chorus:

too weak to make the stand;
just taking it like a man.

I thought of your breathing head,
I thought of your voice;
I lost my reason,
I lost my choice.
I thought of your beating heart,
I thought of your touch.
I thought of screaming.
I thought too much.

(chorus)

too late to heal the madness,
too late to understand.

TASTE MY DREAM
sometimes I see you
stand by your window
staring at the sky

your laughter stolen
your spirit unwoken
life in search of life
can you feel my heat?
can you hear my words
echo in your room?

I hear your breathing
those nights of needing
hold onto something wild

so sick of fighting
so tired of writing
you break down like a child

can you taste my dream?
can you see my light
sparkle through the gloom?

can you taste my dream?
can you see my light?
can you taste my dream?
can you see my light?

can you see my light?

TEARDROP FALL
why the noise
and why the protest?
why try to talk
when it's all been said?

why the dream
and why the dreaming?
why try to get away
when there's no place ahead?

feel the way teardrops fall.
feel the weight
teardrop fall.
teardrop fall.

why the rage
and why the anger?
why try to fight
when you've got no defence?

why the hope
and why the hoping?
why try to understand
when it never made sense?

shut your mouth
close your eyes.
don't try to answer,
don't try to try.

feel the way teardrops fall.
feel the weight
teardrop fall.
teardrop fall.

teardrop fall.

shut your mouth
close your eyes.
ah, don't try to answer,
don't try to try.

feel the way teardrops fall.
feel the weight
teardrop fall.
teardrop fall.

teardrop fall.

THE BREAK-UP FOR REAL
go back and see the folks,
they're always glad to see you.
trot out the same old jokes,
avoid the things that seem new.

no talk about the wife -
she lives with someone else now.
forget your former life,
warm love became a cold cow.

driving to the coast,
it's hard to know what hurts the most.

chorus:

learning how to feel,
it's the break-up for real.

go out to see some friends,
you hope that you won't lose it.
you sit there and pretend -
play adolescent music.

singing to the sea,
you sing the songs that set you free.

(chorus)

THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI
your face in the photograph
was beautiful and pure.
your face in the photograph
held the fires of the world.
I howl for the smell of you,
I scream for your touch.
your face in the photograph
could carry me away.

barefoot in the holy land,
leaves tangled in your hair;
it might've been your simple smile
that sprayed me sweet with faith.
they pump you up with little lies,
they pump you up with dreams.
your face in the photograph
could carry me away.

your faith could crack my stupid heart.
your faith could carry me away.

THE NIGHT SKY
thought so fast, I ran out of thought.
chased the wind, and found myself bought.

music sounds with echoes of youth,
loaded up with visions of truth
(the more I felt, the less that I knew).

chorus:

the night sky, the sweet earth.
the night sky, the sweet air.
I never knew what hit me.

fragrance clings like smoke to my clothes.
autumn trees shed leaves over me.
colours bring new life to the earth.

chorus 2:

the night sky, the sweet earth.
the night sky, the sweet air.
I tasted heaven, and it hurt like hell -
the higher I climbed, the further I fell.

among the trees -
smell the damp from the branches,
listen to the river.

I take the leaves,
scrape this sin off my skin,
breathe in the sweet air.

(chorus 2 repeat)

(chorus 1 repeat)

I never knew what hit me.

(repeat until fade)

THINGS CHANGE
you got so clever
you're leaving me behind you.
you say you're better
(you're leaving me behind).

I remember
when heaven's lips kissed your every word,
I pretended
nothing you said could ever hurt.

you're leaving me behind you-
leaving me behind. you're leaving me behind you - THINGS CHANGE
leaving me behind. THINGS CHANGE

you walk upon the dirt
and chocolate wrappers,
you're leaving me behind you.
you move across the bridge
over the river-
leaving me behind.

"wherever you don't go,
I'll be by your side," you lied.
I hate the way things change.

you're leaving me behind you - THINGS CHANGE
leaving me behind. THINGS CHANGE

THINGS I WANT TO TELL YOU
roll me over on my right side,
roll me over slow.

roll me over on my right side,
my left side hurts me so.

I'm what you left behind,
I'm fading from your mind.
I'm what you left behind,
I'm fading from your mind.

there are things I want to tell you
I no longer tell you.
ways I want to hold you gone to waste.

it's harder in the evenings,
waiting for the phone rings
(the hollow thump of life that has no taste).

I'm what you left behind,
I'm fading from your mind.
I'm what you left behind,
I'm fading from your mind.

roll me over.

TIME TRAVEL IN TEXAS
all I can remember:
a blow to my head
and then there was darkness
and then there was pain

all I can remember:
that noise in my ear -
and then there was silence,
and then there was fear.

time travel in texas
see where it gets us
time travel in texas
see where it gets us
time travel in texas
see where it gets us
time travel in texas
see where it gets us

all I can remember
they banged the drum to quiet the child
and then there was laughter
laughter running wild

time travel in texas FAIL THE RAIN
see where it gets us THAT FAIL RAN THROUGH ME
time travel in texas FAIL THE RAIN
see where it gets us THAT FAIL RAN THROUGH ME
time travel in texas FAIL THE RAIN
see where it gets us THAT FAIL RAN THROUGH ME
time travel in texas FAIL THE RAIN
see where it gets us THAT FAIL RAN THROUGH ME

TOGETHER WE'RE STRANGER
we step outside
and face the poisoned weather.

you and I are something else together.

arm in arm,
we'd waste our charms forever.

drifting off, despite the cost,
afraid to ask for better.

you and I are something else together.

TULIP
talk slow, talk simple
talk to you about my life.
stand down, stand easy -
throw my flowers in the fire

chorus:

I need somebody to hold my hand
I need somebody who understands -

how to be crazy
and how to feel loved
and how to see the magic
in the streetlamps and the cars.

and how to be crazy
and how to feel love
and how to see the beauty
in the gutter and the stars.

(chorus)

lie down, lie easy
and forget this dying world.

(chorus)

TURQUOISE
(Donovan Leitch)
your smile beams like sunlight on a gull's wing,
and the leaves dance and play after you.
take my hand and hold it, as you would a flower.
take care with my heart, oh darling,
she's made of glass.
take care of my heart, my darling,
she's made of glass.

your eyes feel like silence resting on me,
and a bird seems to sing when you rise.
ride easy your fairy stallion, you mountain.
take care how you fly, my precious,
you might fall down.
take care how you fly, my precious,
you might fall down.

take care who you love, my precious,
take care who you love, my precious,
take care who you love, my precious,
you're made of glass.

take care who you love, my precious,
you're made of glass.

(repeat x 3)

UNTIL TOMORROW
you'll change your mind,
you'll change your life -
until tomorrow.

you understand
it's in your hands -
until tomorrow.

you used to love it
when you ran wild -
before you shacked up
with superman and child.

scream scarlet red,
and stay in bed -
until tomorrow.

they squeeze you dry,
too drained to cry -
until tomorrow.

URBAN DISCO
you want to tell your story,
you want to have your say -
but every time you try to speak,
more life gets in the way.

some children died today,
you're troubled by your face -
but everything's OK,
jason pulled on saturday.
jason pulled on saturday.

you wonder what's inside of you.
you keep yourself well-fed -
but every time you try to think,
more life gets in the way.

some people burned to death
while alex smoked his cigarette,
but you don't hold your breath,
'cause jason's had success.
jason pulled on saturday.

a burning plane had crashed
the time your father asked,
"whatever happened to the past?
whatever happened to the past?"

jason pulled on saturday.

WATCHING OVER ME
I look at your face,
you take me to the place
where I don't know anything,
anything at all.

you flutter and dance,
I ramble and rant.
I don't know anything
but I feel that if I fall
you'll be

watching over me,
watching over me,
watching over me.
I feel that if I fall
you'll be
watching over me,
watching over me,
watching over me,
singing angel songs to right my wrongs.

the world leaves no trace
on my stainless face,
my days are clearer now
my nights are right.
I can never retreat.
I can never repeat
this hope for all the things
I know I'll never know.
I feel you

watching over me
watching over me
watching over me
and I can dream of love again
I feel you
watching over me
watching over me
watching over me.

WHERE I'M CALLING FROM
and so I sing to you
another song of leaving.
it's not a question of love,
just a question of believing.
where I'm calling from,
you don't want to know;
where I'm calling from,
you don't want to go.

how does it fall when it falls?
how does it feel when it falls?
where I'm calling from;
how do you know when to go?

YOU GROW MORE BEAUTIFUL
I don't know what you want from me,
I don't know what you want me to be.
In my dreams it's so easy to see,
in my dreams it's so clear.

chorus:

I look for my face in the patterns on the wall,
I look for my shape in the way the flowers fall.
I look for my faith in you -
you grow more beautiful
as I fade away.

I don't know what you want me to say,
I don't know if you want me to stay.
in my dreams I find a way -
in my dreams I seize the day.

(chorus)

you grow more beautiful...

(chorus)

I look for my faith in you -
you grow more beautiful
as I fade away.

I look for my faith in you -
you grow more beautiful
as I fade away