Table of Contents
Dweller on the Threshold Paul Muldoon ix
Introduction Eamonn Hughes xiii
If You and I Could Be As Two 1
Bad or Good 3
Could You Would You 5
Friday's Child 6
One Two Brown Eyes 8
You Just Can't Win 9
The Smile You Smile 11
Astral Weeks 12
Sweet Thing 15
And It Stoned Me 17
Crazy Love 19
Caravan 20
Come Running 22
These Dreams of You 24
Everyone 26
Domino 27
Virgo Clowns 29
If I Ever Needed Someone 31
Wild Night 33
I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative) 35
I Will Be There 37
Redwood Tree 38
Autumn Song 40
Mechanical Bliss 43
Fair Play 45
Linden Arden Stole the Highlights 47
Who Was That Masked Man? 48
Streets of Arklow 49
You Don't Pull No Punches but You Don't Push the River 51
Gotta Make It through the World 53
The Eternal Kansas City 55
Joyous Sound 57
Flamingos Fly 59
Checkin' It Out 61
Natalia 63
Lifetimes 65
Hungry for Your Love 67
Take It Where You Find It 69
Full Force Gale 73
You Make Me Feel So Free 75
Steppin' Out Queen 77
Troubadours 79
Satisfied 81
Wild Honey 83
When Heart Is Open 85
Haunts of Ancient Peace 87
Northern Muse (Solid Ground) 88
Inarticulate Speech of the Heart 89
A Sense of Wonder 90
Oh the Warm Feeling 92
A Town Called Paradise 93
Queen of the Slipstream 95
Give Me My Rapture 97
Contacting My Angel 98
I'd Love to Write Another Song 99
I'm Tired Joey Boy 100
Daring Night 101
Real Real Gone 104
Enlightenment 106
Youth of 1000 Summers 108
Professional Jealousy 110
I'm Not Feeling It Anymore 112
Some Peace of Mind 114
Village Idiot 115
Carrying a Torch 117
Pagan Streams 119
I Need Your Kind of Loving 120
Big Time Operators 122
Perfect Fit 124
Ancient Highway 126
In the Afternoon 129
Rough God Goes Riding 131
This Weight 133
Waiting Game 135
Piper at the Gates of Dawn 137
It Once Was My Life 139
The Healing Game 141
Wonderful Remark 143
Don't Worry about Tomorrow 145
Try for Sleep 146
Drumshanbo Hustle 148
Goin' Down Geneva 150
In the Midnight 151
When the Leaves Come Falling Down 152
Precious Time 154
Golden Autumn Day 156
Meet Me in the Indian Summer 158
Whatever Happened to PJ Proby? 160
The Beauty of the Days Gone By 162
Man Has to Struggle 164
Fast Train 166
Whinin' Boy Moan 168
Too Many Myths 170
Goldfish Bowl 172
Little Village 174
Once in a Blue Moon 176
Get on with the Show 177
Fame 179
Celtic New Year 181
Magic Time 183
Blue and Green 185
Behind the Ritual 187
How Can a Poor Boy? 190
Open the Door (to Your Heart) 192
Goin' Down to Monte Carlo 194
Born to Sing 195
Close Enough for Jazz 197
Retreat and View 198
Pagan Heart 200
In Tiburon 203
Look Beyond the Hill 205
Memory Lane 206
The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword 208
Transformation 210
Broken Record 211
5 am Greenwich Mean Time 213
Ain't Gonna Moan No More 215
Love Is Hard Work 217
Spirit Will Provide 219
The Prophet Speaks 220
Acknowledgements 223
Lyrics credits 225
Index of Titles and First Lines 239