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Will this game last forever, just as long as we last
Pieces it but won't fall together
Walking slowly into night, walking slowly into night
The truth is lost in the telling, ashes swirl and take flight
Just muscle memory in my minds eye
Walking slowly into night, walking slowly into night
One last stand, one final midnight
Walk arm and arm into a dream
I’ve gotta run I’m burning daylight, walking slowly into night
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Broken toys
04:47
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- Broken Toys -
You’re a dangerous idiot, are you blind? You’re a dangerous idiot it’s a crime
And the world kicked you around, so someone had to pay
And you looked around & I got in the way
You’re a dangerous idiot
And I drew a line in the sand & you brushed it aside with a cruel little hand
And said baby it’s not that easy
And you howled of a debt that no one ever agreed to yet
And you sat with remains like a child with a broken toy
Why doesn’t it work anymore? Why doesn’t it work anymore?
Some things you can’t catch without killing
You’re a dangerous idiot
Oh why'd you think that I was home, I should've left you there all alone
And all the lessons that I learned through all the beatings that I earned,
while I sat at your table
You play with fire you get burned, and it’s only now that I’ve learned
Always run while you’re able
And the world kicked you around, so someone had to pay
And you looked around & I got in the way
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Distant Choir
03:24
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We sing it high, sing it low, though the truth of it none of us really know
So, honey, meet me after the show, and a distant choir sings
That shining light on the hill, that we all climb & claw to until
We find the deepest love or the cheapest thrills
And a distant choir sing & a distant choir sings
Hope is lost, hope is found, as the sun dies, we all spin around
Til the whole lot just hits the ground & a distant choir sings
You can see it in their eyes, bitter souls selling paradise
touch easy money, speak easy lies
And a distant choir sings & a distant choir sings
And we all come up empty at a loss, no one beats the wrap, we all pay the cost
So hold each other tight while this vessel beats the frost
And a distant choir sings & a distant choir sing
And a distant choir sings
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Sunshine
05:19
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- Sunshine -
Sunshine slipping through my hands, we’d arrived, in the bad lands
Watch the world pass me by through one open eye, catch the light if you can
Sunshine slipping through my hands
Rising tides, drown the best laid plans, hope won’t hold, against times demands
Face it all in your dreams, if you’d let it be seen , but I could never understand
Sunshine slipping through my hands, sunshine slipping through my hands
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No one
01:27
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Driving on a Saturday night, think of you as I hit the lights
Hoping that it worked out alright, road is long but the end's in sight
And the city shines tonight, from a distance I can see it rise
But I'm sinking so low I feel high, turns to green as I goodbye
No one makes it in the end, no one makes it in the end
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I'm not here
04:17
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- I’m not here -
Light flickers across the way, where the junipers gently sway,
midnight falls once more, to her locked mind and her open door
Crouched low in the palm of her hand, I lost my way, on my final stand
Temptation it’s own reward, play things of the gods now they’re so bored
But I’m not here with you, no I’m not here with you
You never know just what you’ll find, in the playroom of the back of your mind
A burden buried or a burden shared, desires, failures & all secrets bared
A whispered curse & a crooked deal, turn our fate on a spinning wheel
Always hoping that I’d find, answers to questions that I left behind
But I’m not here with you, no I’m not here with you
Swept away now in her skin, drowning sweetly again
Just a ghost, now an ocean away, to haunt me all my days
But I’m not here with you, no I’m not here with you
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Shaking
06:09
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Motel carpark morning, with a lighter in his hand, they’d left that city screaming with a boot load full of cash
Beer cans on the dresser with some cigarettes & change, her blonde hair on the pillow & he strokes it from her face
And he was shaking as they burst through that door, yeah he was shaking as the money hit the floor, hit the floor
Her brother drew a shot gun, from the back seat of the car, the weight of it surprised him as he straightened out his arm
He said hold it to your body, use your eyes & take command, it’ll be over before you know it, don’t forget about the alarm
And he was shaking, as he held out his hand, yeah, he was shaking as they laid out their plans, out their plans
In every street in the city the same summer sun goes down, in every well mowed suburb, in every shit strewn town
And the luck that you’re born with, shapes the memories that your formed with & the dreams that lie between
When the night comes for you, it comes for me
Waiting now at midnight, her beauty shining in the yellow street lights
Their hearts pumping loaded, their veins streaming light
She said don’t you fuck this up babe, it’s the last chance that we’ve got
And he wanted so to please her, that he let off another shot
And they were shaking, as they burst through that door,
Yeah, they were shaking as the money hit the floor, hit the floor
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Timber or steel
02:56
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Meet me by the river round quarter to nine, bring all your love, I’ll be right on time
Whistle’s blowing as I come down the line, timber or steel, I don’t mind
Now, nothing’s gonna stop me when you’re on my mind, hoodoo with you’re voodoo I can read the signs
I always loved you sweetest when you’d leave me crying, timber or steel, I don’t mind
So play me a song and I’ll sing for you, I now that you’ll give me what I want from you
I’ll leave you smiling every single time, timber or steel, I don’t mind
Now this world is gonna take every last this thing from you, but all you need’s a bottle and a friend or two
This city’s humming for you and me tonight, timber or steel, I don’t mind
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Standing in the ruins
04:04
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Shadows fall in the valley, I hear you call, nowhere in sight
And as I wait for an end to mourning, yeah I’ll walk with you through the night
A distant light an open window, in the air the cold it bites
And here we stand amongst the ruins, but I’ll walk with you through the night
Listless dreams, hopeless desire, one spark left, embers take flight
No one left for you to lie to, but I’ll walk with you through the night
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Kathleen
03:48
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Kathleen you've been on my mind and I know I've wasted so much time
Kathleen you've been on my mind
Oh that summer was so long ago, when we swam in gentle waves & you held me so close
Oh that summer was so long ago
The tide changes but it changes so slow, I was safe against your skin & your hair, I didn't know
That the tide changes but it changes so slow
Now I'm tired, and I can't catch up, I could wait here forever just to fill my cup
But I'm tired, and I can't catch up
Kathleen you've been on my mind and I know I've wasted so much time
Kathleen you've been on my mind
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Nick O'Mara Melbourne, Australia
Nick O’Mara’s song writing has won hearts far & wide with former band Raised By Eagles, his work bringing home the MVAs
2015 Best Emerging Artist & Best Country Album & 2017’s Best Country Album.
Nick's debut solo album, Overland, is set for release on 25th of March 2022.
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