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I’m not quite where I think I am
But I must be near
I’m walking into walls that
Shouldn’t be here
Hey I’m sleepwalking here
I wish someone would tell me
What’s the deal
Because I’m caught between two worlds and I don’t know
Which one is real
Hey I’m sleepwalking here
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Natalie Wood
02:35
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Yesterday I read an article
About an old woman from Surry Hills
Who lay dead in her house for eight years
Before anyone realised she’d disappeared
They say her name was Natalie Wood, and
She did everything she could
To avoid ever leaving her home
When they found her she was nothing but dentures and bones
She lived in that house all her life
Saw the inner city become gentrified
Now her land is serious property
So distant relatives fight for her money
Can’t remember when I last opened my front door
I’m a lot like her but I’m a lot more poor
So I’ll never be like Natalie
Because at least my landlord would look for me
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This Life
03:05
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All my heroes were dirt poor
So I’m okay sleeping on floors
But this life is such a bore
Yeah it’s not what I asked for
I make my way
Back to the store
I trade it in
For something more
I fall in love with everyone
Then I shut them out one by one
I make my way
Back to the store
I trade them in
For something more
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My Valentine
02:58
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God damn you’re looking fine my valentine
And yeah I’d kiss you if I had the time
Just wanna stare at the ceiling
Because I’m too tired for feelings
You ask how come I’m so numb
Well I work so much it’s left me blind, deaf and dumb
Well I’ve lost my will today
So I’ll just do whatever you say
Yeah you can have it all your way
I feel like I’m losing my mind sometimes
And I’m scared I’ll lose my valentine
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Diazepam
03:06
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I hit the town and it hit me right back
When will this city cut me some slack?
Because I’ve been feeling shit for so many days
Guess everyone here just ends up this way
You call me up say it’s been way too long
And we both pretend like nothing’s wrong
Because the saddest people wear the biggest smiles
And ours go on for fucking miles
Anxiety
Takes hold of me
Diazepam
Won’t you give me a hand?
Heart so loud can’t hear the brain think
The ocean’s half full but we’re still going to sink
My future haunts me like a grey black cloud
And the past is the only thing I look forward to now
I’m at the end of my rope and I’m walking on a wire
Now I’ve lost my mind so I’m handing out flyers, saying:
‘Last seen on Redfern St
If you find it I’ll give you a piece’
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Je Suis Louise
03:35
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Walking alone among the tapestries
This heart is such heavy load to heave
So why do I wear it on my sleeve?
If you can’t be here with me
I’ll live inside my own memories
Don’t know what I’m moving towards
Because time goes backwards now instead of forwards
Each night I talk to death
Because he’s all that I’ve got left
And we laugh until I’m out of breath
Je suis Louise
Louise de Lorraine
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Sorrows
03:55
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Well I drank to drown my sorrows
But the damn things learned to swim
So I thanked them for teaching me how to
Dive right in
I tried to catch them with a hook and line
I tried to bottle them up
But it was all a waste of time
So I gave up
And I closed my eyes and I laid down
And waited for the end
And soon my sorrows became
My only friends
Then I found someone who made me happy
But my sorrows just him sad
Maybe one day they’ll swim away
And he’ll come back
Maybe he’ll come back
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Ghosts
02:04
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Head out to a show
Twenty friends said they’d go
But now there’s no one here at all that you know
Bar’s filled with ghosts
Completely engrossed
In this band who came down here from the Central Coast
New sounds from the tombs
Of inner west bedrooms
Give the living something new to consume
Tilly Devine
Has a real good time
Now that going out is a crime
The ghosts all shout
You can’t lock us out
We’re going to show the living what life’s about
The city comes alive
Only when you die
So I can’t wait to say my goodbyes
Bar’s filled with ghosts
Making the most
Of this band who sound a little bit like Best Coast
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Parramatta Rd
04:18
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Middle class life
As a suburban housewife
Is all very well and fine
But going downtown
To buy a wedding gown
Well it’s never been a dream of mine
Dresses white as snow
In the shop fronts of Parramatta Rd
If I’m down near Leichhardt
I’d rather try on the guitars
White weddings
As happy endings
Are best left in story books
Because love’s not defined
By some paper you’ve signed
Or how pricey your dress looks
Dresses white as snow
In the shop fronts of Parramatta Rd
I’d rather be next door
Trying on a Princeton Reverb from ‘64
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I Swear I Can Fly
02:42
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Went walking in the woods and I climbed the tallest tree that I’d ever found
And when I got to the top I jumped off I didn’t touch the ground
No I flew, flew, flew around
Next day when I went to school I told all my friends that I could fly
So at recess in my checkered dress I climbed up really, really, really, really high
Then I fell from the sky
Now I’m in the hospital with my broken arms and knees
And I know I can never show anyone my ability
Because it only works when no one sees
Now every night I go back to woods and I climb that tree
And it’s no lie I swear I can fly just ask the birds and the bees
They’ll tell you what you can’t see
No one believes me
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