DISK 4
LIVIN' IN THE COUNTRY
“I WAS TALKIN' TO AN OL' FARMER FRIEND OF MINE OUT HOME THE
OTHER DAY....AN ASKED HIM HOW THE COUNTRY LIVIN' WAS GOIN'?”
CHORUS
HE SAID.......
LIVIN' IN THE COUNTRY.....WORKIN' THE LAND
TRYIN' TO MAKE A LIVIN' THE BEST WAY WE CAN
BUSHFIRES, DROUGHTS, LACK OF MONEY AN FLOODS...
BUT WE LOVE COUNTRY LIVIN'.....'COS IT RUNS IN OUR BLOOD
VERSE 1
MUSTERIN' CATTLE DOWN RIVER...FLOOD GATES WASHED DOWN
THIRTY HEAD SHORT....SEE THEIR TRACKS ON THE GROUND
THE SHEEP NEED CRUTCHIN'.....MILE OF FENCIN' TO FIX
TRACKIN' CATTLE THROUGH THE FLOOD GATE WHERE THE SCRUB'S
REALLY THICK
VERSE 2
DOZER NEEDS OIL CHANGE..... TRACTOR'S DO TOO
FOUR-WHEEL DRIVES OK.....THO IT AINT VERY NEW
WINDMILL ON THE TOP DAM.....FOOT VALVES IN THE MUD
FLOOD GATES NEED FIXIN'.... AFTER FEBRUARY'S FLOOD
VERSE 3
RURAL FIRE BOARD MEETIN'..... MORE CONTROLLED BURNS
THE FUEL LOAD ON THE GROUND, IS A CONSTANT CONCERN
THE WATTLE'S BEEN BLOOMIN' …..YOU CAN SMELL IT EACH MORN
SEE THE MORNIN' STAR RISEN THERE, JUST BEFORE DAWN
VERSE 4
THE PRUNIN'S ALL FINISHED....PICKER'S COME NEXT
THE TOMATOES ARE FLOWERIN'.....THEY LOOKIN' THEIR BEST'
THE FRUIT TREES ARE LOADED.....WE HAD A RAT PLAGUE AN MICE
THINGS AINT TOO BAD.....IF WE GET A FAIR PRICE
VERSE 5
THEY DRILLIN' THRU THE AQUAFIERS.....FRACKIN' FOR GAS
WHAT ABOUT THE WATER? THEY MAKE BILLIONS IN CASH
OUR BEST FERTILE SOIL ....THEY'VE CHANGED THE DESIGN
REPLACE OUR FOOD BOWLS..... WITH HUGE OPEN CUT MINES
VERSE 6
DIESEL, OIL, GAS PRICES....KEEP GOIN' UP
ENERGY, RATES AN REGOS MAKE THE GOIN' REAL TOUGH
EACH MONTH THERE'S A STACK OF BILLS COMIN' AROUND
PRICES FOR OUR PRODUCE... ONLY THING GOIN' DOWN
TRAVELLIN' STRANGER
VERSE 1
I'M JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER THE ROADS' MY HOME
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE COFFIN....BETWEEN THE KNOWN
AND THE UNKNOWN
JUST A TRAVELLIN ' STRANGER.....TRAVELLIN' STRANGER
VERSE 2
I'M A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER LIGHT IS MY LOAD
WALKIN' WITH THE WEST WIND FOLLOWIN' DOWN THE RIVER
ROADS'
'
JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER....TRAVELLIN' STRANGER
VERSE 3
A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER MOVIN' THROUGH THE VOIDS
SADDENED BY THE SENSELESSNESS OF ALL BEAUTY THAT'S
DESTROYED
JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER...JUST A TRAVELLIN STRANGER
VERSE 4
A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER CONTINUALLY SEARCH BETWEEN
THE SATAN'S THAT ARE SANCTIONED AND THE PROPHETS WHO
ARE CURSED
JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER...JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER
VERSE 5
A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER I WAS TAUGHT TO DISTRUST
THE REFRACTED ILLUSIONS THAT THE CONJURERS
CONSTRUCT
JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER, JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER
GRAVES OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
INSTRUMENTAL
DOORS OF LOVE
VERSE 1
FEEL THAT RAIN AND A STORM ARRIVIN'
THEM THUNDER CLAPS AN THE FLASH OF LIGHTENIN'
SHIPWRECKED HEARTS ON THE CLIFFS OF LOVE
RIPTIDE PULLIN' YA THROUGH THE MUD
CHORUS
THAT EMPTINESS IN THE LONESOME EVENINGS
MEMORIES TEARS JUST PUSH AN' SHOVE
WHEN YOUR WALKIN' THE STREETS OF EMOTIONAL SADNESS
AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF
LOVE
AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF
LOVE
VERSE 2
FEEL THAT STING AS HEARTACHE SETS IN
LIKE LOSIN' LOVE AT THE RAINBOWS END
FOR A BROKEN HEART CAN'T FIND A CURE
ALONE AND WANDERIN' THE DESERTED SHORE
CHORUS
THAT EMPTINESS IN THE LONESOME EVENINGS
MEMORIES TEARS JUST PUSH AN' SHOVE
WHEN YOUR WALKIN' THE STREETS OF EMOTIONAL SADNESS
AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF
LOVE
AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF
LOVE
VERSE 3
HEARD IT SAID THAT 'TIME WILL HEAL'
BUT 'TIME' DON'T LOVE AN' 'TIME' DON'T 'FEEL'
CARESS THE SUNSET AN TOUCH THE SEA
EACH DAY GOES SLOW....BUT IT SETS LOVE FREE
VERSE 4
FEEL THAT RAIN AND A STORM ARRIVIN'
THEM THUNDER CLAPS AN THE FLASH OF LIGHTEN'
SHIPWRECKED HEARTS ON THE CLIFFS OF LOVE
RIPTIDE PULLIN' YA THROUGH THE MUD
CHORUS
THAT EMPTINESS IN THE LONESOME EVENINGS
MEMORIES TEARS JUST PUSH AN' SHOVE
WHEN YOUR WALKIN' THE STREETS OF EMOTIONAL SADNESS
AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF
LOVE
AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF
LOVE
NEW TOWN DOGS
Verse 1
What a way to end a night
Flyin’ blind without a light
Just before the sunup he feels warn
Sociopath in the kitchen with an ol’ lover
She been bitchin’ “He’s the weakest man that’s ever been born”
CHORUS
He say “Hangin’ round you is a hazard to health
You could wind up emotionally maimed
Tho’ you got yourself these new town dogs
You still want me on the chain”
Verse 2
Danton’s down the bar room
Drinkin’ buckets fulla booze
Says he’s just preservin’ his brain
Weston’s out on bail wid an appeal that’s bound to fail
Tellin’ the judge “I’m sick a bein’ framed”
CHORUS
He say “Hangin’ round you is a hazard to health
You could wind up emotionally maimed
Tho’ you got yourself these new town dogs
You still want me on the chain”
Verse 3
Conclave’s inside votin’ pilgrims waitin’ for white smoke
Rough sleeper underneath the bridge
Bin too long cold and broke
Soup kitchen volunteers givin’ the homeless hope
They should be given the keys to the cities
And wear the cardinal’s cloaks
CHORUS
He say “Hangin’ round you is a hazard to health
You could wind up emotionally maimed
Tho’ you got yourself these new town dogs
You still want me on the chain”
Verse 4
She said, “what away to end a night
Flyin’ blind widout a light”
Just before the new dawn she feels worn
Her male lover’s in the kitchen
For 3 weeks now he been missin’
He pilin’ her to the ceilin’ with his scorn
CHORUS
He say “Hangin’ round you is a hazard to health
You could wind up emotionally maimed
Tho’ you got yourself these new town dogs
You still want me on the chain”
PLAIN SONG
VERSE 1
AS SUNDOWNS PALE REDS FADE
AND TWILIGHT CREEPS IN FROM THE EAST
I SIT DOWN AT MY BACK DOOR
AND WATCH THE GENTLY WAVIN' FIELDS OF WHEAT
THE OL' NIGHT WINDS AT PLAY
AND THE MOONLIGHT CASTES A SHADOWE LONG
MY OL' GUITAR HERE SDADLY SINGS
BUT I WISH I COULD STOP MISSIN' YA NOW YA GONE
VERSE 2
THE EVENINGS FREIGHT PASSES THROUGH
WITH ITS BACK LOADED UP WITH LIVE STOCK AN' GRAIN
HEAVY ENGINES MOANIN' STEEL COUPLIN' TAKEN UP
THE STRAIN
THE OL' RAIL JOINS CLICK TIME
ABOARD HER I FEEL MY SOUL BELONGS
BUT MY OL' GUITAR HERE SADLY SINGS'
WISH I COULD STOP MISSIN' YA NOW YA GONE
SLIDIN’ INTO CHAOS
Instrumental
THE WIZARD OF THE WIND
VERSE 1
HIGH MOON IN THE EASTERN SKY
ON A BRILLIANT WINTERS NIGHT
WITH THEM DIAMOND JEWELS
JUST SET IN A VELVET BLACK
SHEDDED TREES WITH NAKED LIMBS
WAVE A MENACE IN THE WIND
AND THE CASTLES RUINS
COWER BESIDE THE TRACKS
VERSE 2
SHARP SHADOWS DANCE AND QUIVER
AND INTERTWINE UPON THE PATH
AND THE GRAVEYARD GATES
JUST CREAKIN' IN THE WIND
NOW'S THE TIME OF THE WITCHIN' HOUR
IN THE APEX OF THE NIGHT
FEEL THE WIZARD'S PSYSHIC PRESENCE
CLOSIN' IN
VERSE 3
THE MOON SURMOUNTS THE CHURCHES SPIRE
THE NORTHWINDS BREATH IS COLD
AND THE GRAVEYARD GRASS IS BENDIN'
LIKE THE REEDS
THE SILHOUETTE OF A PROWLIN' CAT
SEEN STARKLY BY THE STAIRS
THIS UNSEEN FORCE IS FELT
BY EVERYTHING
VERSE 4
THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH WIND
IS HOWLIN' AROUND YOUR DOOR
MOTHER KEEP YOUR FIRE
BURNIN' BRIGHT
BED DOWN YOUR CHILDREN EARLY
KEEP YOUR LAMP LIT LOW
PUT A BAR AN CHAIN ON THE DOORS
AND THE WINDOWSILLS
VERSE 5
IT WAS THE CRUELLEST BEING
THAT EVER STRODE THE EARTH
CONDEMNED TO ROAM
FOR THE EVIL DEEDS IT DID
DEAD DECAYED FIVE THOUSAND YEARS
IT'S SPIRIT WANDERS STILL
EVIL FOLLOWS CLOSELY
THAT OL' WIZARD OF THE WIND