The debut album by Scottish and Irish folk band Folky MacFolk Face. It comes in a beautiful cardboard case with original artwork by James Reilly.
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lyrics
Port Arthur
Words & Music by Folky MacFolk Face (2018)
If you hold on to what you’re longing for,
And your heart is true,
There’s a light that shines on a distant shore,
And I still think of you.
Twenty years of waiting, twenty years of pain,
Counting every single day ‘till I see you again.
The clouds above Port Arthur hang heavy in the sky,
They remind me of that fateful day,
When we last said goodbye.
If you hold on to what you’re longing for,
And your heart is true,
There’s a light that shines on a distant shore,
And I still think of you.
I was just a young boy, taken from your hand,
Sent across the oceans to a distant land.
Banished into silence, hooded and stripped bare,
I long to be back in your arms,
And in your loving care.
If you hold on to what you’re longing for,
And your heart is true,
There’s a light that shines on a distant shore,
And I still think of you.
Ships without sails, boats without their oars,
If I could live my life again I’d set a different course.
Mother can you hear me, oh hear my distant plea.
Forgive me for the things I’ve done,
Release me, set me free.
If you hold on to what you’re longing for,
And your heart is true,
There’s a light that shines on a distant shore,
And I still think of you.
Now I seek no forgiveness for those who are to blame,
For leaving this mother’s son with nothing but a name.
20 years of service, no justice have I found,
Since I left my lovin’ home,
Port Arthur bound.
If you hold on to what you’re longing for,
And your heart is true,
There’s a light that shines on a distant shore,
And I still think of you.
If you hold on to what you’re longing for,
And your heart is true,
There’s a light that shines on a distant shore,
And I still think of you.
If you hold on to what you’re longing for,
And your heart is true,
There’s a light that shines on a distant shore,
And I still think of you.
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