LET GO AND FLY
Like a river that flows to the sea
I always had to be free
and though you loved that wildness in me
you couldn't just let me be
Like a moon that lights up the sky
I danced like some crazy firefly
and even though you wanted to try
you couldn't just let go and fly
Cause you never did understand
you needed everything planned
you reached out and you caught my hand
you couldn't see how our love was damned
like a dove shot down to the ground
my pure white feathers lay all around
my bleeding heart did not make a sound
you couldn't keep me so you shot me down
Cause you never never did understand
you needed everything planned
you reached out and you caught my hand
you couldn't see how our love was damned
Like a river that flows to the sea
I always had to be free
and though you loved that wildness in me
you couldn't just let me be
Like a moon that lights up the sky
I danced like some crazy firefly
and even though you wanted to try
you couldn't just let go and fly
Cause you never did understand
you needed everything planned
you reached out and you caught my hand
you couldn't see how our love was damned
like a dove shot down to the ground
my pure white feathers lay all around
my bleeding heart did not make a sound
you couldn't keep me so you shot me down
Cause you never never did understand
you needed everything planned
you reached out and you caught my hand
you couldn't see how our love was damned
WALK ON BY (inspired by footage of young soldiers on foot patrol)
Walk on by
but I know you saw me here
you caught my eye
and we both saw a look of fear
and way beyond the sky
I know you're me inside
mothers' baby boys
in some pretty dumb disguise
no one is free to choose
only our lives to lose
Just a kid
but I saw my brother there
couldn't say a word
it would only end in a prayer
but if what they say is true
and if karma exists in this place
I hope you change your mind
when your sights are set on my face
no one is free to choose
only our lives to lose
only a glimpse of time
is down to your hand or mine
I see a glow
some kind of light in my eyes
can't feel any pain
don't even need to cry
I'm floating above the ground
all I can do is love
it all seems so crazy now
now I'm looking down from above
no one is free to choose
only our lives to lose
only a glimpse of time
is graced by your breath or mine
SISTER
Sister, tell me what you're thinking
don't tell me anything sad
cause I know as sure as sure as blinking
feeling sad's enough to make you mad the men, you know
they fuck you up and then they want to go
it seems to me
you're only happy when you're in a state of misery.
Sister, when I hear that phone ring
I hope it ain't nothing bad
cause I know as sure as sure as blinking
feeling bad's enough to make you mad the tears you cry
when your latest lover says goodbye
it feels like rain
there you go turning on the waterfall again.
Sister, how my heart is sinking
watching you just roll from sad to bad
cause I know as sure as sure as blinking
sad and bad's enough to make you mad it seems to me
you always see the glass as half empty
you know it's true
the way you see this big old world
that's how it sees you.
Sister,
sister,
sister.
Sister, tell me what you're thinking
don't tell me anything sad
cause I know as sure as sure as blinking
feeling sad's enough to make you mad the men, you know
they fuck you up and then they want to go
it seems to me
you're only happy when you're in a state of misery.
Sister, when I hear that phone ring
I hope it ain't nothing bad
cause I know as sure as sure as blinking
feeling bad's enough to make you mad the tears you cry
when your latest lover says goodbye
it feels like rain
there you go turning on the waterfall again.
Sister, how my heart is sinking
watching you just roll from sad to bad
cause I know as sure as sure as blinking
sad and bad's enough to make you mad it seems to me
you always see the glass as half empty
you know it's true
the way you see this big old world
that's how it sees you.
Sister,
sister,
sister.
LONELY LITTLE MAN
Lonely little man
you try the best you can
but mama wouldn't cut the cord and let you live
little man.
Long invisible thread
does things inside your head
the sack upon your back filled with guilt claws you back
to her
and all she's gonna do is dump her shit on you
little man.
Blue-eyed baby boy
you cute and cuddly toy
but mama hit the booze and daddy just left you
little boy.
Messing up your head
with all the things she said
'until the day you came life was good
now its all a crying shame'
it cuts like a knife
but she's ruining your life
baby boy.
Handsome looking guy, catch every woman's eye
but every girl turned cold as your mother’s icy hold bit in.
You’d try to walk away, a hundred times a day
but she’d turn on the tears, how she sacrificed the years for you
she don’t know what to do, she says she cannot cope
without you.
Lonely little man, you tried the best you can
now mothers dead and gone, the cord is cut
you can move on.
So now it seems you’re free, but you don’t know how to be
it's harder than you think, and so you hit the drink
little man
and no one understands a lonely little man
no one understands a lonely little man
baby boy.
Lonely little man
you try the best you can
but mama wouldn't cut the cord and let you live
little man.
Long invisible thread
does things inside your head
the sack upon your back filled with guilt claws you back
to her
and all she's gonna do is dump her shit on you
little man.
Blue-eyed baby boy
you cute and cuddly toy
but mama hit the booze and daddy just left you
little boy.
Messing up your head
with all the things she said
'until the day you came life was good
now its all a crying shame'
it cuts like a knife
but she's ruining your life
baby boy.
Handsome looking guy, catch every woman's eye
but every girl turned cold as your mother’s icy hold bit in.
You’d try to walk away, a hundred times a day
but she’d turn on the tears, how she sacrificed the years for you
she don’t know what to do, she says she cannot cope
without you.
Lonely little man, you tried the best you can
now mothers dead and gone, the cord is cut
you can move on.
So now it seems you’re free, but you don’t know how to be
it's harder than you think, and so you hit the drink
little man
and no one understands a lonely little man
no one understands a lonely little man
baby boy.
GOING HOME
He’s going home
He don’t know what is waiting for him
Feels so alone
But no one's going to do it for him
In danger zone
Remembers why he left so clearly
The old man could blow
So just face the music take the pain and sing
For your soul
And hope that they will throw in supper
Life’s like a roll
Stuffed with prawns and dripping mayo
Smile to the crowd
Forget what's stuck between your teeth
They like what they see
Don’t let them see the ruins underneath.
Knock on the door
He’s feeling pretty sick inside
Throat closing in
Again he is that little child
Take a deep breath
The door is just about to open
The old man could blow
So just face the music take the pain and sing.....
Small little man
Seems totally inconsequential
No bully now
A little deaf, not recognising
Here is the boy
Who was just a place to put his anger
The old man could blow
So just face the music take the pain and sing.....
He’s going home
He don’t know what is waiting for him
Feels so alone
But no one's going to do it for him
In danger zone
Remembers why he left so clearly
The old man could blow
So just face the music take the pain and sing
For your soul
And hope that they will throw in supper
Life’s like a roll
Stuffed with prawns and dripping mayo
Smile to the crowd
Forget what's stuck between your teeth
They like what they see
Don’t let them see the ruins underneath.
Knock on the door
He’s feeling pretty sick inside
Throat closing in
Again he is that little child
Take a deep breath
The door is just about to open
The old man could blow
So just face the music take the pain and sing.....
Small little man
Seems totally inconsequential
No bully now
A little deaf, not recognising
Here is the boy
Who was just a place to put his anger
The old man could blow
So just face the music take the pain and sing.....
HONEY I KNOW
Honey I know
The years have taken hostage
Of the good looks I had
And honey I know
We speak a different language
Lost the bond we once had
And I see the grass has grown
Underneath where you stand
And I know when the cold winds blow
You will let go of my hand.
Honey I know
This girl became a mother
I held you all when you fell
Honey I know
You never took another
Not as far as I could tell.
And I see the grass has grown
Underneath where you stand
And I know when the cold winds blow
You will let go of my hand.
Honey I know
You’ve grown tired of waiting
For the girl you once knew
And honey I know
Its hard to watch me growing
When grow apart is all we do
And I see the grass has grown
Underneath where you stand
And I know when the cold winds blow
You will let go of my hand.
Honey I know
The years have taken hostage
Of the good looks I had
And honey I know
We speak a different language
Lost the bond we once had
And I see the grass has grown
Underneath where you stand
And I know when the cold winds blow
You will let go of my hand.
Honey I know
This girl became a mother
I held you all when you fell
Honey I know
You never took another
Not as far as I could tell.
And I see the grass has grown
Underneath where you stand
And I know when the cold winds blow
You will let go of my hand.
Honey I know
You’ve grown tired of waiting
For the girl you once knew
And honey I know
Its hard to watch me growing
When grow apart is all we do
And I see the grass has grown
Underneath where you stand
And I know when the cold winds blow
You will let go of my hand.
GENEVIEVE
Genevieve, you’re not ugly
Don’t listen to what she said
She’s just jealous
Of your hair - flaming red.
Genevieve, just ignore her
She wants me in her bed
She cannot believe
That I chose you instead.
She has a face like a supermodel
Her body’s long and lean
She grew up being a princess
So she thought she’d be queen.
Genevieve, hold my hand
And your head in the air
No matter what she says about you
Try not to care.
Genevieve, please believe me
When I look in your eyes
I see a soul so beautiful inside.
Genevieve, let me see your smile
So I can breathe
No supermodel face
Does that for me
Only Genevieve does that for me
Wrap your arms around me
Genevieve.
Genevieve, you’re not ugly
Don’t listen to what she said
She’s just jealous
Of your hair - flaming red.
Genevieve, just ignore her
She wants me in her bed
She cannot believe
That I chose you instead.
She has a face like a supermodel
Her body’s long and lean
She grew up being a princess
So she thought she’d be queen.
Genevieve, hold my hand
And your head in the air
No matter what she says about you
Try not to care.
Genevieve, please believe me
When I look in your eyes
I see a soul so beautiful inside.
Genevieve, let me see your smile
So I can breathe
No supermodel face
Does that for me
Only Genevieve does that for me
Wrap your arms around me
Genevieve.
THE DADDY'S GIRL
The daddy taught his little girl to throw a fast punch
But she didn’t like to hurt a body all that much
So daddy said 'well just you keep it quiet to yourself
There ain't much I can give you that amounts to wealth'....a ha ha....
Years went by and the daddy did die
They laid him in the ground while the little girl cried
Daddy was the only soul who’d ever been there
And now she was alone at the end of the prayers....a ha ha....
In no time at all there was a knock at the door
A cheeky young man was a-standing before her
His plea was he reckoned she could do with some care
And then he took the liberty of touching her hair.....a ha ha....
Now you can imagine her confusion that night
She needed some love but this didn’t feel right
So when he made a move to touch a little bit more
She threw a fast punch and he fell to the floor....a ha ha....
And just for a moment her daddy was there
He held her close and he stroked her hair
And in that moment it all became clear
Daddy will protect you even if he isn’t here....a ha ha....
The daddy taught his little girl to throw a fast punch
But she didn’t like to hurt a body all that much
Daddy said well just you keep it quiet to yourself
There ain't much I can give you that amounts to wealth....a ha ha....
The daddy taught his little girl to throw a fast punch
But she didn’t like to hurt a body all that much
So daddy said 'well just you keep it quiet to yourself
There ain't much I can give you that amounts to wealth'....a ha ha....
Years went by and the daddy did die
They laid him in the ground while the little girl cried
Daddy was the only soul who’d ever been there
And now she was alone at the end of the prayers....a ha ha....
In no time at all there was a knock at the door
A cheeky young man was a-standing before her
His plea was he reckoned she could do with some care
And then he took the liberty of touching her hair.....a ha ha....
Now you can imagine her confusion that night
She needed some love but this didn’t feel right
So when he made a move to touch a little bit more
She threw a fast punch and he fell to the floor....a ha ha....
And just for a moment her daddy was there
He held her close and he stroked her hair
And in that moment it all became clear
Daddy will protect you even if he isn’t here....a ha ha....
The daddy taught his little girl to throw a fast punch
But she didn’t like to hurt a body all that much
Daddy said well just you keep it quiet to yourself
There ain't much I can give you that amounts to wealth....a ha ha....
LITTLE TINY TEAR (inspired by footage of a famine - that face of a traumatised child we have all witnessed)
Little tiny tear
Diamond in a sphere
Holds everything you fear
So heavy so full.
Flicker, blink, eyelash, eye,
Little tear goodbye
Rolling cheek-skin fly
Burst open in the pool.
Pool of tiny tears
Muddy silver years
No one really hears
This worlds too cruel.
Giant dam appears
Years and years and years
Of lonely little tears
Just one more dimming jewel.
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES
I cannot deal with the stuff that you throw, anymore
I think you should know, I have to go.
The things that you say pierce my heart and the blood spills out crying
For what could have been, but you just laugh and say
One day I’ll hurt you.
Well you’re right, ok? cause I’m leaving tonight
I believe in self-fulfilling prophecies and so here we are
You pushed me too far
So you’re right, cause I’m leaving tonight
And I hope you’re happy, happy, happy, I hope you’re happy.
At times it just felt as if I was somebody else
The venom filled spite you hurled to my face belonged to some other time
The stage is now empty you’ll need some more players I guess
And if my guess is true Act One will see you behaving your best.
And I hope you’re happy, happy, happy, I hope you’re happy.
Act Two I remember left me feeling very confused
Had you never meant what you said in Act One – was I just being used?
Act Three I suspect ends the same every time that you play it
A script you now know off by heart, from the end to the start
So you can be right, OK
Cause I’m leaving tonight
I believe in self-fulfilling prophecies and so here we are
You pushed me too far
So you’re right, cause I’m leaving tonight
And I hope you’re happy, happy, happy, I hope you’re happy.
SPINNING
When I was young
I used to dream
One day I’ll be rich
One day I’ll be queen.
Look, look, look at me dancing
Round and round and round I spin in the air
Look, look, look at me dancing
I can close my eyes and be anywhere.
I used to draw
my queen in her wedding dress
Thousands of curls in
hair down to her waist.
Look, look, look at me dancing
Round and round and round I spin in the air
Look, look, look at me dancing
I can close my eyes and be anywhere.
In this grand dream
My king would be
A handsome hero
And oh, oh how he would love me.
Look, look, look at me dancing
Round and round and round I spin in the air
Look, look, look at me dancing
I can close my eyes and be anywhere.
Now, here I am
No diamonds in view
No handsome king
Just a girl who grew.
Look, look, look at me dancing
Round and round and round I spin in the air
Look, look, look at me dancing
I can close my eyes and be anywhere.
COLDHEART
Isnt it strange?
How my heart betrays me when you say hello
I tremble to talk, and do
So I’m still speaking
And the world still sees me just the same
And you’ll never catch ask my name
Cause I.....
Cause I, don’t let anybody in.
Isnt it funny?
How my heart skips a beat when you walk by
I lose my feet and slide
But I’m still standing
And the world cant see I’d like to fly
And you will never hear me sigh
Cause I...
Cause I, cant let anybody in.
Isnt it sad?
How my heart flips over when I see you
I close my eyes and hide
But I’m still breathing
And the world cant see I’d like my heart
To open up not fall apart
Cause I...
Cause I, cant let anybody in.