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The Mysterious Universe
03:47
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Keith's collecting glasses, he waltzes across the floor
In his mind he's twenty-one, it's 1954
Karen reads a magazine that takes her far away
The band are playing for twenty per cent, tomorrow's another day
Henry plays the card machine, he's got nothing else to do
The best pool player in the world has just missed his cue
The cars out on the highway they've all got somewhere to go
The music spills out to the street, the barman stubs his toe
... and he says
Things could be better, things could be so much worse
It's all a part of the mysterious universe
The singer's taking it all in but he's running out of air
The guitar player's holding back until he's outta there
The drummer's looking wild-eyed like he's back from a war
The bassist plays relentless, he's seen it all before
... and he says
Things could be better, things could be so much worse,
It's all a part of the mysterious universe
See the blonde girl dancing all alone all through the second verse
As I chord the strings of her mysterious universe
In her eyes I see her lifetime from cradle to the hearse
Bursting with hope for the mysterious universe
No time for wondering who'll be last and who will get there first
Our destination: the mysterious universe
So many questions even though you know they’re just a curse
Won't make no difference to the mysterious universe
Last drinks, we're closing – lights on, it's time to grab your purse
And move out into the mysterious universe
Goodnight, everybody. Pleasant dreams.
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Judas
03:36
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I saw Judas the day he came undone
He said don't throw stones cos I'm not the only one
There's a cloud around me that weighs more than a ton
I've nowhere to go and I'm blinded by the sun
But I think my angel smiled at me today
An angel’s coming to carry me away
The angels must’ve smiled at me today
I’m gonna catch that angel train today
Judas said you know I've never cried before
I got the silver but I feel so old and poor
I think that the world doesn't want me anymore
Now that I finished what it was I came here for
Judas said you know it's not that I don't believe
It's just that I never was going to get a reprieve
It's sunset now and I know I've got to leave
The bloodiest sunset you could ever conceive
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3. |
You Are A Secret
03:13
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You are a secret I want to be told
Won’t you reveal it all to me?
The others go home drunk and alone
But I want a different destiny
You got the fire and I feel so cold
Haven’t you got some heat for me?
Ashes and such, they're not very much
In the scheme of infinity
You are a secret you disguise so very well
But just once let your guard down for me
Still trying to work out the game that you play
It’s not chess or monopoly
I dream of the day when we'll walk away
In each other's company
You are a secret and your hidden heart
Is safe from all discovery
But I’ll learn one day the rules you obey
And penetrate your mystery
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4. |
Edge Of The Day
04:36
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Think baby can you tell me where it was where I went wrong
Was it when I didn't play the sun’s awakening song
I cannot see the truth or the time where I belong
Leaves my frozen fingers playing a children’s song
It’s in the night’s moon-debt
It’s born in plasma’s glow
I knew when I first saw you
You would let me know
Fly by night and see it on the edge of the day
Stumbling, chasing, and trying to figure what to say
Looking for a chance to run and to hide
Waiting for a day when we can dance in the light
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5. |
Dead To Me
02:47
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The smiles on the old familiar faces
I can’t think what they meant to me
The memories of all our special places
Have all gone, they’re all dead to me
I tried to get myself together
I went down to the dispensary
But no-one had anything I needed
And they all looked dead to me
I don’t know this space where I’m living
The footprints are all so new you see
But I know it’s far from our mourning
Cos that world is dead to me
It's all dead to me
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6. |
Angel With No Wings
03:22
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My angel you've gone and lost your wings
Now it seems like you don't have anything
You just sigh at all the gifts your lovers bring
You forget how sweet it was you used to sing
Get up, get ready for another fall
Get up, get ready for nothing at all
My angel you don't understand
You can't fly if you don't know how to land
You can't gamble if you don't know what's in your hand
You can't love if you've got to impose your brand
My angel give me peace of mind
You're a clown doing tricks in the costume you designed
Exploding in the fields you knew were mined
If you can't keep paying then stop getting fined
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Cameo
03:03
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Well here's the sunset we've been riding into
We're out of the picture and I haven't got a clue
And here's the silence after the applause
There won't be any sequels and there won't be no encores
Now some count their blessings, some count their mistakes
Some read between the lines and some pray for second takes
But there's no credits gonna roll across a screen
To tell you who to blame, to explain what things mean
Had a dream in black and white
Shades of grey and day for night
Saved the world with a single fight and I flew ....
Happy ever after one and all
Heroes stand and villains fall
I heard the cavalry's trumpet call, didn't you ?
Well here's the sunset we've been riding into
I hope it's what you wanted, I hope you enjoy the view
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Lifetimes ago and worlds away
I counted on you and night followed day
But now all I see ahead of me
Are the cloud-shrouded mornings of uncertainty
You smiled at me like the new sun at dawn
My sky filled with light, you were so open and warm
The words that I heard soaked me through to my skin
Like rain from some heaven I was dying to get in
Better put some traffic lights down Memory Lane
I’m sick of getting lost in these backroads of my brain
The future’s foggy highway is the only road to drive
You don’t know where you’re going but you know you'll arrive
The light in your eyes is still a ghost in my mind
That the years never dim, that I can’t leave behind
And the ashes of your touch still smoulder on my skin
Like a dream that was woken before it could begin
Better put some traffic lights down Memory Lane
I’m sick of going nowhere in the backroads of my brain
Cos the future’s foggy highway is the only road to drive
You don’t know where you’re going but you’re bound to arrive
The future’s foggy highway is the only road to take
Hey memories get behind me, hey foot get off the brake
The future’s foggy highway is the only road to drive
When you leave the past behind you ain’t it good to be alive
The future’s foggy highway is the only road to drive
I don’t need no navigator ain’t it good to be alive
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9. |
Promised Land
02:32
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Promised land like an outstretched hand
Like a light that I'm just a moth to
Anchor sunk like a dying monk
Wide awake, no mistake, dreams are coming through
Burnt out son like a web unspun
Like a puppet being pulled through yesterday
Madman sings of his broken strings
Of how he clings to his strange way
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10. |
Castle Of Lime
02:58
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China Doll Plastic trips the light fantastic and she never falls
She's doing some time in the castle of lime dancing up the walls
The jesters all cheer and they're drinking their beer with their Jerry Halls
The King of the Castle is a smiling rascal but if the cap fits
He's Simple Simon with an African diamond 'bout as big as the Ritz
That can hypnotise the wisest of the wise right from where he sits
He was a three-chord wonder, stole nobody's thunder
But who can you blame?
Said to those he'd meet out on Wonderful Street,
‘Won't you play my game?’
He looked down one day, saw his feet were clay
He was never the same
Rosie and Jo stop to say hello, they’re so ‘psychedelic’
Jo says in Spanish, ‘Hey I know how to vanish, it's my magic trick’
Rosie says, ‘Well dear, beam me out of here cos I feel a bit sick'
Looking for fun, for a place in the sun, everybody is there
Philosophising & smoking & juggling & joking; what do they care?
And the jester in court knows more than he ought, but that isn't rare
Early next morning everybody is yawning over tea and toast
China says ‘I believe that I have to leave to reach the next outpost’
‘This place is all right, it's just that last night I think I saw a ghost’
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11. |
See You
03:19
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I said goodbye
To all of those lies
That I won't hear from your lips anymore
Yes, I said goodbye
To all of those lies
That I won't hear from your lips anymore
I got an evil eye
One look could curse you
But I don't want to see you anymore
I just got to be
In a perfect land
Where I won't want to see you anymore
Where I don't want to see you anymore
Anymore
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12. |
Big Deal
03:28
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Life can deal some real bad cards
It's true, just look around the room
And I myself, still playing the fool
Hey aces, won't you show your faces soon?
Sometimes I wonder just what's the big deal
And is it worth playing my hand
Should I even try when the stakes are so high?
You know I don't think we're meant to understand
Bless all you players still playing the game
Have mercy, you dealers, be kind
Cos we're winners, we're losers
And all that we've planned
Depends on the dice thrown from your hand
I met a friend when the chips were down
Thought I'd left my bad luck behind
But she stacked the deck, left me a wreck
I knew we were two of a kind
We’re winners, we’re losers, and all that we’ve planned
Depends on the dice thrown from your hand
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13. |
The Life You Dream
05:14
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He said to the girl who had a place in his heart
Come on dry your dark teary eyes
We’ve got so much to do I don’t know where we should start
Before we wave our final goodbyes
Cos it’s time to live our dreams, yes it is
You can do what you like in your dreams
Life is unfair but they can’t get you there
When you’re living the life that you dream
She said I’ve been down I’ve been out on the edge
Waiting for my ship to come in
I got cards I can play, I got bets I can hedge
But I’m scared that I'm never gonna win
He said the world that I see – it disappoints me
Where's the beauty, where's the truth, where's the light?
Let this dirty town be just a bad memory
When we're making the most of our night
And we’ll be living forever the life of our dreams
We can do what you like in our dreams
Life is unfair but they can’t get us there
When we're living the life that we dream
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Mysterious Universe Sydney, Australia
Kinda Kosmic Kountry... toe-tappin', shoe-gazin', mind-expandin', spirit-raisin', earthy 'n' spacy, ragged 'n' raw original music.
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