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Boxing Day Holiday
04:43
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If you’re walking by the station
By the taxi rank
You’ll see kids staring into nothing
While the drivers stare right back
Across the street they’ve put up the rent
The shopkeeper knows he’s gotta go
If you ask him where he says he’ll follow the wind
He’s just waiting for it to blow
He turns and points and says
“See that girl, she’s been staring between her feet all day
I don’t know what she’s thinking
Or how she’s gonna make it pay…”
And baby, I think of you
And how all you wanna do is grow
And I wish I was beside you now
So I could let you know
I’m gonna give you more than you have ever known
I’m gonna give you more than you have ever known
Some of our best friends have come and gone
Some of the best people too
Sometimes life comes apart
Like it’s stuck together with cheap glue
I can’t believe I’m here again
Sometimes the past just won’t let go
But I’m not the only one
I see the faces all in a row
I’m gonna give you more than you have ever known
I’m gonna give you more than you have ever known
I’m not giving up again, I’m not giving up again, not giving up
Odd jobs, cheap smokes
And I’m counting the change
I’m hoping it lasts but if it didn’t
It wouldn’t be strange
Oh baby I want to take you
Where the happiest dreams grow
On Boxing Day Holiday
We’ll sit in the traffic slow
And drive to where happiness is still within reach
And drop all our worries like towels on the beach
And drop all our worries like towels on the beach
I’m gonna give you more than you have ever known
I’m gonna give you more than you have ever known
I’m not giving up again, I’m not giving up again, not giving up
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Closing Time
05:08
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Three cheers for nothing for there’s nothing else here
Three in a car, more in a bar,
less in a prison but you can be sure
There’ll be more
Drive by shooting transaction on a shady street
I was woken by the breaking of the glass
I was dreaming of happiness
I knew it wouldn’t last
I want to live a life less ordinary
So I’ll raise my sights
Yeah I know I’m picking a fight with destiny
And that it’s closing time at the end of the century
But if I’m lucky they will laugh with me
And if I’m not they will cry
Oh if I’m lucky they will laugh with me
And if I’m not they will cry, they will cry
Stop by heaven’s gate, but as usual I’m late
I’m lucky if they leave a key under the mat
And if not I’ll sit where the others have sat
And read the note that says
Not today, wait for the dawn
Not today, just join the queue to be born
Oh if I’m lucky they will laugh with me…
When all is said and done barrier town holds back
Its sons and daughters
And life grows long it’s not getting any shorter
Well hate is learnt easily, but very little else
And I’m struggling to teach hope to myself
That’s why we need each other,
Or well we might as well not bother.
Oh if I’m lucky they will laugh with me…
Then a friend says goodbye and I look across the bar
And she says with a smile
“It’s closing time, but stay awhile….”
Yeah it’s closing time, but stay awhile
Hey maybe this is my lucky day, maybe
Oh if I’m lucky they will laugh with me…
It’s closing time, move along
Let’s go home now.
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Steve Bevis Sydney, Australia
Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, nomad and pilgrim.
Traversing folk, rock, trad and
spirituals
on 'country' and across many nations.
Now residing on the lands of the Wangal people of the Eora nation.
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