1. |
Never Let Me Go
04:14
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No I would not let you go
No I would not let you go
No I would not let you slip back into the dream
The reason for today
Is the reason I can't stay
Is the reason for me to turn back and let you slip away
Even though it's not the first time
Even though we're not on trial
Even though you're not the first one that I fell for
You could have made me change my mind
I could have helped you to change your mind
No I would not let you go
It's hard to let you go
Hard to let you slip back into the other world
She swims in alcohol
And tastes like waterfall
Falling to the bottom of whatever that is called
Even though it's not the first time
Even though we're not on trial
Even though you're not the first one that I fell for
You could have made me change my mind
I could have helped you to change your mind
You did not make me change my mind
I could not help you to change your mind
No I would not let you go
I'll never let you go
Never let you slip back into the other world
Never let you slip back into it my girl
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2. |
xmas
03:21
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Hold it in
Take it back
Ain't it hard
When you're off track
Quit your job
Lose the girl
Take a break
Forget about all of that heartache
Away
Away
Away
Start again
Light a match
Watch it burn
Your comfy patch
Watch it burn
Play the fool
Be the one
To survive their fucking rules
Away soulless life
Send you away desolate life
Send you away
And come back
Cos Heaven has opened its door tonight
And the Devil is losing sleep tonight
And the heartbroken souls have relaxed
Ahh, it's Christmas
Baby goonight
My angel child
Sleep well tonight
Baby goodnight
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3. |
Disneyland
05:27
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I can’t afford these Shoes
I can’t afford these Clothes
I can’t afford to Elaborate
On what Everybody Knows
I can’t afford this Heart
Can’t afford this Soul
Can’t afford the Wrecking-Ball
To wreck this fucking Hole
YEAH
I can't afford these Teeth
I can’t afford this Brain
I can’t afford the Liquor
That would nullify my Pain
I can’t afford this Conscience
Cannot afford to Lie
Can’t afford to get a Job
And hang around to Die
YEAH
I can’t afford this City
I can’t afford this Town
I can’t afford to Smile
I can’t afford to Frown
I can’t afford to leave this Place
I can’t afford this Home
I can’t afford this Car
I can’t afford this Phone
I can't afford this Doctor
I can't afford these Pills
I Can't afford this Contract
Babe I told you I was ill
I can’t afford these Shoes
I can’t afford these Clothes
I can’t afford to Elaborate
On what Everybody Knows
YEAH
I can’t afford a donkey
I can’t afford a Mule
I can’t afford the love it Needs
I can’t afford the Gruel
I can’t afford my Wife
I can’t afford my Child
I’ll have to let the girl roam Free
And let the kid run Wild
I can’t afford these Problems
I can’t afford these Friends
I can’t afford the Time
Spent listening to their Details
I can’t afford my Dad
I can’t afford my Mum
I can’t afford their Grief
I can’t afford to be their Son
I can’t afford these Shoes
I can’t afford these Clothes
I can’t afford to Elaborate
On what Everybody Knows
I can’t afford this Milk
I can’t afford this Bread
I can’t afford the Leprechaun
Who lives inside my Head
I Can’t afford this preacher
And I can’t afford this smack
I’m goin down to Disneyland
And I’m never coming back
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4. |
What's Wrong With Me
03:52
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It’s been six years since I've seen my girl
Since I drove up north to find myself
And heaven knows what’s wrong with me
She gave me love and I ran away
Better to leave than to stay
Much better off I guess this way
Alone and on the road
Harbouring my soul
Heaven knows what’s wrong with me
Another year and I’ll be damned
Hiding in this desert land
Hiding in this world of miners and thieves
Broken hearted men they crawl
Broken hearted one and all
And broken hearted we all shall be
Alone and on the road
Protecting my soul
Heaven knows what’s wrong with me
A friend told me that they’re look’n for me
To keep people on some island
Not sure of the name and the place I cannot say
The work sounds shit but it pays alright
And it’s sounding good to me tonight
And those people I’m sure they’re just like me
Alone and on the road
Protecting my soul
Heaven knows what’s wrong with me
Alone and on the road
Captaining my soul
Heaven knows what’s wrong with me
My daughter she’s in second grade
And she don’t even know my name
Not sure if she even knows I’m alive
Maybe I’ll go back some day
Say some things I ought to say
Or maybe I’ll just keep running away
Alone and on the road
Protecting my soul
Heaven knows what’s wrong with me
Alone and on the road
Harbouring my soul
Heaven knows what’s wrong with me
Heaven knows what’s wrong with me
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5. |
Help Me Lord
05:04
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He stumbles in, expecting, like she’s never done this all before
She castes her eyes, escaping to her broken dreams beneath the floor
Help me lord. Help me like you’ve never done before
Take me back to town
And lead me on the road back to her door
Her guest’s arrived. But hell man, you can tell she’s gone just from those eyes
My love is strong, and true, but I’m competing with a ghost and that ghost is you
Help me lord. Help me like you’ve never done before
Take me back to town
And lead me on the road back to her door
Lead me on the road back through her door
Lead me on that ocean to her door
Heaven help me to her door
Love me darling like before
Love me like the ancients do, right now...
Real things never cease to be
Death is nothing, love we’ll see
Time is always on our side
Touch me, here
They cannot hear, this sound is nothing but the wind between their ears
This boy and girl, haunted by the silence from the other world
Help me lord. Help me like you’ve never done before
Take me back to town
And lead me on the road back to her door
Meet me on the road back through her door
Lead me on the road back through her door
Lead me on the road back through her door
Lead me on the road back to your door
Lead me on the road back through her door
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6. |
Can't Go Back
03:00
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Well, the thrill has gone
Well, the light has gone out
And where that sun has gone to
Well you cannot say
But you can’t go back that way
You lost her in the storm
You lost your woman in the storm
And when the calm had finally come around
Well thank God almighty
Well you found yourself and found that she was gone
Yeah that’s right she’s gone, gone, gone, gone ,gone, gone, gone
Can’t go back she’s gone
Did you love her did you man?
You loved your woman did you man?
So how come you let her go like that?
You said you loved her so much
And now you can’t go back, can’t go back, she’s gone
You can’t go back, can’t go back to her place
Can’t go back with that stupid look on your face
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7. |
Look!
02:43
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Well the sea was wild
And the night it was open
And she was gone
And he sat beside himself
Watching a man explode
And the beer was good
And the voice it had spoken
And left a shell
Spiralled upon itself
And sitting on a shelf
She was gone
She had gone away
She had gone again
Like a baby on a train
Every night
He waits in the night... looking
Well the moon it spoke
And the stars they listened
And the sea was wild
But he sat amongst it all
Just waiting for her call
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
An open book
Like his old friend had said
Don’t see, my brother, just look
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Open wide
Sailing into the stars
Goodnight, my brother, goodnight
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8. |
Blowin'
04:34
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Blowin through the shadows
Blowing through the shades
Blowin up the mountain
Blowin through the glades
Blowin through the circle
Blowin through the maze
Blowin, blowin away
Blowin like my father
Blowin like his son
Blowin like the anger
Blowing from a gun
Blowin on my eardrums
Blowin down the hall
Blowin, blowin, that’s all
Each and every way
Every night and day
Blowin, blowin away
Blowin like a fire
Blowin through the leaves
Blowin like a tightrope
Strung up in the trees
Blowin on the TV
Blowin in my gut
Blowin, blowin is enough
Each and every way
Every night and day
Blowin, blowin away
Blowin like the garbage
Blowin down the street
Blowin like the name
Of everyone I meet
Blowin like genocide
Blowin like fate
Blowin, blowin our way
Each and every way
Every night and day
Blowin, blowin away
Each and every day
Every night and day
Blowin, blowin away
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9. |
The Midnight Fox
06:13
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Promised Land gave me shelter
And then I had to pack my things and go
Sleeping on the ocean
Sleeping on the shore
Singing from the shadows like before
Some people think that I’m a crazy man
But I just think I’m hard to understand
Drowning in the morning
Swimming in the night
Swimming in the shadows and the light
Then i went fishing in the midnight world
Fishing for some love to find a girl
Fishing for a woman
Fishing for a man
Fishing for your love with my left hand
The blanket that I carry is my shelter
It’s been beside me since I was a babe
It comforts like a woman
Comforts like a king
It’s open like a circle
Like a ring
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Tom Redwood Australia
Tom Redwood is an Australian songwriter and performer. Tom's unique and lyrical songs have received praise from music critics and a number of esteemed Australian musicians. Tom has written and recorded five albums and one EP all released through Walking Bird Records. Tom's latest, 'Beneath the Wheel' is his first fully self-produced album. email: thomascredwood@hotmail.com ... more
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