The Lucksmiths

Good Friday and I'm miles away And missing you already From a backyard in Balmain To the post office and back again I bought a postcard I'm getting close But I haven't got around to it yet I know I said I'd write And maybe I might You know I'm thinki

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:00.00]A Hiccup In Your Happiness [00:00.50]The Lucksmiths [00:00.75] [00:01.00]The start is the hardest part [00:08.58]To step inside and announce a newly broken heart [00:17.28]And Louise, you're ill at ease [00:24.44]You bite

Towards the limit of maps The roads surrender to empty spaces The roofline seems to collapse into the evening I was asleep on the passenger's side White as a ghost against a floodlit billboard Day casts different light upon those promises But you kno

Written down here, gentle reader It seems too good to be true But there’s a girl in Kansas City With my favourite tattoo Oh why would I lie to you? This was in another century Somewhere near the summer's end The fahrenheit was frightening I was awa

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:02.40]The Music Next Door [00:05.50]The Lucksmiths [00:09.21] [00:11.81 [00:18.19] [00:19.81]A week went by, and then another [00:23.50]And not a word from you [00:26.39]I remember when a day would be unusual [00:32.83]I saw the

I don't want to walk around alone no more In sleepytown, no fun no more It's silent till the breeze strips bark from the trees I don't want to lie tonight in bed alone Or light a fire when no-one else is home Here's a picture of a skeleton I drew whe

I am bowling to Victor Trumper And the sun is shining And my shirt is white This is the best day of my life I am bowling to Victor Trumper And he shrugs his shoulders And I'm gone for six (Yabba:)"Oh for a strong arm and a walking stick!" I am b

Press your fingers against the strings This is where the song begins Pinch a hair from the tip of your tongue Close your eyes and fill your lungs Here is where her neck begins Feel the blood inside your skin It's moving Blink the day from the side of

Anchors away! Granted one last summer's day We watched the sunset silhouette the western suburbs Across the bay And when the sky was monochrome We drained our drinks and headed home Past bright-eyed boys in business suits Tourists, where once were pr

The Lucksmith-Little Distraction It s a lonely, lonely, lonely,lonely night 这是个孤独,孤独的夜晚 It s a lonely, lonely, lonely ,lonely night 这是个孤独,孤独的夜晚 I need a little distraction to come along 我需要排遣一点孤独 A little distraction, and you are the one 排遣孤独,只有想你 It

We've never been much chop at all that sensual stuff One of us always seems to stop before the other's had enough Like a self-help manual that's been written in Braille It seems the more that we touch, the more we learn about our failings I'm struck

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:06.75]The Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco [00:09.12] [00:11.16]The Lucksmiths [00:13.31] [00:14.53 [00:17.04] [00:20.25]Is it April yet? [00:22.26]I forget sometimes how slowly summer passes [00:28.11]You disappeared

Honey, honey, honey, let's slow down I'm only new in town I'm nasty and unshaven Maybe it's about time that I said Baby we should go to bed I'm tired of misbehavin' But the city lights are burning And they couldn't care about these things Walk me in

I know a girl called Kris Who believes in God and Elvis And I'm an atheist But we get on fine I know a girl called Kris Who's an astral-projectionist And I want nothing to do with it But we get on fine I know a girl called Kris Who eats celery and pa

You tell me you don't like the way I comb my hair But there are two of us at this table Only one of us doesn't care You're so engrossed in what you read And you're not really there Can tell you all my troubles And all you say is 'yeah, yeah, yeah' Te