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Forever
04:23
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You might do well to pretend otherwise
But that’s just the way things end up when they’re broken
I didn’t know at the time
Forever was such a long time
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2. |
Your Smile
05:29
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We’re at our best when we’re alone
All the songs we sing when we are left to sing them on our own
And at night our pupils wide
Never stop to draw a breath or break a rhyme
There’s a green light in your eyes
And all the boys in town say you’re sometimes alright to be around
But when you here that whispered call you fly
And when you leave you pull the walls of the city down
Endless fall. Have we lost it all?
Up the snake and down the ladder
Where we land it doesn’t matter
Nothing lasts forever anyway
You creep back in when we are gone
To pick the bits and pieces still left hanging there upon the bone
I could be the cloud that holds back the day
I could be the hound that holds the whole world at bay…..
Endless fall. Have we lost it all?
Up the snake and down the ladder
Where we land it doesn’t matter
Nothing lasts forever anyway
But your smile could change the weather
Cheat God and fool the Devil
So stay smart. Let’s stick together everywhere
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3. |
Apart At The Seams
03:38
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i don’t remember my dreams
they’re worn out at the knees
tied up in a frayed old hander kerchief
falling apart at the seams
in my pocket a stone
in the shadows i grieve
i put a match to the last good thing i have
i’m reluctant to leave
there’s an army of need, wild dogs at my heels
hold on, hold on
coz i’m, coming home
there’s a terrible fear
stalks me with a greed
cold threats on my day of consequence
victory on my knees
there’s an army of need, wild dogs at my heels
hold on, hold on
coz i’m, coming home
wasn’t it a wonderful year?
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4. |
Never Drinking Again
03:08
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they say you’re as good as the last thing you did
and all those bad feelings you should keep them well hid
yeah, keep them all under your lid
so i’m never drinking again
yeah, all this hard drinking must come to an end
i’m never drinking again
as sure as the rain turns metal to rust
a man starts as dirt and then ends up as dust
yeah, you just got to do as you must
so i’m never drinking again
‘less all of these vampires should turn into friends
yeah, i’m never drinking again
time slides, days roll, nights without end
lies about memories long since died within
but no man should suffer a fate worse than gin
so i’m never drinking again
i left one half of me back on the road
yet somehow i’m carrying a heavier load
yeah, yeah somehow my dreams never showed
so i guess I’ll start drinking again
if I’m all alone what’s the harm now and then
i guess I’ll start drinking again
if they never stop pouring i’ll never say when
i guess I’ll start drinking again
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5. |
Seasick Man
03:10
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o what a sight
burning embers on a moonlit night
fly to heaven on a mercy flight
they fly forever
lonely isle
in the middle of an ocean vile
kept from sinking by the Saturn smile
you try not to remember
and if i was a seasick man
overboard
and if i lost my heart at war
in the lost and found of the battleground
would you come and find me?
as it stands
i’m the shadow of a broken man
just a remnant of an ancient plan
lost in the detail
walking blind
down the passages of endless time
what i wouldn’t give to know your mind
the lost connection
and if i was a seasick man
overboard
and if i lost my heart at war
in the lost and found of the battleground
would you come and find me?
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6. |
Naked Specimen
04:25
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The Woman who smoked all your cigarettes is the same one who drank all your wine.
I don't know what I'm doing.
You don't know what you're doing.
We're doing fine.
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7. |
There Is A Song
03:40
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Sailing through the eye of a storm
Knocking out a brick in the wall
Find a way past your defences
Looking through the hole in your heart
Finding a way back to the start
Putting an eye to the camera
There is a song she sings when she feels that the winter’s gone and summer’s come
So she walks and wanders through the streets where she belongs.
Listen to your breath in the dark
Pull my reservations apart
One in a million chances
A fountain of stars in the sky
Reflecting the dreams in your eye
You are my beautiful answer
There is a song she sings when she feels that the winter’s gone and summer’s come
So she walks and wanders through the streets where she belongs.
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8. |
Tulips
00:32
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9. |
My O My
02:51
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you tried to keep up with the summer
but always you’re dragging your feet
there’s sleep on your weary eyelashes
and a shadow round people you meet
well it’s the same old conversations
and god how they’ve wasted your time
it’s the same old reservations
my oh my
where you once had your pick of the litter
now the best has all been bought and sold
and the cigarette ash on your collar
makes everyone feel pretty old
well it’s the same old temptations
the whiskey stain on your tie
it’s the same old reservations
my oh my
late night left right one foot in front of the other will soon see you home
to the dim light, try to remember it’s easier sleeping alone
and a cry goes out, out over rooftops like there’s a lost dog in the dark
now your secret’s out
you’ve cashed your last cheque for the summer
and there’s holes in the shoes on your feet
your money’s no good in this city
you might as well take to the street
but it’s the same old complications
the same old thing by and by
it’s the same old reservations
my oh my
well it’s the same old conversations
and god how they’ve wasted your time
it’s the same old reservations
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10. |
Enough Blood
03:51
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stringfellow rattling his bones in the dark
cracked yellow ripping up the trees in the park
cold peepers
old creepers
stealing all the sweet dreams from the careless people
warm pleasures
in small measures
falling round my shoulders like a breath upon a feather
dry kisses
near misses
keeping me from sleeping like a failure in the weather
there’s only so much
didn’t i bleed enough blood
black letter
caught beneath my feet as I run
get clever
as i wrestle back my soul from the sun
red willow
dead pillow
falling round my shoulders like a failure in the weather
there’s only so much
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11. |
Treading Water
06:12
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there’s no space left in my head
and this pace: the heavy hours wind back the day
after the fight that went all night
i said i’m alright, but you should see the other guy
and this face it is not pretty and that smile it is not warm
all your life marking time all your life
treading water
if you sink then you drown so you swim
a restless shark against the swell
down you go fully clothed down below
all the way down
if it makes you angry
if it makes you mad
give it away give it away give it away
if you’re just treading water
give it away give it away give it away
treading water
in the air there’s truth and there it waits for you
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Hugh Jennings Perth, Australia
Hugh Jennings is a songwriter, singer and musician from Perth, Western Australia.
He has played in Burnside, Autopilot,
Bob Evans Band, End of Fashion, as well as composing for theatre, film and TV.
His debut solo LP 'Hound' was released in 2017.
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