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1. |
Make Believe
03:48
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Don't paint me a picture
Of what you want me to believe
Don't paint me no portrait
Of the man you want to be
For I don't care what selling
I don't care for make believe
Don't give me no reason
To turn and walk away
Don't give me no reason
To get down on my knees and pray
For I don't care what selling
I don't care for make believe
For I don't care what selling
I don't care for make believe
For me there's only one true friend
To see us through the night
If you turn your back on him
We make not make the cut
For me there's only one true friend
To get us through alive
Don't trade your fears for make believe It's not an even trade
Solo
For me there's only one true friend
To see us through the night
If you turn your back on him
We make not make the cut
For me there's only one true friend
To get us through alive
Don't trade your fears for make believe It's not an even trade
Don't take me to the darkness
Now I've seen the light
Don't lay me on a bed of needles
Don't make me put up a fight
For I don't care what selling
I don't care for make believe
For I don't care what selling
I don't care for make believe
For me there's only one true friend
To see us through the night
If you turn your back on him
We make not make the cut
For me there's only one true friend
To get us through alive
Don't trade your fears for make believe It's not an even trade
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2. |
Little Lover
03:39
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Little Lover Little Lover Please tell me
Little Lover Little Lover Please tell me
Are you gonna fly
Spread your wings and leave
Are you gonna take your love from me
Little Lover Little Lover Please tell me
Little Lover Little Lover Please tell me
Call in the high command
My heart is in your hand
Tell me do you need another man
Little Lover Little Lover Please tell me
Little Lover Little Lover Please tell me
My hands are shaking
My mind is racing
I can’t sleep a wink anymore
My Bodies aching
My heart is breaking
Feelings that I just can’t ignore
Little Lover Little Lover Please tell me
Little Lover Little Lover Please tell me
Lead over
Chorus – first verse repeated – chorus out
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3. |
Minor Key
04:37
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Way over yonder in the minor key
Sits a little girl in the shade of a tree
Sketching her life the way its meant to be
House on a hill with a brick chimney
Smoke bellows out in the evening light
Suns going down and the moon is bright
Cobblestone path leads to her door
flowers grow wild in the brazen soil
Wipe out the thoughts of forever
Tear down the windows that see
Knock down the door that surrenders
Purge/Erase all the thoughts of you and me
Pencil in hand she creates a scene
White picket fence, a fairy-tale dream
Tree to the east, cloud in the sky
Stick figure birds in a flock drift by
Wipe out the thoughts of forever
Tear down the windows that see
Knock down the door that surrenders
Purge/Erase all the thoughts of you and me
Instrumental over the chorus
Way over yonder in the burning sun
Plays a little boy when the day is done
Pushing his truck through the dirt and mud
Couldn’t care less about a yearning heart
Wipe out the thoughts of forever
Tear down the windows that see
Knock down the door that surrenders
Purge/Erase all the thoughts of you and me
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4. |
Upward Now
03:01
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Southern winds blow cold across the sea
Tides are higher than they’ve ever been
Riverbanks are crumbling at the shore
And I’m bailing out the water day by day
But it’ll be alright
It will be ok
It'll be alright
It will be ok
Swell is up the waves above my head
Tossed around I’m lost can’t seem to breath
Crashing down held under the waves
Rollin and a tumbling as the current takes me down
But it’ll be alright
It will be ok
It'll be alright
It will be ok
BRIDGE
Cause the north winds blowing the clouds around
Temperature is rising and the sun is gonna shine
I hit the bottom and I’m pushing upward now
Instrumental over the Verse
Breaking through the dark I see the light
Fought the rip now Im going with the tide
Feel the lift I’m riding the wave
And I’m floating in the most peculiar way
But it’ll be alright
It will be ok
It'll be alright
It will be ok
BRIDGE
Cause the north winds blowing the clouds around
Temperature is rising and the sun is gonna shine
I hit the bottom and I’m pushing upward now
Upward now x 2
But it’ll be alright (upward now)
It will be ok (upward now)
It'll be alright (upward now)
It will be ok (upward now)
But it’ll be alright (upward now)
It will be ok (upward now)
It'll be alright (upward now)
It will be ok
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Big City
02:51
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I'm tired of this dirty old city
Entirely too much work and never enough play
And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks
Think I'll walk off my steady job today
Turn me loose, set me free
Somewhere in the middle of Montanna
And gimme all I've got comin' to me
And keep your retirement
And your so called social security
Big City, turn me loose and set me free
Been working everyday since I was twenty
Haven't got a thing to show for anything I've done
There's folks who never work and they've got plenty
Think it's time some guys like me had some fun
So, turn me loose, set me free
Somewhere in the middle of Montanna
And gimme all I've got comin' to me
And keep your retirement
And your so called social security
Big city, turn me loose and set me free
Yeah, big city, turn me loose and set me free
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Bluebird
02:42
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I MET A BLUEBIRD IN MID FLIGHT HE
STOPPED AND WHISPERED IN MY EAR HE
SAID TO ME GIRL, JUMP ON BOARD
WE’LL FLY AWAY, JUST YOU AND ME
CAUSE I WANNA HOLD YOU
I WANNA HOLD YOU
I WANNA HOLD YOU NEXT TO ME
LET ME TAKE YOU TO THE SEA
WHERE WE CAN LIVE BOTH HAPPILY
WE’D CHANGE OUR WAYS
WE’D CHANGE OUR NAMES
WE’D SAIL AWAY INTO THE BREEZE
CAUSE I WANNA HOLD YOU
I WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOU
I WANNA HOLD YOU NEXT TO ME
INSTRUMENTAL
I MET A BLUEBIRD PASSING BY HE
SPREAD HIS WINGS TOOK TO THE SKY
DIVING DEEP AND SOURING HIGH
THROUGH THE TREES, LIGHTING UP THE SKY
BUT I WANNA HOLD YOU
I WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOU
I WANNA HOLD YOU NEXT TO ME
NEXT TO ME
NEXT TO ME X 2 MORE
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Tear Them Houses Down
03:15
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Got a message to send to you
Got a message so clear and true
Got a message so cold and dark
Tonight, we're gonna tear them houses down
Oh, Hey Oh Hey Oh hey Oh hey
I had a yearning in my soul
I had a yearning to speak my words
I had a yearning to play my part
But I never thought ide do the devils work
Chorus x 2
Oh hey hey hey
We're gonna tear them houses down
Oh hey hey hey
God bless my soul what have I done
Oh mother oh mother I hope you see
What them mean old men have done to me
They make me speak in a different tongue
Then use my words to tear houses down
Oh, Hey Oh Hey Oh hey Oh hey
Chorus x 2
God Bless My Soul what have I done x 4
Oh, Hey Oh Hey Oh hey Oh hey
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Tumbling
03:36
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Let me sail out on the ocean
Let the rolling waves carry me away
Lift me up into a perfect sky
So I can look down on the sea
Tumbling
Tumbling
Tumbling
Drop me off on a big white cloud
It looks so tender there
Let me dive into the blue below
Where it’ll be free beneath the waves
Chorus
Instrumental bridge
Give me a beat give me a song to sing
Doesn’t have to be the best
Give me a heart or a hand to hold
One much bigger than the rest………..and we’ll go
Chorus
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9. |
I No Longer Know
03:32
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Like the autumn leaves clinging to
A nearly naked branch
I’m hanging on to all of my dreams
Balanced on the edge
Wondering what I should do next
With expectations higher than my needs
So, it’s one for the road
One for the cheer
One for the memory
Wishing you were here
Stumbling through the truth
Of this war torn broken heart
Snakes inside tearing me apart
Shedding skins, hosting beings
i never thought I’d be
Lying and cheating to hide my shame
So, it’s one for the road
One for the cheer
One for the memory
Wishing you were there
I no longer know
I’ve cried all my tears
I’ve been tried and testified
I’ve been strung out in the breeze
Dusting off the ashes
Rising from the dead
A new born soul learning to fly
Pushing back the ghosts
Who keep pulling on my strings
I land alone with not much left to give
So, it’s one for the road
One for the cheer
One for the memory
Wishing you were there
I no longer know
I’ve cried all my tears
I’ve been tried and testified
I’ve been strung out in the breeze
I no longer know
I’ve cried all my tears
I’ve been tried and testified
I’ve been strung out in the breeze
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10. |
Drinking All Over Again
02:47
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I got a bottle of whisky and a glass of wine
I been hanging around the wrong side of town
I been up I been Down I been round and round
I been playing in bars and I been kicked to the ground
Got a dollar left in my name I’m drinking all over again
I got a packet of smokes I got a bag of dope
I been busking on streets I bout given up hope
I been rolled I been bowled down on my luck
My girlfriend left me [pause] she took the dog
Got a dollar left in my name
And I’m drinking all over again
God knows how I got so low
God knows where I’m gonna go from here
I got a shirt on my back – My heart on my sleeve
Fallen Im crawling - Im down on my knees
Taking up habits I’d rather forget
Stumbling roads that lead to nowhere
Got a dollar left in my name
And I’m drinking all over again
Got a dollar left in my name
And I’m drinking all over again
Got a dollar left in my name
And I’m drinking all over again
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11. |
Do Right
04:07
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12. |
One More Day
05:42
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Give me just one more day
We can drive out to the ocean
Park the car up on the headland
Watch the waves roll in
Give me just one more day
We can walk down by the river
Watch the sunset on the water
And as the sun goes down and the evening air kicks in
I’ll keep you warm
And as your tired eyes need to rest a little while
I’ll hold you tight – I’ll hold you tight
Give me just one more night
Where I can hold you close and tight
We can talk about the weather
Until the break of dawn
Give me just one more night
We could sit right by the fire
Sing the songs that I remember
And as the fire dies down and the evening air kicks in
I’ll keep you warm
And as your tired eyes need to rest a little while
I’ll hold you tight – I’ll hold you tight
Instrumental over the Verse
BRIDGE
In the morning as the sun lights up the day
My ship is sailing I’ll be many miles away
The days will turn to nights
The nights will turn to days without you near
So give me just one more hour
You can sit right here beside me
We can talk about the weather
Cause when I’m far from home and the evening air kicks in
You’ll keep me warm
And when I’m tired and broken and I’m feeling all alone
You’ll hold me tight
You’ll hold me tight
You’ll hold me tight
You’ll hold me tight
You’ll hold me tight
You’ll hold me tight
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13. |
Promised Land
02:59
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Ive been yearning for a love that’s true
Ive been turning my back on you
We've been trying to understand
Darlin please walk away don’t take my hand
Ive been crying oh so long
Ive been lying I know its wrong
We’ll keep our hearts free from devils gate
Darling please walk away its not too late
Lift us higher to solid ground
Break these chains lord that hold us down
Sacrifice our love that’s dammed
As we stand on the shores of the promised land
I’ve been hoping you’d change our mind
I’ve been knowing for some time
We have no power to turn around
Here we stand both condemned on sacred ground
Lift us higher to solid ground
Break these chains lord that hold us down
Sacrifice our love that’s dammed
As we stand on the shores of the promised land
Lift us higher to solid ground
As we stand on the shores of the promised land
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Helen Townsend Fremantle, Australia
Performing at the Sounds Australia Showcase for AmericanaFest 2022, Helen not only won the adoration of new fans, but also
claimed #6 on the FAI Folk Charts with her EP "Love , Lies 'n' Leaving".
Helen continues to have a huge impact on the Americana scene in Australia, something that is certain to be built on with the release of 4 new singles from her upcoming Album "Take It Or Leave It".
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