1. |
Mama
04:32
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I write this song with good intentions
No means to offend,
Started as a written letter
That I didn't know where to send.
Ah If my mama could have stayed
I'm sure that she would
And when we looked in each other's eyes
I'm sure she would have understood
Endless roads of factories
Reflected in your eyes
Let me be your golden boy tonight
And every other night in your eyes
Oh, other nights, oh mama
I write this song without conviction
trying to pretend
That there were no consequences
of leaving us alone to fend.
I write this song with good intentions
No means to offend
I'm finding it hard to find the words
To express just what I intend
Endless roads of factories
Reflected in your eyes
Let me be your golden boy tonight
And every other night in your eyes
Ooh, other nights, oh mama
Endless roads of factories
Reflected in your eyes
Let me be your golden boy tonight
And every other night in your eyes
Oh, other nights, oh mama
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2. |
Flowers in the Street
05:24
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Flower faces, green faces, red faces, sleepy faces
sleepy eyes, bedroom eyes, crying eyes, little eyes
Seashell eyes seashell faces, seaside smiles
seaside daisies, happy smiles:
Flowers in the street.
White faces, black faces, apricot faces, yellow faces, olive faces,
Flower faces, seashell eyes, bedroom faces, bedroom eyes:
Flowers in the street.
Somebody must keep the faces clean.
Keep thinking something"s wrong.
What's going on?
Keep thinking something's wrong
What's going on?
Keep thinking something's wrong.
What's going on?
White faces, black faces, apricot faces, yellow faces, olive faces,
Flower faces, seashell eyes, bedroom faces, bedroom eyes:
Flowers in the street.
Somebody must keep the faces clean.
Left there with no traces
Remember to clean their faces.
Green faces, blue faces, apricot faces
yellow faces,, olive faces :
Flowers in the street.
Somebody must keep their faces clean.
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3. |
Looking out at the Rain
04:05
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Don't think distance is all,
Yeah I know there's somewhere always further
With no hearing at all
I can hear it coming so much nearer
Don't think loving is all
I believe in something so much stronger.
With no seeing at all
I can feel it growing so much stronger
Looking out at the rain
There's a trembling there inside my vein.
Looking down at the trains
Yeah i wave hello to happier places
I wait for you
And i know you wait for me too baby
Yeah I wait for you.
Looking out at the rain
I can see it's drawing so much closer
I can see there's a stain
on the window where I tried to touch it
Maybe just for today
I can lie here and not think about it it
Maybe just for today
I can lie here and for once not doubt it.
Looking out at the rain
There's a trembling there inside my vein.
Looking down at the trains
Yeah i wave hello to happier places
I wait for you
And i know you wait for me too baby
Yeah I wait for you.
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4. |
Kisses
04:33
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Say you love me say it nice
Say you want me say it twice
Give me kisses, not advice
I want kisses
I want 'em now
In my armpits, on my brow
I wanna love you, show me how
I want the kisses, you know how
I am a flute with a broken reed
I am a clipper, lost at sea.
Trying to remember words that you say
Trying not to let the kisses blow away.
Whisper kisses in my ear
Tell me in a way that I can hear.
I don't want memories, I want you hear
I don't want distance, I want you near
I wanna kiss you so you will stay
I don't wanna spend every day.
Trying to remember words that you say
Trying not to let the kisses blow away.
I want kisses
I want 'em now
In my armpits, on my brow
I wanna love you, show me how
I want the kisses
I want kisses
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5. |
After
02:01
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All the love that I gave you
Was not enough to save you
So long, love and laughter
I know what you're after.
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6. |
Oranngeman
06:47
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Sometimes I can't stop my mind drifting away
It's not like I don't love you or care in my way
Sometimes it's like I can't see you, clouds in the way
I try but I can't focus and my thoughts stray
God save, save us from the drift of things, the shift of things
Like the book says
Save us from the drift of things the shift of things
Like the book says
Save us from the rambling, the wandering
Like the book says
From imagining the tangling, like the book says
Sometimes I find my mind's like sand in the waves.
A fringe of Casuarina should blow me away
And if one day the drift should entirely defeat me,
A fringe of Casuarina should cover me completely.
God save, save us from the drift of things, the shift of things
Like the book says
Save us from the drift of things the shift of things
Like the book says
Save us from the rambling, the wandering
Like the book says
From imagining the tangling, like the book says
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7. |
Vincent
03:37
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8. |
Alone and Blue
04:20
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Taking the pictures from the wall
I think I've seen it all before
You wait outside in the hall
For the last time.
You want your photos back
You want me to fill the cracks
Put the records and books in stacks
for the last time
But you, you can't tell me what to do anymore
I'm alone and blue
You can't tell me what to say anymore
You're alone and feeling blue
But you, you can't tell me what to do anymore
I'm alone and blue
You can't tell me what to say anymore
You're alone and feeling blue
The days are awful slow (don't care anymore)
the hours come and go (don't care anymore)
Is there somewhere we can go for the last time?
You want your photos back
the records and books in stacks
You want me to fill the cracks
for the last time
But you, you can't tell me what to do anymore
I'm alone and blue
You can't tell me what to say anymore
You're alone and feeling blue
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9. |
Arm's Length
04:14
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Down by the sea wall, that's where i saw it all
You were a new sensation to me, and that was all
Down by the sea wall ,I made a bet
You wouldn't be lonely for long, you made the grey sky go away
Don't be afraid of falling, that's only nature calling.
if you wanna save your strength
Hold me closely at arm's length.
Into the sea's mouth, that's when it all went south
You said you had a
Message for me, what's it about?
Down by the sea wall, that's where i saw it all
I made a bet I soon would be lonely
And that was all
Don't be afraid of falling, that's only nature calling.
if you wanna save your strength
Hold me closely at arm's length.
At arm's length, at arm's length, length
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10. |
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I met a woman who I liked, tried as best I could to love
Who dies one night in our dar bed
While i lay dreaming of my former life
When I awoke and said to her
"Wake up my girl and talk to me"
It seemed to me she roused her head
And rose to do what i had asked her.
We could have been good friends
We should have been good friends
We could have been
The long, dark, red, summer's dawn that
Infiltrated the empty room
Slanted in underneath the drapes to
Hang red summer in another room
Another window pane
We could have been good friends
We should have been good friends
We could have been
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11. |
Dry Your Eyes
04:19
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Horizon jumps above the sea
Horizon jumps, let me sleep
knew it somewhere out to the sea
stay with me, let me sleep.
The morning sun has passed us, passed us by
No need to wear that face now, and dry your eyes
The morning sun has passed us passed us by
No need to wear that face now. Dry your eyes
Our histories have passed us, surpassed by miles
I recall the dress you wore, you had such style
No need to wear that face now, and dry your eyes
at least we never deceived ourselves, we never lied
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Cherryweather SA, Australia
I'm a Melbourne based songwriter. The guitars and vocals are mine, the rest are midi instruments. I record and produce my
music at home...I've released 20 albums on bandcamp which you'll find in the discography.
The music is basically Indie pop/rock but with lots of rock, blues and dreampop cross pollination. I hope you like them.
I'm indebted to *80s and 90s Australian and New Zealand indie pop
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