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Teenage American Movie
03:57
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So many miles covered in smiles and a sparkling trail of rhinestones
You were looking for someone to make the connection
But the line stayed busy, no dial tone
The line stayed busy, no dial tone.
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And we sat on the beach, listening to beats
And the night was so groovy.
Yeah we sat on the beach with the sand in our feet
Like a teenage American movie
No more dishes and lost cause wishes on road made of satin and lace
You were looking for someone with some kind of magic
To make vanish the tears from your face
Vanish the tears from your face.
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You needed a chance to high kick and dance with words like a nice new pair of shoes
You’d been there before at the wide open door
And you knew you had nothing to lose
Knew you had nothing to lose
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I, I want to slide up next to you
and love you baby.
I, I want to slide up next to you
and love you right
I never looked across a crowded dancefloor
And seen somebody with a body that I wanted anymore
I know this feeling only gonna last one night
But if you feel it baby, let’s get it right
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I hear what you say ah, baby I ain’t hear to play ya
I ain’t got no tricks, no spins and kicks like Leo Sayer
Baby you can take it out tonight ‘cause the company you with is tight
I wanna dance with you baby, dance with you baby!
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Never Be Your Friend
04:49
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Never Be Your Friend
Lovers come and lovers go
Some stay a while and others flow
Like water through your hand
Some come with high demands
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I could never be your friend
Not while I still want you again
I could never be your friend
You can plan, plot and scheme
You might just find that you’re living the dream
Sometimes you gonna find cause for pause
Just because the one you want will never be yours
chorus
He could never be her friend
Not while he still wants her again
She could never be your friend
Oh no.
You can remember all those times
You turned your head away, away from the signs
Stolen away, kissin in the corner
He really tried, he really tried, he really tried to warn her
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He could never be her friend
Not while he still wants it again
He could never, never, never, ever be her friend
Oh no.
How amazing it used to feel
After every layer we would peel
Now those secrets that we have to share
Hurt so much because you know we care
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I could never be your friend
Not while I still want you again, like that,
I could never be your friend
Oh no.
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Going Going Gone
04:21
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Going Going Gone
Another thought drifts into my mind
And I find I’ve got an idea of the time
I’ve spent thinking ‘bout the things I should and should not do
‘Cause freedom is heaven sent for you
You’ve got it all worked out in your mind
What you find, baby, is right for me
But I don’t get to choose
Your opinion baby has knocked me loose
From my steady ground
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Well now I, I’ve never been so strung out
Never so full of doubt
Running around it makes me want to shout Yeah
About how I feel like I’m going insane
Like a drill drilling deeper in the back of my brain
Well now I, I’m going, I’m going
I’m going, going, going, gone
From this place in my mind
Well I’m gone
from this place in my mind
Two trains collided in my brain
And I could feel the pain as they tried to pull apart
I couldn’t see for the mess and I must confess yes
There was a loss of life
And then I opened my eyes
And much to my surprise
We were right back on track
With everybody there at the station
With their own destination
Waiting for a new train to arrive
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Bullet
Many a man has fallen prey
To this woman and her deadly way
You’re just something for her to take aim
But I tell you one thing and you best not forget it
The lady is a bullet
Straight through the heart
Many a man has a hole in his heart
Dead in their tracks before they even start
You’re just something to put on her plate
But I tell you one thing and you best not forget it
The lady is a bullet
Straight through the heart
Many a man has been caught in her sight
And never again will they ever see the light
She’s just someone you’re best to avoid
And I’ll tell you one thing and you best not forget it
The lady is a bullet
Straight through the heart
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Don't Even See
04:30
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Don’t Even See
Sometimes everything you need is there in front of you
Perhaps it could be difficult to see as clouds dance around
Then there’s times you refuse to see, even if you wanted to
And all the music that you hear becomes an ugly sound
Chorus:
You don’t even see me
I’m standing right here and my vision is clear
You don’t even see me
I’ve always been the same no matter ow I change
You don’t even see me
Seems sometimes we have our eyes on a different patch of sky
Miles apart we’re sitting together in the same room
The windows are foggy, from a lengthy loud sigh
Yeah who knows baby ut maybe it ain’t all doom and gloom
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Fill The Hole
03:23
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Fill The Hole
I wish it was profound
And wisdom could be found
Open wound, sealed fate,
No room left on the slate.
I see dreams for what they want to be
And how they keep me up at night.
I’ll fill the hole I’ve found
The one I’m falling down.
I want all I give
To lose the way I live
As silence fills space
And thoughts have no escape.
In the mirror I behold the fool
Ask him “why?” and turn around.
I’ll fill the hole I’ve found
The one I’m falling down.
Do I have the will
To move from standing still?
I want all you possess
Your rumours and regrets
Spinning and turning
Windy flames that are burning
I’ll fill the hole I’ve found
The one I’m falling down.
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My Own Wings
You know I’m a little bit different baby, from the rest
And I don’t ike to try too hard to impress
Cause I’m much to busy, much to busy, for my own sake
And I don’t want to end up sailing in somebody’s wake
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You know I can fly on my own wings
Like to get high on the simple things
You know I can blow just like a big, gusty gale
And on the inside, I’m stronger than Jonah’s whale
Cause I find pleasure in a smile
That distant stare of yours girl, well it won’t last but a while
Chorus
You know that I am greener than the grass
You thought I woulda, shoulda, coulda left it all in the past
And even though I thought I had it all under control
Oh no, no, no, no, no the freak in me will do it until the day I’m too old
(and that’ll be the day!)
Chorus
I like to get high on the simple things
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Passionate Blues
05:41
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Passionate Blues
I get up off the train to meet the lady
I’m wondering if tonight she’ll be my baby
She’s lookin real fine and I think it’s all for me
But no I’m wrong, It’s for another somebody
Hey, I got a passion for her.
She tell me that she can’t take my affection
So I use restraint to pure perfection
I try so hard not to give the impression
That I’m caught baby, in a constant depression
Hey, I got a passion for her.
Now every petal, on every flower that I pick
Says she loves me not
And every time that I think it’s time to start
She says it’s time to stop
Come, hey, I got a passion for her.
Wait
If I was to stop and ask myself who was back then
I’d ask exactly when?
Well, when I felt that feeling?
Which feeling? The one that left me reeling?
Left who that way? Have you really stopped to look at this?
What is this? An interregation?
No you’re just being yourself, your own serration
Tearing yourself apart and from it has sprung art
Little torn pieces that are still falling to the ground
And loyal to it you will remain like a trusty old hound
Because every day as your fear of it grows stronger and stronger
It’s like a long jump that keeps getting longer and longer
You feel deeper in love and the ache is divine
You rise higher in ruin and the stakes are sublime
Yeah there’s always a hey and there’s always a ho!
You just somehow end up being both
Yeah it suits you, like a suit on a suity suit dude
And slip so well into your condition like a love fool
It’s observed by others as tooty toot rude
yeah
Because every day as your fear of it grows stronger and stronger
It’s like a long jump that keeps getting longer and longer
You feel deeper in love and the ache is divine
You rise higher in ruin and the stakes are sublime
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Soul So Sexy
Yeah I dig the way you dance to your own beat baby
I said it turns me on and yes admit defeat.
I want to slide with you on the groove of our fate
Don’t want to mess this one up, I gotta get it straight.
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Yeah, your soul’s so sexy
Yeah hun I said you put your best vex on me
Yeah baby, your spirit is so free!
I just dig how you make it seem so much easier
Well now give me a fix of that there aphrodesia
Cause it’s the only thing that I ever really need to take
Cause when I think, I think only of the love we make
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Your love was so strong that I’ve been drained for days
But it’s never felt better so baby drain me away
Because it’s what you replace it with that counts indeed
I said you take what I’ve got and give me what I need
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Follow (DCDB Rework)
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Follow
Drip down your chest
To me you seem to taste the best
I’ve swum oceans before
I’ve seen life on the shore
Swim right to me
Get there eventually
I’ve saved lives before
I’ve always time to save one more
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There’s a good time to follow
A sweet thrill to swallow
You won’t feel empty
You won’t feel hollow
Cause there’s a good time to follow
Closed eyes see well
Things my fingers wish to tell
Show me your deepest scar
Show me how bizarre you are
Can you be real?
A deadly case of sex appeal
What do you have in store
What do you know for sure?
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12. |
I Wish You Free
06:00
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I Wish You Free
I want to be free
From the extra tipple, double drama
Slow release
From the kind of poison that is known to harm ya
Yes increased
Like a super moon in the eyes of an ancient farmer
It’s easy
But I don’t want it to alarm her
I WISH YOU FREE!
Down below
I’ve seen from there and it’s a cooler clime
It’s on the nose
The money, the dot you’re right on time just
Lose the clothes
For honey, milk, water and some wine
Just pose
For lovers of life and charcoal to dine
I WISH YOU FREE!
I want to let
Everyone into the light that’s all around
I want to get
Everybody moving and grooving to their very own sound
And set
A standard for me that’s more than profound
And you can bet
It’s set in love for, love for all around
I WISH YOU FREE!
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Michael Wheatley Sydney, Australia
From underground funk rock in Kings Cross in the nineties to touring nationally with his own fringe shows it has been, for Michael, a very long way to the shop to get his sausage roll. Along that road though he has moved many a soul with his passion, unique sound and prolific songwriting. He's the kind of artist who you're lucky to know about and will always remember once you do. ... more
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