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And when it happens it’s like
honey and pain
horns in the rain
misty seas and mysteries
a dog with no name
it’s that time again
not sure if I’m sleeping
but the vision’s as clear
as fog on the pier
someone fishing aimlessly
a thought’s an idea
a sound is an ear
and gods with none believing
being chased by the lamb
a knife in its hand
looked down from that mountain
saw the moon get a tan
on the beach with no sand
something came and something ran
to make up my mind
is it bleak or it fine?
She looked a little doubtful
smirked and said it’s divine
to light with no lime
sometimes

Oh it’s too late I can’t stop
moving my mouth
I’ll shush but I’ll shout
something’s got a hold of me
those words coming out
like froth on a stout
dreamboat’s sailing into
stormy weather I see
salty debris
cows and tigers jumping at some
mad dignity
but passionately we’ll be
oh finding
ways without words
to sing and to purr
loving without declarations
stuttered and slurred
elephants blurred
nerves resisting urges serve
to speak with no sight
a bat taking flight
only to find tooth marks
in that sex dynamite
my girl’s got a bite
that’s right

@ The Cat Empire

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One night when I was sleeping
a gypsy lady sneak into my head
and she said
‘I’ve got a bottle of schnapps
lets get to know each other drinking
a belly full of laughs
and some thoughts that beyond thinking
let’s play a game of those cards my friend
because tonight I’m going to show you
how the night it never never never ends’

Morning is
one thousand dreams away
and our expedition
telling us to stay
so stay we will we’ve got that gypsy lady
perched upon our bow
and the empire ship be heading
where the wild ones they are now
oh how the gods look down
and frown at those who never stood said
‘my name is no-one’
then went a little mad

And from time to time
she sneaks back inside me and she say
‘lucky sing the secrets that I taught you always’
replied ‘as long as I am living
I never forget
that the sun is never shining and it never set’
so let’s make some fire and smoke and then
we’ll go exploring in the night
that never never never end

Morning is
one thousand dreams away
and our expedition
telling us to stay
so stay we will we’ve got that gypsy lady
perched upon our bow
and the empire ship be heading
where the wild ones they are now
oh how the gods look down
and frown at those who never stood said
‘my name is no-one’
then went a little mad

I’ve got a tingle in my back
and something sparking in my toes
I get the shivers through my body
when that trumpet blows
and while asleep I am awake
and while awake I am dreaming
before I start to think
I am scheming
to start a party tonight my friends
because tonight I’m going to show you
how the night it never never never ends

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I climb the ladder of those black and white keys
They take me out and into places some are real some are imaginary
And though she sways between a mystery and light
She walks with me, she walks with me alone into the night

Tonight I see the sunny moon is rising again
Three seasons passed since you were here then disappeared a friend
Yet now exploded from its dream back in that place oh how it beams
And I see that you were glowing in the shadows
And you′ve been here all along
Ah you never left my side and now I feel my arms grow
Stronger

You may forget the details and you can forget the dates but never
Forget the moment when the light revealed her face
To be poor by lack of money but by god be rich in prize
I found my youths desire dark within her eyes
And the tent kept breathing something and then she cried -
′Hold on we′re going somewhere else tonight′
We′re going somewhere else tonight baby yeh!

And my friends they are the heroes of the loneliness that′s life
And though everyone has a weakness only some they are defiant
While most of us can see only a few have the gift of sight
Would you walk with me
Would you walk with me alone into the night
The sun is set

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His name was Beanni
say where you been Beanni
I saw you on your skateboard
but I never saw your face
just saw your beanie
- Beanni

Her name was Fly Girl
say where you been Fly Girl
I seen you shake your mmm-boobie
but I never saw your face
just saw your fly sunglasses
in the night
and in the day

One day that Beanni
was cruising down the street
on his skateboard
and his Beanni eyes did look and see
that fine freaky Fly Girl
and that Fly Girl who was dancing
like only Fly Girl could
did notice one cruisy Beanni
flying right to where she stood

And then that Fly Girl was
a’scream and laughing at the same time
and till that Beanni
did fly and fall and crash into her side
and both of them did fall
and roll around on their arses
but then his beanie fell off
and so did her round glasses
Beanni reached down
and picked up Fly Girl′s glasses
from the ground
and Fly Girl did grab Beanni′s
beanie that she found
and she gave him back his beanie
said ′I like you with your beanie on′
and he did say ′your big black glasses
look so sexy on′

They got together
forever and ever after that
and had some little Beanni Fly Girl
and Fly Girl Beanni boys
gave them glasses for their eyes
and Beanni beanies for their heads
and now the Beanni family′s dancing
till the day they′re dead

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And though you′d like to hear a song
That sings everything′s all right
The temperature is warm
The fire horses sleep
So gently comes the night

You close your eyes and stare
The ground they′re on is bare
But once it was as deep
As wildest giants dreams
It′s no longer there

And all of our desires
They mirror skies with flames
And smoke out heaven′s halls
Who was that you called
They′re no longer there

Here it goes again
Here it goes again
Here it goes again

What would you leave behind when all your fields are dead?
When your territories are dried out and your cities drowned and swept
What would you leave behind when those who bear your name
Are born in that place that you wrecked?
What would you leave behind when you′re no longer there?

Would you sail to distant shores?
And hide within the hills
And softly close your doors
Pretend the world is safe
And wait for heaven′s call

Or would you turn and face the seas
And come beside your cave
There′s chance but if you dare
And swift as honour′s steeds
Before it′s no longer there

Here it goes again
Here it goes agaaain
Here it goes aga .. ain!

What would you leave behind when all your fields are dead?
When your territories are dried out and your cities drowned and swept
What would you leave behind
When those who bear your name are born in that place that you wrecked?
What would you leave behind when you′re no longer there?

To deny or to despair
It′s really just the same
Everything between
It means we have to change
Cos when a one forgets
The world begins to fade
And all the shapes and shades
That made the colours see
When they suddenly turned grey
That they′re no longer there

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The weekend is the weekend
And it’s sunny in the park
I’ll stay here with my beer and fish and chips till it gets dark
I’ve got a lot of homework
But homework he can wait
I never start my homework till its already too late
My parents say think about your future and my teachers say the same
But it’s hard
When there’s a basketball game in the park
It’s 1998
And everybody’s saying:
“Harry, you’re going to be a lawyer some day…”

It’s Monday bloody Monday
And there’s two things I forgot
I forgot to do my homework
And I’ve only got one sock
I’m halfway through a test
But I just can’t concentrate
I’m sitting next to Fontaine
I want to ask her on a date
I really want to start a conversation
But each time she walks past
I start choking on my pencil
And fall flat on my ass
I need to concentrate
I have to get this grade
Or I might fail to be a lawyer someday

BRIDGE
But just right now
Can’ think of anything better to do
Than just sit down at the piano and a write this tune
And maybe later
Maybe later in the afternoon
I’ll sit back and relax
And think of all the things I’m going to do…

CHORUS
Someday…
I’ll buy an old car
Someday…
I’ll get that car to start
Someday…
I’ll learn how to drive too
And then Someday…
Imagine all the things I could do.

(That was 1998 now
Bring it forward to the present day now
Cause some things have changed
but some things never change)

The weekend is the weekend
And it’s sunny in the park
I’ll stay here with my beer and fish ‘n’ chips till it gets dark
I just saw Peter Parsons
Who used to be in my class
I always gave him wedgies cause I thought he worked too hard
He said, “Harry, life is great –
I feel so happy these days –
I’m a litigation lawyer –
So I got it made
I’m going out with Fontaine
Rememer her from tenth grade?
I drive a Porsche so I can’t complain…”

BRIDGE
Shit! And look at me can’t think of anything better to do
That just sit down at the piano and write this tune
And maybe later
Maybe later in the afternoon
I’ll sit back and relax and think of all the things I’m going to do…

CHORUS

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There′s a soul man
And he′s shuffling in my head

He lives ah he lived ah he live ah he′s living
And I′m never going to grow old wishing
Could have my time again

He shuffle with the gypsy lady in my dreams
And she screams with her hips when he kiss her oh so

Something when he moves doesn′t have to move much
But he does it with such gentle tenderness, I′m
singing

Young men stomping in the bullpen
Looking for some good zen
Often to do the dumb things
Looking for some a-ah-ah-amen

There′s a soul man listening to the soul tamb
Playing in his right hand now he found this own sound

And it′s ok

He never speak for-the-sake-of-speaking
Doesn′t talk all-that-talking no he doesn′t say
nothing
Til he got something to say

He shuffle with the gypsy lady in my dreams
And she screams with her hips when he kiss her oh so
Something got me singing oh I never never
Never gonna
Grow old wishing
Could have my time again

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No mountain can see
But sometimes a mountain can sing
Or hum at least I have heard one
Humming on the evening we ...

And no horizon can sleep
But sometimes horizons can close their eyes
And drift into one moment somewhere
Halfway between
The distance and a dream

And all my senses′ honesty
And all my senses′ honesty they belong to you

Alone I stand alone I fall
There is no option
Alone with you

And though my point of view seems sad
I believe it′s not so bad
Alone with you

And all my senses′ honesty
And all my senses′ honesty they belong to you
Alone I stand alone I fall
There is no option anymore
Alone with you
And though my point of view seems sad
I believe it′s not so bad
Alone with you
Alone I stand alone I fall
There is no option anymore
Alone with you
And though my point of view seems sad
I believe it′s not so bad
Alone with you

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This is a song that came upon me
one night
when the news it had been telling me
about one more war and one more fight
and ′aeh′ I sighed but then
I thought about my friends
then I wrote this declaration
just in case the world end

Our guns
we shot them in the things we said
ah we didn′t need no bullets
cos we rely on some words instead
kill someone in argument
outwit them with our brains
and we′d kill ourselves laughing
at the funny things we′d say

And bombs
we had them saved for special times
when the crew would call a shakedown
we break down a party landmine
women that so sexy
they explode us with their looks
ah we blowing up some speakers
jumping round till the ground shook

And missiles
they were the roadtrips that we launched
t-t-tripping across this island
starting missions at the break of dawn
yawn and smile say
′what direction shall we take?′

′Somewhere where it warm and wet′
this be the route we′d always take and

Our weapons were our instruments
made from timber and steel
we never yielded to conformity
but stood like kings
in a chariot that′s riding on a
record wheel

And our airforce flying
when the frisbee in the sky
have a session while we′re smoking
now we′re feeling extra high
and we′d sneak into a carpark
with the skaties on our back
and we′re flying down the levels howling
′on the attack now on the attack′

And battles
they happened in these dancehalls
see we′d rather fight with music
choosing one the rhythm war
battle at these shakedowns
and we battle at these gigs
we do battle in our bedrooms
made some sweet love to the beat

Then our allies grew
wherever we would roam
see whenever we′re together
any stranger feel at home
in a way we are an army
but this army not destruct
no instead we′re doing simple things
good loving find it run amuck

This be a declaration
written about my friends
it′s engraved into this song
so they know I′m not forgetting them
see maybe if the world contained
more people like these
then the news would not be telling me
about all that warfare endlessly and

Our weapons were our instruments
made from timber and steel
we never yielded to conformity
but stood like kings
in a chariot that′s riding on
a record wheel

@ The Cat Empire

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Oh oh oh ... Blurring facing evasive evolving
747 lands I go out strolling

Pacing lacing up the shoes
That depict a kind of blues
Get a paper read the news

Oh so many cities
Are going around in my head
Take me back to where I might belong

Traipsing trading with strangers and romance
Learnt about the nights where you live like your last chance

Oh oh oh ... I′m going to rocket with bus across the sky
Gonna catch a train through the sea
Then steal some fire

Hold on baby while the stage lights eve
When the beat ignites us Prometheus is free

Oh so many cities
Are going around in my head
Take us back to where we might belong

Oh so many people
Rolled up on these shoulders
Something give me grace oh darling please

Blurring facing evasive evolving
747 lands I go out strolling

Pacing lacing up the shoes
That depict a kind of blues
Get a paper read the news

She was a fountain in the desert and a tropical sea
Our caravan stopped temporarily

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Some days I wake
and I do look outside
and I know what I see
And think the dream from where I′ve come
might be reality
I stand and I do walk
and I do look
and I fall short of making sense
and on days like this I....

On days like these I′m looking at billboards and machines
and commercials on the screens
when the pictures in the trains
playing games inside the brains of all the people

who oblige like ants
to advertising sydnicates
I look at shit like this
and I cannot make no sense of it

Mad about thinking about thinking about
all the streets that never end
filled with cars and trucks and parking lots
and fumes that fill my head
and then my mind begins to hurt
it beats inside of me
I look and I do wonder
but I cannot make no sense of it

It drives me mad hearing all the mobiles that do ring
seeing kids with phones like dogs with bones
destruction these things bring
and then I′m sure man must be mad to worship tools like this
I think of better things
and I cannot make no sense of it

I was born in a land where natives they were shamed
and today the government′s afraid to recognise the blame
and deal with reconciliation that does stink
I think of better things
and I cannot make no sense of it

[ repeat ]

I think of better things....

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Lord unchain my hands
let me sing inside the crowded trams
let me dance among the traffic jams
we′re going to sleep
on the St Kilda sands

Lord unbind my feet
let me mingle with the good people
we meet
water rising up into the street
unbind my feet

‘The apparition of these faces in
the crowd;
petals on a wet black bough"
Ezra Pound found the formula
our houses are rectangular
but life is curved not angular
so when things start to strangular
remember
rain still falls on the halls of power
new babies being born every hour
and the eagle keeps watch on the old clock tower
over me...

CHORUS

On the train I refrain from sitting with head and shoulders bowed
they told me time is of the essence
no wandering allowed
but then I saw a pretty girl
whose features stood out in the crowd
went ten minutes past my stop waiting for her to look around
I′m just another clown kicking around in Melbourne town
cooling out, relaxing watching the
world go round
so if you ever have the time
and you want to go drink some wine
I′d rather greet you with a smile
than greet you with a frown...

Lord unchain my hands
let me sing inside the crowded trams
let me dance among the traffic jams
we′re going to sleep
on the St Kilda sands

Lord unbind my feet
let me mingle with the good people
we meet
water rising up into the street
unbind my feet

@ The Cat Empire

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To the gods in the sky
there′s one thing you can do
you can send us some sun
and we′ll play you this tune
because sitting in our room
lying down with a scoob
and the sunshine
through our window

It′s days like these
that make us happy
like a puppy getting lucky
with Lassie hassle-free
hours passing by
with the beat one two
said it′s days like these kicking back
just doing what we do

Number one I′d find some
loving in the sun
with someone that can make me
growl and hum say hmmm...
a boom boom shak
and the beat that she throw at me
knocking me flat

Number two
I′d cruise where the grass is smooth
and the sound of the sea
is a dreamy melody
snooze all afternoon
till the night time wake me
cos shakedown soon

Number three
I′d be dancing like a monkey up a tree
find sweet simplicity
by kissing my honey
get funky like Bond
when he′s played by Connery
and get crafty
like Don Corleone

Four
watching Oliver jam a little more
remember the night when I saw
what i never never never seen before
Lavender wrestling a rich wild boar

CHORUS

HARRY′S NIGHT TIME RHYME

And dirty hands
I like them see
they make the music that we play
sound oh so sweet
and my mother always made me eat broccoli
and now look at me
i′m as strong as can be
so put some spice in my sauce
honey in my tea
an ace up my sleeve
and a slinky plan b
and most importantly
my mad family
they named me lucky
and for that I′ll sing about
days like these

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Listen doctor I have pain
that grows inside myself
shelf me please
I just can’t ease the pain
I need some drugs to help
ah pollution fills my lungs
and convolution fills my mind
ah my legs do ache
I contemplate
that living’s less than fine
my spine does tingle
when I think of being
freed from this curse
but what is worse I feel
life is a bubble
blown until it’s burst
oh doctor I am desperate
to get rid of this feeling
oh doctor I am desperate
for some good soul healing

The doctor turned and gave a grin
and reached into his bag
but instead of an injection
got a record with a tag
that said listen to this daily
with hip shaking and such things
then he puts the record in
grabs a mic and starts to sing
you need some

One four five
to make you high to make you high
to make you high to make you high
when heaven falling from the sky
to make you high to make you high

Doctor I am feeling better
what was that you sang
did you write it or recite it
or just steal it from a band
ah my bones are feeling stronger
and my spirit’s feeling fresh
ah that dose of 145 has put the life
back in my breath
‘yes yes yes’ the doctor said
then he sat me down and say
‘young man don’t think I wrote
these chords they’re written in
your brain’
and when you hear them
there’s a shakedown that begins within
the mind
cos these three chords make people
feeling better all the time ah
they keep repeating
like a scratch on a cd
but it’s quality cos these three harmonies
breed positivity
protecting against insanity
of modern insecurities
believe me when I tell you
all you need is to be hearing all that

One four five
to make you high to make you high
to make you high to make you high
when they said what and you said why
to make you high to make you high

The doctor turned and gave a grin
and reached into his bag
but instead of an injection
got a record with a tag
that said listen to this daily
with hip shaking and such things
then he puts the record in
grabs a mic and starts to sing
you need some

One four five
to make you high to make you high
when you could not count to pi
when you’re told you can’t fly
to make you high to make you high

times like these you need some
One four five .... hhhuuummnn

@ The Cat Empire

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Whoah
Up up and down from the country to the town
From the streets to the city from the sky to the ground
in the alleyways
When the mad noise sound we be looking
But still we haven′t found what we′re looking for
For all of our days. Searching out prophets
In this great big haze
Of consumers, banks and commercial shit
and most of the people they sit

When think this is living a part of their lives
But if this is living then our lives are in strife
But now we be searching, searching for some space
That′s right we be in the search for the mother place.

(Felix)
And when we get there by land or by sea
By climbing up a mountain or swinging through some trees
On arrival we′ll get a sense of the place
And we′ll feel it in the air and the smiles on our face will grow
When the living does begin
When the banks they are burning
And the mobiles don′t ring no more
Radiation will cease
We′ll be lying outside
Drinking brews in the heat

And at this destination we′ll be doing what we want
And not because it′s fashion but because it′s our response
And we′ll write and we′ll read and we′ll work and feed
And won′t need nothing from society ′cause i′m free

(Harry)
And if you want we could write a post
However those with the noise find that it′s far
Better to search for a better living
Better to be alive than waiting for an ending
and some might say

(Felix)
That place don′t exist
It′s something that you′re dreaming
It′s something that you wish

(Harry)
Reply is simple
we′ll say it to begin with
(both)
If we don′t find a place
Then we′ll make it right here
Cause we′re rhyming for a reason
We plan ′cause we can
And we we didn′t ask for permission
And we enter with a bang
And the empire saying
Everyone should have a face
That′s why we be in the search
For the mother place.

@ The Cat Empire

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I want some culture
Never mind the cheese
Just want to hear music
And originality

I want some culture
Never mind the TV
Just want to hear music
Down at the 303


This is a rhyme about how good music can be
How mean are its bass lines its melodies and beats
Now it′s good to have positivity
But you also must be able to crush adversaries
because
We have terrorists in the music industry
Yes terrorists trying to define what music be
We are modern medicine men - cure all ills with ill
beats
But some people are making music sick
And stealing all the chi
You know who you are and yes judge not lest ye
Be judged I agree in front of my plasma screen but
While you′re making a concert of convicts who
Stumbled through the contest I′m taking the
Concept of convex and putting it in a concave context
And if you were Rocksteady, Bebop and Shredder
I′d be Krang... doing that evil shit better
Music is for living yes music is essential
Music should take risks and be experimental

@ The Cat Empire