A ruby waistcoat won’t hide my fear At 12:31 watch my teeth disappear People buy watches Then tell the time By the punctual keeling And crack of my spine But if you’re feeling brave And you’re feeling strong Please pick me up and take me along And if you’re getting tired then rest for a […]
Everyone knows everybody else Let’s skip introductions Talk on little joe His mother left for me to mind A 100 a week A lovely guy of 26 Loves only the lonely Little joe Oh no here he comes Laughing with an old joke Don’t you cry Never do a days work Nothing of value will […]
When she sang about angels She looked at the sky Anybody else, anybody else, but i let it go by When she sang about the fields She raised up her arm As if she was pushing back the cotton on some midwestern farm When she sang about a boy Kurt cobain I thought what a […]
He’s got a four wheel drive that he takes to double island point He’s got a relationship with a woman that he met in an irish joint I know the land And the coloured sand Everything’s fresh at the source in this land Everything’s fresh at the source in this land And i wish him […]
You sure gotta funny way Of hanging on to the babylon Of the always gone and getting it wrong Because it makes no difference to anyone That you had your fun in the burning sun When you thought you’d won And i like your weird way of drifting low In the underflow, try letting go […]
I lived in seclusion for a couple of years In a german farmhouse just drinking beer And every morning i’d wake up with a smile from ear to ear I had one contact to the outside world A phone in london and a seasick girl. I knew what was happening but only in my part […]
I hear you skating on the ice And wonder why you left me twice The eerie sound of blade on lake Cracks my skin and i fill with ache But i don’t want this heart I don’t need this blood I see you running through the grass A doctors daughter, a sky of glass My […]
The Clock - Go-betweens, The
Candles and tambourines shine in the dusk Monkees and spoonful float through the musk Why when you come here Does the rainbow turn black? Spitting and burning, the vision attacks But then the clock turns and its now And its you Ghosts from the river beg to get in Staining my windows with pictures of […]
We used to get our kicks reading surfing magazines Some good looking people wearing Lee cooper jeans They’re breaking on the headland, they’re breaking on the shore And when you’re living in hawaii they’re breaking at your door We used to wet our fingers on surfing magazines Going to throw school and follow those scenes […]
Spirit - Go-betweens, The
I’ve got tickets To the best show in town If you want to come on down and listen I’m ready And i might come along With something that you’ve been missing I’ve got no money I’ve got nothing at all But i’ll keep you guessing And i’m bound To hit the wall And i’ll be […]
