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1. |
Feels Like Home Again
05:19
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ooh well im breathin in and im wakin up in the mornin sun,
and im, half asleep and thinking, that ive come a long way
from my home....... ive come a long way from my home,
yet still it feels like home again
ooh well im weighing in the possibilities,
that its made a change in me, that this foreign little place
has set its skin to my bones,
yet still it feels like home again
awaits me…. not set in stone
come take me….my new found home…..
oooh im gunna break away
oooh im gunna break away… im home………..
ooh well im breathin in and im wakin up in the mornin sun,
and im wide awake and still thinking,
that ive come a long way from my home,
ive come a long way from my home,
yet still it feels like home again
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2. |
Southern Breezes
04:16
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oh when the sunlight hits the sea,
im gunna wake up pack some things man, then ill be gone
yeh im gunna, take my truck way down old hill road,
gunna pass by mabe'alenes and see what, she been seeing
down that road, now here the story i been told,
that the winds been blowin south man and we,
we gotta go, so we wont stick around too long,
so if your comin man ya better come along
southern breezes blowin, through the air,
and i don't have a care in this world
aint got much money man, but, i don't mind,
cos it aint the kinda thing that rocks my world
pretty girls and whiskey, they owe me good,
when the musics playin late and loud, you know we should
yeh we're gunna stick around,
till the southern breeze is blown by our shores
oh when the sunlight starts to fade and winds do change
yeh we'll just let it slip away and take the day
the winds be blown offshore, no more,
still we'll be dancing in the rain,
when theres no sunshine all the same, we'll have a ball…
till the southern breezes come around again
southern breezes blowin, through the air,
and i don't have a care in this world
aint got much money man but, i don't mind,
cos it aint the kinda thing that rocks my world
pretty girls and whiskey, they owe me good,
when the musics playin late and loud, you know we should
yeh we're gunna stick around,
until the southern breeze is blowin by our shores
yeh we're gunna stick around….
until the southern breeze aint blowin anymore.
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3. |
Heading Home Soon
04:06
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i can see the sunset falling on horizons red
i can feel it calling it beats in my chest
i can smell the burning sugar canes
on the wind as it blows through the air
i can smell the booze of the bar and i know man
i know i should be there, yeh i know i should be there.
cos yeh im heading home real soon
cos im craving my freedom and my fantasy too
im gunna fly into darwin going fishin goin cuttin
gunna roam right through the land that i love
im gunna see all the ones i been missing
so long i been gone now, now that im heading home
now that im heading home.
cos so much has changed since i been gone
theres loved ones dying and new ones being born
the banks have changed now its breaking to the left,
but so have i man and its all for the best….
cos yeh im heading home real soon,
cos im craving my freedom and the road through it too
im gunna head through the dessert over red earth
gunna fall down on my knees,
im gunna feel the summer breeze on my face
im gunna let the sun burn all my skin
i wanna feel its sting, now that im heading home
yeh now that im heading home…
so while i been gone this foreign land uno its
taught me so much of how to be such a man
ive learnt from loss and ive learnt from my gain
that nothings given and we all share the blame.
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4. |
Inga's Song
04:27
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well i thank you for the times we shared,
well say now girl are you going to be prepared,
to start it up all over again
say now girl now you've had your fun,
we traveled all around the world but are you goin to be,
prepared, to start it up all over again
well all the nights that id spent,
spent dreaming of just being with you again have come,
yeh they've come, yeh well im gunna gunna gunna gunna
start up again
and so, when you, come'a' back'a' into my life again,
well we don't, we don't know,
where or when ever it may start up again
but lets not leave it wait too long.
i saw a girl blown in my wind
and in the trickles of her water falls i heard her sing begin,
yeh begin, to start it up all over again
well we said, yeh she said, i don't know how far this story
may go, well who knows, but we said we said we said, yeh
yeh well i know our time may be short spent
on this country on this land with
mien deutchlander gute friend, till the end
we said i know our time may be short spent
but there'll be many happy memories
in our short time we do both spend, to the end
thats rite im gunna gunna gunna gunna start up again
yeh well i know its been a long time apart away
yeh well im gunna really wanna
gunna gunna gunna gunna say
yeh well i know its been a long time apart, away
so lets wind it back from the start to the heart
where it all began today
thats right im gunna gunna gunna gunna start up again
thats right im gunna gunna gunna gunna start up again
thats right im gunna really wanna start it
all over again
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5. |
Hitchin' My Ride
04:36
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im standin on a 'B' road waiting long,
long waiting gunna be my day
im standin on a 'B' road waiting long,
along now brother wont you drive my way…
yeh she's gunna brake now, he's gunna take me home
yeh don't leave me standin sideways,
don't leave me on this highway road
she's gunna brake now, she's gunna take now
please wont ya take from my soul, a little piece of my mind
& when we get where we're goin, gunna find my way to
gunna say my thank you's, for driving me home,
for hitching my ride.
yeh she's gunna brake now, she's gunna take me home
yeh he's gunna brake now, he's gunna take me home
so don't leave me standin sideways
don't leave me on this road
don't leave me on this highway,
don't leave me on this highway road
boots wearing thin while the rain is pouring
got a rich man driven by a poor man walkin
got 16 miles till i find my home,
so don't leave me on this highway road
yeh she's gunna brake now, he's gunna brake now
please wont ya take from my soul, a little piece of my mind
and when we get where we're goin,
im gunna find my way too,
im gunna say my thank you's, for driving me home,
for hitching my ride.
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6. |
Do You Still
04:56
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yeh do do do do do do do you still,
open your arms, and hold out too
yeh, do do do do do do do you say,
everyday, everyday, i love your way
i want to see you do,
lets try to find whats true inside inside of you
i want to hear you say,
lets try to find whats true inside everyday… everyday
yeah do do do do do do do you still,
open your arms, and hold out too
yeah do do do do do do do you say,
everyday, everyday, i love your way
i see skys of blue, and trees of green,
aint it the best dam looking world that you've ever seen
and i see rainbows, where bluebirds fly,
and its fallen on the faces of the people dancing by
yeah do do do do do do do you still,
open your arms, and hold out too
yeah, do do do do do do do you say,
everyday, everyday, i love your way
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well id stay up late till 3am my glass of whiskey in my hand
and worry bout the days id see ahead
while the brightness of the streetlights keep shining
through my window, reflective of the pages on my knee.
well im gunna write my story up and down
as it goes flying out the chimney window
cos i know the smoke that burns my eyes
will clear enough so i can finally see
that walking with no destination knows,
of a story man and this is how it goes....
well it goes head out to no destination
i don't need no explanation for it
im gunna take some pressure off my mind
and head out to a slowly rollin sea
cos all this thinking made for too much drinking,
cant ya see the ship is sinking,
get out while the chains are breaking free
cos walking with no destination knows,
of a story man, and this is how it goes.
yeh well its early morning and my engines roaring
im gunna get on my bike and go out for a ride
im gunna see whats waiting round the bend
forget about my worrying
and head out to a new place in my mind
yeah well im heading to no destination
i don't need no explanation for it
im gunna take some pressure off my mind
and slowly let the peace of it back in,
cos all this thinking made for too much drinking,
cant you see the ship is sinking,
get out while the chains are breaking free….
cos walking with no destination knows,
of a story man. and this is how it goes.
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8. |
Walking On My Land
04:49
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when im leaving ill be leaving on the sands,
walkin bare feet down the back beat of this land
when ive seen the sea the mountains
and the red dessert sand
ill know im walkin, yeh im walkin on my land
walking bare feet down the back beat of this land
so when im leaving ill be living long im living on ill know
and when yuol see me see,
im looking at this world through other windows
ill watch the oceans rise and fall
and the mountains come and go
cos when im leaving ill….
yeh when im leaving ill be leaving on the sands,
walkin bare feet down the back beat of this land.
when im leaving ill be leaving on the sands,
walkin bare feet down the back beat of this land.
yeh when im leaving don't be grieving for me man,
cos ill be walkin with my brothers hand in hand
when we've seen the last and walked on past the red river sands
ill know we're walkin yeh we're walkin on our land
walkin bare feet down the back beat of the sands,
walkin bare feet with my brothers hand in hand
so when im leaving ill be living long im living on ill know
and when yuol see me see
im looking at this world through other windows
ill watch the oceans rise and fall
and the mountains come and go
cos when im leaving ill……. yeh when im leaving ill....
when im leaving ill be leaving on the sands,
walkin bare feet down the back beat of this land.
when im leaving ill be leaving on the sands,
walkin bare feet with my brothers hand in hand.
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9. |
Like Dis
03:57
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climbing dizzy heights we're dancing way up with the stars
and we're trying to stand up straight man
but we're towers falling down
so move your feet along the street,
get up now and feel the beat
im breakin out im breakin out, im turnin up the heat
like dis, like dis, like dis,
drink that bottle down, serve another round
come and dance with me, and we'll see, see, see…
see where it ends up, with my hands on your B cups
let us show you how, we can play this whole night out…..
like dis, we'll kiss, the sky, we'll be so damn high... like dis
drink that bottle down, serve another round,
come and dance with me and we'll see see see….
see where it ends up, while we're turnin the heat up
let us show you how, we can play this whole night out….
like dis like dis, like dis.
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10. |
Unjust
05:16
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holy battles wars outdone, crimes against humanity
all of the brutality its all unjust, yeah… all unjust.
all the reasons we say fight for peace,
always contradicting it, whats peace, its all unjust
so if you look at all the history, in all its misery,
now which god will we trust now i say
what if we could turn these cards around,
would man be rising up and not rising down
what if we could place new cards on the table,
i say we're able, to turn these cards around
lets turn them upside down
upside down
the homeless people wonder round,
their buildings all torn down, for what for peace
its all unjust id say
for my brothers and my sisters now,
we must welcome them with freedom and feel not
the likes of fear just grace in place
i see , i see, i see, i see…
i see a new day shining oh so beautiful
the sunlight shining peeping shining through
grey clouds always come around but then they'll move on
so with the wind we must relate,
to blow away all of the hate
then we'll reep the benefits from
all the love we'd be rising up on now now now…
what if we could turn these cards around
would man be rising up and not rising down
what if we could place new cards on the table,
i say were able to turn these hearts around,
lets turn them upside down.
what if we could turn these cards around
would man be risen up and not wearin frowns
no more children crying behind those bars of iron freedom dying now
lets turn these things around, i say were able,
to turn these lives around
i say were able, to turn these hearts around,
lets turn them upside down
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11. |
Bye Bye Baby Blue
04:04
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well i walked about 16,000miles a day,
just to get broken down, by my sweet little lady,
and that lady she gone say, now boy your gone gone,
she said boy your gone gone
she said boy your gon' gone your gone way outta my heart
so don't you go even, even go start,
don't you go start….. this crying game
singing boy your gone gone, your gone way outta my dayz
so bye bye bye bye baby blue, i said where has gone you,
i said where has gone you
so high high high high honey please,
girl im down on my knees, yeh girl im begging you please,
don't you go start, this crying game
don't you go even even start saying,
don't you go start…. this crying game
singing boy your gone gone, your gone well outta my days
so bye bye bye bye baby blue
i said where has gone you, i said where has gone you
so high high high high honey please,
girl im down on my knees yeh im begging you please,
so don't you go start, this crying game
don't you go even even start saying,
don't you go start…. this crying game
singing boy your gone gone, singing boy yuor gone gone
singing girl yuor gon' gone, singing girl yuor gone
your gone well outta my dayz
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12. |
Fire In The Sky
06:47
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a winters frozen morning and my face is feeling numb
a sailors early warning and the sky is burning red
the crispy morning grass is dripping down my
ankles deep in, mountain air thin dry,
there's a fire in the sky, yeah there's a fire in the sky.
all the high tall mountain ridges grab onto the clouds
and reel them in, mount lindzeys sitting up above them all,
she's standing tall, she'll burn no more
the richmonds runnin dry and all the banks sand
gone all soft again, she needs to quench her thirst
and flood to run again, now the farmers asking why
yeah there's a fire in the sky
a sailors early morning warning and the sky is burning red
the richmond used to run but now she's dried her bed
all been parched of thirst, her tears all cried away
and now my eyes are burning red
while my face is feeling dry
yeah there's a fire in the sky
while my eyes are burning red
gums are breathing, fauna's feeding
on the misty morning dew
the waters flowing, while the fires burning red
this land is old, this land is bold
this land cant take no more being left out in the cold
so soon she'll fight back then, we'll be sorry when
she rains and burns and seasons turn we'll finally learn
a sailors warned again
while my eyes are burning red, and my face is feeling dry,
yeah there's a fire in the sky
while my eyes are burning red.
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Tristan O'Meara Byron Bay, Australia
Byron Bay roots/folk artist, Tristan O'Meara, has performed for thousands on the streets of cities across the world from Australia to the UK, Ireland, Europe, India, Nepal & Bangkok. He spends his life busking around the globe and crafting didgeridoos (www.omearadidgeridoos.com) at his home in the hinterland of byron bay, and rarely performing shows in Australia these days other than local shows. ... more
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