1. |
Say May
02:21
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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
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2. |
Kind Regards
01:59
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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
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3. |
Talking In Tongues
02:24
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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
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4. |
Midnight Run
03:18
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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
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5. |
Steel
03:26
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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
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6. |
The Firefly
03:00
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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"
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7. |
Sometimes The End
03:23
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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
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8. |
Smokey And Me
04:20
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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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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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