This Mountain

This Mountain

Well a wise man once said to me
If your heart don’t break you won’t be
free
I’m as free as a bird
Flying out over flying out over the sea

I call out to the wind
No one comes to let me in
I hear the thunder
The weight on my shoulders
The weight up on my shoulders crushing
me

Shine down on this mountain
Rain down on my face
Call out to the river
To wash me out
To was me out of this place

Well I wish that I was a sailorman
With the wheel of the ship held in my
hand
But I don’t like the water
I’m more like the anchor
I wish I was the anchor in me

Sometimes I wish I was a sin
So the ones I love wouldn’t let me in
I wouldn’t have to try to find the
answers
To give ‘em all the answers they need

Freight Train

Freight Train

Well I just came down from Chippewa
I had a station wagon and a hundred dollars
I was thinkin’ about the girl I’d lost a year before
I hadn’t seen her for some time
I thought that I might go on by
When your memory came floodin’ in
And you closed that door

[CHORUS:]

Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I’d come whistlin’ down your track
Crashin’ in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn’t have a heart
And you’d need a shovel for the coal
Just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train

Well every time I talk to you
And I hear your jealous lies
I feel like I’ve been left abandoned
On some old railway side
And every time I hear your voice
My water just gets cold
My stoker will not stoke
And my boiler will not boil

[CHORUS]

Well every time I fell behind
And I could not get ahead
I wish someone would pull the lever
And give me a little sand
And every time I slip behind
Even further back
I wish some switchman would come out of the fog
And change my track

Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I’d come whistlin’ down your track
Crashin’ in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn’t have a heart
And you’d need a shovel for the coal
Just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train . . .

Nullabour song

Nullabour song

When the fire burns out here
It’s brighter than the city lights
Warmer than a heart of gold
And dingo’s howl just to break the
silence

The sun comes up just to break the cold
Last night I woke
With the stars looking back at me
Swallowing the sky
I felt no anger, I felt no shame
I felt no reason to cry

If I’m not here in the morning
I’ll cry a river of tears
But I’ll learn to live in a new town
But my heart is staying here

When it’s quiet out here
A hundred miles away
You can hear the train on the line
The whistle blows just to break the silence
I wave just to break the time
I close my eyes
I think of runnin’ water
I think of runnin’ away
But the fires burnt to ashes
And it’s darker than before
But I can see as clear as day

Barricades and brickwalls

Barricades and brickwalls

Barricades and brickwalls won’t keep me
from you
You can tie me down on the railroad
track
You can let that freight train lose
Iron bars and big ole cars
Won’t run me out of town
I’ll be damned if you’re not my man
Before the sun goes down

You can chain me down
On the edge of town
You can leave me there to die
But the railroad track

Will bring me back
When the lonesome whistle cries
You can lock me out
You can scream and shout
You can try to change your name
But by the end of the day
I’ll take you away
Like a force 10 hurricane

Beautiful Contradiction

Beautiful Contradiction

[Beverley Knight]
Guess my Mama knew exactly what she meant the day she said
“Be careful what you wish for it will come to you.”
Little did I know the day I met you, you would demonstrate
How everything in Mama’s words would ring so true
Independent people with a different take on living
Now how did we become more than just good friends?

[Chorus (Both)]
Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction
Together we are in no two ways the same.
Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction
And it’s the very thing that sparks the flame.

[Musiq Soulchild]
You and I should be like oil and water
but somehow we mix together and we make a very special blend
Every day we clash on politics, religion,
but we learned the art of how to kiss and make up in the end yeah.
Sometimes I believe that we were born on different planets
Alien invasion of my heart and soul

[Chorus]

[Beverley Knight]
I realise it, you learn, you gotta cry, you gotta respect and
Feel somebody you gotta fall, you gotta rise
To really understand the things that make this little world go round.
That’s what really makes us, that’s how we learn.

Sometimes I believe that we were born on different planets
Alien invasion of my heart and soul.

[Chorus]

Gold

Gold

Some people never recognise it
Though it’s right before their eyes
And shines in all its glory
They never ever see
They choose something that looks just like it
And it may glitter all the time
But gold it will never be
I guess you never held on to quality
Or you woulda recognised by now
Something so special so true
When it’s standing right in front of you

I’m gold babe
Catch me in the slipstream
Passing by the fools who just don’t know
Pure gold babe
You’re looking at the real thing
If you knew my worth you wouldn’t let go [x2]

Oh no!

Gold lies in rivers undiscovered
Hidden from the sight of those
Who don’t know what to look for
(They ain’t never gonna find it)
Sometimes the value is uncovered
Other times it’s cast aside
By those who are just unsure

I guess you never held on to quality
Or you would of recognised by now
Something so special so true
When she’s standing right in front of you

[Chorus]

All the things you failed to see
Separated you from me
I decide who wins my time
And who comes inside yeah
Cause what is true and what is real
Finds a way of being revealed
I don’t have to even try
Cause I’m certifiedĄ-pureĄ-

[Chorus (x2)]

Same (As I Ever Was)

Same (As I Ever Was)

Still got my fire, I’m never cold
It burns within me, It’s taken hold
Still finding mountains , I’ve yet to climb
I still get lonely, But never mind

I’m the same
Same
As I
As I ever was
The same
As I
As I ever was
True to the last word baby
Still making myself heard baby
I’m the same
Yeah
I’m the same
Yeah

Still got my family, Old friends of mine
I know they still will stand, The test of time
Still feel my history, My future too
Black gold and green, Red white and blue

[Chorus (x2)]

Still got my temple. Each curve and line
Those who can’t get with that , Ain’t worth my time
Can’t compromise no, That would be strange
I’m still that Aries lady, ain’t nothin’ changed

Shape Of You

Shape Of You

This woman’s eyes ain’t got no colour
When I think about life without you
Even if it’s for the best, regardless
It’s the hardest thing to do
Looking at the path that we’ve taken
We didn’t leave a stone unturned
But don’t you believe that this won’t slay me
Even if I act unconcerned

With a smile, I’ll face the world
Though my eyes reflect the truth
I’m moving on
But you know I do.
With a hole in my heart in the shape of you.
With a hole in my heart in the shape of you.

I step into unchartered water
And I’m afraid of what I’ve done
See I can’t head toward my future
Reminicing on how just far we had come
Maybe we could find redemption
Maybe then it all could make sense
Until then I must believe these words
Even though I think you know
That I’m unconvinced

[Chorus]

Shoulda Woulda Coulda

Shoulda Woulda Coulda

People say that together we were both sides of the same coin
That we would shine like Venus in a clear night sky
We thought our love could overcome the circumstances
But my ambition wouldn’t allow for compromise

I could see in the distance all the dreams that were clear to me
Every choice that I had to make left you on your own
Somehow the road we started down had split asunder
Too late to realise how far apart we’d grown.
How I wish I, wish I’d done a little bit more

Now ” Shoulda woulda coulda,” means I’m out of time
Coz “Shoulda woulda coulda”, can’t change your mind
And I wonder, wonder, wonder what I’m gonna do
“Shoulda woulda coulda” are the last words of a fool

People ask how it feels to live the kind of life others dream about
I tell them everybody gotta face their highs and their lows
And in my life there’s a love I put aside, cause I was busy loving something else
So for every little thing you hold on to, you’ve got to let something else go

[Chorus]

Fool if I would now forsake the opportunities are fate
I know I’m right where I belong
But sometimes when I’m not so strong I..

[Chorus (x2)]

Whatever’s Clever

Who I Am :: Whatever’s Clever

[Intro]
Are you ready for me?
Better let me know
Are you ready for me?
Better let me know
Are you ready for me?
Better let me know
You’d better, you’d better do whatever’s clever baby

[Verse 1]
How can you be down?
you gotta do whatever’s clever
So that I will stick around
you gotta do whatever’s clever
And you don’t want to waste your time
you gotta do whatever’s clever
You gotta go somewhere you gotta do whatever’s clever
If you wanna step to me
You gotta do whatever’s clever
So I’ll listen carefully..
You gotta do whatever’s clever
You gotta say whatever, hear whatever, mean whatever, hear whatever,
Feel whatever, think whatever do whatever’s clever

So you want to roll with me,
Here’s advice that you should heed
Common sense is all you need
To avoid my thunder
First of all talk to my face
Not the view below my waist
How we gonna conversate
While your head’s down under?
Stop where are you going
If you were in my shoes, what would you say?
Stop, this is worth knowing
So a brother can’t lose if he steps my way.
Stop where are you going
If you were in my shoes, what would you say?
Stop, this is worth knowing
So a brother can’t lose if he steps my way.

[Chorus repeat]

Here’s a very simple truth
“Monkey see is monkey do”
So you’re never getting through
If your boys are busters
Finally please understand
All I have is by my hand
On my own I’m making ground
I am my own woman.
Stop where are you going
If you were in my shoes, what would you say?
Stop, this is worth knowing
So a brother can choose if he steps my way.
Stop where are you going
If you were in my shoes, what would you say?
Stop, this is worth knowing
So a brother can’t lose if he steps my way.

[Chorus repeat]
[Intro repeat (x2)]