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Monkey do
05:49
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Oh monkey do, but what have you done
Yes, you sir, with you favoured son
He’s becoming more like you
Oh monkeys only do what they’re told to
Oh monkey see a vision above
A flash of lightening, a glimpse of a dove
They’re becoming more like us
They buckle and rust and don’t know where they’re going
Give him the tools and he’ll build you a tower
Give him a gun and he’ll bring you a war
And he bury them in their boots
And dig up the tress by the roots
Oh monkeys only do what they’re shown to
Oh monkey cry, so far from home
What was nature, now rubble and stone
They still got a part of themselves
Heaven and hell will control what they’re doing
Give them the time and they’ll do something novel
Give them the skills to forge their dreams
But give them some holy rite
And they’ll strap on some dynamite
Oh monkeys only do what they’re ask to
Give them hope and they’ll cling to the notion
Give them the rules and they’ll follow them close
Or they might burn one out on the porch
Keep the streets clean with a stick and a torch
Oh monkeys love monkeys
And monkeys kill monkeys
And monkeys teach monkeys
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The better part of me
05:26
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I have, I have held you when you’ve trembled, that’s the better part of me
Down here, there’s a darker side way down here, far from the better part of me
I could be broken, but I have always thought that I could protect you, save you
I’ve lost my way, lost my way, dark days
Where’s the better part of me
You’re wrong, you think of me as something so strong, but that’s the better part of me
Inside, so much ache and burden, cause my life’s not just the better part of me
I have seen it, but I keep it locked up
If I could, I would tame it
I lose some days, I rock and I sway, dark days
Where’s the better part of me
I’m down by the river, down by the lakes
Washed out to sea, it’s all I can take, I can’t keep us together
Lost in the tide, lost in the past
Consumed by life and the questions I ask, I can’t keep us together
I’m up in the sky, drifting somewhere.
My soul’s on fire and I don’t care. I can’t keep us together
I’m down by the river, down by the lakes
Washed out to sea, it’s all I can take, I can’t keep us together
Lost in the tide, lost in the past
Consumed by life and the questions I ask, I can’t keep us together
I’ve lost my way, lost my way, dark days
Where’s the better part of me
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Earth
03:23
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I was born before the rain
And I was born before the tide
So love me or at least try
Be gentle, I’m a cradle of life
And I was born out here alone
Like some burning hell of molten stone
So I see you as a miracle on my shores
So see me as a mother once more
And I was born in the dark and cold
Yet you bathe in light and hope to grow old
I’m lost here with or without you
Adrift, till the sun reaches it’s point of truth
I am Earth
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Touch
03:46
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Iremember such a long time ago
Oh the little things that I longed to know
Like the pleasures of touch
When I was 14 I had my first kiss
Such a little thing but oh so much bliss
The pleasure of touch
Yes and I want more, please give me more
I’m just begging you baby, please
Cause we talk, oh how we talk
And we work, oh how we work, yes that God damn work
Do we touch, no, no we don’t touch, no
And it’s all I’m asking for
Yes and I want more, please give me more
I’m just begging you baby, please
Cause we talk, oh how we talk
And we work, oh how we work, oh that God damn work
Do we touch, no, no we don’t touch, no
And it’s all I’m…
Yes it’s all I’m…
And it’s all I’m asking for
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Weakness
05:28
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Oh Lord, why’d you let my baby go.
Oh Lord, why’d you have to make it so
My baby’s gone and I am all alone
Oh Lord, why’d you let those cities burn
Oh Lord, I guess it’s my turn
My baby’s gone and I am all alone
Why don’t you just come on down
Spread some magic on the ground
Maybe you think I got this weakness
Why don’t you just show your face
Tell me in some future place
I won’t have all this cursed weakness
Oh Lord, they’re fighting in your name
Oh Lord, should I do the same
My baby’s gone and I am all alone
Oh Lord, she ran out in the night
Oh Lord, you said that can’t be right
My baby’s gone and I am all alone
Sometimes when I’m a sleep there’s a tickling down at my feet
Maybe it’s cause I got this weakness
Others seem to have a lot
Guess I’m thankful for what I got
Shame I seem to have this crazy weakness
Oh Lord, I’m counting now in days
Oh Lord, I may have lost my way
My baby’s gone and I am all alone
And I just want my baby back, a simple prayer and simple act
Get her to see passed all this weakness
Maybe your time is filled watching all those people killed
Or you just got all of this weakness
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Toby Crook Geelong, Australia
Musician, recording artist and performer based in Geelong, Australia and living on Wadawurrung land.
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