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For Every Number
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Sing with me to remember
Sing with me to forget
Sing from hope, not regret
I know you’re tired
I see you’re spent
We call you a hero
But don’t help you find the rent
For every number you knew the name
When you’re low, sing with me
Sing with me to remember
Sing with me to forget
Sing from hope, not regret
When you get home
You feel alone though love and noise surround you
The memories linger on
For every number you knew the name
When you’re low, sing with me
Sing with me to remember
Sing with me to forget
Sing from hope, not regret
When you’re low, sing with me
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The Apple Tree
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The tree of life my soul has seen,
Laden with fruit and always green:
The trees of nature fruitless be
Compared with Christ the apple tree.
His beauty does all things excel:
By faith I know, but ne’er can tell,
The glory which I now can see
In Jesus Christ the apple tree.
For happiness I long have sought,
And pleasure dearly I have bought:
I missed of all; but now I see
'Tis found in Christ the apple tree.
I'm weary with my former toil,
Here I will sit and rest a while:
Under the shadow I will be,
Of Jesus Christ the apple tree.
This fruit does make my soul to thrive,
It keeps my dying faith alive:
Which makes my soul in haste to be
With Jesus Christ the apple tree.
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Rev Simpkins UK
Notorious sinner-songwriter, folk symphonist & Anglican priest.
The Rev’s unique psychedelic gospel and gritty folk owes as
much to the Old Testament, & the dark folk tales & barren landscapes of Essex & Suffolk, as it does to his musical heroes Bert Jansch, Captain Beefheart & the Kinks. He comes from a long line of priests whose fiery performances characterise his own style.
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