1. |
Soup Kitchen Lady
03:19
|
|||
SOUP KITCHEN LADY
You're the reason I get through my day
You're the reason I get through my week
You're the reason I have a reason
You're my reason to live
Soup kitchen lady, how can I thank thee
Your soup’s delicious and nutritious
I wanna give you hugs and kisses
But you're really old
Soup kitchen lady, you drive me crazy
You make those vegetables so tasty
You amaze me, you're a lady and I'm a man
Together we can drive around in your van
Soup kitchen lady, I do
Somebody cut into the line, you didn't take that
So you yelled in your eastern European accent
We don't know what you say
But we know what you mean
Somebody didn't use the tongs to get their bread
So you hit them with the tongs on the head
I think that's fair
Hygiene is very important
The soup kitchen lady and me
We're gonna have such a healthy family
Just wait and see
So if you see me in the city
On a Canberra Friday evening please come with me to see
The soup kitchen lady
Cos all the junkies and the homeless workaholic public servants
All stand inline, all equal in her eyes
And I wish I knew the name of my true love
But I don't need to know her name for her to fill my cup
Cos she’s the soup kitchen lady
|
||||
2. |
||||
WHAT LOVE IS (stalker song)
I’ll follow you to the end of the earth
And you will never ever have to search
Just hold out your arms
And baby I’ll run, baby I’ll jump for you
I’ll be your super hero and I will fly by your side
And if you ever need help I will gladly abide
I’ll punch out the baddies and walk you home
Because you shouldn’t walk through this dark city alone
Because you can’t trust anybody anymore
Baby when you need me just look out your window
And I'll be going through your garbage
I know you're scared
Baby I know you’re scared
But that's what love is
When you wake up in the morning I'll be collecting your washing
Because cos I love the way it smells of you and that lacy underwear is so cute
I know you bought them for me
I know you don't like my letters, you don't understand my poetry
That thing about the blood was just a metaphor for love between you and me
You shouldn’t have called the police
Baby when you need me just look out your window
And I'll be going through your garbage
I know you're scared
Baby I know you’re scared
But that's what love is
You love to play hard to get, sometimes you act like I'm not even there
Like that time you changed your phone number and forgot to tell me
I just wanted to send a good night text
It’s that feeling that I get when I read your mail
It’s that feeling that I get when I lick your door handle
And like that time you sprayed me in the face with your mace how it burned
And how my heart does yearn
We go together like cracks in the curtains
we go together like observing and learning
I do what the judge says and keep my distance
But he doesn't understand the love between us
But that's what love is
|
||||
3. |
Boring Man
05:38
|
|||
I haven't said a word for half a year and now I fear
That I've got nothing left to say
I meet interesting people who all have their mouths full
And I stand there looking dull and gray
It's not that my head’s empty it's just that my head’s busy
With things that others can not see
My eyes stare into space a blank expression on my face
And the world revolves around me
I do not say a word
I do not say a word
I do not say a word
I'm the most boring man in the world
But in my head
There is a party
And it's ecstatically happy
And I'm standing in the middle so excited
And there's a circus full of freaks
All fantastically unique
I'm sorry but you are not invited
Well I hope that you don't meet me
Cos I'll make you feel so sleepy
I'll simply nod my head to what you say
And I'll add nothing constructive
Conversation will just stop with
An awkward silence, have a good day
No I don't mean to be so dull
I've simply slumped into a lull
Once upon a time I used to be such fun
But now all the fun has disappeared
And all that’s left here
Is a flat brick wall that weighs a ton
I do not say a word
I do not say a word
I do not say a word
I'm the most boring man in the world
But in my head I speak philosophy
And all the answers come to me
In colours and in such exciting ways
And everything is interesting
The parties flying in full swing
And all you see a just a boring gaze
But behind these eyes a trapezests flies
And girls on stilts are breathing fire
And clown they bounce around on kangaroos
And elephants walk round on balls
Big ferocious lions roar
And there are hoops that giraffes can jump through
And the Ferris wheel goes round and round
Faster higher off the ground
Powered by some cheaters on a wheel
Jugglers juggling jugs jump jigs
Horses dance on their back legs
The sun is shining on a green grass field
And lollipops and fairy floss
Fun and games horse shoe toss
There is something here for everyone
A room to sit in and relax
A jumping castle that jumps in space
A great big place
But only room for one
Colourless, mundane, dreary dry stuffy
Flat drag uninteresting and weary
I'm sorry please repeat that
I wasn't quite here with it
I was flying somewhere far off with the fairies
I’m sure you've got a lot to say
I'm sure it's very interesting
And I'm sure that I should be listening
I'm sure that I should try to chit and chat
And do all things that
Normal people do, but that's not for me
I do not say a word
I do not say a word
I do not say a word
I'm the most boring man in the world
|
||||
4. |
My Friends
04:11
|
|||
MY FRIENDS
I see your face when I'm walking down the street
I go to say hello but you don't talk back to me
Then I remember where I am, I remember where you are
I remember the distance is oh so far
So I say sorry to the stranger but he doesn't understand
A word that I say I say pardon and walk away
And I think to myself how amazing it would be if you were here
We could meet up and drink some beer
Or some wine it doesn't matter
I'd be glad ta spend an afternoon with nothing but chitta chatta
Had a real good day, got plenty to say
Such a shame you gotta be going away
Because this city is real pretty but these people they don’t get me
I walk around through the town tryin ta find somebody
Who will understand me who on earth could that be
I have a feeling they're all stuck in the ACT
My friends are musicians and actors and artist
Who do what they do because that's where their heart is
And singers and strummers, livers and laughers
Do what they do because that's where the love is
There are billions of people spread around the world
I only know a few but some of them I know quite well
We sit around the fire pass the guitar around
I’m so glad I know ya, so proud
And we play all the songs that we can remember
And all the dodgy covers from when we were teenagers
And as the sun starts creeping up and the birds start waking up
We keep drinking up and the words have trouble keeping up
But we keep trying don’t let the fire die
And don’t dare rub your eyes cos no-one here is tired
Because we still got rhythm and we still got chords
Still got your brain exploding with words
My friends are musicians and actors and artist
Who do what they do because that's where their heart is
And singers and strummers, livers and laughers
Do what they do because that's where the love is
My friends are all running around in my brain
Driving me crazy and I love em to bits
And I can see their face but they’re a million miles away
If home is where your heart is then home is in my chest
But I can't get in there without risking death
I'm not a doctor, I'm not a lawyer
I'm not anything important just an immature boy
I got a mother, I got a father
I got a girlfriend who puts up with me
I'm glad she is my lover cos I love her
And S love summer
Spring and autumn are good too but I'm not so keen on winter
Cos it's cold here, and I'm lonely
I'd walk to your house but I'd drown in the sea
See I miss ya, I wanna kiss ya
A big juicy one on the side of your cheek
Imma thinkin about the future when I return
We're gonna sit on the roof and watch one burn
Through my red eyes we're gonna see the sun rise
With my friends by my side
Because my friends they are so fine
My friends are musicians and actors and artist
Who do what they do because that's where their heart is
And singers and strummers, livers and laughers
Do what they do because that's where the love is
My friends are all running around in my brain
Driving me crazy and I love em to bits
And I can see their face but they’re a million miles away
|
||||
5. |
When I See You
04:00
|
|||
I've had so much time to think and it's driving me crazy
About how much I hate you and how much you hate me
And every time I close my eyes I see you smiling in my mind
I just want to punch you in the face
I've tried forgiving, tried forgetting
But I must just be too petty
I hold grudges like you hold facades
Patronize, antagonize, everything that I despise
I hope you get hit by a bus
And I hope you don't get up
I don't know what I'll do when I see you
I hope I'll just walk away
I don't know what I'll say when I see your face
I hope I'll just walk away
I hope I'll just walk away
I've thought and thought about what I should have said before
When we had our little argument since then we don't talk
But if I had my time again I'd know just what to say
I'd say it quick and strong and then I'd walk away
But I freeze up in situations which require confrontation
Suddenly I turn deaf and dumb
Then when I'm lying in bed
Thinking what I should have said
I wish I kicked you in the head
And broken both your legs
I don't know what I'll do when I see you
I hope I'll just walk away
I don't know what I'll say when I see your face
I hope I'll just walk away
I hope I'll just walk away
I'm not a violent person, I don’t like fighting
But if I saw you now, I wouldn't mind trying
I'd do what I could to see you crying
But like I said before, I'm not too keen on fighting
so I don't know what I’ll do oh no I don’t know what I’ll do oh no I
I don't know what I'll do when I see you
I hope I'll just walk away
I don't know what I'll say when I see your face
I hope I'll just walk away
I hope I'll just walk away
I wish I could punch you in the face but you're a girl
|
||||
6. |
Mysteries Begin
04:57
|
|||
MYSTERIS BEGIN
This blood on the pavement wasn't here yesterday
How it got there now well I could not say
But I'm sure there's a story and I'd like to hear it
Maybe some gangsters and maybe some pirates
Fought over buried treasure
In dark stormy weather
Then someone got hurt and a lesson got learnt
And they all shared the treasure together
This glass on the street wasn't here last night
I my friend she thinks that there was a fight
That would account for all of the sounds that I heard
When people were yelling some very bad words
But I'd like to think they were just playing games
And the glass on the street was dropped by mistake
And the gangsters told the pirates
That they would wait for the daylight
Cos shards of glass are dangerous
Mysteries begin when sun shine rises
The fun has been had and the gangsters and pirates
They all go home to sleep
They all go home to sleep
Red and blue flash through my window against my wall
I lift my head up but can't see far enough to see what the lights are for
Maybe there’s a party and everybody is very incredibly happy
That’s why there are sirens and a voice of a guy says everybody get down on the floor
Mysteries begin when sun shine rises
The fun has been had and the gangsters and pirates
They all go home to sleep
They all go home to sleep
|
||||
7. |
People Are Nice
04:43
|
|||
PEOPLE ARE NICE
People are nice
Most people are nice
Most of the time
Most people are nice and generally happy and helpful and agreeable and amiable and nice
Except sometimes when people are hungry, they can get cranky
Or if they've just had a bad day and you get in their way, maybe it might not be such nice things they say
But I think generally
People are nice
People are friendly
Most people are friendly
Most of the time
Most people are friendly and generally happy to be meeting new people sociably like at a party
Unless they don't want to be at the party, in which case they might be a little bit narky
But you can't blame them for that because they didn't want to be there
And it's not their fault that they were dragged there forcibly
I think in the right situation most
people are friendly
People are smart
Some people are smart
And some of the time some of the smart people put their minds to something useful and invent some things that can be used by normal people
Like TV and airplanes, how do those things work any way?
And who would have thought that those heavy chunks of metal could fly through the sky?
Not I
But I use them so I'm glad that some
People are smart
People are nice
And friendly and smart
Except for the ones who aren't
But you can't blame them for that
Because it's not their fault that they're not very nice, and unfriendly and dumb
And you don't have to hang out with them
Unless you work with them
But then you don't have to see them on the weekend
Unless you get called in
But that's just unfortunate and you just have to put up with it and struggle through the day until you go home and see your friends
Who are most likely
Nice smart and friendly
|
Streaming and Download help
If you like Live On Air, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp