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MY MELBOURNE LOCK LAMENT
Words and music by Tom Williams with editorial and lyrical additions from Ralph Johnstone
Beneath your cold, brave exterior
Lives a charming spirit full of gold
How I miss all your youthful energy
Grown suddenly so tired and old
I miss the constant thrum and thrill
That spring around your city streets
The coffee stops, the trams and shops,
All the spectacles at The ’G.
I miss the endless, aimless wanders
On either side of river or fence
I miss the way everybody seeks
That true tribal experience
But more than anything I feel,
I miss the people and your beating heart
Your buzzing lights, long summer nights, on Woiworrung where we did start.
Oh Melbourne, where do we go from here?
Oh Melbourne, it’s sad to see you locked away from all the dreams you held our way.
I miss your beaches, the art galleries
Your ever-changing diversity
(I) miss your laneways and festivals
Where we could be who we wanted to be
I miss the blissful holiday places
On your doorstep the world is undone
Now all those heaving live music spaces
Standing silent in the midnight sun
Great Ocean Road, the stories told, your ancient wisdom when we play as one.
Oh Melbourne, where do we go from here?
Oh Melbourne, it’s sad to see you locked away from all the dreams you held our way.
I wish you a full recovery
To replenish all that you’ve lost
I worry you’ll be abandoned
By many as they count the cost
But more than anything I feel,
I miss the people and your beating heart.
Designer black. Bouncing back. It’s your character that sets us apart.
Your trees lit up along the Yarra but now no one sees this work of art.
Oh Melbourne, where do we go from here?
Oh Melbourne, it’s sad to see you locked away from all the dreams you held our way
Melbourne, where do we go from here?
Oh Melbourne, it’s sad to see you locked away
So sad to see you locked away.
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I SHALL BE RELEASED
By Bob Dylan
They say everything can be replaced
Yet every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released
They say every man needs protection.
They say every man must fall.
Yet I swear I see my reflection,
Some place so high above this wall.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released
Standing next to me in this lonely room
A man who swears he’s not to blame.
All day long I hear his cry shout so loud,
Calling out that he's been framed.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released
Any day now, anyway now,
I shall be released
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SAFE FROM HARM
By Massive Attack
Midnight rockers, city slickers
Gunmen and maniacs
All are featured on the freak show
And I can't do nothing 'bout that, no no
But if you hurt what's mine
I'll sure as hell retaliate
You can free the world. You can free my mind
Just as long as my baby's safe from harm tonight (repeat once)
Telling us what is infectious and dangerous
Friends and enemies, they find us contagerous
I was looking back to see If you were looking back at me
To see me looking back at you
Lucky dippers, crazy chancers
Seems to be moving fast
What happened to the niceties of my childhood days?
Well, I can't do nothing 'bout that, no no
But if you hurt what's mine
I'll sure as hell retaliate
You can free the world. You can free my mind
Just as long as my baby's safe from harm tonight (repeat once)
T T Telling us what is infectious and dangerous
Friends and enemies, they find us contagerous
And they spread into your system like a virus
Yes, the trouble is it kind of makes you anxious,
I was, I was looking back to see, if you were looking back at me
To see me looking back at you, I was (repeat once)
But if you hurt what's mine
I'll sure as hell retaliate
You can free the world. You can free my mind
Just as long as my baby's safe from harm tonight (repeat once)
I was looking back to see, if you were looking back at me
To see me looking back at you (repeat 3x's
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Blue Bayou - iSoLitO S1
03:25
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BLUE BAYOU
By Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
I feel so bad I've got a worried mind,
I'm so lonesome all the time;
since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou
Saving nickels, saving dimes
Working till the sun don't shine
Looking forward to happier times, on Blue bayou
I'm going back some day, come what may, to Blue Bayou
Where you sleep all day, and the catfish play, on Blue bayou
All those fishing boats, with their sails afloat, if I could only see
That familiar sunrise, through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be
Go to see my baby again,
and to be with some of my friends
Maybe I'd be happy then, on Blue Bayou
I'm going back some day, gonna stay, on Blue Bayou
Where the folks are fine, and the world is mine, on Blue Bayou
Oh, that girl of mine, by my side, the silver moon and the evening tide
Oh, some sweet day, gonna take away, this hurting inside
[SOLO]
All those fishing boats, with their sails afloat, if I could only see
That familiar sunrise, through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be
I'll never be blue, my dreams come true, on Blue Ba---you
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GENEROSITY (All your Life)
By Tom Williams
I see you in the stars looking out at night
You lit a light in my life
And from the other side (I’m) remembering
How you’d lift me up whenever I was down
With one step over the bread line and six thousand miles from all you truly value
You never stopped reaching out for more
All your life
I heard somebody say the strangest thing about you to me yesterday
I couldn’t comprehend, knowing who you are
They must have misunderstood your generosity
As gossip only fuels the fire and talk sits in between the truthful and the liars
You never stopped reaching out for more
All your life
I wrestle with my conscience, try to make a difference
Do all I can
Find comfort with my bare hands, a shiver that we all share
As it comes to an end
The day you helped me mend that broken wing
Of our little, furry, feathered friend
Right from the start without eyes to see
You led the way forward in the dark
As greed, wealth, control and power dictate the way we live and how we treat each other
You never stopped reaching out for more
All your life
Now you’re shining bright in the night sky
Your words ring in my ears
“Care for one another and never stop reaching out for more.
No, no, no, never stop reaching out for more.”
You never stopped reaching out for more
All your life
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SHE BREAKS MY WORLD IN TWO
By Matt Banks and illuminati
You, feeling like an instrument of doom
The weak of heart were forced to leave the room
And those souls learned in the practices of dogs
Who put aside their loyalties and gladly draw a claw
When she rhymes she breaks my world in two
It’s gonna take a few blue skies
Floating in these eyes to get you through
I hope it works for you
Powered through a cigarette or three
That pathos ridden sit-com shit had really hit the screen
Sometimes it sucks me in
It really makes me think
It kind of turns my crank
When she rhymes she breaks my world in two
It’s gonna take a few blue skies
Floating in these eyes to get you through
Whatever works for you
Whatever works for you
I know she’s gonna break my world in two
You, feeling like an instrument of doom
The weak of heart were forced to leave the room
Yes you scared them too
You really made them think
And yes you turn my crank
When she rhymes she breaks my world in two
It’s gonna take a few blue skies
Floating in these eyes to get you through
Standing on my best friends feet
Nodding our agreement, we just shoot through
It’s gonna take a few blue skies
Floating in these eyes to get you through
I hope it works for you
You, Feeling like an instrument of truth
We’ll put this down to the darker side of youth
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Candle Lit - iSoLitO S1
03:47
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CANDLE LIT
By Ben Abbott and The Jaynes
All she does is stay at home
She just sits inside her telephone. She can’t help it.
“Will he ring? I know he will.
Or will I have to take the pills I need for love,
Just to show him”
“I can’t find a way to ask him over.
But I tried yesterday there wasn’t anybody home.
The fire is high I know too well
Only fire keeps the candle lit.
He makes me want to melt”
She gets dressed up for the night.
Dressed because she knows that this could be the night.
She is hoping.
“You don’t make things easy.
Being sick into my basin’s killing me. I can’t take it.”
And she says “I can’t find a way to ask him over
But I tried yesterday and there wasn’t anybody home.
The fire is high I know too well
Only fire keeps the candle lit. He makes me want to melt”
“The fire is high I know too well
Only fire keeps the candle lit. He makes me want to melt.
The fire is high I know too well
It’s your light that keeps the flame that makes me want to melt.”
The fire is high
The fire is high
“He makes me want to melt”
It makes me want too.
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ROLLING ON THE TIDE
Lyrics by Tom Williams and Ralph Johnstone
Feel I’m bursting at the seams
To get back out and catch my dreams
Throw me a single golden ray of hope
Seize the gauntlet, chase the sun
Let’s play together everyone
We should cherish all the good that we have done
Now take your time and reimagine
Where we could wind up if all goes well
Reflect in awe at ourselves in the future
How we helped each other through this wretched spell
And let’s go, sky high with elation
Stay one for all while we ride
As it should be. living with a human connection
Days are endless, nights are long
We’ve got to be strong
Rolling on the tide
Hey, hey, hey.
Collaborate, let’s activate
Refuse to bow to others’ hate
Please give us some friggin’ leaders who truly care
We know we’ve learned to look again
And lift our hearts to others’ pain
To touch the Earth ‘neath Mother Nature’s glare
Now take your time and reimagine
Where we could wind up if all goes well
Reflect in awe at ourselves in the future
If we help each other, only time will tell
So let’s go, sky high with elation
Stay all for one while we ride
As it should be. living with a human connection
This enemy has made us one
A better new wave is set to come . .
Rolling on the tide
Hey, hey, hey.
Unlock the children. Set them free
Reunite with loving family
Let’s excavate the chasms of our past
A new configuration looms
No opportunity’s too soon
Come on we’ll make these vital moments last
Now let’s go, sky high with elation
Stay one for all while we ride
As it should be. living with a human connection
Days are endless, nights are long, we’ve got to be strong
And let’s go, sky high with elation
Stand all for one while we ride
As it should be better than we ever remember
Don’t bite the apple, spare the cost
Don’t ever count yourself as lost..
Rolling on the tide
Hey, hey, hey.
Rolling on the tide
Hey, hey, hey.
Equity, empathy, humanity
That’s all you really need right there
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MY MY, HEY HEY Out of the Blue)
By Neil Young
Hey Hey, My My.
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye
Hey Hey, My My.
Out of the blue and into the black
They give you this but you pay for that
And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black
The king is gone but he's not forgotten
Is this the story of a Johnny Rotten?
It's better to burn out than it is to rust
The king is gone but he's not forgotten
Hey Hey, My My.
Rock and roll can never die
My My, Hey Hey.
Rock and roll is here to stay
It’s better to burn out
Than to fade away
Hey Hey, My My.
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JIGSAW (Peace)
By Cousin Leonard
Lyrics by Tom Williams
Got a piece of puzzle in my hand
Sweet, little, stray, brave piece.
A grain of sand
Wash into our shores, three new pieces
Now the trouble has begun
Come together. Come as one
Fight for freedom in the sun
It’s all we live for so don’t give in
Because tomorrow peace will come
Got a piece of heaven (and) a piece of hell
Each day is a new piece of life in this well
An untouched island drifts away
Because my wish is here to stay
Come together. Come as one
Fight for freedom in the sun
It’s all we live for so don’t give in
Because tomorrow peace will come
We’re alive, living now
(So) Let’s take the best and leave the worst behind
Give all that we can to a worthy cause, in the daily grind
Dream of bright beginnings (and) remember who’s in charge
You’re going to see your future through
Come together as one
For freedom in the sun
It’s all we live for so don’t give in
Because tomorrow peace will come
Tomorrow peace will come
You know tomorrow
Peace will come
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Angel Band - iSoLitO S1
03:27
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ANGEL BAND
By Williams Bradbury and Jefferson Hascall with additional lyrics by Tom Williams
My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past
My triumph has begun
Oh, come, angel band
Come and around me stand
Bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
With nothing but love in our hearts to bring
Embrace now one and all
Deliver us freely from our sins
Rejoice in heaven's call
Oh, come, angel band
Come and around me stand
Bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Now purge my longing soul to him
Who bled and died for me
Oh holy one alight yours wings
That bring me to victory
Oh, come, angel band
Come and around me stand
Bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
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That's Me - iSoLitO S1
03:48
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THAT'S ME
By Cousin Leonard
Lyrics by Briony Williams and Tom Williams
Pushing with that evil laugh
Saying yes should be saying no
Who are you when you are not
Thinking straight
Now here I go out to space
Where nothing is too hard
And the world is my oyster
That’s me when I’m in disguise
Keeping myself company
And all you have will never turn out bad
The mad, fun pictures in your head
Dancing with hip-hugging big, flared pants
Don’t give a rats’ who sees you play
Putting feathers in your hair
Snorting shit to fend off sleep
Where do you go when you blink?
Do you think at all that nothing is too hard
And the world is your oyster?
Well that’s me when I’m in disguise
Keeping myself company
And all you have will never turn out bad
The mad, fun pictures in your head
If I could sing like Sinead and dance like Madonna
And fight like the villain in a Tarantino flick.
That’s me when I’m in disguise
Just keeping myself company
‘Cause all you have will never turn out bad
The mad, fun pictures in your head
Well that’s me when I’m in disguise
Just keeping myself company
And all you have will never turn out bad
The mad, fun pictures in your head
That’s me
When I’m in disguise
That’s me
With these mad, fun pictures in my head
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Tom C.C.Bones Melbourne, Australia
Born and raised in the Fiji Islands, Tom has been singing and performing as a multi-instrumentalist in venues around the world from a young age. As front man of 90’s Rock/Pop band The Jaynes and more recently combining talents with his brother Marty in heading up alt-folk group Cousin Leonard, Tom continues to be a passionate activist in creative expression & songs that stimulate the human spirit. ... more
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