B i o g r a p h y (by Marcy Donelson)
Courtney Barnett is an indie singer/songwriter recognized for her loose, gritty presentation, sharp lyrics, and deadpan conversational delivery. She emerged in 2012 with the self-released EP I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris. It garnered critical praise in her native Australia, and she soon won the positive attention of critics in the U.S., U.K., and elsewhere with the follow-up, 2013's How to Carve a Carrot into a Rose. Her full-length debut, 2015's Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, proved to be her commercial breakthrough, landing in the U.S. Top 20 and Top Five in Australia and earning nominations from both the Grammys (Best New Artist) and Brit Awards (International Female Solo Artist). In Australia, she took home the prizes for best female and breakthrough artist at the ARIAs. Her second LP, Tell Me How You Really Feel, became her highest-charting effort yet in Australia, reaching number two on the album chart upon its release in 2018, while consolidating her reputation in the U.S. and U.K. The 2021 release of Things Take Time, Take Time was accompanied by Anonymous Club, a documentary about Barnett that featured music by the singer/songwriter; that score was released in 2023 as End of the Day. Following a period of upheaval, including the shuttering of her over-decade-old label and a move from Australia to Los Angeles, her fourth LP, Creature of Habit, arrived in 2026 with a combination of the jagged indie rock of her debut and later moody singer/songwriter leanings. Born in Sydney in 1987, Courtney Melba Barnett grew up listening primarily to American bands but was only inspired to write songs after discovering Australian singer/songwriters Darren Hanlon and Paul Kelly. She joined Melbourne post-grunge outfit Rapid Transit as guitarist in 2010, remaining with them until 2011. Around that time, she issued a limited, live demo EP as leader of the Olivettes and became a member of alt-country group Immigrant Union. Their second album, 2012's Anyway, was released on Barnett's own label, Milk! Records, as was her solo debut EP, I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris. In 2013, as her fan base grew, she was invited to perform at New York's CMJ Music Marathon showcase and to play shows in Europe. That year, she also played guitar on Jen Cloher's third full-length, In Blood Memory (also issued on Milk! Records) and delivered her second EP, How to Carve a Carrot into a Rose. Marathon Records imprint House Anxiety took note and signed Barnett, and in October 2013, they collected her first two EPs on The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas. It was issued by Mom + Pop Music in the U.S. in 2014. She also appeared on the compilation EP A Pair of Pears (With Shadows) alongside artists including Cloher and Fraser A. Gorman before the end of 2014. Early the following year, Barnett made appearances on American television and the SXSW festival in preparation for her first full-length, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. After arriving on Milk! (Australia), Mom + Pop (U.S.), and House Anxiety (the rest of world) in March 2015, it went as high as number four on the album chart in Australia, while peaking at 16 in the U.K. and number 20 on the Billboard 200. The record's widespread acclaim extended to Grammy and Brit Award nominations, and she collected four ARIA Awards including Breakthrough Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Independent Release, and Best Cover Artist (Barnett drew the album's cover illustration). Her next release was a duo album with like-minded slack rocker Kurt Vile titled Lotta Sea Lice. It was issued by Matador Records in 2017 and returned Barnett to the Australian Top Five. In May 2018, she presented her second solo album, Tell Me How You Really Feel. Returning with co-producers Burke Reid and Dan Luscombe from her debut LP, it climbed to the number 22 spot in the U.S. while cracking the Top Ten in the U.K. and reaching number two at home. Tell Me How You Really Feel finished the year by winning Best Rock Album at that November's ARIA Awards. Released in November 2021, Barnett's third album, Things Take Time, Take Time, was co-produced with Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa. Around the release of Things Take Time, Take Time, film director Danny Cohen issued Anonymous Club, a documentary about Barnett. End of the Day, an instrumental album drawn from the music Barnett and Mozgawa improvised for Anonymous Club, appeared in 2023. After its release, Barnett announced that Milk! was closing up shop. Two years later, she turned up on the April 2025 tribute album Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young (Killphonic Records) with a cover of "Lotta Love." Accompanied by a performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the grittier original song "Stay in Your Lane" arrived on Mom+Pop that October. It was representative of her fourth solo album, which was written in the aftermath of major change, including a relocation to Los Angeles. Released in March 2026, Creature of Habit included collaborations with Waxahatchee, Flea, and producers including Mozgawa, John Congleton (St. Vincent, Death Cab for Cutie), and Marta Salogni (Black Midi, Sharon Van Etten).
The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas Out Of The Woodwork I was busy underwater seeing how long I could hold my breath A drowning flower caught my eye and I had to come on up for air Just because you're older than me, doesn't mean you have to be so condescending I still see the same things that you see. I'm a little shady on my history I am normally pretty forgiving, but only if you are She's so easy She's so easy She's so easy I noticed you stopped talking to me. Now you're talking to me all the time Do you know you're no good at listening? But you're really good at saying everything on your mind It must be tiring trying so hard to look like you're not really trying at all I guess if you're afraid of aiming too high, then you're not really gonna have too far to fall I am normally pretty forgiving, but only if you are She's so easy She's so easy She's so easy Climb aboard the wagon when it comes on through Jump on your horse and tell me how's the view Look over my shoulder when I talk to you Where's the more important person in the room Don't Apply Compression Gently Tell me what you're thinking, what you're thinking about Tell me when you're finished - maybe I'll come around Had enough to bring me all the way to the ground I don't have to tell you what I'm thinking about You have made your bed, I know better than to sleep in it Better off dead than the hell that will become of it You have hurt my head but I'm not denying That I did not bring it on myself I take pieces of myself from everyone around me I'm not individual enough for you I replicate the people I admire But at least I'm not bitter and sad, bitter and sad I may not be 100% happy but at least I'm not with you I may not be 100% happy but at least I'm not with you I may not be 100% happy but at least I'm not with you I may not be 100% happy but at least I'm not with you I may not be 100% happy but at least I'm not with you I may not be 100% happy but at least I'm not with you Avant Gardener I sleep in late Another day Oh what a wonder Oh what a waste It’s a Monday It’s so mundane What exciting things Will happen today The yard is full of hard rubbish it’s a mess and I guess the neighbors must think we run a meth lab We should amend that I pull the sheets back It’s 40 degrees And i feel like I'm dying Life’s getting hard in here So i do some gardening Anything to take my mind away from where it’s supposed to be The nice lady next door talks of green beds And all the nice things that she wants to plant in them I wanna grow tomatoes on the front steps Sunflowers, bean sprouts, sweet corn and radishes I feel pro-active I pull out weeds All of a sudden I’m having trouble breathing in I’m having trouble breathing in I’m having trouble breathing in I’m having trouble breathing in My hands are shaky My knees are weak I can’t seem to stand On my own two feet I’m breathing but I'm wheezing Feel like I'm emphysemin’ My throat feels like a funnel Filled with weet bix and kerosene and Oh no, next thing i know They call up triple O I’d rather die than owe the hospital Till I get old I get adrenalin Straight to the heart I feel like Uma Thurman Post-overdosing kick start Reminds me of the time When i was really sick and I Had too much psuedoefedryn and I Couldn’t sleep at night Halfway down high street, Andy looks ambivalent He’s probably wondering what i’m doing getting in an ambulance The paramedic thinks I'm clever cos i play guitar I think she’s clever cos she stops people dying Anaphylactic and super hypocondriactic Should’ve stayed in bed today I much prefer the mundane I take a hit from An asthma puffer I do it wrong I was never good at smoking bongs I’m not that good at breathing in I’m not that good at breathing in I’m not that good at breathing in History Eraser I got drunk and fell asleep atop the sheets but luckily i left the heater on And in my dreams i wrote the best song that i’ve ever written…can’t remember how it goes I stayed drunk and fell awake and i was cycling on a plane and far away i heard you say you liked me We drifted to a party – cool. The people went to arty school. They made their paints by mixing acid wash and lemonade In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name I found an ezra pound and made a bet that if i found a cigarette i’d drop it all and marry you Just then a song comes on: “you can’t always get what you want” – the rolling stones, oh woe is we, the irony The stones became the moss and once all inhibitions lost, the hipsters made a mission to the farm We drove by tractor there, the yellow straw replaced our hair, we laced the dairy river with the cream of sweet vermouth. In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name You said “we only live once” so we touched a little tongue, and instantly i wanted to I lost my train of thought and jumped aboard the Epping as the doors were slowly closing on the world I touched on and off and rubbed my arm up against yours and still the inspector inspected me The lady in the roof was living proof that nothing really ever is exactly as it seems In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name We caught the river boat downstream and ended up beside a team of angry footballers I fed the ducks some krill then we were sucked against our will into the welcome doors of the casino We drank green margaritas, danced with sweet senoritas, and we all went home as winners of a kind You said “I guarantee we’ll have more fun, drink till the moon becomes the sun, and in the taxi home I’ll sing you a triffids song In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name David If you see me when I’m feeling down I don’t know if I want you around Don’t want you around I don’t really like any of your friends But it’s not that hard for me to pretend Hard to pretend Come on Davey, let’s go plant a tree You bring the spade, I’ll bring the seeds I’ll bring the seeds Anonymous Club Let's start an anonymous club We can sit close in the dark Come round to mine We can swap clothes and drink wine all night Turn your phone off, friend You're amongst friends And we don't need no interruptions Leave your shoes at the door Along with your troubles Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles Let's start an anonymous club I'll make us name badges with question marks Come round to mine We can swap clothes and drink wine all night Turn your phone off, friend You're amongst friends And we don't need no interruptions Leave your shoes at the door Along with your troubles Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles Thank you for cooking for me I had a really nice evening Just you and me Thank you for cooking for me I had a really nice evening Just you and me Just you and me Just you and me Just you and me Just you and me You and me You and me You and me You and me You and me Lance Jr. I masturbated to the songs you wrote Resuscitated all of my hopes It felt wrong but it didn't take too long Much appreciated are your songs Doesn't mean i like you man It just helps me get to sleep And it's cheaper than temazipan Ah ah ah ahhhh etc I under-estimated your intelligence A little bit of weed mixed with some sentiment Over-rated films marked xxx Come on play it with some tenderness Are You Looking After Yourself Are you working hard, my darling We're so worried, always thinking of you And we just want you to be so happy, keep on going I don't want no 9 to 5 Telling me that I'm alive And 'Man, you're doing well!' Have you got some money saved up for those rainy days You should start some sort of trust fund Just in case you fail My friends play in bands They are better than everything on radio Did you see that special on TV the other eve No, my TV, it stopped working when we got here (It's been four years) Are you eating You sound so thin I don't know what I was thinking. I should get a job I don't know what I was drinking. I should get a dog Should get married, have some babies, watch the evening news Scotty Says In my wallet is a photo of you The day we split, I ripped it in two Stuck it back together with glue Tear my posters down from the wall Don't wanna worship no dead heroes Everything I owned, I sold I got lost somewhere between here and there I'm not sure what the town was called In my pocket is a bottle of blue Drink it when I'm feeling misconstrued Don't like the taste, but I like the overview I made a lot of money in my days Spent it all on the current craze I don't see no need to save I got lost somewhere between here and there I'm not sure what the town was called Canned Tomatoes (Whole) I walk slowly to the store, you don't live here anymore You used to live round the corner (cigarettes and alcohol) Last week I turned twenty-four, you don't call me anymore We used to speak every morning I was sleeping on the floor I still get the mail for you, I leave it at the door Every letter seems a warning, pay your rego by the fourth Monday morning laundry or coffee on the garden wall You're good 'cause you're never boring, you should probably call me more Porcelain I found you at the store, pretty as porcelain You are worth so much more, than what you’re going for Don’t let them handle you, you better start praying That ain’t no way to be, I got a colour TV I’ll listen a thousand times, you can repeat yourself If it helps clear your mind, it’s just another night Call me when you are done, I’ll count my tickets up No need to feel so low, you’re just as low as you could go Ode To Odetta I sing high, you sing low I swing by and you're not home Oh oh Odetta, won't you come home I sing plain, you sing pretty Everything you say sounds easy Oh oh Odetta, won't you come home
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Elevator Operator Oliver Paul, twenty years old Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald Wakes up at quarter past nine Fare evades his way down the 96 tram line Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware He's dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere Feeling sick at the sight of his computer He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand and he screams "I'm not going to work today Going to count the minutes that the trains run late Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans" Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building He trips on a pothole that's not been filled in He waits for an elevator, one to nine A lady walks in and waits by his side Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton Vickers perfume on her breath A tortoise shell necklace between her breasts She looks him up and down with a botox frown He's well used to that look by now The elevator dings and they awkwardly step in Their fingers touch on the rooftop button Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth I'd give anything to have skin like you He said "I think you're projecting the way that you're feeling I'm not suicidal, just idling insignificantly I come up here for perception and clarity I like to imagine I'm playing SimCity All the people look like ants from up here And the wind's the only traffic you can hear" He said "All I ever wanted to be Was an elevator operator, can you help me please" Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth I'd give anything to have skin like you Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth I'd give anything to have skin like you Pedestrian At Best I love you, I hate you I'm on the fence It all depends Whether I'm up, I'm down I'm on the mend, transcending all reality I like you, despise you, admire you What are we gonna do When everything all falls through I must confess I've made a mess Of what should be a small success But I digress At least I've tried my very best, I guess This, that, the other Why even bother It won't be with me on my death bed But I'll still be in your head Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint You tell me I'm exceptional and I promise to exploit you Give me all your money and I'll make some origami, honey I think you're a joke but I don't find you very funny My internal monologue Is saturated analogue It's scratched and drifting I've become attached to the idea It's all a shifting dream bittersweet philosophy I've got no idea how I even got here I'm resentful I'm having an existential time crisis What bliss Daylight savings won't fix this mess Under-worked and over-sexed I must express my disinterest The rats are back inside my head What would Freud've said Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint You tell me I'm exceptional and I promise to exploit you Give me all your money and I'll make some origami, honey I think you're a joke but I don't find you very funny I want to wash out my head with turpentine cyanide I dislike this internal diatribe When I try to catch your eye I hate seeing you crying in the kitchen I don't know why it affects me like this When you're not even mine to consider Erroneous Harmonious I'm hardly sanctimonious Dirty clothes I suppose We all outgrow ourselves I'm a fake I'm a phony I'm awake I'm alone I'm homely I'm a Scorpio Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint You tell me I'm exceptional and I promise to exploit you Give me all your money and I'll make some origami, honey I think you're a joke but I don't find you very funny Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint You tell me I'm exceptional and I promise to exploit you Give me all your money and I'll make some origami, honey I think you're a joke but I don't find you very funny An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York) I lay awake at four, staring at the wall Counting all the cracks backwards in my best French Reminds me of a book I skim-read in a surgery All about palmistry, I wonder what's in store for me I pretend the plaster is the skin on my palms And the cracks are representative of what is going on I lose a breath... my love-line seems intertwined with death I'm thinking of you too I lay awake at three, staring at the ceiling It's a kind of off-white, maybe it's a cream There's oily residue seeping from the kitchen It's art-deco necromantic chic, all the dinner plates are kitsch with Irish Wolf Hounds, French baguettes wrapped loose around their necks I think I'm hungry, I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too Wondering what you're doing, what you're listening to Which quarter of the moon you're viewing from your bedroom Watching all the movies, drinking all the smoothies Swimming at the pool, I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too I'm thinking of you too Small Poppies I stare at the lawn, it's Wednesday morning It needs a cut but I leave it growing All different sizes and all shades of green Slashing it down just seems kind of mean In a way it's a a shame you get a way Thinking it's just a game Who am I to deny myself a pawn for you to use At the end of the day it's a pain that I keep seeing your name But I'm sure it's a bore being you I don't know quite who I am, oh but man I am trying I make mistakes until I get it right An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye for an eye I don't agree with that, why can't we just talk nice Oh! The calamity, I wanna go to sleep for an eternity Who am I to deny myself a pawn? Oh! The humanity I wanna disappear into obscurity But I'm sure it's a bore being you I don't know quite who I am, oh but man I am trying I make mistakes until I get it right An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye for an eye I used to hate myself but now I think I'm alright I don't know quite who I am, oh but man I am trying I make mistakes until I get it right An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye for an eye I dreamed I stabbed you with a coat hanger wire Depreston You said we should look out further, I guess it wouldn't hurt us We don't have to be around all these coffee shops Now we've got that percolator, never made a latte greater I'm saving twenty three dollars a week We drive to a house in Preston, we see police arrestin' A man with his hand in a bag How's that for first impressions This place seems depressing It's a Californian bungalow in a cul-de-sac It's got a lovely garden, a garage for two cars to park in Or a lot of room for storage if you've just got one And it's going pretty cheap you say, well it's a deceased estate Aren't the pressed metal ceilings great? Then I see the handrail in the shower, a collection of those canisters for coffee tea and flour And a photo of a young man in a van in Vietnam And I can't think of floorboards anymore, whether the front room faces south or north And I wonder what she bought it for If you've got a spare half a million You could knock it down and start rebuildin' If you've got a spare half a million You could knock it down and start rebuildin' If you've got a spare half a million You could knock it down and start rebuildin' If you've got a spare half a million You could knock it down and start rebuildin' If you've got a spare half a million You could knock it down and start rebuildin' If you've got a spare half a million You could knock it down and start rebuildin' Aqua Profonda! I saw you in the lane next to me You were doing freestyle, then you switched it around To a little bit of backstroke I couldn't see underneath Your swimming cap, but it appeared that you had Dark colored hair, maybe it was blonde for all I know I had goggles on They were getting foggy I much prefer swimming to jogging I tried my very best to impress you Held my breath longer than I normally do I was getting dizzy My hair was wet and frizzy Felt my muscles burn, I took a tumble turn For the worse, it's a curse My lack of athleticism, sunk like a stone Like a first owner's home loan When I came to, you and your towel were gone Dead Fox Jen insists that we buy organic vegetables And I must admit that I was a little skeptical at first A little pesticide can't hurt Never having too much money, I get the cheap stuff at the supermarket But they're all pumped up with shit A friend told me that they stick nicotine in the apples If you can't see me, I can't see you Heading down the Highway Hume Somewhere at the end of June Taxidermied kangaroos are littered on the shoulders A possum Jackson Polluck is painted on the tar Sometimes I think a single sneeze could be the end of us My hay-fever is turning up, just swerved into a passing truck Big business overtaking Without indicating He passes on the right, been driving through the night To bring us the best price If you can't see me, I can't see you More people die on the road than they do in the ocean Maybe we should mull over culling cars instead of sharks Or just lock them up in parks where we can go and view them There's a bypass over Holbrook now Paid for with burgers no doubt I've lost count of all the cows There'll be no salad sandwiches The law of averages says we'll stop in the next town Where petrol price is down... What do I know anyhow? If you can't see me, I can't see you Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party You always get what you want And you don't even try Your friends hate it when its always going your way But I'm glad that you've got luck on your side You're saying definitely maybe I'm saying probably no You say "You sleep when you're dead," I'm scared I'll die in my sleep I guess that's not a bad way to go I wanna go out but I wanna stay home I wanna go out but I wanna stay home Why are you so eager to please? I wear my heart on my sleeve Gets harder in the winter, gotta be a fake or shiver It takes a great deal out of me Yes I like hearing your stories But I've heard them all before I'd rather stay in bed with the rain over my head Than have to pick my brain up off of the floor I wanna go out but I wanna stay home I wanna go out but I wanna stay home Debbie Downer Tell me when you're getting bored and I'll leave I'm not the one who put the chain around your feet I'm sorry for all of my insecurities, but they're just a part of me "Envy is thin because it bites but never eats" That's what a nice old Spanish lady once told me "Hey Debbie-Downer turn that frown upside down and just be happy" I don't ask too much of you It's true and I can't read your mind Don't stop listening, I'm not finished yet I'm not fishing for your compliments I'm growing older every time I blink my eyes Boring, neurotic, everything that I despise We had some lows, we had some mids, we had some highs Sell me all your golden rules and I'll see If that's the kind of person that I wanna be If I'm not happy I'll be glad I kept receipts I won't ask too much of you I used to wonder what to wear Don't stop listening, I'm not finished yet I'm not fishing for your compliments Don't stop listening, I'm not finished yet I'm not fishing for your compliments Don't stop listening, I'm not finished yet I'm not fishing for your compliments Don't stop listening, I'm not finished yet I'm not fishing for your compliments Don't stop listening, I'm not finished Don't stop listening, I'm not finished Don't stop listening, I'm not finished I'm not finished Kim's Caravan Watermarks on the ceiling I can see Jesus and he's frowning at me I see a dead seal on the beach The old man says he's already saved it three times this week Guess it just wants to die I would wanna die too With people putting oil into my air But to be fair, I've done my share Guess everybody's got their different point of view I was walking down Sunset Strip, Phillip Island, not Los Angeles Got me some hot chips and a cold drink Took a sandy seat on the shore There's a paper on the ground, it makes my headache quite profound As I read it out aloud It said "The Great Barrier Reef it ain't so great anymore It's been raped beyond belief, the dredgers treat it like a whore" I drank 'til I was sinking, sank 'til I was thinking That I'm thankful for this view I drank 'til I was sinking, sank 'til I was thinking That I'm thankful for this view We either think that we're invincible or that we are invisible When realistically we're somewhere in between We all think that we're nobody but everybody is somebody else's somebody Don't ask me what I really mean I am just a reflection Of what you really wanna see So take what you want from me Don't ask me what I really mean I am just a reflection Of what you really wanna see So take what you want from me Don't ask me what I really mean I am just a reflection Of what you really wanna see So take what you want from me So take what you want from me So take what you want... Satellites on the ceiling I can see Jesus and she's smiling at me All I wanna say is... Boxing Day Blues I know that I let you down You're not keen on what you found When's the funeral Do you want me to come I'm not what you're looking for My house has an open door You need a lock and key I love all of your ideas You love the idea of me Lover, I've got no idea Lover, I've got no idea Lover, I've got no idea
Lotta Sea Lice Over Everything When I'm all alone on my own by my lonesome And there ain't a single 'nother soul around I wanna dig into my guitar, bend a blues riff that hangs Over everything When I'm by myself and it's daytime cuz down-under Or wherever it is I live when it's evening You know I speed-read the morning news and come up with my own little song also too When I step outside to a beautiful morning Where the trees are all waggin', my hair-flag waving The scenery ragin', my life/love cascading, and the smog hangs Over everything When I'm outside in a real good mood You could almost forget 'bout all the other things Like a big old ominous cloud in my periphery Don't wanna talk about it Simultaneous I shout it When I was young I liked to hear music blarin' And I wasn't carin' to neuter my jams with earplugs But these days I inhabitate a high-pitched ring over things So these days I plug 'em up When I'm strugglin' with my songs I do the same thing too And then I crunch 'em up in headphones, cause why wouldn't you You could say I hear you on several levels at high decibels Over everything When I'm all alone on my own by myself And there ain't another single one around I wanna dig into my guitar, bend a blues riff that hangs Over everything Let It Go What time do you usually wake up Depends on what time I sleep Technicolour rainbow horror Sweet dreams Keep on rolling on the impulse Ignore backstage lethargy and All those obligations lost in Reverie You've gotta let it go Before it takes you over Eastern standard open G Transpacific malady and Calm is more conducive to the Remedy Speckled sunlight on my freckles Salty water curls my hair Run the race at your own pace You'll get there What comes first - the chorus or the verse I'm a bit blocked at the moment They say the more you learn the less that You know You've gotta let it go Before it takes you over You've gotta let it go Before it takes you over You've gotta let it go Before it takes you over You've gotta let it go Before it takes you over Fear Is Like A Forest (Jen Cloher) Fear is like a forest The dark of the unknown Love is like a promise That you'll never be alone Touch is like a tourist You know when you are home It's not that I'm a purist It's just I'd rather be alone Books waiting to be written Love is waiting to be loved Songs here, underneath my fingers Waiting to be sung Nothing will be written And no-one ever will I love No song will I be singing If it's where I'm running off But I know that it works 'Cause I've seen that it's true If you just let it go It will come back to you It'll come back in space It'll come back in pairs It'll come back in ways It'll come back 'cause it cares Come back 'cause it cares Outta The Woodwork I was busy underwater Seeing how long I could hold my breath A drowning spider caught my eye and I Had to come on up for air Just because you're older than me Doesn't mean you have to be so condescending I still see the same things that you see I'm a little shady on my history I am normally pretty forgiving but only if you are She's so easy I noticed you stopped talking to me Now you're talking to me all the time Do you know you're no good at listening But you're really good at saying everything on your mind It must be tiring trying so hard To look like you're not really trying at all I guess if you're afraid of aiming too high Then you're not really gonna have too far to fall I am normally pretty forgiving but only if you are She's so easy Climb aboard the wagon when it comes on through Jump up on your horse and tell me how's the view Look over my shoulder when I talk to you Where's the more important person in the room? She's so easy Continental Breakfast You won't believe what I coulda told ya But I don't believe I've the balls to let you know I can say that 'cause I'm a man But I feel like a little boy... today I cherish my intercontinental friendships We talk it over continental breakfast In a hotel in East Bumble-wherever Somewhere on the sphere, around here I cherish my intercontinental friendships Not much very big on enemies So I kick a can way up into the sun, man But it falls down into a ravine I don't mean to even think about it that way, but I do Watchin' the waves come in at night From my back porch stoop, porch swing swingin' on its own See it's just an inhabitant of some holy ghost I walk like a bruised ego along shorefront property un-owned to me But I'm feelin' inferior on the interior don't ya see Guarded and sentimental (and after all, its just a rental) (Like better luck performin' telekinesis on a priestess) You won't believe what I mighta, coulda told ya But I wouldn't wanna leave ya trippin' out over it OK, more-so me, but (Or just me) Watchin' the waves come in at night From my back porch stoop, porch swing swingin' on its own See it's just an inhabitant of some holy ghost I cherish my intercontinental friendships We talk it over continental breakfast In a hotel in East Bumble-wherever Somewhere on the sphere, around here On Script On script every night Like a well-rehearsed stage show Wet your lips, it won't take long To break this ode to hate and love Wings clipped, no need to fly What, do you think that you're special No reflex, it's just a bend of the elbow I know it's getting old Nondescript, every night Like a well-versed get well card Barely dressed, and I just might Take you up on your offer, yeah Blue Cheese Chinese rock and roll Blue cheese up your - well you know And I'm busting out of my seams If you know what I mean Because I'm-a-getting f'old I didn't mean to cough on her Forgot to add the fabric softener I met a girl named Tina That girl, that girl, supplies the reeferina So kiss me with your mouth Girl of my dreams I've grown these agonising eyeballs Hanging on all the Kurtisy calls and creamin in my J Game genie: a million lives Never gonna die again It's alright Now I'm calling the cops on you Nanny nanny boo boo Narcin' you out That's very funny and pray tell Dare say, come again Rather very amusing as well So kiss me with your mouth once more Girl in real life And cheer up Tom Scharpling: The King And I'm singing and singing and Yeah, get a load of my song Chinese rock and roll Blue cheese up your woo hoo! Peepin' Tom I don't want to change but I don't want to stay the same I don't want to go but I'm running I don't want to work but I don't want to sit around All day frowning I don't want to give up but I kinda want to lie down But not sleep just rest Give me a break, how much does it really take? To get my head out of here I've been searching And I don't know what for I came across some girl And she was a tomboy And I was a peeping tom More than it seems I was a peeping tom You know what I mean I was a, I was a, I was a, I was a Now I want to go but it's a one way street with me So I've been told and I'm going When I'm down I would never come around But you should be kind and read my mind I been searching I don't know what for I came across some girl And I admired her I was a peeping tom More than it seems I was a peeping tom You know what I mean I was a, I was a, I was a, I was a I don't want to change but I don't want to stay the same I don't want to go but I'm running I don't want to work but I don't want to sit around All day frowning Untogether I was friendly with this girl Who insisted on touching my face She told outrages stories I believed them 'til the endings were changing from endings before She's not touching me anymore Untogether I couldn't help it, I got hard You can try your life But you can't save the unsaveably Untogether I was shipwrecked with this frog Who was endlessly testing my faith He made outrageous demangs I ignored him 'til I strapped on my boat feet and surfed into shore He's not touching me anymore Untogether I couldn't help it, it got hard You can try your life But you can't change the unchangeably Untogether Now the bird nest on my back Keeps my turning and straining to see We threw outrageous parties We were golden Now the bird keeps a distance and I keep my speed Sometimes there's no poison like a dream Untogether I couldn't help it, it got hard You can dry your eyes But you can't hold the impossibly Untogether
Tell Me How You Really Feel Hopefulessness You know what they say No one is born to hate We learn it somewhere along the way Take your broken heart Turn it into art Can't take it with you Can't take it with you I don't wanna I don't wanna know Empty bottle blues Sleep in different rooms Hardly a maverick, lesser than average Your vulnerability Stronger than it seems You know it's okay to have a bad day I don't wanna I don't wanna know Just get this one done Then you can move along Can't take it with you Can't take it with you You know what they say No one is born to hate I'm getting louder now I'm getting louder now City Looks Pretty The city looks pretty when you been indoors For 23 days I've ignored all your phone calls Everyone's waiting when you get back home They don't know where you been, why you gone so long Friends treat you like a stranger and Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well Spare a thought for the ones that came before All in a daze bending backwards to reach your goal Sometimes I get sad It's not all that bad One day, maybe never I'll come around The city takes pity on your injured soul And heavenly prose ain't enough good to fill that hole Everyone's soaked in animosity It's vicious in winter, you never say what you mean Friends treat you like a stranger and Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well Wakin' up to another dismal day You got a ways to go, you oughta be grateful Sometimes I get mad It's not half as bad Pull yourself together And just calm down I'll be what you want oh when you want it But I'll never be what you need And the city looks pretty from where I'm standing Charity At the end of every season I'm spent up Keep thinking this will be the one Hesitation lingers to all my reason As if you care, I know you got your own stuff Going on You must be having so much fun Everything's amazing You're so subservient I make myself sick Are you listening Can we talk about it once we've slept And when can we, yeah, can we work it out? Meditation just makes you more strung out I wish you had a guru who told to let it go To let it go You must be having so much fun Everything's amazing You're so subservient I make myself sick Are you listening You don't have to pretend you're not scared Everyone else is just as terrified as you Medication just makes you more upset I bet you got a lot to prove I know you're still the same Still the same You must be having so much fun Everything's amazing You're so subservient I make myself sick Are you listening You must be having so much fun Everything's amazing You're so subservient I make myself sick Are you listening Need A Little Time I don't know a lot about you but You seem to know a lot about me so I take a little time out I take a little time out I'm sorry that I lost my patience You deserve better, it's true I need a little time out I need a little time out From me, me, me, me And you, oooh, you Open up your insides, show us Your inner most lecherous I'll rip it out carefully I promise you won't feel a thing Everybody wants to have their say Forever waiting for some car crash I need a little time out I need a little time out From me, me, me, me And you, oooh, you Shave your head to see how it feels Emotionally it's not that different But to the hand it's beautiful Yeah to the hand it's beautiful You seem to have the weight of the world Upon your bony shoulders well hold on You need a little time out You need a little time out From you, you, you, you And me, me, me, me Me, me, me, me Nameless, Faceless Don't you have anything better to do I wish that someone could hug you Must be lonely Being angry Feeling over-looked You sit alone at home in the darkness With all the pent-up rage that you harness I'm real sorry Bout whatever happened to you I wanna walk through the park in the dark Men are scared that women will laugh at them I wanna walk through the park in the dark Women are scared that men will kill them I hold my keys Between my fingers He said "I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup And spit out better words than you" But you didn't Man, you're kidding yourself if you think The world revolves around you You know you got lots to give And so many options I'm real sorry Bout whatever happened to you I wanna walk through the park in the dark Men are scared that women will laugh at them I wanna walk through the park in the dark Women are scared that men will kill them I hold my keys Between my fingers Go on, tell me You're just kidding He said, she said Nameless, faceless I'm Not Your Mother, I'm Not Your Bitch I'm not your mother, I'm not your bitch I hear you mutter under your breath Put up or shut up, it's all the same It's all the same, never changes, never changes I'm not your mother, I'm not your bitch D-did I stutter a little bit? Sit down and shut up, it's all the same It's all the same, never changes, never changes I get myself defensive When I know I'm wrong Think we all can agree I try my best at being patient But I can't only put up with so much shit I'm not your mother, I'm not your bitch I hear you mutter under your breath Put up or shut up, it's all the same It's all the same, never changes, never changes Crippling Self Doubt And A General Lack Of Self Confidence Yes, they say whoever pays The piper calls the tune Oh, let's avoid the truth Make you all feel special And your desperation stinks I can smell it on your breath A certain absolute anosmic Got yourself to blame for this (Tell me how you really feel) I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything Your opinion means a lot Well, tell me what's the use I never feel as stupid as when I'm around you And indecision rots Like a bag of last week's meat And I guess it's hard to keep everybody happy (Tell me how you really feel) I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything I don't know, I don't know anything Help Your Self Darkness depends on where you're standing Jump the creek and watch the sunshine swim You found it in a place in the end of northeast Gotta a momentary bend Give me dreams, upstream, low and screaming You gotta learn your place Don't let it go to waste Humble but hungry, need validation You catch the moon so carefully Breath out, breath in This target forgets patience Pull back and release The sign on the shelf says "Please help your self" Won't you tell me something new You're in tune with who surrounds you You gotta learn your place Don't let it go to waste Humble but hungry, need validation You gotta learn your mind You know they're half the time It's only half as true Don't let it swallow you You gotta learn your place Don't let it go to waste Humble but hungry, need validation You gotta learn your mind You know they're half the time It's only half as true Don't let it swallow you Walkin' On Eggshells One, two, three, four Before we get started it I'll clean this up No use drinking from a leaking cup You know what I mean? Not really, it seems And when we get going, we'll keep it saying Changes as good as a holiday I'm not claiming I'm some patron saint Say what you want, don't got a lot All of what I got I give it all away Walkin' on eggshells gets tiring and Pulling teeth, white-knuckling And I don't wanna hurt your feelings So I say nothing A sort of self-righteous, my heart of gold Just sit back, do what you're told If you spot it, you got it Well, maybe I got it too Say what you want, don't got a lot All of what I got I give it all away And it goes And it goes Yeah, it goes away Say what you need to Say what you want, don't got a lot All of what I got I give it all away Say what you want, don't got a lot All of what you got you throw it all away Sunday Roast Don't come with your arms swinging Throw them around me Some kind of sweet relief I hope you never leave It's all the same to me Just bring yourself You know your presence is present enough I got a front row seat It's all the same to me I spend a lot of my time Doing a whole lot of nothing I know you're doing your best I think you're doing just fine I know it's been a long week And now you're taking your time Some kindness goes around Some kind of backfires It's all the same to me Ignore that voice It puts you down You make your choice, I'm here for you It's all the same to me I got a lot on my mind But I don't know how to say it I know you're doing your best I think you're doing just fine Keep on keeping on You know you're not alone And I know all your stories But I'll listen to them again 'Cause if you move away You know I'll miss your face It's all the same to me You know it's all the same to me Keep on keeping on You know you're not alone And I know all your stories But I'll listen to them again And if you move away You know I'll miss your face It's all the same to me You know it's all the same to me Keep on keeping on You know you're not alone And I know all your stories But I'll listen to them again And if you move away You know I'll miss your face It's all the same to me You know it's all the same to me Things Take Time, Take Time Rae Street In the morning I'm slow I drag a chair over to the window And I watch what's going on The garbage truck tiptoes along the road Light a candle for the sufferin' Send my best wishes with the wind All our candles, hopes and prayers Though well-meanin' they don't mean a thing Unless we see some change I might change my sheets today Well time is money And money is no man's friend And all eyes on the pavement I'm not gonna touch up Don't worry so much about it The day begins to shine The parent teaches the child how to ride The bike Walkers side to side Two dogs entangle, everybody smiles The pair across the street One's up the ladder And one's on their knees Painting the faded brick What's the point? It looks fine from up here Well time is money And money is no man's friend And all eyes on the pavement I'm not gonna touch up Don't worry so much about it I'm just waiting for the day to become night Next door the kids run amok The mother screams, "Don't you ever shut up" And there's one thing I know The sun will rise today and tomorrow We've got a long long way to go Well time is money And money is no man's friend And all eyes on the pavement I'm not gonna touch up Don't worry so much about it I'm just waiting for the day to become night And I'll shine no shoes In all those worn splits Get back to normal Lay it all on the table Yeah, seem so stable But you're just hangin' on Let go that expectation Change the station And find out what you want Sunfair Sundown Oh, what a day, and congrats on the keys to your place You've escaped the rat race as they say Now you're settling in for the stay anyway You got a blank slate to renovate Take it all Yeah, you reap what you sow and so it goes What you put in the ground comes around When you don't even know what you're missing at all In a daze, I can picture you whittling away With such care, with such patience and grace And I smile when you say that You'll build me a table one day, well, I'd be so grateful Sometimes it's hard, getting lost, you say is a fine art Put the map down and follow the stars Shall we leave? Are you sure? Let me grab my bag, we can sneak out through the side door In the dark, are you scared Did you hear those dogs bark And do you ever wonder what sets you apart Shine the torch on the path, darling, please don't let go of my arm When you sleep, are you warm? Can you feel my cold feet Are you good? Are you making ends meet At the end of the day, you're awake with your thoughts And I don't want you to be alone And I don't want you to be alone Yeah, I don't want you to be alone And I don't want you to be alone Here's The Thing Here's the thing Can't stop thinking about you Yeah, I'm writing It's the only thing that I know how to do I don't know what to say, you're so far away I don't wanna be annoying I don't know what to say, you're so far away And I feel insecure The windowsill Is momentarily filled with sun And it's these small thrills That get me through the day until the next one And I'm not afraid of heights Maybe I'm just scared of falling And I'm not afraid of heights Maybe I'm just scared of falling I'm your man Mysterious at your command And it's understandable That you're in such high demand, it's true I don't know what to do Is looking like I'll never leave this room again I don't know what to do Gonna write this letter to you that I'll never send Here's the thing Can't stop thinking about you Before You Gotta Go Before you gotta go, go, go, go I wanted you to know, know, know, know You're always on my mind You're always on my mind If something were to happen my dear I wouldn't want the last words you hear To be unkind, to be unkind We got angry Said some careless things Who was wrong remains unclear Pride like poison Always keeping score You don't have to slam the door Before you gotta go, go, go, go I wanted you to know, know, know, know You're always on my mind You're always on my mind If something were to happen my dear I wouldn't want the last words you hear To be unkind, to be unkind Don't you know I'm not your enemy Maybe let's cut out caffeine Tomorrow's too late to reminisce Call me when you get this Before you gotta go, go, go, go I wanted you to know, know, know, know You're always on my mind You're always on my mind If something were to happen my dear I wouldn't want the last words you hear To be unkind, to be unkind Money down the drain Funny how things change You got to get away Yeah, I know and I don't blame you Turning Green You've been around the world looking for the perfect girl Turns out she was just living down the street Living down the street When you got the time, can I get you on the line I want you to tell me everything, tell me everything I never seen you so happy The trees are turning green in this springtime Lethargy is kinda forcing you to see flowers in the weeds When you got the time, can I get you on the line I want you to tell me everything, tell me everything I never seen you so happy I hear all your fears and they are understandable, my friend Why don't you let go of those ideas? They're never gonna serve you in the end Take It Day By Day Take it day by day, you gotta put One foot in front of the other You'll get what you want I promise, but don't give up just yet Maybe tomorrow could be time well spent, reflecting On all the little things you keep projecting On everybody that you're so obsessed with Take a look at yourself Tuesday night, I'm checking in Just to see how you're going Are you good? Are you eating I'll call you back next week Don't stick that knife in the toaster Baby, life is like a rollercoaster And there's nothing wrong with getting older Keep one eye on the prize Don't give up just yet, you got it Don't worry your pretty little head Soon you'll be in bed Oh, what a long, long day it's been Tuesday night, I'm checking in Just to see how you're going Are you good? Are you eating I'll call you back next week If I Don't Hear From You Tonight Stars in the sky are gonna die eventually, it's fine Just like a lonely satellite, drifting for a little while If I don't hear from you tonight If I don't hear from you tonight And it's so quiet outside, with this curfew lullaby Is now an okay time to tell you that I like you? I wait for your reply, wait for your reply If I don't hear from you tonight If I don't hear from you tonight Well, I swear I'll never mention this ever again But now that I got your attention I don't wanna bore the brains outta your head All my fears collided When our mutual friend confided in me that There's a ninety-nine percent chance that it's requited I read my Bible left to right I fantasize I'm by your side I lay awake and wonder why I pray for rain and angels cry If I don't hear from you tonight If I don't hear from you tonight Babe, I need reminding, I got feelings too And I tried my best to hide them But I don't wanna hide anything from you Stars in the sky are gonna die eventually, it's fine You know that every morning I'm rising with you on my mind If loving you's a crime Then gimme those front page headlines Across the country and worldwide Singing I won't give up this time If I don't hear from you tonight I know you probably closed your eyes And everything will be alright If I don't hear from you tonight If I don't hear from you tonight If I don't hear from you tonight If I don't hear from you tonight If I don't hear from you tonight Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To Nobody knows, why we keep trying, why we keep trying And so on it goes, I'm looking forward to the next letter that I'm gonna get from you A baby is born, as a man lay dying, as a man lay dying And so on it goes, I'm looking forward to the next letter that I'm gonna get from you Sit beside me, watch the world burn, we'll never learn we don't deserve nice things And we'll scream, self-righteously, we did our best but what does that even mean I'm walking around, walking around With my head down, my head down I'm pushing away, I'm pushing away Yeah I'm pushing away, pushing away Splendour I say, "Why are you always leaving me" You say, "You're the one leaving me" Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no Oh no, I am really gonna miss you Really gonna miss you Remember when we watched that sunset? Deep in the desert, on the cliff edge Some day, so soon, I'll be seeing you I'll be seeing you Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no Oh no, I am really gonna miss you Really gonna miss you Oh The Night Oh the night goes so slowly Anytime I get low And I don't really need reminding I know it's only in my mind And you say, "That's showbiz, baby Nothing ever stays the same" But I'm the same kid, always laughing At your jokes the same old way Sorry that I've been slow, you know it takes a little Time for me to show How I really feel, won't you meet me somewhere in the middle? On our own time zone And the days seem so familiar Like a film you never seen Yet you still get that strange nostalgia In the sentimental scenes Sorry that I've been slow, you know it takes a little Time for me to show How I really feel, won't you meet me somewhere in the middle On our own time zone Oh the night goes so slowly Anytime I get low And I don't really need reminding I know it's only in my mind
Creature Of Habit Stay In Your Lane I know you're tryna help me I know you're tryna help me I know you're tryna help me Feels like I'm going backwards Each day I preach my practice And still it seems I wasn't ready for this Rip this thing out of my head (Please be patient) Clip my wings I do my best There's blood on my favorite t-shirt I don't know if this is working 'Cause now I'm dreaming of the worst case, best case Feel like a fish on a hook I'm crying like a child would And now I'm here I might as well just go through with it Rip this thing out of my head (Please be patient) Clip my wings I do my best (Please be patient) Gotta get this off my chest (Please be patient) This never would've happened if I Rip this thing out of my head (Please be patient) Clip my wings, I'll do my best (Please be patient) Gotta get this off my chest (Please be patient) This never would've happened if I Stayed in my lane Stayed the same way Stayed in my lane Stayed the same way Stayed in my lane Stayed the same way Stayed in my lane Stayed the same way Stayed in my lane (I know you're tryna help me) Stayed the same way (I know you're tryna help me) Stayed in my lane (I know you're tryna help me) Wonder And I wonder what you say when I'm not around Yeah, I wonder what you say when I'm not around Picking up all the prettiest pieces Stick 'em back together in a desperate Attempt at moving ahead, moving ahead And I know we've fallen outta touch And I don't know how to tell ya that I don't know how to trust ya Whispering in the back of my head, the back of my head And I wonder what you say when I'm not around Yeah, I wonder what you say when I'm not around We say, "Sick of this, sick of that" Easier to complain than to think about All the cracks in the back of my head, the back of my head I know it sounds a little paranoid Maybe this could've been avoided Whispering in the back of my head, the back of my head And I wonder what you say when I'm not around Yeah, I wonder what you say when I'm not around I don't wanna waste away Sitting here and overthinking Maybe on another day We'll be in a better place to talk about it Yeah, yeah Picking up all the prettiest pieces Stick 'em back together in a desperate Attempt at moving ahead It's fun for a minute till we crash again It's fun for a minute till we crash again And I wonder what you say when I'm not around Yeah, I wonder what you say when I'm not around And I wonder what you say when I'm not around Yeah, I wonder what you say when I'm not around I'm not around, I'm not around, I'm not around I'm not around, I'm not around Site Unseen Always getting in my own way Is it too late for making any changes Letting go of everything that might've been I know it seems a lot, it's only for a year Site unseen, I promise, babe Let's figure out the rest another day Falling in and out of time today Questioning all the choices that I ever made Letting go of everything that might've been And if we like it here, we'll stay another year Site unseen, I promise, babe Let's figure out the rest another day From now on, I wanna finish what I start and That indecision's never been of much help to me And it won't take long until I get my head together Either way, why don't we stay awhile and see Stay awhile and see Stay awhile and see Stay awhile Mostly Patient What's inside that cloudy little head, c'mon, won't you stretch it out Afraid they'll really see ya and figure what you're all about Everybody knows you're as perfect as the roses in the ground You don't see that though, you're so busy on your own little cloud Sometimes impatient, but mostly patient I see you waiting for things to change Outside it's raining, precipitating I know you're aching for better days Tried all your tricks, it won't fix anything this time Got your eyes on the prize, like a bird looking for sunshine What's behind that frowning little face? Sometimes you wanna throw it all away Hope that you don't mind me saying I think that would be a waste When you're feeling like a stone, skipping on your own across the waves So lonely in the zone, I think you oughta give yourself a break Sometimes impatient, but mostly patient I see you waiting for things to change Outside it's raining, precipitating I know you're aching for brighter days One Thing At A Time I don't know where to start When every thought at once Comes flooding til I'm underwater I don't even know if I care Throw my hands up in the air Said "I don't know why I even bother" Oh my god just one thing at a time Don't get why it's so hard to find Some peace and quiet swimming in my mind And oh my god I'm ready for a change Over-analyze my dreams and pick apart the seams Always working from the same old pattern Soon as you pull one string Well that's when everything Begins a bigger mess unravelling Oh my god just one thing at a time Don't get why it's so hard to find Some peace and quiet swimming in my mind And oh my god I'm ready for a change I'm ready for a change Cry my eyes out, wasting water On a scenic drive, I'm flying down the middle of the highway Wrong way. The sun in my eyes I gotta fix this all somehow now I'm ready for a change Mantis Just got back today And I'm searching round the place Looking for you-know-who But there's no sign yet Singing, auto-pilot days Shining, ultra-violet rays On this dusty skeleton I feel akin on a cosmic level I can see right through ya Yeah, I can read your bones Just like a telephone book Maybe I should Give it up, begin again I am exercising how good it feels to be alive and No surprises up my sleeve Everything is temporary Ooh, praying mantis on my door Looking for meaning or just any sign at all Ooh, organizing all my thoughts Making them rhyme, choosing wisely where I spend my time Gimme midnight love again Feeling somewhat alien I'm floating aimless but got my feet Concreted beneath this creature of habit Teach me the magic of an extra ordinary day, anodyne the time away And there's no such thing as a perfect melody But I keep searching every morning in the trees Ooh, praying mantis on my door Looking for meaning or just any sign at all Ooh, organizing all my thoughts Making them rhyme, choosing wisely where I spend my time I got my head sorted sort of I keep going, just because, yeah, just because I got my head sorted sort of I keep going, just because, yeah, just because Sugar Plum First thought, heard it all before Not gonna get far with an attitude like that It's hard to break a habit when it's just so comfortable And I don't know anybody round here I sincerely hope to settle in Let's not, make a big thing about it They say make hay while the sun shines But sometimes I wanna just lay around Read a book, eventually forget about everything I'm in over my head, yeah, I'm over my head I'm in over my head, yeah, I'm over my head And I know I got a sensitive heart I'm always picking it apart when I throw it to the vultures They don't want it either, probably too sincere And up here above the clouds and the crowds Floating on the outside looking in It seems like everybody's struggling You're either drowning in the deepest sea Or drowning in the kitchen sink Either way it all feels like drowning I'm in over my head, yeah, I'm over my head I'm in over my head, yeah, I'm over my head I'm in over my head, yeah, I'm over my head I'm in over my head, yeah, I'm over my head I'm looking forward to some brighter days Coz I like the way That the shadows are falling across the trees And I sure could use just a couple degrees more And I'm doing fine, but my brain feels fried Maybe you were right I'm watching too much TV every night By the way, I just wanna say Yeah, you know those words don't come easy to me So I'm looking for a little leniency Ooh, yeah, oh And I write it down on the back of my hand 'cause I'm afraid that I won't remember Ooh, yeah, oh And I learn to breathe again and then when it's over, it'll be a new day there singing Ooh, yeah, oh And I learn to breathe again and then when it's over, it'll be a new day they're singing Ooh, yeah, oh And I learn to breathe again and then when it's over, it'll be a new day Same I am a flea, I'm an amoeba I'm gonna need you to analyze me I'm ill at ease, and maybe I'm grieving The idea of how I thought it might be I am a drop, a drop in the ocean I'm gonna need ya to sanitize me Floating around, and if I ever drown, then I'll be the leaves in the bottom of your tea Not gonna be, be the same, the same, again River's will drain, seasons'll change, will change my friend I'm outta range, and I'm running on "Empty" Drifting in and out of phase Second-guess every word that I say But I'll fake it for another day Not gonna be, be the same, the same, again River's will drain, seasons'll change, will change my friend I am a pea, I'm taking it slowly Swimming around in ambivalence, I'm Trying to find the little piece of my mind That escapes me again, it's the same every time All of the rage that I have forgotten Copy and paste till it's fading away Maybe it's me, I am the problem Save that for another day Not gonna be, be the same, the same, again River's will drain, seasons'll change, will change my friend I got a low, got a low, low signal I got a low, got a low, low signal I got a low, got a low, low signal I got a low, got a low, low signal I got a low, got a low, low signal I got a low, got a low, low signal I got a low, got a low, low signal I got a low, got a low, low signal Great Advice Appreciate your great advice But I don't wanna do my hair all nice I like it this way, I like it this way I don't wanna give you a piece of my mind I got a lotta things to do, I gotta maximize my time I like it this way, I like it this way Catchphrase There's gotta be a better way For what you wanna say Appreciate your great advice And I need your opinion like a needle in the eye I like it this way, I like it this way Maybe what you're saying is true 'Cause lately, got no idea what to do I like it this way, I like it this way Catchphrase There's gotta be a better way For what you wanna say Catchphrase There's gotta be a better way For what you wanna say
Another Beautiful Day Reborn, every morning Still somehow getting older Melting, wish we'd thought to bring Something to bottle up this moment Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day New skin yeah, you bathe in the sunlight Close your eyes and say goodbye to those parasites Nobody blames ya, it's in your nature You gotta put yourself first sometimes Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Now, every time you look at me, look at me I try to save that somewhere in my memory, yeah Every time you look at me, look at me I don't ever wanna lose that feeling Reborn, every morning Still somehow getting older Lost in time Hope that I might see you on the other side Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Another beautiful day Just another beautiful day Reborn, every morning Still somehow getting older Melting, wish we'd thought to bring Something to bottle up this moment
Non Albums Tracks
Abandoned (Lucinda Williams cover / Courtney Barnett & Waxahatchee / Live at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 2020-02-14) All of my love has been taken for granted I've been fair, but you've been underhanded I've been disgraced, but I can't bear to face it 'Cause the truth is my heart has been abandoned I was looking for Heaven, baby, I ain't blind This ain't the first time I've been undermined Sad eyes and crooked smile that I remember well Now it looks like all I have was time to kill You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes Everything I thought we had has all been cast aside You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes These boots are the same boots I was wearing then And this beer I'm drinking is still the same old brand But these blues are something new, they came around when I lost you Now it looks like I got stuck with an empty hand You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes Everything I thought we had has all been cast aside You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes
Being Around (The Lemonheads cover / Live at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 2020-02-14) If I was in the fridge, would you open the door If I was the grass, would you mow your lawn If I was your body, would you still wear clothes If I was a booger, would you blow your nose Would you keep it, would you eat it I'm just trying to give myself a reason For being around If I was the front porch swing, would you let me hang If I was the dance floor, would you shake your thing If I was a rubber check, would you let me bounce Up and down, inside your bank account Would ya trust me not to break you I'm just trying really hard to make you Notice me being around If I was a haircut, would you wear a hat If I was a maid, could I clean your flat If I was the carpet, would you wipe your feet In time to save me from mud off the street If you like me, if you love me Would you get down on your knees and scrub me I'm a little grubby From just being around I'm a little grubby From just being around
Box Store (Super XX Man feat. Courtney Barnett & Jen Cloher / Vol. XVI Talk About LP) You worked hard in a grocery chain Making change, change, change, change, change, change All that money that you rearranged You're making change, change, change, change, change I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Feel the way I do I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Feel about you About you Chuffed along like a big freight train Till your heart grew still, when ? came Your arms grew tired, but you wanted more But the big box store nearly closed the doors I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Feel the way I do I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Feel about you About you You worked hard in a grocery chain Making change, change, change, change, change You knew those people and you knew their names We're making change, change, change, change, change I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Feel the way I do I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Feel about you I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Do
Boxing Day Blues (Revisited) How was your day Mine was okay Worked my fingers down to the bone How about you What did you do Spent my whole night dreaming of you Like a Christmas tree on boxing day, thrown away Why don't you feel for me anymore I'm feeling fine, except the times I'm not Why are you so calm I wanna shout. I wanna rip my goddamn throat out Like a Christmas tree on boxing day, thrown away Why don't you feel for me anymore Just like two icebergs in climate change, drifting away Why do you feel for me anyway
Can't Do Much (Courtney Barnett & Waxahatchee / Live at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 2020-02-14) We will coalesce our heaven and hell My eyes roll around like dice on the felt My mind turns to something useless and trite My uneasiness, materialized I want you All the time Sanity Nullified When you're missing me, oh what do you see Something wild that you think you'll never be Something safe that you can tend to and leave Something versatile to fill all your needs Maybe I give it to you all on a dime I love you 'til the day I Love you 'til the day I Love you 'til the day I Love you 'til the day I die I guess it don't matter why In my loneliness, I'm locked in a room When you see me, I'm honey on a spoon Do you think that you are reading my mind My uneasiness, materialized I'm waiting All the time Sanity Nullified I hold my breath, I don't make a sound I love you that much any Love you that much any Love you that much any Love you that much anyhow Can't do much about it now I want you All the time Sanity Nullified I want you
Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley cover / Courtney Barnett & Lucius / Live at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 2020-02-14) Wise men say "Only fools rush in" But I can't help Falling in love with you Shall I stay Would it be a sin If I can't help Falling in love with you Like a river flows Surely to the sea Darling, so it goes Some things are meant to be Take my hand Take my whole life, too For I can't help Falling in love with you Like a river flows Surely to the sea Darling, so it goes Some things are meant to be Take my hand Take my whole life, too For I can't help Falling in love with you For I can't help Falling in love with you
Charcoal Lane (Feat. Paul Kelly / MTV Unplugged - Live In Melbourne / Archie Roach Cover) Side by side We walk along To the end of Gertrude Street Then we topple in muster for a quart of wine Thick or thin Right or wrong In the cold or in the heat We cross over Smith Street to the end of the line And we laugh and sing And do anything To take away the pain Trying to keep it down as it first went round In Charcoal Lane Spinning yarns And telling jokes Now the wine is tasting good As its getting closer and closer to it’s end Have a sip And roll some smokes We’d smoke ‘Tailor mades’ if we could Oh, we just make do with some city street blend And we’d all chuck in And we’d start to grin When we had enough to do it again But if things got tight then we’d have to bite For Charcoal Lane Up Gertrude Street We walk once more With just a few cents short And we stop at The Builders to see who we could see And we barter around Until we score A flagon of McWilliams port Enough to take away our misery And we’d all get drunk Oh so drunk And maybe a little insane And we’d stagger home All alone And the next day we’d do it again Have a reviver in Charcoal Lane I’m a survivor of Charcoal Lane
Close Watch Never win and never lose There's nothing much to choose Between the right and wrong Nothing lost and nothing gained So things aren't quite the same Between you and me I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I still hear your voice at night When I turn out the light Try to settle down But there's nothing I can do 'Cause I can't live without you Anyway at all I keep a close watch on this heart of mine Different Now (feat. Chastity Belt) You're hard on yourself Well, you can't always be right All those little things that keep you up at night You should take some time to figure out your life But you're stuck indoors and thinking poorly You'll find in time All the answers that you seek Have been sitting there just waiting to be seen Take away your pride and take away your grief And you'll finally be right where you need to be Take all of it, take everything you're owed 'Til you finally feel okay being alone Yeah, it's different now Yeah, it's different now, you're old And you try and you try and you try and you try
Don’t Beat the Girl Out of My Boy (Hunted Version) (Anna Calvi feat. Courtney Barnett / Hunted LP) Don't beat the girl out of my boy Don't beat the girl out of my boy Stare in the light pale green eyes Don't beat the girl out of my boy You're so fine With your heavy diamond eyes You're so fine Keep me steady as we rise Don't beat the girl out of my boy Don't beat the girl out of my boy Stare in the light pale green eyes Don't beat the girl out of my boy So fine In our wanderlust we ride So wild Like the darkest waves at night You're so wild There's no words, just you and I So wild Like the darkest waves at night I shout out Let us be us Don't beat the girl out of my boy Don't beat the girl out of my boy Don't beat the girl out of my boy Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do
Don't Do It (Sharon Van Etten cover / Feat. Vagabon) Said you need to do it, 'cause you can't feel it tonight Well, you can if you want to Wanna take you outside, wanna show you the sky To remind you why you shouldn't Do your worst if you can Do your worst if you can do it You can if you want You can take it, yeah, you want to run Said you wanted to, and then kissed the gun You can if you want to And you wanna do it, and you wanna do it If you wanna do it, you are gonna do it Even if I don't want you to Say it outright that you don't wanna see me tonight And you won't if you don't want to Hide it from me if you must Hide it from me if you don't trust anything I say right to you And you wanna do it, and you wanna do it If you wanna do it, you are gonna do it Even if I don't want you to I was inside painting your name on the window I was somewhere inside And I wanted to find out why you're hiding I was tired of the fight Look me in the eyes, say you can't do it Look me in the eyes, say you can't do it But you will if you want to Look me in the eyes, say you can't do it Look me in the eyes, say you can't do it But you will if you want to And you wanna do it, and you wanna do it If you wanna do it, you are gonna do it Even if I don't want you to Shake it down, I'm so much better Tell me that you don't know what you do And you wanna do it, if you wanna do it You will if you want to And you wanna do it, if you wanna do it You will if you want to And you wanna do it, if you wanna do it You will if you want to I wish I could make you right
Drunk on Election Night I went to party with a girl in the city on election night I was hoping that we’re going to make a move to the left But we’re gonna make a swing to the right I’m singing the blues For a country As we’re moving to another long night 1, 2 Gonna catch that plane and fly Gonna sail on the next high tide Just to get away from that Cock-sucking mother-fucker Darkening my mind I stood in the corner throwing glances at the TV Ripped the label off the bottle all night Some sucker rode up in a Beemer trailing streamers And I nearly got into a fight I said “You’re making a fool of the country Holding hands with the Christian right” And I turned to my girl and I cried Gonna catch that train and ride Gonna sail on the next high tide Just to get away from that Cock-sucking mother-fucker Playing on my mind And darkening my time All of a sudden I got something to say I bury my head but it wouldn’t go away Sat around waiting for a brighter day But the bad stuff’s coming when the good do nothing It’s true So what we going to do Gonna backpack to Peru Gonna work for a time on a farm in Timbuktu To get away from those Cock-sucking mother-fuckers Playing on my mind To get away from those Cock-sucking mother-fuckers Darkening our time
Dusty Eyes (Courtney Barnett & Bedouine / Live at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 2020-02-14) Your dusty, your dusty eyes They leave me pale and wondering Have I swam too far this time To make it back on my dime The city, the city lights The lampposts burn the night But they don't come close No, they don't come close To the way that I feel about you now To the way that I feel about you now Someday, someday, maybe soon You'll tell her how all this was given to you But it's all the same Yeah, it's all the same When you're high Yeah, you could have been some other guy You could have been some other guy The way that I feel about you now The way that I feel about you now The way that I feel about you now The way that I feel about you now The way that I feel about you now The way that I feel about you now The way that I feel about you now The way that I feel about you now Everybody Here Hates You I feel stupid, I feel useless, I feel insane I feel toothless, man you're ruthless, oh yeah I go to Loving Hut, I get my hair cut, I feel the same I feel putrid, I'm getting used to it these days You say "It's only in your head They're probably thinking the same thing" I'm bleeding, you're leaving, I feel strange You been distant, you seem different than yesterday Everybody hurts, everybody breaks and everybody fades We're gonna tell everyone it's okay We're gonna tell everyone it's okay We're gonna tell everyone, tell everyone Tell everyone, everyone it's okay We're gonna tell everyone, tell everyone We're gonna tell everyone it's okay We're gonna tell everyone, tell everyone Tell everyone it's okay You say "It's only in your head They're probably thinking the same thing" You say "It's only in your head They're probably thinking the same thing" You say "It's only in your head They're probably thinking the same thing" You say "It's only in your head They're probably thinking the same thing"
Heavy heart Been watching so much TV I'm thinner than I should be I'm like a waterlogged ball That no one wants to kick around anymore An all day morning hairdo That no comb can get through It's all granola and beer A calling card and a silk cut souvenir I miss you like sleep And there's nothing romantic about the hours I keep The morning when it starts I don't look so good Now I got a heavy heart I talk a lot about football And girls I kissed in grade 4 I piss off my friends and digging a hole Just staring at the floor Now every t-shirt's got a wine stain I'm loving cigarettes again I know every tune about guys and girls And hurts and hearts and moans I miss you like sleep And there's nothing romantic about the hours I keep The morning when it starts I don't look so sharp Now I got a heavy heart It's just a low rent paying Palpitating pulp under my shirt But there's a weight that's sitting Oh, God it hurts, oh, God it hurts Been watching so much TV I'm thinner than I should be I'm like a waterlogged ball That no one wants to kick around anymore I miss you like sleep And there's nothing romantic about the hours I keep The morning when it starts Oh, my heavy heart Houses (Elyse Weinberg cover / Spotify Singles) I could never make it in your house You could never make it in mine Even if we were both well then I'm born in another time Just like a circle around the sun Just like a circle around the sun When my song has just begun Just like a circle around the sun I could never make it in your jail You could never make it in mine Even if we were both well then I'm born in another time Just like a circle around the sun I got my ticket in my hand Then I'm bound for the promise land Just like a circle around the sun I could never lay down in your ditch You would never want to in mine Even if we were both well then I'm born in another time Just like a circle around the sun Just like a circle around the sun When my song has just begun Like a circle around the sun I'd never make it in your house You could never make it in mine Even if we were both well then I'm born in another time Just like a circle around the sun Just like a circle around the sun When my song has just begun Just like a circle around the sun How To Boil An Egg All my clothes in milk crates, I don't sleep for days Wait until the letter's read, until my bills get paid Ah, tell me, tell me, tell me When's it gonna change Ah, tell me, tell me, tell me When's it gonna change Every morning I feel more useless than before Trying hard to see the point in anything at all Oh, I've been trying I've been trying really hard Yeah, I've been trying I've been trying really hard Pull yourself together, pick myself apart Nothing lasts for never, so be still my bleeding heart Oh, I've been dreaming Dreaming of a brand new start Yeah, I've been dreaming Dreaming of a brand new start Oh, you have a great abundance of axes there to grind Remember some people have real problems next time you whine Oh, hang the washing Hang the washing on the line Yeah, hang the washing Hang the washing on the line Yeah, I've been trying I've been trying really hard Oh, tell me, tell me, tell me When's it gonna change
I Can’t Hear You, We’re Breaking Up (Giles Field Feat. Courtney Barnett) We first met when I literally fell on her A Hollywood meeting on the 86 tram My left shin felt better when we started talking Was meant to get off in Fitzroy but I stayed on He tripped on my leg on the way to the Social Club But he probably does that just to meet girls At least he was a gentleman and offered to help me up Turns out he was going to the same gig I was That night I fell for her That night I got drunk I'm a sucker for a vintage dress and a fringe He's so bad for me He's so clingy She's so hot I so need to break this off Make love to me, love to me, love to me Just don't say you're in love Make love to me, love to me, love to me I can't hear you, we're breaking up The next morning he just wouldn't leave Oh it was my fault I guess His jokes were appalling but he kissed pretty good That's when it began, more or less We spent the whole morning together We really got on over breakfast We just clicked Think it was those Chuck Norris gags I told her That's when we fell in love I think And now she's my girlfriend Wait a sec, girlfriend I'm a sucker for white stockings and hair clips He's so bad for me He's so clingy She's so hot I so need to break this off Make love to me, love to me, love to me Just don't say you're in love Make love to me, love to me, love to me I can't hear you, we're breaking up You're so gorgeous You could be on the front cover of Frankie magazine You're not You're so gorgeous I can't believe we're going out Going out, going out, going out, going out I can't believe we're even going out Now lyrics from love songs actually mean something She's so passionate, I think she's the one We have this game where she pretends not to hear me I think that's a sign that we're truly in love The way he talks I just don't want to hear it Put my head in the sand and I hope it will stop When he calls I say "It's a bad line, I can't hear you, I think that we're breaking up" Let's go and make love But we're not in love I'm a sucker for when she makes jokes like these I'm not joking, you're too clingy I'm too what You're too clingy and needy and we need to break this off Make love to me, love to me, love to me Just don't say you're in love Make love to me, love to me, love to me I can't hear you, we're breaking up We're breaking up We've broken up I'll Be Your Mirror (I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground LP) I'll be your mirror Reflect what you are In case you don't know I'll be the wind, the rain and the sunset The light on your door, to show that you're home When you think the night has seen your mind That inside you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to show that you are blind Please put down your hands 'Cause I see you I find it hard to believe that you don't know The beauty you are But if you don't, let me be your eyes A hand to your darkness so you won't be afraid When you think the night has seen your mind That inside you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to show that you are blind Please put down your hands 'Cause I see you I'll be your mirror I'll be your mirror I'll be your mirror I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are Just For You (Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs Of Kev Carmody LP)
I carry your spirit within my heart My spirit's within you My tears of pain and tears of joy I suppose are nothing new I love you beyond reason This song states nothing new It's just for you Just for Just for you You're the beauty in the twilight on the waters The saddened infinity of the timeless sea The beauty of your tranquil being Embraces the solitude of spirit within me I love you beyond reason This song states nothing new It's just for you Just for Just for you Like the majesty of the nocturne moonlight You caress the love I have within When you're gone I'm lonesome as a dingo's howl On the desert's wintered wind I love you beyond reason This song states nothing new It's just for you Just for Just for you I give you the freedom of your spirit To journey beyond all of my desires Free to travel with the winds of change That fan the future's fires I love you beyond reason This song states nothing new It's just for you Just for Just for you I carry your spirit within my heart My spirit's within you My tears of pain and tears of joy I suppose are nothing new I love you beyond reason This song states nothing new It's just for you It's just for Just for you I love you beyond reason This song states nothing new It's just for you Just for Just for you Just for Just for you Just for Just for you Keep On (Loose Tooth Cover / Milk on Milk Compilation LP) Caught you up on the country train There's a face forlorn Up against the pane And it's what you know It's not where you go This house plant's time to grow Keep on, keep gettin' on You will not be happy 'Cause you don't know what you want Your mind inside Yeah so unsatisfied You will never give it up This is usually an ice cream day One step between sweet serene And cleaning windscreens Swollen feet Yeah, you're quite the catch Grinnin' under the bridge with a plastic eye Keep on, keep gettin' on You will not be happy 'Cause you don't know what you want Your mind inside Yeah so unsatisfied You will never give it up This is usually an ice cream day Outta the head Six month shower clean and sit For the rest of this Mind the gap And just get on with it Keep on, keep gettin' on You will not be happy 'Cause you don't know what you want Keep on, keep gettin' on You will not be happy 'Cause you don't know what you want Keep on, keep gettin' on You will not be happy 'Cause you don't know what you want Keep on, keep gettin' on You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy You will not be happy Lotta Love ("Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1" compilation) It's gonna take a lotta love To change the way things are It's gonna take a lotta love Or we won't get too far So if you look in my direction And we don't see eye to eye My heart needs protection And so do I It's gonna take a lotta love To get us thru the night It's gonna take a lotta love To make things work out right So if you are out there waiting I hope you show up soon 'Cause my heart needs relating Not solitude Gotta lotta love Gotta lotta love It's gonna take a lotta love To change the way things are It's gonna take a lotta love Or we won't get too far It's gonna take a lotta love To change the way things are It's gonna take a lotta love Or we won't get too far
My Generation (Feat. Gareth Liddiard, Jen Cloher & Adalita) People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation) My generation This is my generation, baby Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation) My generation This is my generation, baby Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) And don't try to d-dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) My generation This is my generation, baby My, my, my, my generation My, my, my, my generation People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we g-g-get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation) My generation This is my generation, baby My, my, my, my generation My, my, my, my generation Talkin' 'bout my generation (My generation) Talkin' 'bout my generation (My generation) Talkin' 'bout my generation (My generation) Talkin' 'bout my generation (Is my generation baby) Talkin' 'bout my generation (This is my generation) Talkin' 'bout my generation (This is my generation) Talkin' 'bout my generation (This is my generation) Talkin' 'bout my generation (This is my generation) Talkin' 'bout my generation (This is my generation) Talkin' 'bout my generation (This is my generation)
Never Tear Us Apart (Rehearsal Room Recording) Don't ask me Don't ask me What you know is true Don't have to tell you I love your precious heart I was standing You were there Two worlds collided And they could never tear us apart We could live For a thousand years But if I hurt you I'd make wine from your tears I told you That we could fly Cause we all have waings But some of us don't know why I was standing You were there Two worlds collided And they could never ever tear us apart
New Speedway Boogie (Day of the Dead - Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series LP) Please don't dominate the rap, Jack If you've got nothing new to say If you please, don't back up the track This train's got to run today I spent a little time on the mountain I spent a little time on the hill I heard someone say "better run away" Others say "better stand still" Now I don't know, but I been told It's hard to run with the weight of gold Other hand I have heard it said It's just as hard with the weight of lead Who can deny, who can deny It's not just a change in style? One step down and another begun And I wonder how many miles I spent a little time on the mountain I spent a little time on the hill Things went down we don't understand But I think in time we will Now, I don't know but I was told In the heat of the sun a man died of cold Keep on coming or stand and wait With the sun so dark and the hour so late You can't overlook the lack, Jack Of any other highway to ride It's got no signs or dividing lines And very few rules to guide I spent a little time on the mountain I spent a little time on the hill I saw things getting out of hand I guess they always will Now I don't know but I been told If the horse don't pull you got to carry the load I don't know whose back's that strong Maybe find out before too long One way or another, one way or another One way or another, this darkness got to give One way or another, one way or another One way or another, this darkness got to give One way or another, one way or another One way or another, this darkness got to give
Not Only I (MTV Unplugged - Live In Melbourne) When I was a child I used to say Only I love Only I want Everything that I'd see Growing up was like Waking from the deepest sleep What I found wasIn a dream Nothing is what it seems Not only I want something to believe in Not only I long for the feeling Not only I wanna wake up Into a new day Knowing we feel the same is a comfort to me All the love All the shame All the questioning I look around & I'm ready What will be will be And I'll listen And I'll see Let the world sing to me Not only I want something to believe in Not only I long for the feeling Not only I wanna wake up Into a new day It's never-ending Time it goes on Sometimes I feel so alone Restless & empty Certain & strong There is no right & no wrong Not only I want something to believe in Not only I long for the feeling Not only I wanna wake up Into a new day
Numbers (Feat. Jen Cloher / Jen Cloher "Baby We Were Born To Die EP") One, Two, Three, Four You might have some years on me but that don't mean anything You might have some years on me but that don't mean anything To me You might have some fears of Rejection and all that but at The end of the days it's A fact that we are not getting Any Younger here I think that's why I liked You from the first day I met you I saw myself in you A narcissistic egocentric Freak Just like me I know they're just numbers, numbers stand for routes of buses I know they're just numbers, but numbers stand for wins and losses I know they're just numbers, mama said they're not important I know they're just numbers, but numbers start the song for drummers One, Two, Three, Four You might have some years on me but that don't mean anything
One Of These Days (Courtney Barnett & Bedouine / Live at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 2020-02-14) Always looking for your next climb The things I want don't take time Or money, honey, you'll get it One of these days One of these days our love ignites We're gonna get it and get it right One of these days If I'm talking sweet to you You know I'd like to hear it too It's funny, honey, to think It's a passing phase But if I feel alone in the morning dew I start to see new shades of blue One of these days You know I'm gonna set our hearts ablaze If it's my last living deal If I feel our loving fade You may as well turn the blade It's running, honey, my mouth I know for days But Robin's singing the same old song And I ain't doing nothing wrong One of these days You know I'm gonna set our hearts ablaze If it's the last thing I do One of these days You know I'm gonna set our hearts ablaze If it's the last thing I do If it's true that I feel More for you than you do for me It's stunning, honey, how love has some delays 'Cause one of these days our love takes flight We're gonna get it and get it right One of these days
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (Brinsley Schwarz cover / Courtney Barnett & Sharon Van Etten / Live at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 2020-02-14) As I walk through This wicked world Searching for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself Is all hope lost Is there only pain and hatred and misery But each time I feel like this inside There's one thing I wanna know What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding And as I walked on Through troubled times My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes So where are the strong And who are the trusted And where is the harmony Sweet harmony But each time I feel it slipping away Just makes me wanna cry What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding So where are the strong And who are the trusted And where is the harmony Sweet harmony But each time I feel like this inside There's just one thing I wanna know What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding
Pickles From The Jar (Triple j’s Hottest 100, Vol. 22) Wait, sorry Let's do that again I say "dance", you say "dance" I say "France", you say "France" You're from Adelaide, I'm from Hobart I say "Hugh", you say "Grant" I say "pot", you say "plant" You're from Adelaide, I'm from Hobart We couldn't be more contrary if we tried Oh, chalk and cheese, we rarely see eye to eye I am dumb, you are smart We are fifteen years apart You're from Adelaide, I'm from Mars I say "oh", you say "ah" I am careful, you like scars I like pickles from the jar We couldn't be more contrary if we tried Oh, chalk and cheese, we rarely see eye to eye I say "you", you say "am I" You like mornings, I like nights I love you 'til the day I die You say "Christopher", I say "Walken" You love, I love Christopher Walken I guess at least we have got one thing in common We couldn't be more contrary if we tried Oh, chalk and cheese, we rarely see eye to eye
Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin cover / Vagabon feat. Courtney Barnett) If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it’s all true Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe If I gave you time to change my mind I'd find a way to leave the past behind Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you makes it hard to live Without somebody else Someone like you makes it easy to give Never thinking of myself If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it’s all true Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe
Seventeen (Courtney Barnett & Sharon Van Etten / Live at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 2020-02-14) I know what you wanna say I think that you're all the same Constantly being led astray You think you know something you don't Downtown hotspot halfway up the street I used to be free, I used to be seventeen Follow my shadow around your corner I used to be seventeen, now you're just like me Down beneath the ashes and the stone Sure of what I've lived and have known I see you so uncomfortably alone I wish I could show you how much you've grown Downtown hotspot used to be on this street I used to be seventeen, I used to be seventeen Now you're a hotshot hanging on my block Sun coming up, who's my shadow La-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la I know what you're gonna be I know that you're gonna be You'll crumble it up just to see Afraid that you'll be just like me Downtown hotspot halfway through this life I used to feel free or was it just a dream Now you're a hotshot, think you're so carefree But you're just seventeen, so much like me You're just seventeen, you're just seventeen Seventeen Shivers (The Boys Next Door Cover) I've been contemplating suicide, But it really doesn't suit my style, So I think I'll just act bored instead And contain the blood I would've shed She makes me feel so ill at ease My heart is really on its knees But I keep a poker face so well That even mother couldn't tell But my baby's so vain She is almost a mirror And the sound of her name Sends a permanent shiver down my Spine I keep her photograph against my heart For in my life she plays a starring part All alcohol and cigarettes There is no room for cheap regrets She makes me feel so ill at ease My heart is really on its knees But I keep a poker face so well That even mother couldn't tell But my baby's so vain She is almost a mirror And the sound of her name Sends a permanent shiver down my Spine She makes me feel so ill at ease My heart is really on its knees But I keep a poker face so well That even mother couldn't tell But my baby's so vain She is almost a mirror And the sound of her name Sends a perennial shiver down my Spine Small Talk (Everybody Here Hates You / Small Talk EP) Do you have any siblings I got a brother, Blake, he's four years older than me And I guess he always will be Yeah he's clever and he's got a cool girlfriend (hey Hayley) Aw but wait, now that they're engaged so I hope they have kids so I can be a cool aunty, yeah I'm waiting here for you I'm waiting here for you What'd you think of the ultimate ending I fast forward, get busy pretending that, well I've seen everything Can I get you anything? A soda? Campari? With lemon? Well, you got it I got better things to do than shave my legs, my pits, oh yeah... I'm waiting here for you I'm waiting here for you I'm looking 'cross the room and hoping that you're lookin' too, yeah Do you have any siblings You got a sister, yeah, she's a detective Well I bet she's got some good stories I gotta go but I hope we can keep in touch I like very much being here with you But you see, all this small talk is killin' me I'm waiting here for you I'm waiting here for you I'm looking 'cross the room and hoping that you're lookin' too I'm waiting here for you I'm waiting here for you I'm looking 'cross the room and hoping that you're lookin' too I'm waiting here for you I'm waiting here for you I'm looking 'cross the room and hoping that you're lookin' too I'm waiting here for you I'm waiting here for you I'm looking 'cross the room 'nd hoping that you're lookin' too Smile Real Nice ("Harriet The Spy" OST) I just wanna be, you just wanna be, we just wanna be I don't wanna be, you don't wanna be, we don't wanna be told what to do No, I won't cut my hair, and I'll wear whatever I like it when I get to be myself I just wanna be, you just wanna be, we just wanna be I don't wanna be, you don't wanna be, we don't wanna be told what to do And I try my best to do good in the neighborhood I smile real nice and I strive to tell the truth I just wanna be, you just wanna be, we just wanna be I don't wanna be, you don't wanna be, we don't wanna be told what to do I am gonna be who I wanna be, my autonomy I just wanna be, you just wanna be, we just wanna be My friends are quality, not quantity
So Long, Marianne (MTV Unplugged - Live In Melbourne / Leonard Cohen Cover) Come over to the window, my little darling I'd like to try to read your palm I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy Before I let you take me home Now so long, Marianne It's time that we began to laugh And cry and cry and laugh about it all again Well, you know that I love to live with you But you make me forget so very much I forget to pray for the angels And then the angels forget to pray for us Now so long, Marianne It's time that we began to laugh And cry and cry and laugh about it all again We met when we were almost young Deep in the green lilac park You held on to me like I was a crucifix As we went kneeling through the dark Oh, so long, Marianne It's time that we began to laugh And cry and cry and laugh about it all again Your letters, they all say that you're beside me now Then why do I feel alone? I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web Is fastening my ankle to a stone Now so long, Marianne It's time that we began to laugh And cry and cry and laugh about it all again For now I need your hidden loveI 'm cold as a new razorblade You left when I told you I was curious I never said that I was brave Oh, so long, Marianne It's time that we began to laugh And cry and cry and laugh about it all again Oh, you are really such a pretty one I see you've gone and changed your name again And just when I climbed this whole mountainside To wash my eyelids in the rain Oh, so long, Marianne It's time that we began to laugh And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground & Nico cover / Billy Bragg & Courtney Barnett / Live at RocKwiz TV Show) Sunday morning, praise the dawning It's just a restless feeling by my side Early dawning, Sunday morning It's just the wasted years so close behind Watch out, the world's behind you There's always someone around you who will call It's nothing at all Sunday morning and I'm falling I've got a feeling I don't want to know Early dawning, Sunday morning It's all the streets you crossed not so long ago Watch out, the world's behind you There's always someone around you who will call It's nothing at all Watch out, the world's behind you There's always someone around you who will call It's nothing at all Sunday morning Sunday morning Sunday morning
Swan Street Swagger You took me to a show I didn't really want to go But it was your favourite band So I went and held your hand But it didn't seem like it made you happy I spent my last ten dollars On a taxi to the Corner Hotel I pulled out all my hair One ginger split to it But when we got there It was so dull And when you go away I water your plants every day Then when you get back home They'll be there when you're all alone And they'll make you happy Things To Consider Before RSVPing To A Party You said you liked me at a party I said oh well um Your flatmate was drinking whiskey You asked me to get you some I stole your key from your apartment So you'd have to come around Stuffed balls of cotton to my sneakers So I wouldn't make a sound I disconnected the gas heating Then suggested movie nights It got colder, you moved closer So I cooked us Party Pie And I did everything to not let you know I liked you And everything to let you know that I was still around Like swapping chairs and coughing loudly Putting on your favorite songs Standing hidden in the pantry Hoping you would come along Like tracing lines into a napkin To the shadows of your face Like dropping you to choir practice On my U12 study break And I did everything to not let you know I liked you And everything to let you know that I was still around Outside the party it was raining You were hailing me a cab I had a plane at seven-thirty Rain was dripping down my back I'm pretty sure you said you liked me But a bottle smashed somewhere You lent me your road map of Melbourne I pretended not to care And I can't stop thinking about what would have happened If I hadn't gone to Melbourne and gone out to your party Even though you didn't want me to I just want you to know There's still a spot left on my key ring Just for you Three Packs A Day
(Milk! Records Projects LP) 1, 2, 3, 4 I'm down to three packs a day Of Mi Goreng, I can't explain it Can't wait for you to go away Cause I just crave that meager taste, yeah Boil it up, water in the sauce pan In a cup, drink it from a silver spoon That MSG tastes good to me I disagree with all your warnings It can't be true that they use glue to Keep the noodles stuck together Two minutes seems like a lifetime Burn my tongue, patience is a virtue I'm down to three packs a day I sneak away to find a kettle I withdraw from all my friends And their dinner plans, I'm sick of lentils Boil it up, water in a sauce pan In a cup, drink it from a silver spoon It is no good It is no good You say, "it's no good for you" Untitled (Play It On Repeat)
(MTV Unplugged - Live In Melbourne) Every day I wake Hope it's a mistake Wish I could go back to dreaming Everything I make Trying not to break Going 'round and 'round in circles Tell me, would you even know? Would you even care? If you never see me again? Would you even know? Would you even care? If you never see me again? I don't really have a house I don't really have a home Maybe I belong Maybe I belong Maybe I don't Every day I wake Hope it's a mistake Wish I could go back to dreaming Everything I say Gets taken the wrong way When you gonna learn your lesson Tell me, would you even know Would you even care? Would you even know my name Would you even know? Would you even care? Would you even- never see me again I don't really have a house I don't really have a home Maybe I belong Maybe I belong Maybe I don't No I don't have regret Nothing anywhere compares You are like a scene In the movies I wanna play it on repeat Play it on repeat I wanna play it on repeat Play it on repeat I wanna play it on repeat Play it on repeat I wanna play it on repeat Play it on repeat Words And Guitar
(Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers LP) Words & guitar, I got it Words & guitar, I want it Way way too loud, I got it Words & guitar I want it all, I want it all, I want it all Take take the noise in my head Take take the noise in my head C'mon and turn it turn it up I wanna turn turn you on I want it all, I want it all, I want it all I dream of quiet songs I hear the silky sounds Hush and rock Oh give me pretty songs Yeah let me have that sound tonight Words & guitar, I got it Words & guitar, I want it Way way too loud, I got it Words & guitar I got it all, I got it all, I got it all Take take the noise in my head Take take the noise in my head C'mon and turnit turn it up I wanna turn turn you on I got it all, I got it all, I got it all I dream of quiet sounds I hear the pretty songs Hush and rock Oh give me pretty songs Yeah let me have that sound tonight Words & guitar, I got it Words & guitar, I want it Way way too loud, got it Words & guitar I got it all, I got it all, I got it all I got it all, I got it all, I got it all