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Lonesome Celestial

by E L I Z A B A N D

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1.
Say May 02:21
There at 16 a burning bus-stop he asked her name as hard and handsome as anything that she had seen Bang on 12 years at the mountain of children’s need is when he said no but she kept singing Say May I’m forever singing those songs underneath the beauty and the terror just like you said they come equally Where did his love go? She turned the clay into garden bed and it rained blows but she kept singing Say May I’m forever singing those songs underneath the beauty and the terror just like you said they come equally Say May I’m forever keeping those things underneath the beauty and the terror just like you said they come endlessly
2.
Kind Regards 01:59
Here’s a song for our Lisa We had a friend we’d let her know when the fear was approaching She’d drop it off in our letterbox we never heard a thing But one slip and she’s done a working single mum Viva Lisa Green you’re not a criminal you were our long-day queen Eventually the silence came and we were all left wondering what the world holds for Lisa now we used to hear some things Of bad blokes that she knew one slip boy you’re through Viva Lisa Green you’re not a criminal you were our long-day queen The Judge puts on his gown he was drunk at lunch but he still sent you down we’re lesser now you’re gone and I hope this song finds you well Kind Regards
3.
There he goes in his David Jones and his need for power over you my love He has a wife and a family but that does not mean he’s not a lunatic His eyes go rolling back his influence expands Talking in tongues no-one sees the slight of hand Says he is a Christian the seaside mansion leper king Dreaming of those wooden ships saving souls and getting rich He claimed it was a miracle we made him leader of the land Talking in tongues no-one saw the slight of hand Won’t you sing my love one for the end? Talking in tongues no-one sees the slight of hand I might be talking in tongues but in time this time will end
4.
Midnight Run 03:18
The midnight run was common once you'd know someone and then overnight they're gone for good We did it too as last resort fill up the Falcon there's another town that's calling me To the midnight run the night is open wide Midnight run it is dark but that's the time Stay up all night look through the glare (the sky is crying down) on all those dreaming houses underneath their thunderclaps If you are brave there is a way (but don't you bring their hate) leave them behind the secret's to only take the one you love To the midnight run the night is open wide Midnight run it is dark but that's the time
5.
Steel 03:26
Stuck inside the twilight boom-town and you are far from here and now Golden hour tea in the park the children chase the dogs in the coming dark Queensland is a dream it’s pouring still and you are there your poor-kid will Blazing at the hard and mean above our end of line our weird homes Like a feather on the breath of the day it comes it goes away I never saw it strange to be open unarmed Time to go steel your heart time to go steel my heart The lyrebird it came to me and sang this lonesome song it still goes on Flooding any love I try to hold and it keeps you inside this dream Like a feather on the breath of the day it comes it goes away I never saw it strange to play with open cards Time to go steel your heart
6.
The Firefly 03:00
Oh where would I be without blue? He kicks in every time I see you coming I end up running Overnight on the Firefly When you're raised in the ways of the crazies You see the night time and the day And every time you feel the love It's equal in it's hate Where does my reason go whenever I see you? (Anyway the weeds blow) I run to Southern Cross waking up on Eddy Avenue (Sleeping on the window) Say driver tell me of my future sight - (Crystal is the evening star) "You got a bit in a bag and you're sleeping on the Firefly" I guess I ghosted out of that one And I smoked through that one too And here comes Sydney shallow and mean But good looking in my morning blue Why does my mind explode the moment I see you? (Anyway the weeds blow) I run to Southern Cross I wake up on Eddy Avenue (Sleeping on the window) Say driver tell me of my future sight - (Crystal is the evening star) "You got a bit in a bag and you're sleeping on the Firefly And boy are you in for some time" Where does my vision go the moment I see blue? (Anyway the weeds blow) I run to Spencer Street waking up on any avenue (Dreaming on the window) So driver tell me of my future sight - (Crystal clear’s the morning sun) "You got a bit in a bag and you woke up on the Firefly. Good luck son"
7.
Oh crazy curtains blankets on nails Never knew just what to do to pull back that point of view So we were drawn to silence unsaid not there Just skim like a stone on the sea take what is given and say we are free Did you learn it early that it rains in the sun? Did it make forever feel lowly is your love? I remember gently and slighted you said “Someday I’ll know how to cede my heart sometimes the end is not defined by the start” I know you cannot turn back the sun but I never will believe lowly is your love
8.
Breakfast with Smokey 6am spent the night by the recycling Good morning dear tell me of last night’s dreams Crazy long-hair smokey dust It took forever to get some trust Our town is closed they say that we’re not free But it makes no difference to Smokey and me I’m gonna be a better fellow not so hard I’ll learn the cello These frozen doors I’ll open up for thee And we could walk to Coburg Lake catch Angel fish talk to the snakes By the Christmastime they say we may be free But it makes no difference to Smokey and me Learn the book and kiss the cup and make some money and don’t fuck up In another life the word is we’ll be free But that seems mad to Smokey and me Tell me that the night’s not falling down Ice are my hands I know I won’t let my heart grow cold

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released April 6, 2023

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E L I Z A B A N D Melbourne, Australia

E L I Z A B A N D is the sonic conduit of singer / songwriter Rory Patrick Cooke.

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