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Honeysuckle Hill
04:07
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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
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2. |
Neighbours
04:30
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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
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3. |
Too Far
03:44
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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
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4. |
Kiss Those Days Goodbye
04:53
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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
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5. |
The Ghost Of Elvis
04:59
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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
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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
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7. |
Jubilation
03:51
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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
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8. |
Emale
04:16
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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
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9. |
Single Man Town
04:42
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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
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10. |
A Night With No Moon
05:53
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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
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11. |
Detective Man
04:00
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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
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12. |
Sunday
04:53
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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
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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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