that I do feel too
For here our hearts they will remain
The blending of two lives
The merging of two souls
Nothing now will be the same
Two of us upon this journey
Through a story seldom told
Two of us upon this journey
As our lives they do unfold
We pledge our lives one to the other
And in our hearts we build our home
For two of us upon this journey
Never will we fear to roam
When our sun it sets
Upon this road of ours
And we finally lay our heads in rest
I’ll take your hand in mine
And swear upon all time
That our love has always stood the test
And though it seems the end
Don’t shed a tear for us
For our journey’s only just begun
For blowing on the wind
A love that never ends
We’ll live forever in this song
Two of us upon this journey
Through a story seldom told
Two of us upon this journey
As our lives they do unfold
We pledge our lives one to the other
And in our hearts we build our home
For two of us upon this journey
Never will we fear to roam
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Jim France South Haven, Michigan
Drawing from a varied pallet of musical influences, Jim attempts to create songs that sound uniquely familiar.
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