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sweet dreams beautiful soul
i know how you love to be alone
i'll be with you when,
in the morning light,
you open your shining eyes
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Pretty Things
03:05
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he says that he wants pretty things in his life
what am i?
these are the times we live in
this is the age, you got to follow the rage
i know, i know the story well
you take your love for granted
looking for just a little bit more
if you'd watered what you'd planted
didn't you know it would surely grow?
you'd have your cake and eat it too
sweetened breath on body clay
smoothing the pain away
supermarket trolley race
having a bit of space
drawing straws to see who'll drive
watching our friends arrive
knowing with no need to say
staying in bed all day
and if these aren't pretty things i don't understand
i simply throw up my hands
in this land of plenty
does everything great have a throwaway date?
no way, i don't believe it's so
no way, i won't i don't believe it's so
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She Praises Me
03:45
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she praises me
she gives to me
asleep beside me
she's feeding me
she gives to me
says too much good, much good about me
so much about me i can't believe
am i so good?
so clean, so pure?
as beautiful as she makes believe?
i can't believe all she tells me
i do believe all she tells me
she praises me
she gives to me
asleep beside me
she's feeding me
she praises me
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Funny Shadow
02:52
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all you want is for her to say the words
all you want is for her to say them now
you want her to tell you fast, you want her to tell you slow
and she's lighting another cigarette
and she's flicking to see what's on TV
if she doesn't glance your way, you might as well be six feet down
what a funny shadow you have
when you look behind you now it's gone
and it's just you and her eating fish and drinking sea
if you love something set it free
that's what everybody likes to say
but what are you meant to do, while waiting for her to come around?
all you want is for her to say the words
all you want is for her to say them now
you want her to tell you fast, you want her to tell you slow
'cos oh it's getting hard remembering what you used to know
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Rude Distraction
02:26
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i saw the funniest thing the other day
a man walking upside down, the other way
and i laughed so hard i didn't know it was the end of the world
and i had to stay and serve out back with the other girls
how's that, how's that for a distraction?
i held the tiniest universe in my arms
spellbound, amazed
but i cried so hard i couldn't tell this was the Genesis
and you might well ask what any of that has to do with this
how's that, how's that for a distraction?
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Singing In My Soul
05:44
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picking me up and down
spinning me round and round
lighting me up, every time i am blue
i can hear you calling, calling my name
and i can feel you falling again into my arms
i’ve got you singing in my soul
i’ve got you singing in my soul
taking away all my pain
bringing the sun shining through the rain
taking me high to blue skies
i can hear you calling, calling my name
and i can feel you falling again into my arms
i’ve got you singing in my soul
i’ve got you singing in my soul
swinging me to and fro
feeling the ebb and the flow
waking me up with your sunshine smile
i can hear you calling, calling my name
i can feel you falling again into my arms
i’ve got you singing in my soul
i’ve got you singing in my soul
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7. |
Get Your Boat
06:27
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get your boat and drag it to the water
get your boat and drag it to the water
get your boat and drag it to the water
ready to search for the pulse of the sea
take your time, remember what you taught me
take your time, remember what you taught me
take your time, remember what you taught me
you already know it, you're peaceful and free
but i'm angry and lonely
this is all too much for me
the ocean's so deep and i'm such a little girl
please don't make me, pay heed to me
i'll sit on the beach and read
'cos if it's not my choice it's no choice at all
get your boat...
the ocean upsets me
one moment it's happy
then suddenly so angry
then suddenly suddenly suddenly suddenly
i live in fear of its hot and cold currents
it fills me up and empties me in the wink of a tide
get your boat....
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Dixon St
04:59
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it's only when you've grown up
you're allowed to drive a car
it's not until you go someplace
you realise what you are
mm mm mm
it's not until you've left
that you remember you belong
it's only when you've been away
you notice what has gone
mm mm mm
walk down dixon st in the lunchtime crowd
every day i wonder who these people are
walk down dixon st going into town
every time i wonder if i've met them all before
it's only when you're not here
there's any need to know
it's only after living here
you feel you can go
mm mm mm
walk down dixon st in the lunchtime crowd
every day i wonder who these people are
walk down dixon st just off cuba mall
now and then I think I should know these people
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9. |
Spin Silver
05:15
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i smile slowly and touch your hand
'cos when i walk this world with you
it makes me think it could be true
that we can live
comfortably with ghosts and mirrors
and drink thirstily of freedom
in decomposable cups
and take heart
by the heart that comes of giving
and then make peace
after giving a piece of our mind
this is happy, your skin and mine
to search the edges of the sea
to be the one you make of me
yes we can live...
i am convinced i am alive
this love, a river running deep
it claims my heart and soul to keep
and tells me we can live...
this kind of love is what you give
and i break down to think of it
you spin silver over me
you spin silver
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over time people think they learn to know you
but did you know?
no-one ever truly knows you
oh did you know?
and often times it's your closest friends who go the furthest wrong
the ones who think they know you get you furthest wrong
bonds that tie can break you
bonds that tie can break you
i'll not let you any closer to me
the closer you get the less you see
the more you assume the less you read
that's my philosophy
you talk like i'm not in the room
and i know
you probably never meant no harm
but it hurts and still i feel alone
all these years i've been alone
bonds that tie can break you
bonds that tie can break you
when water flows it won't return
and you can't undo what you already learnt
we men, we men are only water and clay
driving rain may wash us away
as we gain in years we all grow weaker
and this i know
you better get yourself in order
cos when trouble comes you'll be on your own
when trouble takes us every man will stand alone
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Positive Tension
04:40
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rise above the water
you are free of influence
from the weight of the world
lost to all the world
what good are you now?
what good are you now?
nothing there to guide you
nothing there to hold
you belong in the water
forced up against the flow
this is positive tension
burden on which you rely
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12. |
All I Can Do
04:19
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the weather in wellington is so changeable
the wind comes and goes
last night - so still - as we walked home
you have to be awake to all that's happening
the changes as we breathe
breathing the changes
the wind turns again
and the sky clears
she smiles and gives me a kiss
or clouds pour
she has something to tell me
i need to be awake
which way is she turning?
all I can do is tell the truth
all I can do is be true
all I can do
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Shasta Daisy
04:23
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i am not a creature of habit but i like my mornings of solitude
the first thing that i do is praise this ocean and this garden
i wash this celestial body in the light of day and my mind is still
and fear just falls away like curtains and i am thankful
i see you in all your shapes and colours, juice-encrusted smiles and frowns of misery
your hearts are on your sleeves
you pull tears of wonder from my eyes
and the last thing that i do is praise this ocean and this garden
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14. |
Ben Says
00:06
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Age Pryor New Zealand
Selected solo recordings by Age Pryor. For group work with bands including Fly My Pretties, Congress of Animals, Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, The Woolshed Sessions and more, please check out my website. Thanks for visiting ✌🏼
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