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Drama Queens
04:08
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Drama Queens J.Gronow
Verse 1
Speak softly, don’t wake no-one
There’s no-one here but even so
I hate the way we talk so loud
You’re angry, I’ve picked that up
I’m so astute and now you’re off
you reach the car before you stop, and say
Chorus
Why? Please tell me why?
Why do we have to be such drama queens all the time?
Babe, you and I, don’t you know I believe we enjoy the heat of the fight
And that’s alright if it’s alright
Verse 2
Some couples, enjoy their
time together but how can I?
When all we do is start these fights
Its hopeless, we know that much
We know a lot of stupid stuff
I know it’s tearing out my heart, so I say
Chorus
Why? Please tell me why?
Why do we have to be such drama queens all the time?
Babe you and I, don’t you know I believe we enjoy the heat of the fight.
Bridge
And that’s alright if it’s alright
Yeah that’s alright if it’s alright
Verse 3
Let’s stand up, just you and I
Let’s try to leave ourselves behind
And all this weight we carry round
Cos we’re dying, we’re fading out
With every slap, with every barb
It doesn’t have to be that hard, and I say
Repeat Chorus and Bridge
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Ride
03:03
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Ride J.Gronow
Verse 1
There’s a king tide on your birthday that will flood the coastal plain
May the road rise up to meet you as you run to get away
And safely up on the higher ground, you’ll watch the waves roll in
You can put your arms around me and pull me closer to your skin
Chorus
Ride on Baby, Baby Ride On X 2
Verse 2
I know you were forsaken by the one you truly loved
And cold grey hearts get broken up like battle ships after the war
Don’t let the devil take your sweetness and turn it into bile
How long you going to blame yourself for what you can’t control?
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
The space that’s here between us Is like a thunder cloud
You can feel the charge is building just waiting for a spark
Two halves of one soul searching, for the other to be whole
Sometimes it just seems pointless like four fingers on a glove
RPT Chorus
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3. |
Armour
03:53
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Armour J.Gronow
Verse 1
You are the chink in my armour
You are the rust in my steel
You were the edge of the map
The wide-open sea
You were the hungry eyes
The hit of the century
You’re the chink in my armour
The rust in my steel
Verse 2
I was lonely without you
But I was lonely when you were here
Oh, my dark hearted lover
Where have you been?
I was lost for long time
When I thought I was free
You’re the chink in my armour
A wound that won’t heal
Verse 3
I feel the sun in my hair and
the cool ocean breeze
My heart should sing out
In sweet harmony
But ah when you held me
You were the lock and the key
And It’s been search and destroy here, ever since
Verse 4
How do you lie down baby?
Lie down with him
Like some premiership quarter
That I just couldn’t win
I was crazy to think that
I was part of your deal
You’re the chink in my armour
You’re the rust in my steel
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Home Is Never Really Far Away J.Gronow
Verse 1.
We’ve all been asleep too long, wake up to a siren song
Home is never really far away
Summer came and days grew up, you burnt yourself out in the sun
Your shoulders blistered up and peeled away
Chorus
With your legs and your arms
And all your other reckless charms
Anything you want well you just say
Verse 2.
Cos, I ain’t leaving no time soon, I wonder what you’re going to do
When you realise I’m here to stay
The song’s pastiche, all this I know. Dinosaur Junior and Buffalo Tom
Ahh, you took my other words away
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3.
These right now are desperate times, morons grinning asinine
Bandit laws that take your soul away
The devil take them and their kind
Their stupid hair and feeble minds
Their legions of the dead and the dismayed.
Verse 4.
Cos we’ve all been asleep too long, a wakeup call is what we want
Home is never really far away
Home is never really far away
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Truck
03:01
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Truck J.Gronow
V1
I’m going to steal us a great big truck
I’m going to come around, take you in my arms and steal you off
We’re going to ride off into the sun
They want to chase us down, only thing they’ll see will be our dust
Chase our dust
Chase our dust
V2
With dirt on the floor and a ceiling of sun
We’re going to make our camp
Someplace out there far from normal stuff
We’re going to do whatever we want
Under a setting sun
You and I will make a mighty love
A might love….
Bridge
Thinking of all the things we can do without
All of the stuff that we don’t read right now
All of the places here that we used to go
I don’t miss anything for a second now
Cos you should have, you should have, you should have, anything you want honey
Cos you should have, you should have, you should have, anything you want honey
V3
I’m going to steal us a great big truck
I’m going to come around
Take you in my arms and steal you off…
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6. |
No Woman
03:43
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7. |
200 Waves
03:31
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200 Waves J.Gronow
Verse 1
Come closer, it’s so dark in here
I can’t hear a single word, you make yourself so clear
Understand me, there’s no turning back
We are an army on the dance floor, hearts set to attack
Chorus
I got a wave of love, falling on me, 200 waves of love
One little taste of ecstasy, 200 waves of love
Verse 2
This is perfect, this is how it should be
You make the time run slow, you make the compass swing
And your eyes, your eyes are like waves.
Sometimes I cannot understand a thing you say
Can you tell me if I got you wrong?
RPT Chorus
Bridge
Yeah, I’m so real
Come to me now
Yes, I’m so…real
Verse 3
Now we’re leaving, salt on our skin
Tumbling down revolver stairs into the dawn again
Are you the riptide, are you the smoke in the wind?
God, I feel so tired, you could plug me in
And I wonder will it ever stop?
Repeat Chorus
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Everything J.Gronow
Verse 1
Everything is going to change
Everything is going to change
All the games we played
Everything is going to change
Verse 2
You left me dying here today
I know there but I can’t find the vein
We act without delay
Everything is going to change
Chorus
As day falls into night, and night becomes each day
Will you try to stop the sun, and hold on to its rays
Just let it slide and fall away
Everything is going to change
Verse 3
I’ve got nothing else to say
I don’t know what I had to begin with to say anyway
The signs cannot contain
Everything is going to change
Repeat Chorus
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Holding Pattern
03:27
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Holding Pattern G Hearnden
I’m going to find my way back home
I’m going to find my way back home tonight
I’ve been sinking in mud and falling so fast
Drowning in waves too big for me to ride
Running too slow and trying too hard
Feeling too much to find a clear way out
But I can
I can ride it out
I’m going to find my way back home
I’m going to find my way back home to you tonight
Digging too deep, flying too high
Holding my breath can’t let this chance go by
But I can
I can ride it out
See the swell, it’s growing fast I’ve got to make it
Paddling well, kicking hard I’m going to catch it
On my feet, I disappear and pray that I can make it out
I’m going to find my way back home
I’m going to find my way back home to you tonight
And I can, I can ride it out
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The Last House at Summerlands J.Gronow
Verse 1
I have spent the day, on an orange bed with you, and its OK
The blinds are open for the view, and we’re flashing all the tourists as they pass, through
We don’t need anyone We make our own fun
We are wasting time, in this, sun - shine
Verse 2
Here we are again, at the last house at Summerlands Parade
This place, is the last survivor, a shrine to 1985 and bad, taste
They’re going to pull it down It’s for the penguins now
All the time’s run out For this, tiny house
Middle 8:
Asbestos lines the walls and floors
Cheap veneer on sliding doors
The curtains are a lurid yellow
The shelves are full of strange mementos
This place is the last connection
To how we lost a thousand weekends (good bye, good bye)
Verse 3
When night falls, we light the fire and huddle close together in the cold
As the house begs mercy from the wind, you tell me all the mysteries you know
And in the morning sun When the wreckers come
We’ll make a desperate stand Last night at Summerlands
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11. |
I Couldn't Win
03:19
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I Couldn’t Win by Bruce Begley and Andrea Croft
Verse 1
I tried to call your name
It didn’t sound the same
Suddenly all my strength was gone
Verse 2
Felt just like yesterday
You were in my embrace
Now you’re a thousand miles away
Chorus
I couldn’t win
I couldn’t win, your love
I couldn’t win, your love
Verse 3
As sure as the stars are shining
And all of these years declining
So my hope is fading away
Repeat Chorus X 2
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Jimmy's Lullaby
03:30
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Jimmy’s Lullaby - J Gronow
Verse 1
Is your heart, broke?
Then follow my advice
Take comfort in the majesty and grace
Of the messenger of love
Chorus
Oh, I know you’re tired
Come here, Rest those eyes
Lay down and surrender
Forgive yourself, to Jimmy’s lullaby
Verse 2
Peace, will come to you
Maybe not tonight
But some time, in the dark uncertain future
There will be a light
Repeat Chorus
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Blackbirds FC Melbourne, Australia
BLACKBIRDS FC
Featuring members of The Hollowmen, Helvelln, and the Vanda’s Blackbirds FC play
their own brand of alt. country rock inspired by the Go-Betweens, The Church and Wilco.
Formed in 2017, the band released the EP Life Sciences in 2018 and their debut album Field Recordings in 2019.
The band are delighted to be releasing their second album Magiclands in November 2022.
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