1. |
Pool Party
04:15
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I was shorter than my dads dining table
you were taller than my bedroom door frame
hit me hard when I found height don’t make a man no
you grew smaller to me that Saturday when,
you came crashing crawling down through the back brush
eyes were bloodshot and your leaden voice thin
said, “I won’t blame you now, but I caught your cold somehow”
then you jumped right in
Oh I want to give you all of my love
but I watched you sink as they swam above
you are the land and I am the dove
my heart is heavy when you're high
so for me why won’t you try
said you're sorry you were drinking through the day then
only stopped to let your lungs take the hit
said "I won’t blame you now, but you lost my love somehow”
then you jumped right in
Oh I want to give you all of my love
but I watched you sink as they swam above
you are the land and I am the dove
my heart is heavy when you're high
so for me why won’t you try
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2. |
Leadlight
03:42
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I was once a sunday kneeler
when I saw the leadlight
fall from the pane
I didn't know that the grass
was not only greener
upkeep is cheaper
when you embrace the rain
So I jumped down and lay with my leadlight
and under your spotlight, I lay with the shards
and I didn't know that ground
was not only harder
oh but colder when you are not around
I love you my darling I do
but I can’t let possession make a fool of you
I love you my darling I do
But I can’t promise I'll be here to see this whole love through
So I ran with dreams to reach the skyline
and straight up that incline I ran towards the blue
and I didn’t know that the sky
is not only wider
oh but clearer when I'm standing next to you
I love you my darling I do
but I can’t let possession make a fool of you
I love you my darling I do
But I can’t promise I'll be here to see this whole love through
oh I believe in trust you see
but don’t you go and put your trust in me
I cost more than you earn
so tell me boy why didn't you ever learn
I love you my darling I do
but I can’t let possession make a fool of you
I love you my darling I do
But I can’t promise I'll be here to see this whole love through
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3. |
Coming of Age
03:20
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I gotta find myself a girl
who makes me wanna take on the world
I gotta find myself a girl
who makes my straight toes curl
see I had a life in my head
I'd be pushing up that hill
until those toes bled
now I gotta learn this new stage
Didn't see it coming, my coming of age
Didn't see it coming, my coming of age
Didnt see it coming I, must have shucked that rage
Didnt see it coming my, coming of age
yeah now I'm alright, I'm doing fine
but I'll be pushing up that hill
until I get what's mine
yeah now I'm gonna learn this new stage
Didn't see it coming, my coming of age
Didn't see it coming, my coming of age
Didnt see it coming I, must have shucked that rage
Didnt see it coming my, coming of age
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4. |
Elizabeth
03:37
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So shaky so fine
standing up there baby oh you look so divine
so harsh that bright stage light
showing the first four rows that you don’t wanna play tonight
but you know I want you to
you know I need you to
and I'll be there for you darling
even if it all falls through
So steady so calm
standing up there darling with the front row in the heal of your palm
so good that bright stage light
showing the back four rows that you got it made here tonight
but you know I want you to
you know I need you to
and I'll be there for you darling when it all starts to come true
you stepped down off our home ground said good friend I'm done
so I left the game as they yelled my name said, girl you're my number one
So shaky so fine
standing up there baby oh you look so divine
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5. |
Motherland
05:14
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These new lines on my face
spell out girl pick up your pace
if you want to stay true
to what your younger self would do
and this kink in my walk
makes me focus when I talk
if I can’t trust my feet
then it's my tongue I choose to keep
and I walk slow so I can read
let my head fall my hips lead
why’d you write the words so small
did you fool me, are they words at all?
or are you pulling down the veil
keeping grounded as you set my sail?
by the time I pull it off
all my innocence is lost
but oh I'm good, I think I’m good
will I be great, will I be great?
is it money I wanna make or is it sweet love
for his sake?
and this new parts I now need
to help me focus, help me feed
they are beyond my modest earnings
oh the girls they keep turning up the heat as if it's cold
but I'm hot, too hot to hold
I'll burn a hole right through the hull
when will I
Ever see the land
will I ever see the land?
oh water can't revive me
I need dirt in my hand
will I ever see the land
will I ever see the land?
oh the ground will give me something
I know that it can
See I have charm and I have sight
and I always try and do whats right
but I have faults you know it's true
especially when it comes to treating you well
I will work when all my thoughts are mine again
see I was sure at the start, turns out I tried to hard
but oh I'm good, I think I'm good
will I be great, will I be great
is it money I wanna make or is it sweet love.
for his sake?
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6. |
Small Talk
03:30
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Zach Braff you look just like my dad
back when I thought I had the best one
oh what a life it could have been
me in the cradle you on the screen
But you’re too young to be
a Father to me
you’re too young to be
a Father to me
Catherine Denevue
you look just like my mother used to
when she loved me, oh when she loved me
oh what a life just you and I
learning to walk whilst you read your lines
But you’re too old to be
a Mother to me
You’re too old to be
a mother to me
Surely you’re not saying
the TV lied
I truly believe
that they would love me back in real life
Hey kid at the bar you
know who you are I've been
staring you down as I play this out of tune guitar
oh just think what we could be
I swear I'll dress cooler if you just go home with me
But you're too young to be
a lover to me
I'm getting older and I forget sometime you see
Surely you're not saying
the TV lied
I truly believe that I will have it all in my life
So don’t you waste my time
don’t you waste my time
On small talk and cheap wine
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7. |
L.A. Dream
03:29
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Why’d you go to the grocery store
on the day you planned to leave
left me here with all this food
my body does not need
and now I'm lying listless like a dog after a feed
thinking about the life that you’ll now lead
why’d you go and push in
when you saw my face in the line
said if i just focus I could get laid anytime
but now I'm lying broken like a dog after a fight
guess I was not made for your life
guess I was not made for your life
there on central station
you forced my lips to scream
loving you aint easy babe
its just a LA dream
and I'll be lying happy knowing
we still spent the time
guess you were not meant to be mine
guess you were not meant to be mine
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8. |
Sweet Step
02:51
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I was dancing for a while
see I was trying to perfect a style
out on that dance floor oh boy did I sweat
shaking to get noticed has not worked for me yet
but I'll keep trying
I was swinging my blonde hair round
see I was trying to get my feet off the ground
and I rose steady to the roof of my room
I may not be a great dancer but I might be a good one soon
But I'll keep trying
dancing for yourself aint bad when you're dying to find
that sweet step that will help to free your mind
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Same airport, different man
I'm starting to think that I don’t know quite who I am
same airport, different man
he's circling the carpark waiting for me to land
same airport, different dress
this one is blue and it is longer than the rest
same airport different dress,
last one was short and red and too tight for my growing chest
same airport, different life
at 16 lost my first love to a one way flight
same airport, different life
sat down by the carousel looking old enough to make a wife now
same airport, different ride home
last time I went to my mothers, this time to my own
same airport, different ride home
riding shot gun to my baby, next time I'll get the train alone
same airport, different man
he looks happy, he looks happy
Same airport, different man
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10. |
Hay Plain
05:58
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Driving home the road makes me feel smaller
my fear forces my hand into the shoulder
and I feel you darling on my own
every mile brings you a little closer
I'm driving into the Hay Plain
I won’t survive the night if you don’t stay in your lane
I’m heading away from that wide sunset
wondering if my new man
misses me yet
baby you don’t have to drive me round no more
I went and got myself a car so I can pay you back for
all the times you took me back home
every mile brings you a little closer
I'm driving into the Hay Plain
I won’t survive the night if you don’t stay in your lane
I’m heading away from that wide sunset
wondering if my new man
is in love with me yet
Besides that truck driver on the Western Distributer
who caught me changing, sorry babe he saw everything
I’ve been keeping my skin for when you fly in
and you want me, physically
besides that night in Adelaide in the back of a cab
when a good man said he’d give me what I've never had
I've been keeping my eye for when you come online
and you need me, emotionally
I'm driving into the Hay Plain
I won’t survive the night if you don’t stay in your lane
I’m heading away from that wide sunset
wondering if my new man
misses me yet
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11. |
Don't Let The Kids Win
04:02
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Don’t let the kids win
just let them lose
they’re not gonna learn anything
if that's the way you choose to play
don’t let the kids win
just let them fall
you don’t want them growing up thinking
three year olds are good at playing basketball
Don’t let your grandmother die
while you’re away
a cheap trip to Thailand's not gonna make up
for never getting to say goodbye
and don’t let your brother
stop thinking you’re cool
I know he’s got a girlfriend now
and he's taller
but that don’t mean
he’s stopped looking up to you
I've got a feeling,
that this won’t ever change
we’re gonna keep on getting older
it's gonna keep on feeling strange
Don’t let your friends turn cold
while you burn to green
when they walk off the stage embrace them
and say that's the best shit I've ever seen
and don’t let your sister
walk down the aisle
without pulling her close saying I love you and it's okay
if I don’t see you for a while
I've got a feeling,
that this won’t ever change
we’re gonna keep on getting older
it's gonna keep on feeling strange
Don’t let the time go by
without sitting your mother down
and asking what, life was like for her before you came
to be around and tell her it's okay
if she puts herself first
us kids will be alright if we're not the centre of her universe
I've got a feeling
that this won’t ever change
we're gonna keep on getting older
it's gonna keep on feeling strange and
after a late one, I don’t know anything
except the more I keep on talking
the less breath I got left to sing
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