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Voyager

by Thursday's Child

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Travellers 03:20
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Travellers Ken Punshon & Chris Pyam (2011) [Lockup your doors, keep your women inside When the travellers come Don't buy a thing, they'll take you for a ride When the travellers come Of course there is no prejudice implied When the travellers come] A summer afternoon with the rain beating down Every one was surprised Rumour shot around the whole of the town As soon as they arrived [] They settled in the field and then sat about The word went whispering round For all our sakes we'd better get 'em out From that common ground [] There'll be trouble soon everybody said With them all being here The law were called, to get rid The charges were unclear [] They moved down the road to another place to rest Muttering started a-gain To move them on would be for the best For peace they search in vain [We're all going to Appleby Fair When the travellers come A spectacle beyond compare When the travellers come It's their festival, but we'll be there When the travellers come It's their festival, but WE'LL all be there When the travellers come]
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Shades 04:03
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Shades Ken Punshon & Chris Pyam (2010) [Green yellow brown Amber russet red The shades of autumn turning Turning in my head] Withered leaves are falling Piles upon the ground Windswept whirling dervish Swirls the hues around Nature's colour palette Splashed across the trees Mixes subtle pigments As far as the eye can see [] Sudden flash of ochre Strewn across the leaves As discarded fragments Are spinning in the breeze The birch its silver rustles Glistening maple chromed Shimmering branches moving Exposing hidden tones [] Oak trees turning yellow (With) gold horse chestnuts tinged The smoking flames of autumn Have forest branches singed Copper beech is dappled Wisteria's purple hue Holly's scarlet berries Echo-ing the yew [] Slowly tints are changing Pigments on the turn Discarded leaves are scattered Then gathered up to burn Finally the smoke wraiths Ascend from blazing fire Licking flames of bonfires Echo autumn's funeral pyre [] x 3 ....
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Travelling On 02:01
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Travelling On Ken Punshon 2009 It started in the dead of night A searing flash of brilliant light But everything would be alright For I'd be travelling on Right away t'was time to learn And that was lots of fun But all it did was cause a yearn To keep on travelling on After that, the start of work Meant more learning too It was a job I didn't shirk So it kept me travelling on Now at last the job has finished Now that I'm retired The lust to learn is undiminished To keep me travelling on. Thursday's child has far to go But I've not got there yet There is one thing I surely know That I'll keep travelling on When at last the dark returns When I reach journey's end The one thing that my heart it yearns Is just keep travelling on. Just keep travelling on. Just keep travelling on.
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Ombrelle 04:08
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Ombrelle Chris Pyam & Ken Punshon (2010) <> [She puzzles my thoughts and drifts through my dreams Who she is I cannot tell The one thing I know, she's not what she seems La femme a l'ombrelle] <> First saw her watching boats on the sea From the terrace at Sainte-Adresse Then she appeared standing under a tree In chiffon she was dressed An impression of her there, on the cliff at Pourville Watching the scudding waves In the red poppy field near Argenteuil My heart became enslaved [] <> She's walked many times in the meadows with the flowers Hiding in the shadow of the trees And while all the colours my eye devours She drifts fascinatingly Appearing once again when she turned left and right With flowers around her feet The sun on her dress, such a beautiful sight My heart skipped a beat [] <> Under the poplars, the sunlight effect Captures my emotions a-gain White crinoline 'gainst the flowers - perfect The memory I retain Finally I knelt down there on my knees Framing her against the sky White fluffy clouds, rustling chemise Always in my mind's eye [She puzzles my thoughts and drifts through my dreams Who she is I cannot tell The one thing I know, she's not what she seems La femme a l'ombrelle The one thing I know, she's not what she seems La femme a l'ombrelle] <><>
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Lazy Daze 04:30
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Lazy Daze Chris Pyam & Ken Punshon (2010) Cricket team on village green The whack of willow on ball Local damsels flounce and preen Trying to woo us all County shows with flower displays Marmalades, fruit and veg Summer balls where violins play Where the troths are pledged [We float away in shimmering haze The sultry heat beats down Summer afternoon, the lazy daze Of England's renown] <> Woods, treehouses, fields and caves Children hide and seek Then they start making waves In the muddy creek Quoits and croquet, tennis and bowls Upon the rich green lawn Sleeping granddad's tongue lolls Even grandma yawns []<> Barbeques and cold buffets Scones with strawberry jam Cold, cold, drinks on silver trays Drink them while you can Morris men, and country dance Rides in horse and trap See the ponies trip and prance While the bulldogs yap []<> Summer flowers in large bouquets Flutes of bubbling fizz Ice cream, and fruit sundaes The after-dinner quiz In the paddock, upon the pond Model boats sail free In the deckchairs parents are fond Of delightful cups of tea []
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Special Delivery 03:05
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Special Delivery Chris Pyam & Ken Punshon (2010) [He rides the wind, he roams the night Translucent cloak and steed of white Haunting sound and eerie light The spectral highwayman] Starting life as a minor thief Drifted like mist on moor and heath Those he met would come to grief (They'd) Stand and deliver [] For years he ruled the Great North Road Up to the coaches bold he strode With pistols drawn (and) then he crowed (Please) Stand and deliver [] The soldiers caught him, hanged him high Waited there for him die As he passed they heard him cry (You'll ) stand and deliver [] His ghost's appeared, throughout the years Preying on the people's fears Then amidst the floods of tears (They'd) Stand and deliver [] Sometimes seen on the road today In pouring rain and blinding spray Listen carefully, he'll still say Stand and deliver [] So take great care behind the wheel Else your fate he'll surely seal Your money or your life he'll steal (You'll ) Stand and deliver [] (x2)
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Blackheart 03:30
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Blackheart Ken Punshon & Chris Pyam (2011) [Glass on the hard shoulder Van collides with pole Bruised battered and shaken Dazed but both still whole] TWO GUITARS THEY'RE PLAYING; singing songs to all their fans FAME is steadily GROWING, they're known, ACROSS THE LAND UK tour performing, DRIVING round all over the place MILES a plenty TRAVELLING, 'tween gigs AT FURIOUS PACE [] Heading HOME ONE EVENING, driving up the motorway Another SUCCESSFUL GIG, another SUCCESSFUL DAY HAPPILY THEY'RE CHATTING as they're wending their way home Suddenly a STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN [] Just in FRONT A LORRY SWERVING, in that moment danger looms Out of control, THE VAN OVERTURNS Shocked nerves now twitching, (but) FATE IS SMILING on the scene Both of them now WALKING, out THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN [] BLACK AND BLUE, both battered; fortune smiled on the scene MEMORIES still strident - WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Several DAYS OF shaking and BAD DREAMS overnight Slowly IMPROVING; it's going TO BE ALRIGHT [] Once AGAIN they're touring, THE WHEELS ARE TURNING round and round MUSIC is thriving ON THE REBOUND FRIENDS AND FANS REJOICING glad that they did survive And for them both IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE [Glass we now are raising Van quished the bad dreams Brews we now are drinking (to) Days that will have been]
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Patterns 02:58
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Patterns Chris Pyam & Ken Punshon (2011) Patterns and wheel tracks in the snow Taking my mind where it don't want to go Not really there, that much I know [ I see patterns in the sand Patterns of cloud on the land Patterns I can't understand These patterns everywhere ] <> Looking for patterns in numbers that call Seeing them there in the bricks in the wall Even the raindrops during a squall [] <> Dark constellations amongst the stars Arrangements of bottles behind the bars Places I see them, sometimes bizarre Where are these patterns showing now Moss on the trees, recurring events Surely just not coincidence Totally random, it doesn't make sense [] <> Searching for patterns with Rorscharch blots Psychiatrist says if I have or have not The power to understand what is my lot [I see patterns in the sand Patterns of cloud on the land Patterns they've got out of hand These patterns (I see) Patterns in the sand Patterns of cloud on the land Patterns I can't understand These patterns everywhere, everywhere, everywhere
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Lay Me Down 03:26
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Lay Me Down Chris Pyam & Ken Punshon (2011) [Lay me down and help me sleep Lay me down, lay me down What dreams may I then reap When you've laid me down] When a babe is tired and starts to cry You'll sing to them a lullaby Their demands you cannot deny (You'll just) Lay them down [] When I'm restless in the night Praying for return of light The one thing to do that's right Is just lay me down [] Through the hours of toil and strain I need you in my arms again Gentle like the summer rain I'll just lay you down [] Ease my thoughts, let my dreams run free And give some peace and quiet to me So I ask you now, to hear my plea And just lay me down []x2
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Olive Branch 03:06
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Olive Branch Chris Pyam & Ken Punshon (2011) Atop the arid dusty slope an olive tree serene Stands soaking in the shimmering heat just as it's always been Searching for the sparse moisture deep within the soil It sucks it up into the fruit to give the gift of oil [And the olive branch trembles in the wind] Around about the armies fought since dim and distant past But still the tree so regal stood its question quietly asked Men came and went, they took its oil, but still the olive toiled Standing there and watching them, fighting for the spoils [And the olive branch trembles in the wind] Who knows, one day peace may reign within this troubled land Let's all hope and pray some day it will From the oil we'll make a balm to soothe these bloodied hands Even though the branch will tremble still In modern times it carries on, as tides of fortune turn Through many years, time and again, we never seem to learn The olive tree keeps swaying there, its counsel holding mute Pouring oil on troubled waters, each and all dispute(s) [And the olive branch trembles in the wind] One day battles may be done wars come to end But still the gift of olive oil the peaceful tree will send Until that day we can but pray we all give peace a chance To brothers and the fighting men offer an olive branch [And the olive branch trembles in the wind]
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Winter Follows Summer 01:20
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Winter Follows Summer Ken Punshon Words 1970, Melody 2009 As I sit here in maths this morn And while away the hours My thoughts spring out to summer To sunshine and new flowers I long to hold my love's sweet hand To walk along the lanes As soft sweet summer breezes Blow away life's weary chains What cares have we when hand in hand We stroll life's twisting street And hear the sound behind us Of gaily tripping feet Thus gamely do we struggle on Until at last we die And then together side by side Till eternity we lie.
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Vinyl 05:33
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Vinyl Chris Pyam and Ken Punshon (2011) [All around the room she carries, vinyl in her arms While in her mind she hears the songs Her fingers tracing round, following the grooves Remembering the good times that have gone] Through all her childhood years, hour after hour Practising solos in her room To Bjorling and to Gigli her heart she'd given freely Slowly her own talent bloomed [] In her head she always heard great voices of the past It was them that kept her living all alone Her life of liberetto, only living for the song Hid a tragedy of love unknown [] The sepia tints of memory flooding through the room Colouring the world that she saw Crumbling paper tokens of concerts once renowned Of the days when her name was held in awe [] Tea-stains on the carpet, faded pictures in their frames Furniture both worn and frayed Gone are the good times, but she still has memories Memories of the good times never fade [All around the room she carries, vinyl in her arms While in her mind she hears the songs Her fingers tracing round, following the grooves Remembering the good times that have gone Remembering the good times that have gone Remembering the good times that have gone]
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Pax 02:42
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Pax Ken Punshon & Chris Pyam (2010) Pax wo bis cum Pax wo bis cum Pax wo bis cum Wo bis cum {Into canon} As-Salamu `Alayk(um) As-Salamu `Alayk(um) As-Salamu `Alayk(um) Alayk(um) Pa-che tu-tu-ror Pace tuturor Pace tuturor Tuturor Shalom aleichem Shalom aleichem Shalom aleichem Aleichem Sli-em gha-li-kom Sliem ghalikom Sliem ghalikom Ghalikom Peace be with you Peace be with you Peace be with you With you
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Voyager 04:26
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Voyager Ken Punshon & Chris Pyam Thirty years or more ago Driven by the need to know Setting off for other worlds Never to return [Search ing Out amongst the stars Drift ing Out amongst the stars] Five years work, or so they planned Duration changed when reprogrammed All four giants and their moons Magnetic fields and rings [] Free, at last, the wind has gone Now just the dark, for long eons Still turning, still looking Carrying the plaque [] The copper disk that's plated gold Carrying the story to be told The images and natural sounds The music and the words [] When the human race has gone We will still be drifting on Passing on their greetings If we're ever found [Search ing Out amongst the stars Drift ing Out amongst the stars Voyager Out amongst the stars]

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released April 24, 2012

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Thursday's Child was born on a Monday (August Bank Holiday 2009)!

Chris Pyam and Ken Punshon got together to try out a couple of ideas for songs. That afternoon they created about eight songs; since then over 100 more have emerged, with a few more 'bubbling away'.

Heather Dunn joined us in Nov 13 to contribute additional harmonies during the creation of our third album (Carry My Thoughts). ... more

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