Man in the Station   John Martyn

There's a man in the station and a train in the rain
There's a face in the mirror that's showing the strain
There's a woman in the dark that's standing apart
There's a love in the man that's breaking his heart

But it's alright, I'm catching the next train home
The next train home

There's one more circle I'm dying to try
There's a piece of my head that's asking me why
There's a piece of my heart that's dying to fly
There's a baby in the woman that's waiting to cry

But it's alright, I'm catching the next train home
The next train home

There's got to be a way for a lazy face and
Get up and start loving the human race
There's just got to be a way for a crazy face
Get out from under this paper chase

But it's alright, I'm catching the next train home
The next train home

Nocturne Federico Garcia Lorca/ Keith James

So here I am
I am afraid of dead leaves
And of the fields alive with dew
And as I sleep now
If you don’t wake me I will bring
My cold heart to your side

What is it that rustles so? so far away…
Love, the wind on the windows, my love, my love

I decked you with necklaces
And jewels of the dawn
Why have you left me on this road?
If you go far away, my bird will weep
And the green vineyard
Will make no wine

Snow white bird
You will never ever know
The love I could have had for you

Hard rains of morning
When your nest becomes undone
On your dry, dead branch

Nothing More  Sandy Denny

My friend I know you've suffered,
Although you are still young.
Why was it you who'd not take help
From anyone?

Oh it's true, it's very true, he said,
Some hard times I have known,
But I have always overcome them
On my own.

Oh the pearls that you hold in your hand
They are beautiful to see,
But you show them not to anyone,
Not even me.

For you are like the others, he said.
I never can be sure
That you wish just to see the pearls
And nothing more.

Why can you not see reason?
Our lives they are not long.
Why can you take no time
To tell us all we're wrong?

My tune it does not change, he said,
And neither does your song,
And words I use them rarely
When I'm all alone.

Some of us live like princes, some of us live like queens
Most of us live just like me and we don't know what it means
To take our place in one world
To make our peace in one world
To make our way in one world
To have our say in one world

If you ain't got two words to say then I can't talk to you
No use crying, there's been no crime, I say it's just the way the wind blows
Just the name of the game, the way of the world
Way of the world
Just the way of the world
Just the way of the world

So cold and lonely, cold and lonely
Cold and lonely world
Such a cold and lonely, cold and lonely
Cold and lonely world
Cold and lonely world

Some of us live like princes, some of us live like queens
Most of us live just like me and we don't know what it means
To take our place in one world
To make our peace in one world
To make our way in one world
To have our say in one world

Three Hours   Nick Drake

Three hours from sundown
Jeremy flies
Hoping to keep
The sun from his eyes
East from the city
And down to the cave
In search of a master
In search of a slave

Three hours from London
Jacomo’s free
Taking his woes
Down to the sea
In search of a lifetime
To tell when he’s home
In search of a story
That’s never been known

Three hours from speaking
Everyone’s flown
Not wanting to be
Seen on their own
Three hours is needed
To leave from them all
Three hours to wonder
And three hours to fall

Three hours from sundown
Jeremy flies
Hoping to keep
The sun from his eyes
East from the city
And down to the cave
In search of a master
In search of a slave