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Caterpillar Maze

by Steve Grieve and The Mourners

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1.
Honeysuckle Hill - Grieve/Myles I have a time for you I know a tree that we can run to And if we’re only human, then I’m prepared to die But not before I’ve touched the earth And seen my favourite sky Down by the river past the second bridge You can look back through the valley Across to where you live At night I sometimes go there and sit beneath the moon And watch the world go sailing by the light from your room I miss the summers in December I always will And you were something to remember The girl on Honeysuckle Hill No driving rain would keep you from weathering the storm Watching for the whales moving south along the shore In seven miles of beauty You were never hard to find Solitary, sitting still, an echo in my mind I miss the summers in December I always will And you were something to remember
2.
Neighbours 04:30
Neighbours - Grieve/Myles I keep thinking that my neighbours are watching my every move There’s a sign at the end of my street makes me think that it’s true Invite in the mail box made it sound so sweet Coffee and a chat and you’re helping the police I keep thinking that my neighbours are watching my every move Hey leave me alone Won’t you leave me alone Hey come on leave me alone When I’m in my home I based my lifestyle on being relaxed But after operation Noah, I don’t know where I’m at Granny ’cross the road’s always peering out her window Lawyer next door always wants to say hello I keep thinking that my neighbours are watching my every move Hey leave me alone Stay right out of my zone Don’t even call my phone When I’m home, it’s my home Hey leave me alone Won’t you leave me alone Hey come on leave me alone When I’m in my home In my home, in my home, it’s my home I keep thinking that my neighbours are watching my every move I get a little self conscious, doing house work in the nude The Bureau of Statistics and the AFP Creeping round the yard, I need security Got me thinking that my neighbours are watching my every move Hey leave me alone Stay right out of my zone Don’t even call my phone Hey leave me alone Yeah I’m probably not home I’m hiding under a stone When I’m home, in my home. In my home, it’s my home When I wanna get up, when I wanna get down When I wanna be, with the one that I love When I wanna get old, when I wanna die, with dignity When I wanna be, who I wanna be When I’m at home
3.
Too Far 03:44
Too Far - Myles They blew into town on the tail of a hot summer breeze The kind of people who don’t mind taking what they need There’s something cool about the way they cruelly stare A jaded look of madness, no time left to care Faded jeans, faded innocence Straight to the point, all the rest is bent Tattoos had their reasons so many years ago, Once were their symbols now they’re just part of the show The things they don’t talk about no more Seems it’s all been said before Looks like they’ve gone Too far This time They’re lost Out of time Drugs don’t move them no more and alcohol’s distorted their world He’s such an angry young man and she’s one wired little girl Surrounding themselves in a subtle camouflage You can see by their moods their emotions are just a collage The things that keep them both awake at night They’re not going to talk about it don’t want to fight Looks like they’ve gone Too far This time They’re lost Out of time
4.
Kiss Those Days Goodbye - Grieve/Myles Baby’s making trouble with the birds and the bees I’m on fire, honey when you see me I’ll be down on my knees People can’t see the fucking woods for the trees No idea, life is just living making love on the beach I believe the only crime Are the years we leave behind Too afraid to speak our minds Kiss those days goodbye Wake up in the morning touch your skin to my face Soft girl sleeping, dying to be near you Mama play you my ace Rolling down the highway at a hundred and ten Motor humming, freedom comes easy when you’re making amends Thrown against the waves of time We got lucky and survived Under the mackerel sky I’m going to tell you why It’s time to speak my mind Kiss those days goodbye City living sanctifying death by degrees I won’t buy it, give me someone special something good to eat Baby’s making trouble with the birds and the bees I’m on fire, honey when you see me I’ll be down on my knees I believe the only crime Are the years we leave behind Too afraid to speak our minds Thrown against the waves of time We got lucky and survived Under the mackerel sky I‘m going to tell you why Yeah it’s time to speak my mind Kiss those days goodbye Yeah, say bye bye baby Just one sweet kiss from your lips And I’m falling ’round like a fool Every day, every night But one sweet kiss from your lips And I’m running like a fool Take me higher Kiss those days goodbye
5.
The Ghost Of Elvis - Myles The pilot apologised, yeah the sun came up and his eyes were bleeding He said L.A.’s one wild town, just ignore the air you breathe The freeways are suicide, it’s left hand drive with a right side brain The real beauty of the place, they’ve redefined the meaning of strange I feel like I’ve found a place where All you get is your personal space And they give it away on the TV and radio ‘Till in the desert west of Tucson I saw a sunset like I’d never known The spirit of Halloween, yeah the day of the dead and the place went crazy The police went and shot a guy, it was fancy dress, his gun was a phony Well I hit the Sunset Strip, in a gold Cadillac with the ghost of Elvis The people cried out to him, it’s pretty clear they miss their King For in this place celebrity is greater than I thought it would be It’s an opiate for all those ordinary lives In the desert west of Tucson I saw ten thousand stars in the sky There’s just no turning back in this race There’s a crazy plan, yeah they’re gonna see it through And patriotism holds it all in place Yeah they’re clinging to the red, white and blue, just hanging on, just hanging on to The edge of reality, ain’t nothing but a hound dog in blue suede shoes Down in Tallahassee the hanging chad is the black man’s blues So it’s viva Las Vegas, from the Heartbreak Hotel to the Jailhouse Rock Elvis can you help us, democracy has lost the plot And the candidate from the Lone Star State, he’s a reborn soul but a real disgrace To lead the free world man you’ve just got to And in the sunset west of Tucson, the cowboy’s riding slowly away
6.
Caterpillar Maze - Grieve/Myles What’s with the rumour that I’m crazy Did I just hear someone call me a fool Maybe I should have been a dealer Paint the world black and blue Everybody thinks that I’m lazy Doing nothing day and night Maybe I should have been a preacher Paint the world black and white The Cheshire cat won’t leave me alone The sky’s gonna fall, I want to go home When someone calls out Make you a promise And put you on the scene Friends saying that I’m wasted Sitting ’round chasing dreams So I’m going down the hole with Alice See what sits in between Friends make me feel naked Say that I’m wearing funny clothes If I could only see what they were looking at I could be someone to know The Cheshire cat won’t leave me alone The sky’s gonna fall, I want to go home And someone calls out Make you a promise And put you on the scene Show you some good things The stuff of madness, stuff of dreams There’s a fine line I’ve been walking Trying to get through to you I didn’t mean to be no scene stealer I was just trying to true I can’t change what you’re thinking Can’t change what you do I can hear the bells ringing Different things for me and you The Cheshire cat won’t leave me alone The sky’s gonna fall, I want to go home Lost in a caterpillar maze Make you a promise And put you on the scene Show you some good things The stuff of madness, stuff of dreams
7.
Jubilation 03:51
Jubilation - Grieve/Myles See the bird in the skies of the reoccurring dream Flying from the nightmare in the distance hear the scream You can sense the celebration, the fight to break free The time has come to leave behind this dark history Keep in time with rhythm, the space it will create Right day right night it will give us the place Out there past horizons, right before your eyes The dream bird will appear in the reoccurring sky I stare at the sun in the hot desert air I know that you’re near, there are signs everywhere I don’t need no sacrifice to burn in my fire Just bring on the love, quench my desire Hey hey Jubilation Are you trying to find me What’s the message baby Are you trying to set me free So I stare at the stars from my own little altar Soothing my soul is the sound of running water I keep looking for the vision I so much want to see A girl called Jubilation well she’s trying to find me I stare at the sun in the hot desert air I know that you’re near, there are signs everywhere I don’t need no sacri ce to burn in my fire Just bring on the love, quench my desire. Hey hey Jubilation Are you trying to find me What’s the message baby Are you trying to set me free Hey hey Jubilation A girl called Jubilation Hey hey Jubilation Are you trying to set me free
8.
Emale 04:16
Emale - Grieve/Myles Mr. Curious Ambition He’s on the sniff and gone fishing A fully paid subscriber Scratch and sniff transmission Download the file connection The vision sex electric Obscene ice cream obsession Pure pink-bit aesthetic Cybersex siren Hey, internet pet Email mama Do me on the net Software body language Genetically fine tuned Double entendre rendezvous Joystick baboon Cybersex siren Hey, internet pet Email mama Do me on the net
9.
Single Man Town - Grieve/Myles A single man town Everybody’s down Lonely hearts and runaways Joker on the prowl He’s a night owl A cowboy with his heart in chains Hey hey baby Stop your going crazy It’s bringing me down Hey hey maybe Maybe I should take you To see a single man town She could paint with words And sing it like a bird And talked until the sun hit the sand A woman all alone She ain’t got no family home Playing in a rock and roll band Hey hey baby Stop your going crazy It’s bringing me down Hey hey maybe Maybe I should take you To see a single man town He’s missing her laughter While he’s hanging from the rafter Clowning for the drunks in the bar This woman’s man is missing No hugging and a kissing She’s sitting in the kitchen getting stoned Hey hey baby Stop your going crazy It’s bringing me down Hey hey maybe Maybe I should take you
10.
A Night With No Moon - Grieve/Myles All that work I’ve done to get here Is now bringing me undone Surrounded by what I thought I wanted near My instincts tell me to run There’s an old friend over there A simple hard working man And if I tell him about my plan Will he understand As I reflect I start to find Decisions I felt I never made I just didn’t want to live out my life Overworked and underpaid There’s my old lover over there I still get that feeling when I look her in the eye If I do now what I wouldn’t do then Will she understand Hey take what you want Take everything you need I’ve been waiting on you babe Don’t hang your bad luck on me The cheap red wine has got to me My mind moving so slow I can’t speak As I wander around on this night with no moon My life has turned and it’s starting to speak There’s my family over there They see right through my disguise And if I walk away Will they understand All that work I’ve done to get here Is now slowly bringing me undone Surrounded by what I thought I wanted near My instincts tell me to run There’s a whole world out there One fine design one crazy plan And if I turn around Will they understand Will they understand The journey of this man I’m sure you understand I don’t think I was cut out to be no family man I’m sure you understand
11.
Detective Man - Grieve Hold your horses Mr. please We’re all looking for redemption You want some hired expertise Low risk, a timely intervention I’m working cases overtime Chasing leads, jumping fences Trade your money for your pride Up front, meals plus expenses First consultation free, discretion guaranteed Bad debts and infedelity You can put your feet up leave the dirty work to me Detective man, save you the trouble Get your information Detective man, peace of mind on the double I’m parking nights out in the rain Tailing limousine ’Benzes I’m watching sordid lover’s games Having fun, with telephoto lenses Set a wire inside the phone Hit the streets, undetected When you think that you’re alone Think again Mr. Company Director Missing persons and security Anything you need Body cam technology Covert operator gonna bring you up to speed Detective man, save you the trouble Get your information Detective man, peace of mind on the double I don’t wanna be you We got video machines And closed circuit TV Bring up your details on the screen Head down town with a positive ID Got a lady crying foul Found a girl beneath her bed Wants her husband followed ’round Wants to pay me with her body instead Missing persons and security Anything you need Body cam technology Covert operator gonna bring you up to speed Detective man, save you the trouble Get your information Detective man, peace of mind on the double I don’t wanna be you
12.
Sunday 04:53
Sunday - Grieve/Myles By my calculations It must be Sunday Another observation It feels like breakfast time My intuition tells me I’m right on time A little meditation Everything’s just fine But I don’t want to get up I want to get high I ought to get a medal I’m that kind of guy Make it to the shower Hatch a cunning plan Rearrange appointments And organise a jam But I don’t want to get up I want to get high I ought to get a medal I’m that kind of guy Yeah, yeah, yeah Sunday high Love that feeling It’s alright I’m that kind of guy Life’s too short to waste it Sure glad I’ve changed my ways I really hope it’s Sunday If it’s not I’m really late But I don’t want to get up I want to get high I ought to get a medal I’m that kind of guy

about

Like our beautiful old bus, this new record has travelled a long and at times arduous road. Much of it was written sitting around kitchen tables, sandwiched between reunions, rehearsals and gigs, driving from Sydney to Canberra, the South Coast to Bellingen and Byron Bay, amid much chaos, improbable hilarity and the odd ale or two.

The Mourners remains an enigmatic yet strangely compelling collaboration which allows us to get together once in an intense while and really play, to put on funny clothes, turn up the volume, bounce off some walls together, and against all the odds bang out some new tunes. We sincerely hope that you derive at least as much pleasure and satisfaction from this music as we did in making it, this, our emergent chrysalis, our collective escape from the Caterpillar Maze.

credits

released July 29, 2017

Dan Myles - vocals
Steve Grieve - acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
Greg Royal - bass guitar, backing vocals
Mick Skelton - drums
Stu Hunter - grand piano, Wurlitzer and Fender Rhodes electric pianos, Hammond B3 organ
Sue Totterdell - backing vocals
Sunil de Silva - percussion

All arrangements Grieve, Myles, Royal
Mixed and produced by Steve Grieve
Mastered by Brent Lambert, Kitchen Mastering, Carrboro, North Carolina USA

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Steve Grieve and The Mourners Australia

Steve Grieve and The Mourners inhabit an enigmatic virtual Neverland of hazy musical dreams, outback chicanery, and lumpy, urbane hybrid rock, roots and blues edifices. The band has acquired an improbable yet mythical cult status and their most recent confrontations with crass commercialism, lazy stereotypes and alliteration are ceremoniously captured on the new album Caterpillar Maze. ... more

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