Driver let me tell you a secret A secret in the shape of a song Heard something move in the dark outside I lay awake hardly breathing shaking all night long It came out of the southern sky It drove into our humble town We lay our hands upon its side My sister she laid […]

by the time you reach Vaughn avenue the sun is quietly bleeding the day is just a shadow of its former self shake the rain off take the stairs put the key into the lock remove your coat plug in electric fire winter came so early jesus what happened to the summer? the papers all […]

There's someone standing in the rain like they have no place to go Maybe that someone is you, maybe someone you don't aim to know Maybe lost possessions Maybe stolen property You just lie around waiting on a signal from heaven Never had to heal any deep incision Darling you are not moving any mountains […]

My best friend said to me "What are we gonna do with ourselves? Eighteen is no age to be locked on somebody's reference shelves" (chorus) So stand up for your rights Grab your baby and hold her tight If they don't love you, well it's OK We're all gonna die anyway My best friend said […]

Well I made good time but took some bad advice I got lost in the salt lakes maybe once or twice Days went missing, weeks they folded in two I lost track of them. I don't pine for you You're either on my arm or under my heel Hurt me all you can, you don't […]

Nothing happens here Nothing gets done But you get to like it You get to like the beating of the sun The washing of the sun In Spanish blue We sit on the footpath We drink all day The roads are in disrepair I don't know when they haven't been that way They've always been […]

I was sick and tired of my old friends Felt like they were dragging me down Felt like moving up to something bigger and faster Turning my back on that small town scene There was a place I knew I could go No-one would follow I let myself slip Into the snake pit All my […]

I lived in a story I didn’t believe I didn’t know how it ended But I always thought I could leave It took me a long time Took me through some strange turns But like a fool I sang along All down the song of no return Through the song of no return I sang […]

Is there someone watching over me Keeping me safe in His mighty hand? When I’m adrift, out alone Is He the one that guides me home Bird and beast at his command? I know true faith is left unspoken Strait and narrow is the way Though I’m barely coping Still I pray With one eye […]

Boys like him make love out of nothing very fast, Leaving people behind is what he does for a living, It pays handsomely but it doesn’t last, His fingers are limousines, his lips are hotels, He confuses you with some Dutch girl called Gabrielle, He swears you’re the core of his flame, But he’s mistaken […]