- It Ain't Wrong
It ain't wrong to steal a BibleWhen you're poor and feeling lowThere's no sense in those reliableLookin' down on those less soCause there's room at Jesus tableFor all to come and goThe Host ain't quite as formal as...
- Dresdan
The morning breeze is off and goneThe winding factory streets are cleanOld ladies put the kettle onAnd all-night lechers pause and leanOn grey shop windows, everywhereA deeper hum is in the airHotel room, drifter...
- This Big Old Car
This big old car, gonna take us homeThis big old car, gonna take us homeGonna take us home, to what we know so wellThis big old car, gonna take us homeGonna take us all the way to BrisbaneTake us all the way to...
- Forever Now
Taking her seat at the barShe don't talk to anyonePlane leaving soon for afarWhere she don't know anyoneShe thinks of her precious timeThere's no-one she leaves behindWho could change her mindIs this the way it's...
- Flame Trees
Kids out driving Saturday afternoon pass me byI'm just savouring familiar sightsWe share some history, this town and IAnd I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of herTry to book a room to stay tonightNumber one is...
- Ghost Town
I've been forty days and forty nightsIn television landI'd kill myself with cigarettesIf I could find my handsLivin' in a ghost townTake this will and testamentAnd nail it to the wallYou know I spent my time...
- Janelle
Janelle, Janelle, JanelleSo far awayGoodnight, sweet dreamsThe world is wellJanelle, Janelle, JanelleLookin' through your photographTalking through the telephoneI'm thinking through my plans for meAnd you so all...
- Four Walls
They're calling time for exerciseRound her Majesty's hotelThe maid'll hose the room outWhen I'm goneI never knew such luxuryBefore my verdict fellFour walls, washbasin, prison bedWell the Bathurst riots endedWhen they...
- H - Hour Hotel
I been on the run from bar to barHunchin' down and movin' fastThese last few days I've been so aloneI got my hat pulled down to quartermastYou're the only decent thing I've seenIn this whole hotel since Danny diedThe...
- Conversations
Kneeling at the hotel receptionViolin a-sobbing on his kneeTwenty bright rozellas on his shoulderCoin from a wealthy CeyloneseHungry people hangin' on the cornerOther people cruisin' by in carsFeeding on the fiction...
- Angel In My Room
There's an angel in the shadows of my roomAnd she watches me when I'm all aloneWhen my sad heart is hurt and cryingThat's when she comes to meAnd she leads me homeIf I close my eyesAnd I take her handI can see you...
- Cheap Wine
Once I smoked a Danneman cigarDrove a foreign carBaby that was years agoI left it all behindHad a friend, I heard she diedOn a needle she was crucifiedBaby that was years agoI left it all behind for myCheap wine and a...
- I'm Gonna Roll Ya
No copulation, no revolutionSaid the young Marquis de SadeBut all the whips in France ain't gonna get me***in' on a barracadeFrom the schoolboys on it was one big conAs we hung around the hockey teamsIn each boys...
- Good Bye Astrid
Open up the door Astrid, cause I'm comin' down the stairsAnd I ain't gonna listen to no more pissin' aroundI've had seven long years of give a little, take a littleStack a little money awayAnd you better believe I'm...
- Bal-A-Verailles
Aliester CrowleyAnd Bar Shem TovAre lyin' in the alleyToo stoned to moveThem and AristotleAre playin' swyFor one tiny bottleOf Bal-a-VersaillesOver the oceanOver the seaFrom out of east of EdenPre-B.C.To Terra...
- Just How Many Times
Lovers see the world through an old, red wineAll the sounds of the blues, just disappearWith a light like yours beside meIt's been an old, old red wine yearAnd just how many times did I watch you smileAnd how long has...
- Hound Dog
Hump that coffin up round one more bendHump that coffin up round one more bendIf your head needs a bandageTry a roadhouse open sandwichDodge the waitress and hit the road againI got dog's disease and asphalt on my...
- Ita
Every night when I get homeI settle down to prime time limboWhen all the boys are gathered aroundShouting Ita'a on TVAnd though the roaches are thick on the groundSomebody goes to close my windowKeep the noise of the...
- Rising Sun
She just jumped on a planePaid no attention to meGave me no noticeBut her goodbyes sure were sweetSaid she's gonna writeMaybe call me upShe checked her bagsAnd then she broke my heartShe kissed my cheekAnd told me not...
- Best Kept Lies
Losin' myself nightlyNo-one's tellin' me just where you areGot me like a feverAnd movin' like you've got too farUsed to shine so brightlyAll is fadin' now as time goes onJust when I think I hear youI look around and...
- Shipping Steel
Hammer down the open roadSteel pigs my only loadCountry songs are always playin'He's a goin', she's a stayingBriquets keep the fires burningDiesel keeps the wheels turningHikers on the edge of townStart off young and...
- No Sense
Mail arrives in the morningI'm hoping for good newsAnother letter from a girl that I don't knowAnother letter full of no newsYou don't tell me anythingYou just go on and onAnd you don't make no senseYou try to tell me...
- Daskarzine
Well Daskarzine, she was pretty blandAs she stretched out in the corner of the roomShe was Oh! so lazy with her pistol handAs her hair hung hot off the loomA red-eyed Chicken felt like stepping inBut his lines lacked...
- Saturday Night
Saturday nightSaturday nightSaturday nightSaturday nightSaturday night's already oldWalking into Sunday, and I findAll desires are coldI could walk forever, I don't mindShow me a light, your companyGoes a little way...
- Build This Love
Build this loveBuild this loveBuild this loveBuild this loveBuild this loveI'm gonna build this loveI'm gonna build this fire higher and higherLittle by step by little by stepOh yeahI get my daysWhen a voice seems to...
- My Baby
My Baby, My BabyMy Baby, My BabyI know this little girl she's quite a pictureI do my very best oh boy to keep herShe's got what it takes to warm my soulMaybe it's because she wears no makeupDoesn't think she's got the...
- Last Wave Of Summer
On the last wave of summerI lost my soul to youThe last wave of summerI lost it all to youEvery thing has a timeThis I know is trueI could live foreverThis perfect day with youThere's a cold winter comin'I can feel...
- Twentieth Century
Standing on this intersectionYelling for my changeWatching personalitiesCollapse and re-arrangeGotta smile about itGotta surf it out or drownIn the twentieth centurySome guy selling libertyYou've heard it all...
- Hands Out Of My Pocket
She's standing on the cornerAnd she looks so aloneAnd she sacrafices her moneyTo a god she doesn't know"Go repent" said the preacherWith his hands stuck in your pocketOnce you buy, you soon find outThere is no...
- F-111
Birds fly up as I pull into townDesert storm as the sun goes downPark the bike on holy groundTemple by the storeTemple priests are pretty shotJimson weed and thanks a lotCrazy abbot, gotta stopPut my guns down, by the...
- Star Hotel
All last night we were learningDrank our cheques by the barSomewhere bridges were burningAs the walls came down at the StarSquadcars fanned the insanityNewsteams fought through the crowdSpent last night under...
- Standing On The Outside
Standing on the outside lookin' inStanding on the outside lookin' inOh-oh, I never strayed outside the lawStanding on the outside lookin' inRoom full of money and the born to winNo amount of work's gonna get me...
- He Can't Believe It's Over With You
There's someone out there hangin' aroundMentioning your name all over townSome old flame of yoursSomeone you knewAnd he can't believe it's over with youHe says that he is where you belongYou tell me you ain't seen him...
- When The War Is Over
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart awayAin't nobody gonna steal this heart awayWhen the war is overGot to get awayPack my bag to no placeIn no time no dayYou and I we used each other's shoulderStill so young but...
- A Little Bit Of Daylight
Lock the doorClose the window tightDraw the curtainsI got to block out the lightFeel the sun, shining in my eyesI'm just trying to cover up a little bit of daylightI close the curtainMake sure no one can seeIs there...
- Breakfast At Sweethearts
Campbell laneThrough the window, curtain rainLong night gone, yellow daySpeed shivers melt awaySix o'clock I'm goin' downCoffee's hot and the toast is brownHey streetsweeper, clear my waySweethearts breakfast is the...
- Hold Me Tight
Hold me tightHold me tightBaby nothing's gonna change this magic nightWell energy we've got to burnSo open up your mouth and take a biteAnd hold me tightWell tellers do itTanners do itThe Phantom and Diana do...
- Khe Sanh
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe SanhAnd my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket manI've had the Vietnam cold turkeyFrom the ocean to the Silver CityAnd it's only other vets could...
- The Door
Baby babyThe telephone's ringin' againWhat do I say, are you home this timeThere's somebody askin' on the telephone lineBaby babyYou know it's getting me downThe Fatman called, left no messageThey get so heavy when...
- The Game
"Who's that on the telephone"The fisherman said"Looks like a writer"She turned her head"Could be, we'll see"Ma ring replied"There were rumours when he came"And as the evening fellAround the old hotelThe stranger left...
- Juliet
Jet-lag cramps the lonely faceCheek-bones pinched and tiredIt's a cold tarmac breezeThat wraps the terminal aroundFlight-times drag the night alongCab skids down the freewayTime to find a bedFor the weeks aheadIt's...
- Bow River
Listen now to the wind babeListen now to the rainFeel that water lickin' at my feet againI don't wanna see this town no moreWastin' my days on a factory floorFirst thing you know I'll be back in Bow River againAnytime...
- You Got Nothing I Want
You got nothing I wantYou got nothing I needYou got nothing I wantYou got nothing I needYou got nothing I wantYou got nothing I needI don't need crying liesI don't need stupid alibi'sI don't need convertible cars,And...
- Drinkin In Port Lincon
Connie goes down to the Pier HotelShe's on the lookout for a quick romanceShe talks real slow and she never could spellBut Jesus don't you watch her danceWell the Pier's never been no youth hostelThose bayside boys...