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Closed Hand, Full Of Friends

Foy Vance

Singer/Songwriter

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Foy Vance

Lead Vocals

Arco String Quartet

Arco String Quartet

String Quartet

Clare Hadwen

Violin

Joanne Vance

Choir

Kathleen Gillespie

Kathleen Gillespie

Violin

Kerry Brady

Cello

Marty Keeny

Choir

Paul Hamilton

Choir

Rachel Coulter

Choir

Richard Hadwen

Viola

Stephen McCartney

Stephen McCartney

Choir

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Foy Vance

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Michael Keeney

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The scenery's changing and it warms my soul

I'm 200 miles down and a long way yet to go

So, get your boots on and your walking coat

And we'll, together, leave our footprints out upon the virgin snow

[Verse 2]

That ancient sunrise will soon descend

And we'll be left here pondering on the things which we cannot plan

So, let's start over with no means to an end

Just an open-hearted hope and a closed hand, full of friends

[Verse 3]

Yeah, well, living was alright but I was dead in the water

Couldn't see it in its light, I couldn't kneel at its altar

All I wanted was to tear it right down to the ground

But I'm feeling alright now, yeah, I'm feeling alright

[Verse 4]

Every morning when the coffee's on

And I rediscover that color in your eyes and it's gold and its bronze

And in the moonlight, we'll get the Cadillac and just go

With the recitations of the parish poets popping on our toes

[Verse 5]

Yeah, well, living was alright but I was dead in the water

Couldn't see it in its light, I couldn't kneel at its altar

All I wanted was to tear it right down to the ground

[Verse 6]

And it sank from the fleeting-est culture

And hide it away from wolves and the vultures

All they wanted was to tear me right down to the ground

But I'm feeling alright now, yeah, I'm feeling alright

[Verse 7]

In the recitations of the parish poets

In the buildings, in the burrows, and the lochte boats

I will find my means to an end

With an open-hearted hope and a closed hand, full of friends

[Verse 8]

In the recitations of the parish poets

In the buildings, in the burrows, and the lochte boats

I will find my means to an end

With an open-hearted hope and a closed hand, full of friends

[Verse 9]

In the recitations of the parish poets

In the buildings, in the burrows, and the lochte boats

I will find my means to an end

With an open-hearted hope and a closed hand, full of friends

[Verse 10]

In the recitations of the parish poets

In the buildings, in the burrows, and the lochte boats

I will find my means to an end

With an open-hearted hope and a closed hand, full of friends

Written by: Foy Vance

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