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Quicksand
04:01
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The data collecting radio station highway patrolman
Asked me if I had a clue about what kind of shit was going down
Is there anybody out there who even has a plan
Or are we just drowning in the muddy water while the bodies pile up all around?
My wife and I went walking through the streets of your hometown
We waited for the fog to lift so that our memory could be found
But the veil that separates the peasants from the crown
It don't disappear when thoughtless words get spoken out aloud
And I feel l'm sinking into quicksand
And I want to know brother if you could lend me your hand
I found my friend the jealous monk out singing to the sea
He smiled when he saw me coming and he handed me a key
I tried to make it fit in every crevasse I could find
But the alarm bells were all ringing and I was starting to go blind
Now every time I go to sleep they tie me to a chair
Feed me their truth serum and warn me to beware
About the plain reality that no words can deny
Which leaves me chasing after God across the stainless sky
And I feel l'm sinking into quicksand
And I want to know brother if you could lend me your hand
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Sweet Wine & Cigarettes
02:51
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You came along when I was feeling down
Now I'm walking all over your home town
We found a place where we could hide and leave the outside world behind
Now you're gone, and I'm out of my mind
We found a place we could be alone
Have a drink and let the good times roll
With your thigh pressed close to mine you whispered one of my favourite lines
Darling won't you please give me a sign
And some of your sweet wine and cigarettes
The memory of your caress
One thing that I won't forget is all your
Sweet wine and cigarettes
We both strayed a little from time to time
But I always told you about those crimes
And if you take me back I know I'll be true and never let you go
Darling won't you please say you'll be mine
And give me your sweet wine and cigarettes
The memory of your caress
One thing that I won't forget is all your
Sweet wine and cigarettes
Your sweet wine and cigarettes
The memory of your caress
One thing that I won't forget is all your
Sweet wine and cigarettes
Your sweet wine and cigarettes
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60 Mile Yonder
03:26
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Sixty miles yonder where the wild geese go is where I left my baby with an old black crow
Came across the mountains for to find my soul, want to make a diamond from a piece of coal
Standing at the station shivering in the cold looking for a face that hasn't yet been sold
Listen to the trains as they whistle and groan, heading for the mines where I'll bury my bones
Feel the old wind blow...
Blowing through your soul...
Just another stranger heading down the road, looking for a place where I can rest my load
Singing like a raven, leaping like a toad, thinking 'bout the harvest that I sowed
Sixty miles yonder where the wild geese go is where I left my baby with an old black crow
Came across the mountains for to find my soul, want to make a diamond from a piece of coal
Feel the old wind blow...
Blowing through your soul...
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Anything You Gave Me
03:46
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I keep my love in boxes
Along with all my old receipts
I can't throw them in the trash
They're something I must always keep
And I see your face again
When I'm walking on the street
I can't touch you anymore
So I touch your memory
I see your face on the TV
When I'm watching old repeats
Of shows from high school days
Back then boredom was a luxury
And I feel I'm falling fast
Into a fantasy
Where time is standing still
And space is obsolete
I can't throw out anything you gave me
Picture Frames
Christmas cards
Everything that I've been keeping since we've been apart
I went walking through your town
Thinking about the letters that we sent
The wind was blowing cold
Barbed wire hanging on the old school fence
That's where I saw you last
But you wouldn't look at me
You just turned and walked away
And now I'm coming apart at the seams
I can't throw out anything you gave me
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Searching For Gold
03:18
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O, swallowing the western rail
Wild biscuit grass now overgrows
Through a sleeping postal town
Mountains peaking over clouds
Watching old men soaked in sun
Remembering a distant time
When they came searching for gold
They were searching, searching for gold
O, following the western rail
To where the leaves on Fiery Creek are gleaming
Promising a new life beneath the sacred soil
Troves of mud and dusty clouds
Cover young men browned by sun
Stories unalike unite
For a future of gold
They were searching, searching for gold
O, they built a road to bypass town
Steel tanks are rusted and dry
And the old hotel closed down
Mountains watching life go by
People come then they move on
A thread of gold lines the horizon
Every night there to remind us to keep
Searching for gold
We were searching, searching for gold
Searching, searching for gold
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Like the water on the tide
Like a river rolling wide
Like the branches of a tree
That’s what your loving means to me
Like the roaring of a storm
Like an infant newly born
Like a ship adrift at sea
That’s what your loving means to me
Like the fields of rolling green
Like a sight nobody’s seen
Like the honey from a bee
That’s what your loving means to me
Like the earth on which we stand
Like a brother’s helping hand
Like a father with his key
That’s what your loving means to me
Like the stars up in the sky
Like the thunder from on high
Like a message that you heard
Like a stranger’s gentle word
Like the rising of the sun
Like a rabbit on the run
Like your children dancing free
That’s what your loving means to me
Like a mother’s distant call
Like an angel’s fateful fall
Like a rescued refugee
That’s what your loving means to me
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The Shadow
03:49
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Here comes the springtime, born out of winter's release
The days growing longer, the nights bring me no relief
The stars spin withershins above my aching head
I close my eyes and count the colours, yellow, blue, and red
Remembering you in a town full of dust and gold
Time has it's claim but true beauty never grows old
I crossed your heart, and now I'm drifting through a night so dark
These are the things you gave to me, each one leaving it's mark
You taught me honeymoon bridge under the ridge
Among jonquils and daffodils
Blossoms bloom under the moon
And I am the shadow inside your room
So pluck all the petals and throw them into the wind
Remember me then, before I learnt how to sin
Years have past, but I'm still standing where the water runs wild and free
So close your eyes little darling, and sometimes think of me
You taught me honeymoon bridge under the ridge
Among jonquils and daffodils
Blossoms bloom under the moon
And I am the shadow inside your room
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Clover Lady
04:18
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Clover lady shine your light my way
I don't need you but I hope you'll stay
Flickering between the dawn and day
Mesmerised by all the games we play
Nothing's moving through a night so dark
My bottle's empty and I've missed my mark
Ain't no reason, no point to say except
Clover lady, shine your light my way
Clover lady let me know you well
You're a mystery no tongue can tell
Whispering about your secret past
Hypnotised by lovers first and last
Thought I saw you in a dream last night
Waving at me in your dress so white
Woke up early to a ringing bell
Clover lady I never knew you well
There's no answer to questions asked
The future's broken and the present's past
But I'll keep searching through fields of gold
For brighter endings to the stories told
Clover lady hold me one more time
Speak to me of romance in it's prime
Came with reason, left with lonely rhyme
Clover lady hold me one more time
I'm living easy in clover's arms
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Verses of Dirt
05:27
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I see them covered up in dirt again
Laying in a shallow grave
Roses growing in between their feet
They used to dream about my submarine
I'm out here on the road again
Thought I heard somebody call my name
Down there by the ocean tide
Drowning in the salty brine
It's been a long time and I'm still getting through
Living on the memory of the things I once knew
Lights flicker on a movie screen
Faded photos in a magazine
Is it a drama or a comedy
Real life or just a fantasy?
You know the woods they are so dark and deep
When you're lost and have nowhere to sleep
I hear the marching of an infantry
Their voices rising like a symphony
It's been a long time since I've seen your face
Did you ever wonder why I disappeared without a trace?
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My Last Rodeo
05:18
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She comes in, her hands all clean
Been riding in her fancy machine
She sees you and she knows your name
But she don't want to play your game
Last Christmas I thought I'd die
When they told me all about your lies
I know that there's no way around
The things we did when I was your clown
We're strangers with a vacant gaze
Drifting though a world of shame
No answer to the mystery
Of how you ended up with me
Did you want me or was that just a dream
Our mattress soaked in kerosene
You left me walking this floor
Talking to myself from behind a closed door
This is my last rodeo
This is my last rodeo
Do you remember on New Year's Eve
We were strangers drinking Irish cream
We spoke and a feeling grew
Next thing I knew I was living with you
You had me on bended knee
I loved you and I think that you loved me
I rode out all covered in sweat
To pay off all of your blood debts
You kept me safe with yours
I buckled up your silver spurs
We waited for the lights to dim
And found someone else to put our memories in
She comes in, her hands all clean
Asks me about a man she's seen
A drifter with a name unknown
Who once was a rider in her rodeo
This is my last rodeo
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Sunset Stranger Melbourne, Australia
Alt-country, folk and blues guitarist and singer/songwriter from Melbourne, Australia
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