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Big Star
03:05
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Painted seconds, forgotten hours
Holding heavens elusive flowers
Who’s going to tell you the truth?
Fearless windows, distorting page breaks
Taking over transforming landscapes
Let go and walk towards the gate
Big star
That’s what you are
Big star
That’s what you are
Shining like a flame in the sun
Neighbours shouting, church bells ringing
Sensing someone’s eternal singing
Who’s going to turn you away?
Inside outside, dissolving edges
Headboards shaking removing wedges
Fate holds the door for a while
Chorus
A prize that you can claim
A ticket with no name
You won it long ago, did you know? did you know?
Chorus
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Watching The Waves
03:00
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Moment to moment I’ve got a mindful mind
Thoughts and feelings starting to unwind
Watching the waves, watching the waves
Watching the waves, watching the waves
Watching the waves, watching the waves
Crash over me
Daring to sit in an empty room
Realising words are just fingers pointing at the moon
Chorus
Like a river flows I can be free
All I have to do is be
Om it’s like this now my pen hits the page
The present is here like a timeless sage
Chorus
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I’m a silver headed rooster and I live in Lyall bay (x2)
I crow every morning and at the end of everyday
I’m a little over fifty and way past twenty-one (x2)
But I’m still young at heart try and catch me when I run
I can dance real good you ought to see me strut my stuff (x2)
I’m a silver headed rooster just tell me baby when you’ve had enough
Well whenever you’re in Wellington come and visit me (x2)
We can party all night long and then go swimming in the sea
Everyone that knows me says I’m a freewheeling soul (x2)
I wake up in the morning and I’m a ready to roll
I’m a silver headed rooster got those silver headed rooster blues (x2)
All the way from my white head down to my dancing shoes
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Always Another
03:01
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Hey there brother
I’ve heard the news
You’ve lost your girl
You’ve got the blues
Remember that there’s always another
Hey there brother
Take my advice
Try once again
It might be nice
Remember that there’s always another
There’s another silver lining in the clouds in the sky so blue
There’s another pretty face to adore and to say I love you
Hey there brother
You’ve had it rough
And that’s not good
When life gets tough
Remember that there’s always another
Always another
Another chance another time, another face another mind
Another red another blue, another me another you
Another left another right, another low another height
Another Jim another Jane, another joy another pain
Another big another small, another gig another hall
Another step another show, another thought another go
Always another
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Rock'N'Roll BBQ
03:22
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Baby boomer mums and dads queuing by the gate
Vacuum-packed expectant looks some past their use by date
Arriving via SUVs on motorbikes and cars
The promoter rubs his hungry eyes and thanks his lucky stars
It’s a rock’n’roll bbq
Everyone likes to dance
It’s a rock’n’roll bbq
The crew fires up the lights and sound the first band starts to play
They grill the meaty audience with hits from yesterday
The show heats up as the sun goes down dry ice and lasers burn
The headline act in designer jeans lead singer twists and turns
Chorus
The crowd spills out they’ve had their fill
Black shirts pack down the rig
They wipe the hot plate clean of fat
There’s always another gig
The trucks move off on eighteen wheels red embers in the night
Their drivers paid to sleep all day their freezer faces white
Chorus
Everyone likes to dance
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No Is Not The Word
02:26
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No is not the word
No is not the word
No is not the word I want to hear
Yes is all I need
Yes is all I need
Yes is all I need to hear from you
If I asked you to be mine
No is not the answer I’d want you to find
Yes is all I need
Yes is all I need
Yes is all I need and I’ll be fine
I don’t want to wait
I don’t want to wait too long
Give me an answer
Don’t leave me hanging
Don’t leave me hanging on
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me hanging on
When you think of me
When you think of me
When you think of me what do you think?
Is it in your heart?
Is it in your heart?
Is it in your heart to think of love?
Don’t leave me hanging on
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Who Am I?
04:33
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If I am not this world that I’ve heard
Not a sound, nor a word
Who am I?
If I am not the patterns on the ground
Not the images my eyes have found
Who am I?
How curious to die and then be born
To stumble in the light before the dawn
All is all is all is all is all
Let emptiness be the track on which I run
No divided two all is one
Who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
No diver just the dive
No driver just the drive
Beginners mind
No writer just the word
No story have you heard
Beginners mind
No diver just the dive
No driver just the drive
Beginners mind
Who am I?
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Circle Of Life
03:27
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Life can soar
Life can spin
Like a hawk in a morning sky on a clear blue wind
But life can bend
Life can break
Like the shadow on a pond in a storm by the side of a lake
The circle of life
For all time
The circle of life
So breathe it in
Take it slow
Like a hunter on a hill tracking deer in a winter snow
Or breathe it out
Make it fast
Like the sail on a yacht in the ocean tied with rope to a mast
Chorus
No loss without gain
No joy without pain
The wheel keeps turning round and round again
Life can joke
Life can trick
Like a scarecrow made of hay in a field standing still on a stick
But life can float
Life can shine
Like the moon that you’ve seen in a dream of a dream in your mind
Chorus
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Sweet Spot
02:35
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Everybody’s looking for that sweet spot
Everybody’s looking for that spot
Not too high, not too low, not too fast not too slow
Everybody’s looking for that spot
Everybody’s wondering what they got, what they got
Everybody’s wondering what they got
Not enough, something more, a little extra that’s for sure
Everybody’s wondering what they got
Satisfaction is as hard as a diamond to find
That’s part of the attraction time after time
I’ve been looking for that sweet win
I’ve been looking for that win
Been looking here, been looking there, been looking underneath my chair
I’ve been looking for that win
Satisfaction is as hard as a unicorn to find
I must have had a bad reaction to tranquillity of mind
Everybody’s looking for that sweet spot
Everybody’s looking for that spot
Could be a dream could be a hoax it’s certainly hooked some folks
Everybody wants to find that spot
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Mistaken
04:55
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Mistaken looks
Mistaken books
Mistaken ideas hung on rusty hooks
My world was solid but now it’s shaking
Oh I’ve been mistaken
Mistaken names
Mistaken games
Mistaken doctors curing phantom pains
My world was wholesome but now it’s breaking
Oh I’ve been mistaken
Mistaken news
Mistaken views
Mistaken readers reading out the cues
My world was easy but now it’s aching
Oh I’ve been mistaken
Mistaken lines
Mistaken times
Mistaken protests holding broken signs
My world was speedy but now it’s braking
Oh I’ve been mistaken
Mistaken days
Mistaken plays
Mistaken children getting their own ways
My world was sleeping but now it’s waking
Oh I’ve been mistaken
Mistaken wives
Mistaken lives
Mistaken table settings without no knives
My world was straight but now it’s snaking
Oh I’ve been mistaken
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11. |
Some Lines Like These
03:58
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When I write some lines I might write them crazy
When I write some lines I might rhyme ‘em with baby
And then just for a laugh I might match them with maybe
When I write some lines I might write them ‘bout you
When I write some lines it might be all I can do
And then just to make them spicy I might sing them to
Cause I’m a singer songwriter
I’m a father and I’m a fighter
Hold up your lighter, sing along if you please
To some lines like these
When I write some lines I might write them youthful
When I write some lines I might write them truthful
And then sometimes I’ll just shout you’re beautiful
Chorus
Sing it, la la la la, la la la x3
La la la, la la la
Chorus
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Heartbeat
03:07
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In a heartbeat
A life can start
In a heartbeat
A life can start
In a heartbeat
In a moment
A flower can bloom
In a moment
A flower can bloom
In a moment
Oh let each moment carry me
Every heartbeat is a key
Every heartbeat is a key
Let each moment carry me
In a heartbeat
A child can laugh
In a heartbeat
A child can laugh
In a heartbeat
In a heartbeat
In a heartbeat
Oh let each moment carry me
Every heartbeat is a key
Every heartbeat is a key
Let each moment carry me
In a heartbeat
A world can turn
In a heartbeat
A world can turn
In a heartbeat
In a heartbeat
In a heartbeat
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Davey Beige New Zealand
Davey Beige is a New Zealand singer songwriter who performs original folk, blues, rock and electro-rock.
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