SPEAK SLOWLY (E G D G B D, capo 2)
Speak slowly. Go gently. It’s not easy. But when you’re ready it will find you. And everything goes quiet. For a while.
Speak slowly. I’m listening to what you say. And what you don’t says just as much.
How many days and nights swept away like fallen leaves?
I’m going. Come with me. Speak slowly. I’m listening.
YOU CAN’T LET GO OF WHAT YOU’RE AFRAID YOU’LL LOSE
Another short song as the sun goes down. Another long day just spinning round.
And I can’t keep what I could never find. And you can’t let go of what you’re afraid you’ll lose.
The kookaburras taught me to fly. We laughed all day under the bluest sky.
But you can’t keep what was never yours.
And you can’t let go of what you’re afraid you’ll lose.
IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO WRITE THIS (E A D G B D)
Sun coming out. It’s getting warmer now. Let’s go down and sit beneath the trees. I’ve got a song to sing. Nobody knows the words.
Snake on the trail. I better watch my step. Easy to forget we’re in his home without our shoes on. Can we carry on? He’s nine metres long and I’m not sure if these ones are venomous.
Sun going down. I’m getting tired now. Here’s a place I found. Out of the way. In the still shade. Watch me melt away. This is all I need. And it’s all I have. And I won’t be long. But I’ll take my time.
I’ll leave you with these words:
Ba da da da. Ba da ba ba.
It took me two years to write this.
Da da da ba da da da.
Ahhh.
It took me two years to write this.
BIRDS TALK TO ME ALL THE TIME (Electric piano, slow rock)
Birds talk to me all the time. I just don’t know what they’re saying. But they look at me like: Why aren’t you flying? And I never have answer.
Birds talk to me all the time. I just don’t know what they want. Sometimes they laugh, sometimes they cry. And I just smile and close my eyes.
Birds talk to me all the time. I just don’t have any proof. But when I’m alone they swoop down from the sky and I know what they’re saying is true.
IT HURTS TO THINK ABOUT YOU (E A D G B E)
It hurts to think about you.
It’s hard to see the pain in your eyes.
Do you see the pain in mine?
And I know love is a two-way street.
And I can’t blame anyone for the way I feel.
But it’s just how I feel.
THINKING ABOUT FLYING (E A D G B E, capo 2)
It only feels like falling once you start thinking about flying. You only feel like leaving once you know that you’re arriving. You’re only scared of tomorrow when you’re busy worrying about yesterday. You only want to hold it once it’s already blown away. And you only hold your breath when you’re thinking about dying. It only gets harder when you’re sick of trying. You’re only scared of the dark once you’ve seen the sun rising. It only feels like falling once you know that you’re flying.
FUNNY HOW IT BREAKS (E A D G B E)
Who put you here? Should’ve known you’d find me. Should have left a hole where I’d been.
Pushing further and it only gets darker with every footstep. Bringing each moment closer.
Let the others take care of themselves. Funny how it breaks. What can you change now?
I CAN HEAR YOU (E A D G B E)
I can hear you. What could it be making you laugh like that? The sky hangs low like an empty net and everything is suddenly still.
Can you see me running down the street? Can you tell me how? Because you were right there as I returned, turning my hurt around.
When the flowers turn pink and the sky turns blue. When I hear you call. My love remains but you can give it away. It’s no good without yours.
I REMEMBERED (E A D G B E)
For the first time in a long time I remembered.
I heard nothing but the ocean and the birds and it sounded like:
I knew I had to learn again but it wouldn’t take long to get back to where I had been because it was right there beside me.
I remembered.
FLOODLIGHT (E A D G B E)
Sometimes it’s unexpected. Sometimes it’s where you left it.
Someone might be offended. Someone else really meant it.
Do you mind? Do you have the time? Will you be mine?
Do you mind? Do you have the time to be mine?
My pen is really blue today. I wonder what it has to say.
It’s raining and the sky is grey. My head is heavier than clay.
But it’s fine. I can read your mind. Let me try.
Yer, it’s fine. I can read your mind. Just let me try.
It was another sleepless night. Now my neck feels a little tight.
I watched the walls as they got light. Somebody told me and I think I might.
Just fly. All around the sky like a floodlight.
We can fly all around the sky like a floodlight.
Would you mind? Would you have the time?
CLOSE TO NIGHTFALL (E A D G B E)
Take everything. Don’t leave anything. Except my pen and my guitar. Now the sky is clear watch me disappear. I didn’t have to leave to travel far.
And now it’s quiet. The slightest sound rings through the air with sun on the doorstep. The grass is long but it is free.
The water holds its breath and shows me emptiness. It’s her responsibility.
And soon I can rest. But my work is not done yet. The day is long but I am close to nightfall.
I’m getting too tired to ride my bike. Though I’m not ready yet for sleep.
The light is fading now. The wind is turning round. But you can’t come back if you never leave.
And soon I can rest. But my work is not done yet. The day is long but I am close to nightfall.
LIFT YOUR HAND (E A D G B E)
Lift your hand. Caress the stars. Hold the moon. Tear it apart. Disappear in the dark. The sky is looking up.
Tell me when. Let me go. When it’s time will you know? Not too quick, not too slow. It seems far but we’re pretty close.
We are light floating home. You’re ready to leave but you don’t know where to go.
Lift your hand to my heart. Feel my chest, tear it apart. Now it’s clear we can start to disappear in the dark.
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. ...
