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The Bright Side of the Moon

from Tunes from the External Hard Drive by Tolka

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by Cyril O’Donoghue

The Bright Side of the Moon was originally recorded on an album called ‘Setting Free’ by Tola Custy and Cyril O’Donoghue. Cyril O’Donoghue wrote this beautiful song in 1993 in response to reports on the evening news of war and senseless waste which are sadly still all too common. It gives voice to our confusion and frustration, while expressing the need for change that can’t come soon enough.

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Walking down this lonesome highway
The road is long and the nights are cold
The dream remains, which now is fading
Signs of ageing- so I'm told

I've seen the lights go down on Broadway
People lost in an endless wheel
I've heard the cries of a newborn baby
Her mother's tears on our TV screens

Chorus:

And we wonder where we're going
And we can't get there too soon
Never think about tomorrow
On the bright side of the moon

Through the dark we'll go on searching
For that bright eternal wheel
While we take what we can plunder
In the name of liberty

So is our conscience weighed, and often?
A drop of rain in an endless sea
Think about what wise men told us
We've only got one chance, you see

Chorus

If we lose what we take for granted
If we build for the sake of stone
Burn the land in the name of progress
Will it end where we call home?

So if you're on this lonesome highway
The road is long and the nights are cold
Hold a dream for those who hope for

A better day than the one before.

Chorus (x2)

On the bright side of the moon…

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from Tunes from the External Hard Drive, released June 8, 2013

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Tolka Melbourne, Australia

Emerging out of the lively traditional music scene of Melbourne, Tolka encapsulates a sense of what it means to be playing traditional music in a contemporary context. While acknowledging the roots of Irish music, original compositions and innovative arrangements are central to Tolka’s repertoire.

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