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Ain't No Easy Love
03:27
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What kind of crazy are you
With the ones you love?
Hey call me lazy
But I don’t want to waste 6 month
Playing games heart and mind
Just pretending that we’re not messed up
Let’s toast to truth and wine
And youth while we’re both dressed up
Tell me I’m wrong
But there ain’t no easy love
What’s this fairytale all about?
We pay the price for these lies of easy love
Easy come easy go
That’s the easy way out
Romance is breathing
I say maybe it’s better off dead
You’ll end up leaving
When I don’t fit with what’s in your head
You’re a funky love junky
I could deal you up your dopamine high
Will you still love me
When the hard stuff is short on supply?
Tell me I’m wrong
But there ain’t no easy love
What’s this fairytale all about?
We pay the price for these lies of easy love
Easy come easy go
That’s the easy way out
I’m not gonna be your everything
Or complete your mind and soul
If you’re ready we can work to bring out
The best in our love
Don’t you know
Let a long love grow
Tell me I’m wrong
But there ain’t no easy love
What’s this fairytale all about?
We pay the price for these lies of easy love
Easy come easy go
Take the high with the low
That’s why I’ll take it slow
Not the easy way out
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2. |
Writer Of Love Songs
03:41
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I was a writer
A writer of love songs
And I got lost down a lonesome road
And I was a fighter
And I righter of past wrongs
And I buried my heart under a heavy load
I wrote a story and it wrote me
I wrote myself into a cavalry
Chained my wrist to a mystery somehow
Darling let’s run away
Into the darkness, into the darkness
There’s a price for those who stay
Under the moonlight
Singing their hearts out
When you look at me that way
You’re gonna be the sweetest
Memory I save
I was a lost cause
Caught in a slow dance
First on the floor and the last one home
Forgot what I fought for
In the heat of the romance
When the cold sun hit me I was all alone
I undressed in the heat of the fire
I sold my soul to a gospel choir
Woke up older
Still and quiet
And free
Darling let’s run away
Into the darkness, into the darkness
There’s a price for those who stay
Under the moonlight
Singing their hearts out
When you look at me that way
You’re gonna be the sweetest
Memory I save..
…You’re gonna be the sweetest
Melody I play
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3. |
One Punch Ryan
03:26
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He’s got a handshake like a chiropractor
He’s subtle as a car compactor
He’s a cocaine vacuum in a bar-room costume
He’s a manhood method actor
Walks the streets of Brisbane town
With his pride of cubs
10 beers down
He says meet my fist I’ll add you to my list
As they laugh at the stranger on the ground
He’s One Punch,
One Punch Ryan
You won’t see his fist come flying
One Punch
And leaves ‘em lyin’ there
One Punch Ryan
He’s a mirror gazing gym fanatic
He’s patri-archaic symptomatic
Pity the girl who comes into his world
This jackals lair could be traumatic
He’s left his trail of blood and pain
A broken jaw, bruising to the brain
And that’s just speaking of this week
Next weekend he’ll do it all again
He’s One Punch,
One Punch Ryan
You won’t see his fist come flying
One Punch
And leaves ‘em lyin’ there
One Punch Ryan
Well they got him on the CC TV
A coward’s punch for all to see
Now he’s out on bail did the system fail?
Walks the streets like you and me
Betty Jones says “this ain’t right
This coward needs to face an even fight!
Spread the word round town
I’m gonna take him down.
If he’s got the backbone
Better meet me tonight
‘Cause I’m Bare Fist
Bare Fist Betty
One Punch Coward you best be ready
For a fair fight
Come and get me!
I’m Bare Fist Betty!”
An eye for an eye
Will leave the whole world blind
The Angels on high
They say “Just this once
I don’t mind.
Just take a look at this
One Punch
One Punch Ryan
Always sneaking up behind them
One Punch
And leaves ‘em lyin’ there
One Punch Ryan”
They call him
One Punch
One Punch Ryan
Bare Fist Betty
Punched his eye in
One Punch
And he was crying
One Punch Ryan
They call him
One Punch Ryan
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Son Of A Father
04:37
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He was a beast on the footy field
He got a place in the Richmond team
It was a boyhood fantasy
But he had sights on a different dream
He met a girl in a Fitzroy share-house
They ended up out in the ‘burbs
With a dog and three kids running wild out by the curb
Are you gonna mean something to everyone?
Or are you gonna mean everything to someone?
He had a dream of the family nest
Giving us all everything we please
Until the day that he grabbed his chest
Eyes rolled back, falling to his knees
Well he almost died that day
And his mind was never the same
And my mother had to hold it all together
When those hard times came
30 years in a dead end job
I know it’s not what you’d call success
Never climbing his way to the top
He put his head down he did his best
He did whatever he could through the years
To find a better job and bring in the dough
But every time he failed I’d see him with his head hung low
Are you gonna mean something to everyone?
Or are you gonna mean everything to someone?
Son of a father
He’s the father of a son
Are you gonna mean everything
To someone?
I remember the day he day he said
I wish I could've been a better dad
I could not find the words then to say
I never wanted for more than I had
Every boy on his daddy’s shoulders
Knows there’s no place on earth quite as high
Some days I’m still up there reaching for the sky
Nowadays I’m out on the suburbs too
I’ve got a wife a boy of my own
We’ve got our own dreams big and small
A little flock in the great unknown
When my old man holds that boy
I see the look of love in his eye
That's as close as you get
To a looking glass back through time
Are you gonna mean something to everyone?
Or are you gonna mean everything to someone?
Son of a father
Now I'm Father of a son
Am I gonna mean everything
To someone?
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Eagle
04:33
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Nobody like me has ever left this town
I’ve maybe been a roadhouse up
A few rivers down
I had a couple teachers
From the big smoke passing through
Mumma said don’t get too close
They’ll only stay a year or two
The other day I saw an eagle fly
Gliding down here through the sky
Landed in the dust right by me
Stared at me with its glaring eyes
And those eyes they did remind me
Of this wildness I feel inside
Took off flying so, so high
So high, so high
So high
My best friend Tommy
We used to swim in the river
Now at only 19 he’s already got a bad live
I said to him “Tommy,
I think I might move down to Perth”
“I’ll believe it when I see it” he said
As he spat in the dirt
The other day I saw an eagle fly
Gliding down here through the sky
Landed in the dust right by me
Stared at me with its glaring eyes
And those eyes they did remind me
Of this wildness I feel inside
Took off flying so, so high
So high, so high
So high
Maybe we can only be
What we can see
You never even see a plane fly out here
Just on TV
Maybe we can only go
To places we know
You’ve gotta feel a pull in your imagination
Like an undertow
The other day I saw an eagle fly
Gliding down here through the sky
I was turning onto the Great North Highway
Start of a 16 hr drive
Thumbed a ride with a road train driver
I was smiling like a giddy child
I was riding so, so high
So high, so high
So high
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6. |
Someone Who Believes
04:09
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I've got a love
She says I'm no good
That I don't do an ounce
Of the things that I should
Maybe she's right
And maybe she's wrong
I've been trying so hard
To please her for so long
But lately, I've been feeling the weight
Lately, can't even hold myself straight
Do you know what it means
Just to see your face?
I've been tired, I've been low
I've been in a dark place
My friend.
Tell me how you lift me up
So ease-fully
Just by being someone who believes in me
I go to work
I sit at my chair
All my dreams in the drawer
All my plans in the air
Most days it feels like
I'm just scraping through
Like I'm doing the least
Of what I could do
But lately I've been starving for light
You wake me up, you take me up, spirit in flight
Do you know what it means
Just to see your face?
I've been tired, I've been low
I've been in a dark place
My friend.
Tell me how you lift me up
So ease-fully
Just by being someone who believes in me
You see the best in who I am
Who I could become
This flower grows towards the light of the sun
And when this long night is done
Do you know what it means
Just to see your face?
I've been tired, I've been low
I've been in a dark place
My friend.
Tell me how you lift me up
So ease-fully
Just by being someone, who believes in me
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7. |
Dark Moon Night
04:05
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Don’t get me wrong
I know it’s harder for you
Though I try to be strong
Do you see that it’s hard for me too
When we’re both in our pain
In your eyes heavy rain
It’s cloudy in my heart
When you need my love
I need yours
Yet we lead with our claws out
Both of us on guard
On this dark moon night
Faith is fading
On this dark moon night
Love is waning
A man shuts his heart
And tries to stand as a shield
He plays his part
His father’s wounds left unhealed
There’s such a long way to travel
This old skin must unravel
To let a new one grow
I’ve got so much to learn
You're my teacher on this journey
To the depths below
On this dark moon night
Faith is fading
On this dark moon night
Love is waning
But the full moon light is returning
While we’re yearning for love
On this dark moon
When we’re good
We’re good as gold
That’s most of the time
The truth be told
Just as soon as these shadows fall
We forget it could ever
Be bright at all
On this dark moon night…
On this dark moon night
I will hold ya
On this dark moon night
I’ll console ya
That the full moon light is returning
But we learn about love on this dark moon night
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8. |
Don't Let Me Know
03:04
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9. |
It's Time
03:08
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Rise up young man
On this night we fly
Leave behind your mother
No time for goodbye
Growing is pain
It’s easier if you know it
You can try escaping
But you will only slow it
It’s time to stand up
It’s time for breaking down
It’s time to die
To live again
We’re going down
Deep into the dirt
Mining and refining
No more hiding from the hurt
Many a man
Never goes so deep
You can see him raging
Thrashing in his sleep
It’s time to stand up
It’s time for breaking down
It’s time to die
To live again
You are a pregnant volcano
Until you look down to your shadow
Cities may rise in your meadow
Don’t wait till they burn
To finally learn
It’s time to stand up
It’s time for breaking down
It’s time to die
To live again
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Set This Right
04:17
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Something happened on that rainy night
I don’t know what it was
There must have been a conversation
I was not part of
Something changed the way you look at me
Now you avert your eyes
I don’t know what you heard about me
But I think it’s lies
Or at least not the whole truth
Please, give me the chance to set this right
Bring the truth to light
Please, see this is more than black and white
Bring the truth to light
If I’ve done what you think I’ve done
I will get down on my knees
And say please
Give me the chance to set this right
I will make it right
Now your friends they’re all avoiding me
I’m being pushed aside
And what was just a little crack
Is now a chasm wide
Before you spin me on your rumour mill
Don’t you need to know it’s true
‘Cause if in fact I’m innocent
Now what does that make you
Now that you’re kicking the dirt on me
Please, give me the chance to set this right
Bring the truth to light
Please, see this is more than black and white
Bring the truth to light
If I said what you think I said
I will get down on my knees
And say please
Give me the chance to set this right
I will make it right
Maybe what you heard is true
Well I’ve done a lot of stupid things
If one of those affected you
Then I’m sorry for your suffering
I’m always trying to be better
My love she’s tough
I’ve changed since I met her
Think what we could discover
If we try to see the best in each other
And give me the chance to set this right
Please, give me the chance to set this right
Bring the truth to light
Please, see this is more than black and white
Bring the truth to light
If I am what you think am
Would I be here on my knees?
To say please
Give me the chance to set this right
I will make it right
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11. |
Rainy Day Lover
03:59
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Don’t you take your love away
You gave it in our heyday
Don’t you take your love away
You save me as your rainy day lover
When you need cover
Your love will come tumbling down
When that rain starts pattering on the tin
And that hail starts battering, howling wind
That’s when you come teeth chattering to my window
All dressed up like a glimmering red flamingo
Don’t you take your love away
You gave it in our heyday
Don’t you take your love away
You save me as your rainy day lover
When you need cover
Your love will come tumbling down
I haven’t seen your face since God knows when
You always had your place in my heart back then
Now you pull your ace and I’m yours again
You’ll be gone without a trace by tomorrow morning
Don’t you take your love away
You gave it in our heyday
Don’t you take your love away
You save me as your rainy day lover
When you need cover
Your love will come tumbling down
And you always say you’re gonna stay around awhile
And I wanna believe it’s not another lie
And I always try to say goodbye for the last time
You know just what to say that I cannot deny
Oh what a fool am I?
(Don’t you take, don’t you take)
Don’t you take your love away
You gave it in our heyday
Don’t you take your love away
You save me as your rainy day lover x2
Rainy day lover
When you need cover
Your love will come tumbling down x 3
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12. |
I See You
04:01
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In the summer
That you and I began
I see you naked by the dam
Catching rain drops in your hand
On the surface
The ripples gently chime
As your body softly shines
It’s a picture in my mind
And I can see you
Something in the way
You hold your pain
Something in the way
You let it rain on you
Something in your words
So plain and true
In the winter
The stem of new life grows
Tiny fingers, tiny toes
Will he have your button nose?
In the shower
You sang Iris Dement
Through the hours of punishment
There was joy in your lament
And I can see you
Something in the way
You hold your pain
Something in the way
You let it rain on you
Something in your words
So plain and true
And I see every mother
Now I see you
I see the kind of strength
I never knew
And I see every woman
Now that I’m listening
The fathoms far beyond
A simple body glistening
And I now see you
Something in the way
You hold your pain
Something in the way
You let it rain on you
Something in your words
So plain and true
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John Flanagan Thornbury, Australia
From the Cygnet Folk Festival in Tasmania to the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia John Flanagan has won over fans far and wide. Audiences are drawn to the original but timeless melodies and deeply honest lyricism of the song-writing. Combining traditional old-time instrumentation with contemporary sensibilities John creates an alt-folk sound that is old and new at the same time. ... more
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