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The World's A Room
03:26
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Turns out all the world’s a room
I walked for miles in my room
I climbed a mountain, climbed a stair
I reached the peak I’d gone nowhere
In the very same moment
A thought crept through my mind
I thought I’d see you there
How do you pass the time?
The walls I sit and stare
Turns out all
the world is a room
all the world
In one little room
Oh won’t you come, come around
Another voice a welcome sound
Come sail the sea across my floor
Crashed the foot of a cliff my front door
I know I never should’ve closed it
A thought crept through my mind
I thought I’d see you there
How do you pass the time?
The walls I sit and stare
Turns out all
the world is a room
all the world
in one little room
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2. |
Oblivion Banjo
03:24
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This song came along
It’s almost wholly in my own style
It took some time
This one took a while
It don’t look like the sea
It ain’t no symphony
It don't have dirty hands
It will not be part of the weather
It’s a quote of a quote
A footnote to a footnote
So what makes me
I’m neither and I’m both
Kidding around all the time
At the risk of repeating myself
I come and go
In me as though
You might move
From room to room
A photograph of me
Taking photos of the sea
Plotting a winding path
On a decades long graph
Kidding around all the time
At the risk of repeating myself
I sit where I always sit
A bookshelf with books on it
I carted from place to place
Staring me in the face
It begins this way
Talismans of the past
It took some time
Took until the last
Kidding around all the time
At the risk of repeating myself
[instrumental]
Going forward looking back
Drifting further from
My point of start
How I miss that place
It’s 1979
I’m spraying water on
Straw coloured grass
A dead or dying lawn
Kidding around all the time
At the risk of repeating myself
It’s 1991
Curtains blow in and out
I'm in a green suit
And things are heading south
Skipping through time
It’s 1999
Another century
It was mine
Kidding around all the time
At the risk of repeating myself
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3. |
Caught The Corners
04:02
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Hear the knocking on my door
No she don’t live here no more
Walk to the corner of my street
And I’m dragging my feet
Turned a corner thought I saw you there
Into the middle distance I stare
Maybe just a trick of the light
Caught the corner of my eye
I see, I see you
What do, what do, what do I see?
I walk to the corner of the room
Blend to the background I assume
A posture so non-descript
For social occasions I’m ill equipped
In the corner on my left
The host is looking so bereft
In the corner on my right
Out the corner of my eye
I see, I see you
What do, what do, what do I see?
I never seen it before
Oh before my eyes
I never seen it before, oo-ooh
I see, I see you
What do, what do, what do I see?
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4. |
A Song About A Song
04:32
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Maybe I’ll just disappear
Fade from sight, but do not fear
Baby you’ll never fade away
Forever live, in a melody
Staring on, photo on the sleeve
In the song, Incident on South Dowling Street
Wrote a song, without a beat
How you lay dyin’ a mere four feet
From his arms and out of reach
And in his song, you’ll forever be
Staring on, photo on the sleeve
In the song, Incident on South Dowling Street
[instrumental]
Staring on, photo on the sleeve
In the song, Incident on South Dowling Street
I’m, saying I’m right
Is it a man?
Have I seen the light?
I could be wrong
Is it a bird?
Who’s ever heard
Heard of a song
A song about a song (about a song)
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5. |
The Wheel It Turns
02:23
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Another year, another one
So I tallied up everything I done
Searched my mind and as I feared
For all that’s gone and there’s nothing here
And I learned
I was waiting for the wheel to turn
And it turned
Oh it turned
I knuckled down, I worked on it
Got a dead end job, renting a bedsit
She said whatever it is, your fortunes bring
The weight of its worth is in the waiting
But I don’t learn
Pulled the pin on which my fate would turn
And it turned
Oh it turned
[instrumental]
And I learned
I was waiting for the wheel to turn
And it turned
Oh it turned
It turns, it turns
Oh how the wheel it turns
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6. |
In A Mirror Life
03:06
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On the shelf of the junk store
Found an album cover of
An image of the city from above
On the back cover
Of that album I discover
Is it a phantom or the mirror image of?
A place that time forgot
On the other side (of this)
In a mirror life
On the surface how it gleams
Yeah it’s burstin’ at the seams
And I can’t help but feel
Somehow set apart
But it’s the places that remain
The vacant lots and dusty lanes
A shadow of a place that time forgot
That’s the place I’m thinking of
On the other side (of this)
In a mirror life
[instrumental]
On the other side (of this)
In a mirror life
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7. |
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I don’t know why
I am me
Born of the earth
Stars and the sea
I am no foe
No enemy
I have no choice
I am a tree
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8. |
Some Tricks
02:35
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Some tricks take you down slow
Some take no time at all
There ain’t nobody to call
My advice is let it go
Some tricks seem to go fine
Some wither on the vine
You hear about it all the time
But luck ain’t a friend of mine
Your debt ain’t settled yet
And there ain’t no public waiting
For this masterpiece you’re painting
Something different ay?
Beats painting walls, walls
Some tricks take you down slow
Some take no time at all
There ain’t nobody to call
My advice is let it go
Your bed now lie in it
And your deadline is looming
And you’ll tell me if I’m wrong, assuming
That we’ll all get paid
If we’re paid at all, all
[instrumental]
Your debt, aint settled yet
And their offer’s so inviting
Come and talk about this book you’re writing
Will you pick up
When commerce calls? Calls
Some tricks…
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9. |
Breathe In Breathe Out
03:59
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I should have stayed at home should have stayed at home
I should have stayed at home should have stayed at home
Breathe in / breathe out
I should have hung around should have been around
I should have hung around should have been around
Breathe in / breathe out
[instrumental]
I should have stayed at home should have stayed at home
I should have stayed at home should have stayed at home
Breathe in / breathe out
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10. |
Of Timber And Tiling
02:44
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Building a house
or a love it’s all building
brick by brick
hand over hand
over the years
I’ve been learning
While you’ve been busy making plans
I’ll raise your roof skyways, and
I’ll lay the bricks on your driveways, and
Through your doors I’ll walk my ways
To a room on your sunny side
The pitch of a roof
Of timber and tiling
But it’s on you that I got stuck
For all the talk
Wish we were pillow talking
Instead of talking shop
I’ll raise your roof skyways, and
I’ll lay the bricks on your driveways, and
Through your doors I’ll walk my ways
To a room on your sunny side
[instrumental]
I’ll raise your roof skyways, and
I’ll lay the bricks on your driveways, and
Through your doors I’ll walk my ways
To a room on your sunny side
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11. |
Forever Follows You
02:18
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The past is a shadow that forever follows you
Where you go what you do
Where there is a shadow there must be a light and it’s
Pushing, pulling me to and fro
From pillar to post
Hell and water high
Darling you ain’t seen a ghost it just
Hasn’t led me back this way for a long time
Though I am weary I keep walking on over
Same old ground rarely new
And I’ll sigh the lack of things that I sought
And wail all my old woes anew, time moves on
Like a heavenly host
I follow its light
Darling you ain’t seen a ghost it just
Hasn’t led me back this way in a long time
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12. |
A King's Canopy
03:23
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I’ve been thinking
I’ve been thinking thinking
I’ve been thinking
I’ve been thinking of you
I’ve been thinking
I’ve been thinking thinking
I’ve been drinking
I’ve been thinking of you
And the times that we
Times that
We drew our chairs
Under the old plum tree
It was blooming and
Musical with bees
I felt like a king
Underneath a king’s canopy
When I’m thinking
Can’t stop thinking thinking
Can’t stop thinking
I’ve been thinking a bit too
I’ve been thinking
I’ve been thinking thinking
I’ve been drinking
I’ve been drinking for two
Or maybe for three
Wonderful eyes
As blue as blue can be
It’s like the sky was smiling
Smiling down on me
Down through the leaves
And branches of a king’s canopy
I’ve been thinking
I’ve been thinking thinking
I’ve been drinking
I’ve been drinking a bit too
Too much
It seems
[instrumental]
We drew our chairs
Under the old plum tree
It was blooming and
Musical with bees
I felt like a king
Underneath a king’s canopy
Underneath a king’s canopy
(I’ve been thinking)
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Restless Leg Sydney, Australia
Restless Leg got born in March 2012 at a backyard party. Constant gigging lent itself to lean and direct song arrangements recalling classic antipodean indie rockers such as The Go-Betweens and The Clean. RL released their self-titled debut in June 2013, follow up album 'Some Kind of Restless' in October 2017 and 'Dream Buffet' in June 2021. ... more
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