Great Southern Land

Standing at the limit of an endless ocean
stranded like a runaway, lost at sea
city on a rainy day down in the harbour
watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay
looking everywhere 'cause I had to find you
this is not the way that i remember it here
anyone will tell you its a prisoner island
hidden in the summer for a million years

Great Southern Land, burned you black

so you look into the land and it will tell you a story
story 'bout a journey ended long ago
if you listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains
maybe you can hear them talking like I do
". . they're gonna betray, they're gonna forget you
are you gonna let them take you over this way . ."

Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
you walk alone like a primitive man
and they make it work with sticks and bones
see their hungry eyes, its a hungry home
I hear the sound of the stranger's voices
I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes
Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
they burned you black, black against the ground

Great Southern Land, in the sleeping sun
you walk alone with the ghost of time
they burned you black, black against the ground
and they make it work with rocks and sand
I hear the sound of the stanger's voices
I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes
Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
you walk alone, like a primitive man
you walk alone with the ghost of time
and they burned you black
yeah, they burned you black
Great Southern Land

Uniform

Well you want
to be in the gang
and you've got
got to join the team
to be on the team
you must play to win
you play to win
you may not make it home

up the hill, down again
you're the one
every body wears a badge
uniform

soldier boys!
we've got plans for you
a brand new game
we call it "mass control"
when you grow up
it's not so obvious
dirt on your face
holding your broken toys

up the hill, down again
you're the one
everybody wears a badge
uniform

Hey Little Girl

When everything goes wrong
sometimes it makes no sense
there once was a time
I should have known better then
although you may try
it won't come your way again

Hey, little girl
where will you hide
who can you run to now
Hey, little girl
where will you go
who can you turn to now

So why should I care
if somebody let you down
that's nothing new
I know just what that can mean
well, the way that they talk
the talk is all over town
and its no surprise
little girls hurt sometimes

Hey, little girl

When everything goes wrong  
sometimes it makes no sense
Hey, little girl
should have known better

Hey, little girl etc.

Street Cafe

If there were no tomorrows
if there was just one more chance
I'd take it again
you turn and it's gone forever 
in time you forget
you know that's love
it's only love

No matter, where the days have left you
everyday ends at the street cafe
Street Cafe
no matter where the road may take you
everytime it brings you back to the street cafe
where you have to be

Well, the people may come and go, but,
here the street and the scene is just
the way that it was
no, nothing will ever change here
maybe a smile reminds you
now and again
you wonder now and again

When another night will take you nowhere
You do gown to the street cafe
Street Cafe
and anytime you know the crowd can hide you
the days end at the street cafe
Street Cafe

you turn and its gone forever
in time you forget
you know that's love
its only love

But no matter where the days have left you
everyday ends at the street cafe
Street Cafe
no matter where the road may take you
everytime it brings you back to the street cafe
yeah, the Street Cafe

Oh, no, no, no,
no matter, where the road may take you
we'll meet again someday
you know we'll meet someday
someday at the Street Cafe

Trojan Blue

The soldiers standing on the shore
take up their golden shields
you watch them from your room
high on the city wails
in the distance on the shifting sea
a thousand coloured sails
is this the moment you made
is this the way that you planned
you know it won't be long now

The finest treasures of kings
of those precious things
they never tempted you
as you stood in the ruins
how could you dare to look on
as they burned for you
the broken pieces of clay
and the palest eyes, painted in
Trojan blue

you remember how it used to be
when you were just a girl
nothing really mattered then
you can remember so well
how you used to hold your head so high
those days will never return

Dust is drifting in the evening air
across the field below
the silver mirror, you hold
will never tell...
you turn your face away

One by One

Here in this empty room
the memory still remains
days that were lost and found
you count them one by one
and you may never learn
you make the same mistakes again
one by one
you count them
one by one

Break These Chains

Tell me, where are you now
now you know the way it feels
it was always easy for you 
you've never been so down before 
I saw you turning to go
I saw you walk away from me
but I don't have to play your game 
I never did belong in here 
I don't hear you anymore 
you listen to me, now
I'm standing on the outside
watching it all come down on you
I've got to break these chains 
no, you never could hold me down
I've got to break these chains

It doesn't matter to me
now I can leave it all behind
well, its the anger in me
you put the anger in me
and I remember a time
it's not so long ago
I was always on the other side
and I knew there must be more
hearing all your empty words, your promises
but now, I'm standing on the outside
watching it all come down on you
I've got to break these chains
no, you never could hold me down
I've got to break these chains

Mysterious Thing

She tells me that she has to go
she says that its all over now
she knows how to break me
she knows that it's easy
but when the rain is coming in
she calls me on the telephone, she says,
"where did you get to . .
so come on I need you"

It's a mysterious thing
well it's something I can't explain
its a mysterious thing
got me under the spell again
don't believe what my eyes can see
strangest feeling is holding me
so give me an answer, girl
what must I do for your love

She's gonna make you run around
she's gonna keep you hanging on
wearing her black lace,
wild eyed and reckless
but before you throw it all away
just think of what it does to me
why must I go on
wishing and praying

It's a mysterious thing, etc.

Goodnight, Mr. Matthews

I'm playing my cards on the table
no secrets, no sense of direction
its tough, baby, it's no party
I said something
I lost a connection

And it's all I can do
to forget about you
loving you is such a fascination
'cause I've loved you so long
and my love is so strong
but you know a certain party's missing

I'll sit by the window
now you sit anywhere that you want to
sitting in the sunshine
now we're hoping, as we're supposed to do

If I get down on my knees 
would you forgive me, please
its only that my heart is aching
and it's all over you
not a thing I can do 
little pieces of my world are falling, it's a
good night

"Goodnight, Mr. Matthews..
now, no talking .. the others are sleeping,
there's always tomorrow ...."
.. better come back soon 

'Cause I love only you
no other will do
loving you is such a fascination
and I've told you before
only you know the score 
but you know a certain part is missing
if I go down on my knees
would you forgive me, please
it's only that my heart is breaking
but it's a very temporary thing
it just happens all the time
little pieces of my world are falling, it's a
good night

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