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Great Southern Land
Uniform
Hey Little Girl
Street Cafe
Glam
Trojan Blue
One By One
Break These Chains
Mysterious Thing
Goodnight, Mr. Matthews
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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