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Across the Nullarbor

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You got dressed and you left
Sold your possessions on the web
Cos we don’t need many things
When all the baggage is in our head

I wondered what you saw
In the girl across the Nullarbor
But she took your heart and your hand
And she stole you across this great wide land

But you know I’m gonna reach you there
You know I’m gonna find you out
And I’ll pull your heart right out of that town
You know I’m gonna reach you there
And I’ll woo your heart
And we’ll dance from shore to shore
Back across the Nullarbor

Seems there’s nothing in between
Just the stretch of the desert and one lonely tree
But in all our history
It’s got us hanging on that one fine string

But you know I’m gonna reach you there
You know I’m gonna find you out
And I’ll pull your heart right out of that town
You know I’m gonna reach you there
And I’ll woo your heart
And we’ll dance from shore to shore
Back across the Nullarbor

So I set upon my way
And I’m tripping over stones and the epiphany it came
When I came across the man amidst the dust and he said to me
“You know… you’ve gotta go home.”
“You know,” don’t I know you’ll say no

You know I thought I’d reach you there
You know I never had a doubt
I thought I’d pull your heart right out of that town
But even if I met you there
I couldn’t win your heart
Gotta turn myself around…
Back across the Nullarbor

Big Bad World

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TV screens are nipping at your ears
Planting seeds and imagery, telling you what to fear
Cos it’s just around your corner, it’s just around your street
If you don’t shut the gates they’ll be nipping at your feet

So we put up walls, and we put up bars
The extra-ordinary ain’t quite so far
Cos it’s just around your corner, it’s just around your street
If you don’t lock the doors they’ll be nipping at your feet

I know that I am skin and bones
And I know my time will come and go
But I don’t believe this big bad world will follow you where you go
But if it’s tapping at your door
Ask it to come back no more

Kids these days can’t go outside to play
There’s too many predators to shake up their day
So we lock ourselves inside while the criminals run free
We’re imprisoned in our minds by what we think we see

But I know that I am skin and bones
And I know my time will come and go
But I don’t believe this big bad world will follow you where you go
But if it’s tapping at your door
Ask it to come back no more

It’s a big bad world, a big bad world outside
You don’t wanna be, you don’t wanna be going outside
It’s a big bad world, a big bad world outside
But do you wanna be, do you wanna be locked in side?

But I know that I am skin and bones
And I know my time will come and go
But I don’t believe this big bad world will follow you where you go
But if it’s tapping at your door
Ask it to come back no more

Chasing Stars

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Sometimes I wish a little too much
You know I’m caught in my dreams, I can never get enough
I know I try to climb a little too high
Won’t let myself stop till I’m touching the sky

Cos if I’m not chasing stars, I’m living in the past
I’ve gotta find myself a way to be glad for this fine day
If I’m not chasing stars, I’m wishing my life away

Sometimes I think a little too hard
I love stirring up the pot, churning up my past
And I still see pictures and memories
Oh how they haunt me, it’s no surprise this body don’t sleep

If I’m not chasing stars, I’m living in the past
I’ve gotta find myself a way to be glad for this fine day
If I’m not chasing stars, I’m wishing my life away

Some wise words were whispered in my ear
“You won’t be happy there, if you’re not happy here”
We’re in the now
Right now…

If I’m not chasing stars, I’m living in the past
I’ve gotta find myself a way to be glad for this fine day
If I’m not chasing stars, I’m wishing my life away

You know I’m wishing my life away

Comfort Zone

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This room: it’s paper, it’s musty clothes.
The house: it’s routines, it’s habits and codes
I wanna know, is this all that we’ll know
This road, it twists and it buckles back home
To a town that’s got a lot to say for its downs
I wanna know, is this all we’ll ever know

Come Monday morning
This town that I’m born in
Will learn to see the back of me
It’s not that I’m leaving
Cos you’ve been displeasing
But no
I’m uncomfortable in my comfort zone

This life, we’ve got one, we’ve got just the one life
It ain’t bad, but something just ain’t quite right
I wanna know, is there any more to know

Come Monday morning
This town that I’m born in
Will learn to see the back of me
It’s not that I’m leaving
Cos you’ve been displeasing
But no
I’m uncomfortable in my comfort zone

Get out, get out of the shadows and stride
Fear is the brakes on this ride
It’s the chain on my kite
It’s the cage round my mind
I wanna know

Come Monday morning
This town that I’m born in
Will learn to see the back of me
It’s not that I’m leaving
Cos you’ve been displeasing
But no
I’m uncomfortable in my comfort zone

Don’t Mind

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I must admit I was afraid to step outside your door today
Forgive me my love if my hand suddenly slips away
Cos there’s all of these people with predator eyes
Watching the girl wrapped around my waist line

But I don’t know why they mind
And I don’t know why I mind…
…that they mind

So I’ll go home to face the music, face the scene
Cos they’ll all be wondering why
The questions with answers no one wants to hear
Let’s turn, turn a blind eye
But the neighbours all saw her bike in my lawn, they’ll say,
“It’s not like you, I don’t understand is it true,”

But I don’t know why they mind
And I don’t know why I mind…
…that they mind

Darling let’s slip away, let’s take a break from all who criticise
You and I can find a quiet place to escape, we can drop our disguise
And you and I will be fine
You and I, we’ll be fine

But I don’t know why they mind
No, I don’t know why they mind
I don’t know why I mind
But we don’t have to mind…
…that they mind

Enough

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Can’t stop now, you’re rolling
Where art thou, what’s this about
You’ve taken all your plans
Closed both of your hands
Now you’ll take yourself out

The thing is, I know you’re more
Than a violent eating disorder
When’s enough enough my love

Old self doubt, you’re choking
You’d turn yourself round if you knew how
But you’ve found your new direction
Through mirrors and reflections
And you’ll purge what you let down

The thing is, I know you’re more
Than a violent eating disorder
When’s enough enough my love

No purging will bring you back to where you wanna be

The thing is, I know you’re more
Than a violent eating disorder
Yeah, we all know you’re so much more
Than a violent eating disorder

A Place in the Sky

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Dancing circles in the street
Sorry if I tread upon your feet
Would you please excuse me
There’s some place that I would like to be
But this spinning wheel
It’s all racing, I’m not sure I can’t match your speed

I don’t like the way you lie
I don’t like the way you climb
It’s all pushing and a shoving to find your own place in the sky
If I don’t start this pushing, I won’t be finding mine

With their eye on the prey
Making moves in the broad light of day
They’ll sell their souls with smiles, they’re gonna take you on a ride
But you’re going to find out this time that you’re just much too polite
And their smiles are cold
As they’re chasing rainbows for pots of gold

I don’t like the way they lie
I don’t like the way they climb
It’s all snatching and grabbing to find the gold pot in the sky
If I don’t start this snatching, I won’t be finding mine

All this business, all this rush
It’s an all-consuming, addictive rush
We gotta get ourselves out on the top or we’ll drown
In the hell we made above the ground
All this bullshit, all this fuss
I’m lying through my teeth just to tough me up
You’ve gotta toughen me up
Gotta toughen me up

I don’t like the way I lie
I don’t like the way I climb
I started pushing and shoving to find my own place in the sky
But in the sky, there’s no nice guys

Winter Sun

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In the winter sun
Cuppa tea to warm my palms
Cos I don’t smoke to kill my lungs
But we all need something to pull us through
Don’t you?

I’ve been thinkin’ bout addiction
All the things we feel we need
But what if I gave up my dirty deeds
Would I still know who to be
Would you still find love for me

It’s been a long hard year
I’ve been out for a while
Searching for something we just can’t buy
Until I find it, is it so bad that I do
All the things that I do…
If it pulls me through

It seems like such a waste
I’ve given to much time to this dark space
What if I found new ways to escape
Would I still need something to blame
Would I still hold on to this piece of pain

It’s been a long hard year
I’ve been out for a while
Searching for something we just can’t buy
Until I find it, is it so bad that I do
All the things that I do…
If it pulls me through

I found all these little pleasures
In pockets if forgot to check
I’ll be sure to hold on to them
But I’m wondering what I’ve been missing
And I’m wondering what is coming

It’s been a long hard year
I’ve been out for a while
Searching for something we just can’t buy
Until I find it, is it so bad that I do
All the things that I do…
If it pulls me through

In the winter sun
Here I’ll wait for what is to come