Sal Davies / The Establishment

Sal Davies & The Establishment mp3s and lyrics

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A recent article was written about these tracks in the National including some comments from yours truly. You can read it here.

back in dubai lyrics

oh your morning light
never looked so well
on the day that i left you
i made a mistake, i could tell

when a southern breeze
gave a last embrace
i was cold at the time
i was rushing from place to place

back in dubai
there’s a sun
and it shines there all the time
going home
to the smiles
on the faces of kids who remind me
dubai is mine

back in dubai
there’s a song and they sing it there all the time
i can hear in the crowds
theres a voice to be heard
and i heard it singing out loud

through the shifting sands
i lost the track
but as long as you’re calling
i know i can find my way back
so hoist the sail
i’m homeward bound
i’m longing to feel my feet standing on my ground

back in dubai there’s a sun
and it shines there all the time
going home to the smiles on the faces
of kids who remind me
dubai is mine

back in dubai
there’s a song and they
sing it there all the time
i can hear in the crowds
theres a voice to be heard
and i heard it singing out loud

back in dubai
theres a sun and it shines there all the time
going home to the smiles on the faces
of kids who remind me dubai is mine

back in dubai
theres a song and they sing it there all the time
i can hear in the crowds
theres a voice to be heard
and i heard it singing out loud

la la la la la

life in the emirates lyrics

Life in the Emirates

It's tough in the gulf when the ACs not working
and the desert is burning in the hot noon day sun
But I've learnt how to cope take the smooth with the rough
Cos like every expat I'm a long way from home

"Ahlan Wa Marhaba" to "Life in the Emirates"
Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman.
They’re the places I love and the places I won’t forget
Sharjah, Fujeirah and Um el Qwuain"

Well I miss my sweet wife and I miss my dear children
Sometimes I feel like it's breaking my heart
And I'll never get used to having Sunday on Friday
But I know I'll feel sorry when it's time to depart

"Ahlan Wa Marhaba" to "Life in the Emirates"
Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman.
They’re the places I love and the places I won’t forget
Sharjah, Fujeirah and Um el Qwuain"

I work hard for my dirhams and I try hard to save them
but at the end of each day I am worked to the bone
but the friends I have made here will be my friends forever
ulkrack? inshallah I am never alone

"Ahlan Wa Marhaba" to "Life in the Emirates"
Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman.
They’re the places I love and the places I won’t forget
Sharjah, Fujeirah and Um el Qwuain"

"Ahlan Wa Marhaba" to "Life in the Emirates"
Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman.
They’re the places I love and the places I won’t forget
Sharjah, Fujeirah and Um el Qwuain"

the legend of matty groves lyrics

a holiday a holiiday
and the first month of the year
lord donalds wife come into town
a bible for to hear

and when the meeting it was done
she cast her eyes about
and there she saw little matty groves
walking in the crowd

come home with me little matty groves
come home with me tonight
come home with me little marry groves
and sleep with me till light

i won’t go home, i can’t go home
to bed with you tonight
for i see from the rings on your fingers
that you’re lord donalds wife

so what if i am lord donalds wife
he is not at home
he is out in the far cornfields
bringing the yearlings home

and a servant who was standing by
hearing what was said
swore lord donald would hear the news
before the sun had set

and in his hurry to carry the news
he bent his breast and ran
and when he came to the far corn stream
he took off his shoes and swam

matty groves he lay down
to have a little sleep
and he awoke to find lord donald
standing at his feet

saying how do you like my feather bed
how do you like my sheets
how do you like my lady that
lies in your arms asleep

it’s well i like your feather bed and
its well i like your sheets
but its best do i like the lady
who lies in my arms asleep

but get up get up did lord donald cry
get up as quick as you can
for never let it be said
in good england that i slew a naked man

i won’t get up! i can’t get up!
get up to save me life
for you have two fine beaten swords
and i but a pocket knife

its true i have to beaten swords and
it cost me deep in the purse
but you can have the better of them
and i will take the worse

and you can strike the very first blow
and strike it like a man
and i will strike the very next blow and
kill you if i can

matty struck the very first blow and
hit lord donalds sword
lord donald struck the very next blow and
matty struck no more

and then lord donald took his wife and set
her on his knee
saying who do you like the best of us
matty groves or me

and up spoke lord donalds wife
never known to speak so free
i’d rather have a kiss from dead mattys lips
than you and your finery

lord donald lost his temper and
oh loudly he did bawl
he stabbed his poor wife through the heart
beat her head against the wall

a grave a grave the good lord cried
to put these lovers in
but bury my lady at the top cos she’s of the noble kin

you took a lifetime to find and just one minute to lose lyrics

you took a lifetime to find
and just one minute to lose
whoa i was so blind
now i’m so confused

you took my heart
made it come alive
now without your love
i’ll never survive
i’m holding on
in the hope that some day
you change your mind
and come back to stay...
come back to stay...
come back to stay...
yeah....

you took a lifetime to find
and just one minute to lose
whoa i know in my mind
i put my head in the noose

i gave my love
to you right or wrong
i still believe
it’s here you belong

wherever you go
whatever you do
remember these words
i’m waiting for you..
waiting for you..
waiting for you..
my love!

you took a lifetime to find
and just one minute to lose
whoa i was so blind
now i’m so confused

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you took a lifetime to find
and just one minute to lose
whoa i was so blind
now i’m so confused

you took a lifetime to find
and just one minute to lose
whoa i know in my mind
i put my head in the noose

you took a lifetime to find
and just one minute to lose
whoa i was so blind