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Bring Me His Head
02:55
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It’s no fun to be a witness when you’re travelling in reverse
All the Kings look just the same, all the banquets and the games
All the warring and the scheming, it’s hard to find something redeeming
When they make their power play even Queens will want their say:
Bring Me His Head
But History has taught us better – we don’t need those kinds of measures
Modern Kings are civilized, get Governments to fight their fights
And so we trust in our leaders like they’re the ones who clothe and feed us
But they’re corrupt and self-obsessed and they poison all the rest:
Bring Me His Head
So build your castle, watch it fall
Line all your friends up against a wall
Write a communique – “I think it’s better to end this way
Can I leave my trophies to you all?”
But if one day I were to be King and find the peace that I am seeking
I’d be honest, I’d be kind, I’d be patient and refined
And if someone tried to invade me, convince my people to betray me
I’d make them hurt, I’d make them pay, I’d be a hero and the crowd would say:
Bring Me His Head
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2. |
Positive Negative
04:31
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(I'm) gonna get my look straight
Gonna get my teeth white
Gonna get my tan sprayed
Gonna get my body tight
And then I'll strut downtown without a care in the world
Men will fear me and I'll fight off the girls
I'll walk right past you and you'll see what you could have held
You're a disease, you're a sickness I can't endure
It's about time I got cured
Oh it's a positive negative
Positive negative
Just don’t flick the switch
Positive negative
Gonna start reading
Gonna watch the ABC
Gonna buy a radio
Gonna listen carefully
And then I'll publish a book of philosophy
Say on the talk shows you meant nothing to me
Star in a movie and buy me a football team
You're a small step, you're a pit-stop along my way
But it's about time you got rightfully paid
It was a positive negative
Positive negative
Don't matter which is which
Positive negative
Sometimes a minus becomes a plus
Well it's a positive negative
Positive negative
Just don't flick the switch
Positive to negative
Well it's a positive negative
Positive negative
Just don't flick the switch
Positive to negative
Positive
Negative
Positive
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3. |
Summer Skirt
04:31
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Stuff you
Thought you said that I could trust you
Screw this
I can't take it anymore
I'm walking away from it all
Leaving
We could have had a ball
Instead of building it we fall
You shocked me
Thought we were in this forever
Killed me
Left me looking like a fool
You’ve cheated on me all along
Left me
Wondering where I went wrong
All I thought I knew is gone
And I thought my choice was made til I saw you yesterday
I didn't think it would hurt til I saw you wear that summer skirt
Didn't think I could feel worse until I saw you wear that summer skirt
I wanted to pass you by, but you caught my eye like you always do
I met you as a girl in a summer skirt
Remember
I saw you standing by the shoreline
A good girl
Your Mum said stay away from me
We’ve been together for years
Now you’ve torn it
You turned out to be a
Bad girl
Who has ruined everything
But I was ready to try again then I saw you out with him
I didn't think it would hurt til I saw you wear that summer skirt
Didn't think I could feel worse until I saw you wear that summer skirt
Now you got someone new, I don’t know what to do, I’m still into you
I met you as a girl in a summer skirt
That Summer running from your mother we needed a place to hide
Took a pit stop over in the Surf Shop I said grab something to buy
You chose blue like I wanted you to and you held it up to your eyes
And I loved you then and there and you said you’d always wear that summer skirt for me
I didn't think it would hurt til I saw you wear that summer skirt
Didn't think I could feel worse until I saw you wear that summer skirt
I wanted to pass you by, but you caught my eye like you always do
I met you as a girl in a summer
In a summer
I didn't think it would hurt til I saw you wear that summer skirt
Didn't think I could feel worse until I saw you wear that summer skirt
I wanted to pass you by, but you caught my eye like you always do
I met you as a girl
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4. |
Hot Coffee Cup
02:05
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Been dreaming of you for all the night through
I can't believe the time it takes to turn you on
I smell your perfume - you're Italian
Can't wait to pick you up
Hot coffee cup
I'm always sleepy but you revive me
I can’t start the day without a taste of you
And you can save me with all your flavours
Just want to pick you up
Hot coffee cup
I'm gonna drink you down
Until you burn my mouth
It's worth it for the buzz that you're giving me
You're gonna wear me out
Well now you're empty, you've satisfied me
Before too long I'll be looking for something new
It's no fiction - it's an addiction
Don't wanna come unstuck
Need a hot coffee cup
I'm gonna drink you down
Until you burn my mouth
It's worth it for the buzz that you're giving me
You're gonna wear me out
I'm gonna drink you down
Until you burn my mouth
It's worth it for the buzz that you're giving me
You're gonna wear me out, out, out
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5. |
What You Wanted
04:06
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6. |
Highway Cops
03:33
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Daddy got stopped by the Highway Cops ‘cos they didn't like the look of his ride
Daddy stepped down on the accelerator shoulda seen that gravel
Seen that gravel fly
Started up a chase on the A-37 drivin’ out of the countryside
Up to the freeway then under the tunnel went the white & blue flashin’
White & blue flashin’ lights
He spat out the window as we flew through the city
Said “Son don’t you trust no other man's ability”
Took a wrong turn and got lost in the suburbs, woke the people up as we passed by
Further up ahead saw the road block a-comin’ and my Daddy he started
Daddy just started to smile
Daddy got stopped by the Highway Cops had the city cops in there too
Covered up the road with tyre spikes and the cops raised their weapons
Cops raised their weapons
Daddy got out and he held up his hands, told me to get out too
Everything stopped then a Highway Cop said I remember
I remember you
Back at the station they began interrogatin'
Highway Cop sure that he'd seen my Daddy before
Now we see Dad every Saturday, he'll be inside for a while
Turned out he's wanted in Tasmania, South & West Australia
South & West Australia
When we leave the Correctional Centre I always turn back and wave
Think about the night when we tore through the city an accomplice when I was
Accomplice when I was 8
When I grow up gonna buy me a hotrod
Show these cops how the highway's become mine
But when I get stopped by the Highway Cops gonna show ‘em my biggest smile
‘Cos there ain't no freedom when you're stuck in a prison wanna see that country
See that countryside
My countryside
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7. |
Dumb Kids
03:51
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Look at all the winners taking selfies of each other but not seeing me
I’m invisible
Walk down empty hallways hear the sound of friends and laughter but I can’t get in
I’m missing out
But I’m learning and I might just break it apart
I’m learning: sometimes going slow can get you far
Fear of looking stupid, too frightened to be me but I’m not fooling them
Or anyone
Escape into my corner with a notebook and a feather, write the saddest songs
For no-one
But I’m moving anywhere but here
I’m moving: sometimes staying away can bring you near
Dumb kids get smart
But I’m rising and I’ve left all of that behind
I’m rising: sometimes you have to crawl before you climb
Dumb kids get smart
Fat kids get buff
Slow kids catch up
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8. |
Fools Gold
04:43
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When she first saw you in a foreign bar
She could sense your weakness from afar
She knew you can't see people as they really are
So she seduced you on a country drive
She made you believe she was the best thing in your life
Now you want to get married and you're asking me is she Miss Right?
She's gold, fool's gold
She shines, but so cold
Can't buy, not sold
She's gold, fool's gold
You didn't like to hear that, didn't like the news
Didn't like me saying I don't think she's being true
But I won't apologise: friends don't let friends get used
Now you won't see me, won't take my calls
She's telling everyone that I'm the one at fault
But I see it in her eyes and I know that she's playing you all
She's gold, fool's gold
She shines, but so cold
Can't buy, not sold
She's gold, fool's gold
I tried, even prayed, but I just can't wait because you're tying the knot tomorrow
I broke into your hotel room to give you one last chance to follow
I'm not rich like you but I know a thing or two about what to buy and what to borrow
We talked through to morning then the limousine arrived
That's when you said you were going ahead with this new life
I couldn't convince you, now I'm the one on the outside
And what I couldn't tell you, what I knew from the start
Was how we recognised the liars we both are
We both want your money, we're both gold diggers at heart
She's gold, fool's gold
She shines, but so cold
Can't buy, not sold
She's gold, fool's gold
I know what she's like, she's a gold digger
I’m a gold digger too
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9. |
Open Season
04:27
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Charlie didn’t kill those hikers Mama but I sure know who did
Was a drifter who came out of the town and started hanging out with us kids
First he gave us beer and rolled-up ciggies, made us laugh at his ways
Then his jokes began to get darker - then he started to say
Oh open season
Charlie went off with the drifter Mama I tried to tell him not to go
It didn’t feel right to be drinking so much – everything went slow
I saw the two girls come round the corner singing as they walked by
I saw the drifter stand up and stop them, I thought I heard Charlie cry
Oh open season
Oh you think I’m telling you lies - you think I’m fantasising now
Oh you think I wasn’t there but where did this blood on my hands come from?
Mama went and called the cops out Charlie they’re gonna be here soon
I hope I done good, I told her the story like the way you said I should
But I don’t think she believed me Charlie - she knows just what we’re like
Time to run off to the forest Charlie they’ll never take us alive
Oh open season
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10. |
Love Shy
05:40
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Seasons come, and they go
He’s been living alone for so long , its starting to show
He’s not young, not too old
But he can’t talk to girls even though he feels lonely
When he speaks he just stammers his words
Cos he’s love-shy
This guy’s love-shy
She looks out, hides away
Sees the lonely guy with his head down as he opens his gate
Wants to say, how was your day?
But she’s been hurt before, knows it’s better this way
Turns aside and lets the curtain fall
In spite of all the sadness there’s a lot of gladness in true romance
Away from all the clamour we just need each other it’s happenstance
And our head’s not our friend when it blocks our good sense
We’re not creatures of logic we’re creatures of feeling
But here there’s this girl and this guy and they just can’t see it
But they’re love-shy
This girl’s love-shy
And he’s love-shy
This guy’s love-shy
Seasons come, they don’t linger
They’re still living with two separate lives until one winter
He falls down, she’s right there
And she looks after him and they come to be friends
All he has to do is just kiss her!
In spite of all the sadness there’s a lot of gladness in true romance
Away from all the clamour we just need each other it’s happenstance
And our head’s not our friend when it blocks our good sense
We’re not creatures of logic we’re creatures of feeling
But here there’s this girl and this guy and they just can’t see it
Cos they’re love-shy
This girl’s love-shy
This guy’s love-shy
Don’t be love-shy
Cos they’re love-shy
This girl’s love-shy
This guy’s love-shy
Don’t be love-shy
Don’t be so
Love-shy
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11. |
Night Train Blues
04:30
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Well I got to get to Sydney but baby I ain't got no car
Oh yeh I got to get to Sydney but baby I ain't got no car
You say I'll have to walk but girl it's a little too far
Oh well I got to get to Sydney but baby I ain't got no car
I can't stay here, gotta get me down to New South Wales
Honey let me drive your train
So now I've pulled all your levers, I've twisted all of your dials
I said I've pulled all your levers and twisted all your dials
We're cruising for the moment but we'll heat it up in a while
Cos I've pulled all your levers and twisted all of your dials
Don't make me stop cos these brakes may not work again
Honey let me drive your train
Well I've stoked up your fire but I'm running out of fuel
I've stoked up your fire but I'm running out of fuel
We could push it along but you want to play by the rules
Oh now I've stoked up your fire but we're running out of fuel
I think it's gonna blow so it's time for jerking the chain
Baby when I drive your train
Well now we've pulled into the station and we're resting up for a spell
I said we pulled into the station and we're resting up for a spell
Smoke a cigarette, have a drink, maybe go for a meal
Well now we've pulled into the station and we're resting up for a spell
Now I want to go to Tassie but it looks like we busted the train
Honey let me fly your plane
Now I wanna go to Tassie but it looks like we busted the train
Honey let me fly your plane
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