B i o g r a p h y (by Musichead.com)
When Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set released their debut album Autumn Bone in March 2004, critics found it “mesmerising” (Rolling Stone), “magical” (The Australian), “earthy and intricate” (SMH). Fortunately, Bowditch’s visual storytelling and compelling vocal-style also captured the good favour of audiences nationally, propelling the young group into the spotlight as one of the most exciting sounds to emerge from Australia that year. As most bands must, The Feeding Set spent 2004 touring relentlessly, three tours of their own and innumerable others supporting the likes of Paul Kelly, Pete Murray, Missy Higgins, The Waifs, Xavier Rudd, Tim Rogers, Paul Dempsey, and Cat Power, as well as playing key spots on Falls, Meredith and St Kilda Festivals, amongst many others. By the beginning of 2005, Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set had developed an incredibly strong live performance, with a following to match. But where did this unique voice come from we hear some of you ask? Bowditch’s first songs were nonsensical imitations of church hymns written when she was three (her mother has the tapes), but it wasn’t until her teens whilst bashing away on the Melbourne pub circuit that her unique visual imagery began taking shape. In the late 90’s, her folk-flavoured group Red Raku released two albums, Sweetly Sedated (1999) and Roda Leisis (2000), before she moved to Canada on an exchange scholarship to study Ethnomusicology/Creative Writing. Returning to Australia in 2001 with a head full of new songs and a new-found fondness for her trusty guitar, Clare began the writing process for what was to become Autumn Bone. Originally intended as a solo project that was to feature an array of guest musicians, the record soon took a different course. Of the dozen or so guests who contributed to the project, four remained – Marty Brown (Art of Fighting) on drums, J Walker (Machine Translations) on guitar, French horn player and vocalist Libby Chow, and bass player Warren Bloomer. After a month of sharing Wednesday night dinners and rehearsals together, the aptly named Feeding Set was born. Push forward to 2005 and in celebration of the bands new home at EMI, the band are now thrilled to present you with their new single, ‘On This Side’, taken from the forthcoming album, ‘What Was Left’. ‘On This Side’ is a welcome follow up to the popular first single ‘Divorcee by 23’, another example of Bowditch’s fecund imagination. These songs are a continuation of Bowditch’s fascination with bent folk pop, and a further demonstration of the rare production talent of Martin W Brown, who uses the art of detail to transform this song into an immediately accessible yet timeless offering. ‘On This Side’ is a colourful slice of what is to come from the October scheduled release, which was recorded on tape from a desk at Brown and Bowditch’s very own Standalone Studios, based conveniently beside a fig tree in their back garden in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. In 2007, Clare releases her new album "When The Moon Looked On". Punters at the Queenscliff Music Festival on September 13 will be lucky enough to witness her media launch for the upcoming album.
Blood Red Rose Fairytale Of New York Fall At Your Feet From Little Things Big Things Grow Hallelujah I Won't Let Them Talk To You My Happiness No Man's Land Now You're Home Songbird Summer Wine Woman Ya Ya Ya Ya
Autumn Bone Autumn Bone Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone And you're all alone Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone And you're all alone All the things you thought you knew How to do Where oh where does it all go We don't know Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone And you're all alone Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone And you're all alone So you find Open wide So you find Love is still Open wide On your window sill Hey hey hey Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone And you're all alone Oh you know my love it grows Like an autumn bone And you're all alone So you find Autumn still Well and alive On your window sill Hey hey hey Buddy From my kitchen window I spy Buddy Where did his mother go I wonder over tea and toast and honey It is Three AM He is in his PJ's talking to his cats again Oh Buddy They say that Buddy's lived in that house Since Forty Three Now that his mother's gone Buddy never married Neither he or me can sleep We've both got worries But Buddy has got no one Oh Buddy I knew the moment I saw you That I would write this story for you I knew the moment I saw you I knew the moment I saw you Watching him wash his hands repeatedly Where did your mother go I know you must miss her, Buddy Saw him on the street just once Sunday suit and his hair wet down to his face He smiled at no one I could see There's a Buddy on every block There's a Buddy behind some big brick wall Keeping company with newspapers Passing time to the sound of their own voice I knew the moment I saw you That I would write this story for you I knew the moment I saw you Monday Comes Monday comes and Wednesday flies, 'Cause on Saturday, yeah on Saturday I fly See you later, see you soon You said you'd wait and I do believe you Come on, come on You, you were always there Waiting, waiting You, you were always there And yes I do believe you If you go or if you stay Makes no difference ‘Cause you're still my fave Don't forget me, not too soon Happy days, oh the way you move Come on, come on You, you were always there Waiting, waiting You, you were always there And yes I do believe you Come on, come on See you later, see you soon You said you'd wait and I do believe you See you later, see you soon You said you'd wait and I do believe you Oh the word the word is love You let me go and I gave you up See you later, see you soon You said you'd wait and I do believe you Oh the word the word is love You let me go and I gave you up See you later, see you soon You said you'd wait and I do believe you You, you were always there Waiting, waiting You, you were always there And yes I do believe you Oh the word the word is love You let me go and I gave you up Oh the word the word is love You let me go and I gave you up... Who Knows Who There are parts of the puzzle that remain unseen And there are parts of the picture that could never be There are good friends watching silently There are those that you are yet to meet Who knows who Might be watching out for you Who knows who Might be watching out for you All those good friends that you're yet to meet They will alter you substantially Bringing lines and loves that trouble thee But you'll find ones that just sit comfortably So all those whispers known only to the trees And all those unknown feelings yet to be They'll come from angels and omens and food, for free You'll find the one to fit this one to a T Who knows who Might be watching out for you Who knows who Might be watching out for you Watching out for you Watching out for you... Midnight Bird Hush hush, have you heard Elenor's got a midnight bird Oh yeah Hush hush, have you heard Elenor's got a midnight bird Oh yeah Hush hush, have you heard Elenor's got a midnight bird And if you're very nice to her She might sing Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Hush hush, have you heard Elenor's got a midnight bird Oh yeah Hush hush, have you heard Elenor's got a midnight bird Oh yeah Hush hush, have you heard Elenor's got a midnight bird And if you're very nice to her Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Hush hush, have you heard Elenor's got a midnight bird And if you're very nice to her Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah Ms. Unavailability (Oh! Temptation) You think I'm no good because I've got A boy back at home who I happen to love Yes indeedy-dee I do What good does that make me to you Go ahead, call me friend if you like I'm not saying this is easy, pity me I'm unavailable that's me Little Miss Unavailability Devil, who let you in Don't you go messing there again And just go, go now away Thank God there's always you to blame Some lonesome, someone some time ago Convinced you, you had to be broken To make your words grow Now you go using girls like me To help fuel your creative misery You wrote to me not long after I had left You said "I'm glad you're good I'm not so good. I'm quite a mess Who's gonna sing you to sleep We could've made such a beautiful, beautiful family" Devil, who let you in Don't you go messing everything up again Just walk, walk now away Thank God there's always you to blame Hair That Red My friend Nick was made up of coloured bits That he shot to the stars and left in a trail That was our friend Nick, who grinned like a lunatic And talked like a bird, who knew all the old song words "He's a smoker, a joker, a midnight toker" And "Help me I think I'm falling in love again" A son, a brother, a father and my mother always said "You've got to love a man with hair that red" My friend Nick, a bundle of scattered bits That once in a while he tried to collect The only things left big enough to hold him in were rivers and dreams He told me he'd love me when we were sixty He's a sun, and a spring, and a blocked up darling She said, "You've got to love a man with hair that red" Our friend Nick was made of a billion bits And we'll only ever know four or three each But as the song goes, "Life is but a tapestry Of rich and royal hue," And you've a cloak fit for a lion King And in case you're still wondering Indeed we loved you man with hair that red Homage To My Dad And The ABC Year was nineteen, nineteen eighty, nineteen eighty five Me and my Dad, he's the only one I had We were driving beside, beside the ocean That man he would not swim Very few things kept him afloat He likes to listen to the AB, to the ABC And their words became like our moat Like a freight-train Like a board-game My Dad he takes his time Says "All will be fine" On the AB, on the ABC Every Sat-dee afternoon They'd play Goon Show, Goon Show repeats The Old Man he laughs like a loon We kept driving, did some business He saw his locksmith and we moved on Rolling like the wind down past Brighton Pretty soon we struck home Like a freight-train Like a board-game My Dad he takes his time Says "All will be fine" He cooks meatloaf My Dad cooks meatloaf A mean chop-suey and scones And on the weekend The old man rules the kitchen He's got the ABC constantly on His tastes are fairly plain He's not so big on the gourmet Though he does top his pizzas with jam He never feels the need to say much His love lives in the simple stuff My Dad's an ordinary man Like a freight-train Like a board-game My Dad he takes his time Says "All will be fine" Big Man Big man A holy tardis of silences So wise you always know what not to say So much smarter that way Big man Now how about the things you did not say Did you mean for them to come out that way 'Cause Big Man, I'm in pain My dreams blinded me My dreams blinded me Blinded me Gonna move to Assisi, oh Big man Now to think I thought you adored me How full of herself can a young girl be I mean "really, really" Guess I Guess I should thank you for nothing Those beautiful nothings that never occurred He's a bird, he's a blur My dreams blinded me My dreams blinded me Blinded me Gonna move to Assisi, oh Big man Unlike you I guess I'm selfish Sometimes I wish you'd wear your insides out Maybe shake them about But you're right, man There can be no doubt that your right-hand woman She will be short and have a lot to say Somehow balances that way My dreams blinded me My dreams blinded me Blinded me Gonna move to Assisi, oh Human Being Like a red light flashing like a message from the door of a shed I have never before been in or entered Like a red light flashing at the door of a sin I have never before been interested in Like a human being, like a human being Like a human being, I have desires also And like a human being, I'm a human being I'm a human being These doors make me ever more so What if I told you you were the one all along But I never said nothing 'cause I wanted you to know What if I told you you were the one all along But I never said nothing 'cause I wanted you to know These things about me I was once a child in a house by the sea I may be made of matter but my heart's all hope and memory Oh I became a child in the heart of a ship I fell in the water 'cause the water called me into it Like a human being, like a human being Like a human being, I've had my fears also Like a human being, I'm a human being I'm a human being These storms make me ever more so What if I told you you were the one all along But I never said nothing 'cause I wanted you to know What if I told you you were the one all along But I never said nothing 'cause I wanted you to know These things about me What if I told you you were the one all along But I never said nothing 'cause I wanted you to know What if I told you you were the one all along But I never said nothing 'cause I wanted you to know What if I told you you were the one all along But I never said nothing 'cause I wanted you to know These things about me Old Joelene I built a riverboat for you And called her Old Joelene for you. And I sat in the bough of the boat And waited for a sign from you But the water said it could not find you You didn't come through Hah hoe hah hoe hoe Hah hoe hoe hah hoe Old Joelene Where could he be I built a water fall for you And like a toad with a golden ball for you I sat in the bough of that boat And I waited for a sign from you But the water said it could not find you You didn't come through Hah hoe hah hoe hoe Hah hoe hoe hah hoe Old Joelene Where could he be Old Joelene Where is he Down a river made from dust and dew Towards a country once rich and rare and blue I sat in the bough of that boat And scattered all of my parts from you Here comes my home, my hearts, my crew So adieu to you
What Was Left Starry Picking Night Once a starry picking night I fell into your arms like a lover Lost of all her charms And the moon it stood like salt Fell out of the sky like snow And you loved her so You failed to let her go Lying in the back of the car As the street lights turn to fire You remind me much of her And perhaps that's why when Lying in the back of the car And you shed your heart like skin I was watching you watching her Lying in the back of the car As the street lights turn to fire You remind me much of her And perhaps that's why when Lying in the back of the car And you shed your heart like skin I was watching you watching her Shadows and their multitudes Shadows were our favourite food You blessed me Sent me on my way Lips Like Oranges Factory by five, and as the morning hits she's working a double-split shift The boss says, "Hope you don't mind" In a hand-written note placed in the lunchroom Leave Josie alone You've got to leave that girl alone She did not ask for you Could she be sitting there Longing for someone to take her home You've got to leave that girl alone Here in the morning light She switches off the light She's got such beautiful lips They call like oranges to the thirsty man Break-time intermits He wants to say it But he don't know if he can Oh just to know her light José sees Josephine And he wants to call her Josie He says, "Josie, are you alright? I've watched you fifteen years Bottling those god damn beers" Paper-thin the walls Cannot work it out on your own Between the lavatories The men's and the lady's Is that her name he calls Cannot work it out on your own She hears José rehearse Some kind of song-like verse She's got such beautiful lips They call like oranges to the thirsty man Break-time intermits He wants to say it But he don't know if he can I guess I was wondering What you were doing on the weekend I've got tickets to this show It's free you know and I guess I was wondering What you were doing on the weekend I've got tickets to this show It's free you know and I guess I was wondering What you I Thought You Were God Storeman, your eyes all watery white "Another long, long night?" and you say "Be careful riding That boy's bike in the dark." "Don't worry, I'm not going far." I was very, very young And terribly in love And not yet knowing that Love alone may not be enough To counter all the silly things I thought I thought you were God The night sky is peeling back her sheets And the linen is lavender and underneath it I ride your bike The bike bar's cutting into my crotch I stand up and power-pedal on I was very, very young And terribly in love Not yet knowing that Love alone may not be enough To counter all the stupid things I thought I thought you were God God, God God, God I thought you were God And I, I believed in you We still talk We still talk quite a lot Since the alarming discovery That you were never God and We still love But the laughter's more sincere 'Cause it's speckled with your tears You were so young And terribly in love And not yet knowing that Love alone may not be enough To undo all the secret things I thought I thought you were God Winding Up You call me on the line Play me a song about horses You're crying down that line You say these tears bring you life Hey, it's just a song They're never meant to last that long But then I cry because I am the cause I'm not the comfort We are winding up Both our bodies say it's true Though we are winding up You're still me and I'm still you, yeah Higher, higher, higher, high Higher, higher, high We drove a cage across a desert stage Friends in tow To catch some ocean fish To spit their bones out the window One windy night We stop to fight Fight, fight to fall asleep Next to each other we're like babies, yeah We are winding up Both our bodies say it's true Though we are winding up I'm still me and you're still you, yeah Higher, higher, higher, high Higher, higher, higher, high High Higher, higher, high Divorcee By 23 Well, it seems you've got a baby girl To a man who will not love you well And your walking down Brunswick street And you're buying the baby's tears with treats 'Cause you look perfect, you look fine and you Hold it together most of the time, But when the baby's crying and you know he's lying He was the best looking boy you'd known So you married him and made him home Dropped out of university All because he said, "Well, honey, you're pretty" Yes, you are pretty but you are not fine 'Cause you've forgotten your poor little mind And if you don't start crying, you may never shine Step on out of line Outside the square I dare you To just not give a damn 'Cause people understand So don't let them scare you You play boy games and he plays girl games And every Saturday, you swap over again And you wonder why he just don't hear Are you saying it loud, are you making it clear Or are you hiding away Behind all those perfect things that you say You know that you don't want to be You don't want to be You don't want to be You don't want to be no divorcee by twenty three Well, is that your best reason to stay You're worried about what your brothers, friends Mothers might one day say Step on out of line Outside the square I dare you To just not give a damn 'Cause people understand Don't let them scare you You really should step on out of line Outside the square I dare you To go confront your man Help him understand these subtleties About you, you, you, you You don't want to be You don't want to be You don't want to be no divorcee by twenty three Well, is that your best reason to stay Think about what your baby girl might one day say Which Way To Go I'm trying I'm trying not to loose my load I'm wondering I'm wondering which is the best way to go 'Cause we still don't know We still don't know My boss She's always at my back She don't understand you And why you call and she tries to attack She still don't know Which way to go There are many questions And I have asked them all before With the same old hesitations I go walking back to my car door Which way to go I'm standing here trying I'm trying to maintain some calm But underneath a river threatens to turn And join hands with the storm Because we still don't know Which way to go There are many questions And I have asked them all before With the same old hesitations I go walking back to my car door Which way to go Which way to go Which way to go Which way to go The Thing About Grief The thing about grief is It knows what I did and It knows what I did not say It sentenced me to a long, long life of excavating Things my little head cannot yet understand But I patched it all together with string and rubber bands The thing about grief is Few people know if the I goes before the E And it's hard to give away Because it's the last thing you gave to me I've scrambled it together and Collaged it in a lighted frame Sometimes I'm scared to speak your name You were young a beautiful You should have grown to be old Like I'll grow old, no, you will not You left me here to join the dots I'm gonna speak them The thing about grief is It took what I loved and It buried her deep away It makes no sense Yet it's interesting in its own way Some days I still assume I'm gonna see your face again But I always assume The thing about grief is It gets the kind of boring For the people who don't yet know Your friends some day will wander off And most will wish you'd just move on, sister But black is the color 'Cause it doesn't seem to have an end I've heard it changes and You'll make new friends You were young a beautiful You should have grown to be old I will grow old, no, you will not You left me here to join the dots I'm gonna speak them Strange Questions Rain fell red Red like the dust from my uncle's Campfire Woodie Guthrie songs Can't make me You let it cake on your car For some, some, some time after You were always asking strange questions And hoping I could And when I could not I ran me, I ran so fast And I could not Won't you love me like you did before Won't you love me like you did before There were times when you were almost there There were nights when you were almost there I can't make you Crying, crying Mother Mary save me Crying my back-catalogue entirely Can't make me And when I could not You gave me that damn rash and I had to return my goggles to the past You were always asking such strange questions And hoping I could hoo hoo When I could not I ran me, I ran so fast And I tried, baby, but Won't you love me like you did before Won't you love me like you did before I can't make you There were nights when you were almost there There were times when you were almost there You were almost there You were almost there Nobody would have liked it better than me If I could have been more helpful in that way Nobody would have liked it better than me If I could have been more helpful I could have been more helpful If I could have been more helpful Helpful If I If... You were always asking such strange questions And hoping I could help you answer them When I Was Five If life were like a mountain Did you, did you not fall I have missed you since I was five I don't recall your eyes But your hands I do recall And I know how you smelt when you were alive You died Like we're all gonna go someday You died I was five and I wish you'd stayed They say you crossed a river to touch God's hand But I did not understand where He lived So I tried to write Him letters, letters of demand Saying, "She's my sister - back you give her" You died Like we're all gonna go someday You died I was here and you went away I didn't see you die I didn't see your casket Don't remember if I cried But I never quite got past it You're fragile like a bee And skinny as a steeple And all these memories Are they mine or other people's When you died Like we're all gonna go someday I was five And I thought I could make you stay Little Self Centred Queen Late night wedding bells and All the world is quiet and asleep I don't know you that well and You sure as hell do not know me I seem like a little self-centred queen But I need, I need big love today Late night wedding bells and We are talking like we've always known Each other fairly well, but You're a stranger and my mother says that I need to come home I seem like a little self-centred queen But I need, I need big love today If I opened up a shop Put this night upon the shelf I'm sure it would sell for twice As much as anybody else's But since you have been so kind As to open me your life I expect it's best If we left this little one between ourselves It's been a lovely night and I have enjoyed having you so much But to avoid rude frights I guess it's best If we re-robed and went off home I seem like a little self-centred queen But I need, I need big love today Late night wedding bells and ??? I'm going through the ??? And you should never know me (?) Just Might Do Awkward sigh Awkward silence in a crimson room Room that speaks to all the strangest thoughts Thought I held you in my hand You were a horse Show me something I don't notice All the little signs What don't kill me grows me wise Now, right now I'm telling you You might just, might just do When we spoke When we spoke about your mother's boat Mother's boat was sailing underground Under ocean fixtures, under sound Show me something I don't notice All the little signs What don't kill me grows me wise Now, right now, I'm telling you You might just, might just do show me something I don't notice All the little signs What don't kill me grows me wise Now, right now I'm telling you You might just, might just do On This Side We were living in a treehouse In the middle of the 'burbs We've got two kids now He says he wants a third Well, I would give this man Most anything he asks 'Cause I never did imagine How green grows the grass On this side Things they work differently Me oh my We're all that we hoped we'd be 'Cause this time We dared to believe Well, it wasn't always this way I can tell you that for sure Since the only color I knew was grey My heart was low, was poor 'Cause nobody could love me The way that I loved them That was before him On this side Things they work differently Me oh my We're all that we hoped we'd be 'Cause this time We dared to believe Why do we forget how to be loved Why do we bother doing it When it's only getting off I'm not talking making babies Though that is also true It's whatever you call that thing I'm in when I'm in with you On this side, baby, yeah It's a quiet night at home now Little miracles in bed And a birdy on my windowsill That makes happy happen in my head And it's funny all the little things Boring to describe, They taught my joy her roots And they brought my life alive On this side Things they work differently Me oh my We're all that we hoped we'd be 'Cause this time We dared to believe On this side Things they work differently Me oh my We're all that we hoped we'd be 'Cause this time We dared to believe We dared to believe We dared to believe Yes I Miss You Yes I miss you like the rain Falling softly on a summer's day I know you feel the same I fought to keep you Yes I miss you like the rain Falling softly on a summer's day I know you feel the same I fought to keep you Yes I miss you like the rain Falling sweetly on a summer's day I know you feel the same I fought to keep you
Moon Looked On
You Look So Good It can’t be natural, it cannot be sane The places my mind goes When you show up at work Monday I try to be a good girl I push the pictures aside Of you, me and one cubicle Your lips, your eyes, your thighs My, my, my You look so good It hurts La la la la la You look so good It hurts La la la la la I gently punch in the numbers Your body’s the keys By mid-morning break time You’re the biscuit And I am the tea I try to be a such good girl My lip stick all on straight You, me and one cubicle It's more than a woman like me can take Hey, hey You look so good It hurts La la la la la You look so good It hurts And I wanna touch it You look so good It hurts La la la la la You look so good It hurts And I wanna touch it What an apparition Trick now or true Did I hear correctly, sir Were you asking me to sit on you Peccadilloes If you're outside looking in And you see me inside waving Would you place your fat lips on the window glass And I will blow a short hot breath And draw my secrets in to it All my peccadilloes, only you will know You're standing in the snow You're laughing like you love me You build your snow man dough And I pretend I can't see I'm happy, but you love me when I'm cold You say it's tried, you say it's true You say women always fall for you When you cook like Jamie Seems he's quite the dish It may be true, but you can't prove They're in love with you, not just your food All your peccadilloes, only I will know You're standing in the snow You're laughing like you love me Go build your snow man dough And I'll pretend I can't see 'Cause, baby, you love me when I’m cold You're standing in the snow You're laughing like you love me Go build your snow man dough And I'll pretend I don't see 'Cause, baby, you love me when I’m cold If you're outside looking in And you see me inside waving Would you place your fat lips on the window glass Between The Tea and The Toast Oh pretty love Aren’t you worried about us How we're going to keep it up All of this busy business Of all the days we've ever had It is these quiet days that leave me Satisfied the most, when our holy ghosts Have room to dance Between the tea and the toast Oh gentle man You say love's a simple land And I've wandered from the map Are you gonna take me back Of all the days we've ever had It is these quiet days that leave me Satisfied the most, when our holy ghosts Have room to dance Between the tea and the toast Of all the days we've ever had It is these quiet days that leave me Satisfied the most, when our holy ghosts Have room to dance Between the tea and the toast I Am Not Allowed It doesn't matter how beautiful you look I am not allowed to read from strangers' books It doesn't matter how much you hold back in bait Still I'm not allowed Nothing good could satiate I'm not going to cry anymore Flash "heart" like a road-works sign Doesn't matter how beautiful you look I'm not allowed to read your book And if it isn't mine, nor it's his to give I want a life that doesn't Radio for help all of the time Flash "heart" like a road-works sign Doesn't matter how beautiful, beautiful you look I am not allowed to open your strange book It doesn’t matter how much you hold in bait Ah ah ah my friend Nothing good could satiate I don't want a life that flashes out For help like a road-works sign saying "Pick me up", saying, "Pick me up now I'm alone, alone, alone" Saying, "Pick me up" It doesn’t matter how beautiful he looks You’re not allowed to read his book Doesn"t matter how well he lures his bait This is no time to understate It doesn’t matter how beautiful he looks You’re not allowed to read his book Doesn"t matter how well he lures his bait This is no time to understate It doesn't matter how beautiful you look I am not allowed to read from strangers' books When The Lights Went Down This won't bring our dog back And this won't unstitch time And if I had a dollar now For every time I'd hollered out your name I'd buy us a word mine And our mine she'd be rubies But deep down you'd find pearls 'Cause underneath this cave There are a thousand crashing waves One of them knows you When the lights went down you shone Like a mirrored train at dawn With your back carriages closed And your front ones always on show This won't bring our dog back And this will not unstitch time But deep inside the rabbit's heart Where all the windows blew apart There's someone making your diamonds And you lay them on the foreshore For your girl's mother to see Thinking underneath this cave There are a thousand crashing waves One of them knows me When the lights went down you shone Like a mirrored train at dawn With your back carriages closed And your front ones always on show From the thirteenth floor at dawn The moon looked on, she looked on With our dog alive in our arms When the lights went down you shone Like a mirrored train at dawn With your back carriages closed And your front ones always on show Little Black Cave I neatly fold our love in four I hug my mother, I bolt my door I go to find our love a little black cave And dig it down deep and hope it will behave I would do anything for your love (any old thing) I would do anything for your love (any old thing) Yes, I would do most any old thing I'd humble my heart, I'd let you win I would do most any old thing In the hollow of the night It’s you, you, you I sing for (any old thing) I found our love that little black cave But I couldn’t get back 'Cause it didn't have a name So don't you say you died a thousand deaths To bring me words I haven't even heard yet I would do anything for your love (any old thing) I would do anything for your love (any old thing) Yes, I would do most any old thing I'd humble my heart, I'd let you win I would do most any old thing And I'd give my word, I'd make you king (any old thing) Yes, I would do most any old thing I’d lower my head, I’d let you swing (any old thing) I would do most any old thing In the hollow of the night It’s you, you, you I sing for (any old thing) Any old thing [repeats in the background] And I I found our love a little black cave But I couldn't get back 'Cause it didn't have a name, no I found our love a little black cave But I couldn't get back 'Cause it didn't have a name, no I found our love a little black cave Dig and dug, toil and toil I left my love for you inside that cave hole This Bastard Disease I'm not sure Who to confide in any more about you Nobody can say, nobody can explain From here, where to I want to protect you I want to kill this bastard disease But it will not talk to me On good days It's fair to say your face lights up for me You still remind me of all that once did bind Of all the little happy things I want to protect you I want to kill this bastard disease But it will not talk to me I Love The Way You Talk I took my turn at the open Mike Walked off high as a Chinese kite 'Cause one kind dude came up to say I like it, what's your name He was Tom, he had a way I love the way you talk It makes no sense at all Well, there and then I decided to Pack my snail shell – follow you To Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong I say any town at all I love the way you talk It makes no sense at all It's like a bird song It's like a bird song This could be fun I am the moon, you are the sun One day tomorrow's gonna come But right now, it's always dusk or dawn It's divine for the fact That we haven’t got long I love the way you talk It makes no sense at all It's like a bird song It's like a bird song This could be fun I love the way you talk It makes no sense at all It's like a bird song It's like a bird song This is gonna be fun That Wouldn't Be So Good You show up at my sister's house You come over waving your white flag Ask me would I like to come for a drive And I would, but I'm scared of what might happen if You and I are alone again And your fat fingers call out from the steering wheel Singing "How about it" And I can smell you lying next to me That wouldn't be so good No, that wouldn't be so right Oh, it wouldn't be so good at all This town, this town, this town is small Well, then Deni comes over with cake in her hand And I'm packing the dishes in the dishwasher away She says, "Honey, ain't it funny how he never understands All the work a woman has to do in a day" And I’m wondering if she's forgotten or if she well knows That I used to live with you too And I know how you go, yes I know how you go I know all the little ways that lead to You and I here alone again Laughing like bandits Your fat fingers call out from the steering wheel Singing "Lady, how about it" And I can smell you lying next to me That wouldn't be so good No, that wouldn't be so wise Oh, that wouldn't be so good at all This town, this town is full of eyes And if your old yellow pick-up truck Was shaking on the side of the road Then surely Jenny or Billy or Gus Would drive past and someone would know Yet you show up at my sister's house Yes, you come over waving your white flag And you ask me, "Would you like to come for a drive" And I would, but I'm scared of what might happen Your Other Hand
*A variation on a line from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot. Black dog, thick the fog Yellow fog that rubs its back against the window* You're sure there must be more You're sure, but you’re drinking anyway Sweet pain Back again, back again And now you've really started thinking What if this is it Take the wheel, baby Take the wheel, baby, now No more wasting Your life chasing dead ideals See the past, it's gone Let's roll on with the show Oh love, love, love We don’t understand How to be human It's a simply sum Hold your other hand Oh love, love, love How we long for land For a ship that's able handed Go walk the plank Go take the dive Big life One night you start a fight With yourself about your wealth of imperfections Don't read the stupid magazines Don't read them if you don't feel like a laugh So who cares what you wear Jzushed or bare Whatever gets your motor rolling Feeling sadder, doesn’t matter Take the wheel, baby Take the wheel, baby, now No more wasting Your life chasing dead ideals See the past, it's gone Let's roll on with the show Oh love, love, love We don't understand How to be human It's a simple sum Hold your other hand Oh love, love, love How we long for land For a ship that's able handed Go walk the plank Go take the dive Big life No more wasting Your life chasing dead ideals See the past, it's gone Let's roll on with the show Oh love, love, love We don't understand How to be human It's a simple sum Hold your other hand Oh love, love, love How we long for land For a ship that's able handed Go walk the plank Go take the dive Big life You Can Stay The Night I keep thinking about All of those things we were going to do some day Somehow Now I’m barely leaving the house What did you do with my forward motion now I'm thinking about cutting my hair – Look at it, standing up all everywhere You used to hide your face in it Where did you go with my forward motion You said, "You can stay the night" And I said, "No, no, no, well, alright" That's how this started Hey, next time you're in town You should come around We're not finished yet, no Last Christmas time We went camping on a dry red river bank That night I saw the stars dance What did you do with my forward motion You said, "You can stay the night" And I said, "No, no, no, well, alright" That's how this started Hey, next time you're in town You should come around We're not finished yet, no People Like Me, People Like You God made people like me to love people like you God made people like me to love people like you I will not fight I will not win this time But I will not live a I will not live a little life I know I am keeping you awake I've just got so many hurting places God made people like me to love people like you God made people like me to love people like you I will not fight I will not win this time But I will not live a I will not live a little life I know I am keeping you awake I've just got so many hurting places God made people like me to love people like you God made people like me to love people like you I will not fight I will not win this time But I will not live a I will not live a little life I know I am keeping you awake I've just got so many hurting places God made people like me to love people like you
Modern Day Addiction
The Start of War The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war Big men talking all of the time And none of us are sure what they are saying Take these children by the hand Remind them what it is to be just playing Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war The pen is mightier than the sword Still we're spilling blood all over the words They're words As the children say goodbye to their Dads Do the news people weep into their hands It's absurd Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war If you are The One Then One surely you'll be Warmer than a guy, cracker than an army It's not war, it's not war, it is us Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war The start of war, the start of war The start of war, the start of war Every day we are fighting wars with people Who did not cause the start of war Modern Day Addiction You will feel better when you Have the operation Somehow sparkling fresh and new Have the operation! We live in the suburbs Where people take their addictions indoors Work real hard, such nice clean floors Make it look strong But when nobody’s looking all the ladies eat with tongs The primitive brain is telling all the other parts that “they’re insane! There’s one little fix and it’s gonna fix it up Gonna fix it good this time, time, time Oh Tele-tele vision Sugar on the cake And the petrol in the car Lots of make up Slap it on thick Just like we’re sixteen If we’re all princesses Who’s gonna be the queen Oh Tele-tele vision Sugar on the cake And the petrol in the car Lots of make up Slap it on thick Just like we’re sixteen If we’re all princesses Who’s gonna be the queen I like The Wine “It’s Friday Night, one wine? Why not?” Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday night ”One wine. Why not Hey I only drink at night. I only drink at night Well I mostly drink at night and I never drink alone Well I sometimes drink alone, when there’s no-one home And there’s no-one home, I don’t share my house Who are you to judge me Willis What you talkin’ ‘bout? Hey!?” Oh Tele-tele vision Sugar on the cake And the petrol in the car Lots of make up Slap it on thick Just like we’re sixteen If we’re all princesses Who’s gonna be the queen Oh Tele-tele vision Sugar on the cake And the petrol in the car Lots of make up Slap it on thick Just like we’re sixteen If we’re all princesses Who’s gonna be the queen Of all the people, places, faces, none of it has changed Even though the skirts are shorter and the hair is rearranged And it doesn’t really matter if you’re rich, or you’re poor If you’re dancing in this circle, it’s been danced in before ”I love you, I love you, I love you so badly My little computer, you never really had me It’s been fun man, it’s been fun man, but you never really held me like you wanna let me in” Oh Tele-tele vision Sugar on the cake And the petrol in the car Lots of make up Slap it on thick Just like we’re sixteen If we’re all princesses Who’s gonna be the queen Oh Tele-tele vision Sugar on the cake And the petrol in the car Lots of make up Slap it on thick Just like we’re sixteen If we’re all princesses Who’s gonna be the queen You will feel better when you Have the operation Somehow sparkling fresh and new Have the operation! Running You keep running around the park You keep running around the park You keep running around the park You keep running around You keep running around the park You keep running around the park Everyday you're thinner still Everyday you're thinner still But while you're running around the park Worrying about the size of your arse I'm standing right here, and the dinner's on I'm a modern man, but this can not go on You're running, you're running You keep running around the park You keep running around I said, you're running, you're running You keep running around the park You keep running around You keep running around the park my love You keep running as though there's something wrong Why won't you talk to me any longer And while you're running around like Some tight panted clown Hey it's just one day, it's one white dress If it split at the seams, I wouldn't love you less You're running, you're running You keep running around the park You keep running around I said, you're running, you're running You keep running around the park You keep Remember when we met Eyes across a crowded room My heart beat went Mad for you It was the first time we two kissed It was the first time And now you're always running You're running, you're running You keep running around the park You keep running around I said, you're running, you're running When are, when are you coming home You keep running around the park You keep running around the park... You keep A Lucky Life We want to give you God But God is not ours to give away We want to give you reason But reason can't make your heart behave Perhaps we work too much It's stuck in our heads We must provide For the savior generation Our grandmothers work so very hard We want to Give to you A lucky life Not just ice-cream cones Shoes and mobile phones As nice as they are I cannot stop the world But I'll be the tigress behind you I'll help you build your armour But you'll have to wear it for yourself So of course I worry too much How can I not, you're my walking hearts So just beware the masquerade The circus that shines, but will not stay We want to Give to you A lucky life Not just ice-cream cones Shoes and mobile phones As nice as they are I thought I'd be so much wiser by now You thought you'd be the "Alpha Provider" somehow And like our parents before us We just hope that we are enough You gave to us such a lucky life Full of things that will not break And that the world cannot take That is what we want for you We want to Give to you A lucky life Not just ice-cream cones Shoes and mobile phones As nice as they are Prinz Willy You said enough Just enough For me to know That all the world's your shop That included me Not my heart, just my skin You tell me who to be How to chew, who to do Temper like a ticking bomb And I don't wanna be alone Temper like a ticking bomb And I don't wanna be alone Temper like a ticking bomb This is not my home, this is not my home Temper like a ticking bomb And I have had enough Sell, sell, sell I did what I was told To keep my place To keep your eyes on me But I'm backwards in the sand Why do you lie, why do you lie You've got the world at your command Buy sell buy, buy sell buy Temper like a ticking bomb And I don't wanna be alone Temper like a ticking bomb And I don't wanna be alone Temper like a ticking bomb This is not my home, this is not my home Temper like a ticking bomb And I have had enough Seven suns will shine for you Seven stars will collide for you Just one thing you have to do Live your life in pretend, in pretend Enough, enough Enough, enough Enough Your Own Kind of Girl Chocolate, you've got chocolate on your mouth Oh you long to be like the other girls But you’re not gonna be like another girl "Some other girl" You've been reading magazines again Comparing your sweet body To the bodies of nature's longest ones Smoothed out with airbrush guns You've been wondering When the answer is gonna come It's not gonna come Till you realise You are fine You're more than enough The real world needs real girls to love Themselves enough I went on my first diet When I was eight years old Ten, eleven, twelve, through to twenty one When I came undone and I thought "Somebody tell me that I'm more than this?" So I understand the thoughts get out of hand I still know all the shame Of falling for that same old shit Time time again That there's some Simple Answer to the complex life "It's only $29.99" So there "They" sit high in their towers Writing lists about what women need With no regard, no understanding No real care about the pain they breed, oh My hope for you, my darling girl Be brave and build a dream in your own size 'Cause otherwise You're buying crap that you don't need To feed a world that will not feed you It will not feed you, my love Chocolate, you've got chocolate on your mouth Oh you long to be like the other girls But you weren't born to be "Some other girl" You're gonna be your own kind of girl A E I O You Hello, how are you You're standing at the cutting edge You say it's quite a view Hello, how are you Now me you see I'm not so sure I think it's kind of friendly All the boys are in couture You say "Eh?", you say From the cave to the tabletop From the cow to the fashion-shop From the club and to the car Petrol made of dinosaur From Berlin and to the moon Now why do movements have to move so soon My bedroom to your ma-ga-ga-zine You were sweet, now you're totally mean From the street to the café "I love you, now go away!" From Berlin and to the moon Now why to movements have to move so soon We started a movement We started a movement We started a movement And now that movement's moved You started a movement You started a movement You started a movement And now that movement's moved We started a movement We started a movement We started a movement And now that movement's moved Who started (you do) Who started (you do) Who started (you do) A E I O You Hello, how are you You're standing at the cutting edge You say it's quite a view Hello, how are you Now me you see I'm not so sure I think it's kind of friendly All the boys are in couture You say "Eh?", you say From the corset to the burning bra Where we go nobody knows so far Running out of dinosaur Had it all "But I want more!" From Berlin and to the moon Now why do movements have to move so soon? We started a movement We started a movement We started a movement And now that movement's moved You started a movement You started a movement You started a movement And now that movement's moved We started a movement We started a movement We started a movement And now that movement's moved Who started (you do) Who started (you do) Who started (you do) A E I O You We started a movement We started a movement We started a movement And now that movement's moved You started a movement You started a movement You started a movement And now that movement's moved We started a movement We started a movement We started a movement And now that movement's moved Who started (you do) Who started (you do) Who started (you do) A E I O You A E I O You A E I O You The Most Beautiful Lies I'll never know where you left you're clothes But that girl is my first clue Such a glorious face, she gives it all away So right now all I know is You lied, lied You lied Here in this bed, you once so famously said "You're Frida, I'm Diego" And if that were true I'd take a lover and forgive you Right now all I know is You tell the beautiful lies, lies And I ran to fall from them every time Twenty three, twenty three Had the world alive inside of me And Anything can happen And it will, and it does Before long it all gets serious And I am in your room watching you naked For the last time You liar Oh is this why I loved you You speak the most beautiful lies, lies And I ran to fall for them every time Every time And you speak the most beautiful lies, lies And I ran to fall for them every time Every time Is this why I loved you Tell me, is this why I loved you Break My Heart What if no-one knows No-one ever knows about What you did And why you did it No one ever knows All the ins and outs of it Not even you You don't know because you never rang You never rang me again Wrote me a letter And that was the end of it You never rang You never rang me again How could you break my heart like that Break my heart like that I think about you're wedding Oh, the songs we sang that day When people ask about us What am I supposed to say Which part of the puzzle Fits with the feeling today I don't know I don't know because you never rang You never rang me again Wrote me a letter And that was the end of it You never rang You never rang me again How could you break my heart like that Break my heart like that How could you break my heart like that Break my heart like that So no-one's gonna know No-one's gonna know about what you did And why you did it Bigger Than The Money When you left, I lost my voice I lost my voice for two whole weeks For two big weeks I sat here thinking about What made up "You and Me" We were more than that We were bigger than this I asked you not to I begged you "Please!" You said "No!" I said "Please. P-L-ee-ee-ese!" Hey I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than that I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than cash I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than that I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than cash It's funny how these things start out It's funny we all have our dreams And sometimes, sometimes Sometimes people say things they don't mean We were more than that We were bigger than this I loved you like a brother Judas Judas, kiss k-k-kiss kisses... I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than that I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than cash I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than that I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than cash The money, the money, the money, the money The money, the money, the money, the money The money, the money, the money, the money The money, the money, the money, the money The Mo-Mo-Money-Money-MO! I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than that I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than cash I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than that I know we were bigger than the money I know we were bigger than cash The money, the money, the money The whoooh, the money, the whoooh, the money, the money The money, the money, the money The whoooh, the money, the whoooh, the money, the money The money, the money, the money The whoooh, the money, the whoooh, the money, the money The money, the money, the money The whoooh, the money, the whoooh The Mo-Mo-Money-Money-MO! A Little History (Homage to My Dad Two) You were the master of small things Those little ideas that filter down the traps For twenty or so years The clicking of bottled beer The odd uncomfortable tear So weird that we thought you might pop You were a man of small flaws You hid chocolate in your car Now how else was a dad to keep some for himself You loved our Mother like no other man could've But you work too many hours, she kindly took the flowers All my life I knew that you were doing all those little things Barely worth mentioning You were Not "perfect" I know you felt the pressure Dads always do Not perfect, who could be So despite your limitations You made a little history You were a man of good hope You fought for justice with jokes Spent weekends under cars or smoking to the stars Chose your words carefully You gave us both lock and key A little wink and wave And now you're on your way All my life I knew you were doing all those little things Barely worth mentioning You were Not "perfect" I know you felt the pressure Dads always do Not perfect, who could be So despite your limitations You made a little history All my life I knew you were doing all those little things Barely worth mentioning You were, you were good Stars All, all you wanted was One little line of stars, stars All, all you wanted was One little line of stars, stars Stars, you light the morning sky Stars, don't sit there asking "Why?" What you wanted was somebody who knew What it is you are going through You wanted to be Bob Dylan You wanted to be Nina Simone Yeah, but you were awfully scared of going to bed alone Took all your tea to China Baby you just gave it away He's walking out the door with nothing more to say Stars, you light the morning sky Stars, don't sit there asking "Why?" What you wanted was somebody who knew What it is you are going through You could've had him Called him out to the crowd To the crowd Could've had him Said his name out loud to Could've had him Said his name out loud to Could've had him Said his name out loud to the crowd The crowd, the crowd All you wanted was one old friend
The Winter I Chose Happiness
Let's Get Happy Together You're high, so am I Let's be happy together You blue, me too Let's forget about stormy weather You lost your baby and I lost mine I've got a nickel and you've got a dime Let's drown our troubles in wine So we'll be happy together Why should we worry Just because they turned us down Come on babe let's show 'em We're nobody's clown Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Now you can dance and I can sing I've got the finger and you've got the ring We'll get the parson to fix this thing So we'll be happy together Why should we worry Just because they turned us down Come on babe let's show 'em, yeah We'll show 'em that we're no clown You can dance and I can sing I've got the finger and you've got the ring But a dut da da doodle da da doodle um dum So we'll be happy together Thin Skin Feel as though my heart is always always breaking Every single bus trip and every single plane I fall in love With the babe in my arms or the driver of the bus Or the boy with the green eyes who clearly needs a little loving I want to touch him Born in to this skin That feels just a little too thin Never sure if I belong in You tell me not to fret Never to forget We're so lucky to Feel the world the way we do And we're so lucky to Feel the world the way we do And we're so lucky Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Happy, a p p We could be, we should be So happy, a p p y, you could be my We should be so happy Yours to choose, no more blues We could be so happy, happy, ha ha ha ha See a little boy fall upon the concrete See his bleeding knee, feel it in my heart as though As though I pushed him Cannot watch the news if I do I cannot sleep With the pain in the stories of the people that I'll never meet That doesn't help them Born in to this skin That feels just a little too thin I'm never sure if I belong in You tell me not to fret Never to forget We're so lucky to Feel the world the way we do And we're so lucky to Feel the world the way we do And We're so lucky Happy, a p p We could be, we should be So happy, a p p y, you could be my We should be so happy Yours to choose, no more blues We could be so happy, happy, ha ha ha ha One Little River One little river, buried down deep Moving under highways Everybody feels the same If everybody feels the same Why's nobody talking about it What did wise woman say She said that we're most afraid Not of our darkness but of our light Remember just yesterday All the dreams put away On the shelf for someone else Someone better than you Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Your heart wants to speak the truth Your heart longs to be known Wants to be known by you Go and let it all out Go and say too much Let someone know you Let it all out Go and say too much Let someone know Go, go, go Go, go, go Words are like rivers, flowing to the sea Don't bury them down, don't bury them deep Just keep the river flowing, get in and swim Don't be standing back, begin Begin, begin, begin 'Cause your heart wants to speak the truth And your heart wants to be loved Wants to be loved by you Go and let it all out Go and say too much Let someone know you Let it all out Go and say too much Let someone know you Let it all out Go and say too much Let someone know you Let it all out Go and say too much Let someone know Go, go, go Go, go, go Go, go, go Go, go, go Let it all out Go and say too much Let someone know you Let it all out Go and say too much Let someone know you Let it all out One little river, buried down deep Moving under highways Everybody feels the same If everybody feels the same Why's nobody talking about it Amazing Life You want to write a novel, make beautiful music Act in the theatre with inspiring humans Learn a language and run like the wind Help people fit in, travel to every country And make a million dollars And smile when your children have babies Make the heart your home Inviting and warm You want an amazing life But you can't decide You think you have to be fully formed already Don't you You want an amazing life But you can't decide You don't have to be just one thing But you have to start with something You'll be a little bit older in October You've reneged on your pre-birth promise Now you think that this story is over Let me encourage you to know You will feel it when it is over It feels like hell take it as a sign You need time to be still And listen for a while Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You want this amazing life But you can't decide You think you have to be fully formed already Don't you You want an amazing life But you can't decide You don't have to be just one thing But you have to start with something You don't have to be just one thing But you have to start with something You do not have to be just one thing But you have to start with something Your Love Walks With Me Things will never be as they were Yet we knew that, we knew that We both knew that on the way in Things will never be as they were And I can't understand with my head Where you went and I never will But at night the gates open In some of my dreams you're still here You are holding my face in your hands And you're kissing my tears And you laugh at my fussing You say there's no need to be sad I was here all along I am here in this song and I will never leave Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Your love walks with me Your love walks with me Your love walks with me Your love walks Your love walks with me Your love walks with me Your love walks with me And so it is And so it will always be I'm a child in the market I'm lost and I can't see your shoes So it goes, horror dream, heart explodes Nothing seems good or true Things will never be as they were As day flickers nights I wonder how I'm gonna live with that But I do We all do We have to Your love walks with me Your love walks with me Your love walks with me Your love walks Your love walks with me Your love walks with me Your love walks with me And so it is And so it will always be The One Sitting in the lobby of your city hotel Drinking like fishes on the river to hell Devil's in my mouth telling primitive jokes While the angel's out looking for a packet of smokes Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You look into my eyes And you don't look away the way you should I would, I would if I could, oh believe me I would But I gotta go home, I want a home to go to So I'm sorry that I can't be the one I'm so sorry that I can't be the one So it's best I don't say I wanna tear off your clothes And tear off my own and let you know me Instead I nod my head, I watch your mouth, I smile But I don't say a thing You look into my eyes And seem to see the woman that I hoped to be I wanna go home, I gotta go home Help me get home, I need a home to go to So I'm sorry that I can't be the one I'm so sorry that I can't be the one To give you home To show you love To let you know To let you love me The way you want to In the next life In the next life Look me up Holy winds blew in when I met you And all my muted bells began to ring What I would not give to just pretend That this would not ruin everything I'm so sorry that I can't be the one I'm so sorry that I can't be the one To take you home To show you love To make you whole To let you love me The way you want to In the next life In the next life I'll take you home Show you love Like you've never known And you will be enough I'll let you love me The way you want to In the next life In the next life Look me up Cocky Lady Money doesn't make happiness go away It doesn't make happiness promise to stay No, sir Who said money would guarantee All those things that you wanna be Who said money would guarantee Oh put it on a pile now one, two, three Cocky lady Cock-cocky lady Cock-cocky lady Don't do him wrong One, two, three, four, five and ten Here we go with the cash again One, two, three, four, five and ten Here we go with the cash again Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Cocky lady Cock-cocky lady Cock-cocky lady Don't do him wrong Cocky lady (One, two, three, four, five and ten) Cock-cocky lady (Here we go with the cash again) Cock-cocky lady (One, two, three, four, five and ten) Don't do him wrong Money doesn't make happiness go away Doesn't make happiness promise to stay No, sir No, sir (One, two, three, four, five and ten) No, sir (Here we go with the cash again) No, sir No, sir Cocky lady Cock-cocky lady Cock-cocky lady Don't do him wrong Cocky lady Cock-cocky lady Cock-cocky lady Don't do him wrong Cocky lady (One, two, three, four, five and ten) Cock-cocky lady (Here we go with the cash again) Cock-cocky lady (One, two, three, four, five and ten) Don't do him wrong You Will Know The sun, the sun The sun is out here waiting for you The moon, the moon She's gonna speak your name Pocket full of love Waiting here for you to pick it Oh baby, baby, baby You're here and always will be You will know how beautiful you are, baby You will know how beautiful you are, baby You will know how beautiful you are, baby I'm gonna tell you everyday of my life Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Your words, your words You'll stack them up like little buildings The truth, the truth The truth will know your name And never fear the night She's only here to teach you brightness Oh baby, baby, baby We're here and always will be You will know how beautiful you are, baby You will know how beautiful you are, baby You will know how beautiful you are, baby I'm gonna tell you everyday of my life You will know how beautiful you are, baby You will know how beautiful you are, baby You will know how beautiful you are, baby I'm gonna tell you every day of my life The Big Happy We are standing by the water's edge You promised, that's not what I said What do you say then, come on darling Let it go, go, go now Sun is shining, birds are doing things You promised, don't start that again You throw water, I throw water back So it's started, hope it never ends As broken as we are I wouldn't change a thing You're giving me the big happy You hardly knew me, yet it all worked out That when you kissed me The truth inside your mouth Somehow relieved all those years of endless searching Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You were standing by the water's edge And you are wondering if I meant what I said I know it now and I knew it then so Put your clothes back on Let's keep wondering Broken as we are I wouldn't change a thing You're giving me the big happy You're giving me the big happy You're giving me the big happy You Make Me Happy Last night I couldn't sleep The bed felt awful cold You said you want some space You say you want some space You won't pick up the phone I never said that I was easy Always pushing for the best Well, that's just 'cause I believe Believe in you, baby And this I must confess You make me happy You make me happy You shouldn't be alone Baby, come on home You make me happy You're hiding in the corner You've got nothing to hide You think I'd let you close You think I'd let you close If you weren't good on the inside Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And I see how you try I watch you all the time You think your wings are broken Your wings, they are not broken I wish you would unfold them You make me happy You make me happy You shouldn't be alone Baby, come on home You make me happy You make me happy You make me happy You shouldn't be alone Baby, come on home You make me happy Are You Ready Yet Are you ready yet Are you ready yet Are you ready yet Are you ready yet Gathering rocks to keep you down Trying to prove you belong on the ground Gathering rocks to keep you down But nobody knows how to get to the middle of you Flying it high to make you feel Sky was above and below was your girl Slapping the sides to make it real And nobody knows how to get to the bottom of you Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Are you ready yet Are you ready yet To be happy Are you ready yet Are you ready yet To be happy Gathering rocks to keep you down Just to prove you belong on the ground Gathering rocks to keep you down Somebody knows how to get to the question of you Remember they said there were words to say, to say Are you ready yet Are you ready yet To be happy Are you ready yet Are you ready yet To be happy Are you ready yet Are you ready yet To be happy Are you ready yet Are you ready yet To be happy
Non Albums Tracks
Blood Red Rose (Kev Carmody cover / Cannot Buy My Soul LP) Her night companion was James Joyce's prose She's like the morning dew left to melt on a blood red rose And her reading light it would burn 'til the night grew old She'd demand a man for one night stand She always gave her soul And it took it's toll Though his memory now is just a faded glow Time and again her pages show That the stories there though the books been closed And as the summer comes, the summer goes Like a blood red rose He's six foot brown eyed single young and tanned Pictured in her head is this animated man In reality her private thoughts git banned Deep in her contemplation and imagination A solemn figure stands He's just her dreamtime man Though his memory now is just a faded glow Time and again her pages show That the stories there though the books been closed And as the summer comes, the summer goes Like a blood red rose Her youthful grace has mellowed through the years Growing old is the most depressing thing she fears To wind up old and lonely with just a cat In the city's heart she'd break apart She never could stand that Now she can't go back Though his memory now is a faded glow Time and again her pages show That the stories there but the books been closed And as the summer comes, the summer goes Like a blood red rose
Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues cover / RocKwiz Orkestra feat. Tex Perkins & Claire Bowditch / The Christmas Album LP) It was Christmas Eve, babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me Won't see another one And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew I turned my face away And dreamed about you Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one I've got a feeling This year's for me and you So happy Christmas I love you, baby I can see a better time When all our dreams come true They've got cars big as bars They've got rivers of gold But the wind goes right through you It's no place for the old When you first took my hand On a cold Christmas Eve You told me that Broadway was waiting for me You were handsome You were pretty Queen of New York City When the band stopped playing They howled out for more Sinatra was swinging All the drunks they were singing We kissed on a corner Then danced through the night The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day You're a bum, you're a punk You're an old slut on junk Lying there when I'm dead With a drip in your head You scumbag, you faggot You cheap lousy maggot Merry Christmas my arse I pray God it's our last And the boys of the NYPD choir Still singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day I could have been someone Well, so could anyone You took my dreams from me When I first found you But I kept them with me, babe Now I put them with my own Can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you The boys of the NYPD choir Still singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day Fall At Your Feet (Neil Finn cover / She Will Have Her Way: The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn LP) I'm really close tonight And I feel like I'm moving inside her Lying in the dark I think that I'm beginning to know her Let it go I'll be there when you call Whenever I fall at your feet You let your tears rain down on me Whenever I touch your slow turning pain You're hiding from me now There's something in the way that you're talking The words don't sound right But I hear them all moving inside you Go, I'll be waiting when you call Whenever I fall at your feet You let your tears rain down on me Whenever I touch your slow turning pain The finger of blame has turned upon itself And I'm more than willing to offer myself Do you want my presence or need my help Who knows where that might lead I fall Whenever I fall Whenever I fall Whenever I fall Whenever I fall Whenever I fall at your feet You let your tears rain down on me Whenever I touch your slow turning pain Whenever I fall Whenever I fall
From Little Things Big Things Grow (Paul Kelly cover / The Waifs with John Butler & Clare Bowditch / Live at Enmore Theatre, Sydney, 07-02-2008) Gather round people, let me tell you're a story An eight-year long story of power and pride British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiarri Were opposite men on opposite sides Vestey was fat with money and muscle Beef was his business, broad was his door Vincent was lean and spoke very little He had no bank balance, hard dirt was his floor From little things big things grow From little things big things grow Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Gurindji were working for nothing but rations Where once they had gathered the wealth of the land And daily the pressure got tighter and tighter Gurindju decided they must make a stand Packed up their bags and they started off walking Down at Wattie Creek they sat themselves down Now it don't sound like much But it sure got those tongues talking Back then at the homestead and then in the town From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow Vestey man said, "I'll double your wages Seven quid a week, you'll have in your hand" Vincent said, "Ah-ah, I'm not talking about wages We're sitting right here till we get our land" Vestey man roared and Vestey man thundered You don't stand the chance of a cinder in snow Vince said, "If we fall others are rising" From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow Then Vincent Lingiarri, he boarded an aeroplane He landed in Sydney, big city of lights And daily he went round softly speaking his story To all talks of men from all walks of life And Vincent sat down with big politicians "And this affair", I tell him, "it's a matter of state Let us sort it out, your people are hungry" Vincent said, "Ah-ah, we know how to wait" From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow Then Vincent Lingiarri returned on an aeroplane Back to his country once more to sit down And he told his people, "Let the stars keep on turning We have friends in the south, in the cities, in the towns" Eight years went by, eight long years of waiting Till one day a tall stranger appeared in the land And his name was Witland and he came with great ceremony And through Vincent's fingers poured a handful of sand From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow And this is the story of Vincent Lingairri But this is the story of something much more How power and privilege can not move a people Who know where they stand and stand in the law From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow From little things big things grow Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover / Triple J Like A Version LP) Well, I heard there was a secret chord That David played and he pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift A baffled king composing hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Though your faith was strong, you needed proof and You saw her bathing on the roof, well Her beauty in the moonlight All they say she's through ya And she tied you to the kitchen chair And she broke your crown and cut your hair And from your lips you drew a hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Well, baby, I've been here before I've seen this room and I've walked this floor, you know I used to live alone before I knew you And I've seen your flag on the marble arch And love is not a victory march It's a cold, it's a broken hallelujah Hallelujah I wanna tell you that I did my best and it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch And I told the truth And I did not come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah
I Won't Let Them Talk To You (Are You Ready Yet? EP) People on the street Everybody skips a beat, a beat Don't you hide your face Pick a time or walk the pace, the pace I won't let them talk to you Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Shine your face up here Awesome ??? and diamond tears (I won't let them) I told you this before (I won't let them talk to you) Never fight the Little Lord, Little Lord I won't let them talk to you like that I won't let them talk to you like that I won't let them talk to you like that I won't let them talk to you like that I won't let them talk to you like that I won't let them talk to you like that I won't let them talk to you like that
My Happiness (Powderfinger cover / Feat. Evelyn Morris / Live on Triple J's Like A Version) I see your shadow on the street now I hear you push through the rusty gate Click of your heels on the concrete Waiting for a knock coming way too late It seems an age since I've seen you Countdown as the weeks trickle into days So you come in and put your bags down I know there's something in the air How can I do this to you right now If you're over there when I need you here Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better My happiness is slowly creeping back Now you're at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go It seems an age since I've seen you Countdown as the weeks trickle into days I hope that time hasn't changed you All I really want is for you to stay So you come in and put your bags down I know there's something in the air How can I do this to you right now If you're over there when I need you here My happiness is slowly creeping back Now you're at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go I know, I know, I know what is inside I know, I know, I know what is inside I know, I know, I know what is inside I know, I know, I know what is inside If you're over there when I need you here My happiness is slowly creeping back Now you're at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go Oh my happiness is slowly creeping back Now you're at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go
No Man's Land (Eric Bogle cover / Clare Bowditch, Tim Rogers & Gotye / Live on Triple J's Like A Version, 2-11-2007) Well, how'd you do, Private William Mcbride Do you mind if I sit here by your graveside I'll rest here awhile for the warm summer sun I've been walking all day, Lord, and I'm nearly done I can tell from your gravestone you were only nineteen When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916 And I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean Or, Willie Mcbride, was it slow and obscene Did they beat the drum slowly Did they sound the fife lowly Did the rifles fire o'er you as they lowered you down Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus Did the pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest" Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better The sun's shining down on these green fields of France The warm wind blows gently as the red poppies dance The trenches have vanished long under the plow No gas and no barbed wire, no guns firing now But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land The countless white crosses in mute witness stand To man's blind indifference to his fellow man And a whole generation who were butchered and damned Did they beat the drum slowly Did they sound the fife lowly Did the rifles fire o'er you as they lowered you down Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus Did the pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest" And I can't help but wonder, now Willie Mcbride Do all those who lie here know why they died Did you really believe them when they told you 'The Cause' Did you really believe that this war would end wars Well, the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the pain The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain For Willie Mcbride, it all happened again And again, and again, and again, and again Did they beat the drum slowly Did they sound the fife lowly Did the rifles fire o'er you as they lowered you down Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus Did the pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest" Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus Did the pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest"
Now You're Home (Feat. Lanie Lane / Are You Ready Yet? EP) Oh my, oh my random baby coming home Oh I see you walking sideways all alone Don't have to, now you're home Here I'm happy hiding in your arms again I've been waiting till I come back to your bed It's warmer now I'm home You'll be for me and I'll be for you There's not a choice we'd rather choose There'll be no sign to have those blues Be for me and I'll be for you Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Down in blessed land ??? of the hill We lay down face to face So beautiful We're sleeping, now you're home Then my dream at night stay with me Kiss me tight my cheeks said Yours alone I wasn't puppy Without a ???, now you're home You'll be for me and I'll be for you There's not a choice we'd rather choose There'll be no time to have those blues Be for me and I'll be for you You'll be for me and I'll be for you There's not a choice we'd rather choose There'll be no time to have those blues Be for me and I'll be for you Oh my, oh my random baby coming home Oh I see you walking sideways all alone Don't have to, now you're home You'll be for me and I'll be for you There's not a choice we'd rather choose There'll be no time to have those blues Be for me and I'll be for you Be for me and I'll be for you Be for me and I'll be for you
Songbird (Fleetwood Mac cover / Live on ABC 774 Melbourne, 17-08-2011) For you, there'll be no more crying For you, the sun will be shining And I feel that when I'm with you It's alright, I know it's alright And the songbird keeps singing like they Know the score And I love you, I love you, I love you Like never before Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better To you, I'll give the world To you, I'll never be cold 'Cause I feel that when I'm with you It's alright, I know it's alright And the songbird keeps singing like they Know the score And I love you, I love you, I love you Like never before Like never before Like never before Like never before
Summer Wine (Clare Bowditch & Ed Kuepper / Live on RocKwiz TV) Clare Bowditch: Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring My summer wine was really made from all these things Ed Kuepper: I walked in town on silver spurs that jingled to And sang that I had only sang just for a few She saw my silver spurs and said let's pass some time And I will give to you summer wine Summer wine Clare Bowditch: Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring My summer wine is really made from all these things Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time And I will bring to you my summer wine Oh summer wine Ed Kuepper: My eyes grew heavy and my lips they could not speak I tried to get up but I could not find my feet She reassured me with an unfamiliar line And left me craving for summer wine Summer wine Clare Bowditch: Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring My summer wine was really made from all these things Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time And I will give to you my summer wine Oh summer wine Ed Kuepper: When I woke up, the sun was shining in my eyes The silver spurs were gone, my head felt twice its size She took my silver spurs, a dollar and a dime Left me craving for summer wine Summer Wine Clare Bowditch: Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring My summer wine was really made from all these things Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time And I will bring to you my summer wine Oh summer wine Ed Kuepper: Oh summer wine Clare Bowditch: Oh summer wine
Woman I'm a woman now, you can see I'm a woman now, you can see I'm much more than your fantasy oh I'm a woman now, you can see I used to think it was just me Worrying about how to write a big story from a girl I used to think it was just me And now I see I'm a mirror of a mirror of our world We spend our whole lives trying to fit in Trying to get thin Trying to be enough, enough, enough for who All I see is this struggle to wet their babies' lips To feed their stomaches, keep them from the cold Woman, woman, woman, woman, I see you Woman, woman, woman, woman, I raise you Woman, woman, woman, woman, world needs you Woman, woman, woman, woman, come show me you Come show me you (I'm a woman now, you can see) Come show me you (I'm a woman now, you can see) Come show me you (I'm much more than your fantasy oh) Come show me you (I'm a woman now, you can see) We have to be twice as hungry Twice as clever and bold Twice and not discounted And twice as told before they even listen And somehow smile girls You think it's you You're too much Always making such a fuss With your feelings and your tears And your body and your blood And you can't keep up No, you can't catch out Do who, do what We spend our whole lives trying to fit in Trying to get thin Trying to be enough, enough, enough for who All I see is this struggle to wet their babies' lips To feed their stomaches, to keep them from the cold Woman, woman, woman, woman, I see you Woman, woman, woman, woman, I raise you Woman, woman, woman, woman, I need you Woman, woman, woman, woman, come show me you Stand up and show me you (I'm a woman now, you can see) Stand up and show me you (I'm a woman now, you can see) Stand up and show me you (I'm much more than your fantasy oh) Oh and show me you (I'm a woman now, you can see) Stand up and show me you (I'm a woman now, you can see) Stand up and show me you (I'm a woman now, you can see) Stand up and show me you (I'm much more than your fantasy oh) I'm a woman now, you can see I'm a woman now, you can see I'm a woman now, you can see I'm much more than your fantasy oh I'm a woman now, you can see I see you (I'm a woman now, you can see) I raise you (I'm a woman now, you can see) World needs you (I'm much more than your fantasy oh) Come show me (I'm a woman now, you can see) Woman, the world needs you (I'm a woman now, you can see) (I'm a woman now, you can see) (I'm much more than your fantasy oh) Woman, woman, woman, woman come show me (I'm a woman now, you can see) You
Ya Ya Ya Ya (Are You Ready Yet? EP) My left hand and your right hand Had it all, we had the night and I saw you dancing in the morning light Ya ya ya ya... Too much words Too much wine Had it all, we had it right and I saw you dancing in the morning light Ya ya ya ya... All the diamonds in the sky Came to see you shine I don't need no holiday Summertime Ya ya ya ya... Golden words ??? them fine We had it all, we had it right and I saw you dancing in the morning light Ya ya ya ya... Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better All the diamonds in the sky Came to see you shine I don't need no holiday Summertime Ya ya ya ya... All the diamonds in the sky Came to see you shine I don't need no holiday Summertime Ya ya ya ya... My left hand and your right hand Had it all, we had the night and I saw you dancing in the morning light
*** Thanx a lot to Jose from the forum for this one ***