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Something Good
03:34
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The wind was picking up
And the sun was getting high
In a rusty pick-up truck
See the big smoke on the rise
We’re gonna pack it up
Gonna cross that great divide
Had enough of the bad luck
Hit us harder than I thought it could
But we can’t stop now
We’ve gotta find out how
We can turn it into something good
Times are getting tough
My convictions on the slide
But I don’t wanna fuck it up
Gonna try and make it right
And you might’ve had enough
But I won’t give up the fight
We’ve been hitting the hard roads
Cut us deeper than we understood
Getting turned around
And we’re falling down
We’ll pick it back up like we know we should
Had enough of the bad luck
Hit us harder than I thought it could
But we can’t stop now
We’ve gotta find out how
We can turn it into something good
Get away endless sorrow
Get away from the pain inside
You can stay in the clouds forever
A little more each day, we’ll get our shit together
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2. |
Best Of You
03:47
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The time’s golden
We should be rolling
But your pattern’s holding
And I want you to land
You keep stalling
I keep on calling
There you are falling
Slipping right through my hand
The shadows creeping ‘round the edge of your bed
Catch you sleeping, get inside of your head
But I won’t give up, I won’t sleep till I’m dead
We’re peeling back the blue skies
They got nothing on your blue eyes
I want nothing but the best of you
The best of you
No make believing
Just let me ease in
Baby give me a reason
Not to tear down your wall
But you’re getting meaner
My ballerina
Nothing in between you
And the bottom of my soul
The cold winds sweeping ‘round the edge of your bed
Make you shiver, get it dark in your head
But I won’t give up, I won’t sleep till I’m dead
We’re peeling back the blue skies
They got nothing on your blue eyes
I want nothing but the best of you
The best of you
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3. |
Time Is Golden
03:43
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4. |
Wrong
04:10
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This love it knocked me on my back
Put me in a cage
When the truth feels like a cheap attack
And it cuts you just the same
Now I don’t wanna do it like that
No it ain’t worth the pain
I’m tired of running ‘round the same old track
I ain’t gonna play the game
When I take you and hold you tight
Honey I ain’t leading you on
But I want you to stay the night
Baby don’t get me wrong
Always we would get sad
The darkness covered days
When the love just made you feel bad
And nothing ever changed
You tell me that he don’t mean shit
But I know where you’ve been lying
And this talking’s gonna make me sick
Don’t help it when you’re crying
Said everything would be alright
But I feel it all turning to stone
And it hurts me to say goodbye
Baby don’t get me wrong
Don’t get me wrong, don’t get me falling for another one
Is it that good love once again?
When the song, the song was playing and we were singing it
I never thought that it could end
In the end
Yeah, I hear everything you’re saying
I can hear the noise
Yeah, all the plans that we were making
Now I don’t see the point
But when I catch the sun in your eyes
And it’s with me long after you’re gone
And I’m staring through the darkest night
Sometimes I don’t want to be alone
When I take you and hold you tight
Honey I ain’t leading you on
But it don’t mean I won’t do you right
Baby don’t get me wrong
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5. |
When You Dance
08:01
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When the shine was fading and the mood got dark
It put me to the test
Picking up the pieces where we broke apart
But it was such a mess
I’m trying anything to make you see
Should I give up yet?
I rehearse it all night but try as I might
I barely learned the first step
When you dance
The only light I ever see
And by some chance
You’re standing right in front of me
Try to have conviction in the things we speak
Don’t wanna have no doubts
But inside our apartment we had sprung a leak
And it was pouring out
When you give everything it don’t come cheap
Just hope there’s something left
I’ll collect what’s mine, gonna lay it on the line
I wanna ride on this bet
When you dance
The only light I ever see
And by some chance
You’re standing right in front of me
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6. |
Woman
04:27
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I got slapped by the hard morning light
I ain’t seen Janey since she left in the middle of the night
I got a feeling and it don’t feel right
But I ain’t going down in the second round, I’m putting up a fight
And I’ve been wandering through this smothering soulless city
Getting low in the dives where it don’t look pretty
I get so lonesome when you’re not standing with me
Roll me down the stony crooked hall and throw me on the street
Now the wheels are coming off
And I probably set it off
And you might be better off
With some other guy
And I’d say that I’d be cool with you but that’d be a lie
Oh I need a good woman here to ease my mind
Will you love me now or will you love me not?
Baby I give you everything I’ve got
I’ve got a fever, hey I’m running hot
Got a wounded pride and a battered head, a spirit that’s been shot
I gotta split this scene and shuffle out of this city
Darling take your chances with me
Lost in your ocean eyes, they sparkle pretty
Let’s hit the road that gets us outta here, wherever that may be
Now the wheels are coming off
And I probably set it off
Honey please don’t get it off
With some other guy
Don’t play me for a fool, for you I’d lay it on the line
Oh I need a good woman here to ease my mind
And it can’t be said enough
It’s all that I’m thinking of
It’s love
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7. |
Kiss Me Once
04:45
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When the last of the autumn leaves have quit their hanging on
They fall upon that cold road that I’ll soon be traveling on
If the darkness should find me
Gonna put your love behind me
I will carry the fire within my soul
Now I can’t be hanging around
On tomorrow’s wind I’m blown
So could you please kiss me once before I’m gone?
I should’ve tried but I bit my tongue and I could never say
Then I cried, ain’t it funny the time could slip away
Mistakes, well I made ‘em
Oh honey if I could change one
I would lay my desire upon your door
Now the high noon sun is sinking low
And I fear that it won’t be long
So could I please kiss you once before I’m gone?
But I will not go quietly
I will rage in the eye of the storm
As the fear builds inside of me
I will turn it to stone
I need all the strength that you can find in me
Cos I know I won’t make it alone
Oh baby, please kiss me once before I’m gone
Kiss me once before I’m gone
Kiss me once
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8. |
Lean On The Fire
04:47
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Trading a dime for the daily news
Leon Jones crushed a cigarette under his shoe
Poor Leon Jones if he only knew
At every corner the devil is waiting for you
I feel the fear
Drawing near
Cold lead in hand when my hell is here
I need a light
Getting high
Stranded on the wire
Lean on the fire
Some cats come to shoot up the Stop-And-Go
Said, “Get the hell on the ground boys this isn’t a show”
But old Leon Jones, don’t nobody know
He got a .36 rifle buried under his coat
I feel the fear
Drawing near
Cold lead in hand when my hell is here
I need a light
Getting high
Stranded on the wire
Lean on the fire
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9. |
Lay Thy Hand
04:25
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Lay thy hand upon my face
Lay a touch so tender
All I’d give of me for one small taste
To your sweetness I’d surrender
Move slow
Feel and flow
Be my love’s defender
Now I hold the key to the promised land
Where you lay your hand
Lay thy hand upon my shoulder
All the warmth and the healing
As the summer fades and the night grows colder
Be a light in me revealing
A faint glow
And I’m a little low
How I long to feel it
Come and save my soul like I know you can
Where you lay your hand
Lay thy hand upon my own
Let it trace all the memory
I will fold you up and I’ll take you home
I am hopeful, I am ready
When you stray
Float away
Be a light ascending
Shine in all I was and all I am
Where you lay your hand
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10. |
Honey, I
05:18
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I lit out under a raining cloud
In a town where all the streets sloped south
Where the traffic flowed and stopped to rest
To the rhythm in my hollow chest
If a distant constellation
Was reading thoughts from in my mind
It would all be useless information
Just coming down that line
Cos I have no revelation
Just a feeling I can’t describe
I need to speak with you tonight
Oh Honey, I
I stumbled in the empty house
And I stood there in the dark for hours
I’d memorised each room, each hall
I traced my fingers along the dusty walls
I heard an old folk singer
Humming through a radio
Singing songs of loss and sadness
About a girl he used to know
That was more than fifty years now
I wasn’t born before he died
I need to speak with you tonight
Oh Honey, I
Lately I’ve been thinking
If I could live a million lives
Would I change myself to make me
Light the spark behind your eyes?
Would I stand by my convictions?
Would I never tell a lie?
I need to speak with you tonight
Oh Honey, I
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Big Smoke Melbourne, Australia
Adrian Slattery was a dynamo. A staple of the Melbourne music scene for over 10 years, he formed Big Smoke in 2009 as a
collection of several of Melbourne’s finest players.
Adrian died from oesophageal cancer in May, less than a year after his diagnosis. Throughout his illness, he was determined to leave behind a legacy – for his family, his friends and the world. That legacy is Time Is Golden.
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