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Lunar Lady
03:11
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Lunar Lady oh so bright, be my wishing well tonight
I'll go fishing with my kite if you'll shine for me
Lady whisper in the wind, starry siren songs of yin
Call the tide to come on in and shine for me
Thunder, old man's cough – shake the earth, scare me off
Hear you weepin' up above, cryin' to the sea
Lunar Lady oh so high, when I die to you I'll fly
Be the air that holds you tight as you shine for me
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Joan of Burwood
03:34
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Picture a cook, doing her boil
and toil, she got lunch to spoil
Get the smell of sweat and regret
it's the stench of all she can't forget
Smashin’ mash like it's trenches she's diggin’
string beans in a watery grave
and gin gin gin gin gin...
Twenty long years she been ploughin’ this pot
Kneadin’ her list of all he's not
Still she choses to suck on her bruises
sustained, long explained in whispers to Susan on the phone
as she's stirring her potion
grindin’ eternal in a circular motion
flamin’ her fires, it's a habitual devotion
She's servin it up, her favourite grub
Joan, Joan, Joan, Joan - Joan of Burwood
He's heard it before,
She gonna walk out the door
All he ever does is take take take
All she ever does is burn that steak
And hair of steam, foully brewing
She's servin’ it up and she ain't gonna stop,
Servin’ it up - Joan of Burwood
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Livingest Place
04:28
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Way down south where the wattle trees grow
Weather man tries but he really doesn't know
There's a dark little alley down a city street
Where you dine real fine and it ain't too steep
So get dressed down we'll do the pub crawl
Melbin town is the livingest place of all
We got all kinds of faith, religion too
Black yellow brown red white and blue
Could be the colour of your club or the colour of your skin
Y'all find a way just to fit right in
So get dressed down..
I been to places with a buzz in the air
There's a town further north has got pretty blonde hair
But if you want to hear music in the streets
I know a place here we all can meet
So get dressed down…
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Too Far Gone
04:58
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The sun ain't yellow it's chicken he says
Petty little quarrels they run roun' my head
Keep comin' back to the way we met
You know we're too far gone
The sign on my door it says back in 5
You walk right in this little soul dive of mine
What makes you think you're the one for me?
I say yeah, yeah, yeah
Coz baby we're on - a one way street
Still tryin' to find our way
Too far gone, for thinkin' 'bout another
We fuss n fight anyway
We're carryin' on, until we're beat
You can't win if you don't play
'Coz babe we're too far gone for love to lose it's way
There's 20 million dollars ridin' on a white horse
The bankers and the taxman they're headin' for the course
They say 'Come on get in - what's the matter with you?'
I don’t care, no no
He says we're not really here we're just passin' through space
I say well pick up your clothes 'coz it's not just your place
You hold my hand and it feels so fine
I say yeah, yeah, yeah
Coz Baby we're on..
This wouldn't be a real love story
Without the part about inadequacy
One and one can make 13
Babe when you're too far gone
You know there's love and there's habit
And there's in-between
But we still duck down the alley
Where we can't be seen
Babe 'coz we're too far gone - too far gone for love
You know we're too far gone for love to lose it's way
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What Does She Know?
04:07
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What does she know, when she's all on her own
Can she sing herself a tune? Will it fill an empty room?
Make the darkness go?
Early dawn, before the day is born
Does she greet it with a smile, or has it been a while
Since she greeted it at all?
Years they roll on by, and it takes a train to make her cry
Travellin’ down the road, such a heavy load -Who knows why..
Night-time comes, she loved it once
And as the four winds blow, can she grab an oar and row?
What does she know -
Night-time comes, she loved it once,
Can she ever love again? Who knows where or when?
Can she give her heart a chance?
And let it flow, just let it go -
What does she know?
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You know the story by now
One small step and the walls come tumblin' down
Watch the curtains, no time for hurtin' – it's showtime now
The leadin' lady's got a permanent frown
Roses are red now you're blue,
Time for regrets and kisses meant for two
Won't you wait up, honey we can make up
Can't you see, what tools we're being
In the lonely hours,
I wonder why we keep on playing these parts
The tension rises and there ain't no goin' back until the fat lady farts
So if the doctor is in
Please tell him I'm waitin', hopin' and prayin'
He'll have a tonic, something therapeutic like a case of gin?
Let the show begin
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7. |
Ici
04:01
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Soleil, la lune, le ciel, les heures que passes tout seules c’est toi ici
Le froid d’hiver passé, lumiere des etoiles tres fraiches, c’est toi ma vie
Le sens magique que vient aux yieux ma vie m’amour tu portes a moi
Printemps a moi, ici
Ici encore et toutes tristesses les restes non plus sont tout parties
C’est toi encore c’est vrai tu portes un grand beaute c’est toi, ma vie
Alors m’amour m’embrasses et doucement me dont les bises encore
Une fille, garcon, amour, amour les deux tout seules
Tout seules savoir la joie, savoir l’amour tout seules
Soleil, la lune, le ciel, les heures que passes tout seules c’est toi ici
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8. |
Juliette to Romeo
04:35
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This is my fire, my fire for you
A home for coming to, we’ll be feeling good
There was a time, I didn’t see
How quiet night could be
Breathed you in my sleep
Kiss away the misty rise
The day is dawning, but you close your eyes
This is my fire, I breath for you
I sent a message, hope it’s getting through
Far away, in the blue
The stars are for us, you can feel it too
Kiss away the misty rise..
Squeeze the grapes of wrath, wine will come
Lay a table cloth, time will fall away
This is our time, here and now
We’ll take a moment, make it last an hour
Come with me now, into the day
We’ll stow away, like lovers do
Kiss away the misty rise.
Kiss away the dark beneath your eyes
That’s not our sunrise
The day is dawning, on the other side
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9. |
The Kiss
02:42
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10. |
So Near
04:18
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We take a ride, you take the wheel
I'm holding to the way it used to feel, my dear
When we were so near
In your eyes, still see the man I love
But just like a ghost I can't touch your heart
It's so near and so far
Used to be a smile from me, was enough to make you happy
But now..the winds of change are shifting
And so we ride, two little too polite smiles
And say 'Let's take a break for a while'
I wonder why - we were so near, and so far
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Dumb Things
05:49
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12. |
Moonshine
04:33
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Back in the moonshine, moonshine so sweet
You know you're havin a good time
When you can't stay on your feet
One two slip through the crack, how'd you do that?
Four five and here's a cosy dive to sit and chew fat
In the moonshine - on the funny side of the street
Tell ya you'll be kissin' everyone that you meet
Back in the moonshine, honey where the lights are red
Come on and strike that bed light
'Coz you can sleep all night when you're dead
Uptown, downtown, where'd you go spinning roun'?
Come on back and take a shot before you fall flat,
In the moonshine, on the funny side of the street
Tell ya you'll be kissin' everyone that you meet..
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China Plate
03:28
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We been pulled from the ether by women who fight
With hips and with hands, who wrestle through the night
Limp through days with dull achin' knees
They crawl back from hate, serve up love on a china plate
Y'all playin' a role in a primordial plot
Scrapin' muddy pots, rubbin' sore spots and what not
Daily performing invisible feats
Like when they crawl back from hate, serve up love on a china plate
I eat and once again am told, of granma burned in coals at three
Doctor's grim at the danglin' limb
But it's ma knows the thing for dying kin..
Fancy now at ninety-two, ancient scars like hardened glue
Pulled from the ether and she's goin' back up
She's goin' back up yeah
Easy as you please she's gonna pull up a chair
Cash in her chips and she'll be gettin' her share
For fightin' the fight in the alleys and caves
She crawl back from hate serve up love on a china plate
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14. |
Get Happy
04:30
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Get born, stuck in a storm
Torn between two lovers, beat up and worn
Get played like a helpless pawn and
Get happy
Get tired, from waiting so long
Tired of being a mother, tired of being a son
Get to feeling you're the only one and
Get happy
If I had a chance, another romance might sway me
Still in this life-long dance,
I'm the only one that's gonna save me
Get ready, wind's going to blow
Look in the mirror, crack's gonna show
But don't let it get you low, oh no
Get happy
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A Girl and a Dog
02:45
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A girl and a dog, kickin’ along to the park where they go every day
He’s what she’s not, they go together nicely
He’s the sensitive sort, short dark and handsome
Always knows what not to say,
Loves her completely puts a little dance on
When she gets home at the end of the day
A girl and a dog, what could go wrong
I tell you nothing can go wrong with the love,
The love of a girl and a dog
Whatever she wears, it’s always his favourite,
She’s long in the store, he’s happy to wait
His family is decent, well domesticated
A night in is their favourite date
He doesn’t lie, doesn’t cheat
He just lies on her feet
Sure he likes a ball game, and a roll in the hay
But he’ll always choose her, ain’t gonna lose her
It’s not a tale for Hollywood, ‘coz it’s good every day
A girl and a dog, what could go wrong
I tell you nothing can go wrong with the love,
The love of a girl and a dog..
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Monique diMattina Melbourne, Australia
Monique diMattina is an Australian musician. As pianist/composer she has released three solo piano albums. As
singer/songwriter she has released three albums in jazz/pop/folk styles. She has been the recipient of many prizes including Fulbright, Queens Trust & Australia Council awards.
Monique teaches at the VCA (Melbourne Con) & Monash University jazz departments and is a Yamaha artist.
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