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Hound Dog
04:59
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HOUND DOG
Shuffling around with my nose to the ground and my eyes all covered in scrim
I'm feeling sorry for myself and I don't know why because in truth I have everything
What am I to choose as I fluff along this mortal coil?
What am I to lose if the road I choose is a lighter toil?
It's a good life if you want it if you let it into you
It's a great life if you call it if you call it into you
But it's a Hound Dog if you let it eat away at you
So come on call it in the good life
Let it in to you
Days and days and hours and hours working for the man
The rents catching up and you’re going nowhere but you’re doing the best you can
What am I to choose as I fluff along this mortal coil?
What am I to lose if the road I choose is a lighter toil?
It's a good life if you want it if you let it into you
It's a great life if you call it if you call it into you
But it's a Hound Dog if you let it eat away at you
So go on call it in the good life
Let it in to you
Days and days and hours and hours
You watch your folks become tethered and soured
In and out around the round
There's no respite from the daily grind
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
It's a good life if you want it if you let it into you
It's a great life if you call it if you call it into you
But it's a Hound Dog if you let it eat away at you
So go on call it in the good life
Let it in to you
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2. |
Love And Conviction
04:00
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LOVE AND CONVICTION
I've walked this earth a long time and I've done all kinds of things
Delivered fish to fancy restaurants, sold gold and bling and rings
I've cleaned a lot of hotel rooms, sold beer in dirty bars
Packed records in cold warehouses and polished lots of cars
One thing I'd like to say right here and will say it loud
Is that I've loved you with a passion in the here and in the now
Some things I'm really proud of and I don't mind if I share
Other things I've screwed right up they're whispers in the air
I've met a lot of people I know I won't meet a second time
Some friends have now departed and I know my wrongs from right
One thing I'd like to say right here and I will say it loud
Is that I've loved you with a passion in the here and in the now
I say it now to all who'll listen
I've loved you long and I've loved you hard
I say it now and with conviction
You have my love
You have my heart
Well there's been some pretty bad times and oh so many good
Sometimes I've been bewildered, other times I've understood
But I've always kept on loving you, never faulted from the path
Sometimes I've been defeated but I knew it wouldn't last
One thing I'd like to say right here and I will say it loud
Is that I've loved you with a passion in the here and in the now
I say it now to all who'll listen
I've loved you long and I've loved you hard
I say it now and with conviction
You have my love
You have my heart
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3. |
Ice IV
03:48
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Ice IV
Gentle sparkle so serene
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen
And a good friend took me there
All I could do was stop and stare into this place
This space
Oh I, I'm ice can't move anywhere
And it's so cold here on ice
The rune said you can not move
You're weighted down by forces, which are hidden from view
Take comfort that the time will come
When you will thrash your arms in legs in all directions
And all will be forgiven
Oh I, I'm ice can't move anywhere
And it's so cold here on ice
On ice the ghosts go stalking
They start to rearranging your mind
They get your mind
And I've seen it and the sound that it makes
Could turn the warmest blood into the coldest of crystal
If you would let it
The hue of the place is such
That it could break your heart in two if you would let it
But will you?
Will you?
Go down to the lakeside and search out the meaning
Salvage what left you and start disbelieving
Will you, oh will you go down
With me?
Oh I, I'm on ice can't move anywhere
It's so cold here on ice
On ice
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4. |
For The Love Of Glory
03:53
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FOR THE LOVE OF GLORY
I have trekked across the Tundra
And wrestled in Japan
Sailed around The Horn
And raced the Isle of Man
And it’s all following you
Crossing desert plains on barefoot
I discovered Noah’s Ark
I worked 10,000 hours, left my family cold and dark
And it’s all following you
Oh for the love of Glory, she is such an illusive Queen
Oh for the love of Glory, she will lick the damage clean
I have acted out in stadiums
And made them beg for more
Humiliated lovers
Smeared their hearts across the floor
And it’s all following you
I have desecrated temples
And I’ve told a thousand lies
I’ve sacked and burned and pillaged
And I’ve left good men to die
And it’s all following you
Oh for the love of Glory, she is such an illusive Queen
Oh for the love of Glory, she will lick the damage clean
I have lied and stolen, cheated
Made them get down on their knees
Eliminated rivals, left them twisting in a tree
All for the love of you
Oh for the Love of Glory, she is such an illusive Queen
Oh for the love of Glory, she will lick the damage clean
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5. |
Neptune And Me
04:09
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NEPTUNE AND ME
Wash right through me dark blue currents
I belong to the rolling waters
I belong to the bubbling seas
And you
These things are becoming real
The Lighthouse Keeper has broken the seals
Light's shining through
Who cares at all about the troubles I've seen
They've got enough of their own
Who cares at all about the lessons I learned
They've got enough of their own
Dark blue oceans
Stormy greys
Swimming in the sea is better that way
Being tossed in the waves till your hair begins to fray
With Neptune
Who cares at all about the troubles I've seen
They've got enough of their own
Who cares at all about the lessons I learned
They've got enough of their own
Who cares at all about how cruel he can be
Who cares at all about the troubles I've seen
Wash right through me dark blue currents
I belong to the rolling waters
I belong to the bubbling seas
And you
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ODE TO THE PROMISE OF YOUTH
There it goes the promise of youth
Of handsome and might
There it goes faster than light
These are the stories we have told
These are the stories which go round and round till they get old
And I see you
You're in her eyes
She has your way about her
And shows such promise
And so it goes on
Round and round
Till the stories get told and they make no sound
And the reasons why and the reasons because
And the reasons go round and round and round
Until they've gone
I remember the drive
We were young and we were so free
And we had things we had to do
Things seemingly so easy
And I see you
You're in her eyes
She has your way about her
And shows such promise
And so it goes on
Round and round
Till the stories get old and they make no sound
And the reasons why and the reasons because
And the reasons go round and round and round
Until they've gone
Last thing I said was
"Have a great day you,
We just live down the road now,
It was so good to bump in to you"
And the stories get old
They go round and round
And the stories get told ‘til they make no sound
And the reasons why and the reasons because
And the reasons go round and round and round
Until they've gone
They go round and round and round and round until they've gone
Goodbye you x
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7. |
High Maintenance Man
04:17
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HIGH MAINTENANCE MAN
Hot Dog
Met him in the city, the neon lights weren’t shining
But tea and scones and cake were all around
You know I wasn’t looking
He wasn’t looking
For lovers
But that is what we found
He came over
We started talking
He asked me questions
Never did he talk about himself
I knew it had been a hard one
He’d known it tough but
The lights still flickered in his eyes
And I was hooked
And I was stung
And I was done
High Maintenance Man
You’re doing what you do to drive me crazy
High Maintenance Man
You demand every ounce, every part of my will
High Maintenance Man
It’s true
Some things are sent to test us
To show us new and bold ways
To think about the things you've never done
No way
Can you decline it
The intervention
Deep down you know it's what you're looking for
And I was hooked
And I was stung
And I was done
High Maintenance Man
You’re doing what you do to drive me crazy
High Maintenance Man
You demand every ounce, every part of my will
High Maintenance Man
And the road is a time bomb
Littered in debris
Caught in the cross fire
Fake eyelashes mock me
And through all the accolades
Blowouts and comedowns
Here I stand with my head held high
Poised and ready and reaching high
High Maintenance Man
Hot Dog
Met him in the city, the neon lights weren’t shining
But tea and scones and cake were all around
You know I wasn’t looking
He wasn’t looking
For lovers
But that is what we found
And I was hooked
And I was stung
And I was done
And all the world
It made more sense
And everything
The Art of War
High Maintenance Man
You’re doing what you do to drive me crazy
High Maintenance Man
You demand every ounce, every part of my will
High Maintenance Man
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8. |
Mother And Son
04:18
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MOTHER AND SON
How did I get caught like this?
Tangled up so I can't run
How did I get caught in the cold though I am under the sun?
Without the light of a smile of someone I love
How do I feel so alone?
In a room full of people I know and they're having such fun
How can I raise the bar when it's so far above?
What is the meaning of our nonsensical life?
One step at a time my boy
One foot in front of the other
The journey may take some time to unfold
But you'll get there in the end
How did I fall so far down?
Yesterday I was racing for the sky
How do I pick myself up and make it all right?
How do I face it now?
This wonderful fight
One step at a time my boy
One foot in front of the other
The journey may take some time to unfold
But you'll get there in the end
And all the things you will discover
When you jump on a breeze
It'll comfort and take you there
And know that you're loved
But some things you must do on your own
And I know in my heart
You have all that you need
Oh ah
One step at a time my boy
One foot in front of the other
The journey may take some time I know
But you'll get there in the end
And all the things you will discover
And all the mountains you will climb over time
From up there
You'll see the world
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9. |
So Happy
04:31
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SO HAPPY
Some things are indescribable
Until you know just what you want to say
So just relax and remember
Everything is going right today
Everything is so good
Everything is going right
I never knew that I
Could feel this way
Oh so happy
Things are finally on my side
Feeling good
Oh so happy
It’s true, life can get so hard
You can feel like giving it all away
So just relax and remember
Everything is conspiring to go your way
Everything is so good
Everything is going right
I never knew that I
Could feel this way
Oh so happy
Things are finally on my side
Feeling good
Oh so happy
Everything is so good
Everything is going right
I never knew that I
Could feel this way
Oh so happy
Things are finally on my side
Feeling good
And so happy
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10. |
Home Not Home
04:50
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HOME NOT HOME
So I went home to your home
But no one was home
It was no home
I called out your name
No replies came
It was no home
I cleaned all the walls at your home
I emptied out the cupboards and
Put the stuff in my car
And I took it with me but can't you see
It don't belong
And in the quiet I recall
Only beauty that you could grow at home
And the longing gaze as you wrangled me
Tempestuous and wild and not liking frilly things
And I am sorry I never told you in time
How did I not notice?
How did I not see?
That a daughter of yours
Was always going to end up
Running wild, untameable, contrary
But running free
So I went home to your home
It's the last time I know I'll probably be there
But I'll take you with me
And I still got that key
To your home.
And in the quiet I recall
How you went into bat for me
When you went down to the school and said
"There will be no home economics for she"
Because in your eyes I could have been a butcher or a baker
A doctor or a lawyer or anything I wanted to be
You said "You've got this girl and after all
You’re more beautiful and intelligent than me"
How did I not notice?
How did I not see?
That a daughter of yours was always going to end up
Singing her owns tunes and thanks to you
Always be running free
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11. |
Winner
04:15
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WINNER
The bells are chiming from the corner dairy store
Ringing loud and their message is clear
If you give up now then how you going to know
If tomorrow is one day nearer
If you just hold on a little longer
Gut and grit will get you through
How great does this feel
How great does this feel
To be standing here today
How great does this feel
How great does this feel
To be standing here today
Winner winner winner, I'm a winner winner winner
I'm a winner winner winner, it's true
Winner winner winner, I'm a winner winner winner
I'm a winner winner winner, are you?
And the days are calling a night time of fear as the blisters are starting to heal
And you've fallen down and when you've had to get up
On the way you've learned how to kneel
If you just hold on a little longer
Gut and grit will get you through
How great does this feel
How great does this feel
To be standing here today
How great does this feel
How great does this feel
To be standing here today
And all the fussers and the fighters and the liars and the cheaters and the laggards and the braggarts and the energy depleters, on the whole they disappear
And all the hard clap early-morning soul-destroying loser talk with blisters, sore back sore brain your gunna balk on yeah it disappears
And all those old folks who told you to get a real job oh yeah they disappear
And all those early ripe early rot privileged kids oh man they disappear
So if you hold on a little longer
Gut and grit will see you through
Hold hold hold
How great does this feel
How great does this feel
To be standing here today
How great does this feel
How great does this feel
To be standing here today
[And all those old folks who told you to get a real job oh yeah they disappear]
[And all those early ripe early rot privileged kids oh man they disappear]
Winner winner winner, I'm a winner winner winner
I'm a winner winner winner, it's true
Winner winner winner, I'm a winner winner winner
I'm a winner winner winner, are you?
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12. |
Sportsman Of The Year
06:27
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SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
It's a little bit like winning the Sportsman of the Year
You’re only 12 you've got big feet and you're a girl
Or you've amassed a great idea and some old dude tells you off
And calls you a big headed fool
I may no longer be pretty or unusually thin
But what I do have
I never given in
It's not that the road you take is long and hard
Or along the way you get dealt some hard cards
You shuffle them around till the purpose and the pain
Form a wave so high you can surf any terrain
And you get getting on
And one funny day you realise the reason
It takes so long to get served at the bar
Is because you're no longer young or fair
And birthdays signify a new sexless age
Where you redefine how you learn to behave
As everyone looks through you now
I may no longer be pretty or unusually thin
But what I do have
I never give in
It's not that the road you take is long and hard
Or along the way you get dealt some hard cards
You shuffle them around till the purpose and the pain
Form a wave so high you can surf any terrain
And you get getting on
The princess years don't last for every and
Your time in the sun only lasts so long
So use it get your act together then
Keep on...
You can keep on keep on getting stronger
You've got that light, let it shine girl
These are your power years
Go on and take them
There's nothing to fear
Just go on embrace them they're yours
These are your power years
Come on and move with them girl
Take it all, take it in
And just assume that they're yours
These are your power years
Come on just shake the tree at them
In the night, in the morning
In everything that you do
These are your power years
These are your power years
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Jan Hellriegel Auckland, New Zealand
Award winning songwriter Jan Hellriegel has recorded several albums – including hit debut It’s My Sin in 1992, Tremble 1995 , and most recently the critically-acclaimed All Grown Up 2009. The Lost Songs album was release in May 2013 and is a rediscovered collection of demo/live tunes. Just has released a few co-writes in the last few years and 2019 will see the release of her 4th studio album. ... more
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