Anyhow
I went out with a girl who was never satisfied with what she was or whatever she was doing. I tried to tell her it didn't matter.
And if I say to you
We could be sailing on the sea
We could be rounding on a breeze
Through the Jacaranda trees
All on a fairytale
Of a million dollar bill
All on a rolling wave
Of a tide of bagatelle
Ch/
Oh, but it don't matter anyhow
No, it don't matter anyhow.
It don't matter, it don't matter anyhow
If every drop of gold
Fell as rain into your hands
Just grains of running sand
Like jewels along the strand
The pearls that fill your heart
Lift you up and let you down
Your swirls of satin whorls
Brush the night without a sound
Mid8/
From the moment that we met
From the minute that you said
I'll be going home one day
Who has the life to light my way
Raised on Alcohol
Just what the title says really, images of growing up against a background of alcohol. I don't get when people say drugs and alcohol, like they're different, like alcohol isn't a drug.
It really brings the law and law makers into disrepute, it makes asses of them which ultimately isn't good for any of us (unless you're up for livin in an anarchist world - guess for some we are already.
It really brings the law and law makers into disrepute, it makes asses of them which ultimately isn't good for any of us (unless you're up for livin in an anarchist world - guess for some we are already.
Personally I'd legalise everything for adults. Way I see it is if you're an adult, supposedly capable of making your own choices and being responsible for yourself, you should have the right to choose - like with life and death but don't get me onto that one! Just think of all the money we'd save on policing drug crime - there'd be none, it would cut crime by I don't know how much - how good would that be? All the money saved would pay for great education about drug use and decent help for those who fall foul of drug use. They're all drugs, lets start being honest!
Saved me from inside
Stories I can’t hide
Threw me high and low
Threw me high and low
Words I spoke alone
Lovers left to roam
But you'll never know
You’ll never know
Saw the naked sky
Love is on the rise
But we’re so lonely
We’re so lonely
Ch/
Racing with nowhere to go (raised on alcohol)
Movies we make as we grow (raised on alcohol)
Time of your life heaven knows (raised on alcohol)
Wheels are turning free
Faster than I see
But Sunday scorched your soul
It scorched you soul
Blew a kiss to you
Loved but underused
And it kills me
It thrills me
Taught me how to cry
Poetry and lies
Angels talk to me
They talk to me
Ch/
Racing with nowhere to go (raised on alcohol)
Movies we make as we grow (raised on alcohol)
Time of your life heaven knows (raised on alcohol)
Break
Movies we make as we grow
Time of your life heaven knows
Go
Ever been snowboarding? - Go, do it, grab whatever chance you get, learn till you can venture off piste into fresh powder and fly.......... Next to sex it's the most wonderful feelin you can get. It really is like you're flying, like you're on one of those space age skate boards in cartoons that don't need wheels, they just hover in space. Add that to the awesome scenery and some fresh mountain air and ya can't help but be in heaven
Go
Feels like a fire burning
Wish my head was made for learning
Now I know it is returning
Ch/
Yeah, so I let it go
Motion is a forward knowing
Ally oop I watch you growing
Riding high and feel it flowing
Ch/
Yeah, when you let it go
Yeah, when you let it go
Break 1/
Do what you dare don't you
Know I don't care
When you go
Down the pipe I know I could say
I'm alive, I think, I repay
Everyday it comes up my way
Ch/
Yeah, so I let it go
1/
Ch/
Yeah when you let it go
Break 2/
Take to the air and I
Do what I dare when I go
See for yourself whether
No body else ever knows
Go
Dream
My political beliefs are strong but they're mine and I don't wish to ram them down anyone's throat so I'm not gonna tell what these lyrics mean, just that that's what they're about. You'll have to see what you reckon for yourself :)
Dream
First you live and then you die
And your flames won't touch the sky
You can rise and you can fall
And tomorrow when she comes will see it all
Looking for the writing on the wall
Searching for a tale that says it all
Ch1/
Oh darling don't you want me
Darling don't you leave me
Darling don't you walk the way
Of every child before
Ch2/
Coz you know
That life
Is but a dream
Yeah you know
That life
Is but a dream
I am tall when I sit down
And I grow when I look around
I am rich though I am poor
I am stronger though I'm weaker than before
How can you believe in what you saw
What am I to do when I want more
Ch1/
Ch2/
Break
It's a dream, a dream I believe
And it's blowing like the wind through the trees
It's flowing like the water to the sea
And I'm gonna let it wash all over me
Break
So you live and then you die
And your flames won't touch the sky
How can you believe in what you saw
What am I to do when I want more
Lazy Love
Doesn't need much explanation this one!
Lazy Love
Took me by surprise
So much relies, on me
Everything I do
I want to be true, and free
Days in bed
The things in my head, are all new
So if you don't mind
You're takin too much time
And I'm through with the things that I don't wanna do
Ch/
(And) All I want is lazy love, tonight
Come and give me lazy love, tonight
Got to go to work
But work don't work, for me
Another 50 years
It's gonna end in tears, I can see
It don't matter who
There's always someone new, on at me
You clean up the house
Be quiet as a mouse
Well I'm through with the things that I don't wanna do
I never asked for this
I only want a lazy kiss
Sleep Emily
Seems to be unfashionable to be a bloke these days, to have testosterone and do things in an instinctively male way. Personally, I think it's a problem not to value and actively promote these things. Anyone agree?
Sleepy Emily
Somebody told me I should look and see
All of the apples falling off the tree
But I don't care about the things I see
I wanna be the man I am
I wouldn't go to a lonely priest
Don't wanna sing like a bird released
I gotta heart that belongs to a beast
I wanna be the man I am
Ch/
Sleepy Emily
I wanna warn you about me
Sleepy Emily
I wanna warn you about me
How many times must you make me say
I wanna be getting on my way
You wanna crucify somebody today
I wanna be the man I am
(So) come here and take me as I am
Stop putting roses in a can
You wanna think that I give a damn
I wanna be the man I am
Ch/
Break/
I'm growing up I'll send you flowers
If you want I'll send you more
You better let me in I'm knocking at your door
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This is an aspirational song about being the best you can. If you don't then there's always a part of you that's disappointed with yourself and leaves you at least a bit unhappy.
It's not easy to do all the time but if you're aware that it is what you need to be doing most of the time I think you're on the road to a happy life :)
Fly
Up ahead of the wind
Shine
Brighter than you can see
Sail away from here and you'll disappear
Climb
To the top of the world
Live
With more than your heart
Sail away from here and you'll disappear
Sail away from here and you'll disappear
Ch/
Can you see what you've been missing
Honey bees and honey kissing
All the things that you've been wishing
It's a long way home
Dream
In a bed full of stars
Rise
High above what you are
Sail away from here and you'll disappear
Sail away from here and you'll disappear
College Classes
This is a song about me and Mem doing music at college, not that we knew each other then but seems we had much the same experiences. We both met some great people and it's good to know quite a few have kept up with things and gone on to do better and better (check out www.forbiddenfruitrecordings.com for eg – go Anth).
It's great when you're learning new stuff every time you go in, some of it's just messin around but you bounce ideas of each other and you see what others do and think – oh yeah that's good, I could nick that!!
College Classes
Jammin with Joe
The things he could show, about life
Chances we missed
Girls we could kiss, all night
Stinking of beer, I wanna hear guitar
Robin the bank, the bandit at the bar
Ch/ x2
(All day long we're)
Jumpin around
We're tryin to see the System of a Down
We're jumpin around
We're puttin on the old kings crown
Everything cracked
The scoobies we snacked, at your door
Friends that we made
When nobody stayed, to do more
Starting to hear the Darkroom Robot noise
Thinking about Reason and her toys
Mid 8/
What you got to say about it
We, wanna wear, the old kings crown
We, wanna be, the hero looking down
We wanna wear............ the old kings crown
We wanna be................ the hero looking down
Corners
It's only fairly recently I realised I was a commitment phobe in relationships, so I tried to do something about it. I met a girl and thought, yeah, this is the one, I'm gonna do it and this is the song about how it began.
Never gonna live without it
Never gonna fade away
All the love I'm thinkin of
Sitting in a sunny day, sunny day
All it was a time of wonder
All it was a hand in mine
What we need is hard to find
Lookin for a light to shine, light to shine
Ch/
Always had a mind to call you baby
Walk along the corners of the world
Always had a mind to call you baby
Tell you bout the stories of a girl, of a girl
Really was a new beginning
Really was a heart attack
Conceit takes a look at you
When you're not looking back, looking back
Little Supreme
I wrote this with my mate Roger about inaction over global warming. I hope world leaders step back from the brink in time. There are some good signs but there are plenty of bad ones too! I'd like to thank all those activists that go out and fight causes like this on my behalf while I sit around writing songs.
Little Supreme
My little supreme, I wanna tell you something
My heart is ablaze and my head is thumping
I wouldn’t believe in a month of Sundays
But up in the trees the wind is blowing my way
Two ways the view
Ch/
I need your eyes to know
I want your lips to show
I need your heart to say
You live your dreams this way
Face of a rainbow did the sun design you
Set in a picture would I be beside you
I’m thinking aloud while the sun is waking
Will you smile in tune with the world I’m making
It’s all for you
Ch/
Break/
I'll never be this way again
It's almost time to say goodbye
I'll never be this way again
And you know you're the reason why
Album Compilation
