Takes a lot to hold you down
Bend you over put my weight on your shoulders
Takes a lot to spin you round
To get to see you as the night grows colder
I was only thinking of the time you let me down
Shredded me like confidential files
Now I find you're hunting me like Marlin from a boat
Suddenly you decide you need my preferential vote
But I can still remember
when you broke my heart
And I can still remember from the start
And I can still remember
waking up with you
And I can still remember the pain that I went through
Seems so easy when you smile
Unlocks any door and flings it open
Keeps me happy for a while
But do I want you back you must be joking
I would rather dig a hole to nowhere and a day
Immigrate to where the seas run dry
I can only contemplate the meaning of your love
As my memory dictates the reasons why
But I can still remember
when you broke my heart
And I can still remember from the start
And I can still remember
waking up with you
And I can still remember
the pain that I went through
I would rather dig a hole to nowhere and a day
Immigrate to where the seas run dry
Surely you're not hunting me like Marlin from a boat
Surely you're not trying to get my preferential vote
But I can still remember
when you broke my heart
And I can still remember from the start
And I can still remember
making love to you
And I can still remember the pain that I went through
Random acts of kindness
I'm not dumb enough to mention names
the story still remains
they'll shoot me down in flames for being human
and I'm not strict enough to mention times
engulfed by only you
the ways of the undisciplined shine through me
random acts of kindness linger on
I jotted down a suitcase full of notes
some interesting quotes
a binder full of interesting people
but one by one these memories can fade
and you are so vivacious
you push them far away
your random acts of kindness linger on
long after you are gone
long after you're away
I'm not dumb enough to mention names
the days all seem the same
and cataloguing memories is futile
Actions seem to hit me at a cost
and everything gets lost
except the little things you do for me
your random acts of kindness linger on
long after you are gone
long after you're away
Throwing Stones
Won't you come out to play a while
The clouds parade past your white smile
I'm getting nowhere painting pictures
I promise to keep you from mischief
The dogs are gone the air is clear
I only want to hold you near
I am the one who's throwing stones
I am the one who taps your window
I am the one who's throwing stones
I am the one who taps your window
The park's alive or so it seems
The swings are havens for our dreams
Don't say you've outgrown monkey bars
Or collecting insects in jars
The odds are stacked upon my side
That we'll spend Sunday on the slide
I am the one who's throwing stones
I am the one who taps your window
I am the one who's throwing stones
I am the one who taps your window
Won't you come out to play a while
The clouds parade past your white smile
They no that you've come out to play
They sense the childhood still at bay
I am the one who's throwing stones
I am the one who taps your window
I am the one who's throwing stones
I am the one who taps your window
when she falls
The girl next door has found her second childhood
She thinks that she is sixteen again
And I go crazy when she falls
I go crazy when she falls
She hates what she's been missing for the past fifteen years
And what she's missing out on tonight
And I go crazy when she falls
I go crazy when she falls
She won't accept
the life she lives and why should she stay
She still regrets
but regrets can get you nowhere
They just get you hurt
I thought that she'd have known by now
by now
She sent away the husband and resented the children
It's hard to watch the innocent pay
And I go crazy when she falls
I go crazy when she falls
She is falling
She wont believe
her responsibilities are so far away
She just can't see
It's so ungraceful to act in this way
Another Saturday night a Gin and Tonic
It's denial in the ultimate way
And I go crazy when she falls
I go crazy when she falls
And I go crazy when she falls
I go crazy when she falls
And I go crazy when she falls
I go crazy when she falls
The best laid plans
I wasted a brand new shirt
just hoping you'd be here
I ironed the wrinkles out and spent minutes on my hair
I went to so much trouble
just in case you came along
but suddenly my best laid plans went wrong
I had the whole night planned I'd lye awake in bed
I had a million thoughts
they raced right through my head
I hadn't banked upon the fact you wouldn't show
and suddenly my best laid plans were gone
and so I sit alone and watch the door
in case you change your mind
There's so much that I need to say
and you're not here on time
there's no sadder sight than a lonely man
with a half filled glass for company
just staring at the entrance
looking at his watch
rattling the ice
feeling so dejected
I've waited for here for hours now
your message has been heard
you've said all that you wanted to
without a single word
I'll hang this shirt up but it won't be worn again
these best laid plans have ended
this shirt won't help me mend it
the best laid plans have ended
books
How does she read all these books
There’s just no time in a day
Some are thick some are thin
There’s lot’s on gardening
Where does she get all these books
Are they for real or for show
Does she skip every third page
And does she look at the endings first
There’s her, there’s me, there’s a library
She’s always reading these books
She’s between Europe and Asia
Is she hiding behind
The words that rhyme
I catch her reading these books
She so ingrossed in her novel
Is she hiding behind
The storey lines
Where does she get all these books
Maybe one opens a trap door
Some are new some are old
Some are bound in gold
There’s her, there’s me
There’s lot’s of history
Fluffy Duck Army
Try not to laugh
She's serious about these things
The Bank Teller home perm
Is one of her main concerns
Funny how time has turned away
She's done all the right things
The smallish loan for her compact two door car
She's cruised on the Fun ship
She's covered her hair lip
She types with her fingertips so red
Cosmo by her bed
She's kept all her relics
The fluffy toys that litter where you walk
She does her macrame'
Cheese and salami for the Fluffy Duck Army
They're her friends
Isn't it wonderful to see her
She's grown in to such a lovely girl
Isn't she everything her mum and daddy wanted
And wouldn't you hate it in her world
She's grown a bit older
She's married now the kids are in the park
They wear matching jumpsuits
She says that they're so cute
She photographs every single move
Isn't it wonderful to see her
She's grown in to such a lovely girl
Isn't she everything you see in Women's Weekly
And wouldn't you hate it in her world
Isn't it wonderful to see her
She's grown in to such a lovely girl
Isn't she everything you see in New Idea
And wouldn't you hate it in her
Isn't it wonderful to see her
She's grown in to such a lovely girl
Isn't she everything her mum and daddy dreamed about
And wouldn't you hate it in her world
Mirandah
I can see a pattern forming here the situation’s clear
You’ve been here right before
Tunnel vision subject is in sight
and though he’s not quite right
You’ll compromise once more
Does his image suit you now
Or is it just a standard you’ve worked long and hard for
I will be the one to hold you tight
My air’s and graces fall if I’ve got someone I can hold
Things will always be this way with you
So risque you’re in the social scene
your methods nice and clean
Matched only by your blindness
You’ll latch onto anyone who’s there
and though he’s not aware
You’ll mould him into someone to parade
Does his image suit you now
Or is it just a standard you’ve worked long and hard for
I will be the one to hold you tight
My air’s and graces fall if I’ve got someone I can hold
Things will always be this way with you Mirandah
Does your image suit you now
Or is it just a standard you’ve worked long and hard for
long and hard for long and hard for
I will be the one to hold you tight
My air’s and graces fall if I’ve got someone I can hold
Things will always be this way with you
Mirandah
Vital signs
feel free to comment on the actions that you see
I hear a man was at your house that looked like me
Is this a rumour or a fact I should believe
I may seem edgy but you that's nothing new
I'll engineer a line I hope you still approve
I'll box you in again and you can hardly move
I'm under so much pressure
keeping you in line
so I'll have to monitor my vital signs
co-operation is a tactic you must learn
you smile no nicely but I feel your eyes they burn
but still I can't resist I'll have to take my turn
I'm under so much pressure
keeping you in line
so I'll have to monitor my vital signs
It's a ridiculous idea
we're getting nowhere
I try my best to hear.....
feel free to comment on the actions that you see
(see I'm not alone in wishing you were gone)
I hear a man was at your house that looked like me
Is this a rumour or a fact I should believe
I'm under so much pressure
keeping you in line
so I'll have to monitor my vital signs
so I'll have to monitor my vital signs
so I'll have to monitor my vital signs
I get the feeling I'm home
Four coded numbers to enter the flywire door
Catalogued videos stacked from the roof to the floor
And nothing is missing as I look around
The place is so perfect no mess on the ground
And I get the feeling I’m home
I get the feeling I’m home
One wooden table with two chairs that squeak as you sit
Hundreds of photographs trapped in a corner
Survey the whole room
the eyes never quit
And nothing is missing as I look around
The place is so perfect no mess on the ground
And I get the feeling I’m home
I get the feeling I’m home
nothing is missing as I look around
nothing is equal
no one stand there
things that you wanted to know but are already gone
And nothing is missing as I look around
The place is so peaceful no mess on the ground
And I , I
nothing is missing as I look around