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Sweet deception
03:40
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She only peaks when she’s on top
Clues, she lets me know just what to do and where to go
And I don’t know just what she feels
I can’t tell just what is real
Cause I can’t get inside her head
And judge the sweet words that she said
Honey, I know I’m a fool to take those signs as the gospel truth
Sweet deception
There’s no question in our love
The warm embrace of her day and night is not enough
And I don’t know just what she feels
I can’t tell just what is real
Cause I can’t get inside her head
And judge the sweet words that she said
Honey, I know I’m a fool to take those signs as the gospel truth
Sweet deception
How can you hold on? What if you are wrong? What does it all mean?
I just got to be strong, just got to keep on keeping on
That’s what it is to be give and take, loving and a willing to accommodate
And I don’t know just what she feels
I can’t tell just what is real
Cause I can’t get inside her head
And judge the sweet words that she said
Honey, I know I’m a fool to take those signs as the gospel truth
Sweet deception
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2. |
Some of us
04:57
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Baby, take my hand
I’m not lying, I’m trying to make you understand that
Some of us are not here to hurt you
Some of us just want love in return
And some just want to dance
And some just pray for love
Some just dream
I’ll take you home tonight, we’ll see the morning light I know your fears, but you are all I want
And I am all you need
Baby, come stand by me
Don’t be scared now, I’m just hoping that one day you’ll see that Some of us are not here to hurt you
Some of us just want love in return
And some just want to dance
And some just pray for love
Some just dream
I’ll take you home tonight, we’ll see the morning light
I know your fears, but you are all I want
And I am all you need
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3. |
Love
04:46
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Love like a fairytale
Like an open book that I cannot read
Is it you my love and your sweet promises?
Love, when you came to me
Like a swelling sea, currents unknown
Is it true my love? You’ve come to take me home
Love like an open sore
Love, is that what you are? Is that what you are?
Love, you drag me down
I’m pulled from the shore, from solid ground Is that a storm I see?
Will I drown?
Love, come rescue me
Don’t let me be so far from home
Is that you I see or your empty throne?
Love like a silver sword
Love, I move towards. I crave you more
Love is a stranger in need.
Love is a stranger indeed
And all that I want is out of reach
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4. |
Love - reprise
00:55
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Shake the shackles
04:12
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Tell your mother you’re not coming home
Tell your father you’re not sleeping alone
Tell your sister just where to go
But tell your brother (tell your brother) he’s alright
Tell your netball team they’re not so bad
Tell your uncle he’s just like your dad
Raise a finger to your high school friends
But tell your brother (tell your brother) he’s alright
There comes a time in your life when you must break out and be free (Shake the shackles) shake the shackles of your old friends and family (They don’t know) they don’t know you like I do
(They don’t know) they don’t what you can do
Shake the shackles. Let loose. Shake the shackles
There comes a time in your life when you must break out and be free (Shake the shackles) shake the shackles of your old friends and family (They don’t know) they don’t know you like I do
(They don’t know) they don’t what you can do
Shake the shackles. Let loose. Shake the shackles
Tell your uni friends they can suck my ass
Tell Janice she can chew on glass
Tell little Frankie to go screw himself
But tell your brother (tell your brother) he’s alright
Shake the shackles. Let loose. Shake the shackles.
Break through
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6. |
So sure
05:17
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You are so sure that it’s over
So sure it’ll end in tears, well no.
Not this time
You are so sure that I’m lying
When I say those things about how I feel, no.
Not this time, oh no
Just when you lay sleeping, just like you said
I just lay there dreaming of someone elsewhere
You are so sure it’s getting closer
The day that you finally push me away, please no.
I want to stay
Your foolish instincts, your crazy thoughts
Burn our bridges and leave us what?
You tell me, this time
Just when you lay sleeping, just like you said
I just there lay dreaming of someone elsewhere
If I’m the one that drives you home, let my hand unlock your door
And if it’s you that wants to talk, let us talk
And if it’s you that climbs the stairs, let my hand unlock that door
And if it’s me that lays you down, don’t bring us down
‘Cause I can’t go on feeling like nothing’s wrong
You and your and foolish mind turns you blind
Just open your eyes
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Nasty girls
05:43
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Used to have a wonderful life
Used to have a beautiful wife
Little dog out the back, who could ask for anything more than that?
Then I met a nasty girl and she drew me into her nasty world
Sure I got more physically flexible
But now I’m paying for all the mistakes that I didn’t make in my youth, in my youth
And oh, my world I thought was invincible, it’s not invincible
And those nasty girls are indestructible, I want to be indestructible too
They got me doing many things
And they got me popping many things
I’d come home late at night saying, “Honey, I’ve been out with some friends of mine”
Oh! How long would it take for her to realise I was sliding, gliding, living out my fantasies?
Cause they turn you and burn you
Take you to places where you can only scream
You can only call out their names, names, names, names
But now I’m paying for all the mistakes that I didn’t make in my youth, in my youth
And oh, my world I thought was invincible, it’s not invincible.
And those nasty girls are indestructible, I want to be indestructible too.
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8. |
The piper
06:09
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You were broken when I first saw your face
Kind of heaped on the floor
Bad production, faulty fuse
Desperate to learn more
I said anarchy, treachery, vice and virtue rolled into one
Give you the cure for your sickness my dear
I’ll take your soul in return
Love’s a season, death a chore,
I guess God’s your only friend
But when he’s left you there’s no return
But I’m still with you ‘til the end, here I am
Forget the rules, my friend
Forget the limits of this world
Take what you got coming, cum on what your taking
Feel the freedom, feel the swirl
There’s a full moon rising, knock back a few
Let your emotions leave you behind
Go on little sister, come and make me smile
But this feeling ain’t so fine
Love’s a season, death a chore,
I guess God’s your only friend
But when he’s left you there’s no return
But I’m still with you ‘til the end, here I am
I know your pain I’ll help you through
(Take me home, take me home)
Broken and bled, do whatever just to get you fed
Lost and found, do whatever just to bring you down
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9. |
I'm right next to you
04:40
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You’re standing right next to me
But you’re blind to see that I’m yours
Don’t get me confused with others that seem the same
I have a name, I have a dream
But do I have a chance (He’s so consumed)
Is there a sign (He’s so consumed)
Tonight
(Let us take this chance tonight) I’m right next to you
Now there’s some other guys
They just keep coming and running and coming and running to your door But I ain’t the same, so don’t be fooling ‘round with me
If you’re putting me down, I won’t come back for more
Is there a chance? (He’s so consumed)
Is there a sign? (He’s so consumed)
Tonight
(Let us take this chance tonight) I’m right next to you
I guess it’s the end, I guess you’re through me
Is there something that you want to say?
Goodbye?
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Kyoko
04:08
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Kyoko, you changed my life
You made me realise how lucky I am
You made me think of my wife
And all those things that you never had
Oh tell me about your life
Tell me how lucky I am
Kyoko, you make me sad
But somehow I’m smiling on the inside
All decisions gone bad
While fortune stands here on right side
Oh tell me about your life
Tell me how lucky I am
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11. |
King Louis
05:10
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Yeah, the city’s on fire but you’re still asleep
They’re loading the rifles at the barricade
But that don’t worry you anyway
The filth and scum they’re rising up
Their gunning for you with their burning eyes
When are you gonna realise?
It’s over. Those days have passed, thank God it didn’t last
And you and your foolish guise and your wasted pride won’t help you on the other side
Yeah, they’ve taken the castle and the bishop now
But we’re still here, are we hiding out?
Are you hoping for a miracle?
Oh, Louis you might as well say goodbye
To what’s left of your crazy life
Survival follows the watchful eye
It’s over. Those days have passed, thank God it didn’t last.
And you and your foolish guise and your wasted pride won’t help you on the other side.
Louis, when are you gonna realise that I’m still on your side? Put the weapon down
Louis, there’s no time for waiting here
Your wife, your child, all that’s dear can be saved if we act now
Louis
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12. |
So runs the bear
03:35
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I saw the lightening. I saw your face, simple disgrace
I smelt the fear. I smelt your breath, sweet cigarettes
And you think I don’t know
And you think I don’t care
So runs the bear
I saw the fever glaze over in your eyes as you reached for the skies
Picking up scraps from the floor, who would have thought would appeal to me more
And you think I don’t know
And you think I don’t care
So runs the bear
One day I might find you, a heap on the floor
One day you might ask me to open up my door
No more, no more, no more, no more
Are you lonely?
And you think I don’t know
And you think I don’t care
So runs the bear
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13. |
Tongue tied
03:48
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When you gonna get your mind made up
Get your mind made up for the day?
You’re never gonna let me go, I’m never gonna let you know
You doubt my soul
Cause I’m tongue tied and I’m right
And I’m fine for life
I’m just gonna run away
Gonna run away for the day
I’m never gonna let her go, never gonna let her know
I love her so
Cause I’m tongue tied and I’m right
And I’m fine for life
Never gonna let her go
When you make you mind up then you can just bring me down
Cause I’m tongue tied and I’m right
And I’m fine for life
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Used to have a wonderful life
Used to have a beautiful wife
Little dog out the back, who could ask for anything more than that?
Then I met a nasty girl and she drew me into her nasty world
Sure I got more physically flexible
But now I’m paying for all the mistakes that I didn’t make in my youth, in my youth
And oh, my world I thought was invincible, it’s not invincible
And those nasty girls are indestructible, I want to be indestructible too
They got me doing many things
And they got me popping many things
I’d come home late at night saying, “Honey, I’ve been out with some friends of mine”
Oh! How long would it take for her to realise I was sliding, gliding, living out my fantasies?
Cause they turn you and burn you
Take you to places where you can only scream
You can only call out their names, names, names, names
But now I’m paying for all the mistakes that I didn’t make in my youth, in my youth
And oh, my world I thought was invincible, it’s not invincible.
And those nasty girls are indestructible, I want to be indestructible too.
When all is lost (when all is lost)
And all of you dreams (they have come true)
You are alone with your fantasies.
Foolish. Foolish.
There was a time (there was a time)
When I had it all (and all I had)
Now I am ruin of what I could have been.
Foolish. Foolish
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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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