1.Music To Hold Hands To
You can't keep a secret
But you keep a diary anyway
And you get away with murder
Because you've got a way with words
Yeah, and I know where you keep it：
Under where your underwear is meant to be
But usually it's all over the floor
I can't see the carpet anymore
If you arose by any other name
You'd smell as sweet
And you'd look just the same
I could never understand you
Hating music to hold hands to
Sometimes something you can dance to
Is the last thing that you need
Yeah, and squandering a Sunday
On a 499-piece jigsaw puzzle
Doesn't trouble me one little bit
One little bit!
I feel like going visiting this evening
Across the rooftops of North Carlton
While the suburb is asleep
My friends live in renovators' dreams
It's as euphemistic as it seems
2.Synchronised Sinking
You don't need to ask me twice
I'm not averse to giving advice
On a barstool basis
Four o'clock sounds fine to me
I'll meet you at the library
There's privacy in public places
Oh, but, reader, heal thyself
Put the book back on the shelf
Something's obviously wrong
Your face is all day long
It was lovely when you laughed
Come on please get it off your chest
It's a commonplace but I'd suggest
A problem shared is a problem halved
Kick a stone across the road
Explain or you'll explode
Here we are
Silhouetted in the smoke
From the shipwrecks at the bar
Of the Anchor and Hope
And I haven't seen you smile in quite a while
Why don't you let go of your boy and see
You've lost none of your buoyancy？
So sobersided
Overboard and undecided
Have you come to the conclusion
That you've come to the conclusion？
Have you come to the conclusion
That you've come to the conclusion？
You're unsure
But at least you're thinking
This looks more and more
Like synchronised sinking
And I haven't seen you smile in quite a while
And I haven't seen you anywhere in ages
Knowing how you must be hating this
Going down with the relationship
3.The Great Dividing Range
There's a blanket on a mattress on my sister's floor
There's a bookmark in the atlas that I left you
I know we've been as far apart as this before
But take a look at what we've got to get through
Turn the page if those mountains make you miserable
The Great Dividing Range merely proves we're indivisible
Sincerely, was it really only yesterday
I woke you up to say goodbye？
There was something else I meant to say
But it can wait until July
I find it strange that these mountains make me miserable
When the Great Dividing Range merely proves we're indivisible
4.Beach Boys Medley
For five months he was dry
Feb til July
But he found a little song
Wrapped up in a dream
Gave some thought to the rhymes
Put a little work into the chorus line
But it was really just a dream
Just a solid, good night's sleep
And all those times in the back of the bus
That helped you get through high school
Rockin' in the back of the bus
Rockin' in the back of the bus
All those north coast girls were laughing at you
Back in high school
5.Broken Bones
So much for unexpected weather
It's been overcast forever
Since I fell from my sweetheart's clutches
To a springtime spent on crutches
Coffee cups, promises, sure
But I've never broken bones before
So many staring at the wall days
I've been housebound ever and always
I can't believe the time it's taking
This evening I'm escaping
When the streetlights shine
And the footpath glistens
There are friends of mine
Within walking distance
When the streetlights shine
And it looks like Christmas
There are friends of mine
Within walking distance
Coffee cups, promises, sure
But I've never broken bones before
6.First Cousin
I don't know the difference between you and the weather
You covered me in dust and wet me through
Felt a little nervous when we two were together
Because you were like a storm that I could talk to
We'd go between the cattle and the cane in the morning
You said you didn't know where the road led to
You just kept on walking when I balked at the warning
Like it was simply something you had to do
You walked on alone as I walked home
And you thought you could control it
And we thought you would come back
They sold something that took sadness and solved it
But Ben, you should have been scared of that
Oh Ben, you should have been scared of that
At an oval up in Isa, from where me and the boys stood
It seemed the ruck would always tap to you
You never backed down with your hands on the footy
Relied on guts and muscle to get you through
And, Ben, you had a body that was harder than iron
And, kid, you had a mind that was sharp as steel
And everybody knew it
I guess we all relied on your heart to keep beating
And the hurt to heal
And you thought you could control it
And we thought you would come back
They sold something that took sadness and solved it
But Ben, you should have been scared of that
Oh Ben, you should have been scared of that
7.Don't Bring Your Work To Bed
Driven by ambition
Do know, my love, you're missing
All the splendours, all the wonders
All the days I have squandered
Thoughts of you to guide me
Forever here beside me
All these hours beneath the covers
All those clouds up there above us
It seems like eternities are wasted
Every night you're away I'm ever so frustrated
I need you here but I'm all alone instead
My love, don't bring your work to bed
I don't care about your little anecdotes
Or your countless, pointless inside jokes
All the bosses you call pricks
All the arses you've been forced to lick
I just want you here beside me
Two dishpan hands to hold me
I want to love you endlessly
Before I fall asleep
It seems like eternities are wasted
Every night you're away I'm ever so frustrated
I need you here but I'm all alone instead
My love, don't bring your work to bed
8.Fear Of Rollercoasters
At the arse-end of another century
I spend hours in the cemetery
On my way to anywhere but here
It was perfect in the summertime
I'd just ask and the sun would shine
But the days just disappear this time of year
Yesterday was lost drinking
And, yes, today I was thinking
I could be making more of the weekend
A seaside bus will see us disembark
At sunset by the amusement park
I'm none too nonchalant but I'll pretend
Come on! Come over
Come on! Come over
I've overcome my fear of rollercoasters
Hey sugarlips remember this？
Literally the sweetest kiss
Come on! Come over
Come on! Come over
I've overcome my fear of rollercoasters
9.Harmonicas And Trams
On a tree-lined route
Looking out on wasteland
Treated to a one-man show on a tram
Just harmonica
No peripherals, no band
Just harmonica, just a man
In another time
You were reaching for my hand
It was all I could do to try and understand
You were miserable
I couldn't figure out my role
Couldn't find the words to let you know
Little kid
Looking across the tram
Wonders what I'm writing on my hand
The words to a song
Inspired by the man, harmonicas, and trams
I saw you crying and I couldn't help
I saw you crying and I couldn't help
I saw you crying and I couldn't help but cry, too, myself
10.Self-Preservation
Breakfast, sat on a Japanese mattress
Getting this happy takes practice
The world would be duller without us
Blacklist anyone who tries to attack this
They can say what they like but the fact is
They know nothing about us
And, yeah, we're a mess
But let me just stress
That we're both at our best in a tight spot
And whatever comes next
If we leave the nest
Don't settle for less than what we've got
Dive in： the summer is good to be alive in
Your boat was a long time arriving
And it's been a while since I kissed you
Timing： the temperature's high and it's climbing
How did I find the bind I'm in？
You haven't gone but I miss you
And, yeah, we're a mess
But let me just stress
That we're both at our best in a tight spot
And whatever comes next
If we leave the nest
Don't settle for less than what we've got
And right, here's what's left
And we've worked with less
I just don't get where the lines stop
Keep your cards pressed up close to your chest
And they'll never guess the hand we've got
Blacklist anyone who tries to attack this
They can say what they like but the fact is
They know nothing about us
11.How To Tie A Tie
Not for the first time
I'm having second thoughts
In the days we used to shoplift
I was always getting caught
But we were penniless
And penitence was more than I could afford
For the last time：
You'll be fine
That was forever ago
And better left behind
At the strangest of times
It weighs on your mind
If we're not getting better
At least we're getting by
Not working's not working
So give something else a try
I'm watching closely
While my girlfriend shows me how to tie a tie
12.All The Recipes I've Ever Ruined
This apartment is falling apart
And I can't figure out where to start setting things right
It's been the worst part of a year
Since you turned a cartwheel in here
And said your goodbyes
I was wrong, all things considered
But it's taken so long for me to admit it
This apartment is falling apart
If these walls could talk
I'd ask them to please keep it down
It's the kitchen that frightens me most
My mistakes, and your ghost hanging around
Don't think I don't know what you're doing
Let's drink to all the recipes I've ever ruined
13.The Year Of Driving Languorously
Darling roll the window down
I can't breathe
And I want to feel the northerly down my sleeve
I love a sunburnt elbow pointing to the sea
And, darling, can't you find us something on the radio？
A song to pass the time
Sweet and slow
Conversation was forsaken long ago
It's getting worse
You've hardly said a word
Since you set eyes on the horizon
But I've seen the other side of that ocean there
And it can't compare
Has it really been a year？
How did those days just disappear？
We held our breath across each bridge
Til we were blue
But I wonder if I wished the same as you
Like a ten-year-old pretending
Summer isn't really ending
It's getting worse
You've hardly said a word
Since you set eyes on the horizon
But I've seen the other side of that ocean there
And it can't compare to this
So I'll steal another kiss
Before the sun goes down on this fibrotown
And we give chase
Like all those other days
I suppose it's no surprise
We drive, time flies
Has it really been a year？ Where the hell do we go from here？
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