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earth among the flowers
there is air between our eyes
there’s a boy on the hill with a bucket
and a mop meant for the sky
today has been a swollen day
it's given me the shakes
crazy as i am i love you
a river loves the rain
had we been on different clouds
or in another room
we might have had a longer ride
but nothing would have moved
i wrap your hands around my face
they temper my wet eyes
a storm may be approaching
but i do not fear reprise
because i know that you are delicate
yet stronger than the glass
because i know you've been here before
you know how things do pass
so here we are a floor apart
it’s a minute and three hours
i feel you in my fingers
it’s like a thousand shining towers
reeds amongst the river
bare wires when we touch
the boy inside the bubble
has never loved a woman so much
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2. |
Call Off the Dogs
04:25
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call off the dogs, come and laugh a while
there’s wine on the table and there’s wood on the fire
feel the warmth of the work we’ve done
it’s not much of a life unless we have some fun
and the beat of the drum is in the finger and the thumb
there’s a fiddle in the air and there’s a banjo on the run
the guitar woos a star and then your voice comes like the sun
it’s honey in the ear my dear you are the only one
come back to bed it’s not the end of the weekend
let’s fuck until we see the light of monday’s misery
but it can’t be misery cos i’ve got you inside my head
and all day long i’ll sing the song ‘i’m gonna love you till i’m dead’
i’m gonna love you till i’m dead
and the beat of the drum is in the finger and the thumb
there’s a fiddle in the air and there’s a banjo on the run
the guitar woos a star and then your voice comes like the sun
it’s honey in the ear my dear you are the only one
oh well what if i can’t see the light?
i know you’ll look after me in the night
just like i’ll look after you all right
our love’s for better and for worse
so fall off the floor come and live beyond the door
there’s a bed up in my head and we’ve got food to feed us all
when it all comes out there’ll be a party and a crowd
we’re the two who say i do but never tell the town
and the beat of the drum is in the finger and the thumb
there’s a fiddle in the air and there’s a banjo on the run
the guitar woos a star and then your voice comes like the sun
it’s honey in the ear my dear you are the only one
you are the only one
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3. |
Till Death Do Us Die
03:59
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i’ve got a feeling i’m wrong
as a result of my pride
these feelings i hide
tie me to the shore
so i’ve got to be strong
i’ve got to be honest
i’ve got to be on it
i’m sure you all know the score
i was born in the summer time
i like to get high
some were stolen but i don’t mind
till death do us die
now i’m waiting outside
she’s putting on her make-up
tonight we’re gonna shake it up
in some dirty old dive
we’ll put reality aside
one too many and i’m a fool
but it’s cool because we’re so cool
we’ll be up way beyond five
see i was born in the summer time
i like to get high
some were stolen but i don’t mind
till death do us die
and when i see you it’s a thump thump thump in my heart…
i’m on fire
when i see you it’s a thump thump thump in my heart…
i am inspired
but when it comes to the truth
i’m just a boy with a broken heart
in this play i play a small small part
and of this puzzle i’m a piece
but i’m a fool for you
you’d make life a little easier
if i had you i’d be happier
but that’s not meant to be
i was born in the summer time
i like to get high
some were stolen but i don’t mind
till death do us die
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i’ve made my mind up
i’ve made all my time up
i’m ready to leave i’m not sorry
i know i should tell her
i know i should wait here
but something inside me’s unwilling
and as i fall through the door
i think of how much she done love me
but i know that at the core
there’s another man inside, she knows that i lied...
of that i am sure
i’m fine when i’m sober
i tell her i love her
i take her out into the evening
we talk over supper
we kiss in the corner
hold onto the experience hearts beating
and then we fall through the door
i think of how much she done love me
but i know that at the core
there’s another man inside, she knows that i lied...
of that i am sure
when i think of what i’ve done
i think i’ll have another one
pass me the bottle don’t worry
i don’t need a glass
i don’t want any ice
there isn’t a price that’s beyond me
i’m going to fall through the door
i think of how much she done love me
and i know that at the core
there’s another man inside, she knows that i lied...
of that i am sure
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there’s a boy by the river
he’s at war with the world
he feels cold and alone
so he calls to his mother
saying ‘mother i can’t figure out what’s going on
all this water keeps rolling down the river
and the river won’t stop rolling along’
‘boy there’s a shield in the sky
and this shield will protect you when you feel this way
to this shield you cannot lie for this shield is inside you
it’s always been this way
so when you’re standing on the edge of the plateau
as you leap the fear you feel will go
because you’re coming out like a thousand mountains
you’re coming out like a hole in the sky
you’re coming out like a silver dagger
like you’re dancing in the northern lights
i can see you dancing in the northern lights’
now there’s a boy by the river
and he knows that those he’s loved are on the other side
so he calls to his mother
saying ‘mother can you hear me
i’m alive i’m alive
in the water that keeps rolling down the river
and the river won’t stop rolling by
i’m coming out like a thousand mountains
i’m coming out like a hole in the sky
i’m coming out like a silver dagger
i come dancing in the northern lights
can you see me dancing in the northern lights
mother i’ll be dancing in the northern lights’
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Halt
03:22
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halt you mother
i’m not the kind of man to make a fuss
halt you mother
i’m not the kind of man to bend or bust
there is a blackbird on the back burner
the first to boil, the first to make his mark
from what i heard he’s a good earner
the blackened soil, the bones of those who worked
a little too hard
so i say halt you mother
you’re not the one who’s going to get me down
halt you mother
you’re not the one that's going to make me a clown
there is an iron seed inside of me
i’m trying to find the royal we to root
from what i can see she’s lonely
she’s looking for the kind of love that bears a little fruit
but when the spring gives way to summer
that’s when my love begins to falter
and the summer gives way to fall
then my love’s nowhere at all
and the winter leaves me alone and cold
so i say halt you mother
i’m not the kind of man to come undone
halt you mother
i’m not that kind of man… i’ve got to run
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7. |
I Used to Make You Smile
02:58
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Your fingers are the iron bars
That pin me to the night
Your tears the heavy manacles
Holding me down tight
Your vagina is a tiny window
In the corner of my cell
Through which I’ve stared for hours
At a distant water well
I used to make you smile
If only for a while
I know I used to make you smile
Your mouth has barbs attached to leather strands
Protruding from your phone
Your makeup case is filled with knives
Steely children caged in bone
Your mirror is your needle
Your favourite form of art
It tortures you with pictures
Of a face made up of parts
I used to make you smile
I know only for a while
but I used to make you smile
The clothes that once protected you
From evil cunts like me
Are now the masters of your will
And they insist on misery
The wings that i used to wear
Lie bleeding in a pile
Your claws tore out the reason
That I used to make you smile
I used to make you smile
If only for a while
But I used to make you smile
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8. |
Love, My Demon
02:41
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we all have our demons
mine are ugly and they’re cruel
they call me to task
on all the things i’ve done to you
so no more on amour
no no more on amour
i fought for you in france
down in the trenches and the mud
the law said i lost the war
my australian blood
said no more on amour
no no more on amour
winter is coming
i feel it in the night
it’s warm in the sunlight
but the bite comes at twilight
so no more on amour
please no more on amour
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9. |
The River
03:22
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Holding the knife you don't care who's alive
You're a family father with ties to the right
And you cut through the air, you don't care if they care
It's another grey morning
Grey faces awake and await some holy day
In line, it's a desperate rescue online
She's laughing at you she's all naked and blue
She's a travelling model on route to a pew
And her lord is a lens who's controlled by the cents
It's a wonder your coitus can even commence
His arise, close your eyes
Cum soon, there's no use in contending the moon
Folded your arms are the voice of the calm
That your youth buried deep in his effort to keep
Something pure and alive, something beyond a lie
But you body speaks languages you've never taken
The time to unwind
Now you're older and the muscles are struggling to hold her
So it's here and it's there and your mind is aware
You've got to keep travelling, there's no time to spare
With a wolf on your tail there's no choice but the trail
Deeper into the mountains and further away
From the suits and the boots
Your smile is just a desperate cry in the wild
A soldier will tell you the entrance to hell
Is a word in the ear of a murderous fear
And he'll scream and he'll moan and he'll choke and he'll groan
While the world falls apart to the tune in our hearts
And it's you and it's me
Can't you see? We are just who we wanted to be
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10. |
Sunday
03:16
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when the cold wind blows in over the east border i get lonely
everybody wants to be in love i’ve already had enough
baby i don’t need your opinion
when it comes to what i should be doing could be doing
probably would be doing without you
lately i have been out walking in the sunshine on my own
and the next time that i see you it’ll be a sunday
and you never know how much it’s going to be
to cross the bridge of loneliness and sorrow
well we knew the price of love
the pain came for free
so when you told me that you knew the boy from brighton
it was over
now everybody wants to get you pissed
it doesn’t mean that you’ll be missed
and maybe i have made a balls up of it all
and now i should say sorry i could say sorry
i probably would say sorry if not for you
but lately i have been out walking in the sunshine on my own
oh well the next time i see you is always a sunday
and you never know how much it’s going to be
to cross the bridge of loneliness and sorrow
well we knew the price of love
the pain came for free
and saturday is the longest day of the week
but it’s a better day than monday
sunday is the only day for me
to come see my child
so when the cold wind blows in over the east border i get lonely
everybody wants to be in love i’ve already had enough
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If You're Coming
02:13
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if you're coming then come on
got to stop humming along
it is so easy to say the words
you can call your mother and tell her how much it hurts
but it only makes things worse
so if it's real let it go
say what you feel all you know
and as it rises to the skin
there'll be a crowd around you saying 'fools rush in'
but that crowd's been wearing thin
we're built on wishes in the stars
we're made of movement a beating heart
and as the blood runs through our veins
so our love runs a river and that river runs the rain
going around and going around and going again
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