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The Lion and the Monkey

from Magic Rising (Album) by Willowjack

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    Comes in a jewel case with a beautifully designed 12 page book of lyrics, personally signed by Willowjack. Includes 2 bonus tracks, "Yesterday's Children" and "Bad too Long"

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lyrics

Didn’t I give you fire
when I lay in your arms
Moved you from the chapel
for the strangest of charms
To understand the night
the lion and the monkey do

Didn’t I give you secrets
when I lay in your bed
Cursed beneath the comets
in the trees where we lay
And passion turns the night,
And weighs down the moon

Sundown, Lion's den
A monkey dances
where noone dares and cries:
"O, shall I take a chance
and tomorrow dream
another dance?
when no-one makes me feel
like you do!"

Didn’t I give you magic
when I lay in your heart
Way before the moonbeams
tore the strangers apart
To understand the night
The lion and the monkey do

Didn’t I give you fire
when I lay in your head
Saved you from the dark
where we lay naked, afraid
Making the night
Rain down in blooms

Sundown, nightingale
A monkey dances
where monkey dares and cries:
"O, shall I take a chance on
another dream, another dance?
When no-one makes me feel
like you do"

Sometimes I feel like the devil inside
It pulls me up and drags me out,
impure my desire
But it’s you that I want
to dance the impossible
Your mind is wrong
like a heavenly pyre
Forgive your heart,
your head is weak,
your flesh is on fire
But Juno I want
To dance the impossible

In the garden Lion stares
while Monkey spies
another there and cries:
"O Shall I take a chance
till tomorrrow comes...
Noone makes me feel like you do!"
She's got me where she wants me

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from Magic Rising (Album), released August 13, 2021

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Willowjack Dublin, Ireland

Willowjack is a collaboration between Irish songwriter Donal Byrne and co-conspirator violinist Colin Moore, combining a wide range of musical influences from rock and pop to soulful acoustic melodies, exploring our connections to the earth, the forests, the seas, the stars, to embrace the mystic. ... more

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