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I Wanna' Play the Blues
02:33
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I Wanna’ Play the Blues
No chance dusty pants
I think I need some new consideration
I haven’t got a destination
Only got a railway station ... waiting
All my dreams are stacked up to the ceiling
No one here seems to know just how I'm feeling
I wanna’ play the blues but It's hard you see, cos
I never been to Memphis or to New Orleans
I've seen a lost soul
Sitting at the Mentone bowl ... thinking
I got a big mouth
Opened it at Caulfield South ... drinking
The government says I don't have a proper job
Well how come I've been working like a dog
I wanna’ play the blues but It's hard you see, cos
I never been to Memphis or to New Orleans
Money talking, artist walking
Did you bring a glossy photo baby
A girlie show the Casino
Why do the people wanna’ go crazy.
People say I was too young to have known
But I got me some blues all of my own
I wanna’ play the blues but It's hard you see, cos
I never been to Memphis or to New Orleans
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2. |
Concrete Shoes
03:52
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Concrete Shoes
I never been a desperate man
I've never had my urge denied
I've never been too hard of hearing
But I hear tornado’s every time I sigh
People say I got a sense of humor
I can amuse them for a while
I like a good time with my friends
But I get tense when it's going fine
I'd take a job on a fishing boat
But I don't eat fish and I'm afraid I'll choke
I could be a driver too
I'd drive into the lake with some concrete shoes
I learned to live one day at a time
It seems to love is such a crime
I knew more when I was ten years old
But my blood is thinner now I feel the cold
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3. |
Secret Smile
04:50
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Secret Smile
Darlin’, I want to see you now
Darlin’ I missed you
Do you keep a secret smile,
A secret smile for me?
Monday was my Birthday
This year, I was searching
Will you let me hold you?
Will you let me have you for a while?
And I pray for a miracle
And I try to be sensible
If you’re out there.
The TV, so insincere
It’s just a night light, as I’m thinking
Should I travel far away?
Should I wait just one more day for you?
And if I cry at the movies
Will you still think I was manly?
If you’re out there.
Solo
Lonely, that was yesterday
Only, just a thought away.
If we should come to paradise
Do we say goodbye to our old lives… again ?
And in the age of the big millennium.
And in the age of Olympic.
The age of defacto.
And in the age of a ‘no show’.
This is the age of a super shopping mall
And in between all these empty walls.
Are you out there ?
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Self Help Song #338 8/3/99
I've been thinking, Bout' wasting time
I've been dreaming, of a better life
You’re not happy with me and I really don't know why
I been reading, The book of love
And I was trying, to patch things up
You’re still not happy with me and I honestly don't know why
Cos the things that we said
And the things that we did
This was never gonna happen to me
And every minute of the day
Every day of the week
We never really found the time, to be free
Your friends were lying, With their advice
What you been saying, Just aint nice
If you wanted some honesty, then why did you lie to me
chorus
If freedom is what we believe
It could be hiding in the trees
So I will build my tree house
As strong as it can be
And wait there for the change to come to me
1st verse
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5. |
Ode (My Gypsy Friend)
03:23
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Ode 31/3/99
You've been away for quite sometime
And I see your coming back now
Your bags look heavy
And your feet look sore
You been walking on the track now
And the road was long
And the music sold
And the story told once again
My gypsy friend
Like the warm embrace of an autumn sun
Our friendship does go back now
And I think of you when I need to
Keep the loneliness away
And my hands are tired
From the long goodbyes
So we laugh our lives away again
My gypsy friend
And lovers and wives and money
May all come and go
I'm still tuning guitars and playing in bars
As you know
And maybe your right
I lost sight of my ultimate goals
...who would know
So sit with me now and lets break some bread
And remember who we are
I'm still making jokes about driving over a cliff
So let’s go and borrow a car
Cos the road is long
And the music sold
Now my hands grow cold once again
My gypsy friend
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6. |
Monkey On My Back
02:36
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Monkey. 6/99
I'm a long way now from Oakleigh
But I smile when I pass through
This life it may provoke me
Still searching for a clue
It's looking like I like you
I don't control it anymore
I hope my monkey doesn't bite you
As we wrestle to the floor
Yahoo - It's on my back now
Yahoo - My monkey may attack now
You take my feelings lightly
So I'm taking it too hard
I got the right equipment
And a Karma credit card
Yahoo - It's all I got now
Yahoo - This is my last shot now
So how do we know?
If the real thing comes around
It just seems so
Thin upon the ground
So I struggle with my baggage
And the pieces of my heart
I'm limping on my ankle
From a lifetime of false starts
Yahoo - It's on my back now
Yahoo - My monkey may attack now
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7. |
This Moment
04:26
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This Moment
I've been down this same road, more than once
And I've seen how the signs can change
I know there's always sunshine,
behind the clouds
But I still run for cover when it rains
I gotta, take this moment
Make it an omen
So heavy is my thought,
I can hardly stand
But I don't have the answers
that I planned
Well I know I've got some baggage,
but I lost the tags
So I don't know the content of these bags
But I got to, take this moment
Make it an omen
Cos' the wind blows hot, the wind blows cold
It hollows through the city so
Take this moment
So what's the use of teaching,
by writing in the sand
Cos' I can't this message in my hand
If the oceans always moving,
the moon is always fine
But I could lose my patience for a sign
So take this moment
Make it an omen
The wind blows hot, the wind blows cold
It hollows through the city so, Take this moment
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8. |
Rearrange Myself
03:37
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Rearrange myself
Time on a skid,
I need to look back to see what I did
The opening line
That’s the place where I always do fine
And it’s a long way to the end of the road
But a short trip to the past
And all I ask
This time I’m gonna rearrange myself
Freedom of choice
Love if you can but still have a voice
A matter of trust
Faith was our hero but what is enough
And it’s a strong heart who is never afraid
In this small matter of life
But that’s alright
This time I’m gonna rearrange myself
Cos its complicated and I’m so frustrated
It’s a beautiful day
I hope that you find it, I know that you pray
We’ll always be sad
We’ll always be happy, we’ll always be mad
But it’s a fine time to be living your life
And its love that matters the most
And not these ghosts
This time I’m gonna rearrange myself
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9. |
Little Black Cat
02:45
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Little Black Cat
Little black cat are you out of your head?
You've been chewin' on the couch, cos' you want to be fed
But all I can give you, is just some sugar and bread
I know you're afraid, of the cat next door.
Cos’ he seems a little bigger, he seems a little more
But that ain't no reason, to be afraid of the door
Because there’s always someone bigger in the yard than you
There’s always someone bigger in the yard
So don't be afraid, to just be who you are
You’re my little black cat
You’re a, little black lucky charm
Solo
Some big old dog, may think he's better than you
Just cos' he got a bone that he loves to chew
But you got a home, you got some family too
Well, you gotta see the forest before the trees
And you gotta say thank you before you say please
You gotta live a good life before you buy the farm
My little black cat you’re a, little black lucky charm
Little black cat
You’re my little black cat
You’ll never get fat
On a diet like that
My little black cat
My little black lucky charm
You’re my little black cat
My little black cat lucky charm
My little black cat
You’re a little black lucky charm
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10. |
Robot Man
02:39
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Robot Man
Watching you undress, I can see.
You’re different to me.
Your skin looks soft to feel
Mine is made of steel
You don’t realise.
That your body can entice
And you put me in a state
But I can’t communicate.
I am a robot man
I am what you programme
Inside a metal shell
I was assembled on a line
In 2099
When science hit a peak.
But still I cannot speak.
You look into my eyes
Expressionless and wide.
Oh can’t you understand?
That I long to be a man.
Inside my metal shell.
I can feel as well.
am what you programme
I am a robot
…… man.
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11. |
Contemplating
02:33
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Contemplating
I walk alone, is someone there?
Keeping some heart, under the stairs
Maybe you live only in my mind.
With confidence, I walk the stage.
But who could see, an open page?
I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t move.
…was it you?
Contemplating, I was waiting for you.
Contemplating, I was waiting for you.
No one knows how I move inside.
Speak or die, I could not survive.
Reality takes a chance on me.
…I can see.
Contemplating, I was waiting for you.
Contemplating, I was waiting for you.
… I was waiting for you.
Contemplating, I was waiting for you.
Contemplating, I was waiting for you.
… I were waiting for you.
Just like a robot man.
I am what you program
I am a robot man.
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12. |
Love Still Burns
04:11
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Love Still Burns
It's not hard to forget all the good stuff
It's easy to find a road to pain
These tears make you lose your concentration
But wasted water is such a shame
But love still burns within our hearts
And the light comes shining through
I heard the tales of constant trouble
And I've been thinking what's right and wrong
It's hard to walk through all this rubble
So let’s lift our voice into a song
Love still burns within our hearts
And the light comes shining through
It would be tragedy, if they came for me too soon
So I'll wait and see, as I'm flying my balloon
We'll all be there soon
This life is a tricky combination
Of brains and brawn, and birds and bees
We're all part of this constellation
So let’s be the best that we can be
Love still burns within our hearts
And the light comes shining through
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Jimi Hocking Melbourne, Australia
Australian Guitarist Jimi ‘the human’ Hocking has been recording & performing music since 1980. He is a member of The Screaming Jets since 1993, & his own band Jimi the Human & Spectre 7. He also performs as a blues artist. 2005 winner of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis USA. Jimi plays electric & acoustic guitar & Mandolin. www.jimihocking.com ... more
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