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Salty Lemonade
02:39
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SALTY LEMONADE
all our misspent youth, sad june parade, rot my teeth
on salty lemonade. “silent eddie” crashed and got
caught in the wave. now you sell real estate i long
for sunny days.
ignoramus of technology, i offer no apology. don’t
have a good brain for business and must confess i’m
not too hot on fitness. a shy teenager in a hole until
the zeppelin saved my soul. wore their badge on my
jean jacket and posed in the mirror all night with my
tennis racket. now i cringe looking back on the
moments we were so easily led astray.
(chorus/estribillo)
we sucked but we played anyway until i got my first
delay, we sounded pro from on thereafter and with
my college grant i bought a japanese telecaster. one
fine day i will tell you the story of the guitar i let
slip away.
(chorus/estribillo)
if you see me please come say hello there, in a galazy
far away.
(chorus/estribillo)
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2. |
Fever Dream Fridays
03:11
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FEVER DREAM FIDAYS
rode through the desert on a camel’s back one day
the rains came down and we were under attack. i woke
up, the sheets were soaking and the side of your bed
was empty. flew around the planets in a yellow plane,
we spent two nights on the moon laid sipping
champagne. i woke up, the place was empty and this
time it wasn’t a dream.
i saw the devil in the sink, he turned around and gave
me a wink. a crumpled note said “i must go my way,
cause it’s depressing me to stay.”
i sailed the ocean on an ancient raft, i fought the
great white shark with barely a scratch. i woke up,
made a promise and pushed it out into the sea.
i saw the devil in the sink, he turned around gave a
wink. a crumpled note said “i must go my way, cause it’s
depressing me to stay” then one day i found her.
now she paints and her work lights up fancy shows,
she turns around her cheeks start to glow “could
this really be life or am i only dreaming.”
i’ll do my best to follow this newfound life-saving
regime or hand me a pill to swallow and put us out of
our misery.
i saw the devil in the sink, he turned around and gave
me a wink.
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3. |
Consolation Prize
02:27
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It could be said that you and me have history, now i
don’t smell danger now we’re strangers, at least not
all the time. it hurt me when you said you hadn’t missed
me, from sleepwalking to not talking we made a deal
with time.
it’s nothing more than a memory, now they say life
starts at 30 and i’m not sure it’s worthy of another
chance so let’s engage in one last dance. lame
excuses you’re sending, now it’s clear affection’s
ending. i appreciate you lending a material hand and
the bouquet of flowers leave a taste that’s sour.
going out to shows as a distraction, when i knock a
few back an anxiety attack, guess i lost my way
sometime yesterday. it’s a passing trend but we’re not
getting younger so we lubricate our worst mistakes
and hope for the best to come.
(chorus/estribillo)
it’s a wrap!
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4. |
Born to Ruin
01:29
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BORN TO RUIN
it seems we’re out of time but it’s murder to reset my
mind. it pains me to know this is the end, not sure i’ll
see you as a friend.
remember the time that you said our thing was pure
and fantastic, now measures are drastic,
self-preservation.
i don’t know what we’re doing ‘cause fools like us
were born to ruin. last easter tour out with the band
you closed the car door on my hand.
we shovelled the snow and all week i was
perpetually plastered, a walking disaster but we
still made it.
it’s so obvious “abc”, there’s nothing like surrogate
family. i’ll take on oblivion with you next to me and we
won’t be accused of not trying.
now i’m not black and blue, we’ve decimated all
taboos yet still it seems i’m born to lose and you still
play a role in this ongoing show. we’ll rebuild all the
libraries, burn the diaries ‘cause we’ve no fear
anymore.
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5. |
Lindsay Weird
03:08
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LINDSAY WEIRD
he’s sat there waiting on his judgement day with a
suitcase of regrets and a whole lot more to say.
though in denial she’s made up her mind, still the pain’s
too much to bear, he insists on playing blind. he
turned around and she’d departed it evaporated just
like it had started. no sweeping exits, all ravaged
hearts.
he says “what i know now, if we could start afresh”
she says “you don’t see the truth and you know i’m
still into girls”.
“there are no second acts in modern lives” said the
astronaut as he waved goodbye to his stoner wife.
down here on earth we are a different breed, take the
thieving ministers who are rewarded for their greed.
i turned on the tv first time in ages, the whole place
was crawling with prophets and sages. in a movie
theatre the main guy turns and says…
(chorus/estribillo)
don’t you fear lindsay weird i would never hurt you
dear for what is done shall be done but life used to
be so uncomplicated. now i’ve ended up a mess
somehow, your high school dress, your sweet caress,
i will look you up when i’m (home).
back in the 90’s they were simple times, we would hide
out on the beach. we were fearless we were wild.
let’s rob a bank and go buy a delorean, let’s leave
all the rotten shit to the historians. a room for the
night please, i’ll be alright.
(repeat chorus/estribillo)
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The Human Lightning Rod
04:13
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THE HUMAN LIGHTNING ROD
from the deep green ocean, to the blue ridge
mountains. seven bolts of lightning and i survived all
of ‘em.
i’m the human lightning rod, innocent ‘till proven
guilty. when all the world is fast asleep i’ll be out
patrolling the forest. strike me down and i’ll get
back up and screw all of the non-believers. the only
thing that got me in the end was her cool
indifference.
i’d walk alone ‘cause folks were petrified beside me,
then in ‘83 i’d had enough decided.
(chorus/estribillo)
sullivan snapped in his old age. shenandoah, he feared
the dark but ruled the park. by the fifth strike he said
“give me a break..” but bad choices, distant voices
i’m the human lightning rod…
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7. |
Seven Magic Words
02:21
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SEVEN MAGIC WORDS
don’t tremble now ‘cause you know i’m gonna split, i
swear that i’ll be back before it’s dark no fear. it
definitely blows but you know one has a job. i promise
that i’ll take you away july this year.
i’ll return, a brand new toy. your tail becomes a whip
of joy and i’ll say the seven magic words that it seems
were made for you.
you’re greedy but your life devoid of ego, wherever
we go you lead the way, demand to play at all times
inquisitive.
i’ll return my word is true, this selfless love that
floors me through. as soon as i’m out the door you
sleep on my pyjamas, though you don’t know it we call
you the king of drama. these are the seven magic
words that it seems were made for you.
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8. |
The Pressing Catch
03:33
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THE PRESSING CATCH
the day came and left without warning, we all have
our own way of mourning. you showed me some things
that i’ll never forget yeah you set the bar high for
others to follow.
primitive psychology it’s not marine biology, we had a
good thing going now it’s over. i’ll embrace
technology in place of oceanography, we had a good
thing going now it’s over.
the train has pulled out of the station en route to
unknown destinations. you told me some things that i
plan to forget yeah you saw a future too bitter to
swallow.
(chorus/estribillo)
blind tears run baby blue, those fears of losing you.
there’s nothing i can do now i’m all out of chips and on
the road to nowhere.
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9. |
Wrinkle
03:25
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WRINKLE
charming, fearless and boozy. not your usual
fatherly type. your bad behaviour amused me, we
couldn’t tell what was wrong from what’s right.
you’d easily fly off the handle, the sweet life sure
got it’s claws into you. you sat and chewed on a
candle, we blasted music in my tiny room.
what did you want me to say? me and mum were all
that i knew. it’s taken me years to write this song and
in a flash it will be gone. another wrinkle for you.
an invitation to vice, temptation placed right in front
of you. adolescence the stuff that can’t be learnt at
school.
forgiveness does make amends, tonight i’ve had quite a
few. it’s taken me years to write this song and in a
flash it will be gone another wrinkle for you. me and
mum were all that i knew, it’s taken me years to write
this song and in a flash it will be gone, i’ll be a
wrinkle for you.
our picture lives in your wallet we should hook up
sometime.
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10. |
Tears of Benavides
01:22
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TEARS OF BENAVIDES
it’s time to mention something, even now my brain’s a
dumpling. everything i got i did deserve. and all those
useless faces of which now i bear no traces, all they
did was keep me far from her.
back then i didn’t see those tears louise, i got it
wrong and now you’re living all over me. i can’t feel
my knees with all this pain and guilt consuming me. see
those tears louise, i got it wrong and now you’re
living all over me ‘till i cease to breathe.
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Cheap Perfume
02:37
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CHEAP PERFUME
Memorabilia, the vivid imagery, nothing paints a
picture like a song. you played ophelia it was june,
three months still to go, so we went and bought two
matching bongs.
on fridays we would sneak in your uncle’s pool. my
blue guitar and the smell of your cheap perfume. i
heard that you’re doing ok, now you got a job that
pays.
you had a boyfriend that was cruel and he messed you
around, sometime then i found what i’d pursue. still i
tried to play it cool, quit field sports for good and
did my best to join a kickass crew.
on fridays we would sneak in your uncle’s pool, we’d
get stoned and the smell of your cheap perfume. i
heard that you’re doing ok, now you got a job that
pays.
every summer we’d erect a palm tree then tear it back
down.
cherry words cherry words, did you ever really
hurt?
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12. |
Ali With "I"
05:55
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ALI WITH “I”
ali was the one i thought you ought to know, at
weekends “golf n’ stuff” it was the place to go. sweet
sixteen, the valley queen without a doubt, now i sit
here at home hungover all burnt out.
i was naive i thought one day we’d settle down. then
daniel came on the scene and made me look a clown.
i tried to turn the page, erase her from my mind, not
long after i started drinking to unwind. now i sit in
this empty flat no consolation prize.
sometimes i think i should pack up and leave this town.
i was a happy kid but now i wear a frown. a symbol of
the glory of youth and better days, she’s out there
somewhere tonight i’m still stuck in this haze.
suddenly, we’re right there back in ‘83, we’d leave the
suburbs hit the beach, you drove off in your daddy’s
car. i had a few but never did get over you. an
estranged son, a single mum, my legacy you’ll be
redeeming. i’ll be here dreaming...
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