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My Friend the Moon
03:20
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On my way home with my flag at half-mast
I spy an old friend who waits in the dark
We walk together, she lights up the path
My friend the moon and I
Walk through the door with my ebb at a low
Sarah is sleeping in her winter coat
Come tiptoe outside and we'll share a smoke
My friend the moon and I
Head back inside and unscrew this cheap wine
Silently toast to this moment in time
She casts a shadow through Venetian blinds
My friend the moon and I
Trade our troubles for glee
And we're finally free
It's our mission to build ammunition
And guard us from what we will be
The rooster crows with his usual aplomb
Sarah embraces that wretched old sun
We dream together 'til evening come
My friend the moon and I
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2. |
Goodnight Ricky
03:22
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Well you live free in the dream world
But you're waking up with your tail curled
You're on borrowed time
So find a reason to get up
There aren't too many truffles left to find
And the world tells you to toughen up your rind
So you thumb your nose to the morning breath
Pull a Jerry Lee on the cousin of death
And get in the groove
The circadian rhythm
The pillow is a paradise of hay
So close your eyes, get spirited away
Wallow in the weight of what is wrong
Can't finish a song
Dream of the day when you stood tall
At your birthday ball
Oh Ricky, goodnight
Oh Ricky, alright
Mary, Mark and Luke and me
Made some paper mache and we built a tree
And the petals dropped some pearls of pure wisdom
And beneath the roots some truffles could be found
Takes a runt like you to work this fallow ground
Wallow in the weight of what is wrong
Can't finish a song
Dream of the day when you stood tall
At your birthday ball
Oh Ricky, goodnight
Oh Ricky, alright
Oh Ricky, goodnight
Oh Ricky, alright
Wallow in the weight of what is wrong
Can't finish a song
Dream of the day when you stood tall
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3. |
Shady Grove
04:15
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That was the year that we made lemonade
Poisoned the fruit and lay back in the shade
And as the sun headed west
You got some things off your chest
About the boy you liked best
You flew on home, I stopped forcing a smile
Ran through the gate and hopped over the stile
Followed the rope-swing ravine
Through where the beech trees did lean
Somewhere I wouldn't be seen
Through the trees I dove
To that shady grove
I looked around, there was nobody there
Felt for the book you and me used to share
Left by some older kids
Who never came back for it
Shadows fell so I started a fire
So all the images I could admire
Conjured your face, felt no shame
And as I whispered your name
Held the page over the flame
Ashes on the stove
In my shady grove
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4. |
Emily
03:02
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My old friend how've you been
Would you care to let me in
How's that Dan-electro boy
How's your sister up in Troy
Does she still have scarlet lips
Lips that launched the thousand ships
Ships that sailed the endless sea
For the one called Emily
Summer 1958
And a bolt from heaven's gate
Had us shaking in our shoes
Fender Twin and Persian blues
Well we took those gifts and ran
Formed a band where no one sang
And a special gift for me
Was a girl called Emily
Surf guitar was at death's door
In the spring of sixty four
On a beach with cringing sands
Strangers laughed when we held hands
Hail the hunchback and his queen
It's not even Halloween
How she blushed and set me free
Fare thee well oh Emily
All those English blues rock bands
Flogging records to our fans
They know nothing of what's cool
And those clowns from Liverpool
I won't listen to their band
I just want to hold her hand
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5. |
All Hail
02:41
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Can you hear a whistle
At the window
They must know
My baby's due tomorrow
Oh my friends the other day
Felt him kick and squirm they say
I suspect they did not feel these things
It must have been the beating of his wings
Patter pitter patter at the window
Whispers that my angel will rekindle
The faith that man has buried deep
The open arms, the flock of sheep
My water broke as rain turned into hail
The midwife fainted when she saw the tail
…and hooves
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6. |
Follow Him Down
03:17
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When I was younger my dad he was mean
He said, son you're the ugliest thing I have seen
I'll eat my hat son, if you ever meet
A lady who don't run and hide down the street
Boy I ain't tryn'a treat you like a fool
But you got to understand life can be cruel
You asked me what's up with your mama's hair
Well there ain't no mirrors into which she can stare
If you insist on me tellin' you why
It's coz they all smashed when you walked on by
Me and my daddy went down on the lake
With bread for the geese and their young'uns to take
Daddy went skating, I stayed on the bank
My body too twisted and deformed and lank
I caught my reflection there in the ice
Well it was the worst moment in my life
The ice did crack and my dad, he did drown
And there I decided to follow him down
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7. |
Magic Beans
03:37
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Unsinkable so won't you bring your baby grand aboard the boat
Audition in the shipyard, if it's chilly don't forget your coat
Sparky's all but given up till his piano comes alive
They do their thing and when the fun is over there's nowhere to hide
The weaver sets the king up for a fall
Now he isn't wearing anything at all
They dance around the board these figurines
The world is all a hill of magic beans
The anvil worker tickles yet another girl he's such a gent
Old Cassanova ends up on the fire, it's no accident
And Carny Jack and Lucky head to town to get some iron shoes
For a southern journey in the morning and a maiden cruise
Open up, we need your iron and nails
I have to reach that ship before she sails
Well it's not your turn to turn to smithereens
The world is all a hill of magic beans
They dance around the board these figurines
The world is all a hill of magic beans
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8. |
Patio
03:14
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You see a little squirrel peeping through the kitchen window
Perched on the edge of the rotten wooden table
That was left in the rain and forgotten
Now it's winter on the patio
Now your house is warm and your house is dry
You'll haunt this house 'til the day you die
No one said you'd have company
So you pull a silly face like you'd tease a little baby
Intending your new friend to flee to where it's safe and shady
When the smoke alarm sounds
And you have to take your dinner to the patio
Now your house is warm and your house will fry
You'll live outside 'til the day you die
No one said you'd have company
Oh, but ain't you glad you have company?
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9. |
Souvenirs
02:22
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Can't decide what to throw away
I guess I'll keep it all
So many memories cling to the posters
Of pop-stars on the walls
Old cartoons and burst balloons
Your favourite broken toy
Reading old magazines
Living the dream
Drowning in a sea of joy
Knelt before plastic evergreens
And shabby old Christmas cards
I never bothered, I felt kinda smothered
Oh please send my regards
This old pen, it holds no ink
But it helps me reminisce
I have awoken, all thanks to the totem
The souvenir that signed your kiss
Can't decide what to throw away
I guess I'll keep it all
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10. |
Natural History
03:04
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It's a warm welcome feeling, appears without warning
And soothes you and sends you away
She spreads her wings as you oil the hinge
And the eagle descends on the snake
The past is confusing
Our teeth such a bad thing
The future is opening its jaws
Natural history, down on all fours
I know the flesh is the truth
Can you say this to me straight-faced and sure
You are not the strangest beast in the zoo
It was never the plan to go off in her hand
But she makes you so happy I know
The pinball may tilt
The sunflowers may wilt
And she'll leave you out here in the snow now
It's coz I'm so smitten
That my hand's been bitten
I don't wanna play anymore
Natural history, down on all fours
I know the flesh is the truth
Can you say this to me, straight-faced and sure
You are not the strangest beast in the zoo
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11. |
Snowglobe
04:24
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We tried reciting all the songs we'd sung
Before we got so overhung
We put our clothes on and we left your house
You said I'd always be your little mouse
Well I guess I never heard a word
Distracted by that single bird
Black and white with just a hint of blue
We headed north along the avenue
The rumble of the traffic shook the trees
And the branches scattered snow around our knees
And our cherry reds
I'll spend these days with you
We'll try and see it through
'Til someone knocks the snow globe from the stand
One sunny day
We'll walk away
Rivers never crossed
Glaciated moss
Of a winter wonderland
I heard it's raining in Pompeii
And that's how it's gonna stay
You wanted Christmas every day
Behind her painted smile
My lily of the Nile
I'll spend this time with you
We'll try and talk it through
'Til someone knocks the snow globe from the stand
Or finds that fabled tree
That once belonged to you and me
And when it comes our turn
Ashes in the urn
Shaken by God's hand
In a winter wonderland
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