Unreleased Songs

Xavier Rudd Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Little Chief

Touch me now
Feel my face
You are the one
For you I breathe
Eager hands in skin so fresh
You are the one
For you I breathe
Trusting smile
So sweet and safe
You are the one
For you I breathe
So touch me now
And trust always
For you are the one
You are my son
Precious little life
To guide and lead
With open arms

I'll guide and I'll lead
Precious little life
To guide and lead
With an open mind
I'll guide and I'll lead
Precious little life
To guide and lead
With open eyes
I'll guide and I'll lead
Precious little life
To guide and lead
With an open mind
I'll guide and I'll lead

You where ever your heart wants to go

Touch me now
Feel my face
You are the one
For you I breathe
Eager hands in skin so fresh
You are the one
For you I breathe
Eager hands in skin so fresh
You are the one
For you I breathe
Trusting smile
So sweet and safe
You are the one
For you I breathe
So touch me now
And trust always
You are my son

Precious little life
To guide and lead
With open arms
I'll guide and I'll lead
Precious little life
To guide and lead
With an open mind

I'll guide and I'll lead
Precious little life
To guide and lead
With open eyes
I'll guide and I'll lead
Precious little life
To guide and lead
With an open mind
I'll guide and I'll lead

You where ever your heart wants to go


2.Jack

Verse 1:
Jack would stand one
Foot in front of the
Other foot and then
Lick his lips again
The train came past about
Three o'clock or so
His mother told him so
All the kids should know
His hand was sore from
All the gravel rash
Would he get it back
It looked just like the tracks
He must not take his shoes off yet
His mother told him this

Chorus:
Would there be hope someday
Or would his spark slowly fade
This the boy who would smile
When his heart was in pain
And his simple mind
Would be settled in grace
When he knelt down and spoke
To his father in his grave

Verse 2:
The boys would hide
Behind the tea tree
The ugly tea tree
The fucking tea tree
They'd all jump out and
Jack would smile at them
And then they'd smirk at him
And kick stones at him
The first punch came from
The big fat one
Then all the other ones
He wondered what he'd done
He'd end up in the little frog pond
Beside the railway line

Chorus:
Would there be hope someday
Or would his spark slowly fade
This the boy who would smile
When his heart was in pain
And his simple mind
Would be settled in grace
When he knelt down and spoke
To his father in his grave

Na na na naa
Ohh na na na...

Verse 3:
And then one day the
Big fat one
Was drowning in the pond
And crying for his mum
And jack came down
And he pulled him out again
And then he put his hands
Over his simple head

And all the frogs went
La de da de da
La de da de da
La de da de da
Yes all the frogs went
La de da de da
La de da de da de da

Chorus:
Would there be hope someday
Or would his spark slowly fade
This the boy who would smile
When his heart was in pain
And his simple mind
Would be settled in grace
When he knelt down and spoke
To his father in his grave

Na na na na..

Outro:
All the frogs go
La de da de da
All teh frogs go
La de da de da
All teh frogs go
La de da de da
All the frogs go
La de da de da
Yes all the frogs go
La de da de da
All teh frogs go
La de da da
Yes all the frogs go
La de da da
All the frogs go
La de da de da
All the frogs go
La de da de da
All teh frogs go
La de da de daaaaaaa


3.The Letter

Songwriters:Bix Reichner, Sid Wayne

I sit by my window
With everything I've done
Doors that I've opened
And webs that I've spun

And the candle beside me
Burns to the left
And the rain on the clay
Sends a lizard to its nest

And there'll be a time
When I will hold you again
With my arms spread out
On my chest, you will rest

I'll write you a letter
With everything I know
About the weight of the world
And the way things could go

So give up, my friend
Step back again
For some things will be given
For some you'll have to bend

You'll have to bend, my friend
To hold on to this
For some things will come easy
And some will be a test
You'll have to bend

Now the ocean connects me
To everything I know
By mellowing my mind
So my heart, it can call

With these trees as my witness
I'll slice up some fruit
And each to their peaceful
Good intentions and truth

There will be a time
When I will hold you again
With my arms spread out
I will dive right in

So now here is your letter
With everything I know
About the weight of the world
And the way things could go

So give up, my friend
Step back again
For some things will be given
For some you'll have to bend

You'll have to bend, my friend
To hold on to this
For some things will come easy
And some will be a test
You'll have to bend

Now the ocean connects me
To everything I know
By mellowing my mind
So my heart, it can call

With these trees as my witness
I'll slice up some fruit
And each to their peaceful
Good intentions and truth

There will be a time
When I will hold you again
With my arms spread out
I will dive right in

So now here is your letter
With everything I know
About the weight of the world
And the way things could go


4.Famine

Lyricist:Frederick Hibbert

Well, I wake up early one morning
And I went down to Spanish Town
To look for a friend of mine
Who's called Seminaya

Then we started to have a little talk
About everything
About the situation
And this is what he said

He told me, â½Famine, famine, famine
Famine on the land
Because the cost of living
Is getting so high, high, highâ

It's really so high, high, high
Sky high
Because the cost of living
Is getting so high, high, high

So I went down to Old Harbour
To look for my brother John
To ask him how is life
And things and things and things

Oh, we started to have a little talk
About everything
About the situation
And this is what he said

He told me, â½Famine, famine, famine
Famine's on the land
Because the cost of living
Is getting so high, high, highâ

It's really so high, high, high
Sky high
Because the cost of living
Is getting so high, high, high

So I went down to Clarendon
To look for my family
To a little street called Treadlight
Is where I was born

Oh, and we started to have a little talk
Together, together
About the situation
And this is what they said

They told me, â½Famine, famine, famine
Famine on the land
Because the cost of living
Is getting so high, high, highâ

It's really so high, high, high
Sky high
'Cause the cost of living
Is getting so high, high, high