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Sympathy, tenderness Warm as the summer Offer me their embrace Friendliness, gentleness Strangers to my life They are there in his face Goodness, and sweetness, and kindness abound in this place I am in love with The things that I see in his face It's a memory I know time Will never erase |
Are you ready to be liberated On this sad side city street Well the birds have been freed from their cages I got freedom and my youth My name is Brody Im from Melbourne Fitzroy Melbourne Fitzroy Melbourne I grew up on Bell St. then on Bennett St. My mom kicked out my dad for battery Found a way found a way She found a way out of spiritual penury Working single mother in an urban struggle Blames herself now cause I grew up troubled It hit me i got everything i need (2x) My one heart felt too much from the start Ive seen people come and go L |
Here in this hole that we fixed We get further and further and further From what we must do I saw you asleep beside a hole This girl inside a hole Your eyes blankened by the sound And the thought of God Where should I hang my head? Where would you like for me To hang my head The one absent truth The one horrible thing I saw What you truly wanted to become And who you thought I was The fall, the fall, Afraid, the blood Runs deeper than the grave It goes all the way down those tracks Everybody bow your head For the greatest inspiration |
With a pawnshop eyes and a second hand frown she sat silent at the table Her boots were brown, should she leave town To play the role of lover ex-patriot A nod to the waiter,always her flirty behavior, You know she always gets one on the house She pulls out a letter from a bag Under her sweater and before she reads she straightens her blouse There's a passion in being alone A grace in a loveless time There's no new cross, there's no new sign only the sun and the changing tide And out of respect, well really must confess I never lost your number I |