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Lost Inside Of Eastland
03:59
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I went to the new Eastland in 2016
Everything looked different when I was a kid
I used to go there on the bus & eat cheeseburgers
My friend Didier & I watching all the cars go by
I didn’t recognise the new library at all
Retro-futuristic architecture, big glass walls
But the same faces were there among the aisles
A little older now, a little further down the line
I used to work there when I was a teenager
Stacking shelves, watching girls read &
Listening to my tape player
I wrote a story once about it being blown up
By a terrorist sometime after September, 2001
& now I’m lost in Eastland’s car park once again
Driving underground with the ghosts of my old friends
Rode the escalator to the bottom of the line
Trying to figure out what became of all our lives
Now I could tell you about the train stations on the line
This one’s bound for reconstruction at a quarter after 9
They got CCTV & a drive-through mall,
But the clock tower’s still standing, keeping time for us all
Now I don’t see too many friends from Ringwood anymore
We drifted during high school, that’s just the way it goes
But I still think about them, whether dead or alive
Especially when I’m walking under Eastland’s neon lights
& now I’m lost in Eastland’s car park once again
Driving underground with the ghosts of my old friends
Rode the escalator to the bottom of the earth
Trying to figure out what the hell it’s all worth
When you’re lost inside of Eastland
With the car park blues again
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Magic Potion
04:21
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I been sailing on a ship in the Indian ocean
Take another sip from my magic potion
I been sailing on a ship in the Indian Ocean
Be careful how you trip when you’re on a magic potion
When you go up to the bar room be careful what you say
Because I saw a man killed there just the other day
He had bread & butter, & money to spend
But they took all his corn & they threw it to the wind
I been sailing on a ship in the Indian ocean
Take another sip from my magic potion
I been sailing on a ship in the Indian Ocean
Be careful how you trip when you’re on a magic potion
Now maybe on a Sunday when I’m in my prime
Or maybe on a Monday, when I’m out of my mind
Or maybe Tuesday evening, that’s when I’m in town
Just call up my number, I’ll be around
When you find you’re at the bottom, after reaching the top
& all the good stuff’s gone bad, & all the bad don’t stop
Come & meet me in the morning, where the big bells ring
We’ll just sit together & let the birds all sing
I been sailing on a ship in the Indian ocean
Take another sip from my magic potion
I been sailing on a ship in the Indian Ocean
Be careful how you trip when you’re on a magic potion
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Nobody Else
03:56
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O as I was going down the road
Carrying a heavy load
Something you once said to me
‘O so lonely are the free’
Now there’s a river you can’t cross
& a little girl you’ve lost
& a song that you can’t sing
You’re a bird without a wing
& you sing...
I don’t need nobody else
I guess I only need myself
But I’m a liar & a thief
We all sow just what we reap
I’m a liar & a thief, lord lord
I’m a liar & a thief
O as I was going down that road
Met Mr. Frog & Mrs. Toad
& every time that frog did sing
The toad would cut a pigeon wing
Now I have saved up all my meat
& I bloodied up my feet
For I’ve walked a crooked mile
Won’t you stay with me a while?
But I don’t need nobody else
I don’t even need myself
I can see the light of day
Coming through that window shade
I can see the light of day, lord lord
I can see the light of day
I can see the light in me
Watch me dance around this tree
See me tumble from the sky
I’m so happy I could die
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Beautiful Haze
02:57
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I fell into a beautiful haze
I ain’t slept in my bed in days
I don’t know if I’m over her
I’m just trying to find the words
I want to tell you how it really feels
To find yourself in someone else’s dream
& I been walking all around you mind
I’ll come & see you in the summer time
‘Cause I don’t know where the rainbows end
But I know you are my friend
The rains they fall,
The four winds speak &
I ain’t slept in my bed in weeks
Now when I catch you in my head
You’ve been telling stories to the dead
I see a devil by the sea
& I know what has been promised me
It’s been eight weeks since I seen your face
& every day feels like a fall from grace
I want to feel you by my side &
I’m holding out for the summertime
‘Cause I don’t know where the rainbows end
But I know you are my friend
The rains they fall,
The four winds speak &
I ain’t slept in my bed in weeks
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Brunswick St Blues
03:48
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Walking down along Brunswick St
You’re the kind of girl I’d like to meet
Walking & I’m staring at the sky
You’re the kind of girl that makes me cry
I said you’re the kind of girl that makes me cry
Now I’m staring & I’m wondering
Where you’ve been before
I ain’t never met you
But please don’t do me wrong
I’m trying not to bring up all my insecurities
But that’s so hard when I’m down here on my knees
Walking down along Sydney Road
Listen to the lonesome whistle blow
Walking & I’m staring at the sky
Thinking ‘bout that girl who passed me by
Now I’m staring & I’m wondering
How I let her go
She won’t have to ask me
About that anymore
Stumbling & reeling down along the tracks
Feeling like I’ve got some kind of
Freight train on my back
Walking down along the Merri Creek
You’re the kind of girl I’d like to meet
Seen you from the corner of my eye
You’re the kind of girl that makes me cry
I said you’re the kind of girl that makes me cry
Now I’m staring & I’m wondering
Have I met you before?
You look sort of familiar
Have you been by my front door?
Maybe you live with somebody I know
Maybe you could be the one that I’ve been looking for
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Honey Baby
03:36
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Walking through the gumtrees & the whispering pines
O honey baby, you’ve been on my mind
When you wake up at the break of day
Every bone aching for the feel of clay
O honey baby, you’ve been on my mind
O honey baby, you’ve been on my mind
Walking through the gumtrees like a lonely ghost
O honey baby, I’m your chosen host
When you wake up in the middle of the night
The satellites reflecting light
O honey baby, I’m your chosen host
O honey baby, I’m your chosen host
Walking through the wilderness all on my own
O honey baby, please pick up your phone
When you wake up in the afternoon
& sing your song to the harvest moon
O honey baby, please pick up your phone
O honey baby, please pick up your phone
O honey baby, please pick up your phone
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Red River Song
03:10
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Red river of blood has flowed
Into the shining sea
I come a cropper on the falling wind
Walking home again
Little girl what have I done?
You know you broke my heart
Red river flows through the valley of bones
Into the sheltering sea
I see a devil in the water
Calling out to me
Little girl what have I done?
You know you broke my heart
I see you rise again
Like the Whippoorwill
Falling through the seasons
Just to see you again
Outside the winds are blowing through my skull
Inside the fire’s glowing
Won’t you come & warm me again?
Red river of blood has flowed
Into the treacherous sea
The dead are all standing in my doorway &
Crowding up my dreams
Little girl won’t you give me a song
When I see you again?
I see you rise again
Like the Whippoorwill
Falling through the seasons
Just to see you again
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8. |
Just Because I'm Leaving
02:35
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Just because I’m leaving it don’t mean we’re through
Just because I’m crying it don’t mean I’m blue
Baby please believe that I ain’t over you
Just because I’m leaving it don’t mean we’re through
Sweetheart I can’t speak the truth today
It’s all over & we’re better off that way
We both know there’s nothing left to say
So why do you have to call me an arsehole anyway?
Just because I’m leaving it don’t mean we’re through
Just because I’m crying it don’t mean I’m blue
Baby please believe that I ain’t over you
Just because I’m leaving it don’t mean we’re through
Sweetheart I’m going to miss you when you’re gone
Laying on your bed watching TV all night long
I’ll miss your touch & the way you made me smile
But maybe you can take some comfort
In these words for a while
Just because I’m leaving it don’t mean we’re through
Just because I’m crying it don’t mean I’m blue
Baby please believe that I ain’t over you
Just because I’m leaving it don’t mean we’re through
Just because I’m leaving it don’t mean I’m gone
You can still come over, I’ll play you all my songs
Baby please believe that I ain’t over you
Just because I’m leaving it don’t mean we’re through
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Since You're Gone
04:43
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This is the last song that I’m going to write for you
This is the first time that I know just what to do
‘Cause I don’t want no more apples from your apple tree
& I don’t want no more mediocre poetry
Since you’re gone it’s internet dating
I know it’s wrong, but I don’t pay for it
& that old song keeps coming on to the radio
It sounds so wrong, honey since you’re gone
This is the last song that I’m going to sing for you
& I’ll keep singing it, until I believe it’s true
I’ll be singing I don’t want no more apples from your apple tree
& I don’t want no more mediocre poetry
Since you’re gone it’s internet dating
I know it’s wrong, but I don’t pay for it
& that old song keeps coming on to the radio
It sounds so wrong, honey since you’re gone
It’s your birthday tomorrow
& I’ve been saving up all my pay
I packed my bags, I put them in my truck
I’m leaving & I won’t be back ‘til May
This is the last song that I’m going to sing for me
This is the last time that I’m going to make believe
That I don’t want no more apples from your apple tree
That I don’t want no more mediocre poetry
Since you’re gone it’s internet dating
I know it’s wrong, pretty soon I’ll pay for it
& that old song keeps coming on to my radio
It sounds so wrong, honey since you’re gone
It keeps coming on, honey since you’re gone
Don’t you know it’s all gone wrong
Honey, since you’re gone
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Walking through the cities, walking through the plains
Baby went & left me on a big freight train
Walking down the highway, bottle in my hand
I’m a weary traveller in a weary land
Fifty bottles of bourbon, sixty more of pills
I’ve got lots of reasons for why I’m feeling ill
Seventy bottles of ether, eighty more of lead
Ninety-nine more reasons for why I should be dead
When you hear that shotgun blast
You’ll know the good whiskey never lasts
Walking home in the pouring rain
I’ll come & see you soon in your crystal room
When I’ve travelled down & back again
Cardboard tabs of acid, pink amphetamines
I’ve been feeling hazy since I turned sixteen
Give me apple cider & twenty-three white mice
My soul is like a maze, my heart feels like a vice
When you hear that shotgun blast
You’ll know the good whiskey never lasts
Walking home in the pouring rain
I’ll come & see you soon in your crystal room
When I’ve travelled down & back again
Down by the water where the boats come in
I remembered when you were my friend
& I thought I saw you drinking in the park
Down by the water, sleeping in the dark
A hundred bottles of vodka, a million more of beer
My liver it is failing, the end is getting near
I can count to ten but my fingers start to twitch
Give me one more drink man, help me scratch this itch
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Honey you can’t spoil a good thing
No matter how hard you try
Honey baby you’re my good thing
You’re the apple of my eye
Honey you can’t spoil a good thing
I wouldn’t tell a lie
Honey baby you’re my good thing
Please don’t pass me by
Well babe I must be dreaming
I’ve never felt like this before
All the love I’ve known has gone bad
Or just walked out the door
& it’s true I should be sleeping
Sleeping in my bed
But I’ve got this restless feeling
Talking to you in my head
Honey you can’t spoil a good thing
No matter how hard you try
Honey baby you’re my good thing
You’re the apple of my eye
Honey you can’t spoil a good thing
I wouldn’t tell a lie
Honey baby you’re my good thing
Please don’t pass me by
I’m going to see you in the morning
When the sun begins to shine
We’ll go walking in the country
Pick the fruit from the vine
& when the day turns into evening
& the water tastes like wine
I’ll just listen to you breathing
Underneath the lonesome pines
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Sunset Stranger Melbourne, Australia
Alt-country, folk and blues guitarist and singer/songwriter from Melbourne, Australia
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