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Blame
03:28
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I blame your mother for every little thing
When the cows don’t come home, when the birds they don’t sing
You got a good spirit, yeah you got a good heart
You had such a hard time, you had such a bad start
You tried to win it back, yeah you tried to move on
But you couldn’t my love and you did me wrong
I blame your mother for every little thing
When the cows don’t come home, when the birds they don’t sing
Blame blame blame blame
You got away, yeah you made a life
I’m proud of you love, yeah you did alright
You got the girl and you settled on down
But you couldn’t shake the monkey, no he’s still around
I blame your mother for every little thing
When the cows don’t come home, when the birds they don’t sing
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I Got the Lonely
03:02
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Another day of feeling slow
Looking left looking down, does it show
Dreading the wake, stuck in the fog
Heavy weight still there in the morning
I got the lonely, gonna write it all down
I got the lonely, birds in town
No resolve no easy fix
Out of reach of the green grass
Blaming you when it’s really me
Heavy weight still there in the morning
I got the lonely, gonna write it all down
I got the lonely, birds in town
Get up, get on up
Nobody’s gonna fill your cup
I got the lonely, gonna write it all down
I got the lonely, birds in town
Heavy weight still there in the morning
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3. |
Glass Heart
03:08
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Everyone can see my glass heart
Falling from a great height
Will you reach out and catch it
Can you fill it with wine sweet wine
‘Cause I’m on a path to broken
I’m on a path going down
I’m on a path to broken
Baby when you coming around
I wanna drive by your house
I wanna look in your eyes
Baby did you leave a key out
Or did you get legal advice
‘Cause I’m on a path to broken
I’m on a path going down
I’m on a path to broken
Baby when you coming around
I want you to want me
But I can’t make it so
There is a hole in the floor where I go
I like to sit here when things get low
Why does everything taste like mud
I don’t want to be the end of your fun
‘Cause I’m on a path to broken
I’m on a path going down
I’m on a path to broken
Baby when you coming around
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Not gonna swallow these tears no more
This time it’s real yeah I’m out the door
And you won’t ever get me back
Not for love or guilt or cash
How many times did we walk this track
How many sorry’s and you never looked back
You went on first I came behind
I was deluded I was out of my mind
And does it make you feel good when you treat me unkind?
Tell me what you’re thinking let me know your mind
Just cause you don’t want me don’t mean no one else can
I don’t want your diamonds or your serpent’s tongue
Too late now the damage is done
I got out alive, only just surviving
How many excuses made behind your back
He didn’t mean it, sometimes he’s just like that
If you’re ashamed of me then you’re better off alone
You had your fair warning don’t come crying on the phone
And does it make you feel good when you treat me unkind?
Tell me what you’re thinking let me know your mind
Just cause you don’t want me don’t mean no one else can
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Deadwood
03:56
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Sitting down here in the pouring rain
Power gone out don’t know my name
Wind is howling in the tall dark pines
I’d go home but I lost my mind
Storm beating down, down, down, washing away
The sins of the town, town, town, take me away
Dinner in the oven fire on the stove
Through the night your lover she drove
She was gonna have you on a cold dark road
Instead she took a minute for a lung of cold smoke
Storm beating down, down, down, washing away
The sins of the town, town, town, take me away
Cut out the deadwood and make me new
I can’t remember what I saw in you
Cut me in the heart with your quiet disdain
I feel nothing and I’m numb to the shame
Storm beating down, down, down, washing away
The sins of the town, town, town, take me away
Windshield wipers slam each other back and forward
Screaming in the night, violent discord
Open up the song and the dark comes out
Do I bottle it now or share it about
Storm beating down, down, down, washing away
The sins of the town, town, town, take me away
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6. |
Dream Find
04:10
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Are you just a lover or are you a dream find
My heart cracked open and you climbed inside
How will you untangle from your life before
Is this an in-between or is it something more
Is it love, I can’t say
Slow dance or a warm wave
Are you a dream find
Or just another lover along the way
I feel you heavy with worry and pain
Pushing it down just to get through the days
Hang in there baby don’t you lose your nerve
I wish for you the freedom you deserve
Is it love, I can’t say
Slow dance or a warm wave
Are you a dream find
Or just another lover along the way
Our cards we both hold up to the chin
Just look at the state we’re in
Whole world is crumbling behind each step
My hand in yours, oh what next
Is it love, I can’t say
Slow dance or a warm wave
Are you a dream find
Or just another lover along the way
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7. |
Breaking
02:42
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There is colour in the breaking of a heart
Never gonna be the right time, never a good place to start
Everyone brings their baggage, we’re not sixteen
We’ve all got a history, it’s never gonna be clean
There is colour in the breaking of a heart, breaking, breaking
My silver lining went from shiny to black
Fog settled in and I couldn’t see the track
Fingers going numb, slow dying of the spark
Gotta find me some shelter before dark
There is colour in the breaking of a heart, breaking, breaking
Pull myself from the wreckage I’m covered in shame
Walk away from the damage walk away from pain
Pull the pin & take cover and I find out who I am again
Bursting with a new love, the wreckage days are done
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Come Over Lover
03:03
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There is a spark that we can’t deny
It’s been in the pipeline all this time
Brush of the skin and the look in your eye
There is a spark that we can’t deny
I want your mind your body your skin
I wanna drag you out of the dark place you’re in
I will build a wall so I don’t fence you in
I want your mind your body your skin
Come over lover let’s have a good time
Forget your life and I’ll forget about mine
Just for one night we can go song for song
It’s a moment in time before it’s gone
What have you done with my heart?
I feel nothing since we’ve been apart
I am detached yeah I’ll make a new start
What have you done with my heart?
Come over lover let’s have a good time
Forget your life and I’ll forget about mine
Just for one night we can go song for song
It’s a moment in time before it’s gone
Now I just want your body on mine
You got my ears yeah you got my time
We got a situation here down on the line
I just want your body on mine
Come over lover let’s have a good time
Forget your life and I’ll forget about mine
Just for one night we can go song for song
It’s a moment in time before it’s gone
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9. |
Bottom of the Street
03:21
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Walk down to the bottom of the street
Lead weights on both my feet
Sixth sense of impending doom
Slow down pony, we're not going straight home
There is a compulsion to stare at your face
The realisation that I've left it too late
We're not gonna talk about real time feels
But I can't get it out of my head
I could live an easy life of school and parties
Oh to be the other half, let’s get started
Deny deny, there’s too much on the line, deny deny deny
You pick me up and we go straight down the line
You’re in through the vein but I know you're not mine
Train wreck so far, I’ve been smashing fences
How did I not notice the burning attention
I could live an easy life of school and parties
Oh to be the other half, let’s get started
Deny deny there’s too much on the line,
Deny deny deny
Walk down to the bottom of the street
Lead weights off both my feet
Get away from impending doom
C’mon pony, we're not going straight home
I could live an easy life of school and parties
Oh to be the other half, let’s get started
Deny deny there’s too much on the line,
Deny deny deny
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10. |
What Would You Change
03:10
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What would you change from a year ago
If you could look into the future with what you know
She’s got it all planned out for me
Chapters of joy just wait & see
There is somebody kind to take care of you
To love you regardless of what they’ve been through
An equal a partner a lover a friend
Who sees the light not the means to the end
What would you change, with your crystal ball
What would you change, if you could change anything at all
There is some sweet solace in separation
A longing, nostalgia, there’s inspiration
Every day I’m on the road
I’m casting off to lighten the load
And I’ve less to my name than I ever have had
But I’m a thousand times happier in my head
And I’d pay to see you on your way
Strange now to feel this way
What would you change, with your crystal ball
What would you change, if you could change anything at all
I should have left earlier, that’s the truth
But this was the path to finding you so
There’s nothing I’d do different a year ago
I had to sit through it to learn what I know
The right always comes along
It just takes longer and is harder than anyone warned
Everyone gets their dessert in the end
Trust in the promise of this my friend
What would you change, with your crystal ball
What would you change, if anything at all
What would you change from a year ago
If you could look into the future with what you know
She’s got it all planned out you’ll see
Future of joy for you and me
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Mel Parsons New Zealand
With a new record on the horizon following 2022’s critically acclaimed ‘Slow Burn’, multi award-winning indie folk artist Mel Parsons is one of New Zealand’s established songwriting stars. Folk Artist of the Year in 2020 “Parsons and her band are world class... immaculate renditions of immaculate songs” - Muzic.net.nz ... more
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