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Wrapped Up

by Mick O'Callaghan

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1.
Lantern 04:51
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She stands with a lantern, swinging in her left hand on the golden sandbanks of Crookhaven Trying to guide her fisherman back home But the sea is dark, and the night is black, and these mountains of water grow higher And the saltwater wind has pierced through her skin, and her frail body’s soaked to the bone It’s a long row home It’s a long row home This old boat has provided bounty for me and my family, but the merciful sea she will give and take forever Heaven’s door, they say it’s next door with Hell waiting around the corner So wherever I go, my dear, I will let you know, and for you I will wait wherever It’s a long row home It’s a long row home I’m a victim to this unforgiving water, the silent whisper of the whale song, it lures me down And my grave, my grave is dark and deep here, honey And I’m now left to swim with all these wild horses It’s a long row home It’s a long row home She stands with a lantern, swinging in her left hand on the golden sandbanks of Crookhaven Trying to guide her fisherman back home But the sea is dark, and the night is black, and these mountains of water grow higher And the saltwater wind has pierced through her skin, and her frail body’s soaked to the bone It’s a long row home It’s a long row home It’s a long row home It’s a long, it’s a long row home.
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Thousand Words in a Bottle 05:31
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Heading south-west, on this big red boat, I can see the night time coming, in my hand, your dreams I hold Gull’s wings get caught in the wind, I couldn’t ask for a better friend To dance on this sea, in this big red boat with me Her hair shone with the setting sun, I never cared so much for anyone You’ve got the wind behind you and my heart too, baby And I cast into the sea, the dreams I hold from you to me. Still your tears light up, a thousand words in a bottle Silhouetted sea under the moon, your dreams are coming, I promise soon Drift on in, a thousand words in a bottle Singing night skies, feathers, and wings, a blue angel, she whispers and sings Still your tears light up, a thousand words in a bottle Drift on, drift on Drift on in, a thousand words in a bottle Drift on, drift on Drift on in, a thousand words in a bottle Her hair shone with the setting sun, I never cared so much for anyone You’ve got the wind behind you and my heart too, baby And I cast into the sea, a dream I hold from you to me Still your tears light up, a thousand words in a bottle Her hair shone with the setting sun, I never cared so much for anyone You’ve got the wind behind you and my heart too, baby Baby, baby. . . 
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Wrapped Up 05:48
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Man, look at these fog clouds rolling in, across these distant hills I’m standing looking out over this ocean, where a family of three once lived How quickly these memories they come racing back, to refresh my memory and mind But that’s all in the past now, like time on a wall, you forgot to wind Daddy up and left, he went his own way Left mama begging from door to door Inside this little child lay crying, wrapped up on a stone cold, cobbled floor I'm wrapped up, I am. I'm wrapped up, I am Wrapped up on this stone cold. . .  Man, look how this grass has grown, between these walls of stone This old house has come a home for so many, now, of God’s creatures both great and small Your new graveside is overgrown now, mama Where Daddy’s buried, I can’t tell He’s probably lost in some cold, foreign ocean, or burning behind the gates of hell Daddy up and left, he went his own way Left mama begging from door to door Inside this little child lay crying, wrapped up on a stone cold, cobbled floor I'm wrapped up, I am I'm wrapped up, I am Wrapped up on this stone cold. . .  I'm wrapped up, I am I'm wrapped up, I am Wrapped up on this stone cold. . . 
4.
You Are Beautiful 04:53
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I saw the butterflies off her dress spring to life As you walked through scented, grasslands, that grows under the sycamores, that grows around the old twisted oaks Your fingertips they swim over, all the grass heads and all the colours that inspire your imagination, bringing peace to your inner turmoils, and rest to your soul And you are beautiful, you Every second of every minute, and every minute of every hour, and every hour of each day and each day of each season and each season of every year and you are beautiful And I don’t see you any other way And I don’t see you any other way, I just see you You I just, I just see you The blood in your veins, it runs red, and it flows deep, deep as that blue Ocean True love And I love you From your head to your feet, right down to your tattooed toes, that are submerged in the soft grass, each one kissed by the morning dew And you are beautiful, you I don’t see you any other way And I don’t see you any other way, no, I, I don’t see you any other way, I just see you You You are beautiful You are beautiful You are beautiful You are beautiful You are beautiful You are beautiful, You
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Free as a Bird 04:08
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I can’t get out of my bed, I just want to cover my head and hide away from this world I’m searching through my mind to find that key, to unlock this door and trap behind you see I want to be free, just free Everybody’s got a road to go down And I dream my road is filled with wild, daisy flowers They seem to dance and smile to me Whispering in this gentle breeze, you’re free Free, free, free, free, Free as a bird But this bird can fall down, But it will rise up and fly again Don’t you ever give up or give in You’re important to someone Someone Free, free, free, free, I want to be free, Free as a bird I want to jump up and run, And kiss that blue sky hello, hello I’m important to, you’re important to Someone Someone Someone Free as a bird, you’re important too
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Cobbled Streets 04:56
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I walk around the city streets, with no shoes upon my toes And where I’m going to get my next meal from, God only knows Oh the days are so long and the nights they can get pretty cold These cobbled streets, they know me well, these shadows are cemented in my stones Ooh Oooh I wake up in the morning, sleeping on yesterday’s news And I dream of becoming a superstar, singing, rock ‘n’ roll or blues This town has got so much history to forget about a man like me And my best friend, Henry, is buried in sixty-four cemetery hill Ooh Oooh I swear I could jump into this river, but I was never a brave man And I like to sit under the willow tree, when I am feasting It absorbs my emotions when it starts its a weeping I may be in heaven and I may be in hell this time next November Ooh Oooh
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With or Without You 04:32
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If my heart should break to pieces Like Humpty Dumpty, will you put it together again? Or will you choose just to walk away Well, go on, I’ve been hurt this way before I’ll be moving on with or without you I’ll be moving on with or without you She’s moving on with or without you Teardrop dripping from your rolling curl, Rainbow rings around this yellow night sky moon You left it all behind, didn’t you? Well it’s too late now to turn your ship around You lost your crew, and I’m not getting onboard anymore You lost your crew, and I’m not getting onboard anymore You lost your crew. She’s not getting onboard anymore She’s moving on with or without you She’s moving on with or without you She’s moving on with or without you They say luck comes in a paper bag And wishes inside wheelbarrows May your road be long and wide And your troubled mind short and narrow I have missed you, I have missed you, I have missed you, now you’re gone I have missed you, I have missed you, I have missed you, now you’re gone I have missed, I have missed you, I have missed you, I have missed you, I have missed you, now you’re gone I have missed, I have missed you. . . 
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Walking my Shoes 03:10
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I’m walking on a moss green covered road I light up a cigarette and a puff of smoke is rising behind me, a dark black cloud Drizzling rain as the Sun goes down All across a land that’s beaten up and broke Over-dressed in colour mister, it’s no joke And I’m walking, going nowhere, I’m just walking my shoes Walking my shoes Darkness falls as the moon comes up Sun’s gone to bed now man, he’s had enough And the stars are shining as I walk through the night I tip my hat and I feel alright I button up my coat as I light a cigarette Heading west there mister I ain’t got there yet And I’m walking, going nowhere, I’m just walking my shoe Walking my shoes Walking my shoes
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Rose Among the Stones 02:44
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See my rose among the stones See my rose among the stones Ivy grows between her feet Around her legs it creeps Choking out the morning sun, sun, sun. . .  No light today for anyone My rose among the stones Rose among the stones Singing stars in the sky and a big yellow moon Full of surprise Dance for a while, dance with a smile With my rose among the stones Rose among the stones See my blood, see my blood See my blood dripping down See my blood dripping down See my blood dripping down See my blood, my blood, my blood, dripping down To kiss my rose Rose among the stones
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Untimed Love 05:52
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If I was a rainbow and you were the showers If I was a tree and you the wild flowers I’d shelter you with my branches and broad leaves We’d dance together underneath a September sun Life is made of dreams we’re dreaming Colours created by untimed love If you were the water in a river so blue I’d be the seashore, calling to you We’d ride a wave that would take us together Down to where all living things are reborn again My arms are reaching up through this ocean Heavenly bound, I stretch my angels wings I’d shelter you with my branches and broad leaves We’d dance together underneath a September sun Roses are growing and climbing all around you This earth is living as we walk upon it And you the wild flowers If I was a rainbow If I was a rainbow. . . 

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released November 15, 2023

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Mick O'Callaghan

Mick O’Callaghan is a singer-songwriter and performer from the harbour village of Schull, Ireland. Growing up on a small farm, his love of nature was infused in his bones. Mick left school at fourteen and worked as a gardener, a fisherman, and a stone mason. As his understanding of land and the sea deepened, so did his longing to give his West Cork home a voice. ... more

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