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Before we grew older, in a space so unconfined
Our days now an echo clear
It’s a little bit like that here
We were younger, seas were burning inside
Drifting away, over reaching each year
Still we look to fear, what it is we can’t be
It’s a little bit like that here
a little bit like that
A little bit like that here
We were younger, and we’d gaze away our meaning
Ever shifting answers, dear, it’s like that here
Never wanting to fail
Covering up our mistakes
Scattered to ruin
We sheltered alone
Now we grow older, counting years til we die
Bodies of stone, earth and sun and sea
Yet we look to fear, all that we can’t be
It’s a little bit like that here
A little bit like that here
Oh a little bit like that here
It’s like that here
a little bit like that
A little bit like that here
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Life that we Own
04:15
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Do you hear it now, we rise in song
See the gathering of people silenced for so long
For the ones betrayed, by this world we made
Locked inside its broken walls
We are here to see them fall
It is time to remember, time to embrace who we are
Through the distance between us, those who would tear us apart
We are coming together, forging a home
Nothing to fear, gathering here
Let us claim this life that we own
Do you wonder why, we close the gates
Let the people drown, greet those fleeing war with our hate
See the fear reside, in our nation’s eyes
Let them hear these words again
You don’t do this in our name
Now it’s time to remember, time to embrace a new day
We are brothers and sisters, divided by borders we make
We are striving together, forging a home
Love without fear, gathering here
Let us claim this life that we own
It is hope we cling to
Hope that gathers us here
And it’s love we bring to
Bind the wounds, and counter the fear
Can you see the day is near
It is time to remember, time to see where we fall
Protect those around us, fight for the rights of us all
We are all one people, all one kind
Conquer the fear, gather them near
We will pave the way to be shown
Sing it loud, wherever you roam
We will claim this life that we own
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Driftwood
04:12
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Watching the world through your eyes
And im so tired of the wounds that you carry
Though I may try I cannot
walk away from my world that is home
Ah-ooh
Somebody said, Somebody said
I can break free from my childhood
Pave the way new
Like a bird from it’s nest
There is a world waiting for you
Longing just to hold you close to her chest
Ah-ooh
Tide moves in and the tide moves out
Swell it builds until the words are born
Then becoming, Driftwood on the sand
I’m stepping out to the unknown
With a wonder and a need to let go
Be by my side and love me
Help to guide me but please let me go
Ah-ooh
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Happy When I Knew You
03:04
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I was happy when I knew ya
We always made sunshine out of rain
And now you left my side and now I hold you in my heart
Where we will never be apart
We always had plans for the future
We never thought life would come undone
We shot for the stars
Shared more warmth than the sun
Who would have thought we’d come undone
Don’t want to waste my time, cause there could never ever be another
(I was happy when I knew ya)
Although I wouldn’t try, I couldn’t break the spell that I’m under
(Sunshine out of rain)
I just can’t breathe, there is no need, pleading
(We always had plans for the future)
You’re all I need, You’re all I need
(We never thought life could come undone)
I was happy when I knew ya
We always made sunshine out of rain.
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Overtime
04:14
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I was in overtime, to never be wanting
I learned to stand in line, with never a thought to ending
Another day over, another day dawning
We’re seeking all things fine, we need to be ready
What’s yours will soon be mine, ahead of the many
Another hour broken, another day ending
Never awoken, another day spending
Another day, another day come, another day, another day go
Until you find that it’s already over, on another day
Another day, another day come, another day, another day go
Until you find to your dismay that it’s over on another day
She said she’d wait to find, our place here together
Long gone, in search of time, now seeking another
Another year over, another one broken
Consider the answer, it could have been spoken
Another day, another day come, another day, another day go
Until you find that it’s already over, on another day
Another day, another day come, another day, another day go
Until you find to your dismay that it’s over on another day
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Make it Up
03:38
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In this life, try to be perfect all the time
Just a little hard to reach.
I want to be the best for you
In this life, you will see
I try hard to just hit the middle
But in my mind I want to be the best for you
Anyday, anytime you know it’s true
I would do anything I can for you
What do I have to do, to make it up to you.
In this life, I can be
Almost what I dreamed when I was little
It’s losing shine to try and do my best for you
Every time it’s harder to explain
And the years are rolling round the bend
So if you love me, won’t you let me in again
In this life, can’t you see
You hold every clue to the riddle of your heart
You know exactly what to do
Anyday, anytime you know it’s true
I would do anything I can for you
What do I have to do
What do I have to do, to make it up to you
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Not Today
03:27
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I’ve been waiting for the day to come
So long, waiting for the day to show itself
Sitting here waiting on the time
That I can give this pain away
But that’s not today
There is only so long, I can run and hide
From the past that lingers,
Oooh But I choose not to believe
That’s all there is, all there is
And Oh, I choose not to feel
Though I hear what you say,
Don’t ask me today
No I don’t think everything will be fine
Will I still gain something by leaving it behind
And darling, while you need me, I can only go so far.
I didn’t want to hurt you, yet this is where we are.
Some day, maybe I will open up to you
But if you lean hard, Right now,
There’s only one way for this to go
I don’t want to know…
Not today.
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The wolf and the girl child lie in the lonely wood
Cold but carefree, lost in their reverie
falling like frost and the snow
O’er many a year, the girl wandered far
heading into unknown
In the cold, many dangers alone on the forest trail
The wolf and the girl child brave out the winter storm
sheltered far from home
Don’t fear the cold here, if danger should e’r appear
we’ll hide away from this world
‘Fore the girl found the wolf on the mountainside
she was heart-strong with fear
Breath like fire, a stone cold resolve to seek out a new life
The wolf and the girl child, far from her mother’s side
leaving the winter behind
Free now forever more, seeking a distant shore
Spring melts the cold away
The wolf and the girl child, brave now and gone to find
all that their hearts desire
Memory still remains of harsh cold, winter pain
The wolf and the girl find a way
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Home
03:07
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Frost on the window as you step outside
And we don’t know what the day will bring, wandering far and wide
We’ll take our time, settle down and find a place to hide
We’ll go home, home
We’ll go where we want to, travel far
We don’t know what the years will bring, wandering over the sea
We’ll take our time, settle down and find a place to be
We’ll go home, home
We’ll be alright, as everything fades into white
It won’t take long, a story written in a song
And time won’t notice
I will love you, always want you
Never leave you, always love you
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On Your Side
03:52
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Set the clock to 6:05
I lay down by your side
Another day just departed
But our love resides
Many years passed us by
Sometimes we wring our patience dry
They say we change and love departs us
But our love resides
I'm always on your side
Remember when i held your hand
Only now i understand
You gave your all, soul imparted
That's where love resides
Now i hold your hand so tight
Hands have weathered day and night
Never letting go of what we started
Our love resides
I'm always on your side
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Together
03:44
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When the morning comes creeping over
And the sun, it breaks the dawn wide open
We meet each other there, all we ever knew
All we ever wanted, to find
Through the daylight hours we’re crossing over
Towards an unknown village for refuge
Before the tide breaks before the horses bolt
We gather close together
Forge a way through
To build a life with you
We rose together, fought for what we grew
As we headed for that new horizon
To meet each other there, all we ever knew
All we ever wanted, behind
In the moonlight hours, the fire embers grow
We huddle close together for warmth
We’d found another time, in another place
Settled in our home
Forge a way through
To build a life with you
In these final hours, ooh
We wade through uncertainty
Hold close to each other, always
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A Cradle Song
04:06
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Sweet dreams form a shade, O'er
my lovely infants head
Sweet dreams of pleasant streams
By happy silent moon beams
Sweet sleep with soft down.
Weave thy brows an infant crown
Sweet sleep Angel mild
Hover o'er happy child
Sweet smiles in the night time
Hover over my delight
All the livelong night beguiles
Sweet moans, dovelike sighs, Chase not slumber from thy eyes
Sweet moans, sweeter smiles, the dovelike moans beguiles
Sleep sleep happy child
All creation slept and smil'd
While o'er thee thy mother weep
Sweet babe in thy face
Soft desires I can trace
Thy maker lay and wept for me
As thy softest limbs I feel
Smiles as of the morning steal
O'er thy cheek, and o'er thy breast
Where thy little heart doth rest
O the cunning wiles that creep
In thy little heart asleep
When thy wake, the dreadful night shall break
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"The Tealeaves are an irresistibly winsome local indie pop outfit recalling early Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor and even Billy Joel when writing their best stuff and firing on all acoustic cylinders. " - The Age
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