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You Spoke (Hold On)
02:52
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The thieves are thick and the days are long
Passion slips, or has it just moved on
A ramblin' soul on a road unknown
You spoke, hold on
You pushed me back from the 44
I thought I'd lost to the traffic roar
Thought I heard black dogs a' scratchin' at my door
You spoke, hold on
And the clock bell chimes on the hour at ten
Do we rise up just to fall again
And still I wonder
Where have you gone to my friend?
I heard the lies i nthe city walls
Along came real folk
Out came fakes and bores
When did you show your final score
She spoke, hold on
And the clock bell chimes on the hour at ten
Do we rise up just to fall again
And still I wonder
Where have you gone to my friend?
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2. |
Weatherman
03:46
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I saw a picture of the old dirt road
Winding through fields of crimson and gold
Far from the wheels of the star machine
Out to the spaces that lie in between
Weatherman says so fine
I believe him this time
Let's walk that road see what we can find
You kept a small stone by your bedside
So pale and so smooth you touched it at night
I never understood the promise of small charms
There's a coin in my pocket and it's shining so bright
Weatherman says so fine
I believe him this time
Take out your two wheels there's no rain
I came back from somewhere smiling
Laughing at a joke you told me yesterday
Dancing in my head to ancient music
A thousand years old and getting young in every way
Weatherman says so fine
I believe him this time
Weatherman says so fine
Weatherman says so fine
Weatherman says so fine
Weatherman says so fine
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3. |
Waltzing Too Long
04:49
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Caught the last train to this winter station
The air is too cold the dream is still real
There's rivers that tangle, turn on the flood plain
Like sad conversations where all is revealed
Was it a smile that came to your eyes
As you stumbled punch drunk to the dawn
Then the thought that passed, like a spectre at night
Was it maybe I'm waltzing too long
You tasted the waters that flowed by the mountain
So sweet when you're climbing, so sour when you're gone
And you broke your back when you weren't even trying
Pushing boulders to heaven while your heart pulled back home
You woke in a sweat, the gutter seemed warm
But hell it's no place to get wrong
And you rode the train under the pale moon again
Thinkin' maybe I'm waltzing too long
Thinkin' maybe I'm waltzing too long
There are regrets and there are forgivings
If you stand like a statue if you run like a storm
It's a minute past six in the land of the living
Somewhere there's crying - it goes on too long
Did you collide with the pain that you hide
And just what are those words to that song
Ah you fell to the floor as the band hit the first chord
Singin' maybe I'm waltzing too long
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Tell Your Story
02:52
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I saw that something on your mind
I caught you breathing out of time
Saw the panic in your eyes
Heard the cover up and lies
I swear that I won't tell your story now
It's not my business anyhow
You felt the roadway bend around
You felt so light above the ground
You felt the salt stream to your eyes
You looked for someplace you could hide
I swear that I won't tell your story now
It's not my business anyhow
All that I can do
Is to stay here with you
You find it hard beyond the door
You feel a prisoner in this war
With every step you try to take
You feel your heart will surely break
All that I can do
Is to stay here with you
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5. |
Dark Cafe
03:43
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You walk the same mile to the dark cafe
Dark cafe means a sense of danger
The conversation bores you just the same
You stay to feel the growing anger
You stare at the door and the dark cafe walls
Disappear
And here they gather the answers are their friends
They know just how the world is thinking
Their tonges are razor sharp, their visions have no end
They smile with lips too stained from drinking
You stare at the door and the dark cafe walls
Disappear
I cannot understand the words you use
The way you use them
You talk in circles like the games we played
When we were children
I want to reach to you
Your intellect puts you above me
You talk solutions
What I'm hearing is hypocrisy
The hours melt the smoke is sticking to their skins
They've covered heart attack and sorrow
They leave on tired legs on needles and on pins
They'll save the world again tomorrow
You stare at the door and the dark cafe walls
Disappear
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Two Aeroplanes
04:25
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Sail into harbour, pull your sails down
Rest a while on these shores
It was so simple before the rain came
Simple maybe more
There is a path some are walking
There is a path some will stall
Time for questions, time for talking
Sometime no sense at all
Two aeroplanes unafraid of how high they are
Two aeroplanes wings shake engines roar
Two aeroplanes flying in a small room
Two aeroplanes fall
Sail into harbour pull your sails down
Rest a while on these shores
It was so simple before the rain came
Simple maybe more
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7. |
Mists And Mazes
03:36
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There's a light out on the water
Where the sailors drift forever
When you looked back
Did you see me standing on the shore
You don't need a tower to make you tall
It's a quarter past the hour
Nothing's making sense, did it ever
Did a siren call you to those rocks
Did you end up there
Cold and fighting
And did you try to fill in all the pieces
Did you try to give the love you needed
Di you call out
When all the mists and mazes confused you once again
Were you confused my friend
There's a pale moon in the north sky
And a tide that's risin' so high
Did you fall down to your knees when you heard the news
Did you stand in silence, did you refuse to try...
To fill in all the pieces
Did you try to give the love you needed
Did you call out
When all the mists and mazes confused you once again
Were you confused my friend
Take me down to the waters edge
We'll look for pearls
In the dirty sand
And did you try to fill in all the pieces
Did you try to give the love you needed
Did you call out
When all the mists and mazes confused you once again
Did you try......
There's a light out on the water
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8. |
Under The Paint
04:24
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When you strip back all the things you have
All possessions all the traps
All the fashions old and new
Things invented, things held true
Under the paint, behind your eyes
Do you shed a skin and still wear a disguise?
When you take away the greatest fear
Things too far away, too near
All the things behind a screen
All you've captured, all you've freed
Under the paint, behind your eyes
Do you shed a skin and still wear a disguise?
I heard the building falling down
Across the street around our town
I saw the hammers and the chains
Take apart what should remain
Under the paint, behind your eyes
Do you shed a skin and still wear a disguise?
I thought the songs they meant something
I thought the chorus could begin
I thought it was some kind of grace
That kept the runners from the race
Under the paint, behind your eyes
Do you shed a skin and still wear a disguise?
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9. |
Winter Conversation
02:31
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Winter blows, summers gone
I trace the steps on down the path
You walked along
And you tell your story loud
It rises, mingles with the crowd
That stay too long
And I waited 'til the changing conversation
Turned to fire
Burnt your bridges made ashes of your life
And you say that you're no fool
That you're just tired of all the miles of promises
That fall so fast from view
So you hang your pride so high
And keep the next day standing all alone
Take the car out for a drive
To stop you reaching for the telephone
You know I'll see you i the future
But until this time is lost
I'm just a shadow, beneath the overpass
There is nothing I can say
To make you feel a different way
Just don't play
With all the ghosts that haunt you
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10. |
The Places We Know
03:38
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I went searching through the pieces
That had washed up on the sand
With a chill wind blowing at my back
And time at my command
And I wondered at the broken cargo
Lying at my feet
And I wondered what remained there stolen
By the rolling sea
And I'll take your hand
We'll go to all the places we know
And feel whole again
And the messengers flew overhead
They flew on brittle wings
The cries they sound for miles around
To no one listening
So I wrapped this blanket around me
And I headed for the quay
Where sails are full and courses true
And love's still a mystery
And I'll take your hand
We'll go to all the places we know
And feel whole again
Silent stranded
Trapped by the tide
If you see me I have survived
And I'll take your hand
We'll go to all the places we know
And feel whole again
Well you know I may be restless
Sometimes I may be cold
But you know that there are some things
That put restless in your soul
And I love your gentle innocence
Your strong simplicity
And I hate the greed, the anguish
They're pushing right at me
And I'll take your hand
We'll to to all the places we know
And feel whole again
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11. |
In The Silence
03:03
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Down the faint reckless path again
Shoes full of lead and a fame of pretend
I saw the drifters and the also-rans
In the thunder that brought in the storm
They were confident they were proud
They're here for the beer
They're here for the crowd
Voices rang from the first ten rows
I heard the angels I couldn't let go
In the silence there was light
I think I'll stay up all night
You say it's a sure thing
I'm sure that's all true
Let's travel the world with the folk
And the blues
Let's empty our pockets
And miss all the cues
In a world that lies safe and becalmed
In the silence there was light
I think I'll stay up all night
You came to me there were tears in your eyes
You said you were troubled by the time
How it flies
Don't worry girl you're not walking alone
There's two on this road
So let's travel it home
In the silence there was light
I think I'll stay up all night
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12. |
Mysterious Thing
04:32
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It's a mysterious thing
Leaves you grounded without wings
When all you need to do is fly
It's a brave heart
That convinces you to start
A journey that sometimes tears you apart
It's a brace heart
It's a kind hand
That helps you understand
All the levels of the land, when to speak
When not to try
It's a kind hand
The fire lights up
You drink from the cup
Water or wine
It's a mysterious thing
It's a strange sea
That ruins so dark and deep
Beneath the falling feet
Of those just walking by
It's a strange sea
The fire lights up
You drink from the cup
Water or wine
It's a mysterious thing
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Steph Miller and the Winter Station Sydney, Australia
Known nationally and internationally for his work in Roaring Jack and Eva Trout, Steph Miller has been performing his own songs, solo and in bands, for many years. The Winter Station brings together a fluid studio collaboration of top players from Sydney and regional New South Wales. ... more
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The debut EP from Railplane - Steph Miller, Stephen Mitchell and Edmond Kairouz.
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