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RELIVING LIFE TO THE FULL

by JACK HOWARD

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1.
We speak in tongues and still don't hear We cover up what makes us bleed But fear would vanish in the light All of our secrets deep inside So much regret we strive to hide Just let it rest and you will see We have so much within our reach I want to read your mind I don't care what I find If you're not what you seem Then it's all the same to me I have played my best cards I know you've seen them all before If I could have my time again I would change everything I'll be whatever you want But what do want from me I want to read your mind, etc.
2.
REPRIEVE 03:13
In the rarified air that surrounds the nape of her neck and her shoulders That's where I dwell when I can When she lets down her guard and she holds out her beckoning hand And I fall down on my knees For one last sweet reprieve I fall down on my knees For one last sweet release So alluring, so fragrant And I know she's waiting for me Poised but pious I wait Willing and able I wait Then she turns, then she turns to me And I fall, etc.
3.
He still dreams of mayhem after all these years And though he's no longer called upon to clear a path or bend an arm He walks tall before his friends He used to ride the streets like a silent prince With trigger fingers and trigger head He was a man of steel He had the whole world in his hands Now it's dial-a-prayer, dial-a-life Dial-a-whiskey, dial-a-wife You'll see him round, you'll see him down In this deadhead bar in this dead end town Self-love still saves him in the mirror Those sags don't seem so bad when lit by lamp And the smile's quite debonaire for one so lost Now he haunts the streets in the dead of night With a pain somewhere down deep inside That can't be reached, it can never be relieved Now it's dial-a-prayer, etc Then the dawn arrives and he turns to dust And his flower fades with the rising sun And he's just one of many whose race has been run Now it's dial-a-prayer, etc.
4.
RUN AND HIDE 03:29
You had a heart like a burning bush and now the flame has died You had a head like an open wound You used to be so brave, so attractive Now your feet are made of clay and you're all backed up You better run and hide Cos it's all you've got left Now you pace and you preen And you praise yourself You're just a new age Babbitt full of tight little habits I've seen it coming and I've been keeping score Now you piss in the pockets of the famous and the rich You better run and hide It once was a world of endless possibility It was a life without limits We all suffer from shrinkage We all watch the clock But it doesn't make the fall from grace any easier to take You better run and hide, etc.
5.
NIGHTBIRD 03:32
The call of the nightbird as I fall asleep Naked on the balcony, I stiffen in the breeze The thrilling hush of the ocean beyond the lights The peel of distant bells in the dead of night I'm drifting down, down, down I'll lead you down, down, down Rapt in sober solitude, awaiting your caress In my head I hear your voice and a doleful fog descends Like driftwood all I do is drift upon a painted sea Like a painted ship, life goes on below me I'm drifting down, etc.
6.
Then she emerged from the bedroom Tall and shining in the light She wore her green dress and her Italian shoes And her Evening In Paris perfume She kissed me hard upon the lips Took my hand and said we're staying in tonight We're going to the places where we used to go Before the fear of flying tied you to the ground Then she took me by the hand She led me to the places where we used to go Then she led me by the hand And we danced to tune that we used to know Around and around and around we whirled Around and around and around Then the fear of flying, etc. Well, you can trust a prince You can't trust a princess Well, you're no prince anymore anyway, just be my man Don't let that fear of flying, etc.
7.
FRANKENSTEIN 03:09
8.
HOME 03:26
It's so late and I don't have a car Oh so late and home is oh so far Now I will sit here underneath this bridge I'll watch the trains go by Just me and my foolish pride I would hate to bore you with my tale But since it's late and since you're in no state To refuse, I'll bend your drunken ear I'll buy you one more beer Just me and my foolish pride Oh but home is not as far as it seems Home is never as far as it seems. I only have one sorry tale to tell If I tell it over and over, I might tell it well Now I will sit here underneath this bridge I'll watch the sun rise high Just me and my foolish pride Oh but home, etc.
9.
SORRY 03:23
Sometimes I look up and I see the beast recede in her eyes And she tells me of a violent urge to wipe the smile from my pretty face away One day she came, poised and primed above me in the bed With the knife I used to carve the Christmas ham Held between her slender hands I don't care if you're sorry I don't care at all Then on a strange deserted street She leaned to me and she whispered Hasta la vista, baby Sayonara Joe I don't care if you're sorry, etc.
10.
DRIVEN SNOW 06:28
11.
Nine long days since I heard any word at all I checked the phones, I checked the flights No-one like that on board Left nothing behind, no messages on the phone Not even a lipstick trace that I can call mine It's a mystery to me I didn't see the signs Cafe talk making sense, the MataHari line No records at all, just numbers in her head Not even a photograph to tear into pieces Now all my Saturdays are free See the bands I want to see and the radio is near And when Sunday comes around Sunday morning coming down There's been talk along the street That she's back on the scene Her favourite haunts and coffee shops Neither heard nor seen She's in with a new crowd Don't travel with the old Not even a lipstick trace that I can call mine Or the shadow of a smile Now all my Saturdays, etc.
12.
Another day dawns and she remains As elusive as smoke On tenterhooks, I wait for a sign How anxious I feel as the hour approaches As another day dawns I feel like fire in the city, I feel like fire And she's been here I know when I was away Her fingerprints on my heart The only sign of her passing I think about it all the time As another day dawns Another day dawns and she remains as elusive as smoke Her fingerprints on my heart The only sign of her passing I think about it all the time And another day dawns
13.
Out on the streets in the dead of night Birds in the park, bats in the twilight The mist closes in, the shadows tumble Closing in on the forest East to the sea, west to the desert North to the light, south to the darkness Shouldn't be out here at night But my house burned down And my fate is sealed The ? leads me down the curve of your spine But the pain is only fleeting Sweet kisses like wine Nursing a cocktail in the crook of your arm My ship leaves tonight, we must try to stay calm My shell collection lies broken and there's only seconds left Now I've reached the river, I cross it on my back Floating in the darkness, drifting with the current Weeds brushing my face Fish rippling by my feet, wondering when the waterfall will come Just let go, just ease on in Surrounded by fields of air spinning out in all directions Where in the hell did I come from?

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Reliving Life To The Full is an album of rarities to accompany The Story So Far..., Jack's new "Best Of" collection. From Jack's first recordings in 1994 through to unreleased tracks from some of Jack's beautifully-crafted records, Reliving contains some real gems and is performed by a cast of Melbourne's finest musicians.

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released October 12, 2012

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Jack Howard Melbourne, Australia

Jack Howard played trumpet with Hunters and Collectors and for the last 20 years, he's been releasing his own highly- regarded music. Along the way, he's also played with The Living End, The Violent Femmes, Rodriguez and a host of others. In 2017, Jack toured the world with Midnight Oil as their trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist. He released his memoirs, Small Moments Of Glory in 2019. ... more

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