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Wizards of Neranwood
02:08
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Instrumental
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House of Blazes
04:14
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Oh, she will tide you to the berth
Invite you to drink yourself into the earth
You’re gonna get your money's worth
Before you stumble back to the berth
And when the day fades into blue
This river knows just what to do
You don’t need a wind that's true
This river knows what to do
So let the river take the con
And put a little sugar in your rum
Sugar with the rising sun
Sugar all night long
When the day fades into blue
This river knows just what to do
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She is a swan who lives in a white house
That backs onto the river
Round here tall buildings sprout from the sand like trees of glass
But she is a swan who lives in a white house
That backs onto the river (that backs onto the river)
Woodslats shade the windows
But nothing shades the concrete foundations (concrete foundations)
Black wrought iron chairs sit calm in the sun
They radiate heat (radiate heat)
pulse with the ebb and flow (pulse with the ebb and flow)
Like the tides against the rocks (tides against the rocks)
She can hear the water lapping at the rocks (lapping at the rocks)
She can hear the water lapping at the rocks (lapping at the rocks)
She walks down the stairs to where a silver tinnie
Bobs up and down up and down (up and down up and down)
Ooh up and down up and down (ooh up and down up and down)
To the waves from the ferry and the passing of the boats
She lays down a towel to suppress the heat
Sits by the bobbing boat and lets her right root dangle (she lets her right foot dangle)
Her toes and cool water meet
Her left foot follows
And now our swan is ankle deep
Aaaahhhhh
She turns to glance at the house in the shimmering heat (aaahhh)
And the tall buildings that sprout from the sand like trees of glass (aaahhh)
And she feels the water and the coolness of the deep x2 (aaahhh)
Ohhh then she feels the water pulling at her feet
She slides in gently
And now our swan is in the deep (and now our swan is in the deep)
Aaaaahhhhh
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4. |
Red Gold
04:58
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I’ve got the Red Gold
I’ve got the Sun
But unless I sing about it I’ve got none
There are songs of seasons, songs of light
But whoever’s sung of a red gold night?
Whoever’s sung of a red gold night?
Oh Songs from mountains crossing and creeks
That float with the ceder down to the sea
Oh running river rolling red
I say what I sing and sing what I said
I say what I sing and I sing what I said
I am the Red Gold
I am the Sun
I am the river
I am the host, the terraform and a ghost
I am the Red Gold
I am the sun
but unless I sing about it I aint none
I am the Red Gold
I am the Sun
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The Sails of Ships
04:19
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The Sails of ships that pass quietly by
The sails of ships that pass quietly by
The Mermaid and the Kangaroo
The Investigator, Endeavour and Norfolk too
The Sails of ships that pass quietly by
The sails of ships that pass quietly by
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Playful creatures
In the shallows of the sand
Black tipped fishtales
Midday shadows
I see clearly
underneath a bridge so sad
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Isle of Capri
03:37
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Isle of Capri
Casuarina and me
Do the dance of the Sheoak Tree
All of the cows in the dairy
And fish are jumping to see
The dance of the Sheoak Tree
Isle of Capri
Cross the bridge to the city
All the Sheoaks dance for me
I’m Alive
I’m Alive
Isle of Capri
All the of the pontoons and jetties
Can’t take the Sheoaks from
They can’t take the Sheoaks from me
They can’t take the Sheoaks from me
Isle of Capri
Isle of Capri
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The water it is glistening
It is soft and it is caressing
Do you remember when you first sat here sittin’
Do you remember all the times you sat here thinking
Well today I feel a soft breeze (running through my blood)
And I see Melaleuca leaves (Rain from above)
Suddenly a thought occurs to me
That there’s too many thoughts here to be believed
I tell myself to lose the fear
Come winters day It will disappear
Now spring is early and the fear’s still here
Every damn season is early and I’m still here
Well I don’t want the river to catch me crying
But I’m also done with all of the lying
Do I wade in the river?
Do I wade in the sea?
And let all the salt water wash them fears away
Or do I sit here thinking
Until the end
Of the day?
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9. |
Twin Creeks
01:31
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Instrumental
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10. |
Red Gold II
02:34
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I‘ve got the Red Gold
I’ve got the Sun
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11. |
Strange Brew
06:35
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I am a strange brew
A Eucalyptus tree and a cockatoo
One part town and two parts the moon
Swallow me up and I’ll swallow, swallow you too
I am the way and I am the will
The Singapore Daisy that smothers the hill
The eel fares and the ocean swells
Stare deep in my water and be bound, be bound by my spell
I am a strange brew
A kingfisher in a Tuckeroo
Singing songs that are lost and songs that are new
Songs that will take you deep into, deep into the blue
I am the buildings that will fall into the sea
The damselflies and the stingless bees
Incant your worships and your jubilees
Summon my water and set me free
Set me free
I am a strange brew
A platypus and a bush rat too
One part town and two parts the moon
Swallow me up and I’ll swallow you too
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Cold Ghost Miami, Australia
Cold Ghost is the moniker for Gold Coast song-writer and musician Fletcher Babb.
2020's Love on
the Beach is a triptych of love songs inspired by the scenario of Nevil Shute's apocalyptic novel 'On the Beach'.
The 2018 album Bachelor Tapes a mix of alt-folk, rock and psychedelia and was up for best release at the Gold Coast Music Awards.
Cold Ghost also curates Stories in the Key of GC.
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