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The Upfield Line
02:40
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the upfield line
coming home from three weeks on the road
i'll walk the two blocks from the station
smile with anticipation, and
i'll be tired, excitable and wired
there'll be spaghetti on the stove
and motown on the stereo, and
you will dance me round the kitchen
and out in to the hall
i will press you up against
my body and the wall
love it comes in close,
love it comes and goes
love it comes in close
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The Movies
02:18
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The Movies
she gets up early in the morning
takes the bus to the video store
she works the arthouse and the foreign language
hums the soundtracks as she walks the floor
its kinda dark inside but she quite likes that
works the checkout and recites the lines
on quiet days she watches all her favourites
she's seen the leopard a thousand times
she's worked here for four years now
more really if you count the summers before
she knows its only temporary
she's got big plans that she's working towards
she's working on a movie
already knows what its gonna be called
she's picked out who'll play the leading lady
and hums her theme song as she walks the floor
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Great Wave
04:20
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Great Wave
You push your change around the counter
I push my knees up under the bar
We've gone beyond the call and favour
Like we're watching from afar
The colours bleed out from the hills
The hills turn black across the field
It's a great wave that's coming down
Nobody's paying that close attention
To the races on the TV screens
I pick your change up off the counter
And head over to the cigarette machine
I've seen that way your eyes drop to your glass
Like there was a mile behind
The way your eyes weren't meeting mine
Oh it's a great wave coming down
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Home Sized Town
03:36
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home sized town
i can't help but look twice at
every car that looks a bit like yours
in this home sized town
these falling fences
steep streets and the river gums
and that rambling rose
everybody knows your business here
everywhere i go i'm reminded dear
it's just that time of year
i'll take these supplies
up to my second floor room
and close the blinds
it'd be alright if i didn't always feel this tired
is what i've found
i don't know how long i'm gonna stay
maybe if i'm feeling better i'll try and call
if i can think of what to say
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Walking Late
03:30
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walking late
i wonder what you'd say to me now
wonder what you'd have to say to me about it all
it's not that everything's so bad
it's only i wish i had a way to keep this down
darling till i work it out
you know it's gonna be a long time going
sleeping late in to the day
keep crying all around the place
everybody tells me it'll pass
i'm telling you isn't this what everybody does
so as part of this escape
i've taken to walking late at night
pretend you're by my side
and let you whisper that you'll be a long time going
you're gonna be a long time going
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Five Years
02:09
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five years
the calves are calling for their mothers
across the field tonight
i'll go inside and pull up blankets
turn off the light
all the what ifs that follow me around
if i could shut them out
then i would shake these thoughts of intimacy
when i watch your mouth
you told me five years
you told me all of this
is working its way out
all the what ifs that follow me around
if i could shut them out
then i would shake these pictures of you
that keep on rolling round
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Night Drive
03:10
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night drive
i stop to fill the car up on the road out of town
and smile as i take the change
and say yeah it's good to see some rain
i'm not in a hurry, and i've already come this far
wet night, big trucks rolling past
should've known it from the start
could've guessed i'd fall this hard
you'd brush back my hair
we'd drive out past the city streets
watch the sky rush past
go down to the river in the summer heat
with my head in your lap and your hands on me
all these things left to remind me
of the way it was
all these memories that i come across
i still feel your hand in mine
even after all this time
you'd brush back my hair
we'd drive out past the city streets
watch the trees rush past
go down to the river in the summer heat
with my head in your lap and your hands on me
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Shot in the Dark
05:48
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shot in the dark
take a walk down to the all-nighter
cut across the block at the corner
and then round to the right
light flickers, i squint my eyes
hot night all the lights up bright
there's your sturdy arms, your steady legs,
your steadiness
take a shot in the dark, make me call out
take a steady look, then lean ahead
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i have been a soldier too
i have been a soldier too, buried in the meadow
i have been a soldier too, buried in the street
i have been a soldier too, buried in brackish water
i have been a soldier too, buried in the sea
i have had a peasant girl, buried in the meadow
i have had a factory girl, buried in the street
i have had a fisher boy, buried in brackish water
i have had a sailor boy, buried in the sea
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Winter Sun
03:34
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winter sun
start my day with bitter coffee
in a patch of winter sun
i'll clear away the books, the bottles,
from the night just gone
i came here with one hand open
the other holding on
to find a place to work, be quiet,
see what comes when i'm alone
i'll be careful, i'll be strong
each night around the stove
i am keeping warm
sing the words that make it grow
don't stay away too long
i came here with one hand open
the other holding on
and i know that if the hold is gentle
we can keep pushing on
don't you stay out there too long
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Lucie Thorne Melbourne, Australia
"exquisitely impressionistic... poetry in motion" (**** Rolling Stone)
“some of the most
simple and beautiful songs you will hear”
(****The Age)
"Atmospheric, innovative... brilliance” (**** Sydney Morning Herald)
"Thorne conjures a simple narrative flow that, like a Raymond Carver story, transforms everyday life into high art" (Canberra Times)
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