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Originally released in 2002 on Secrets And White Lies. Nicky Del Rey on guitar, Mal McBeath on bass, Greg Hynes on drums, Ollie McGill on keys, Aidan Macartney on trombone. A live staple in the early days. I've probably regarded this as my most defining track - the moody chords and horns, the 2 a.m., the lust, the restlessness - it's more about me than the idealised "she" of the song.

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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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from THE STORY SO FAR​.​.​., released December 10, 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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