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HENRY SPARKS

by Henry Sparks

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Here comes the storm I saw the old straw target has now grown green They’re tearing down the archer’s house He fought the war He works the fields no more He leaves with a wave of his hand I saw the corn still stands in the cold grey field Gulls chase a ten share plough He was good enough to stand For the brotherhood of man Oh who will take a walk with me And who will look after your children It’s not new, everybody knew Here comes the storm Here comes the storm Here comes the storm I saw the birds on the highwire have no fear If they fall then they fly You can only run And run like hell You’ll never leave this world alive I saw Jesus looking up from out of his grave From his rest six feet down He smiles and says It’s too late for tears You have destroyed your promised land And who will look after your children It’s not new, everybody knew Here comes the storm Here comes the storm Here comes the storm I saw the faithless run To torture Galileo With the price of everything All this money and power Won’t halt your final hour Or the howling of the wind And who will look after your children It’s not new, everybody knew Here comes the storm Here comes the storm Here comes the storm Here comes the storm Henry Sparks 2017
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Suzy and Bridey I know I will, I know I will, and I know that I will. Beware the hour of darkness Beware the hour of need Yonder comes the monkey Tugging at my sleeve I washed out the sheets And the neveragain repeats Look what you’ve done It goes down from here Suzy and Bridey hold the lemons for me By next week this will all be history The boys aren’t here, they gone to sea And I’m going to be winning about eightyfive p And I know I will, I know I will, and I know that I will. And I know I will, I know I will, and I know that I will. These years I have labored Toiling in the mine Scraping at these walls Wasting away my time I stumbled in the darkness I could never walk the line Lets get out of here Lookslike this ships on fire Suzy and Bridey hold the lemons for me By next week this will all be history The boys aren’t here, they gone to sea And I’m going to be winning about eightyfive p And I know I will, I know I will, and I know that I will. Suzy and Bridey hold the lemons for me By next week this will all be history The boys aren’t here, they gone to sea And I’m going to be winning about eightyfive p And I know I will, I know I will, and I know that I will. And I know I will, I know I will, and I know that I will. Henry Sparks 2017
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Go you will go... 

It's so hard to say, 
When I feel you pull away from my heart. 
I felt that today 
When I saw you fall away into the dark. 
And I stood, and I stood, 
And I stood quite still. 
I felt your hand take my heart. 

Go you will go, 
How was I to know, 
With my blessing on your head , 
You will go you will go. 

I waved across the crowd, 
Once there was nothing could keep us apart. 
For once we were lovers, 
I hear again that song of your heart. 
And I fall, and I fall, 
And I fall so far. 
Hope flies from my hand. 

Go you will go, 
How was I to know, 
With my blessing on your head , 
You will go you will go. 

Go you will go, 
How was I to know, 
Slipping into memory, 
Of years ago. 

You will go.
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Sometimes she Sometimes she just breaks apart Sometimes she needs another heart. Sometimes she falls down and cries If I had a pound for every road I’ve taken Paths to hell and ways forsaken I’d be rich way beyond compare When it’s cold out side and it’s harsh and dark I feel like the animals in Noah’s ark Waiting for the sign but nothing’s coming soon Too many miles across the sea Too many years away from me Too many lives too many faces gone Sometimes she just breaks apart Sometimes she needs another heart. Sometimes she falls down and cries I married for love and divorced in hatred Lost a lover and now I’m a waitress It’s eggs over easy from a heart that’s dying away I subsist in the world of men Empty promises but who knows when Just how simple do you really think I am Sometimes she just breaks apart Sometimes she needs another heart. Sometimes she falls down and cries Too many miles across the sea Too many years away from me Too many lives too many faces gone Don’t ever leave me all alone Don’t ever leave and not come home Don’t ever leave me all alone Don’t ever leave and not come home Don’t ever leave me all alone Don’t ever leave and not come home Henry Sparks 2017
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Visions of Eden In this world of chaos Time out of mind In this hell we have created In the name of mankind And I want to swim with the Dolphins I want to sail this crazy sea Sing from tree to tree With leaves where leaves should be But that's all just the dream in my heart It is these visions of Eden that stop me going insane It is these visions of Eden that help me conquer pain It is these visions of Eden that help me get up again We have driven down the road Which every body knows It's a one way ticket To the land where nothing grows And we have our new heroin We have our new dearth And all the former reason Is gone with the earth And I want to swim with the Dolphins I want to sail this crazy sea Sing from tree to tree With leaves where leaves should be But that's all just the dream in my heart It is these visions of Eden that stop me going insane It is these visions of Eden that help me conquer pain It is these visions of Eden that help me get up again Henry Sparks 1989
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The Roads of Liberty Jeanette has gone to Florida Her sister she just shot herself Her sister she just shot herself She just stepped off the edge of the world In this land of cars and gasoline In this land of cars and gasoline And we never take the time To find out why It’s so hard to get by with a name like Bernadette It’s so hard to get by with a name like Bernadette This country is bleak this country is wide It’s just another suicide It’s just another suicide Here in the land of the free and strong Behind the bars of liberty Behind the bars of liberty One thousand miles Is a long way home A voice on the phone is telling me Jeanette is gone A voice on the phone is telling me Jeanette is gone There’s miles and miles of bowties and cameras Miles and miles of snowhite blindness There’s miles of human conditional land I thought as I saw the sign post for Saginaw All of the dreams I hoped and I longed for Where, Where the hell is America now? Of sympathy there is no trace In the masses crawling on their knees In the masses crawling on their knees To gaze at the holy picture gold Tramping down the old and incompetent Tramping down the old and incompetent Compassion is a world That raised a fool like me The roads of liberty are burning around my shoes The roads of liberty are burning around my shoes The roads of liberty are burning around my shoes The roads of liberty are burning around my shoes Liberty burning around my shoes Liberty burning around my shoes Liberty burning around my shoes Liberty burning around my shoes Henry Sparks 2017

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This is a collection of songs which I have been working on. They are recorded in Melbourne, Brighton and Canterbury. I will add to the album as versions of songs become available. This has taken a while so far! Enjoy...

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released April 13, 2023

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Henry Sparks Canterbury, UK

HENRY SPARKS lives in England, plays guitar, writes and sings songs.
His music is informed by experience as a farm hand, pizza slinger, carpenter, architect and lecturer.
 Folk - English and American - and a fascination with song-writing have driven his playing and creativity. He now makes music locally with Canterbury legends The Country Counts, and plays in or out at any opportunity. ... more

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