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Uncrowned
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
You will go, yeah straight, straight to heaven While I'll probably hang around And let down And uncrowned Here at my window I see everything Every falling leaf That silently falls To the ground Uncrowned Just playing around This is the way that we do it This is how life goes It goes around A curve of children In a line Playing cricket Shrieks and cries As the sky turns dark And my thoughts, they swim back To when that was me Laughing joyfully In that park Uncrowned Just playing around This is the way that we do it This is how life goes It goes around I seem to have forgotten Something, ah, something important Some idea that came into my head and just went I tried to eliminate what's unnecessary But it was like untangling a ball of string I never guessed It'd be that difficult And unrewarding Uncrowned Just playing around This is the way we do it This is how life goes It goes around Uncrowned Around and around...
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Keep The Ball Rolling
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
Lost things must have a place to go Fury and laughter And the ability to say no No security, no promises No self righteous amen If you don't wanna play Then what are you doing in my garden Three little girls playing dress ups They all want to be queen You are the most demanding person that I've ever seen Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling You're crazy crazy crazy You kinda remind me of me Yeah I'm upset but I haven't killed anyone recently So let's drink to life This is a hell of a wine You were built for me alone For eternity our lives will be entwined Three little girls playing dress ups They all want to be queen You are the most demanding person that I've ever seen Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep it rolling... Keep it rolling... Felt as though a dreadful fate Was always hanging over me Some terrible thing I couldn't name or see But now I feel better than that Now I make some sense There's a right way and a wrong way And the truth's always the best defence Three little girls playing dress ups They all want to be queen You are the most demanding person I've ever seen Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Keep the ball rolling Ah Keep it rolling Ah Keep it rolling Ah Keep it rolling Ah Keep it rolling Ah Keep it rolling Ah Keep it rolling Ah Ah
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I Hope She's Happy Now
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
Someone passing by my door Someone I don't see anymore A bird singing outside my window They were gone before I could say hello That bird took fright Flew off into the light And I had to admit That I still wasn't quite over it Morning's my time of day Everybody else is away at work Saw no signs, no words were said Watching the clouds overhead Sweet smells of summer In the air In the breeze Rustling through the trees I hope she's happy now I hope she's happy now I hope she's happy now Outside my window there's a park Draw the curtains when it gets dark And while I slept My imaginary life swept over me The night is dark, full of doubt Stand your ground, ya won't have to shout I hope she's happy now I hope she's happy now I hope she's happy now
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Walk Softly, Carry A Big Stick
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
Just give me a hard boiled egg And three minutes of your time Don't ever change that smile That smile will always be mine. The night before Christmas In a convenience store Talking to an apparition of loveliness Behind the counter, near the door Coloured button on her uniform It said, have a nice day, we aim to please She was a minor league beauty Veronica Lake meets Thelma and Louise Do you mind if I ask a question And that moment seemed to last forever I said, have we met before? And she said well maybe...nah...no never Walk softly, but carry a big stick That's not a philosophy, it's just a technique That I learned, it's my favourite trick Walk softly, but carry a big stick The night before Christmas And summer rain was really pissing down Trying not to pay too much attention To the way my life seemed to have run aground I'd made my own bed Now I went to it, to sleep But I just watched the ceiling, Watched it's a wonderful life on TV Alone in my bedroom, flicking the radio From station to station I thought the road is long And that girl at the convenience store, was a strong temptation How there was something familiar about her Something that belonged in my past She and I had been lovers years ago But it didn't go well or last Is it the glimmer of dawn or just The flashing lights from the pizza place I rushed back to the store She and I stood face to face We were both feeling sentimental We agreed, life was quite a trip I said, Jane, look at it this way, ours has just been A growing together apart relationship
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Two By Two
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
A wind has blown my love away Day and night, night and day It's finished now, it's over and done Sun and rain, rain and sun It's true hey what they say You never miss something 'till it's taken away 'till it's out of reach And can't be taken back Your love was a treasure I'd ransacked Two by two I'd walk with you At twilight as the sky was turning red Two by two I'd walk with you at twilight Nobody believes In anything anymore She said, I don't want you Knocking at my door Promising me stars and flowers Promising me white veils Promising everything except the details You can't get drunk everyday You can't take my heart and throw it away You can't treat people like A construction site Then go out wearing your Smiley t-shirt at night This is where it hurts It's all normal enough No one is indispensable No one likes a rebuff So, I'll tell you everything I know Yeah, this is all that I found Life is sometimes full of fury And regularly we all run aground
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Everybody's Always Pissing In The Swimming Pool
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
I spent my life in the service The service of the state The state of high anxiety And no matter how hard I, hard I tried I could never, never rest easy Because you understand me I feel I can tell you this I know that sounds a little dubious A moment of panic Just slipped through my fingers on to the floor I don't wanna, won't feel like that anymore 'Cowards die many times before their deaths' Swimmers they just hold their breaths I guess I was the fool Everybody's always pissing in the swimming pool In books everything looks easy Yeah but life is a little more A little more, a little more difficult And the greatest irony Is that if ????? wisdom comes It comes too late, comes too late to do anything about it all 'Cowards die many times before their deaths' Swimmers they just hold their breaths I guess I was the fool Everybody's always pissing in the swimming pool I spend my life in the service The service of the state Yeah the state, the state of high anxiety And no matter how hard Hard I tried I could never, never rest easy I'll be ?singing? that... 'Cowards die many times before their deaths' Swimmers they just hold their breaths I guess I was the fool Everybody's always pissing in the swimming pool Pissing in the pool Pissing in the pool Everybody's in the pool In the pool
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She's Too Dumb To Care
Cummings/Colin Talbot |
She watches the world outside her window Brushes her golden hair Seasons come and seasons go She's too dumb to care What's that waiting 'round the corner Hello is anybody in there Well she can't see anything And even if she could She's too dumb to care She doesn't know what she doesn't know It's a whole generation lost out there You can look for her where she ought to be But you won't find her there Footsteps down a dark corridor Strangers they stop and stare It's not worth the effort anymore She's too dumb to care And all her friends have lost their way And she's too dumb to care Nobody's at her door anymore saying Hello is anybody there She doesn't know what she doesn't know It's a whole generation lost out there You can look for her where she ought to be But you won't find her there She watches the world outside her window Brushes her golden hair Seasons come, seasons go She's too dumb to care Yeah, she's too dumb to care She's too dumb to care
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Didn't Anybody Ever Say No To You Before
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
I talk to you the same way that you talk to me Your question doesn't have an answer I could give readily I might be forced beyond words, I might make animal sounds A frightened little soul in ankle socks and hand me downs Didn't anybody ever say no to you before Didn't anybody ever say no to you before Here is a line that runs between you and me A willing arm that stretches all the way from her to eternity You can't stop all the clocks, but if I could, you know I would I'd stay holed up in my castle and I'd try to ignore this world Didn't anybody ever say no to you before Didn't anybody ever say no to you before I was a 'desire in search of a desire' That was something I'd read, don't know where If somebody sees me, caught out in the rain looking up at the moon Don't be timid, point me in the right direction, send me home The moments they just come and go, like a blur or a whisper And I'll get sulky at the slightest look of disapproval from her Didn't anybody ever say no to you before Didn't anybody ever say no to you before Didn't anybody ever say no to you before Didn't anybody ever say no to you before
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I've Gotta Lot Of Faith In You
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
Aren't you here in my arms, in my bed And deep down inside I can't get you outta my head What do I have to do The instant that I first saw you Jerking me off balance right outta the blue I, I gotta lot of faith in you I, I know that dreams they do come true What I'm having difficulty trying to say Is that words get in the way Oh, It takes too long to explain But you're a friend of mine Between us runs a line That's far too complicated to ever define I, I gotta lot of faith in you I, I know that dreams they do come true Rinsed my socks and shorts in the sink Got up and took a shower, I tried to think I always pay attention to the weather Somehow I know this is just gonna come together It's been on the cards that you and me Would wind up together on a journey Who knows how far it will run But you make me feel secure And I'm sure Whatever fate has in store, it'll be fun I, I gotta lot of faith in you I, I know that dreams they do come true I, I gotta lot of faith in you I, I gotta lot of faith in you
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Rise And Fall
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
Two big yellow roses Sit on my window sill Making faces at me Sitting perfectly still Daily papers spread out In front of me Gulp down my breakfast Slurp my coffee Rise and fall Rise and fall Makes my skin crawl Every day is the day of reckoning Doubts and anger Arise from the past Finally you get To see your real self at last The picture's not pretty Like that yellow rose And the road that you travelled on You wish you'd never chose Rise and fall Rise and fall Makes my skin crawl Every day is the day of reckoning Each night to bed I go And solemnly hope I'll wake in the morning Better able to cope With the hurtful stupidity Of the life you've led And the nagging feeling You shouldn't bother getting out of bed Rise and fall Rise and fall Makes my skin crawl Every day is the day of reckoning Rise and fall Rise and fall Makes my skin crawl Every day is the day of reckoning You might be sitting In some anonymous shopping mall Jingle jangle of the muzak Might make you reach for a highball When a guy with a semi automatic Sticks a nozzle against your head A minute later twenty people are dead For no reason at all
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Like A Shadow
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
Her face grew small and her eyes filled with tears Make yourself so miserable, that you fumble changing the gears Get yourself in such a tangle, even an angel couldn't fix Well you were always irresistible, you don't need the theatrics Like a shadow following everywhere you go Tantalising glimpses, like trailers at a picture show I don't want to quarrel, don't want you to change your mind Sometimes life does seem to be unfair and unkind She shook as she spoke, she wanted adventure, a quest Everything changes and the simplest things they're always the best So be careful what you say, I couldn't stand much more of this Well you could always rescue me with a loving kiss Like a shadow following everywhere you go Tantalising glimpses, like trailers at a picture show I don't want to quarrel, don't want you to change your mind Sometimes life does seem to be unfair and unkind Love and glory is not the full story, no, it's just a part Don't speak ill of me, your words stab me in the heart Way down deep, long, sharp, hurtful and black Things we'd both said we'd regretted and wanted to take back Like a shadow following everywhere you go Tantalising glimpses, like trailers at a picture show I don't want to quarrel, don't want you to change your mind Sometimes life does seem to be unfair and unkind Like a shadow following everywhere you go Tantalising glimpses, like trailers at a picture show I don't want to quarrel, don't want you to change your mind Sometimes life does seem to be unfair and unkind Like a shadow I'll be following you Everywhere Everywhere that you go Everywhere that you go Everywhere
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Play It As It Lays
Cummings/Shane O'Mara |
She was beautiful, burnt out brilliant and lost Somehow though in describing her, I am just describing me Lovers lost keep reappearing, as you slip into sleep Forgotten faces, names and promises that you couldn't keep I said I'd get back to you, and I did, but it took a few years There's a proper time for everything, some things do fall into place Fragments remembered from childhood, a father you hardly knew You're unable to determine exactly what to do Don't you wanna say it - just play it as it lays Don't you wanna say it - just play it as it lays It's autumn in Lovetown, the sun's out but there is a chill in the air It's not the big chill, it's a standstill, with no discernible pattern It soothes me, staring at the sun through a haze over the bay Watching the Westgate Bridge motorway Don't you wanna say it - just play it as it lays Don't you wanna say it - just play it as it lays Play it as it lays Time to reconstruct yourself, keep all the lines open and free I'll cry over anything, nothing's wasted, it's all stored in ya memory Every day there's a dilemma, being conscious pays The best you can do is just to play it as it lays Don't you wanna say it - just play it as it lays Don't you wanna say it - just play it as it lays Play it as it lays
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When It Rains Outside
Cummings/Chris Abrahams |
Passing cars skid in the rain Screeching sounds, railway train Let's leave it at that Let's just leave it at that I take my time I get the willies all by myself I'm not that strong Don't think I'm that strong But I know when I've done wrong When it rains outside it rains inside me I'm slipping, I'm slipping I'm falling hard No inclination to do anything Some people never have a worry No self doubts No anxiety Does that astonish you Well, hey, it astonishes me When it rains outside it rains inside me
