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It's All In The Way
03:38
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IT’S ALL IN THE WAY
(Bridie)
It’s all in the way that you carry yourself
Ever so slightly you lean to one side
Each moment moves slowly the colour’s more defined
And I don’t want it to change
Yeah it’s all in the way you glide when you’re walking
Your feet fly in motion they don’t touch the ground
And it’s all in the way that you’re mine
It’s all in the way we go out night walking
The skipping girl vinegar she skips all through the night
Everything is effortless and out of control
And I don’t want it to change at least not for a while
And it’s all in the way that you’re mine
And I’m just dreaming here in this silence
Lying down like an old dog
Lying down here in the grass taking my time thinking other things
It’s all in the way you lie when you’re drinking
You tell me all kinds of improbable things
The old house feels empty and cold and uninviting
and lifeless when you’re not around
It’s all in the way your eyes stare straight through me
I don’t get away with one miserable thing
And it’s all in the way that you’re mine
Yeah it’s all in the way that you’re mine
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I GUESS IT DON’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS
(Bridie)
I sit at the window and I can’t see a thing
We’re not looking closely we’re just giving in
When they spin the wheel of fortune we all clap and dance
And we drink and we laugh and we sing
It’s a hope we hang on to dearly
The chances of winning are grim
And I guess it don’t get much better than this
All the time I feel fine
Do we settle for some ordinary bliss
All the time I don’t mind
This little country it’s little again
We never caught on to the old vision thing
But we’re fools if we sit back and stare at the ground
While the weasels and analysts sing
If we want our place in history
We can’t let the frustration drive us to fashionable drinking again
And I guess it don’t get much better than this
All the time I don’t mind
Do we settle for some ordinary bliss
All the time I don’t mind
It’s all in the family well it must be if they say
I’ll take the pills on the couch and then sleep it away
We all fake it in fine style we’ve still got our pride
And we talk and act tough like we win
The way that we keep our heads up
While they’ve been stripping away every gain that we’ve made
Oh it’s much too easy
And I guess it don’t get much better than this
All the time I feel fine
Do we settle for some ordinary bliss
All the time I don’t mind
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3. |
Leave (If You Want To)
04:21
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LEAVE (IF YOU WANT TO)
(Bridie)
If you want to leave just walk away
I’m tired of the uneasiness everyday
We wouldn’t have it any other way
We wouldn’t have it any other way
There are mostly lies in times of war
our battle’s the same stupid one as before
how bout we say we’ll take this crap no more
Let’s take this crap no more
For I’m gone ba da de da da de da
So if you want to leave just walk away
I fall for indecisiveness everyday
I wouldn’t have it any other way
i wouldn’t have it any other way
We drive until the car is broken down
We wait until we’re five hours from town
and it’s only then there’s not the slightest sound
If you want to leave well that’s ok
I’m tired of the indifference anyway
I wouldn’t have it any other way
just any other way
For I’m gone ba da de da de da I'm gone...
walk away any day walk away MUA!
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4. |
Weep
03:31
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5. |
I Like It Like This
04:56
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I LIKE IT LIKE THIS
(Bridie/Phillips)
Walking over the ocean shore
A glass reflection on the floor
And all the waves are falling as before
I could dive right in
Tall city buildings they reach the sky,
and it grows darker and so do I
And no one sees the passers by
but everybody stares
And I like it like this I like it like this
Everyday the light grows dim
And she lives on her own again
and this is where that it all begins
the mutual distrust
Watch the lights off in Fairyland
they’re far away don’t you understand
little changes and nothing’s planned and
everything goes wrong
And I like it like this I like it like this
I get so tired that I cannot see,
My feet are sore my eyes bleary
I wonder if I will ever be with contentment
Can you hear me nevermind
I’m weary and I’m colourblind
and my eyes are failing everytime patiently
And I like it like this like it like this and
I like it like this
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6. |
The Mangrove Song
04:09
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THE MANGROVE SONG
(Bridie/Barker)
Inside the reef line the ocean is calm
The deaf one is a fisherman he’s working alone on his own
He’s working alone
Don’t you go out there when the tide’s coming in
The ocean it will smash you it will cut up your skin let it in
It’ll cut up your skin oh yeah
There’s a place you may go
When the tide is so low
There’s a place you may go
A blanket of insects the water is still
Down in the mangrove swamp there’s creatures that kill
if you will there’s creatures that kill
The mud crabs at moonrise crawl out in the night
Quiver with secrets and nothing is quiet in the night
Yeah nothing is quiet, oh yeah
There’s a place you may go
When the tide is so low
There’s a place you may go
I don’t know any ol’ place where the sun gets down so low
I don’t know any ol’ place at all
The roots ‘neath the mangrove trees crawl through the sand
Just like a hunting bird at all times prepared
they’re prepared at all times prepared
No don’t you go out there when the tides coming in
The ocean it will cut you it will cut up your skin
Let it in it’ll cut up your skin
There’s a place you may go
When the tide is so low there’s a place you may go
There’s creatures that kill
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7. |
Muckheap
03:51
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8. |
Swirl
04:27
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SWIRL
(Bridie/Phillips)
One hundred wildflowers grow out in the desert
They’re sharp and bright coloured tough, rugged and dry
I thought that I’d never find these hideaway places
A glow in the darkness a place you can dream
The sun’s like a razor it lives without mercy
It sucks all the water right out of your bones
Its a land without luxury, cold hearted and ruthless on small talk
Just listen it’s still it’s something quite still.
Your heads spinning just swirl you just swirl
The man with a yearning lives over the mountain
He’s harbouring convicts inside of his heart
When the night is dead quiet he’s awake and he’s listening
he shouts to the hidden monsters out there in the sky
Your head is spinning you just swirl you just swirl away away away
Down there in his soul
Listen its all around
Wrapped around your heart
Like rusted barbed wire
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10. |
Malolo
04:07
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MALOLO*
(Bridie)
Your head’s light and breezy but your thinking is slow
Everything’s just wait a little bit not go go go
The sun shimmer it’s a lazy one it burns on your skin
You’re smooth loose and tired now it’s beginning to kick in
Malolo don’t you care less for the things that they say
Malolo
The big sky on top of the deep sea below
They join there in the middle it’s as far as it goes
You wait here for hours but you don’t mind a bit
The bus that you’re waiting for won’t come til next week
And when it arrives you may find there’s no seat
Malolo don’t you care less for the things that they say
Malolo malolo stay
The fishing boats huddle close out on the bay
The Egg Head prime minister he’s a long way away
And nothing like him is going to ruin your day
Just wait for the rain to come
Malolo don’t you care less for the thing that they say
Malolo malolo stay
*tok pidgin for ‘doing nothing, rest’
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11. |
The Boat Song
04:18
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12. |
Kelly Kwalik Country
05:34
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KELLY KWALIK COUNTRY
(Bridie/Barker)
The dark valley glides out from the rain clouds
Come late in the afternoon end of the day
Can you hear the murmuring the fire talk
the whispering of his name
This is the country that belongs to him
The fighters are out mostly young boys and dreamers
They slide and they stumble they sing as they go
The Morning Star shines from the flag that they carry
And it leads them to hopefulness against the odds
In Kelly Kwalik country Kelly Kwalik country
See the old woman they whisper though caked mud
Watch them all gesture they know where they are
These are the gardeners the planners and thinkers
Been working these mountains for thousands of years
In Kelly Kwalik country Kelly Kwalik country
Kick box Bahasa spit polish and blades
The discipline wanders away from the town
The Free Lease gold mine and the Coal mine protection
Punchak Jaya Mountain the blood Massacre
In Kelly Kwalik country Kelly Kwalik country
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13. |
Curious
04:15
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14. |
More Heart Than Me
04:53
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MORE HEART THAN ME
(Bridie)
She comes every morning at least three times
I walk the dark side just for you
You know my fault lines all so well
every look every word every thing I can imagine
With you I got the nerve for anything at all
By god I’m grateful for that’s how it be
She’s graceful, she’s forthright, she’s stronger than me
She’s a fighter, she’s headstrong, she’s got more heart than me
I change my flight path just for you
I copy strange behaviour if you want me to
So high up I may never land
So confused I don’t understand
With you I’ve got the nerve for anything at all
By god I’m grateful for that’s how it be
She’s graceful she’s forthright stronger than me
She’s a fighter, she’s a brainstorm, she’s got more heart than me
You hold me when I’m falling down
You help me float when I almost drown
I’ll even climb the highest climb
Head on straight right into the windstorm
I’ve got the nerve with you for anything at all
By god I’m grateful for that’s how it be
She’s graceful, she’s forthright, she’s stronger than me
By god I’m grateful for that’s how it be
She’s a fighter, she’s a brainstorm, she’s got more heart than me
She’s graceful, she’s forthright, she makes me look better than I really be
She’s a fighter, she’s a brainstorm, she’s got more heart than me
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