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| 1. |
| 4:43 | 
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I don't like gold and I don't like pearls
I'm just your regular West Australian fisherman's daughter I'm a middle class folk singing guitar playin' girl I ain't seen the world no I've not travelled far I'm saving dollars for a 1962 ruby red interior R series Valiant, mother of a car I'm a country girl in a city whirlpool I'm pulling over man I'm gonna let you through I'm living in the left hand lane of my city Slow down so I can walk this highway with you Slow down let me walk it with you Slow down, we all gotta slow I wanna walk the highway with you, you and you and you No I'm not yet married I got no ring on my hand I got my heart beating for this sweet loving Second hand dealing boy I'm gonna love him the best way I can I know I can I'm a country girl in a city whirlpool I'm pulling over man I'm gonna let you through I'm living in the left hand lane of my city Slow down so I can walk this highway with you Slow down let me walk it with you I don't like gold and I don't like pearls I'm just your regular West Australian fisherman's daughter I'm a middle class folk singing guitar playin' girl |
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| 2. |
| 3:32 |
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I'm going to dress up tonight
And I'll look real pretty for I don't know who I'll find my own way around this great big city And I'm gonna sit at a bar and I'll have a drink I'll leave you to revel in your youthful yearnings I know you like to visit them from time to time And like a thief I steal the words you write to her I take them to my heart and I wish them to be mine But this is nothing new But it ain't nothing Well this is nothing new But it ain't nothing You long for sweetness Does mine make you sickly Or maybe I no longer have the sweetness you require There's nothing sweet about a heart so embittered It's ugly and it's cold and tonight it's out for hire But it ain't nothing new But this ain't nothing Well this is nothing new But it ain't nothing We live through this day after day And complacency's a curse But you just can't escape it And I've arrived at that place where my tolerance gave way And I struggle to hold my head up high But it ain't nothing new Well this is nothing new But it ain't nothing |
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| 3. |
| 3:47 |
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Wonder if you can pick up my
Accent on the phone When I call across the country When I call across the world I -- see you in my kitchen I can picture you now As you toast to your small town When you drink the happy hour I'm in London still I'm in London still I'm in London still I took the tube over to Camden To wander around I bought some funky records With that old Motown sound And I miss you like my left arm That's been lost in a war Today I dream of home and not of London anymore I'm in London still I'm in London still Yeah I'm in London still You know it's okay I'm kinda happy here for now I -- ( think I've finally grown up And got myself a lover now And if I ever come home And I, I think I will I hope you're gonna wanna hang at my place on Sunday still Oh yeah I hope you will Cause I'm in London still You know we got it sorted, yeah We really got it down To a fine art on Sunday In a sleepy Sunday town I wonder what I'm missing I think of songs I've never heard I'm dreaming of your voices And I'm dreaming of your herb I'm in London still I'm in London still I'm in London still Oh I'm in London still la-la-la-la-la London still I'm in London |
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| 4. |
| 3:22 |
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Lighthouse tall and grand
Standing on that cold headland Shine your light across the sea For a wayward sailor girl like me Lighthouse man Guide this sailor back to land Steer my ship on through the storm Back to water safe and calm Sometimes I need a lighthouse for my own It gets so dark I can't see which way I'm going Oh lighthouse man I'm all at sea Shine a little lighthouse light on me Lighthouse man I'm all at sea Shine a little lighthouse light on me Lighthouse man can't help us all Some he'll save and some will fall He'll show you where the danger lies But he can't help it if you capsize He'll light your way but that is all Steer your own ship back to shore Won't you light my lonely way back home This sea is full of misery and woe Oh woe betide those that say They don't need no light to light their way They think they're safe enough on their own Drown in murky depths below We all need a lighthouse for our own It gets so dark I can't see which way I'm going Oh lighthouse man I'm all at sea Shine a little lighthouse light on me |
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| 5. |
| 4:00 |
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There are secrets in the soul of me
Things I keep inside Places you will never see Hidden under lock and key Flesh and blood and skin and bone You're looking from the outside in All you'll see is what you're shown Flesh and blood and skin and bone It's par for the course it's a matter of fact People are all the same They want to make my business theirs Slandering my good name All around my neighbourhood People trying to say that I ain't no good Pointing their finger at me and mine Look at what's hanging on my clothesline Flesh and blood and skin and bone What's mine in mine and mine alone Stand at the window on your tippy toes Blinds are down ? skin and bone Ashes come to ashes Dust becomes to dust My secret soul will never die As my body surely must When I'm buried under the ground I'll still be here in kind Invisible and sinister The things I leave behind Flesh and bone and skin and blood Bury my deep beneath the mud When I die only thing that's gone Is flesh and blood, skin and bone |
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| 6. |
| 5:07 |
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Highway 1, 12 hour drive
I got a place I do call mine I got me a space where I can breathe I got my garden I got my trees And if you're ever out this way And if you still recall my name You know I'm not that hard to find I live on Highway 1, 12 hour drive And we're gonna be Eating fish from a coal fire And we're gonna be Sleepin outside Till the fires coal Or till it gets too cold But if you come through late at night I'll leave on my bedside light I'm down the hall and to the right Baby you can creep in and wake me up And we're gonna be Eating fish from a coal fire And we're gonna be Sleepin outside Till the fires coal Or till it gets too cold You know it's doubtful I will tell Where my love and I do lay Or where my flowers grow Highway 1, 12 hour drive Highway 1, 12 hour drive Highway 1, 12 hour drive I live on Highway 1, 12 hour drive |
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| 7. |
| 4:40 |
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Walking down the main street of the town where I was born
Looking at these things I've seen so many times before I take a deep breath, smile and kick a stone along the ground Been so long, since I've been around There's comfort in the way that everything still looks the same People that I bump into; they call me by my name It almost feels as though I never even left this town Been so long, since I've been around My girlfriend lived on Hawdon Street ? man was she a sight Sometimes I would sneak into her bedroom late at night Now she's not there ? I'm told her family long since left the town Been so long, since I've been around Yeah many of my friends found some other place they'd rather be But I still know of one good mate, she gonna keep me company I think I'll gonna call her up, we'll go and paint the town Been so long, since I've been around I stopped on by her place, years ago I knew her well ‘Let's go drink to old times at the Adelaide Hotel' She said it's twenty years now since they shut that old pub down Been so long, since I've been around Yeah but the hospital's still standing, down over by the river shore That's the place where I took my first breath, so many years before I take a deep breath now and feel my chest begin to pound Been so long, since I've been around Now I'm lying by the river feeling lazy in the shade Children shout and splash about in water where I played And I'm thinking I could stay a while, maybe settle down Been so long, since I've been around |
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| 8. |
| 3:25 |
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On the fourth floor of the building
In a shallow window box She's digging in the soil with a silver spoon Her hands inside rubber gloves Planting seeds pulling out weeds The cycle of life is complete Who would've thought it in a city of stone Four floors above the street I cannot tell what kind of flowers they are I'm too far below on the street But the colour they add to the building so drab Brings a warm splash of welcome relief Something worthwhile for the sun to shine on A reason to radiate heat Well that small window box puts a skip in my feet Four floors below on the street For every good seed she plants in the soil There's a dozen bad waiting to grow To strangle the goodness she's trying to nurture And kill all the seed that she's sown Every time you water the garden you also water the weeds A profound illustration of sin and temptation Four floors above the street Some people don't understand why she does it Some people look for a reason Maybe she just likes the feel of the soil Or keeping in tune with the seasons Maybe she has so much pride in herself Got to keep it all visually pleasing A small paradise in a world of concrete Four floors above the street A small paradise in a world of concrete A small paradise in a world of concrete A small paradise in a world of concrete Four floors above the street |
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| 9. |
| 2:32 |
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When your boots are well worn in
And you're tired of travelling When you got nowhere to call your own You know my place can be your home To the rescue here I come To the rescue here I come When I was out there playing hard With my big attitude and my broken heart Poison my only friend And my drinking addiction To the rescue there you were To my rescue there you were Now we're both out there floating around I still got to space but you're on the ground You're in my heart you're in my head Right now we don't need no rescuing To the rescue I'll never let you fall To my rescue you've been on call |
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| 10. |
| 3:18 |
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Three months on the road
But I've still got four more to go There's a full moon and it's rising over Austin I can see a big old Texas flag flying in the wind I can't sleep for all the bright lights of this cheap hotel This is some kind of hellhole I'm living in Three months on the road But I've still got four more to go Then I'm going home I got my sister crying at me “C'mon lets go downtown You spend all day in this hotel room just lazing around?? So she takes me to a bar down on 6th street And she orders me to drink them down I got three under my belt Just four more to go Then I'm going home (Take me home!) Well we were driving out of Nashville and the clock it said 12am We've got a give hour drive to Jackson And no map to get us there We get lost somewhere off the parkway We have to stop and ask some guy who look like he don't care I said we've been three hours on the road He said you've got four more to go Till' you'll be home Three under my belt But I've still got four more to go Then I'm going home Well I've been three months on the road But I've still got four more to go |
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| 11. |
| 3:24 |
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There's nothing like a big old lie
A good record and a smoke to pass time by Music gets me in the mood It all kicks in and I sit back And think about you Sweetness to me That's all you'll ever be You mean stuff to me I like the way you're wearing your smile And you close your eyes And you leave us for a while But leaving's all I ever do I got a good pair of boots And my guitar plays sweet tunes Sweetness to me That's all you'll ever be You mean stuff to me Sing me a song before I go The tour's on the road and I won't be home For three months or maybe more Rent my room out when I'm gone I'll call and let you know when I'll be home And where I'm flying in from Sweetness to me That's all you'll ever be You mean stuff to me Sweetness to me It's all you're ever gonna be You mean stuff to me |
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| 12. |
| 5:51 |
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UP ALL NIGHT (written by Josh Cunningham)
Watched the sun sinking low Watched the moon rising slow Watched it move across the sky Till I saw the morning light Up all night Up all night Things just don't seem right Lordy I think I might Stay up all night We were young long ago Now there's ash where the fire glowed Cold and grey, black as night I'm waiting for the morning light Up all night Up all night Things just don't seem right Lordy I think I might Stay up all night Watched the sun sinking low I watched the moon rising slow Watched it move across the sky Till I saw the morning light Up all night Up all night Things just don't seem right Lordy I think I might Stay up all night Stay up all night |
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