Here are the lyrics to the main Happy Ghosts releases:-

HG022 VOICES FROM THE NET

    

TRACK ONE: ONE WAY

Midnight
Still haven’t got it right
Sleep to the light, inside

It’s coming round
Dawn is coming round
The other side
There’s only one way
To give another day
To unborn angels

Love all the children
We’re all just children
Rich man and the poor
The saint and the whore
Yeah, you’ve been one before
Legs that work and wings that soar
All mystery of the ocean floor
And both sides, yes both sides of a god-damned war, no
There’s only one way
To get another day
To unborn angels

There’s only one way
To get another day
To ourselves
Believe it
One heart of stars that move
And breathe it
With beating sun and dancing moon
See it
Think for yourself, think for yourself
You can be it
We are one, I am the one and you are too, Ooohhh

There’s only one way
To get another day
To unborn angels
There’s only one way
To get another day
To ourselves
There’s only one way
There’s only one way
There’s only one way to ourselves
Know yourself, think for yourself
There’s only one way
There’s only one way to ourselves
Know yourself, think for yourself
There’s only one way (repeat)

Lyrics by Snowflake (aka Emily Richards)

 TRACK TWO: THE BEACHED BIRD

In what direction
From whence do you
Where does my path go?

Lyrics by Bethany Anne

 TRACK THREE: YOU HANG ON

I’ve lost you baby, have I? I’ve lost you
What’s in those eyes, nasty disguise, crying grey skies, lonely sullen cries?
I’ve lost you baby, have I?

Now’s not the time babe, you’ve got to stay
I see it in your eyes babe, today’s not your day
What makes you crazy, your silence is pain
Your smile is so broken but you’re a ball and chain

I’ve lost you baby, not sure?
Not sure
I’ve lost you maybe?

But I’m not one to go, I see the show, I’ll stay in tow, right out the door
What makes you better, I will buy you today?
What makes you smile, I will get in your way
I tried all the angles, need all you gain
When you laughed and we wrestled and swore we would be friends

I’ve got you baby, now you hang on
I’ve got you baby, now you hang on, now you hang on

Lyrics by Maddy Gaukss

 TRACK FOUR: ALASKA

I was called to Alaska
Where I was sent to grieve
Into the majesty
Of light, land, of infinity
To the heart of the mother, where it feels like life was incepted
The water is your dream

We sailed the sequined seas, where the whales even seemed small against a backdrop of trees reflected in the water softly shimmering

The light and the water
The calf and her mother
The show off breeching
The land stretching father that I can imagine, I want to go there
To breathe in the clean air
To breathe in the clean air

The water meets the land where the earth’s been cleaved by glaciers migrating
Faces in the forest accompanied me
The dog for protection howled
Berries and glacier water nurtured me
Life, growing, abundantly
Life, growing, abundantly

Lyrics by Susan Ackerman Joseph

 TRACK FIVE: YOUR LOVE

I only ever needed love from you
I never felt this way before it’s true
I’m falling deeper into your sweet embrace

Your loving arms surround me in this place
Oh, and when I’m with you I feel safe
I know I’ll be alright
I feel your spirit cover me tonight

And I’m never going back to when everything wasn’t enough
Because all I will ever need is your love
And I’m never going back, because all I will ever need is your love

Your loving arms surround me in this place
Oh, and when I’m with you I feel safe
I know I’ll be alright
I feel your spirit cover me tonight

Night must keep me from falling fast asleep
But you masking me from those monsters in the dark
I just have to say your name and there you are

Your loving arms surround me in this place
Oh, and when I’m with you I feel safe
I know I’ll be alright
I feel your spirit cover me tonight

You are mine, you are mine

And I’m never going back to when everything wasn’t enough
Cos all I will ever need is you love
I may stumble, trip and fall, I may lose sight of what is right
But you are mine, you are mine

Lyrics by Desiree Midkiff

 TRACK SIX: THE LAUREL TREE

Beneath the Laurel tree our love grew out of sight
The Laurel tree is fallen now
It’s time for you to go

Beneath the branches of the Laurel
Beneath the branches of the Laurel

The Laurel tree is fallen now
It’s time for you to go

The Laurel tree is fallen now
It’s time for you to go
It’s time for you to go

Lyrics by Morgan Jones

 TRACK SEVEN: SEE BEYOND THE LIES

In the beginning I
I felt a need to try
Now I see what is right in front of me
And I will try no more
There’s an uneven score
Who’s even tracking the boy, this isn’t a game I want to play?

I’m done here
I’m leaving
I won’t be back no more
Baby, you need a wakeup call, wakeup call

I think you’re crazy

Stop making yourself sad
Wish it were different you know I do

I felt a need to try
But now I know the future lies
Beyond these lies
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Lyrics by Courtney Odom

 TRACK EIGHT: IT’S ALWAYS YOU

It’s always you

Lyrics by Jani Milfsson

 TRACK NINE: I FOLLOW RIVERS REINTERPRETED

Oh I beg you
Can I follow?

Oh, I ask you
Why not always
Be the ocean

Be my only
Be the water, were wading
You’re my river running high
Run deep run wide

He a message
I’m the runner
He the rebel
I’m the daughter
Waiting for you
You’re my river running high

You’re my river running high

I follow you deep sea baby
I follow you dark doom honey
I follow you

Run deep run wide

He a message
I’m the runner
He the rebel
I’m the daughter
Waiting for you
You’re my river running high
You’re my river running high

I follow you
I I follow, I follow you deep sea baby, I follow you
I I follow, I follow you deep doom honey, I follow you (repeat)

Lyrics by Lykke Li

 TRACK NINE: THANDANINI

Lyrics by the Thandanani Womens Ensemble

HG020 DIVERGENT THEORIES

    

TRACK ONE: DEVOTION

Indian Sanskrit

TRACK TWO: HERE COMES MY GOD

I feel a simple presence
Though it’s not physical I know it’s there
And whilst it doesn’t teach me
Its existence guides my thoughts

Here comes my god
But it provides me no special insight
It comes from spiritual energy
From an inner voice

This brings enlightenment
To open up our minds
So we relate to others
And what they feel in kind

I have my opinions
Not only based on observation
But by listening to the message
That is being shared with me

So if you want to pray
You’ve got my faith
If you meditate
You have my blessing
Want to contemplate
Then that’s just great
If you think differently
That’s fine be me!

Here comes my god
No different to yours
Here comes my god
From my inner voice

“How we live our lives, stems from our cultural beliefs, our world views.
And this has its foundation, in family, education, and our life experiences.
We are all touched by these elements in profoundly different ways.
And this leads to all manner of conflicts, intolerance, and gross injustices.
Humanity must learn to listen, to share, to understand, to trust.
Only then, will we truly understand who we are”.

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK THREE: DOESN’T MEAN IT’S RIGHT

Just because you say
Doesn’t mean it’s right
My memory sees this in a…..
A different light

Just because you look
Doesn’t mean that you see
That you need help is well known, but it won’t….
It won’t be from me

Is this what you see
It looks different to me
You see what you see
But it looks different to me

Don’t forget about the rest of us, don’t forget about us now
We were there too, and we saw, what really happened
What really happened is what we saw
And this is something that you will live, live to regret
Of that, there is little doubt but
Will it be today or tomorrow?
Or perhaps it doesn’t matter anymore, now
Anymore, now
It doesn’t matter anymore, now!

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK FOUR: 1979 THE COMPUTER

The computer screen is essentially a very important transition for civilisation
We’ve been reading form and writing on paper now for perhaps 700 or 800 years
Before that parchment and before that scrolls
While the paper book was far more accessible than the parchment scroll
Nevertheless, the instantaneous computer screen image will be far more accessible still because it can zip across the communication line with virtually instantaneous accessibility
A certain image of what the computer is and how it operates has come into being
As far as I’m concerned the computer is just really a magic piece of paper
And in effect it is the generalised form of writing
But that’s not where it gathers momentum
We want to have these for our personal use as typewriters, as filing cabinets, as viewing devices for the new world of information, as musical instruments, as communication devices
Isn’t it remarkable that humanity has survived without this all this time?
Yes it is and we’re going to change

TRACK FIVE: THE CALL AND ANSWER

Time for new beginnings
To bring about change
For what we’ve created
It is not working

So much oppression
That’s created tyranny
Lands that don’t know peace
And people that are hurting

Do you hear the call?
Then answer!

Let’s end corruption
And stop deceit
Remove the fraudster
And the great manipulator

Power to the people
Power by the people
Power for the people
Power and the people

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK SIX: INTERDEPENDENCE

The interconnectedness of all being in the universe
No individual being could exist without the entire fullness of all other beings
The forests of the earth and the plankton of the sea are so depleted that the lungs of the world may soon cease functioning
We are living in an atmosphere of unmitigated self-indulgence
And we dip into it whenever we feel like it
Our species alone has so polluted our beautiful earth that it is now teetering on the verge of a mass extinction of its inhabitants
Bigotry has so poisoned the springs of spiritual life
That terrible crimes are committed in the name of good
It is only you and I who can with strong and unremitting practise of the way
Transform our greed, hatred and ignorance
Into compassion, wisdom and enlightenment

TRACK SEVEN: THE NECESSARY PARTS

Make it happen
Let’s make it happen
Make it happen
To make it happen

It seems as though I….
Got the……
Wrong Impression
I thought that this was just……
Going to happen
One of those things that’s……
Meant to be

Make it happen, hmm
Make it happen, hmm, yeah
Make it happen, happen

The idea I had in my mind
I could see nothing was wrong
But I know now that was a mistake
For you it wasn’t as clear as it should be
That you would find it so hard…….
To make it happen
Just make it happen

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK EIGHT: TRUMPED AGAIN

The following program is made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Three days from now after a half a century in the service of our country
I shall lay down the responsibilities of office
As the authority of the presidency is vested to my successor
So in this my last goodnight to you as your president
I thank you for the many opportunities you have given me
I trust you find some things worthy
As for the rest of it, I know you will find ways to improve performance in the future
You and I my, fellow citizens, need to be strong in our faith
May we be ever unswerving in devotion to principles
Confident but humble with power
Diligent in pursuit of the nation’s great goals
Now on Friday noon I am to become a private citizen
I am proud to do so, I look forward to it

We speak about making America great again, like it has somehow fallen down
It seems these words are surely fake, like so much that is going round
When conflict is created for no good reason, we focus on not what matters
How is it that we have lost respect, where what’s right has been left in tatters
And surely like in a game of cards, we’ve all been Trumped again
We have all been Trumped again

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK NINE: OUR WORLD IS HURTING

The pain I see
Truly worries me
Of our earth screaming out in agony
Even though we have done it before
We do it again
We do it again

Our world is hurting
Yet we do not hear
From rivers to the sea
And mountains to the valley
Once precious and delicate
Now damaged and unclean
What was so beautiful
Worn down and abused
Just one, one world
It lets us breath
And we destroy it
To cultivate money (money)

Even though we have done it before
We do it again
You know, we do it again

So how long do we have?
How long do we have left?
With species disappearing
Both Plant and Animal
Dirty water, dirty air
Barren soil, non renewable
Our rubbish it is everywhere
So how long do we have?
How long do we have left?

Our world is hurting

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK TEN: FROM THE BEGINNING

I’d like to take a look at an important concept to evolutionary theory
That of the transitional species
This concept is also often referred to by a less meaningful term
“Missing link”
This concept is packed with mistaken assumptions and used unscientifically far too often

But lord help us all see, this morning, that one day, there was a day when all that we see did not exist
And that is astounding

The unceasing activity of the creator, whereby an overflowing bounty and goodwill, he upholds his creatures, in ordered existence, guides and governs all events, circumstances and free acts of Angels and Men, and directs everything to its appointed goal – for his own glory

Our brains don’t like ambiguity
Humans like to classify things and so we come up with systems of organisation and classification
All species are themselves giving rise to new species eventually and thus we can say that all species are transitional

In Jesus name we prey, amen

TRACK ELEVEN: AMBITION BURNS

The tears of a lover fall on the glass
Of a window on a house by the sea
Within it is a room of memories
Awaiting the holder of the master key

But ambition burns and take us far away
Along a path that we did not know
With hopefulness we greet each turn
On a journey which both sweet and sour
Discovery and encounter

Though ambition burns still within me
And this trail leads somewhere unknown
I know I’ll never forget you
For these memories are my own
For these memories are my own

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK TWELVE: DEVOTED

Russian Choir

HG019 DECAYED

     

TRACK ONE: PISTOLS AND CREDIT CARDS

The Pistols are selling Credit Cards
Out the back of the Chelsea

The revolutions monetised
The revolution will be monetised

Dance little sister dance
Dance little brother dance
Dance, dance, dance…dance!

Music and politics never mix
Bob Dylan, Disposable Heroes of hiphoprisy
Midnight Oil, The Clash

Distracted by the spectacle

Hip Hop, Be-Bop, Rock n’ Roll for Sale
Hip Hop, Be-Bop, Rock n’ Roll for Sale

Out here in the perimeter
We’re all stoned
Immaculate

Joe Strummer died for your sins
But he didn’t die for mine

Lyric by; Ashley Starkey

TRACK SEVENTEEN: PATTI AND ROBERT

Patti and Robert
Sitting in a booth
She’s eating with her hands
He’s looking quite aloof

Broken jar
stolen knife
Fake wedding ring

A chalk outline
A paramedic world
A mirror to the streets
A love so true it had to pass

Money in a phone box…money in a phone box

A union so powerful it couldn’t last

Money in a phone box…money in a phone box

Intensity!

Do you see the possibilities?
Do you see the possibilities?

You made my day

Blue star gone
Returned to dust

Lyrics by: Ashley Starkey

HG018 REVERENCE FOR LIFE 

     

 TRACK ONE: VOICES

Searching for something
In a world full of nothing
I hear your voice
Way down inside

An eye for an eye
Spent the truth for a lie
I know your voice
My guiding light

Hand full of nothing
For a world full of memory
I know your voice
My guiding light

I know your voice
My guiding light
My guiding light

An eye for an eye
Searching for something

Searching for something
In a world full of nothing
I know your voice
I know your voice
It’s just like mine

I know your voice, I know your voice

I know your voice
I know your voice
I know your voice

Lyrics by Matt Cahill

TRACK TWO: HOPE AND OPTIMISM

(Instrumental)

TRACK THREE: INGENIOUS MACHINE

Ingenious machine
Making life easy for me
Ingenious machine, Ingenious machine

One button pressed for entry
A real world opens for me
I am no longer free

Ingenious machine, Ingenious machine

Taking over my life
I am no longer free
My connection to everyone (x 2)

Ingenious machine, Ingenious machine

This mobility
Everything it has given me
I am no longer free

They come in all shapes and sizes
In boxes big and small
See my smile when I open them
Remove the plastic, throw away

Turn it on for the first time
Create the logon just for me
Feel the smoothness in my hand
Made with care and true love

What more could anyone want
Is there anything more to say?
How happy I am to be
Just me with my machine

My connection to everyone
Connected to no-one……….

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK FOUR: PRIDE AND DOWNFALL

(Instrumental)

TRACK FIVE: DOUBT

“It seems that the meaning of life, is in the search for meaning, no matter what the outcome may be”

“You let me in”

The doubt in your mind
Will be left behind
Don’t let it in
Don’t let it in

“If this involves great struggle, then even in the struggle there is a kind of peace…peace…peace”

“You let me in”

The doubt in your mind
Will be left behind

Why do we fail, just when we are needed?
It is the message, that’s not been heeded!
Why do we fail, just when we are needed?
It is the message, that’s not been heeded!

“It seems that the meaning of life….is in the search for meaning, no matter what the outcome may be…the meaning of life”

“You let me in”

The doubt in your mind
Will be left behind
Don’t let it in
Don’t let it in

Why do we fail, just when we are needed?
It is the message, that’s not been heeded!
Why do we fail, just when we are needed?
It is the message, that’s not been heeded!
Why do we fail, just when we are needed?
It is the message, that’s not been heeded!

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK SIX: REACHING OUT

I’m reaching out

Help me to learn
To grow and earn
To understand
What my soul does yearn

I feel alone
Lost in my space
About to be blown
To another place

How do I find myself?
How will I know?
What signs will I see?
To whom do I bow?

I’m reaching out to you
I’m reaching out to you
I’m reaching out
I’m reaching out
I’m reaching out

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK SEVEN: COMING TO GET YOU

And I’m coming to get you
(I will see it through)

And I think that you knew
(You know it’s true)

The favours that you accrue
(How can you do?)

The pictures that you drew
(You have no clue!)

I’m coming to get you
I’m coming, I’m coming
I’m coming to get you
I’m coming, I’m coming

So what is your view?
(It is on a skew)

Need a change in venue
(Time you flew)

I have done the review
(Now leave that crew)

No longer to be blue
(It’s time that you grew)

I’m coming to get you
I’m coming, I’m coming
I’m coming to get you
I’m coming, I’m coming

Bud-up……….

I’m coming to get you
I’m coming, I’m coming
I’m coming to get you
I’m coming, I’m coming

And I’m coming to get you
I’m coming
And I think you knew
You now it’s true

Bud-up……….

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK EIGHT: ATTRACTION AND UNCERTAINTY

It would be nice to know you better
To know your name and who you are
Though you are there and I am here
I feel that we are drawing near
I would like to know in what you believe
To see whether we can ever be
It would be nice to know you better
It would be nice……..and better

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK NINE: DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

Didn’t understand
What it meant to you
Only saw it my way
For so long, you give to me
For so long, you gave to me

Can I tell you?
That I live my life
With so much learned from you
Learnt from what you do
For so long, you gave to me
For so long, you give to me
For so long, you gave to me
For so long, you give to me

Didn’t understand
It’s your helping hand

So I thank you
And all that you do
You make my day
In every way
For so long, you gave to me
For so long, you give to me
For so long, you gave to me
For so long, you give to me

Didn’t understand
It’s your helping hand
To loves promised land
That helps me expand
Didn’t understand
It’s your helping hand
To loves promised land
That helps me expand
Didn’t understand……………

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK TEN: REVERENCE FOR LIFE

(Instrumental)

TRACK ELEVEN: NO RACE

Is this the end I see?
Is this the end for we?

Working together
That’s what we need
All races as one
Regardless of decree

My brother, my sister and me
No difference between anyone
No hate to bring us undone

Working together
That’s what we need
All races as one
Regardless of decree

It’ not so hard…not so hard
A good person is skin free…skin free…free…skin free

In my short life
And those that I meet
The love that I feel, why do we compete?

That’s what we need
All races as one
Regardless of decree

It’ not so hard…not so hard
A good person is skin free…skin free

Isn’t this what all religion’s say?
Isn’t this what it is all about?
As one, come together
As one, no race
Come, together
As one, no race
Come, together

As one, no race, come together

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK TWELVE: REMOVING ERRORS

(Instrumental)

TRACK THIRTEEN: A DEEPENING SENSE FOR CHANGE

(Instrumental)

TRACK FOURTEEN: VOICES (REPRISE)

(Instrumental)

HG015 IT IS

  TRACK ONE: IT IS

Ain’t what you used to want
Want it now, It is
Ain’t what you used to want
Want it now, It is
Ain’t what you used to want
Want it now, It is, IT IS
Ain’t what you used to want
Want it now, It is, IT IS

Ain’t what you used to want
Want it now, It is
Ain’t what you used to want
Want it now, It is, IT IS

Well, glamour, danger, music and flash
Well, glamour, danger, music and flash
Well, glamour, danger, music and flash, IT IS

You’ve got the power
Begin again

You’ve got the power
Begin again, IT IS

Well, glamour, danger, music and flash
Well, glamour, danger, music and flash
Well, glamour, danger, music and flash, IT IS

Want it now, it is, IT IS, IT IS
(can’t you see it)
Ain’t what you used to want
Ain’t what you used to want
Want it now, it is, IT IS, IT IS
(can’t you see it)

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK TWO: LOVE GOT LOST

Hey-yah, hey-yah
Hey-yah, hey-yah

Our love got lost

Hey-yah,
Hey-yah,

Hey-yah,
Hey-yah,

Won’t you show me, show me the way
Our love got lost
But now it’s found

Can it be?
Hey-yah, hey-yah, hey-yah, hey-yah………..

Lyrics by: Andrew Muecke, Ashley Starkey

TRACK THREE: ANY WAY

I believe
I believe (x 3)

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FOUR: MUSIC IN THE AIR

Up above her head
Up above her head

Everything is going to work out fine
Yer-yer, yer-yer, yer-yer

Up above her head
Up above her head
There is music in the air
There is music in the air

Up above her head
Up above her head
Up above her head
Up above her head
There is music in the air
There is music in the air

Can you hear the music in the air?
Can you hear the music in the air?
Can you hear the music in the air?
Can you hear the music in the air?

Looking, feeling, watching, seeking (repeat)

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey, Andrew Muecke

HG014 CARRIE SINGS

TRACK ONE: COMMON FEELING – PART ONE

You can see it in their eyes
A common feeling
You can see it despite the disguise
A common feeling

Can I tell you this story?
One that comes from my dreams
To me it is so real
Like tearing apart at the seams

There are people who have
Pride in hurting you
What created that need
Lets work to set them free

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK TWO: CANT SEEM TO

Can’t seem to forget about you……(about you)
Can’t seem to get you out of my head……..(my head)
It hurts just to think about it……….

The summer breeze
That is here to stay
Reminds me of you

We danced all night
And you held me tight
You loved me right

Can’t seem to forget about you (about you, about you, about you)
Can’t seem to get you out of my head (my head, can’t seem to, can’t seem to)
It hurts just to think about it……….about it, can’t seem to, can’t

Long hot days
Without a care
So free and easy

I liked to walk
You liked to talk
And I new I loved you

Can’t seem to forget about you (about you, about you, about you)
Can’t seem to get you out of my head (my head, can’t seem to, can’t seem to)
It hurts just to think about it……….about it, can’t seem to, can’t

Da dada dada da da
Da dada dada da da

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK THREE: ODE TO MY FRIEND

In the corner is your picture
A time filled with laughter

So much life to give
Only to be taken away

And as I grow old
You will always be young

No chance to say goodbye
A weekend that turned out forever

I hope that you are well
And looking out for me

I miss you so dearly
My great, great friend

And as I grow old
You will always be young

And as I grow old
As I grow old

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK FOUR: GOTTA DO IT

I can help you out!

“Two of you united as a pair,
Thinking as one unit, acting as one unit”

“Well, its seems as though you two may have some things to talk over and settle”

“Gee huh,
Yer”

I can help you out!
“The chance for happiness”
I can help you out!

“And that means you and me”

“And these are not just fancy words. This is a practical and priceless way of living”

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

I can help you out!
I can help you out!

You have the right to be what you are and say what you think

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

I can help you out!
I can help you out!

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK FIVE: SOMETHING NEW

Where do you see me?
Fitting in with your plans, ohhhhhhhhh!!

How do I see you?
And all that you do, nowwwwwwwww!!

Something new
Passing through

So complicated
Why do you, need to be

Something new
Passing through

Now your thinking
Absorbed in a mental void

What is wrong with you?
What have i got to do?
Why can’t you see it through?
Why is this something new?

Take your time
Cause I am gone

What is wrong with you?
What have i got to do?
Why can’t you see it through?
Why is this something new?
What is wrong with you?
What have i got to do?
Why can’t you see it through?
Why is this something new?
Something new
Something new

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK SIX: A SIMPLE MESSAGE

I am reading from a book
One that tells of the power of now

Not of the accumulation of money
Nor of how I should look

Its strength lies in its message
That success can mean so many things

As long as we hold respect and love for all our life
And we look for what is important
It is there to be found

For what will enrich us is closely within our grasp
Never let doubt take over your mind
Do not dwell in sadness and pain
Happiness and strength is in our control
Waiting ever patiently, for us to hold

So nurture that which makes you strong
Keep open to all possibilities
Live life to its fullest
And bring love to all that you do

This is the way of life
This is the way of life……….

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK SEVEN: FALLEN IDOL

I can see the way it’s going to be
The path that has been set for me

A shining light, a shining light, bright to the sight
Coming out, tonight, tonight…..

Lead me forward take me right, I am with you
On a journey away, away……..

Nothing can stop me,
I will reach you
To follow you, follow you………

I will tell the people they must come
To hear what it is that must be done
To heal the world, heal the world
To heal the world………..

You can’t have meant to get it all that wrong
When you sang out loud in your song
In your song, you were wrong
You were wrong………

My Fallen Idol, my misguided trust
Misplaced…………

And you have left not guiding me
Having trouble
I am troubled
Troubled………….

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK EIGHT: COMMON FEELING – PART TWO

Carrie’s voice treated

TRACK NINE: FOUR EMOTIONS

I wake up and my mind is unsound
Needing a turn to see my way through
Trying to convince myself “it will be fine. Just fine”

The day is bringing light to me
And I am seeing another side of me
I am happy, can’t you see (I can)

Lullaby
I feel so tired
I am so quiet
Why now?
Lullaby
The rain comes down
So soothe me
So soothe me, now

But now I am ready
And so fit and strong
Ready to get going
And you will be there too
This night has just started
For you and me
The darkness elevating
To another better place
And can you believe
Our four emotions in one day
Four emotions come my way
Four emotions so you say
There are four emotions in one day
Four emotions in one day

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK TEN: LAMENT

Carrie’s operatic voice

HG011 SILVER LINING

TRACK ONE: ON THE MOVE

What’s a man to do, but open up
Make up for lost time, beat the speed limit, just a little
Everybody’s on the move now

Move baby move, move lady move
Move baby move, move lady move (everybody’s on the move now)
Move baby move, move lady move
Move baby move, move lady move

Daylight hours are growing shorter day by day
The good road leads to things people couldn’t think of years ago

But good roads alone aren’t always enough

The horizon is constantly widening

Everybody’s on the move now
Move baby move, move lady move
Move baby move, move lady move (everybody’s on the move now)
Move baby move, move lady move
Move baby move, move lady move

Next report please (oh good)
Move baby move, move lady move
Move baby move, move lady move

(oh good)

He has found the road
Travel safely and quickly over a modern express highway

A dangerous and overloaded highway

Move baby move, move lady move
Move baby move, move lady move
Move baby move, move lady move
Move baby move, move lady move……

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK TWO: GOTTA DO IT

I can help you out!

“Two of you united as a pair,
Thinking as one unit, acting as one unit”

“Well, its seems as though you two may have some things to talk over and settle”

“Gee huh,
Yer”

I can help you out!
“The chance for happiness”
I can help you out!

“And that means you and me”

“And these are not just fancy words. This is a practical and priceless way of living”

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

I can help you out!
I can help you out!

You have the right to be what you are and say what you think

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta do it for another!
One another, one another, one another, gotta do it for!

I can help you out!
I can help you out!

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK THREE: BEAUTIFUL HOMES

Our home shall be beautiful
Because our love is beautiful
Comfort and colour and cherished self expression

They were waiting to be told
But there was no one to tell them

At home
At home

Beautiful homes, beautiful homes, beautiful homes, beautiful homes….at home

Here is something that will truly give substance to their adoration
At home
More than we may realise
At home

Beautiful homes, beautiful homes, beautiful homes, beautiful homes
More than we might realise….at home.

Rugs and carpets to soften the floors
Chairs and couches and beds and dining room tables and desks
Radios and electric refrigerators, automobiles

More than we might realise…at home

Beautiful homes, beautiful homes, beautiful homes, beautiful homes….at home

An investment in prestige and good taste
And above all pride and happiness

One family!

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FOUR: SHINY ROBOTS

Little Robots
They’re watching you
The shining soldiers
They’re watching too

They’re watching you, they’re watching you

Little Robots
They’re watching you
The shining soldiers
They’re watching too

Capitalism
Well, why should there be any question about it?

They’re watching you, what do you do
They’re watching you, what do you do

They’re watching you (repeat)….

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FIVE: FALLEN IDOL

I can see the way it’s going to be
The path that has been set for me

A shining light, a shining light, bright to the sight
Coming out, tonight, tonight…..

Lead me forward take me right, I am with you
On a journey away, away……..

Nothing can stop me,
I will reach you
To follow you, follow you………

I will tell the people they must come
To hear what it is that must be done
To heal the world, heal the world
To heal the world………..

You can’t have meant to get it all that wrong
When you sang out loud in your song
In your song, you were wrong
You were wrong………

My Fallen Idol, my misguided trust
Misplaced…………

And you have left not guiding me
Having trouble
I am troubled
Troubled………….

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK SIX: DID ANYTHING HAPPEN?

Do you feel a little anxious?
I don’t think so

Do you feel like there is some inner tension?
Yes
Definitely with me

There is something else that is so important

But you dont know what’s causing it

Do you feel that you did something bad?
I feel it might have been me
I don’t feel that i did it

Did anything happen
Happen that night
Did anything happen
That wasn’t quite right
Leave it in the past
Leave it all behind
It happened, it happened, it happened in your mind

No I don’t feel that way about it at all
Do you know what the prearranged signal is?
I don’t know what you are talking about
Signal for what

Did anything happen?

But you’re going round and around

Did anything happen?

Did anything happen
Happen that night
Did anything happen
That wasn’t quite right
Leave it in the past
Leave it all behind
It happened, it happened, it happened in your mind

But you’re going round and around, round and around

Standing there on the outside
No they’re dancing, dancing around
Standing there on the outside
But you’re going round and around
Very strange

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK SEVEN: EASIER SAID THAN DONE

Did you ever get tricked by the light?
Did you ever, did you ever

There is so much wrong (did you ever, did you ever)
So much right
You can find

Did you ever?

Did you ever?

Easier said than done……..

Gotta meet somebody
Gotta be somewhere
Gotta make it right…now

Pray for rain

Rain, send us the rain, rain
Send us some rain

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK EIGHT: SOLSTICE

(Instrumental)

TRACK NINE: RADIO STORIES

Yes,…….
Yes,…….
Rush…….
Rush…….

Rush…….
Radio……
Radio……
Yer……..
Radio, radio
Yer…..
Radio…True Stories
True Stories…Radio
Radio….

Merchandise.
Radio…….
Radio…….
Yes………
Yes………

It’s CO3
Radio…….

TRACK TEN: EMERGENCY

This is an emergency (this is an emergency)
I wondered what you would think of me
This is an emergency (this is an emergency)

Anyone who tells you otherwise, is lying (is lying)

This is an emergency (this is an emergency)
This is an emergency (this is an emergency)

Some of the things I see in this country of ours makes my blood boil

Are you free to rob or free to kill?

Surprised, yer, but you promised us?
Surprised, yer, but you promised us?
Surprised, yer, but you promised us?

This is an emergency (This is an emergency)
This is an emergency (This is an emergency)

Surprised, yer, but you promised us?
Surprised, yer, but you promised us?
Surprised, yer, but you promised us, promised us, promised us

Open crime
Corruption in government
Robbery
Peaceful citizens lives in danger
Is that what you want?
Is that what you want?

The universe is made that way

This is an emergency
It was an emergency

TRACK ELEVEN: YOU LIKE SOMEONE

Tonight, the feeling between us kept getting stronger and stronger
The lights are on
And things seem to happen, til we nearly….

Now what’s the matter dear?

I was young once too

Perhaps I can understand something of what you feel?

You like someone, he likes you

Your physical urges fight against your reason

Mother, is it wrong to feel warm and affectionate when you are with a boy your really like?
No dear it is not wrong

‘Where you going to?’
‘Where you going to?’ Hi, hi
‘Where you going to?’

What would you like on your sandwich?
How about you?

‘Where you going to?’ I’m almost ready
‘Where you going to?’ I’m almost ready
‘Where you going to?’

I don’t know what to think I am so mixed up

Well I know what to do now

Now I am beginning to understand

Sometimes even promises can’t be kept

Dada Dada Dada Dadum dum da………..

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK TWELVE: CAN’T SEEM TO

Can’t seem to forget about you……(about you)
Can’t seem to get you out of my head……..(my head)
It hurts just to think about it……….

The summer breeze
That is here to stay
Reminds me of you

We danced all night
And you held me tight
You loved me right

Can’t seem to forget about you (about you, about you, about you)
Can’t seem to get you out of my head (my head, can’t seem to, can’t seem to)
It hurts just to think about it……….about it, can’t seem to, can’t

Long hot days
Without a care
So free and easy

I liked to walk
You liked to talk
And I new I loved you

Can’t seem to forget about you (about you, about you, about you)
Can’t seem to get you out of my head (my head, can’t seem to, can’t seem to)
It hurts just to think about it……….about it, can’t seem to, can’t

Da dada dada da da
Da dada dada da da

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK THIRTEEN: STRANGE NEW SHAPE

I saw you by the sea
Strange new shape

Strange, strange, strange new shape, strange new shape

I want it for me, strange new shape

We can get together now
We can make it happen somehow

Strange new shape
Don’t be late
For us to get together and talk all night
Let’s get down by the fire light

Strange, strange new shape

Strange, strange, strange
strange, strange, strange new shape, strange new shape

We can get together now
We can make it happen somehow

Way
Way
There’s a way
There’s a way
There’s a way
There’s a way

Love the way you walk
Love the way you talk
Gotta have more, gotta have more, gotta have more, more…
Look what we made
Look what we made
A strange new shape
A strange new shape

Gotta have more!

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FOURTEEN: GOODBYE GOODBYE

Can you tell us the significance of your work?

Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

In life we chase it
In life we chase it
In life we chase it

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FIFTEEN: TUNING IN

(Instrumental)

HG010 Secret Code of Beauty

TRACK ONE: TROUBLE MAKER

Honour System
Moral Code
Honour System
Moral Code

Trouble maker

You looking for trouble?
You’ve come to the right place
Trouble

Trouble
He’s walking real slow,
Slow walking trouble

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK TWO: ADULT THEMES

Adult themes

For your love
Burning Up
For your love

Do you know the secret code of beauty?
Let me whisper it in your ear

For your love
Burning Up
For your love

Adult themes, burning up
For your love

Music is going to set you free
Celebrate it, come and dance with me

Love potions of the mind

Burning up, burning up, burning up

Love potions, love potions, love potions of the mind

Love you, love you, love you, love you

Love you

High and wide and drifting, high and wide and drifting…….

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK THREE: ETERNAL FLAME

Found my voice

Found my voice
Eternal Flame

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FOUR: WEALTH & WASTE

Allow me to introduce them, men of wealth and waste
Social misfits, satanic majesties, rock and roll outlaws

Touched by the glimmer, touched by the glimmer, touched by the glimmer within

They were the house band at Ultimo
And it wasn’t ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ that was played whilst Hunter was killed
It was ‘Under my thumb’, Under My Thumb?

What does that song mean?
What does that song mean?

Out of our heads

Music and dancing was going to change everything
But most people just wanted to have a good time
Tell me what’s your name? Tell me, what’s your name?

What’s your name?

No need for a name
There the greatest rock and roll band in the world
They’re not satanic, they’re just a dark force of nature
Very naughty boys, elevated, illuminated, deified
They weren’t a message, they were an expression

Out of our heads

What’s your name?

There was anarchy but a lot of idealism
And for a while everything was alright

Sharpen, shaman, androgynous, sex, vampire

Touched by the rhythm, touched by the rhythm within
Who’s that? Who’s that? Who’s that?
Don’t you do that, don’t you do that

They were persecuted, vilified, prosecuted for their beliefs
But the world was going to change
It was like a great tidal wave
No one realized it was about to break
No one foresaw the rise of the corporation

These boys were going to become some of the richest in the world
Playing on all your favorite radio stations

What’s my name?
Tell me what your name?

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FIVE: SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

(Instrumental)

TRACK SIX: YOUNG

And we had a really great fun time
And we swam every day
We played in the sand on the beaches
And we also played a game of putt-putt golf
I won by one hole

And then we went to the um,
Ahh, what is it called?
And we each got an ice cream
From this ice cream parlour in there

And it’s a funny thing, cos,
In the ahh, waves, in the sea
You couldn’t really taste the salt,
There was hardly any salt in there

And it was really fun…
When we were Young, I think it’s really great
When we were Young, and it was really fun
When we were Young, I think it’s really great
When we were Young

The next day afterwards
We, um,
I dived into the sand, you know, a couple of times
And so my face was all sandy, you know,
And I had swallowed sand, and it was all sandy
But it was really really great fun
And so then we went back and had a swim to clean ourselves off

It was really nice……
When we were Young, I think it’s really great
When we were Young, and it was really fun
When we were Young, I think it’s really great
When we were Young
When we were Young

Lyrics by: Andrew Muecke

TRACK SEVEN: CALLING JOY

Need to be free
You and me
Remedy

Need to be free
You and me
Need to be free
Remedy

You and me

Need to be free

You and me, need to be free, you and me
You and me, and you and me

And you and me
You and me need to be free

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK EIGHT: LOOSEN UP

Loosen up, loosen up
Loosen up, loosen up

‘Doors are an essential part of our lives
Even more so than most of us realise’

Loosen up
Loosen up
Loosen up
Loosen up

Hold me up, loosen up
Open up, loosen up
Take me up, loosen up
Loosen up

Loosen up
Loosen up
Ain’t right to be feeling this poor

Loosen up
Ain’t right to be feeling this sore
Loosen up

Talk me down, loosen up, loosen up
Talk me down, loosen up, loosen up
Talk me down, loosen up, loosen up
Talk me down, loosen up, loosen up

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK NINE: YES YES YES

Yes, Yes, Yes
How could I forget?

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK TEN: LAMENT

(Instrumental)

HG004 Something Beautiful

TRACK ONE: SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

Happy Ghosts
They’re hiding in the bushes, on the edge of town
They’re hiding in the bushes, all around

Happy Ghosts

Be kind to their families, be careful with they’re soul, tall
That’s what this world is all about

Something beautiful, something beautiful
Beautiful………….

They’re wondering about the common good, wondering about what it is

They’re naughty by nature, but kind of heart
Glowing in the distance, glowing serene

Happy Ghosts

‘I want to make beautiful, I want to make beautiful
I want to make, happy, happy, happy!’

They’re kicking tumbleweeds, blowing in the wind
There magpies in the kitchen, but you know they hate that domestic shit

Something beautiful
Happy Ghosts

They’re singing kinda crazy
Baying at the roof
They’re trying to sound scrutible
But coming up crystal clear

‘I want to make beautiful, I want to make beautiful
I want to make, happy, happy, happy!’

Glowing in the distance, glowing serene
Happy Ghosts!

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK TWO: FOUR EMOTIONS

I wake up and my mind is unsound
Needing a turn to see my way through
Trying to convince myself “it will be fine. Just fine”

The day is bringing light to me
And I am seeing another side of me
I am happy, can’t you see (I can)

Lullaby
I feel so tired
I am so quiet
Why now?
Lullaby
The rain comes down
So soothe me
So soothe me, now

But now I am ready
And so fit and strong
Ready to get going
And you will be there too
This night has just started
For you and me
The darkness elevating
To another better place
And can you believe
Our four emotions in one day
Four emotions come my way
Four emotions so you say
There are four emotions in one day
Four emotions in one day

Lyrics by Andrew Muecke

TRACK THREE: SHARKS OR SKIN

Let’s begin with the skin
Everybody needs a good time

Good times, ‘Satisfaction’, satisfaction
Protect your skin

Do want you want, say what you mean, what do you mean?
Do want you want, say what you mean
Do want you want, say what you mean, what do you mean?
Do want you want, say what you mean
What do you mean, watcha want, what do you mean

Fresh water beauty is possible
Everybody needs various layers

Sharks in the water, sharks…………

What it is and what it does, what do you mean
Amazing sensitivity to outside stimuli

Sharks in the water, sharks…………

Most everyone sweats
Everybody needs beauty, what do you mean?

Sharks in the water, sharks…………

Everybody needs a good time
Satisfaction
Keep it clean

Clean, satisfied, good times
What it is and what it does
Parts of the body, lip, the feet, the eyes, your fingertips

Flesh, flesh,……………..good times……..flesh
And so the end of a perfect day….flesh
Good times, come to me

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FOUR: JUNGLE MUSIC

Track Four: Jungle Music

Jungle Music
Syncopated Sound
Fascinating Rhythm

Rhythm
Ritualistic dancing

That bad?
No, that’s good?

Get your glad rags, on
We’re going to a go-go

Will you still love me tomorrow, tomorrow?

Tomorrow

Yes!
This is the real thing

Jungle Music
Syncopated Sound
Fascinating Rhythm, rhythm
Ritualistic dancing, dancing, dancing

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

HG002 Paranormal Behaviour

TRACK ONE: BOOZE & PILLS

“Marijuana, Heroin”
“Hundreds and hundreds of teenage boys and girls
Are becoming hopeless dope addicts each year”

Booze and Pills
“Marijuana, Heroin”
Giving me thrills
Warning sign

“Invigorating”
Housemen, Kesey, Burroughs, Leary
Down among the dead men
“It’s terrible”
Warning sign

“It’s fantastic”
Housemen, Kesey, Burroughs, Leary
Down among the dead men
“It’s terrible”
Warning sign
Warning sign

Making me ill
Booze and Pills
“Unbelievable isn’t it that such things can happen”
Making me ill
Booze and pills

But it didn’t stop addiction
“It just made it harder for victims to get the stuff”
Making me ill
Booze and Pills

“Occasional users of marijuana, heroin,
Sleeping pills have nearly gone crazy”
Giving me thrills
Making me ill

“Confirmed addicts, parents have nearly gone crazy”
Giving me thrills
Making me ill

“Most teenagers start off with marijuana,
Then they decide to see if heroin has any kick
It does”

“In order to get money to buy it, they turn to crime
And that’s the story”

“Judge he is a good boy!”

Housemen, Kesey, Burroughs, Leary
Down among the dead men

But I wasn’t there

Never trust pranksters
Making me ill
Booze and Pills
Refer Madness
Giving me thrills
Propaganda…..

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK TWO: IDEAL DATE

This boy and girl coming home from school
Look quite content with life
And why not?
They’re looking forward to an important date
Dinner at home with the family

The Ideal Date
Doesn’t it sound exciting to you?

Hmm is it that late?
Dad will be here any minute
Better tell mother she is needed in the kitchen, hmm

‘Kissing in the kitchen
Dancing on the ceiling’

Hmm,
The Ideal Date
Hmm,
The Ideal Date

Brother notices the time
And realises that he must put things in order
and clean himself up in time for dinner

Father too, looks forward to this date with the family
He has had a hard day at the office
These boys greet their dad as though they are genuinely glad to see him
The Ideal Date

Pleasant and emotional conversation helps digestion
The Ideal Date
Don’t monopolise the conversation and go on and on without stopping
Don’t discuss unpleasant topics such as gruesome sights or sounds
This is time of pleasure, hmm

Reverence and respect
The Ideal Date
Reverence and respect
The Ideal Date
Reverence and respect
The Ideal Date

The dinner table is no place for discontent
This does not mean you should be stiff or formal
With your own family you can relax
Be yourself
Just be sure that it’s your best self

Now we are ready for desert
Hmm, do you see now how dinner with your family can be a truly special occasion
The Ideal Date
The Ideal Date

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK THREE: WANT ME

Want you, need you
Want you, need you

He is taking great pleasure from being coaxed to change his view point
He is getting satisfaction from being the center of attraction.

Want you, need you
Want you, need you

If we can pour out our troubles and unhappiness to a sympathetic friend or member of the family
Then we can avoid keeping such things tied up in ourselves

As I am the chairman of the entertainment program, I will assign you to various posts
If you not satisfied, then you can overrule me. Is that OK?

Want you, need you, desire you, love you
Want you, need you, desire you, love you

He was afraid failing on the decoration job so he refused

Finding out what the trouble is
Protective mechanisms are often the wrong route

I don’t understand, he just likes to have his own way
Better count me out
Come on Mike everyone else is helping out
Well look we can’t waste any more time

Want you, need you

We will have to pay him extra for going past midnight
Better count me out
I’m pretty busy these days
Doing some very important work on……

…the first step on the road back to reality and the satisfaction and rewards that can only be found in the real world

Kiss me, hold me, release me

Lyrics by Ashley Starkey

TRACK FOUR: FOR THE SUN

Instrumental