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Love, Loss and Washing Lines

by Matt Hawkins

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John Dexter
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John Dexter Great song about how life changes when you are raising a daughter. Favorite track: From Now On.
Dr BellyButton
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Dr BellyButton I love this album. Every song is a brilliant combination of familiarity and innovation. I especially love the deep bass tones. I'm lying in bed having finally succumbed to covid and it's a joy to listen to 🥰🥰
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Wanderlust2021 great folk-pop tunes to keep you company on long drives on the open road. Thumbs up Favorite track: Highgate Hill Skies.
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1.
Do your time before time does you Find your way back home Come in close, feel my cheek on yours Close your eyes and see. Across the bridge of stories, I’ll find you Hold your tongue boy, and I will hear you. I’d climb the universe On Christmas Day for you I’d walk a long way Looking for you, looking for me Wondering if time will help you see me clearly Across the bridge of stories, I’ll find you Hold your tongue boy, and I will hear you. Time changes faces Time changes stories Time changes points of view. Across the bridge of stories, I’ll find you Hold your tongue boy, and I will hear you.
2.
I identify, and at the same time I try to justify this type of life This isn’t Hollywood, but it’s plain to see that If I could I would take the next plane home. My old television is full of bad news The weekend papers are just the same Turn up the radio but it’s always your song I buy a new stereo, hear the same sad tune. Try me, cry with me, just don’t lie to me Red light is your right, and I know Love me, hate me, just don’t leave me While I’m guessing, caressing the very thought of you. Tomorrow is a memory of you and I Sitting on the couch together drinking wine Hoping for Hollywood, Ben Kweller playing You and your sundress faded away. Try me, cry with me, just don’t lie to me Red light is your right, and I know Love me, hate me, just don’t leave me While I’m guessing, caressing the very thought of you.
3.
So I go outside to the top of the hill I look to the horizon like you know I will And as the sun goes down, I feel okay. Back on my couch, my thoughts and I alone I’m wondering why this doesn’t feel like home But wherever that place is I know I’m there with you, there with you. I heard your message, now I don’t know what to say I’ll get used to this isolation anyway And I want you to know that I’m okay. Although I haven’t ventured much outside my front door Vivid imagination allows me to explore And when my mind is worlds away Know I’m there with you, there with you. And when you lay your head down too much into your hands Put on my favourite song to steer away the graveyard sands And take out the soup from the freezer The one I made for you. I’m never too far, never too far You know I’m right there with you, yeah. And when you lay your head down too much into your hands Put on my favourite song to steer away the graveyard sands And take out the soup from the freezer The one I made for you. I’m never too far, never too far You know I’m right there with you, yeah.
4.
I had an inkling that life would never be the same Claudia be thy name My heart swelled like a whale. Just when I thought that I had no more love to share Charlie you were there The whale swam through the sky. The ocean can’t hold my love Nor even the sky above. My God, it seemed like the sun shone its brightest yet It was Rosie that I met The whale made the world stand still The ocean can’t hold my love Nor even the sky above Let the rain fall down, overflow this sea There’s no wall that can hold us in. Let me count the stars ‘til the sun comes up We’re gonna ride this whale as each day begins. The ocean can’t hold my love Nor even the sky above.
5.
Toowoomba 03:14
When I was growing up On my quiet street I dreamed of this, though I didn’t know it then. The washing on the line Blowing in the bitter wind Seemed to me to be another laughing friend. And time rolls by right before my eyes And I know why there’s no reason to regret. So I look up at the sky And dream about the day I lose all track of time I’m finally on my way. When I was growing up The summers were so long Making daisy chains and falling off trampolines We’d make cubbies, we’d build forts We’d play the whole day long ‘Til the street lights told us it was time to take it home. When I’m in this old town, and you’re around My mind slows down, and you whisper in my ear. Can we look up at the sky And dream about the day? We’ll lose all track of time We’ll be finally on our way. I’ve been moved by the wind like the autumn leaves Scattering like memories in the sun There’s no room for tears in my mind Only laughter and memories of you. Now we look up at the sky And dream about the day We lose all track of time Now we look up at the sky And dream about the day We lose all track of time We’re finally on our way.
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If I'd Known 03:14
If I’d known If I’d known If only I’d known Would I have thought more about that set list? Could I have played one more song to dance to? Could she have chosen not to go that weekend? There would have been another dance another day. Would I have played it differently? Should I have asked her to dance with me? Next time for sure, next time for sure, next time for sure. If I’d known If I’d known If only I’d known. When I woke the next day I saw her We hadn’t met the night before but I remembered her The last band she saw, the last song she heard Next time for sure, I’ll sing it clear. Would I have played it differently? Should I have asked her to dance with me? Could I have made her stay? Next time for sure, next time for sure, next time for sure.
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From Now On 04:46
Live, but not too proud, and know your heart is now shared Today, hold your daughter tight, it’s not about you from this day on. Her eyes, locked on yours, looking for love, finding you She’s the sign of your new life that you’ve been hoping for. From now on, you realise she’ll follow you From now on, when she cries, she’ll look to you. Live, and shout it out loud, and know your hearts are now shared The girl in your arms, and the smell of her hair, will forever remain. From now on, you realise she’ll follow you. From now on, when she cries, she’ll look to you. Don’t wish away the days, don’t rush her to walk and run When the time comes, you’ll watch her fly on her own. From now on, you’ll follow her. From now on, you’ll look to her. From the morning to the evening, in the Autumn, in the Spring And everywhere in between. From the mountains to the valleys to rivers to the sea And everywhere in between.
8.
Driving south to see my brother He doesn’t know that I’m coming His wife and boys have made my bed up And in my bag, I have his favourite wine. Heading west to see my parents On the Great Divide, we’ll be together My mum will be planning Christmas My dad brings a beer, and we sit quietly. Ooh, a long while from this day Ooh, love in all my ways Ooh, in my final days Ooh, love in every way. Going north, alone and thinking In a quiet space, looking over a valley Coming to a realisation That I’m a lucky man, and I’m ready to go home. Ooh, a long while from this day Ooh, love in all my ways Ooh, in my final days Ooh, love in every way. Travelling east to see the sun rise My three kids, they’re laughing with me A day of play, the sun passes over As we go home, they sing their favourite songs. Ooh, a long while from this day Ooh, love in all my ways Ooh, in my final days Ooh, love in every way.
9.
Whenever I see a khaki shirt Whenever I hear Mick Thomas sing Or if I’m made to wait I’ll think of you. If ever I’m at the MCG Or hear the words, ‘Keep fighting’, ‘Welcome’, ‘good form’, my friend, I’ll smile for you. Wherever you went, you left behind A trail of disruption Unmade beds, shaking heads and smiling faces. You’d wear those shorts everywhere you’d go Yet be overdressed for barefoot bowls But you giving all your heart Is how I’ll remember you. I’ll never know someone like you Who has the ability to Darken a day yet brighten a room The paradox of you. Wherever you went, you left behind A trail of disruption Unmade beds, shaking heads and smiling faces. I remember my good times Which so often featured you So when I feel down I’ll think of them. Whenever your friends are side by side, Today or in years from now Wherever we are, you’ll be there. Wherever you went, you left behind A trail of disruption Unmade beds, shaking heads and smiling faces.
10.
I’ve got a list of things to do And it’s miles long and I’ll never get through it When I hit this roadblock, I know where to go You understand what I need, you always seem to know. I’ve walked home like this before But I don’t want to do it any more. You say, “I’m here And you’re not going home like that” You say, “I’m here And you’re not going home like that You’re not going home like that.” I’m sorry if I seem flustered It’s just that I’m a little lacklustre I haven’t slept for what seems like weeks I can hardly sing, I can barely speak. Someone else might slam the door But you won’t do it, that’s for sure. You say, “I’m here And you’re not going home like that” You say, “I’m here And you’re not going home like that You’re not going home like that.” I’ve walked home like this before But I’m not gonna do it any more. You say, “I’m here And you’re not going home like that” You say, “I’m here And you’re not going home like that You’re not going home like that.”
11.
Your patience keeps getting stronger So much that I can’t comprehend My stories keep getting longer And rarely make any sense. All this time, you’ve been on my side. Tonight, I can see it And tonight, I want you to believe it We will fly Highgate Hill skies. I never asked if you were hurting I never asked if you were alright I don’t know why it took me until now Sitting under these Hampstead lights. All this time, you’ve been on my side. Tonight, I can see it And tonight, I want you to believe it We will fly Highgate Hill skies. All this time, you’ve been on my side All these nights, you’ve been on my side. Tonight, I can see it And tonight, I want you to believe it We will fly above the skies Highgate Hill skies.
12.
Every place I go, there I am And every night feels as dark as the day. Every place I go, there I am And every day sees the light finding me. Every place I go, there I am And every night reminds me of the new day.

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released March 1, 2022

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Matt Hawkins Brisbane, Australia

Matt Hawkins is a Brisbane based singer-songwriter, a proud proponent of a genre he refers to as “Suburban Dad Acoustic Folk Pop”. His debut single ‘Bridge of Stories’ was inspired by the Trent Dalton novel, Boy Swallows Universe. His debut album, "Love, Loss and Washing Lines" is out now, and he has just released a new single, "Boundary Street" for his forthcoming second album. ... more

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