Love Of Will

Clear Out My Mind
Setting You Free
Day Of My Ascension
Deep In A Dream
Nothing Good
The Lord Burns Every Clue
Lifelike
  Lover Sister #1
Heard You Had A Bed
Inside Of Me
Leaning
I Want To Conquer You
Pack Up Your Troubles

CLEAR OUT MY MIND


I can hit them in my sleep
I can hit them with my eyes closed
Well I swear if I just hold still a second
I can hit them with a blindfold

I could have sworn there was one behind my back
Could heve sworn there was one behind my back
But when I clear out my mind I'll be there baby,
for you every time

Honey don't make a sound
Baby please don't answer the phone
If you and me don't move for a while
they'll think we're not at home
We can sink without a trace, got no number listed
We can sink without a trace
Then when I clear out my mind I'll be there baby,
for you every time

All my friends, I have to tell them: please, stay away
All their good advice, they must think I was born yestenday

Look me straight in the eye
Tell me what do you see
Is it someone 10,000 miles away?
Or do you still see me?
Well I'm a good man baby
end there's not many of us left
I know sometimes I play my cards a little close to my chest

But when I clear out my mind I'll be there baby,
for you every time

SETIING YOU FREE

Chorus
I'm setting you free
Giving you change, giving you keys
I'm setting you free
Lifting you up, letting you see
What you've become, what you could be
You are all that I have
But I'm setting you free

You say you're a tough girl and who am I to doubt you
You picked me up off the street,
now I can't walk without you
Step inside my circle of senses
Leave behind your love of defences
Come inside step inside with me
You'll see your name in lights, wait and see

Chorus

They say I'm a nice boy, down on my knees so politely
You used to slap me around
I wondered why I let you now I know it was good for me
It can't be helped or stopped
drinks are poured, formalities dropped

So just for old time's sake, put yourself above me
You know I like it when you do that to me

Chorus

DAY OF MY ASCENSION

Where I come from, no one knows
Where I'm going I can't disclose
but I'll wear no labels upon my clothes
on the day of my ascension

I deal the pack by remote contnol
I pluck straight aces from a garbage hole
but I won't take with me what I can't hold
on the day of my ascension

Chorus
From this moment on, all laws are reversed
Truth will be revealed to the creatures of this earth
on the day of my ascension

There's always someone I have to lose
I've got 4 freeways from which to choose
I'll have 8 exits that I can use
on the day of my ascension

People love me, well, people try
I have to leave them all by end by
Some day I'll leave them high and dry
on the day of my ascension

Chorus

Where I come from no-one knows
Where I'm going I can't disclose
The angels will shriek when the engine blows
on the day of my ascension

DEEP IN A DREAM

Deep in a dream, where no one can find us

Whatever hurt you baby, we'll leave behind us
Deep in a dream so real you could almost touch it
A likeness of life so sweet you could learn to love it

I'm awake and the world is sleeping
There's not a soul beside me
Cars rush by outside
But that doesn't frighten me

What scares me to death, baby
is that you can see through me
And if you can do that baby
what good are you to me

Deep in a dream ...

All hands are lost at sea
Crazy as it seems, sometimes I think you're still beside me
When you're in love you're just deep in a dream

Deep in a dream ...

NOTHING GOOD IS GOING TO COME OF THIS 


We could talk about how bad it is
but it's quite bad enough
Shed a tear for just how sad it is
but it's not quite that rough
And when you talk, must you talk so low?
Must you hold your head in your hands and tremble so
when you know I gave that stuff up years ago

Nothing good is going to come of this

People all agree it's such a shame
the way we drifted apart
But I'm the type who always walks away
bay it doesn'ty break my heart
I could ask you why you married him
I could ask you any one of a dozen things
but I don't like to watch an old friend suffering

Nothing good is going to come of this

Is it cruel to feel so uninvolved
with you standing so near
And to watch a happy home dissolve
and not to shed a tear
And when you talk must you talk so low?
Must you hold your head in your hands and tremble so
when you know I gave that routine up years ago

Nothing good is going to come of this

 THE LORD BURNS EVERY CLUE

He has no signature
He grants no wish to me or you
He admits no evidence
He burns every clue

Some say the can name him
Some even lay a claim to him
No date of birth, no sense of place
The sun's black rag wipes out his name

We look for signals in the sky
We teach our children rhymes and hymns
We bend our knees and pray each night
And curse ourselves for doubting him

But he leaves no mark on us
We know not where he leads us to
No curling whisp of smoke
No twig broke underfoot
No shred of note that bears his shaky crawl
He leaves no trace at all
We know not where he leads us to
The Lord burns every clue

LIFELIKE

Weak signal, bad light
Snake in the grass, I wake in fright
and fall to my kees, I look to the sky
I'm shaking like a leaf but you gave me the second sight
Lifelike, so close to the truth
I close my eyes, when I think of you
Everything stops, nothing moves
Now I touch your body every prophecy is proven true

MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE & JOHN, ROLLED AWAY THE STONE
BUT THE BODY WAS GONE

I put my fingers deep into your palms, I feel
like a scarecrow when I'm in your arms
I have no fear, I don't know the word
But when you call my name, I will know that it is my turn

These days a smile costs more than a frown
Everybody's got an opinion or an axe to be ground
Lifelike, so close to the truth
I close my eyes, when I think of you
Everything stops, nothing moves
Everything is proven now, proven to be true

MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE & JOHN, ROLLED AWAY THE STONE
BUT THE BODY WAS GONE

WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT IT FURTHER ALONG

Lifelike
Oh, you come before me

LOVE SISTER #1

Leave your home
say goodbye to your friends and your family
You know what's best for you
Give up your vows and your memory
I'm your clean slate, new leaf, blank cheque
Choose between a love boat
and an old shipwreck

Chorus
Oh my lover sister
When I kissed you I was like a brother to you

How many times have you heard someone say:
"If I had his luck in love
I would never spend another lonely day".
You're on top of the world
and the world's upside down
Love is the word but the word got around

Chorus

Leave your love life up to the stars tonight

Rings on your fingers, bells on your toes
Doors open for you wherever you go

Chorus

HEARD YOU HAD A BED

I wouldn't kill for the love of a woman
I don't drink or fight here anymore
I've cried wolf to you more than enough
for one life and that's for sure

Now a woman doesn't like a weak man
I don't enjoy being down here on my knees
But showbusiness convention requires that
I do the full show before I get my fee

Chorus
I'm not yet cured of happiness,
I'm only here beside you tonight
'cos I need a rest, I need a rest
and I heard you had a bed

Although you might like to forget me
I've dissolved in the water that you drink
I plague your shopping list
I furrow your brow when you try to think

Honey remember me, the best man at your wedding
Your faithful pussycat, your long lost sidekick
It was me you always turned to
when you were face down lying through your teeth

Chorus

Something in your life is still missing
Seven years ands till you search for me
Is he under the rug, heavens above,
where on earth can that boy next door be?

Now it's time someone took a taxi
And it's high time someone paid the bill
Baby, remember to call my name out loud
Whenever somebody loves you well

Chorus

with clean sheets ...
take the phone off the hook
I need a sudden change of pace
and I heard you had a bed
I'd be obliged to your kindness
I need a rest
and I heard you had a bed

INSIDE OF ME

Inside of me
Take as much as you can find of me
I think I'm strong enough
I don't know why you're acting so surprised
I don't know why you're acting so surprised

Take your time over me
Time to look around, I don't mind
I don't mind what you see
I don't care what you touch
I don't know why you're acting so surprised
I don't know what you thought you'd find
Inside of me

Is it cold enough in here
Is it light enough to see
Do you have the strength it takes
Do you have the courage there to pay for me?
For what's inside of me

Inside of me
It's been easy up 'til now

I've made it good for you
But there's something you should know
I think I'm strong enough to hold you down
I think I'm strong enough to hold you down
I don't know why you're acting so surprised
I don't know what you'd thought you'd find
Inside of me

Look into my eyes
Are you scared of who you see
Do you have the strength it takes
Do you have the courage there
to pay for me?  For what's inside of me

LEANING

Well his hands are cold
and there's a shadow on his heart
Sometimes you can't even see him but
you know he's there beside you in the dark
Pain behind the eyes
Electricity across the skin
Sometimes you can't even feel him
but if you leave an open heart
you know that he'll come in
Yes you know that he'll come in

Chorus
I was quite convinced
there was no-one there at all
but I felt something touch me,
and I think I know what for
Now I'm leaning, leaning,
safe and secure from all alarm
Yes I'm leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms
I'm leaning, leaning, remote and removed
from all your charms
I'm leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms

What have I to care?  What have I to fear?
If I know you're there.  If I know you're near

The path to love leads through the garden of sin
You start out strong but there is weakness within

You think your life is worth its weight in gold
And grace is a provision to be bought and sold
Sweet voices calling you from either side
With words of vanity seducing you pride
The final stretch is dark and cold
You carry more than your weak arms can hold

I WANT TO CONQUER YOU

Come over here
Put your last dollar on my table
My hands are shaking
But you can see I'm still here

The street lights just went off, I'm as tired as I can be
There's no more buses and there's no more trains
Only talk shows on TV ... and that's why darling
I want to conquer you

We have so little time
And we have so many pains
These days it's frightening
My dear how swiftly love wanes

Soon it will be dawn, dogs and children in the streets
How could the imagine this night belonged to you
and me and that's why baby ... I want to conquer you

We collide in the darkness
We scrape toghether a few belongings
A few belongings are all you need
Yoou're so lucky that you found me
You're completely safe with me
You're so lucky that you found me
I want to conquer you

PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES

Too late to call, I walk the floor
Reheat the food I didn't touch the night before
The TV's on, but not for long
I'm not the good old boy you knew
no, you got a different one

Pack up your troubles and give them all to me
That way you could lose them, I know how to use them
So give them all to me

I see you still, I hear your voice
My plane is circling high above your clouds
You have no choice
Your map is torn, your voice is worn
The sea breeze is in, the sunlight's thin
so let's go someplace warn

Seems nobody says what the mean anymore
But that's not important to me
I just walk straight through your door

Too close to call, this match is drawn
You've won the car, it's waiting on the showroom floor
For goodness' sake, clean up your face
Well you should know by now ...
We're close enough... there's no disgrace...

Pack up your troubles and give them all to me
That way you could lose them, I know how to use them
So give them all to me

Recorded and mixed at Platinum Studios, Melbourne, June - August 1993