1. |
The Hills
03:47
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I wanted him to be my animal friend
Who'd be there for me in times thick and thin
I wasn't planning on him to become
The very thing that I'd be running from
And I lick the salt away from my wounds
You told me it would make me strong
But I'm wounded now and I'm confused
You wanted me to be a better woman
Chorus:
So take me to the hills, oh take me far away
This city's breaking pieces off me every day
Out here there's no-one to string along
Out here there's no-one to be running from
And how can you be so sure of your own
When there's a million ways to see
And how can I throw it all away
When you feel so much like home to me
But I live in darkness now, it's plain to see
Oh please don't be afraid
Climb down here it won't make you weak
And together we'll grow stronger every day
Chorus
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2. |
Darkest Night
03:50
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Come on little darlin/knock down the door
Yeah I've seen your face before
Screamin and crying then begging for more
Yeah I've seen your face before/Yeah I've seen your face before
Lover growing wilder/down on the floor
Yeah I've seen your face before
Heart's getting tighter/that's for sure
Yeah I've seen your face before/Yeah I've seen your face before
You act so surprised but you know me so intimately
And when I'm in my darkest night there you are for all to see
For all to see/there you are for all to see
I can see that light shine so far away
Guess I'll stay right here
Burrow in the dirt and sink into the clay
And this is where I'll stay/this is where I'll stay
And it was always like this/you can't hide what is yours
Sunrise and I can't hide it anymore
So excited about the world
And I won't stay here too much longer in this landscape
There's too much to do and the sky is always blue
I don't want your blue skies honey/give me cloudy any day
Red horizon calling me sayin darlin come away/sayin darlin come away
Sayin darlin come away
Darlin come away
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3. |
Don't Look Back
05:22
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Don't look back/just keep on travelling on
Don't look back/just keep on moving on
Don't look back at me/just keep moving those feet
'Cos if you look back/you're gonna see what a mess I'm in
(mmmm)
Give me a great big coat/to shelter 'gainst the rain
I'm settin' down that big old road/it's gonna take me back again
Don't look back/just keep steering that ship
'Cos if you look back/you're gonna see what a mess I'm in
Chorus: x2
Honey you've gone
Honey's gone back home
Oh go on back/to the place that you call home
(mmmm)
Take those cares/and throw them into the sea
Still so scared/what makes you think you could carry me
Don't look back/just keep moving those feet
Cos if you look back/you're gonna see what a mess I'm in
Chorus
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4. |
That Flame
05:03
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Chorus:
That flame/that little sacred flame has gone out in me x3
How to reclaim it/reclaim my life
poetry awakened a fire in me
that is struggling to stay warm/and red and yellow/and orange and gold
not blue
Oh what am I to do/oh what am i to do/tell me what am i to do without
chorus
how to reclaim it/reclaim my life
melody awakened a child in me/that is struggling to stay warm
and reaching out its tiny arms for more
I want more of that/give me more of that/I want more of that what it is you got
Oh this mountain is so steep/and it won't stop till I'm gone
it's so easy to lie down/when that flame is nearly all gone x2
chorus
How to reclaim it/reclaim my light
empathy awakened a flood in me/that is pouring out the door
and now onto the street/now it's shining there for all to see
I'm so sorry/I'm so sorry/you're so sorry/you're so sorry/
Don't apologize/woman stand up and defend your rights
Like a proud and hungry tiger/you have to stand up to survive
I find it all falls away/every time i look up at the stars x2
chorus
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5. |
Poverty
03:47
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I'm on the last stretch home/I've sown all the seeds that i can sow
I'm just waiting for the first of them to grow
And it sure don't feel romantic bein' poor anymore/yeah it sure don't feel romantic bein poor anymore
And I pour myself into the night/and the night will spill herself back into me
And I don't have to explain myself she understands me/yeah she understands me perfectly
And it sure don't feel romantic bein' poor anymore/yeah it sure don't feel romantic bein' poor anymore
I know and you know, that's not real
I know and you know,
doesn't change how I, (x3) Feel
and I keep crashing up against this wall
Oh the wall that separates me from you
and I really wanna tell you but it's not the thing to do
yeah I think you're better off without a clue
And it sure don't feel romantic bein' poor anymore
yeah it sure don't feel romantic bein' poor anymore
But I'd rather not be shy/rather say what's exactly on my mind
cos there's a poverty keeps hangin round and I just can't get by
poverty he comes a knocking/when you say goodbye
Will you come a running down this road/will you come a'running down with me
Oh I'm so sick and tired of running down this road/ no I'd rather stay back here
Will you come a'running down this road/will you come a'running down with me
Oh I'm much too old to be running down this road/no I'd rather stay back here
Will you come a'running down this road/will you come a'running down with me
Oh I've been down/too many times before and it's time that i was free
yes it's time that I was free/yes it's time that I..
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6. |
Hey Sorrow
05:16
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hey sorrow I'm not your plaything/had me oh so long, forgot what it was like to be spring x3
hey sorrow I'm not your plaything/
and you had me thinking i was nothing
hey sorrow I'm sick of crawling/yeah you had me believe i was nothing
and hey sorrow you can stop lying/cos i really really think i could be something
hey sorrow i'm not your plaything/had me oh so long, forgot what it was like to be spring
and you had me thinking i was nothing/
how very wrong you were
I stepped away from you and everything did fall away x4
guess i was supposed to learn something from you
don't think i learnt my lesson very well
keep on looking over my shoulder for you
I need to stop i need to stop wasting my youth
but maybe youth was meant to be wasted
and maybe old age was meant for regret
and maybe all the broken time I've tasted
will reveal itself to me sometime yet
oh but i stepped away from you and everything did fall away x4
let it fall away let it fall away ahh
let it fall away
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7. |
The Pub
05:34
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8. |
Soft Morning Light
05:42
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9. |
Right Now
06:22
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i want to be in the sun/why am i shivering in this dark little cave
when all i want to be is in the sun/so i step out into the sun
fists uncurl yourselves/legs shake it out
face turn yourself up to the light/you are so pale and wrinkled
from living underground/in the underground haze of your mind
in the underground haze of your mind
and you'll never be as terrified or lonely or distant as you are right now
and you'll never be as faithful or tender or loving as you are right now
and i'll never be as running wild or tender or giving as i am right now
and i'll never be as beautiful or plain or just ugly as i am right now
ooh ooh ooooh x2
aah aah aaaah x2
the past she has a certain habit of getting away from me
oh i've wasted my life and i'm only 23
the future is a clown he always ends up tricking me
i can't tell if i change the future or if he changes me
ooh ooh ooooh x2
aah aah aaaah x2
so throw yourself out the wide blue window of your despair
you are so young your ripeness is hanging in the air
like the spring flowers
oh troubled soul that is so young but old on the inside
throw yourself out the window and swallow your pride
you are like a bird that has forgotten how to fly cos you're
expected to have clipped wings
ooh ooh ooooh x2
aah aah aaaah x2
and you'll never be as innocent or pure or naive as you are right now
and you''ll never be as wild or promiscuous or free as you are right now
and I'll never be as miserable or desperate or distracted as i am right now
and I'll never be so caught between a rock and a hard place as i am right now
and you'll never be so brave or courageous or so strong as you are right now
and you'll never fall into my arms quite so very hard as you do right now
ooh ooh ooooh x2
aah aah aaaah x2
Will you take me as i am
will you take me as i am
right now
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10. |
Bad Luck Bird
05:30
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Jhana Allan Armidale, Australia
Jhana Allan is a progressive country folk singer and multi instrumentalist who explores themes of darkness and light, loss and self-acceptance. Her original tunes range from slow moody ballads to up-beat foot-stomping country numbers. Jhana delivers raw, honest lyrics wrapped up in sunlit mandolin, fiddle, viola and piano, with driving rhythms and pure vocals. ... more
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