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Scariest thing I'd ever seen, was a
Psycho-killer shark on TV, as I
Crept off to bed that night
Jaws was coming after me.
Heyhey. Oh. Thanks to TV -
Bathtime is ruined for me.
Hanging off over the bow, I was
Expecting to see
Some kind of wonderous fish, instead an
Ugly Mako was eyeing me.
Heyhey. Oh. We're gonna need
A bigger boat.
But I
Resolve
To stay
Afloat
And I
Resolve
That these fears
Won't wreck my fun.
Hey-hey. Oh. We're gonna need
A bigger boat.
The ocean's trying to kill me
With every passing wave of thought, but it's the
fins I never see, that I
waste my time looking for,
But I
Resolve
To stay
Afloat
And I
Resolve
That these fears
Won't take my soul.
John: Guitars
D-Man: Lyrics, bass, vocals
G-Hard: Keys
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2. |
She's a killer whale
02:30
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You’re a beautiful whale, and I’m Japanese
Wanna stick my spear in your ambergris.
Oh, I can’t help it, you’re a delicacy
Wanna feel your flesh right beneath my teeth.
Oh.... don’t stop me …whale watching.
Oh... don’t stop me.
She’s a/ killer/ whale/ oh yeah. x2
I’m not in to tag and release
I wanna drag your hide up onto my beach.
When you’re in my net, you can’t get out
And my, you sure do have a pretty spout.
She’s a/ killer/ whale/ oh yeah. x2
Oh.... don’t stop me …whale watching.
don’t stop me.
I’m in love with the taste of fish
You and me, we'll make a tasty dish.
Oh, I can’t help it, you’re a delicacy
You’re a beautiful whale and I’m Japanese.
She’s a/ killer/ whale/ oh yeah. x4
Oh.... don’t stop me …whale watching.
don’t stop me. No.
D-Man: Lyrics, vocal, ukulele
G-Hard: Keys/Synth
John: Guitar
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I could whisper a secret into a lost bottle
Kiss it and seal it and cast it out onto
The top of the bottom of the earth's deepest ocean
Bottle up me emotions and send them out to you.
And then some time later
It would reach your paled skinned shore
For the tide never tires
and nor do these thoughts.
For the sea knows no distance
to your paled skin shoreline
the waves crack whips faster
deliver these lines.
For the sea knows no distance
to your pale-skinned shore
the waves crack whips faster
deliver these thoughts.
For the sea knows no distance, baby
to your pale-skin shoreline
the tide never tires
these thoughts are yours and mine.
I could whisper a secret
into a lost bottle
Kiss it and seal it
and cast it out onto
The top
of the bottom.
G-Hard: Keys/Synth
D-Man: Lyrics, vocal, guitars
John: Bass
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The first time I met the waves
Beyond the element of fear
And doubts inside of me
I embraced an ocean.
The first time I walked on water
It couldn’t compare to the thought of you
or the touch of you,
As I embraced an emotion.
And if you leave me now, then I’ll go surfing
Baby, baby, I hate sharks.
The waves are like clothes in the winter time
(as long as it’s not the wintertime)
And if I go out, I hope you cry for me
And if I drown, I hope you’ll cry for me, cos
I can’t swim with burned-out lungs
And I can’t wave goodbye with gnawed-off arms!
And I’f you leave me now, then I’ll go surfing
Baby, baby, I hate sharks.
The waves are like clothes in the winter time
(as long as it’s not the wintertime)
I could go out
I could hang ten
I could drown, while
Getting a tan
I could go out. I could hang ten. I could drown, while
Getting a tan x2
If you leave me now, then I’ll go surfing
Baby, baby, I hate sharks.
The waves are like clothes in the winter time
(as long as it’s not the wintertime)
And if you leave me now, then I’ll go surfing
But baby, baby, I hope you won’t -
Cos I don’t float so good
Without your love,
Baby, baby... you’re my leg rope.
D-Man: Lyrics, vocal, guitar
G-Hard: Keys/synth, hand-claps
John: Bass, hand-claps
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There goes the sun
03:36
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Someone’s singing
‘Here comes the sun’
But so far it don’t come.
It’s been raining for
10 days straight,
Lord I miss being warm.
I’ve gone surfing
in a storm
I might not make it home.
My leg rope’s broken just
like my soul -
Don’t know how to go on.
1, 2, 3, 4...
1, 2, 3, 4...
There goes the sun, little darling.
Where have you gone, little darling?
Oh God this feels like drowning!
(Just breathe and keep on counting...)
Got a bad case
of cabin fever.
Want a door, and an axe hole.
The question’s not the
drugs I’m on,
but those that I forgot.
I’ve gone surfing
in a storm
I might not make it home.
The waves are crashing, just
like her car -
The ocean’s like a road.
I’ve gone surfing
in a storm,
might not make it home.
Oh
God I miss being warm...
Oh
Lord, I miss being warm...
D-Man: lyrics, vocal, guitar
G-Hard: Keys/synth
John: Bass
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I needed to breathe
And so I did
I knew it was the sea
but I no longer cared
My body believed
It was what I needed
My lungs filled up
My fear receded.
The waves are bringing me home tonight
Waves are bringing me home
The waves are bringing me home tonight, baby
Waves are bringing me home
I rolled like a wave claiming all in its way
No way to tell which way was death, or safe
I knew I was finished, yet my life wasn't flashing
And I calmed down as the waves came -
The waves are bringing me home tonight
Waves are bringing me home
The waves are bringing me home tonight
Waves are bringing me home
The waves are bringing me home tonight
The waves are bringing me home
The waves are bringing me home tonight
The waves are bringing me home
Home...
G-Hard: Keys/Synth, backing vocals
D-Man: Lyrics, lead vocal, guitar
John: Bass, backing vocals
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I bought a Greenpeace badge, it said the only thing you should leave on a beach is a your footprints.
Well, baby, love's a beach and my feet wanna leave with you.
I gave some savings to save some whales even though they're too dumb to think to save (D)them(A)selves -
They need to breathe air, but they live under the water.
But I only cared because you said did,
And I only went to the protest to link hearts with you.
But here's a secret, if you wanna know the truth:
I was just green-flirting with you.
I put on lycra and took up cy/cl/ing
Because you were into recycling.
And while you were there/ talking about saving the planet, and shit.
I was lost, just staring at your hips.
But I don't care that much about/ the planet.
I just/ want to/ love you.
And when you asked what I thought about oil and I said I can't stand it.
I was just green-flirting with you.
I was just green-flirting, I was just green-flirting, I was just green-flirting,
with you... x2
I looked into your green eyes
and told you little white lies
because I...
liked you
But it's time to come clean about my dirty history
because I...
Like you.
So
Lay down your rainforest
Let your polar caps evaporate.
Let me drill for oil in your sweet sea bed
Let me see your climate change.
Let's save water and the world and shower together
We can be so dirty being clean.
I was just green-flirting
Cos I wanna do something dirty
I wanna do something dirty
with you.
D-Man: lyrics, vocal, guitar
G-Hard: Keys/synth
John: Bass
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8. |
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I had a dream
Was a good dream
You were in it
And I was in it.
It was a good dream...
a good dream...
Then I woke up
And realised it was
all just a dream.
So I lay back down
And went back to sleep.
And dreamed of...
dreamed of me and you...
Dreamed because, I can't be with you.
In my dreams we both have wings so the ocean ain't no big thing.
We both have needs,
We both have dreams,
But emotions don't mean a thing.
But in my dreams
In my dreams
Oh, the oceans
Ain't no big thing.
But in my dreams
In my dreams
Oh, the oceans
Ain't no big thing.
D-Man: Lyrics, vocals, guitars
G-Hard: Keys/synth, backing vocals
John: Bass
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Shades in a dark room Auckland, New Zealand
An NZ band of friends from Dargaville, Austria & the US, creating songs in a suburban Auckland garage.
"Proto-punk/alt folk"
"Kinda punk/New Wave."
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