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YOU WILL FIND
04:02
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Once I tried to find a way back home
All I needed was the key to turn the stone
I jettisoned cheap regret and all those stupid lies
This endless maze you wander blind
One fine day, you seek and you will find
First, you crawl and then you run
Then you learn to look out for number one
Then the numbers start to turn
And a simple twist of fate begins to burn
So far astray, you wonder why
One fine day, you seek and you will find
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GREAT WHITE WAY
04:05
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I float like ice down muddy streets
Blow this sinking world apart piece by piece
Looking for a dollar, looking for a clue
Wonder what the hell is going on inside this zoo
It's time to kick the crust off these feet of clay
Time to make my way down the great white way
Preachers at my door
Salesmen by the score
I blow them all away
Let nature know the score
Look for every crack to burn down the maze
Wonder the hell I'm going blinded by this haze
It's time, etc.
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HEARD YOU CRY
03:16
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BREAK THAT SPELL
04:54
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FEAR OF FLYING
03:36
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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.
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RESTLESSNESS
06:08
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She wakes at two in the morning
Climbs silently out of bed
Avoids the creaks in the floor so as not to wake the dead
She stands naked in the kitchen
Framed in that cold and steaming light
Her brain spins like a mouse on a wheel
But neither food nor drink nor love
Can cure that endless restlessness
There's nothing but infomercials and christians on tv
So she comes and stirs me awake with her expert hands
Oh such excellent kisses, such sweet surprise
She loves me in stealth like a thief in the night
But neither food, etc.
I still hear those echoing footsteps
Clear and stark in the hallway
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SAIL UPON HER SMILE
04:30
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The beer-coloured bay smells oh so sweet
And the wandering sickness is nigh
The open sea's like a siren call
And the world bids a fond goodbye
Now you perch upon her temper
And you yap for her return
And you sail upon her smile
The map of all those mean streets
You used to know so well
Is not forgotten, nor forgiven
But hope springs eternal in this house, baby
And the endless search has not been in vain
Now you perch, etc.
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SECRETS AND WHITE LIES
05:13
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Come into my room and I will turn the lights down low
Dry martini, Bacharach, an easy evening glow
The conversation slides along, we seek each other's souls
Closer and closer on the couch, the temperature rises
Telling secrets and white lies
Oh so sensitive
Accidentally spill my drink
Slip into something more comfortable
As the night begins to fall, our words begin to fail
My fingers through your hair
Making love like there's no tomorrow
And no yesterday
I feel so lucid, so alive
The lights of the city down below, leave the riff-raff far behind
Making love like there's no tomorrow
And no yesterday
Telling secrets and white lies
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EAST IS WEST
04:30
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THE WIND BLOWS HARD
05:22
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SHE'S GONE
04:39
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SLEEPLESS IN ELWOOD
01:04
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MR. TWILIGHT
03:45
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HOME
03:26
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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.
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FRANKENSTEIN
03:09
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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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