1. |
Slow Clouds
03:19
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take me out the window and walk me along
be certain when you push
we’re only so strong
slow clouds
you’ve got to forget half the things you know
got to forgive yourself where you might go
under slow clouds
i’ll see you when the light turns on
dancing around the feet of the hopelessly numb
slow clouds
and there wasn’t any reason for what you felt
and there wasn’t any steeling for this kismet
got to forget half the things you know
got to forgive yourself where you might go
under slow clouds
i’ll see you when the light turns on
dancing around the feet of the hopelessly numb
saying you could have been anything but now that’s done
slow clouds
and there wasn’t any reason
and there wasn’t any steeling
slow clouds
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2. |
In the Key of Kintsugi
03:56
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in the climb for order
desire for control
everything arranged to an empty bowl
i’m here to report that chaos showed up
disorder in the house
bowls were broken
but fly away
under my headphones on random
you pick up the pieces
there’s a song I’ve always known
beautiful melody and a constant drone
fly away
under my headphones on random
in the key of kintsugi
golden, renewed
you glue the glue
you talk to who you talk to
you clutch this hugging pain
makes the everyday seem strange
perfectionism erases you
feel the weight and break
fly away
under my headphones on random
keep moving dared the shark
to sit still is to die
nothing has to be final tonight
just a silly exercise
fly away
under my headphones on random
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3. |
Busy Brain Triage
04:08
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don’t let the whole world get you down
just some of it
don’t let the whole world get you down
try to triage it
you had a thought and you liked the thought of it
busy brain 3am
cup of tea and try to sleep again
don’t let the whole world get you down
just some of it
don’t let the whole world get you down
try to triage it
you saw a sign and you liked the sight of it
busy brain 4am
meditate or pleasure sate
don’t let the whole world get you down
just some of it
don’t let the whole world get you down
try to triage it
you heard a sound and you liked the sound of it
busy brain 5am
first signs of life again
don’t let the whole world get you down
just some of it
don’t let the whole world get you down
try to triage it
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4. |
Rich Together
04:39
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i put my last twenty cents out on the cafe counter
i spun it to see just where it would fall
somebody was laughing near the door
well this comment was personal after all
i’ve got to stop biting my fingernails
and look into eyes full of dreams
did your mum or your dad teach you tenderness
when those around you split at the seams
you have a lasting impression
of loneliness that can’t be denied
i think we’ve been pushing different directions
there’s something we should try
let’s get rich together
let’s get rich together
whatever the never never
let’s get rich together
i took that last twenty cents on the cafe counter
and i threw it to see just where it would land
over near the magazine stand
we sat there the time before
when you weren’t feeling so hungry
and i wasn’t feeling so mean
i looked at the ring where my coffee had been
it was fading into the Laminex
you have a lasting impression
of loneliness that can’t be denied
i think we’ve been pushing different directions
there’s something we should try
let’s get rich together
let’s get rich together
whatever the never never
let’s get rich together
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5. |
Emotional Week
05:05
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i’d like you to put down the paper that you’re reading
cos I don’t think the words are going past your eyes
your brain it's a runaway train
and your thoughts are hard to disguise
the photographs on the refrigerator they’re swaying
there must be a door open somewhere
do you really want to be here today
because if you don’t just say
we’ve been playing cat and mouse
all around this great big house
playing hide and seek for an emotional week
i walk to work down Punt in the morning sun
i’ve learnt a couple of Latin names in the botanic gardens
i’ve had time to feel the grass beneath my shoes
across the bridge where we had nothing left to lose
the photographs on the refrigerator they’re swaying
there must be a door open somewhere
do you really want to be here today
because if you don’t it’s okay just say
we’ve been playing cat and mouse
all around this great big house
playing hide and seek for an emotional week
do you really want to be here today
because if you don’t it’s okay just say go away
we’ve been playing cat and mouse
all around this great big house
playing hide and seek for an emotional week
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6. |
You Teach Me to Love
03:50
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i can feel you with me
more every day
before you take my hand i want to say
that you teach me about a difficult world
that you teach me
you get too close
you see it all
before you take a step there’s already a wall
before you even move your shoes are worn
but you teach me to love
i can feel you change me
overnight
suddenly life is through your eyes
suddenly life is a surprise
you show me
you get too close
you see it all
before you take a step there’s already a wall
before you even move your soul is torn
but you teach me to love
you don’t need what you want
you don’t know what you give
and you fill up your life with questions
you don’t say what you ask
and you don't find what you’re looking for
and you don’t find it in all directions
i can feel you moving
i see your face
i see it in earth i see it in space
remember you learn to swim before you learn to cry
my child
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7. |
Words are Swords
02:56
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words are swords
choose them well
they can be hard to find
when I’m trying to tell
you there on my pillow
don't fly out the window
fools know how you go and leave me here
words are swords
passing through
proving nothing
when they’re not true
and you can’t sleep at night
when they don’t come out right
you can’t lock your door against the fall of their feet
you there on my pillow
don't fly out the window
fools know how you go and leave me here
words are swords
and now i'm dead
cos I forgot my heart
listened to my head
with what I said
words are swords
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8. |
Your Gift
05:31
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Amelda gave us her painting and told us what it was all about
The Life of Her Grandmother Down on The Farm
it hung in the back room and everyone talked about it
and then one day in the sunlight i saw every stroke of Amelda’s brush
and what you have within to give
is what lives on after you’re gone
a stranger in Chinatown making miniature bicycles
out of a length of wire using a spray can lid and pair of pliers
in ten minutes i watched it made
it cost me ten bucks all those years ago
the pedals spin and everything
still one of the most precious things i own
what you have within to give
is what lives on after you’re gone
your gift falls where it falls
lands where it lands
see how we eat the catch of the day
but sing songs to the ones that got away
you who put that heart on the head of my coffee
Tamara put the first ribbon in my daughter’s hair
taxi driver works to get his son out of some country
hour after hour and fare after fare
what you have within to give
is what lives on after you’re gone
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9. |
Love Wins
04:04
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like water swallows stone I’m on my own
one of those days when you say
my look how you’ve grown
i can’t afford the luxury of a bad thought I don’t choose
love wins, love wins
mostly when I’m ready to lose
i wanna be ready for the day
when you come to me and say
i’ve been your lover but now
there’s something else or other
ready for the news that I never had a clue
love wins, love wins
mostly when I’m ready to lose
like a promise
that’s written across your sky
you’re a novice suddenly told why
like water swallows stone I’m on my own
one of those nights when you say
is this my home
i can’t afford the luxury of a bad thought I can’t use
love wins, love wins
mostly when I’m ready to lose
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10. |
My Movie of You
04:50
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when the day is through and it's getting dark
my movie of you starts playing
when the lights go down and everything gets quiet
my movie of you starts playing
the features start and I can’t stop my heart
my movie of you keeps playing
and at the end of the show
although it’s time to go
my movie of you keeps playing
and i can’t stop my heart
i can’t stop my heart
my movie of you keeps playing
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11. |
The Rain
03:11
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Rowan Smith Australia
Rowan Smith is songwriter and founding member of Australian bands Macguffins and Barefoot, before a further six solo
albums.
Rowan's songs have appeared in the Triple J Hottest 100 and ARIA Top 20 airplay charts. In 2020 a retrospective on Macguffins was released in the U.S.A.
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