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Strange Mister

by Toby Crook

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1.
Going down 02:59
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Take these threads and see what unravels It wasn't made to last, it wasn't made at all And I want to be there, oh, I want to be the one And I long to see it, oh, going down with the sun Oh, darling Going down Oh, come on
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You smell brand new 04:08
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You, brother, adrift, I don't even know your face Mother, this home could be anywhere in space Lover, the night holds a home for you and I Lover, so damned in the sunrise The future's not what it seems Tides and shifting dreams When all I want is gold And you, you smell brand new I'm breaking through, but you're telling lies Trust me, sister, the fate of you and me is real Strange mister, we'll meet to broker some new deal Lover, so free, I am shamed by heavy chains Lover, so new, have I met you? The future's not what it seems Lies and silting streams And all I want is gold You, you smell brand new I'm breaking through, but you're telling lies At the start we are made By now we are decayed I know, the smell is in the air So pray for me, like I prayed when I was young But this journey's just begun And the light it comes. And the day it comes And my mistakes have just begun
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Turn the light on 05:37
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And go as we might into the night I'm looking for you, looking for you A boat lost at sea and someone I used to be Just looking for you, looking for you You turn the light on This rain-beaten track, all I have, all I lack I'm looking for you, looking for you My cold burning heart, tears this city apart Just looking for you, looking for you You turn the light on I was looking for you I was looking in the dark for you I was lost looking in the dark for you You turn the light on And go as we might into the night I'm looking for you
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Joanna 05:42
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She's pint glass clean and 3rd degree obscene, Joanna The Bismarck of the bay who can't stand a word I say, Joanna I kissed her when she left school with a bag of woodworking tools, Joanna She must be my dream girl, though I've yet to travel the world, Joanna They can't see your roots in me I'll always have time for you They can't tell this kind of hell I'll always have time for you We met online, taking pops at Joe Devine, Joanna There's this thing they say, when I dream of you in the day, Joanna Your tongue leaves me burnt, I wanna learn all you have learnt, Joanna The tragedy is this, I love you more with each fist, Joanna They can't see your roots in me I'll always have time for you They can't tell this kind of hell I'll always have time for you I'm for the lovers who cannot breathe The ones who should get up and leave My heart is broken in two What's wrong with me, I'm free This land of plenty is not what it seems They can't see your roots in me They can't tell this kind of hell I'll always have time for you
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Diving for pearls 04:45
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Trying to get back to my life A life so deep in shades of blue A world of me, a world of you And I know that you're afraid of silence And I know there’s nothing more that I can say To you my words are tinged with violence Is there some place where we can just divide Take our good selves, the rest can go and hide Through purple travel back to blue To the old world, to my old self and renew I guess I’m just a lonely boy trying to make my way through the world My mama said “Don’t you go diving for pearls” Sitting down to write to these words Words I know will never ring true To the cynics inside of you There’s a world I know without forgiveness Burning down this once happy home Your lies feel like an act of kindness Is there some place where I can just reset Say I'm sorry, drift off and forget Colour changes, we shift from blue to red Hope it lingers, hiding beneath our bed I guess I’m just a foolish boy trying to get a date with a girl My mama said “Don’t you go diving for pearls” A chance, an ideal, I fall, broken in two, hatch something new It’s not that lost on me, the cold irony The hope that I can be what you need, not what you see I guess I’m just an old-school man ironically listening to Wham! My mama said “You gotta be a modern man”
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Spooking 04:38
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They tried to crucify me, but I'm too strong And they tried to silence me, tried to prove me wrong Can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me Hiding in the shadows, hiding in plain sight, talking poisoned arrows They can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me There was time I had a normal life. There was a time I had a trustful wife She was just like the rest Can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me They say I'm trying to fill some inner void They say I'm crazy, paranoid, they're all a part of the block They can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me I dreamed of the mothers, of those that have vanished Sisters and brothers, tell me were they punished Can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me A mist of darkened agents, a veil of lies, my name on a list of patients Can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me There comes a point in reality where there's a window for insanity There's a bridge to cross Can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me Where is the truth? Where are the lies? Twisted logic, alibis, another bridge to cross Can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me Lord, won't you rectify this, Lord, won't justify me Won't you reveal the truth to those who have been foolish Welcome to this hell, it's 1977 Buenos Aires isn't well, but they still call it heaven They say I'm paranoid, but look at them Can't stop spooking me, can't stop spooking me When did you know what it would cost? Once it was over its destination Do you feel that all is lost? Only my part in liberation I have my doubts about what I'm saying, so I start praying for some freedom But I'm not dreaming, and they're not leaving They keep coming back for more, 'cause they can't stop spooking me, can't stop Spooking me
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Damascus Pink 05:21
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The scent, like a tint to the air I know it’s a memory, a part of me that sunk into the sea It comes like a wave on the breeze I’m done, as I sink, Damascus Pink The shade of her dress as it's flowing I know it’s a memory, something I see that’s buried away Beauty comes as quick as it fades I’m lost, is that what I think is Damascus Pink? A tale, an old book I once read to you I know all these memories are what’s left of me, what’s left of you Can I trust what I feel? I can't trust what's true A book on the brink, that’s Damascus Pink
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Find your own way home 04:45
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Come sit down with me, my life lessons are free This is how you got to be, to make it When life gets hold of you and love's like a feverish flu When everything seems true 'cause you believe it When you think something dirty and you can't forgive yourself No need to worry, you got this Time for home truths Find your own way home. Do it for yourself I got shit to do that won't get done today Find your own way home. It will be ok I'm still short on answers 'Cause I got my own life to live Find your own way home. Make your own damn luck Can't you see I'm working, searching for Micah Find your own way home. Wounds will heal themselves I'm still short on answers 'Cause I got my own life to live Praying's not for me, I'm more for elegy As you sure can see, it's working The more you make yourself, the more you can offer in help So anytime you yelp, I might come running Bones are getting brittle, knees like to lock up tight What I have to offer, might be right Time for home truths Find your own way home. It will do you good I'm too busy making my first orrery Find your own way home. That's what Father said I'm still short on answers 'Cause I got my own life to live
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As the Sun sets on Strathpeffer 03:40
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At closing time as the Sun sets on Strathpeffer The poet ends her tired rhyme with a nod to stormy weather The lost and found abound and soon they gather at our door For stede so we share with them our shelter Once was I on the road to old Strathpeffer And with me I brought one thing, a ledger bound with leather Now this night draws to and you have memories of your own And tales that are sweet like springtime heather in mind So come with me This humble home will keep you till light breaks the clog from the dawn And to those so lost, it’s here, redemption by the blair Like me you have found a piece of heaven in mind Heaven in mind

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released September 3, 2022

All songs written, arranged and produced by Toby Crook (unless listed otherwise).
Mixed at Toyland Studios, Melbourne.
Mastered at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne.

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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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