I guess I knew you some time ago, Maybe another life, I listened to my heart, Knew it may change me, Think that it was part of me, That needed you, And this keeps me going, Day to Day. Well I don’t know that it pays to gamble, Still I try What about the rest, Guess we’ll have to lie. So the grass will always be greener, Its been real green till today, If it turns Brown, I’ll just fertilize it, Maybe make hay. I’ve never been afraid to change, My destiny will turn for me, Someday I’ll look back on this year, Maybe cry, So take the net away, I’ll get a good jump in that way So the wine will always be sweeter, When it’s been aged this way, If it turns Vinegar, I’ll add sugar, Drink it in a day. Your heart moves freely, not as fast as mine though, When I’m holding you I can’t touch down, The windows shatter, and the building moves around, You’re here again, And I want you to hold me tight, So the food will always be better, It’s been very nice today, If it turns bad, I’ll just throw it out, Find another way. And the grass will always be greener, It’s been real green till today, If it turns Brown, I’ll just fertilize it, Maybe make Hay, Maybe make Hay, Maybe make Hay

Alice came out from England in `56, Raised her two boys and helped raise me, Mum and Dad had gone there way, But she just loved me, the same, With warm cuddles and Arrowroot biscuits. Pop worked hard for the Water board, As an Old time Carpenter, Mum and Dad still didn’t talk, So Nan just took me for a walk, With warm cuddles and Arrowroot biscuits. She’d save and save, All of the weekly pay, We’d come home and have some lunch, With Warm cuddles and Arrowroot biscuits, Then Pop died and she survived, I didn’t see her as much as I could, But each time we’d sit and talk, About the heat and cold, With warm cuddles and Arrowroot biscuits. For 37 years she’s been with me’ I can’t remember all those good times, But one thing when I get Old, I’ll light the fire with the grand kids I’ve told, And we’ll share the warm cuddles and Arrowroot biscuits.

Ol Geoffress

I’ve got a story `bout Ol’ Geoffress, A man who forged his life in steel, A legend to me and in the back of my mind, And he could bang all day with a sheet of steel. He built things like, Cars and duct, And he worked in a cold shop all alone, Moved large pieces around with his bare hands, Ten hours a day I’d watch him mould that steel. And I would love to get to his shop in Lakemba, With a gift of cakes and pies for a feed, And I would love to talk to Ol’ Geoffress, He’d tell me stories `bout the good Ol’ days, He’d make some coffee and sit with me, He made a Car, think he made three, A Jaguar, an Amil car and a funny Ol’ Riley, He could talk `bout Trains and Cars and Planes, I learned so much, by listening to him tell me these things. And I would love to get to his shop in Lakemba, With a gift of cakes and pies for a feed, And I would love to talk to Ol’ Geoffress, He’d tell me stories `bout the good Ol’ days, He’d make some coffee and sit with me, I looked up to this man as he shuttled round his shop, Not many men round like that these days, Forged his life through belting steel, A legend to me and in the back of my mind, I wished I could change his deal. And I would love to get to his shop in Lakemba, With a gift of cakes and pies for a feed, And I would love to talk to Ol’ Geoffress, He’d tell me stories `bout the good Ol’ days, He’d make some coffee and sit with me, I go and see him now, he’s retired you see, Still building his toy’s, but not so much from steel, He’ll be part of me for the rest of my life. Forging his life through being real

My Hands

See my aching hands they work so hard, Toil from wall to wall, Can never stop Mix some mud for towers and bridges of the broken dreams, I can never see them fall, torn apart, torn apart. See my awkward style, it tears me apart, Start at one end then loose my heart, I carry people I think they would starve without me there, I can never see them fall, torn apart, torn apart. See the nail stuck in my turning wheel, Turn it slowly or I just may feel, It drive into my heart, you says not real,I can never feel them fall, torn ,torn, torn, apart

Born in Goulburn, on a cold (near winters day) The cold winds blowing through the stacks of hay, Four years after the first, Two years after the last, she was the only girl, except for mum of course. Dad worked the bank and transferred, from town to town. Many houses, many towns, friends lost never found, boys sent off to board to fix a hole the parents couldn’t mend, Each weekend a long drive to watch their footy game, three hours there three hours back again, Girl sit in the back of the old Holden , read her school report She was loved! very well But not enough to talk to her old man He had to help the boys find their hole The girl will be all right, she will find her way Home. Couldn’t tell them how I feel tonight, So I`ll write a letter under the bright candle light, Tomorrow’s gonna be just another day ! Taken for granted, I`ll find my way, And a Knight in shining armor will take me away, Will he come and take me away? She was loved ! very well But not enough to talk to her old man He had to help the boy`s find their hole It will be all right the parents say , she will find her way day to day , Cause some young man is gonna come along just for her, And they`ll have sons who'll need schooling too , We’ll be here to help them for you , No ! dammit cause I won’t do that just for you, She was loved! very well But not enough to talk to her old man He had to help the boy`s find their hole The girl will be alright , she will find her way Home. She settled in the summer Feb`85 , Bought a house with a man , who cared for her aside . Them boys were given opportunities but still were not happy in their lives , She had three girls kept them by her side and taught them how to love to survive , Oh she taught them how to survive. And she loved them very well , and all they did was to talk all the time , They didn't see much of the family , But it will be alright , she says they can find their way home, Find their way home, Find their way home, Find their way home.

Two pens down and a glass of comfort, Four balloons hanging by the door The tea is made and I’m sad cause it’s early, And I won’t be there to drink it with her. I made up my mind that I had to shuttle, I’d been sitting here, It’s too cold for a weekend, The Old tables looks great but it needs some staining, So I’ll feel the grain and sand Three pens down and a candles burning, One balloon still hanging sadly by the door The tea is drunk and now I’m sad it’s empty, And I’m not there to drink it with her, No I’m not there to drink it with her, I started to shuttle, my mind indifferent, Cold thoughts of sitting here alone all weekend, Re-stained the table but it still needs sanding, So I’ll feel the grain and re-sand. Life without you doesn’t mean a thing, Can’t seem to find anything, I’m sitting here so comfortably numb, Don’t know whats been happening to me, Sitting too close to the computer screen, Can’t remember good times no more Like I’ve fallen on the floor, Can’t get up to score. Four pens down and a good night sleep, Woke up warm with you in my dreams, The tea is made this time I’ll keep it warm, So we can share it all alone, Cause I want you to come home. I shuttled indifferent thoughts to the back of my mind, It’s a warm place with you and I know I was unkind, The tables finished there’s no more sanding, So babe please come home. Life without you means everything, Now I can climb anything, Buried thoughts of being comfortably numb, Now I know what’s been happening to me, Thrown away the old computer screen, Memories of good times are back again, Stead of falling down, I’m Upright again, with you ‘m alive

Woolloomooloo wharf the weathers fine, Order breakfast have a good time, Sunshine’s out at 6am He pours me a coffee His home grown blend, I’m going to my favourite place Charlies, I’m going down to my favourite place Charlies, Siestas great but I’m up at five, walk to the car for a forty minute drive, Radio is playing my favourite tune, and the smell of bacon cooking real soon I drive fast to get there on time, thought of the sunshine café in my mind, I’m sure looking forward to going to Charlies, I’m going down to my favourite place Charlies, ( Chorus) Charlie what’s the time old mate, got to get to work by eight, Hey thanks Charlie for making my day, now I got to earn some pay, So I can buy my plate of food at Charlies, So I can eat more breakfast when I come to Charlies, Crowd come in and sit around, Sunshine café, I’m in town, Naval base on the other side, The Woolloomooloo wharf built `25 I can see a million people, I’m staring out the window I’m sure happy here at Charlies, I’m sure happy here at Charlies

Children, are in our lives, Men and women need them to survive, And we say, we love them so- -Ho, Them why are so many out there ho-on the streets, Love them, Ho-ohh care for them, They need us just as much too yeah hare, Watch them, Keep them warm, Yeah keep ‘em there under your wing, Socks on their feet, Food to eat, Handle with care, Just be there, Sox on their feet, Food to eat, Handle with care, Kids are sweet, Children, are in our lives, Men and women need them to survive, And we say, ho-on the streets, Love them, Ho-Ohh care for them, They need us just as much too yeah hare, Watch them, Keep them warm, Yeah keep ‘em there under your wing, Sox on their feet, Food to eat, Handle with care, Just be there, Sox on their feet, Food to eat, Handle with care, Just be there, Sox on their feet, Food to eat, Handle with care, Just be there, Sox on their feet, Food to eat, Handle with care, Just be there,

Yesterday I was dreaming, of walking in a cool winters rain, My eyes were soaked from the beating, alone uncovered no shame, But I won’t be doing, that again, No I won’t be doing, that again, Oh I won’t be doing, that again In the rain, Last night I felt sorry for myself, my body worked hard in overtime, Up at four home at nine, Kids asleep (ain’t that fine). Guess I’ll see them, sometime. But I’ll try to make it, Home again, Yeh I’ll try to make it, Home again, Well I’ll try to make it, Home again, In the rain. I was driving my car just the other day, An hour to the job each way, (What a drag) My eyes turned back into my head, and I woke up going the wrong way, But I’ll try to keep, One eye on the road, I’ll try to keep just one eye on the road, Well I’ll try to keep one eye on the road, In the rain Sad, Sad, Days, everyone is crazed, Working hard for little pay, flying fast no tim for laughs, Keeping time, overtime, anytime is the right time, Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah I woke up seeing my aging face, in the mirror, grey hair lined stupid chin, I showered and shaved put on my happy face, back to the land of me dreaming, And I’ll have to do this tomorrow , again, I’ll have to do this tomorrow, Yeah again I’ll wake up and do this tomorrow again, Ooh Even if it rains, Even if it rains, Even if it rains, Even if it rains

The Fence is the same, De-JA-vu she said, This place I’ve seen before, So guess what’s next, The Gardens grown over, There is a key to be found, Open the door to find, A Waterfall and a lake nearby, (Chorus) The Sea, the Moon, the sunshine, Will awaken you to find, That the Lakes are filled with Moonshine, And the Honey well, Ooh- is mine. The trees covered the place But we had gone there quite a lot, We stood over there, In that Honey well of mine, (Chorus) So take me to the lake and I’ll find, The key to love which opens my mind, Swim in the Moons light don’t be blind, Catch the Waves of Sunshine, And the Honey well, Ooh- is mine. (Fill) And the trees will bend to show you, The blessedness of your life, Rein on you through this place of mine, And the breeze will blow you to me, The love you know you’ll find, And the Honey well – Ooh is mine Mine, mine, mine, mine. (Chorus) The Sea, The Moon, The Sunshine, Will awaken you to find, That the Lakes are filled with Moonshine, And the Honey well, Ooh- is mine. So take me to the lake and I’ll find The key to love which opens my mind, Swim in the Moons light don’t be blind, Catch the Waves of Sunshine, And the Honey well, Ooh- is mine.

When the moon shines on the trees there is an Irish Ballad, Singing in my head, And the candlelight I see, takes my breath, To another place in time, And the sun awakens the breeze and the land comes alive, Another day I live in to find, When the moonshines, the clouds appear bright, My Irish ballad comes alive, Take away the thoughts I have and lend it to the sky, Shimmer in my thoughts, I wander, As I wake to another day in time with an Irish ballad in my mind