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Bridge of Stories
03:34
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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.
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The Very Thought
03:25
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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.
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Never Too Far
03:22
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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.
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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.
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Toowoomba
03:14
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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
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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
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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.
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Love in Every Way
04:01
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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11. |
Highgate Hill Skies
03:44
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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.
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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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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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