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Intro
00:09
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2. |
Gather Day
02:56
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Gather Day
©1986 Steve Macdonald
The day begins dark-
Hear the horns- Hark!
Soon the wagons will bring delight.
Through misty morn
A clear blowing horn
Heralds the start of a new day.
It's coming
Will you be there?
Chorus
Come and see the fair!
Come from everywhere!
Come and see the fair!
Oh la la la la la!
For just a small fee
You, too, can see
Scenes to bewilder and betray!
Magicians galore!
And minstrels what's more
Scenes to dazzle and delight!
Yes, Gather Day is drawing near
Look at the sights, and make it all clear.
Poets and painters to see for your coin
Jugglers and Gypsies will show you the way---
Chorus
There's Lions, it' true!
Unicorns too!
Gryphons and elephants for you to see!
But hurry, my friend!
For soon, it will end!
Before the week is over, we will be gone. . .
It's here, today
Will you come my way?
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3. |
Carriage Ride
03:34
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Carriage Ride
© 1988 Steve Macdonald
Move, carriage, light
Past tall streetlamps, bright
No moon be seen;
Red taillights dimly gleam
The clatter of hoof on cobblestone
The rider's path be not known
The soft kiss of whip and rein
While passing gutters filled with rain
Tall stovepipe hat
Thick folds of cape, black
Dark, misty night
Creatures avoid the light
A snort and steam from foaming lip
Strains to avoid a lick of the whip
He huddles away from the wet
Hurrying for someone future met.
Instrumental
The clatter of hoof on cobblestone
The rider's path be not known
A snort and steam from foaming lip
Strains to avoid a lick of the whip
Move, carriage, light
Past tall streetlamps, bright
Fog rises, grey
All sight fades away
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4. |
Cold Butcher
03:41
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Cold Butcher
©1993 by Steve Macdonald
Cold wind howls
Across the tundra, hard and bleak.
It cuts through to the bone
And makes your body weak.
The Hunt is all
You must feed or soon you'll die.
Famine drives you on
You soon stop asking why.
Cold pierces skin
Hunger aches in bone
I am the answer
I am the Night
Fear me!
For I'll chill you to the bone.
Freeze now!
For I'll turn your heart to stone.
Touch me-
And I'll kill and take your form-
Wendigo.
Heart of ice
Soul of snow and hunger.
You could become me
Starvation breeds my kind.
Strength of storm
I'll murder and then drink your soul.
Anger fiery cold
The Terror grips your mind.
Sweet ffreezing warm
Power in the cold
I am the answer
I am the Night-
Fear me!
For I'll chill you to the bone.
Freeze now!
For I'll turn your heart to stone.
Touch me-
And I'll kill and take your form-
Wendigo.
Freezing winds howl
Soul of snow and hunger
Cold cuts to the bone
Starvation breeds my kind
Strength of storm
I'll murder and then drink your soul
You could become me
When your soul exists in cold.
Sweet ffreezing warm
Power in the cold
I am the answer
I am the Night
Fear me!
For I'll chill you to the bone.
Freeze now!
For I'll turn your heart to stone.
Touch me-
And I'll kill and take your form-
Wendigo.
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5. |
Long Winter
02:51
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Long Winter
© 1994 by Steve Macdonald
The snow lies lightly on your heart
The cold reaches deep within.
You chill when I catch your eye
You look down, then you look away.
Long winter of your soul. (repeat 3x)
I burned you very deeply
And Ice was the only way to heal.
I know this, and I accept it
I've been where you now feel
Long winter of your soul. (repeat 3x)
I know that to see me hurts you
But you gave these gifts that can't be returned.
My muse, my life, my song
I have to tell you;
I have to tell you,
To tell you.
Instrumental
I've burned you all too deeply
But I had to make a choice.
I'm still here if you need me
Just look up, and find your voice.
Long winter of your soul. (repeat 4x)
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6. |
When I Think of You
01:58
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When I Think of You
©1987 by Steve Macdonald
When I think of you
All the world begins to glow
Now the sky seems so blue
Darkness takes a fatal blow
You warmed me on that cold night
You took me home, I was alone
And when you told me you loved me;
I saw then I loved you to.
So we walk with the sun
Underneath the forest, green.
She says our life has just begun
And I finally begin to see
Now she warms me on cold nights
She is my home, I'm not alone
And when she tells me she loves me
All I know is I love her, too.
All I know is I love her, too.
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7. |
Renaissance Melody
02:48
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Renaissance Melody
Lyric ©1983 by John and Steve Macdonald
Music © 1983 Steve Macdonald
Chorus
Lack-a-day lack-a-day lack-a-day oh!
Sing me a wee song that I can sing, oh!
Dance me a wee jig and I will stay, oh!
All the day and all through the night.
I met you on a fine fall day
Lack-a-day lack-a-day lack-a-day oh!
Pretty as a robin in the month of May
Lack-a-day lack-a-day lack-a-day oh!
Bonnie lass, give me a glance, I pray
Lack-a-day lack-a-day lack-a-day oh!
More I am too shy to say
Lack-a-day lack-a-day lack-a-day oh!
Chorus
Sparkling eyes and turned up nose
With golden hair and lips of rose
Bonnie lass, where e'er this boy goes
Count him, please, among your beaus
Chorus
Instrumental
Bonnie lass, my wife you must be
It's clear that you were meant for me
Our love is plain for all to see
Let joy filled hearts now set us free
Chorus
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8. |
Acceptance
02:24
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Acceptance
©1993 by Steve Macdonald
I am just a mouthpiece
For other's emotions
I play
And watch them smile.
My words have no meaning
I'm not sure what I'm saying
But I'll play
And see you smile-
Are you sure
That there's a place for me?
It's all so big
This just can't be real-
Is it happening to me?
Is it happening to me?
So many people
So much vision
I feel my voice is a
Still, small, sigh.
So many dreamers
Such wonderful dreams
Many strong voices
Can you hear my cry?
Are you sure
That there's a place for me?
I've been alone so long
This just can't be real-
Is it happening to me?
It couldn't happen to me-
Is it happening to me?
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9. |
Seducing the Unicorn
06:28
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Seducing the Unicorn
©1992 Steve Macdonald
My daddy is a worldly man,
His eyes shine for love of gold.
And many have crossed his path
Their pockets lifted of their load.
Oh, my daddy loved his family fierce
And worked hard all the day.
But I wondered what meant more to him-
The daughter, or the pay.
Oo-
Oo-
I was young then
A happy, carefree child.
I'd laugh and play all the day
'Neath the skirts of the forest, wild.
Oh, I'd gaze long in the forest, dark
And wonder at the mysteries there.
The deep, deep green called to my heart-
But I was too young to know where.
Oo-
Staring off into the green-
Was that a flash of white?
I crept closer, it was no dream
My eyes met such a sight.
Oh, he stood upon four cloven hooves
A single horn from his head
He was sleek and strong, he gleamed with power.
Then he came to me, as though led.
Oo-
I ran through fields a-day
My companion at my side
The grass was green, the clover sweet.
My life had been opened wide.
But one day daddy followed close behind
And saw all I had to share
Then he ran to see the soldier's King;
For a Horn is so very rare.
Oo-
I knelt in the green with my comrade
His head resting 'neath my breast.
Sharing our thoughts, looking deep in his eyes,
A peaceful day of rest.
Then the soldiers came and dragged him off
A quick sword stroke and was done.
They gave daddy thirty silver coins
I cried, and I had to run.
Oo-
I am a great grandmother now.
A lifetime has passed my eyes.
I still mourn my friend, I wish to dream again
I want to touch the sky.
Oh, my friend lives on inside my heart
He's part of the mysteries there.
But still I long to touch his sweet, soft side.
And soon I will, I know where.
Oo-
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Skating on the Strings
03:42
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Instrumental
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The Minstrel
03:09
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The Minstrel
Lyric ©1983 by John and Steve Macdonald
Music © 1983 Steve Macdonald
Give me a word
And I'll sing you a song
On street corners I'll play for you.
If you toss me a dime (if you help me along)
I'll try to make life easy, too.
Some say I'm lazy, or weak.
But brother, I just turn the other cheek.
I'm doin' what I was born to do.
Chorus
I got nothin' but this shirt on my back
I wander through the days
Singin' glorias to the sunset's haze
I am a minstrel.
Don't have money
I barely stay alive
My only agents are kids on the street.
But it don't get me down (they don't see me frown)
'Cause they give me material I seek.
So my thumb gets me from town to town
Their stories and faces get me by.
So I can stand on my corner and sing.
Chorus
Instrumental
Don't you know
That we are like gardeners
We live on the dreams we plant.
We stroll our rounds (spreading our seeds)
And reap a harvest when we come back.
I'm like a Johnny Appleseed planting dreams;
I offer a form of Eternity.
And I stand on the stage and sing.
Chorus
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12. |
Plain Valentine
02:49
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Plain Valentine
©1993 by Steve Macdonald
I don't have two nickels
I can't buy you wine
Or candlesticks for your supper
But the table's just fine.
And I love you so, darlin'
It'll just have to do
This plain old Valentine's for you.
Yeah, the saying's so simple
But easily confused
Among frills and pretty paper
It's often abused.
But I love you so, darlin'
It'll just have to do
This plain old Valentine's for you.
No, I can't buy you chocolates
But I can hold you just fine
I may not get you diamonds
But I'll ask you, "Be mine."
I can't give you a fortune
But I can give you my heart.
It's not much, but a good place to start
Instrumental
I don't have two nickels
I can't buy you wine
Or candlesticks for your supper
But the table's just fine.
And I love you so, darlin'
It'll just have to do
This plain old Valentine's for you.
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13. |
Joining
04:36
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Joining
©1994 by Steve Macdonald
I am a lonely man
Single and unique
Destined for a greater life
Much deeper, more complete.
Joining is and always was
The reason to exist
I was a contented man
'Til they dropped me from their list-
Who do you think you are?
Telling me I won't get far?
Saying I was meant to be happy
All alone.
Who do you think you are?
I'm unacceptable- now it's war.
I am destined to be Joined.
I am destined to be Joined.
I was sent away
Banished from Desire.
Told to be content
But my need burns ever higher.
There is my One
At a lonely far off post.
Now wait for the proper time
To force my way to Host.
Who do you think you are?
Telling me I won't get far?
Saying I was meant to be happy
All alone.
Who do you think you are?
I'm unacceptable- now it's war.
I am destined to be Joined.
I was destined to be Joined.
Memory, Knowledge
Seven lifetimes deep.
All here, all mine
Now the Guest is mine to keep.
I need for no one
I can even lie.
I'll fly through the galaxy
I'm Joined now 'til I die.
Who do you think you are?
Telling me I won't get far?
Saying I was meant to be happy
All alone.
Who do you think you are?
You told me no, but I won the war.
I was destined to be Joined.
I was destined to be Joined.
Betrayal, deadly pain
Done to me by friends.
I was complete then
Now the pain will never end.
I was so full then
And oh, so empty now-
But I can't quite remember
All gone- I'm not sure how.
Who do you think you are?
Telling me I won't get far?
Saying I was meant to be happy
All alone.
Who do you think you are?
You told me no, but I won the war.
I was destined to be Joined.
I was destined to be Joined.
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I Just Love Those Old B Movies
©1993 by Steve Macdonald
Flash steps into the throne room
Dale is held by Emperor Ming
Ming gestures and orders surrender
Flash's weapon starts to sing:
Eat hot photons, laser breath!
I just love those old B movies
They're classics of the cinema art
My girlfriend says, "They're all the same.
How can you tell them apart?"
She can't understand
Plots so brilliantly planned;
A lone man can hold off the Horde
I just love those old B movies
The alien lies dead in the jail
Now the robot will waste the Earth, it seems
The sweet young thing watches in terror
Then like Klaatu told her, she screams:
Eat hot photons, laser breath!
Jim Kirk stands on his knees
Where the red shirted body lays.
McCoy's tricorder clicks and beeps
He shakes his head, looks up, and says:
Eat hot photons, laser breath!
I just love those old B movies
They're classics of the cinema art
My girlfriend says, "They're all the same.
How can you tell them apart?"
She can't understand
Plots so brilliantly planned;
They gave this robot Hitler's brain;
I just love those old B movies
Rhett picks up his fine straw hat
Scarlett enters the scene from the rear
She says, "Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do?"
And Rhett says, "Frankly, my dear:"
Eat hot photons, laser breath!
I just love those old B movies
There's no way you can get confused
Watch Santa Claus beat up those Amazon women
Watch houseplants and slime molds abused.
The Blob ate Leslie Nielsen (well, we could hope)
Or did it eat Gort?
Or did Captain Kirk kill it with a phaser
Did it die with a snort? Or did it . . .
I just love those old B movies.
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To Boldly Go
02:01
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To Boldly Go...
©1994 Steve Macdonald
It's for the stars we've come.
We have begun.
To work for that dream.
To strive and be free.
To rise and see.
To soar the heavens and fly--
We strive.
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Journey's Done
05:52
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Journey's Done
©1994 by Steve Macdonald
It's a long, long road
To leave our planet's hold.
Destined to reach our goal
Refrain
Walk step by step
Mile by dusty mile
'Till the stars we've won
Journey's done.
As we look to our past
It took sweat and grit to last.
Da Vinci knew it could be done
Refrain
Brothers Montgolfier
Were first to find a way
Balloons rising with the new day.
Refrain
December 1903
The Wrights learned to fly free
And gave the gift to you and me.
Refrain
Vostok, Mercury
Soyuz, Gemini-
Orbit the skies and see
Refrain
You know the road is long and hard
With pitfalls in the way.
And for some the burden is heavy and long
And high is the price they paid.
But for all those we've lost
And for all those we've won
We'll remember them long
We'll remember out past our Sun.
Apollo and Moon-land
Mir, Ariane
Columbia glides in to land
Refrain
Throughout history
We've strived to rise and see
Achieve orbit- then go free! (The Clipper will set us free- old lyric)
Refrain (2x)
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To Touch A Star
03:43
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To Touch A Star
©1995 by Steve Macdonald
I look into your eyes and wonder
If you see the sky and wonder
If you'll ever get that far
To reach up, and touch a star.
All you need to go is a dream
It's not quite as hard as it seems.
Never lose what you are
To reach out, and touch a star.
Shuttle flights
Bright lit nights
All started with a dream.
Radio
These songs I know
They all started with a dream.
God's greatest gift that I know
Is to imagine, and make so.
I'll help you step up to that bar
To reach out, and touch a star
Space stations high
Planes that fly
All started with a dream.
TV shows
Cars that go
They all started with a dream.
I look into your eyes and I wonder
If you see the sky in wonder
Never lose who you are
To reach out, and claim that star
Shuttle flights
Bright lit nights
All started with a dream.
Space stations high
Planes that fly
All started with a dream.
TV shows
Cars that go
Radio
These songs I know
They all started with a dream.
Dream on.
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Tightrope
02:53
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Tightrope
©1988 by Steve Macdonald
When I sit here
Quietly thinkin'
Of my life
And how life's
Work needs to be done;
I can't help
Sittin' back
Quietly believin'
There's a balance
You must keep
To live all your own.
Chorus
Walk your tightrope
With gladness in your heart.
Look left, look right;
And then make your start.
Your tightrope is your lifeline
Your ladder to the stars;
It'll always bring you home.
When you look at
Your life today
There is more life,
More strife,
Things to bring you down.
Then you face front,
Draw a line
Between you and where you're going.
Then you walk that
Tightrope
To your goal
Chorus
Walk your tightrope
With gladness in your heart.
Look left, look right;
And then make your start.
Your tightrope is your lifeline
Your ladder to the stars;
It'll always bring you home.
It'll always lead you home.
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19. |
Crossroads
03:51
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Crossroads
© 1986 Steve Macdonald
I'm ridin' that long highway at night
And I'm passin' everything in sight
My pedal's to the floor
Needle's at the pin, and I'm
Blazing
Well, I thought I had a knack
But I ain't a-ever goin' back
My bridges are burned
There's nothing there
Anyway.
Chorus
Na na na na na
Future before me, pain left behind
Na na na na na
Crossroads ahead, better stop wasting time.
Well, you know I never knew
Really quite what to do
When I looked out there
And saw her with
Another
Well, I started my way back
And I thought about what we lacked-
We'd fought too much
She set me free
That day.
Chorus, Instrumental, then Chorus
I'm ridin' that long highway at night
And I'm seeing with a second sight
The life that's over
The life yet to
Be
I'm seein' things I've yet to do
That before I never knew
The road lies ahead
So much there to
See
Chorus x2
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I Wish I Didn't Have to Go
Lyric ©1980 by John and Steve Macdonald
Music © 1980 Steve Macdonald
Listen to me, don't you see, the world is smaller every day.
Been all around, and I have found it's getting closer, every way.
As life presses in
I see more seperation;
Walls are growing of class, creed, and nation.
Chorus
And I wish I didn't have to go
I've been grateful for the chance
To know each one of you.
But I'll leave you with my song
Before my time is through.
Let music be your gift to people everywhere.
Talk to the world in song, show them how you care.
Let the melody give you wings
As the lyrics catch your hands-
Reaching out with sweet voices
To encircle Heaven's bands--
Chorus
This is my plea, for unity; no matter who we are.
Thank you, my friends, at this, the end; for bringing me this far.
Everywhere we've gone
We've seen the walls are breaking
Coming to know human souls
By the music that we sing--
Chorus
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21. |
Movin' Along
01:54
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Movin' Along
©1983 by Steve Macdonald
When life seems to get you stuck in one place
And you know you need a change of pace.
Times are down
No one's around
You really need to see a new face-
Well-
Ya gotta keep movin' along. (repeat 3x)
When you can't seem to find any friends
And your road is at the end.
Light your life
Look to the sky
You need to find a new way to bend-
And
Ya gotta keep movin' along. (repeat 3x)
Right!
Move into my life
Ooh, yeah
Move into your mind
If loneliness is your way of life
Down the road of this day of strife.
Open up
Let others see
Do everything in your will to BE-
And
Ya gotta keep movin' along. (repeat 4x)
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Steve Macdonald Hamburg, Germany
A Michigan native transplanted to Germany, Steve Macdonald has been performing his brand of folk and folk-rock all across
the USA and in Europe.
His concerts have been described as energetic, funny, and heartwarming. He sings songs from his life; as well as standards that everyone can sing to.
“A powerhouse, intense and focused.” – (A Fan)
“He’s clumsy and runs at the mouth.” – (His Big Sister)
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