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The New Islands
03:09
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Take me down to the waterline
Take me down to the sea
Watch me load up the cargo
And wave goodbye to me
The sun rises over the sails
Salt water kisses your knees
Seagulls follow the trawler
Breathe, baby, breathe
The new islands
They're coming right out of the water
The new islands
They're coming right out of the water
Skipping like a stone
It's rum, old bread and canasta
The only question worth asking:
Will it make the boat go faster
The third day's always the hardest
You can make it three days you can make it a year
I see clouds break over peaks in the distance
No fear, no fear, they're here...
The new islands
They're coming right out of the water
The new islands
They're coming right out of the water
Don't look back, you never look back
The bigger the wake you know the faster the past catches up
The new islands
They're coming right out of the water
The new islands
They're coming right out of the water
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2. |
On a Boat
02:10
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Wanna take you on a boat
Anywhere, anytime, the deeper the better
Skin on skin, skin is in
Anything with you
Feel like a kid
Thinkin in cliches again...
Breathe it in
Breathe it in
Falling is the easy part
But getting up, and staying up
After the fall is the hard part
But this feels good, easy and good
And I can smell you
On my favourite t-shirt
I breathe it in
Breathe it in
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3. |
Captain's Basket
04:11
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Captain's Basket
At the Riverfront Motel
The sample bag's shrinking, the waitress is winking
Or maybe that's dirt in her eye
So many airports and so many roads
And everything's under construction
And every damn exit I take is the wrong one
But I always find my way home
I'll plan to be back for sunset
But that last call will always come up
So I'll eat Spanish Mackerel and head to my room
Fill my cup
And the stars tonight they are singing
And the ocean is hushing the moon
And these holes in my boots they just keep getting bigger
And I'm pocketing hotel tea spoons
Cos that's what you used to do wasn't it babe?
You couldn't resist, what a sight
My beautiful bride, so smooth, so cunning
You slipped away into the night
But that was back then, when we were a pair
The New New is Now and the sheets are so tight
As I lay down my arms in my hotel-made bed
I wish you a very goodnight
And I'm up in the morning, and back on the road
The fog's clearing out of my head
"Keep taking the tablets and making the calls"
That's what the old salesman said
Cos there's no finish line, no end to the game
Only more sales to be had
More sales, more money, silver tongue dripping honey
Til I'm back in that hotel-made bed
And the stars tonight they are singing
And the ocean is hushing the moon
And these holes in my boots they just keep getting bigger
And I'm pocketing hotel tea spoons
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A Thousand Cuts
03:51
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I’m a whale, stranded, on the shore
Hoping this tide’s coming in
I’m an insect, crawling, on the floor
Wings pulled, no idea how to find my way outside
I’m a fox caught in a trap you set
Chewing like mad through this leg
Cos if I’m still here when the sun rears its head
I know I am a goner
And it’s death, death, by a thousand cuts
Death, death, by a thousand cuts
Exposed, bleeding. Each incision
Hurts more and less at the same time
Till the wait is over
And it’s done
The final cut is made
And it's death, death, by a thousand cuts
Death, death, by a thousand cuts
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Smoko Dog
02:33
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Woke up, before sunrise
Rub the sleep, out of my eyes
Spend the morning working and yawning
But you won't see me...
Til the sound of the thermos opening
Biscuit lid turns and I'm hoping
Loping in just in time
For a spell on the log
Call me Smoko Dog
If you need me, then I'll stay
But I'd prefer a half day
Water finds its own level
Mine's right here on the hot gravel
And why so serious?
Why so damn serious?
Take a spell on the log
Like Smoko Dog
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Rhys Howlett Adelaide, Australia
Songs about people, places, work, identity, hope, home, food, beverages...
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