Now she's thinking of the red soil and the mango trees In her mind she's still splashing round down on Cable Beach And her eyes, they are as rich and faraway as the sunset there She's not taking in a word I say Well I might as well be talking to myself
Take it in, take it all in Now is a time that will not come again Take it in, take it all in This is a day that is here for the living
So we step outside into this Melbourne weather With a shock it brings her back to where she is Now we've made this place our home Surrounded by unknown We're gonna stick it out until it comes together
Take it in, take it all in Now is a time that will not come again Take it in, take it all in This is a day and it's here for the living
We're only living for a day to come or some days gone by Never taking in each moment Never knowing what you had until it passed you by And it'll pass you by
Take it in, take it all in Now is a time that will not come again Take it in, take it all in This is the day and it's here for the living
Take it all in Now is a time that will not come again Take it in, take it all in This is the day and it's here for the living
I stood and watched my daddy die no one could help his plate he was trying to save our home on the day that the river rose
well it came alive I heard them say there was nothing we could do as he washed away
running from the heart of it right into the cause of it X 2
I'm mad now, but I'm only seven well it's been hard since papa went to heaven but staying now, my mama said he worked this land, and his life it's here
running from the heart of it right into the cause of it X 3
Yeah everyone you follow me late at night we'll go down to the river where the moon is bright and we can wash our sorrow down underneath that shining ground
and we'll be sitting in the sunlight laughing can't you feel daddy there there's life and death and all this power underneath these shining stars
running from the heart of it right into the cause of it X 3
You read the paper, watch the news And you think you're well informed Well, I've got some news for you, my friend--
That headline that you read, the story that broke It was a scandal - yeah a scam A political masterstroke Tell you what they you want you to hear-- Close your eyes and open your ears!
It's easier that way 'Cause you don't have to think for yourself
(Chorus) You said, "Hey, I tell no lies, I tell no lies! Because I read it all in black and white! It was on my TV; yeah, they were telling me just what to believe... Yeah, I tell no lies, I tell no lies" And all the while they're tellin' you lies
Everyday, you and me; we see what we are shown It can be hard to scratch below There are people at the top, they are hidden far from view They're not going to show their faces to the likes of me and you You never see them on the street, But you'll always see the things that they do.
Yes, they can get away No price is too high for them to pay
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Oh Lies lies lies (lies lies lies) x3 (Hey mama hey mama hey ma they lie) x 8 And all the while they're tellin' you lies.
I'm going out to damage my brain You won't come; you say you're staying at home It's no shame; night and day we see each other anyway We've got to move, we've got to get away It's a long cold night but there's a better day Wouldn't you say, correct me if I'm wrong But we've got all the good reasons for time on our own
You see me all the time You see me all the time You see me all the time Hey babe throw me some line
It's him and her; it's this and that I feel my tyres going flat There's no get up and go for getting it on We got all the good reasons for time on our own
You see me all the time You see me all the time You see me all the time Hey babe throw me some line x2
well my papa was a fisher man and he fished the deep blue sea he home made some fine black berry nip and he'd always pass a nip onto me
well he smelled like black-tarred fishing nets oh tiger belly growl he was my good pappa but he be bones now
grand daddy was a sailor and he sailed from far across the sea well he did talk some kind of funny but it never did bother me
when he spoke about his home land 'twas with a sad and furrowed brow no more tears grandaddy you just be bones now
well i look now at my father and his black hair's all gone grey and those strong arms that did carry me they're now withering away lay down your burdens papa won't you come sit with me at home we have got to spend some time together before we just be bones
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
I thought I'd move to Sydney to get a little piece Of the city life they talk about in the 90's. Where everyone I meet don't want to know my name They want to know what I do for a living
My songs don't earn me money or fill my pockets with cash Every time I go busking I make more in hash Everything I want is getting further out of reach Like that funky little apartment down on bondi
I've been getting cozy with a kiwi boy He'd kill me if I said he was sweet as apple pie He's going to leave me and hit the road He's touring with the theater ? if you see him say I said All the birthday money my parents sent Was spent on the phonebill and paying my rent Frijole, guacamole anything you want I'm working as a waitress in a mexican restaurant
When the night-time comes you can hear My heart calling Calling out to you my one true love Thinking about you all of the while Thinking about you it's making me smile Honey I'm sitting on top of the world just Thinking about you
In the morring light that's when I'm feeling right Another day come, another day go, another day closer till I make you my own Honey I'm siting on top of the world Just thinking about you
I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true Honey I'm in love with you I'm going to show you what I can do
Comeover here you've gotta be told, My love for you is out of control Honey I am sitting on top of the world, Just thinking about you girl I'm going to show you how much I care, Marry you and take you away some where Sit back in a rocking chair and rock all day with you my dear
Cause I love you, I love you I love you I love you
In the morrin, in the evening, in the night time or in the middle of the afternoon
I love you I love you I love you I love you Damn right
Oh Gillian, you're up with the sun You've done a hundred things before half past nine By the time most folk are up and gone You'll be starting on one hundred and one
There's not enough hours in a day To do all the things she's just got to do When the daylight fades and the night invades She's only just begun
Weary as you lay at night waiting for the sun Planning out tomorrow now before this day is done ‘Gillian you work too hard' But don't you try to slow her down ? she'll tell you ‘Idleness is good for none work's how I get my fun Idleness is good for none work's how I get things done'
Gillian you're the one you're the one Shining in my life, you're my eternal sun I'm trying to thank you now for what I've become But I've only just begun
Your influence has been profound and I'm proud to be your son Your blood is my blood we are forever bound You're the inspiration to the way I live my life I'm singing, Gillian if you weren't my mother I would make you my wife Gillian if you weren't my mother I'd make you my wife Gillian if you weren't my mother I'd make you my wife Gillian if you weren't my mother I would make you my wife
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
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
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
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
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
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
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