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All The Time
04:15
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I want to put up a fight
I want to put up a fight
Oh but ideally
I just don’t wanna get hurt
I want to put up a fight
I want to put up a fight
I’m missin' you nearly
I just don’t see what it’s worth
And mumma the deal is, you make it feel nice
Know that I wasted most of the night
Don’t just keep chasing me down the line
Lord I go vacant all of the time
I want to put up a fight
I want to put up a fight
Oh but I really
I just don’t wanna get burnt
I want to put up a fight
I want to put up a fight
I’m missin you nearly
I just don’t see what it’s worth
And when I’m not dreaming I’m waking in fright
So if that is you leaving will you leave on the light?
I’m searching for meaning
I need it tonight
Lord I stop breathing all of the time
Oh you know I’m searching for meaning
I need it tonight
Know that I wasted most of the night
Hopelessly chasing you down the line
Lord I go vacant all of the time
All of the time (x5)
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Into The Light
02:56
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In a different town, I don’t know where to go
(Into the light, into the light)
You’ve been changing hands and nobody knows
(Into the light, into the light)
What was that you said, on the telephone?
(Into the light, into the light)
I see you glowing, I see you grow
(Into the light, into the light)
As you walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the light
In a cooped-up crowd at the bus stop, chewin’ on gum and thinkin ‘bout Bebop
(Squeezing in tight, rolling all night)
On the topic of the Prince of Wales, she tosses her hair as she bites her nails
(Into the light, doing it right)
How full is the moon, on the edge of her eyes
(Shiny and bright, into the night)
Still, you gotta get her home before midnight
As you walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the light
You just walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the yeah!
Walk into the light, into the light
Walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the light
You walk into the light, into the light
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Family Holiday
03:31
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Ben’s the king of the caravan park
On his motorized scooter
Can we stay up til after dark?
Go fishing off the rocks
I spent my whole night yearning
I wonder what they’re doing back home
Yeah
Just fall back to sleep
‘Cause I wanna run away
Family holiday
Havaianas, small boxes of Cornflakes
Even my heart cannot escape
Sun setting on the inside
I see you lonely on the headland
I see you digging a hole in the sand
I see you lying in your caravan
Won’t you take my hand?
‘Cause I wanna run away
Family holiday
Ooh I wanna run away
Family holiday
‘Cause I wanna run away
Family holiday
Ooh I wanna run away
Family holiday
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Shoop Shoop
02:47
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I was searching for a reason
Well I notice you
When conversation gets you longing
Well I know it’s hard to choose
You’ve been drifting ‘round
You’ve been feeling down
The urgency of love
The plight of happiness
It’s art at best
Shoop Shoop (x6)
I was maybe gonna call ya
But I don’t know if that’s true
When I’m in Sydney and you’re in Melbourne
And I don’t wanna just talk to you
You’ve been drifting ‘round
You’ve been feeling down
The urgency of love
The plight of happiness
It’s art at best
Shoop Shoop (x12)
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Cool Wind and Pavement
03:46
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A song from a bird in the dome of a tower
Helpless friends helping out one another
Searching for words on the back of a novel
Finding the answers and then turning it over
If only you had heard a tale from another
Venture in thirds, walking taller than brother
Thrown to the burbs, burning black rubber
Cool wind and Pavement on a Saturday
A pleasure to meet you
And how do you do?
The whole world’s dying to greet you
(x2)
Run away now
And I feel the same as every other
Cheated and shamed, heartbroken lover
But I know you’re to blame
You left undercover
But are you the same girl as you were in the feature
If only you had heard a tale from another
Venture in thirds, walking taller than brother
Thrown to the burbs, burning black rubber
Cool wind and Pavement on a Saturday
A pleasure to meet you
And how do you do?
The whole world’s dying to greet you
(x3)
Run away now
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Bubblegum
03:33
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Bubblegum, you’re hurting me
You win some and you lose
You’re handsome and abusive
Oh bubblegum, you rot my teeth
I don’t get no sustenance
I’m out from malnourishment
Oh bubblegum, we’re so in love
They say I shouldn’t stand for it
but I know your abandonment is internalized
For the both of us
I woke up to the sound of you crying
And when you left
I just sat there and wept for my bubblegum
We’re so in love
At the start, I just thought you didn’t want me
But you said that you’d stay if I didn’t tell nobody
That my bubblegum was hurtin’ me
You’re reckless and reclusive
You’re handsome and abusive
Oh bubblegum, I know you’re angry
But I’m hell bent on trying
My parents were just lying
I woke up to the sound of you crying
And when you left
I just sat there and wept for my bubblegum
We’re so in love
They say I shouldn’t stand for it
but I know your abandonment is internalized
For the both of us
We’re so in love
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7. |
Stickn Round
02:58
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I don’t want to turn it down
I think you should stick around
My heart makes an awful pounding sound
Thursday night you’re feeling great
Friday night was such a waste
Saturday you’re running late
I don’t really mind
I don’t really mind
I don’t really mind
But I told you a hundred times
That I don’t want to turn it down
I think you should stick around
My heart breaks whenever you come to town
Yes it does
I get a little heartbreak
Y’know
I’ve been feeling underwhelmed, it’s true
I notice you’re feeling under too
Thursday night you’re feeling great
Friday night was such a waste
Saturday you’re running late
I don’t really mind
I don’t really mind
I don’t really mind
But I told you a hundred times
That I don’t want to turn it down
I think you should stick around
My heart breaks whenever you come to town
I don’t want to turn it down (x4)
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8. |
Sushi Train
05:41
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She delegates the pieces of her heart to each new guy
And I don’t have to wonder why
I staple my new hatred of this city to the sky
Acting under her spell
I miss your loneliness, do you miss mine?
I see the future baby and it’s alright
I won’t ask for nothin’ and I won’t hide
I got no direction, I got no pride
The weekends and the weekdays are always the same
Everyday, staring blankly down the sushi train
I passed out for nothing on a cold dark noon
Laying closely next to you
Lay me to bed and take off my shoes
Acting under her spell
I don’t mind
I miss your loneliness, do you miss mine?
I see the future baby and you get by
I won’t ask for nothin’, I don’t want to hide
I got no direction, you got no right
The weekends and the weekdays are always the same
Everyday, staring blankly down the sushi train
And I cried tonight under a plastic rainbow
and the heartbroken gathered to sing me a song
About another time when love was ours
Now we’re going without
The weekends and the weekdays are always the same
Everyday, staring blankly down the sushi train
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9. |
Feels Right
04:54
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I don’t even know the reason
As high as I’m feeling, I’m coming down
But I can’t change the season
Without you at arms I feel left out
Honey I know that you’re leaving
Without me this evening, work it out
And I won’t get that feeling
I need what you’re dealing, give it out
Feels right, leading her home
Home from the winter
Feeling that cold
Feels right, leading her home
Into the summer
Getting back on
I guess that I know what you’re saying
I’m not rearranging word for doubt
And there’s no use in playing
I’ve been sick for days and I’m all out
Still I know that you’re leaving
Without me this evening, work it out
And I won’t get that feeling
I need what you’re dealing, give it out
Feels right, leading her home
Home from the winter
Feeling that cold
Feels right, leading her home
Into the summer
Getting back on
Feels right, leading her home
Home from the winter
Feeling that cold
Feels right, leading her home
Into the summer
Getting back on
(x2)
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10. |
Friends Forever
03:52
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I came on to the scene
Like a lousy wooden beam
And I sank in my seat
The whole town was at its knees
Shelter found and money sought
Gives you strange moral support
And that tried remedy
Works as vaguely as the sea
I got a feelin’ you and I are gonna be friends forever
But believe me when I do
‘Cause I say it like it’s true
With my light rushing through
Every corridor to you
Knowing every time you ask
Breaks the silence of the past
When we wandered this town
Down and out and out of bounds
I got a feelin’ you and I are gonna be friends forever
Now you sleep
I came on to the scene
With a tired and ignorant spleen
And I sank in myself
Is it getting better yet?
When the inserts of your shoes
Make me stumble like you do
If you follow me home
I can make it up to you
I got a feelin’ you and I are gonna be friends forever
Sleeping in, the night grows long
Now you’re sleeping
I got a feelin' you and I are gonna be, gonna be
(Go to sleep, go to sleep)
Friends forever
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11. |
So Long
03:35
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There are many levels of suffering
There are many favours to the Vatican
All of the secrets the truth can win
Caught like a whisper in the blowing wind
And anyway, you’re just a chemical in my brain
You’re just a molecule in my veins
You think you’re different but you’re all the same
Rainy season in Berlin
You wanna forget everything
Down in Brooklyn they try to hide you
But you was leavin’ the past behind you
The old men in the market play backgammon
Smoke cigars and talk about their sweethearts
The shopkeeper, he stalls you as you buy your medicine
And the longboard girls just tear you apart
Can’t get a foot through the door
You don’t know what to try no more
Down in Brooklyn they try to hide you
So long, forget everyone
And after all
She’s five foot ten and you are six feet tall
Remember you marked it on the kitchen wall
All of those years and you still feel small
So long
So long, forget everyone
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12. |
Heavy Nights, Heavy Days
03:14
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The evening is ruined
And no one cares except for me
I’m not willing
and I’m not afraid to admit it
I’m not a slave, I’m not a tomb
So cool with it
Or to me be true
Heavy nights or heavy days
Drifting far away
I could lead you or run away
Show me the vial, won’t you?
A global expedition
I filled the air with my balloon
I’m not itching to return to you
In the kitchen they found a hair in my bassoon
So don’t listen
Show me desire, won’t you?
What else can you do?
Heavy nights or heavy days
Drifting far away
I could lead you or run away
Show me, desire won’t you?
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High-tails Towradgi, Australia
Sydney's slinky guitar-popsters High-tails won hearts through triple j smashes 'Bending Over Backwards' and 'Information'. Their debut album is out 13th October on Stop Start (Ball Park Music), and produced by Chris Colonna (Bumblebeez). An AU Review review said of the band's live show "their enthusiasm and energy [is] intoxicating". ... more
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