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The Flood

by Swindlestock

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1.
High Dive 02:29
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High Dive She said she dreams of falling From cliff tops high Her mother says it must signify A lasting love that will satisfy But I heard I f you dream you fall If you hit the ground you die I work alone in these woods Cutting down the trees Her mother says she won’t tire of me Though I can’t be what I long to be I heard a woman with big ideas Is a woman who’s hard to please I’ve been in love twice This time and the time before They say love can always come knock once more If you don’t lock your door So don’t you lock your door They talk of loss and anger Of shame and of pride You can’t always run you can’t always hide Nor live alone inside one’s mind I heard the man who acts with patience Will see the turning of the tide Will see the turning of the tide She said she dreams of falling Near as every night Her mother says it must signify A lasting love that will satisfy Now I heard if you dream you fall There’s a chance you just might fly There’s a chance you just might fly I’ve been in love twice This time and the time before They say love can always come knock once more If you don’t lock your door So don’t you lock your door No don’t you lock your door
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The Flood 02:37
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The Flood Are you pining for me? Do you know how to be? A long distance lover we shall see I can’t understand How she slipped through my hands But the rain keeps coming in off the sea Tear my heart asunder It seems we made a blunder When we built things up And said they’d last forever The rain keeps a driving Sweet summer she ain’ t arriving People focus only on surviving They can’t understand How life has slipped through their hands But the rain keeps coming in off the sea Tear my home asunder It seems we made a blunder When we took Mother nature for granted Please don’t cry for me I don’t deserve sympathy There are far worthier causes for your energy I still don’t understand How time slips through the hands But the rain keeps coming in off the sea Tear it all asunder The lightning closes on the thunder The levees gonna break And we’re all headed under Cos the rain keeps coming in off the sea And who are we To ask For sympathy
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Paradise WIll Seduce You 05:16
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Paradise will seduce you Gold flecked water lapping at your toes Bright little fish swimming getting oh so close Sound of kids singing, blowing on the wind Paradise will seduce you Blonde sand kicked up by an unruly dog Tattooed men paddling a hollowed out log The sun behind a cloud for a minute or two Paradise will seduce you They say paradise will seduce you I could be in heaven if you were only in this dream We could be such golden fairies we could be a team I am here in paradise I wait only for you Staring at the blue Tree bearing doves rising out of the blue Waking in your tent to the early morning dew Mosquitoes snapping at your slowly tanning legs Paradise will seduce you Roadside vendors sizzle under star lit night Cockerels screaming hoarse to the early morning light Coral cuts stinging as you hike the dirt road Paradise will seduce you They say paradise will seduce you I could be in heaven if you were only in this dream We could be such golden fairies we could be a team I am here in paradise I wait only for you Staring at the blue Slugging iced beer under the shade of palms A little girl riding high in her daddies arms Bright flowers dancing in a valley of green Paradise will seduce you Cruising on your bike with the funny buckled wheel Looking in the mirror to see your shoulders peel The sign says sixty you can only manage ten Paradise will seduce you They say paradise will seduce you I could be in heaven if you were only in this dream We could be such golden fairies we could be a team I am here in paradise I wait only for you Staring at the blue Green jagged peaks rake the azure skies Peace shattered only by exotic bird cries Foreign voices mingle in the heat of the dusk Paradise will seduce you Paradise will seduce you They say paradise will seduce you Paradise will seduce you I could be in heaven if you were only in this dream We could be such golden fairies we could be a team I am here in paradise I wait only for you Staring at the blue

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Back on Tallow’s beach, South of Cape Byron, my favourite beach, I’ve written many things walking up and down those 7k’s of fine sand. We’d driven north from Sydney through the onslaught of rain that brought widespread flooding to the eastern coast. I was but a spectator as you always are on the road, wending my way through the carnage, worried still by my own problems. The rain didn’t stop for days, driving off the ocean in malign slanting sheets, I cowered in my tent and dreamt of sunnier times…

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released January 12, 2012

Dava | singing & harmonica
Garry | guitars, banjo & singing
Ed | guitar & trumpet
Alf | bass
Alex | drums & acoustic guitar on paradise
Tim | percussion and jokes

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Swindlestock Oxford, UK

Swindlestock celebrates the life of the itinerant soul. Country, Blues and Folk tales from the byways of the world, seen from two wheels at speed or more slowly by feet, here are songs of place and the people we meet...

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