1. |
My Brain Exploded
03:55
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I've been hanging around almost losing my head
getting lost and getting found again
you've been asking questions of my behaviour
I feel like a body full of swollen glands.
You laugh and cry and look at me
love and doubt and fury in your eyes
why can't you be, a steady man
and all I can do is sigh.
My brain exploded I can't stop it anymore
my brain exploded and I'm bouncing off the walls
and I just can't focus I argue with myself
hopefully in time it'll fade away.
They say it's in the family this kind of thing
concentration seems so hard to find
although I must say I see it everywhere
I'm far from perfect release me from your eyes.
My brain exploded I can't stop it anymore
my brain exploded and I'm bouncing off the walls
and I just can't focus I argue with myself
hopefully in time it'll fade away.
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2. |
Laura Jane
04:10
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Hold your head up Laura Jane
love will always give you pain
when he walked out
and left you with his name
things could never be the same.
Hold your head up Laura Jane
I can no longer take the blame
now you're finding out life is not a game
but the risk will ease the pain.
Time has come girl for you to find a way
time has come to cut the cord
if you look up you won't have to turn away
put a smile on your face, Laura Jane.
It's been a long time Laura Jane
you're looking beautiful again
I can see something's changed
must be the light that's in your eyes
in your eyes again.
Time has come girl for you to find a way
time has come to cut the cord
if you look up you won't have to turn away
put a smile on your face Laura Jane.
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3. |
Emigrant Song
03:32
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I've got one foot on the platform the other foot on the train
my bags are packed and ready I'm leaving home again.
I've kissed all of the children and the one I've loved so well
got my money in my pocket oh Lord I feel like hell.
I can't stop my weeping as I step down on the train
promises are for keeping I won't live my life in vain.
I kissed all of the children and the one I've loved so well
got their pictures in my pocket oh Lord I feel like hell.
I'm leaving Aotearoa my pockets full of sand
I'm gonna try and make my fortune in that great southern land.
I kissed all of the children and the one I've loved so well
got their pictures in my pocket oh Lord I feel like hell
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4. |
When I Die
04:24
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When I die take me to heaven take me to heaven and leave me there
when I die take me to heaven take me to heaven and I'll have no fear.
When it's time for my departure hope I've done everything I need to do
when they close that final curtain hope you feel the love I offered you.
I'll be filled with sweet sorrow I'll be sad to be leaving you
my heart is filled with memories as I say goodbye.
When I die take me to heaven take me to heaven and leave me there
when I die take me to heaven take me to heaven and I'll have no fear.
I'll be filled with sweet sorrow I'll be sad to be leaving you
My heart is filled with memories as I say goodbye.
When I die take me to heaven take me to heaven and leave me there
when I die take me to heaven take me to heaven and I'll have no fear.
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5. |
I Fell Out Of The Sky
04:58
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The hills are burning white smoke fills the air
flames run along the highway
she was broken on the bitumen
a small figure lying there.
Cars were passing some stopped on the verge
life must have been too much to bear
haunted me for days I'm glad it wasn't me
too young too sad too fair.
I feel out of the sky into this crimson continent
I was struggling to take a breath
she turned and said to me at the Sacred Tree Café
we need to find a place to rest.
But I've got restless legs I can't stop wandering
nowhere in this world gonna satisfy me
my shoes don't fit I'm limping everywhere
barefoot and I'll be free.
The hills are burning white smoke fills the air
I hope she finds a place to rest
me I've got restless legs I can't stop wondering
I hope we find a place to rest.
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6. |
Maria
03:58
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Good night Maria so good to see ya
the river runs swift by your door
we played cards till dawn the nights moving on
around here you're just left wanting more.
I got a small town fever and it's comin' on strong.
Grew up out east of here wild untamed and bare
just my three brothers and me
I want to believe you but the stars are all liars
when you sleep the tide pulls you on out.
I got a small town fever and it's comin' on strong.
Good night Maria so good to see ya
the river runs swift by your door
I got a small town fever and it's comin' on strong.
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7. |
The Wedding Song
04:46
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Waltz me around again hold me as close as you can
I don't care if you just pretend that you love me
I don't want this feeling to end.
Put yourself in my hands feel the beat of our hearts
let yourself drop into the music we'll never be torn apart.
I had to ask your old man if I could take you out
he ranted and raved, and I ducked for cover
he said I should never return.
But you put yourself in my hands said you will always be true
love will survive pretty much anything so waltz me around again.
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8. |
The Truck Song
04:12
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We've got a thousand miles to go to get where we wanna be
but we got to take it easy go with the flow.
I've been this way before I know my way around
keep your hand on the gearstick baby we're leaving this town.
I tried the love of Jesus to save my soul
but I swear the Devil has more fun though it's really hot below.
I've been having second thoughts about the way we get around
I need rubber on the road baby to carry you around.
I get an uneasy feeling more like suspicion than fear
that the pistols locked and loaded baby and pointed at my ear.
I tried the love of Jesus to save my soul
but I swear the Devil has more fun though it's really hot below.
I see the light in your eyes betrayal in your soul
but that don't change a thing baby we just roll and roll.
I get a feeling of delight when I sit next to you
you're the compression for my pistons baby I'm all over you.
I tried the love of Jesus to save my soul
but I swear the Devil has more fun though it's really hot below.
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9. |
Sweet Obsession
03:48
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I can tell by your eyes you're not hearing me
you turn them off like a switch on the wall
it's like knocking on the door and there's no one home
it's like talking to a brick wall.
And I wish you could hear what I'm saying
I wish you would smile in reply
but it's such a such a sweet obsession
all those men and lies all those men and lies.
When I first met you it was all starry eyes and romancing
candlelit dinners long walks on the beach
then you turned on me like a dark siren
I could tell you were out of reach.
I wish you could hear what I'm saying
I wish you would smile in reply
but it's such a such a sweet obsession
all those men and lies all those men and lies.
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10. |
Doors Wide Open
04:19
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You've been away for far too long
around the world and back again
and I've been dreaming of your face
dreaming of your face.
You've got a tattoo of my name
your face is in my picture frame
I think there's something to be said
for sleeping in your bed.
And if I put all of my love into your heart
I hope it's good enough
and I'll be standing in the road
doors wide open.
All of my love into your heart
all of my love into your heart.
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Bernie Griffen and the Thin Men Auckland, New Zealand
In his sixth decade Bernie Griffen continues to write, perform and produce music seasoned and deepened by the hard-won experience of his years and his musical journeying.
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