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If I could take it back
If I could tell you why
If I could start again
If I could say goodbye
I wasn’t me then
And I didn’t mean it
Now I’m fading in all the pictures in your mind
Sometimes life just don’t turn out right
It’s not always black and white
I felt you near yesterday
I longed to hold your hand
Kiss the kids goodnight for me
I wish they could understand
How I wasn’t me then
And I didn’t mean it
So now I’m fading in all the pictures in your mind
Sometimes life just don’t turn out right
It’s not always black and white
If I could see you one more time I’d say
I’m sorry that this life has turned out this way
So now I’m fading in all the pictures in your mind
Sometimes life just don’t turn out right
It’s not always black and white
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How many numbers fit into pi?
What kind of car do you drive?
Searching always wanting more
So many questions don’t know who they’re for
Busy as a bee watch me fly
I’m flying high, can’t touch the ground
Watch out here I come
And I’ve got so many questions
So many whys
But I’ll find the answers just watch me try
I know lots of things
But I don’t know enough
I want information as big as a truck
I’ll tell you what you’re thinking before you even know
My brain works fast not to say yours is slow
Can you tell me why the sky is blue?
And fish can breathe under water too?
Busy as a bee watch me fly
I’m flying high, can’t touch the ground
Watch out here I come
And I’ve got so many questions
So many whys
But I’ll find the answers just watch me try
I know lots of things
But I don’t know enough
I want information
But I’ve found a place to go
To find out more
And I’m so sorry to go
But I’ve opened up a new door
Where there are no more questions
No more whys
I’ve found the answers here up in the sky
I know lots of things
And now I know enough
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Petrichor
04:00
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Drip drop, it started slow
Crept in and I hardly noticed a thing
Foolish of me not to know
But I’m thankful of what a new day can bring
I can smell it in the air now Petrichor
I can see it in the sky now and I want more
I can feel it in the downpour and when the water washes it all away
I know that, tomorrow’s a new day
You sat up there on your throne
Taking everything and left me all alone
I am drenching in the rainstorm feeling a new form
As the running rivers wash it all away
I can smell it in the air now Petrichor
I can see it in the sky now and I want more
I can feel it in the downpour and when the water washes it all away
I know that, tomorrow’s a new day
Oh, oh, oh, how did I end up here?
Oh, oh, oh, the clarity I seek is near
Oh, oh, now my hands are feeling cleaner
And the grass is looking greener
Oh I wish I could have seen her
I can smell it in the air now Petrichor
I can see it in the sky now and I want more
I can feel it in the downpour and when the water washes it all away
I know that, tomorrow’s a new day
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Red Sky
03:43
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Oh the sky is turning red
Look the clouds have gone and bled
We’ve been warned time and again
But it’s too late this time to mend
All this time you watched on
Pretending that nothing’s wrong
But we see, we see
As Mother cries her tears
Watching all you haven’t done
And after so many years
The time has finally come
That we can say
Look what you’ve done
Hug your babes hold them tight
This is the end our last night
Our homes on fire, there’s no help to send
‘Cause it’s too late, this time to mend
All this time you watched on
Pretending that nothing wrong
But we see, we see
As Mother cries her tears
Watching all you haven’t done
And after so many years
The time has finally come
That we can say
Look what you’ve done
Follow the leader with no plan
Bend the truth when you can
Just to hold your life dear
But honey, now it’s clear your dollars won’t save you
Now the end is near
All this time you watched on
Pretending that nothing wrong
But we see, we see
As Mother cries her tears
Watching all you haven’t done
And after so many years
The time has finally come
That we can say
Look what you’ve done
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Old Picture Slide
05:04
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As, as we wind down, down this road
I, I fear that I’m growing old
But each single day that I’m with you
I know that I’ll make it through
Years roll by
In the blink of an eye
But here in your arms
I, I feel at home
Now, now that our children have all left home
They, they’ve all made families of their own
But it feels like yesterday I asked your old man for your hand
And it feels like yesterday that we first danced on our wedding day
Years roll by
In the blink of an eye
But here in your arms
I, I feel at home
I watch our lives like an old picture slide
This is the part where I go on
But don’t you worry my dear
‘Cause I’ll be seeing you on the other side
Years roll by
In the blink of an eye
But here in your arms
I, I feel at home
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Days Like These
03:56
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Sun shining in, rays of blue and green
Warm tea in your hands, fills the air with steam
How can it be
How do you say
Take me back to yesterday
Days like these they come and go
Days like these are how we grow
Cradled on the couch, you sit and stare
They’re moving all around but it’s more than you can bare
So you close your eyes, the world fades to black
Just making it true that, they’re never coming back
How can it be
How do you say
Take me back to yesterday
Days like these they come and go
Days like these are how we grow
Days like these they come and go
Days like these they go real slow
I know you’ll see that face at the door
I know you’ll hear that voice but it’s here no more
Days like these they come and go
Days like these are how we grow
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Dear Mum
03:13
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Dear Mum,
Winter’s been cruel to us this year
The snow has fallen heavy and I live every day in fear
That I’ll never get to hold your face again
Instead I’ll stay here forever like so many men
I’ll be home real soon just close your eyes
Dear Dad,
I lost my best mate yesterday
He was there one second then I turned away
I watched the colour fade right from his face
As we laid him in his final resting place
I’ll be home real soon just close your eyes
I think of you each time the gunshot fires
Tell my girl back home to wait for me
I’ll make it back in time for summer and we’ll be married
I’ll watch our children grow in peace and not in war
and maybe then I’ll know what it is that I am I’m fighting for
I’ll be home real soon just close your eyes
I think of you each time the gunshot fires
I’ll leave this hell behind and I pray the end means peace for all of mankind
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Hurts To Be Kind
03:27
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Someone once said they had a dream
If only it were as simple as it seemed
But here we are still fighting for the right
For all to live freely in this live
So take a stand
It’s not out of your hands
It’s not as if it hurts to be kind
You could walk a mile and still be blind
It’s not as if your water’s thicker than wine
It’s not as if it’s only yours and mine
Someone said imagine what we could be
Imagine a life with only peace
We have a voice that’s our own
We could build a place for all to call home
Let’s take a stand
It’s not out of our hands
It’s not as if it hurts to be kind
You could walk a mile and still be blind
It’s not as if your water’s thicker than wine
It’s not as if it’s only yours and mine
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
It’s not as if it hurts to be kind
You could walk a mile and still be blind
It’s not as if your water’s thicker than wine
It’s not as if it’s only yours and mine
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Ant Hill
04:18
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I see you
Do you see me too?
I see you
Standing there
Covering your eyes
You don’t see a thing
Bit by bit
Day by day
I see you
And you say
Take a look at me
Kneel before me please
Big hand towering over me
They take me from my home
No time to look back
I’m stuck here on my own
And now I’m burning still
I am burning still
Burning still
I am burning still
I am an ant on the hill
And I’m burning still
Take my hand
Come with me now
We’ll be grand
We’ll rise as one
But only one can stand
Down, down, down I go
Big hand towering over me
They take me from my home
No time to look back
I’m stuck here on my own
And now I’m burning still
I am burning still
Burning still
I am burning still
I am an ant on the hill
And I’m burning still
Time goes on
Days grow long
But you’re not you
You’re the big man
And now you’re pulling off my legs
One by one they fall
Big hand towering over me
They take me from my home
No time to look back
I’m stuck here on my own
And now I’m burning still
I am burning still
Burning still
I am burning still
I am an ant on the hill
And I’m burning still
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Mariah McCarthy Bendigo, Australia
Hailing from small town Heathcote and a darling of the thriving Bendigo music scene, Folk artist Mariah McCarthy is one of Central Victoria’s most prized possessions. With delicately woven songs rich in storytelling, Mariah broaches themes of love, loss, betrayal and tragedy with authenticity, an often haunting melancholy but always a glimmer of precious hope. ... more
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