1. |
Running
03:11
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I could write a song for you so sweet
it’d raise you to your feet
and you’d come running
Yeah, I could sing into your little ear
all the words you need to hear
to get things running
You’d better get your Nikes on
I’m about to start my song
for you honey
I’ll just be glowing here for you
I know exactly what you’ll do
yeah, you’ll come running
And you could wake the morning with your gaze
have it coming back for days
and I’d come running
Yeah, you could will with just one eye
a willingness in me to rise -
you get things running
I best be warming up my legs
I can see you lift your head -
it’s getting sunny
I’ll be tanned and I’ll be charmed
I’ll be breathless in your arms
from all that running
Never glimpsed, never thought of,
never dreamed
Still there’s something in us that’s closing
the distance between
And I’m on my mark, I’m on your call,
I’m on my knee
And I’ll come running,
you just say when...
And with the wind upon our face
we could lead this whole damn race
for we be running
Till the condition of our hearts
is beyond a work of art,
yeah, we come running
And when the contours of our worlds
are right next each other curled
up like bunnies
We’ll play roles to get us in the mood
I’ll be me, you’ll be you
and we’ll be stunning
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2. |
The Big Sink
02:56
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Rain upon my rooftop
is rain I welcome gladly
Now I’m disposed of working day
and the day too has had me,
I will listen and although you are not silent as so many like to say
you fall upon my rooftop
and with it make your noise
in such a silent way
For I’m not abandoned
and clever I am witted
though the day is gone and spent another shall be fitted
Though I’ve heard of passing through I’ve also heard
of sinking for the sake of it
and given what you choose to do
as you pass through
I’d be best to let me sink
Sweet Loretta
Oh darlin sweet Loretta
(No that’s not what you say)
Streets are wetter
Now all your streets are wetter
(That’s probably what you’d say) Important things - you cannot bring - except those that come in
such unimposing ways
And nothing’s touched me quite so nearly even though I’m dry
and you’re a roof away
Rain upon my rooftop
is rain that gathers dearly
Though the day is gone and spent so hundreds go by yearly
I am one,
and with me here are thousands
all inspired by you to sink into sleep Oh night time is the perfect place for you and I to have our way
and never meet
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3. |
Renewed
03:24
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The allure of age, I try to handle;
I’ve been old since I was new
But all that cake can’t hold a candle
up to your ancient source of youth
Oh, the sherbet of your eyes defies
every ache I thought I knew
Oh baby, when you take me by surprise
I feel my heart compromised
and when you’re through
I’m all renewed.
It’s a dangerous dream to wanna live forever
but a little taste can’t do no harm
And I can’t quite see us growing old together
when I keep rewinding in your arms
Oh, the sherbet of your eyes defies
every number I ever drew
Oh baby, when you take me by surprise
I lose years off my life
and when I come to
I’m all...
Some drink the teas, some brave the mountains,
pull the flesh and push the mind
But here I seem to have stumbled on The Fountain
for it lies right between your...
Oh, the sherbet of your eyes defies
every ache my body grew
Oh baby, when you take me by surprise
I feel needs, long expired,
come rising through
and I’m all renewed.
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4. |
1+1 (feat. Zoe Randell)
03:50
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I was gonna be
all alone again
but you came and then
I was not so all alone
And I was gonna dwell
in my pain again
but you came my friend;
you came to help me out
The simplest of equations
I don’t take for granted
but you’ve either made the space
or you haven’t
And I was gonna hear
all those old thoughts again
from that little friend
who only ever does me wrong
And maybe all that fear
could have brought something
that I couldn’t win against
but then you came along
But you were never gonna be
all alone again
for you called to me
just as I have called for you
And I could only love a man
who could love himself this way
and to himself gave
my love as only I could give
Now I’m never gonna be
Now you’re never gonna be
all alone again
all alone again
even if I’m on my own again
even if you’re on your own again
it’s built me up somehow
it’s built you up somehow
A little compromise
never hurt no one
and the sweetest of goodbyes
is a shirtless one
Keeps ‘em coming back again
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5. |
Those Eyes That Answer
04:02
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Those eyes that answer will be out tonight
Those sparkling devils in the evening air
And all my angels tell me there’s no doubt
those eyes that answer never leave ya
I saw their beauty in the morning light
and by my breakfast I was sold
And all the stories round the grounds were right
but it goes far beyond what has been told
Oh, I’m a man of many words
Most of which not anyone has heard
Oh, but I’ma take this to the lawns
and tell it like I’ve never done before
Those eyes that answer will be out tonight
Those far off faces of the evening air
And all my instincts tell me there’s no doubt
those long gone faces never leave ya
I saw my future in their silhouette;
it looked like shadows in the shine
And I couldn’t tell ya what it means just yet
but it meant so much to me at the time
Oh, bring it on back to me
from the lake house, to the foyer, to the beach
Oh, I’m a man put in his place
for when I looked into their eyes I saw my face
Those eyes that answer will be out tonight
That tear drop mercy of the evening air
And all my numbers tell me there’s no doubt
those eyes that answer never leave ya
The crowds and the crowds and the crowds
and the crowds taken one at a time
Thousands and thousands and thousands
and thousands and thousands all in a...
x 4
Those eyes that answer will be out tonight
Those sparkling devils in the evening air
And all my angels tell me there’s no doubt
those eyes that answer never leave ya
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6. |
Techno Dolls
05:49
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I was lost in this stream of confusion
stupefied by the lights and not a sound
Ah but then came the music and I saw them:
they were dancing in rows
and they had no clothes
They were Techno Dolls
They were Techno Dolls
And they said, ‘Baby,
come and dance with me baby’
Yeah they said, ‘Baby,
come and dance with me baby’
They said, ‘Ah come on babe,
we can dance until we go crazy’
And I said, ‘Well how can we dance
when i can’t even stand?’
They said, ‘Hush,
cos we’re Techno Dolls
cos we’re Techno Dolls’
And I said, ‘Please,
won’t you show me some mercy?
You see I’m lost and i can’t find my legs’
Well they took my hands and I saw them more (less)
clearly
They were standin’ on toe
and all their eyes were closed
They were Techno Dolls
They were Techno Dolls
And they said, ‘Honey,
come and dance with us honey’
They said, ‘Honey,
come and dance with us honey’
They said, ‘Ah come on hun,
we can dance until we feel funny’
And I said, ‘Well how can we dance
when i don’t understand?’
They said, ‘Hush,
cos we’re Techno Dolls
cos we’re Techno Dolls’
Now I’m lost in this dream of confetti
hypnotised by the speed and the sound
And that music takes care of our bodies:
we’re all dancing in rows
and we’ve got no clothes
Yeah, we’re Techno Dolls
Yeah we’re Techno Dolls
So baby,
come and dance with me baby
Yeah baby,
come and dance with me baby
Ah, come on babe
you can dance til you don’t feel so crazy
You’ll live forever in this land
if you just come take my hand
(Run)
Become a Techno Doll
(Run)
Become a Techno Doll
x 2
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7. |
Forecast
01:25
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8. |
The Weather Song
03:40
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I was the light in the lantern,
you were involved in the air,
and we gave a nod
as the wind came on strong
and quilted up all that was there.
With weather complete for a child,
from inside that house, it can’t fade
and when it occurs
my body returns
and we become one and the same.
Spaces be dumb ‘less you fill them
but this space is dumber in me
and it makes me feel much
from all that I touch,
it stays and has no need to speak.
Someone buried.
Someone bright.
Someone called
someone in sight.
The way to be telling of futures
is all you can say from your seat
Open and energy
pours through the back of thee,
it pools and then it lands at your feet.
A satisfied body in blanket,
a calm and a satisfied sky
and everything moved
that had to be, soon
you’ll feel all you have back inside.
Someone out there.
Someone bold.
Someone calling
someone...
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9. |
Love Me, My Meal
02:14
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Love me, my meal
Go on to find
legs on the landing,
longing laid right
We’ll marry someday
but first you are mine
to show me no mercy
and eat up my mind
Love me, my meal
These grand expectations
all giggled and wined
Pass me no mirror,
that mystery’s not mine
With your taste on the table,
your grace to my grind,
you know the way to my heart is
direct and defined
Love me, my meal
There’s word come the evening,
they say you’re alive
The very best news for
a very long time
I’ll be there just soon as
I open my eyes
but for now I’m a part of
this love that unwinds
Love me, my meal
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10. |
The End
04:50
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When you wanna go
just make the call;
whisper the password - you can
enter through the falls,
through that hidden door
into the walls
of my private hide-away
Come to me
Yeah, come to me
and see my secret life evaporate
Maybe I’m crazy
but I can’t seem to understand how lately
all my former clouds of doubt
and paraphernalia for failure -
all they seem to do is entertain ya
as you wake me up to watch me save the day
In the end
In the end
Oh my end
Oh my end
In the end
it’s you my end
There is no end
to you my end
There is no end
to you my...
Hope is in the heart
so all my other parts just take a dive
They wait until it opens up the vice
If the end is in the start,
it almost seems too hard to please the mind
while trying to strategise my next eleven lives
Maybe I’m crazy
but nothing gets me out of bed quite like
these kinds of First World problems in the night
If bravery can save me,
show me your safe word, I’ll show you mine;
I’ll probably say it all the time
Hold me close,
we both know these days, darling;
there’s no more immunity for the characters you like
Hold me close
No, hold me closer
I’m ready for...I’m re...I’m never ready for...I’m ready
for my...
In the end
it’s you my end
There is no end
to you my end
To you my end
we start again,
there is no...
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RYAN DOWNEY Melbourne, Australia
Hopeful Romantic. Just trying to bring home the beauty.
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