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Harlequin Ballads

by Drury Lane

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1.
She was a shooting star form across the ditch She was a five star freewheeling bitch Angie I don’t mean to be mean But there’s no penance in our type of dreams Nowadays metrosexuals fall down at her feet But there’s no time to consider the inevitable defeat ‘Angie where is your lover now?’ a bold one asks She throws a shoe and they all duck for cover Angie, oh Angelina I just can’t get over this fever Angie, oh Angelina I remember you were quite a dreamer She begins an animal cruelty rant ‘Farewell Angelina,’ the crowds start to chant She pulls out a white rabbit and then does a bow I felt empty but I don’t feel so empty now Angie, oh Angelina Who told you to set foot in this arena? Angie, oh Angelina I see you’re quite a dreamer The sun rises and the sun sets Some people forgive but time never forgets It has been a while since she has been down this way But the hills still echo her name at sunset everyday Angie, oh Angelina I just can’t get over this fever Angie, oh Angelina Just another like-minded dreamer
2.
Loving her is like a party in my sleep I close my eyes and hope I catch a peek It’s the late night troubadour dreams, the middle of the day walking on by Right on by I turn around to see the city lights One last time, but she holds me back The glow from behind it lights our way She writes poetry and she reads my mind I’m gunna turn I want to see The burning buildings they light our way Light our way I locate the laughter and the sigh From all the affairs of another life I’ve got a notebook, it contains my thoughts A revealing take on our romance Our romance I turn around to see the city lights Fire in the shape of a fortress I close my eyes but the image stays There was meant to be some recognition Maybe a fleeting glimpse of love Not a fire and brimstone reflection Reflection Loving her is like a party in my sleep I close my eyes and hope I catch a peek
3.
Our ghost isn’t holy anymore Now that it knows our souls The hidden thoughts that no one dares know The backstreets where no one dares go Wait my love take care where you tread Wait my love ‘til we meet again. Many fortunes have been lost Just to clear our names Beauty has been revealed And our dreams are one and the same Wait my love take care where you tread Wait my love ‘til we meet again. In a land far far away Ashes fall and cover our tracks And smiling faces in a picture frame Hang forgotten on a red brick wall Wait my love take care where you tread Wait my love ‘til we meet again.
4.
No Reaction 02:25
I once felt so much Now there’s no reaction When I walk the streets at night There’s no satisfaction Everybody telling me to please me “Do what you gotta do” Everybody telling me to please me “Do what you gotta do” Late night at the matinee Popcorn and soda still taste the same I spent good money on this so give me a kiss as the credits roll Everybody telling me to please me “Do what you gotta do” Everybody telling me to please me “Do what you gotta do” I don’t feel no reaction
5.
Meet me on the corner of 5th Street and Sunset Boulevard We can stay at the Plaza hotel or even on Cannary Row It could be, maybe not, maybe so, perhaps I’m just a vagabond trying to find somewhere to belong with Miranda maybe? I’ve always wanted to mention her in song I hear she likes mohair suits or was that mohair boots? Crossing over with the dead and the damned Across the sea it’s so familiar but a different land Like sands through the hour-glass, Like a game of chess I was put here, not there, and I’m gunna do my best. Will you meet me in a jewellery shop? Tiffany’s perhaps? I’ve got Audrey on my wall, I hear that she was quite tall She is old school like Mozart and cowboys When we are into electrical smorgasbords, the lines of new toys This is new; this is hip, like fake gang wars Watch what you say ‘cause I have a stiff upper lip and walk on all fours I’m begging for you baby – your style and your fake tan I’m gunna kiss you girl before we become one with the sand Like the sands through the hour-glass Like a game of chess I was put here, not there, and I’m gunna do my best. I’ve been through all of Hemingway’s books You could tell people I’m well read but it’s already well known Passion fades but style is eternal, I saw it in your look I wanted your hand, that style to call my own I told you to leave now or leave later – just leave when you want to I knew you were long gone when I was just waiting At an outdoor table in my favourite downtown café I was smoking, drinking, contemplating Wasting sands through the hour-glass Playing a game of chess I was put here, not there, and I’m gunna do my best.
6.
Let Me Know 03:39
I’m sitting on the driveway just waiting for you to get home Not even sure what time it is I just don’t want to be alone I want you to dance with me under moonlight I want you to let me know that you are mine Your promises your lies and your alibis Your whiskey breath and your crooked smile Your spray on tan and your pale blue eyes I pass the parcel and hope for the prize Let me know why it began Puzzles and poems and the words that you sang Let me know why it will end I don’t get all this talk of just being friends I never make the most of my chances You never make me make the most of my chances If you can hit it with a car then you can shoot it with a gun If you decide to walk away then you may as well run Let me know why it began Puzzles and poems and the words that you sang Let me know why it will end I don’t get all this talk of just being friends Will you ever give me more than a sign? Will you ever let me know that you are mine?
7.
Tumbleweed and red dust storms interrupt our dreams As we pray for rain that never comes Clutching cotton threads that keep us from falling This land consumes us whole And there is always a fear of falling Yeah, there is always a fear of falling Out next to the rain god mesa Distance is lost And time it starts to stop The silence is lasting Paper money is lost in a plastic town That appears on the horizon like a rising sun There are no clocks and the lights are always on The noise it never stops But the plastic colosseums will fall long before the originals Out next to the rain god mesa Distance is lost And time it starts to stop The silence is lasting Canyons criss-cross the landscape And in the long run rivers win the war against rock. Bow and arrows win the war against gunpowder Cause powder don’t come cheap And this is a land you can’t defeat
8.
Lolita 04:25
She has her own way of talking She speaks with what I’d call a Southern accent It takes me back to where I’m from She teaches math in a red dress She asks the questions ‘cause she knows best The kids in the class call her Miss Jane But she will always be Lolita to me She serves me my beer every second night Moving behind the bar like a robin in flight She smiles at me different to the others I swear I like to think she is too good for this town But she has done some wrong, the word gets around I reckon Townes knew her as Loretta But she will always be Lolita to me La La Lola, it’s got some connotations But I’m not about to go and change a name It’s a memory, the past lapping at my heals Once I asked for a ride and she told me to get my own set of wheels And nowadays when I ask her the time it’s always nine That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet But she will always be Lolita to me
9.
I’ll miss you and then I’ll kiss you when you get back I got back, by the way, back to where I once belonged I reckon you will like that ‘cause you liked it then It’s a Beatles thing and you always liked them better than the Stones You’re all over me in the airport lounge And I’m just surprised you look the same It has been a while maybe that’s why I feel this way You’re all over me and I’m over you... In the airport lounge Behind the hills the sun went down like it always does And it was my time to confirm what I believed But you cut me off when the Southern wind blew And I was left alone, wandering after you You’re all over me in the airport lounge And I’m just surprised you look the same It has been a while maybe that’s why I feel this way You’re all over me and I’m over you… In the airport lounge
10.
Chasing Cora 03:21
She was a waiter and he sold wine Sun setting the both of them looking for a good time Louisville, Kentucky – Molly Malone dance floor Sun going down, can’t ask for more Going down where the snow don’t fall Going south gonna miss you all She left home at twelve looking for a life Wound up in Minnesota with nothing but an army knife Hitched a ride south on a desolate interstate Watched the sun going down over the prairie night after night Going down where the snow don’t fall Going south gonna miss you all He had an accent, yeah the ladies loved his drawl Sung up a storm in the karaoke halls Fell in love with Cora on the first night Chased her south in the fading light Going down where the snow don’t fall Going south gonna miss you all

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The sophomore album from Hobart collective drury lane.

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released May 11, 2011

Songs: Anthony Verdouw
Mixed: Anthony Verdouw and Anthony Rochester
Mastered: Anthony Rochester
Recorded: Hickmans Rd and Tingira Rd between 2009-2011

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Drury Lane TAS, Australia

Drury Lane reside in a little town on a little island in the Southern Hemisphere. On cold winter mornings when the rain doesn't stop, Drury Lane play their songs. And whether it is time to brew another coffee or crack another beer, the music plays and the the tape turns. Drury Lane still haven't found a more pleasant way to pass the time. ... more

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