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Decline to Fall
07:17
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Decline to Fall
Never let them tell you that
It's later than you think
Pick up the final straw
To use it in your drink
And in some country where
It's always party time
Slow decline
Sip your stiff red wine
No-one who knows you
Could ever expose you like we do
We can't help it
You're a party to this too
You're sinking faster than
A leaking submarine
Still telling tales of all
You should have done and might have been
There but for the grace of God
I'd follow you some more
Good angels stopped me
That's what I pay them for
No-one who knows you
Could ever expose you like we do
We can't help it
You're a party to this too
Never let them tell you that
It's later than you think
You take the final straw
And drop it in your drink
And in some country where
It's always party time
Sad decline
You'll sip the stiff red wine
No-one who knows you
Could ever expose you like we do
We can't help it
You're a party to this too
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2. |
Secret Holiday
03:35
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Secret Holiday
Let's take a secret holiday
Sleeping in the leaves along the way
Tell the world to go away
Until we get there
They never let us take a break
We must atone for each mistake
But sometimes the chains just break
We see we gotta be free!
(free as a bee)
We should take a secret holiday
Butterflies are floating in the bay
Where the pale horizons sway
Until we get there
They never let us take a break
We must atone for their mistake
But then sometimes the chains just break
And we see we gotta be free
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4. |
The Vitalist
04:18
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The Vitalist
Oh I suppose the stuff flew up your nose
Leaving you perfectly blameless
Everyone knows that now you're wearing clothes
Who saw you before you were famous
Entropy roars while life still explores
and builds up new creatures in changes
As from the tall, so with the small
more of an instinct than aimless
The Vitalist preens, you've come from his dreams
telling him sleep will be painless
But he'll sleep no more, not even a snore
now that he knows what the game is
I'll come to the point and light up this joint:
let all of God's creatures be shameless.
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5. |
Hydrogen 6
02:53
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Hydrogen 6
When the stars are in the right place
and the Moon is at the start
When the tides pull you gently
to and from the dark
Then the Sun will soon be rising in the park
And the sky is just a magnet
the sky is still a magnet
the sky is but a magnet
For your heart
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6. |
Tender Validation
04:49
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Tender Validation
I have not been brought up
in these matters of the heart
I am still uneducated
Still I know where I can start
to work you out and win your heart
I just put my foot into it
if I step one step near you
so I will put my feelings in a song
and I'll sing it all night long
Until you come along to stop me
I mean not to be critical
of love that I get given
But I still find the happiness I seek
Just dancing cheek to cheek
with you your step's unique
you're not a freak
Lay your weary head upon me
I will be your pillow
Tell me everything you think you know
You see I love you so
now close your eyes and just let go
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7. |
Victory
03:50
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Victory
Art is the harshest mistress
Art is a cry of distress
wonderfully expressed
Who needs the rest?
A mirror crossing a busy road
with a headful of ideas
He pioneers
She is a golden omen
You could not find a woman
who's more in tune
with the Moon
Underneath her laughing eyes
let a hundred flowers bloom
In her room
Her kisses taste like Victory
Her kisses taste like Victory
Her kisses taste like Victory
over Death
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8. |
Oh Hayley (You're Right)
03:46
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Oh Hayley (You're Right)
Well you're always on time
and you always call the shots
Oh Hayley you're mine
but you still get me tied up in knots
Oh Hayley you're fine
and that's one thing I never forgot
and all of this time
Your love's been keeping me hot
Just like Napoleon
your sense of smell is sharp
Just like Napoleon
inspiring works of art
Just like Napoleon
5'2" and dark
and just like the battle of Borodino
you're no walk in the park
Oh Hayley
You're right
Oh Hayley
You're right
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9. |
Little Red Coat
04:07
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Little Red Coat
Put on your little red coat
and come out with me tonight
our love is all she wrote
they said to hold me tight
the Weasel and the Stoat
will not forget to bite
but you are at my throat
and we'll make it through alright
Take off your little red coat
and lie with me tonight
unwrap your five pound note
Honey come inside
the Weasel and the Stoat
will not forget to bite
but I am at your throat
we'll make it through alright
Put on your little red coat
and come out with me tonight
our love is all she wrote
they said to treat me right
the Weasel and the Stoat
are not afraid to bite
but you are at my throat
so we will make it through alright
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10. |
Walrus Arabia
02:55
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This is an instrumental. There are no lyrics. Only the words that randomly pop into your head when you hear it.
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The Puddle Dunedin, New Zealand
With their 1986 – 93 Flying Nun Records catalogue long
out of print, The Puddle finally re-emerged in 2006 with 4
acclaimed albums released on Fishrider Records.
The Puddle have always been the most stubbornly underground of the bands associated with the
Flying Nun imprint. Their debut Pop Lib was recently included in SPIN magazine’s list of the best Kiwi pop releases alongside The Clean.
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