The Waifs are a folk rock band from Western Australia. The original members of The Waifs are Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocals), and sisters Vikki Thorn (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson Donna Simpson (musician) (guitar, vocals). Their current tour band also includes Ben Franz (bass) and David Ross MacDonald (drums).
Their 2003 album Up All Night Up All Night (The Waifs album) reached double platinum in Australia and reached... [read more] - Red At Night
I was born in a town where the rivers flow freeOn a January night, when the cold winds freezeI got an Irish name and an injuryBlessing and a curse cast down on meAin't nobody got the blues like meAin't nobody got the...
- Taken
Night time I stage my street showLove for the money that's my cash flowNo, I don't get scared when I walk aloneI have been on this beat enough to knowThat when shit happens it is just your turnSo you deal with it and...
- Boomboxes And Dictionaries
I took a drive today, thought about you.Thought about a friend who passed, and how much we just went through.I saw the sun shine off the hood of a Cadillac,I thought about some things I'd say, and some I would take...
- Wooderson
And tonight the coastline is quietIt's quieter than it's ever beenHoney, this town is a prisonWith its four walls closing inAnd they got one pill to make you smallerThey one pill to make you screamDarling, this heart...
- Love Serenade
When the night time comes You can hear My heart callingCalling out to you My one true loveThinking about you All of the whileThinking about you It's making me smileHoney I'm sitting On top of the world Just thinking...
- Danger
Danger...danger aheadWe missed the signs, We lost all we had of youI know you had time on your ownBut you couldn't ever say that You didn't have a place to come home toBut you never came homeDangerHow could anything...
- When I Die
When I die won't you bury meIn the town where I was born Most of my life I've been rambiling freeWhen I die I want to come back homeEver since I was a baby childI knew I was born to roamI had to climb to the top of...
- A Brief History
We were both 18 the year that we metI was slighty older but not by muchOne look at you and I knew that was itAnd your voice sounded like an angel aboveOne look at me you thought I was oddWearing those clothes in the...
- The Waitress
I thought I'd move to Sydney To get a little piece Of the city life they talk about In the 90's.Where everyone I meet Don't want to know my nameThey want to know what I do for a livingMy songs don't earn me money Or...
- The Haircut
This is more than a haircut I'm wearing on my headI thought I'd dye it red But got it cut insteadAnd maybe I could send you My long blonde locksCause you were always After something, babySomething I'm notSee, I'm...
- Service Fee
You broke down my door and let yourself inHelped yourself to my soul and skinYou ate all you needed and then had the nerveTo thank me for dinner and help yourself to dessertYou helped yourselfI could've charged you a...
- Sink Or Swim
Sink or swim Sink or swimWhat's it going to be When you dive on in Dive on inDive on inWhat's it going to be When you dive on inEverybody knows What I'm talking aboutEverybody knows What they're hiding fromHiding...
- Lies
You read the paper, Watch the news and thinkYour well informedI've got some news for you, my friendThat headline that you read, The story that brokeWas a scandle and a scam, A political master strokeThey tell you what...
- The Navesink Banks
"All hope abandon, ye who enter here"Said the sign I read that was hanging above her bedAnd the siren's all willingBut a man can't ignore the signsYou gotta keep a good eye on the winding road aheadAnd my first sin...
- Drive
In my headI am already goneSide roads pointed upDecisions decided onBut in my nightsThere are restless hours3 am goes downNothing else comes upAnd the only thing we knowIs it's getting dark and we better goAnd the...
- We're Getting A Divorce, You Keep The Diner
We were the magnificent dreamers.In secret lamplight hideouts.We swore the world couldn't break us,Even when the world took us down.So here I am struggling out in the mighty jungle,Moving eighteen miles a minute, not...
- We Came To Dance
We are the last of the jukebox Romeos,We are managed by the love beforeCame to sing out a chorus, reinvent the good timesBring it all back home again[Chorus:]Honey we came to dance with the girls with the stars in...
- I'da Called You Woody, Joe
I was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance.Rico said, "I'ma turn you onto a sound, cool out your head.This is the sound from Camden town."And then I heard it like a shot through my skull to my brain,I...
- Without You
I've been looking out for number oneI've been stepping out with my friendsI don't have to justify what I have doneI don't have to answer to anyoneI put my body on the lineTake a step out of my mindLife takes on a...
- Take It In
Now she's thinking of the red soil And the mango treesIn her mind she's still splashing 'round Down on Cable BeachAnd her eyes, they are as rich and faraway As the sunset thereShe's not taking in a word I sayWell I...
- I Believe
Seems like only yesterday I thought I had my life togetherAin't it funny how some things changeFor it is today I feel uncertain About my whole worldAll once familiar is now strangeI've become so dependant on Those...
- Billy Jones
Well we grew up together in an urban townJust me and Billy Jones always hanging aroundHe was a Mumma's little boy, he was an only childHis clothes were always neat and his hair carefully styledAll the games we'd play...
- Waif Song
We drive an old beat up carWe play our out of tune guitarsMother Nature keeps us safeEven when we're off our faceA waif is all I want to beNot better for you no worse for meYou've got a mobile phone and heaps of...
- Intimate
Now we are so intimate do You think we could ever partThough there's little love left In it something seems to make it hardI'd like to stand up I'd like to stand up on my ownBut I fear that you will Forever be my...
- Circles
What's your excuse for living likeYou're somebody differentYou're nobody differentYou're just somebodyTell me what's the reason behindAll your frustrationsIt's a bad situationCan you trust meDo you think that maybe...
- Crazy Train
Crazy train, rolling down that crazy trackCrazy train, rolling down that crazy trackGoing to New Orleans and I ain't coming backCrazy train, where do you think I'm boundCrazy train, where do you think I'm boundBound...
- Jealousy
Now's the time you're leaving You got to do what you got to doWhen you come in from the cold I'll still be warm for youAnd I won't be bending backwards Like you never done for meWhen you look at what's left...
- Brain Damage
I'm going out to damage my brainYou won't come, You say you're staying at homeIt's no shame, night and day We see each other anywayWe've got to move, We've got to get awayIt's a long cold night But there's a better...
- Shiny Apple
Shiny apple rotten on the insideSkin is smooth but you soul is softOh you look so appetising butTaste the truth it'll make you spitAnd how long have I known you nowBut I knew after just one tasteAnd how long has my...
- Gillian
Oh Gillian, you're up with the sunYou've done a hundred things before half past nineBy the time most folk are up and goneYou'll be starting on one hundred and oneThere's not enough hours in a dayTo do all the things...
- Sunflower Man
I'll never forget I was singing in the streetsYou laid a sunflower In the case at my feetThrew a smile And you rolled right awayPeople cheered on the day That I fell in loveYeah I fell in loveMy head was heavy My...
- Spotlight
Moon hangs in the nightA spotlight on the worldRising the lands, Moving the seasAnd tonight from where I stand on this hillThe spotlight's on meI am young long agoI know not a thingOnly that the sky is blue Or...
- The River
I stood and watched my daddy dieNo one could help his plightHe was trying to save our homeOn the day that the river roseWell, "It came alive" I heard them say"There was nothing we could do As he washed away"Running...
- Shelter Me
Well I've decided no one's knowingAnything 'bout where I'm goingI can't even talk to my friends anymoreI'm not blaming anyone For the mess I've gotten inI'm only frightened By the things that I've doneKeep me safe...
- Attention
I was thinking about something else I must admitI didn't hear a word that you saidRemember to remind me not to forgetTo pay more attention now, attention nowWhen you talk to me you can expect itTo go into one ear and...
- Lest We Forget
Lest we forget,Your dates as a younger manLike how when you were nine, You fell in love Because she was the first girl You'd seen throw a cricket ballYou knew that you'd be together For the rest of your livesNow you...
- People Who Think They Can
People who think they canI want to be just like those Who think they canI want to be not so far away From where I'd planned to be by now Time has a bad habit of flying I was sleeping when it passed me byI was dreaming...
- Rescue
When your boots are well worn inAnd you're tired of travellingWhen you got nowhere to call your ownYou know my place can be your homeTo the rescue here I comeTo the rescue here I comeWhen I was out there playing...
- Up All Night
Watched the sun sinking lowWatched the moon rising slowWatched it move across the skyTill I saw the morning lightUp all nightUp all nightThings just don't seem rightLordy I think I mightStay up all nightWe were young...
- Fisherman's Daughter
I don't like gold And I don't like pearlsI'm just your regular West Australian Fisherman's daughterI'm a middle class Folk singing guitar playing girlI ain't seen the world No I've not travelled farI'm saving dollars...
- Sweetness
There's nothing like a big old lieA good record and a smoke to pass time byMusic gets me in the moodIt all kicks in and I sit backAnd think about youSweetness to meThat's all you'll ever beYou mean stuff to meI like...
- Three Down
Three months on the roadBut I've still got four more to goThere's a full moon And it's rising over AustinI can see a big old Texas flag Flying in the windI can't sleep for all tTe bright lights of this cheap hotelThis...
- Highway One
I got a placeI do call mineGot me a space Where I can breatheGot my gardenGot my treesAnd if you're ever out this wayAnd if you still call my nameI'm not that hard to findI live on...Highway OneTwelve hour driveAnd...
- The Lighthouse
Lighthouse tall and grandStanding in a cold headlandShine your light across the seafor a wayward sailor boy like meLighthouse manGuide the sailor back to landSteer my ship on through the stormBack to water safe and...
- Flesh And Blood
There are secrets In the soul of meThings I keep insidePlaces you will never seeHidden under lock and keyFlesh and blood and skin and boneYou're looking from the outside inAll you'll see is what you're shownFlesh and...
- Nothing New
I'm going to dress up tonightI'll look real pretty For I don't know whoI'll find my own way Around this great big cityAnd I'll sit at a bar And I'm gonna have a drinkI'll leave you to revel In your youthful yearningsI...
- Fourth Floor
On the fourth floor of the buildingWith the shallow window boxShe's digging in the soil with a silver spoonHer hands inside rubber glovesPlanting seeds, pulling up weedsThe cycle of life is completeWho would have...
- Since I've Been Around
Walking down the main street Of the town where I was bornLooking at these things I've seen So many times beforeI take a deep breath, smile And kick a stone along the groundBeen so long, since I've been aroundThere's...
- Bridal Train
A telegram arrived today, Well its time to catch the Monterey 'Cause the man I wed, he waits for me And a daughter that he's yet to see US Navy beamed its message, Will deliver brides on a one way passage It made big...
- London Still
I wonder if you can pick up my accent on the phone When I call across the country, when I call across the world I see you in my kitchen, I picture you now As you toast to your small town and you drink the happy hour...
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