THE MEDICINE BALL (E
A D G B E)
The medicine ball never made me feel better.
The medicine ball was all for show.
Hard and round, it slaps the ground and the earth shudders.
In my hands, I knew I held a fearful object.
The medicine ball never made me feel better.
The medicine ball was all for show.
Crashing down, it hits the ground. Everyone scurries.
I think we’ve been lied to all along.
The medicine ball never made me feel better.
The medicine ball was all for show.
BUT I CAN’T SO I WON’T (E
A D G B E, capo 1)
I feel like if I remembered I probably wouldn’t do it again. But I can’t so I will.
I feel like if I remembered I’d probably just stay home. But I can’t so I won’t.
I feel like if I could touch you I’d probably feel heaps better. But I can’t so I won’t.
But I can’t so I won’t. But I can’t.
KNOWING YOU’RE THERE (E A D G B E, capo 3)
Hello, how are you? How long were you here before angles came to me and my heart clear? I can’t tell if I lost you or if I disappeared.
Don’t get me wrong – the night is not over yet. There are valleys and troughs; there are storms up ahead. They are moments and chances to follow ourselves to the end.
But what if we never get there? Can we be happy right here?
Hello, I was saw you. Did you see me too? Did you know that one day I would come back to you? You look just as I left you. You look brand new.
But what if you’re just over there? What if I’m always over here?
Because knowing you’re there is knowing there’s enough.
I know you are prepared and I just need to trust in the moment that’s closing constantly around us.
And knowing you’re there is knowing there is light. There’s a place where we land; it’s a moment in time. In the edges and shadows and cracks and caverns.
Hello, how are you? How long were you here before angles came to me and my heart clear? I can’t tell if I lost you or if I disappeared.
I HOPE THEY COME BACK FOR
ME (E
A D G B E)
I saw them coming. Felt a tugging on my chest.
I felt like running. Didn’t want them to see me like this.
And I knew, after all this time, I’ve been pushing. I’ve been fighting with myself.
It was sudden and not for long but the moment hit me strong. They were asking me to come.
Pulling through and out of me. I was not ready to leave. And I didn’t because I was scared.
I just hope they come back for me.
HOW TO ASK (E
A C F C E)
Send me love. With an open chest. Watch me beam it in.
Now I’m here and you are everywhere. Tell me what I’ve done.
Show me what I’ve lost. No one knows I was. No one knows I am.
Send me light. If only once a day. That’s all I really need.
Let me float with an empty heart. And I will pick you up.
If it feels so easy I think it’s meant to be.
What did you see over there? Sitting on the edge of your bed.
Your head spinning like a fan. You were lifting into the air.
What did you see over there? Was it better than what’s here?
Will you ever be back again? Did they make you feel loved?
I was spinning in the air. I saw angels, not far.
I was driving in my car. I was staring at the edge.
Suddenly I knew how to ask:
Send me love. Send me love. Send me love.
THE ANGELS DROVE ME HOME
LAST NITE (E A C# G B E, capo 4)
We’re lifted into the morning. Carried away by nite. Taking flight as the ocean stretches beneath us.
Let the rain just pour in. One day it will stop. To really be dry first you must know wetness.
The angels drove me home last nite. All I remember is a blur of tarmac, light and gum trees. When I pulled into the driveway I fell asleep in my seat and woke up in the morning with the car still running and sun on my face.
I was awake from the moment they found me. The glow of the moonlight and stars surrounding. And I felt the highway stretching.
I was alive though I didn’t feel it. I was surprised though I didn’t know it.
The angels drove me home last nite. I was awake from the moment they found me. I was alive though I didn’t feel it. I was alive though I didn’t know it. The angels drove me home last nite.
A MOMENT (E A D G B E, capo 2)
(Words by Michael Leunig)
Life is a donkey. What a surprise!
The trees in the park are graceful and wise.
Love is sanity. Sanity is love.
So sings the blackbird, so said the dove.
Such is the moment. Here is the rain.
Death is a flower. Gone is the pain.
Nothing beneath you, nothing above.
Love is sanity. Sanity is love.
IT’S EMPTY HERE (E
A D G B E)
It’s further than I thought. I thought I’d be home by now. I ate all the food I packed. I wish I could turn back.
Now I’m here I’m not so sure. It’s greener than I recall. I’m different but I look the same. No one here knows my name.
It’s empty and it’s softer than.
I watch it roll along my hands.
There’s plenty here as far as I can see. Why do I want to pack up and leave?
It’s further than I thought. I thought I’d be home by now. I ate all the food I packed. I wish I could turn back.
Now I’m here I’m not so sure. It’s greener than I recall. I’m different but I look the same. No one here knows my name.
It’s empty and it’s softer than.
I watch it roll along my hands.
There’s plenty here as far as I can see. Why do I want to pack up and leave?
WHERE THE ANGELS ARE (E A D G B E)
Take this shoe. Great, small, few will know what to do.
Break this spell. Snake, ball, bell. You’re unwell.
And I am too. What can we do?
On the edge of your bed. Go back to sleep.
Through the screen. A tear in the night. I’m staring at the sun.
And you are too. It’s time to make a move.
Where the angels are. They ever appear far. Always on the edge. Almost in my hands. I want to swim with them.
Where the angels are. The cracks in the footpath. The shadow of a wave. Shoulders on the highway. Shoulders up to your face. Sunset on a cloudy day.
WHAT DID I THINK WOULD
CHANGE? (E A D G B E)
What did I think would change? Everything stays the same. But nothing is like it was yesterday.
I’m coming to get you now. Can you wait out the front? I always go too far. What did I think would change?
Everything stays the same. But nothing is like it was yesterday.
Nothing is like it was yesterday.
GLAD TO KNOW (E A D F# B E)
A big moon, a sad tune. Glad to know you’ll be home soon.
A soft star. In your car you followed it all the way.
A wide road, a heavy load. The air is light and it is sweet.
A long way but not too long. Glad to know, glad to know.
Glad to know, glad to know.
Glad to know, glad to know.
WALKING DOWN A MOUNTAIN (D A D F# B E, capo 2)
All my life walking down a mountain. Hoping one day I’ll reach the shore.
Hoping one day I’ll reach the shore.
All my life walking down a mountain. The path is long and full of danger.
The path is long and it’s full of danger.
All my life walking down a mountain. Trying to swim in the lowest river.
Just trying to swim in the lowest river.
All my life walking down a mountain. Some days I don’t get anywhere at all.
Some days I don’t get anywhere at all.
Hoping one day I reach the shore. Some days I don’t get anywhere at all.
Hoping one day I reach the shore. Some days I don’t get anywhere at all.
BUBBLE (D A D F# B E, capo 1)
I don’t want to have to solve a puzzle just to know the time.
Keeping track of only makes me more lost.
I don’t want to step in your troubles. I’ve got enough of mine.
And I don’t want to meddle but your life’s not a bubble.
I don’t want to have to solve a puzzle to know what’s on your mind.
It’s hard enough working out what’s on mine.
And your life’s not a bubble but one day it could pop.
You might be in trouble.
The demons still exist but you can take their power.
IF YOU CAN (D A D F# B E)
If you can. Take my hand. Come with me.
If you can. Look around. What do you see?
If you can. Take a seat. Relax your cheeks.
If you can. Come with me.
If you can. Picture love like a ball.
Stand up tall. Hold it in your hands. If you can.
If you can. Make this room just a bit brighter.
If you can. Let your fingers glow like lighters.
If you can.
If you can.
If you can. Take my hand. Come with me.
If you can.
DEEPER (E A D G B E)
I want to be engulfed; surrounded. I want to be submerged.
I want to be swallowed; wrapped up.
I want to be let go of; untied. I want to be relinquished.
I want to be scolded. I want absolution.
I want to seep into the grass like a stain on the carpet.
What do I depend upon? What do I hide behind?
Sometimes it feels like the sun is looking straight at me.
The backyard fills up like a swimming pool of sunlight.
I want to sink deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper.
I want to sink deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper.
THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS TO DO (E A C# F# B E)
The chair is there, sitting on itself.
The table is unable to help anyone else.
The lounge is proud to be so loved.
The TV is empty but Oh So Smug.
It’s a beautiful day out there but we don’t really care.
The fruit bowl is old and so is the fruit.
The fridge has been pillaged and deprived of food.
The walls are tall but they’re paper thin.
The doors are so poor they can’t afford a hinge.
It’s a beautiful day today but it feels like it’s slipping away.
I am sitting in this room. I am mixing with the gloom.
There are too many things to do.
It’s a beautiful day today but it feels like I might suffocate.
I am sitting in this chair.
THE CABLE GUY (E A D G A D, capo 4)
I’m scared of the cable guy. He’s hovering over the roof.
He enjoys it, the power. And he’s laughing at all of us.
I’m scared I’ll be doing something weird when he finally knocks on the door.
So I tiptoe and I linger and react to every sound.
I’m scared of the cable guy. I don’t know why.
I know he doesn’t give a fuck about me. But neither do snakes.
They say it’s best not to run away. And I really want my internet fixed.
FINS IN THE WATER (E A D G A D, capo 2)
I’ve been swimming all morning. Been watching fins go past.
Wide grins. White teeth. Why me?
I’ve been driving all nite. Been dodging angels on the highway.
Wide lanes. White light.
And when I get just closer maybe I will find a way. If I let myself let go I’ll be more than happy to stay.
I see fins in the water and angels on the highway. If I’m always getting closer what will change?
If I’m always getting closer will I always stay the same? If I’m drifting through the darkness will I ever find my way?
I see fins in the water and angels on the highway. I know one day I will float.
One day I will float.
One day I will float.
One day I will float.
One day I will float with them.
WAITING FOR MY BOY TO COME BACK TO ME (E A D G B E, capo 1) When will my boy come back to me? I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to sleep. ...
