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Come Around
06:50
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Your kiss makes me feel so unsure and how does every unspoken word mean so much more? How is it that you make me feel so adored? And how when all I think about is you I'm never bored? Sifting through my pockets and I'll find you there, in the background of my mind it's like you never left. When your smile's not in view all I see is emptiness, and around every corner turn I truly hope you're there.
Your absence brings me down. I need you around. When you're back in town. Won't you come around.
Whenever I've got time I think of when you used to tell your stories of our happiness. What happened to those visions, where have they gone? They disappeared along with you so what went wrong? I replay all the memories of the day you left, trying to figure out what caused your lack of common sense. When your smile's not in view all I see is emptiness and around every corner I turn I truly hope you're there.
Your absence brings me down. I need you around. When you're back in town. Won't you come around.
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Another Goodbye
03:19
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Another dawn, another dying day, another word leaves nothing left to say. Another drink, another broken glass. Another question you're too afraid to ask.
Please forgive me, I know that I lied. Please forgive me, I swear this'll be the last time.
Another look to tear out my insides, another tear means there's nothing left for me to hide. Another chance, one more bit of faith? Another bag packed means you're leaving me today.
Please forgive me, I'm dying inside. Please forgive me, I don't wanna hear goodbye.
I can't make this better, but you can make it worse. And I'll try harder than I ever have, help me make this work. Please forgive me, I'm dying inside. Please forgive me, help me make this right. Please forgive me, Oh I'm dying inside, please forgive me, I don't wanna hear goodbye.
Please forgive me, I'm dying inside. Please forgive me, I don't wanna hear goodbye.
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I heard you whisper my name, to others it sounds all the same. I'm neither a sinner, nor am I a saint. I heard you whisper my name.
It pulled me out of my chair, drawn to which I'm unaware. The daunting cold feeling you left in the air. You pulled me out from my chair.
Though I know I must go it alone, I still wish it weren't so.
I still feel your hands through my hair, though I know you're not physically there. Every time this happens it gets harder to bare.
Though I know I must go it alone, I still wish it weren't so. Though I know that I must go it alone.
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Like I Know How
02:54
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You say I'm troubled, you say I don't care. You say I've got no drive, I won't go anywhere. Well you know I've been thinking and there's no way to prove you wrong. So I'll do like I know how to, and I will put it in a song.
You say you'll be here, you say you'll help. You say you're willing but I have to help myself. Well you know I've been thinking and there's no way to prove you wrong. So I'll do like I know how to, and I will put it in a song.
You know I cannot change, I am stuck in my old ways. But I love to hear you say that you love me anyway.
'Cause Well you know I've been thinking and there's no way to prove you wrong. So I'll do like I know how to, and I will put it in a song.
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Such A Mess
05:04
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We're all looking for somewhere different to where we once were. Wishing on shooting stars to shine down on us where ever we are. It's all such a mess today.
We're all struggling to hide behind our lies and still come clean. We think we've all got it sweet but our little train keeps running out of steam. It's all such a mess today.
We're all trying to stay afloat, still feeling like a child playing on the road. I think that I burnt the toast, who'd have thought they were the last bits in the loaf? And it's all such a mess, it's true.
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Pick Yourself Up
04:09
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Dry your eyes and lift your chin, start moving forward, get over it. You realise that there's so much more when you pick yourself up off the floor. Well life gets hard when you live like this, don't look on back, get over it.m You realise that there's so much more when you pick yourself up off the floor. You realise that there's so much more when you pick yourself up off the floor.
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The Drink
02:43
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You won't say what you're thinking but I see your lips twitching. And I'll act like I am listening but I've been out all night and I've been drinking. You won't know what you think you said, it was not me it was the drink.
You won't speak to me and I won't ever see. You're warning you're gonna leave and still I don't ever see. Please don't leave, give me one more chance. It was not me it was the drink.
You walk out of my front door, I swig from my bottle. You'll be back tomorrow, at least I fucking hope so. Please don't go give me one more chance. You can't blame me for everything. Maybe I was just joking. It was not me it was the drink.
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This Is How I Will Stay
04:08
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I will travel alone until I find me a home. 'til I can't feel my toes and lord only knows... I will pick myself up when I'm down on my luck. And I can drink 'til I'm drunk but I can't sober up.
This is how I will stay, I will find my own way. These hands never prayed, they won't start today. When alone is my fate, ego bent, shoulders straight. When I hit heaven's gate I bet they'll tell me to wait.
Now it's all sinking in I somehow find me a grin. When you can never win you keep on doing your thing. I will travel alone until I find me a home. 'til I can't feel my toes and lord only knows...
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I get this feeling in my hands, you never seem to let me in and I'm kneeling. And I can't tell you my plans, I'm just living on this feeling. You say it's gonna be okay, stroke my face and hold my hands. Then you turn and walk away, are you coming back? When you talk to me things just seem to feel better. Just the touch of your skin and I'm warm, no matter what the weather.
You get this feeling in your hands, you never seem to let me in and I'm kneeling. And you can't tell me your plans, you're just living on this feeling. I say it's gonna be okay, stroke your face and touch your hands. Then I turn and walk away, I'm not coming back? When you talk to me things just seem to feel better. Just the touch of your skin and I'm warm. When you talk to me things just seem to feel better. Just the touch of your skin and I'm warm, no matter what the weather.
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Too Soon
03:35
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They say yesterday is gone, well I wish it the very best. But I know it won't be long until I'm seeing you again. They say today is getting harder and tomorrow never ends. I just wish I had a mirror so I could see around the bend. 'til I see.
And the ground is tearing up and my footing's coming loose. I know next week is coming and it's coming all too soon. I don't think that I will stay here but I still don't know what I'll do, keep on searching for the answers, search until my days are through. Or 'til I see.
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Nicholas Ellerby Daylesford, Australia
Nicholas Ellerby (formerly Buck Jr.) has been quietly hibernating of late, putting together new material and is now ready to share a collection of raw, organic releases he's been putting together. Trying his hand at production, these songs shine the best bits of Buck Jr. and add new texture and life to Ellerby's unmistakeable song writing. ... more
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I played some shows with these guys and have loved their music ever since.
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First Time Really Feeling
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Liz has been an absolute favourite of mine and I love her latest release.
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