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01 Tell Me Who I Am
04:05
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Tell me who I am
© Lyrics Julie Lamb/Music Mike Jamieson
Can you tell me who I am?
Have you found myself for me?
(If you catch me don't burn yourself).
You write my life longhand,
Can you try be more succinct.
I've been searching for my mind,
Thought I'd find it in some sleep.
(Dreams are what minds are for).
Thought I'd get help from my past,
Turning over every leaf...
Drifting loosely, moving sweetly, swaying gently, rising slowly.
So you found me where I was,
And you pulled me to my feet.
(But I'm barefoot, there's glass right here)
Where the told you so meets because,
Judgement brings me to my knees.
Can you tell me who you are,
Have you seen yourself in me?
(When I caught you I burned myself)
Pencil in our lives longhand,
We can change them as we please.
I can tell you who I am, I can tell you who I am
I can tell you who I am, I can tell you who I am
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02 Time Flies
04:30
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Time Flies
© Julie Lamb
Time flies, as you open your mouth to speak.
My soul flies in, my heart settles to your rhythm,
My need crawls to your skin.
Time crawls, as you leave me again, to go
To your life, your work, your wife.
Needs must, hope turns to dust,
'til you come to my hunting, yearning need.
Time flies, when you walk back to, through my door
Stay for some time,
A fleeting glimpse at what could have been mine
My need controls my breath
Time crawls, as you leave me again, to go
To your life, your work, your wife.
Needs must, hope turns to dust,
Will you return to my hunting, yearning need.
Time flies, when you walk back to, through my door
Stay for some time,
A fleeting glimpse of what should have been mine
My need controls my breath
Time crawls, as you leave me again, to go
To your life, your work, your wife.
Needs must, hope turns to dust,
Time crawls, as you leave me again, to go
To your life, your work, your wife.
Needs must, hope turns to dust,
Will you return to my hunting, yearning need.
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03 Undone
04:49
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Undone
Julie Lamb (C) 2011
Got to wondering about some things and maybe,
I'm just driving down the road towards no point.
Do you think that you can satisfy my craving?
or should I turn around go home not disappoint?
I know that sometime soon you'll call me crazy,
and I'm starting to believe it might be true.
You say I'm sitting round the house just being lazy,
do you think it might be cos I'm feeling blue?
I missed my connection, my Lego fell down.
I have no more sandcastles intact on the ground.
No real smiles there's no real laughter, I feel hollow.
For a little while I'd like to find my peace.
Has anyone got some spare fun I'd like to borrow,
just for a little while to get the grey to cease.
All the good things seem to slip right through my fingers,
I'm amazed my hands have such viscosity.
This feeling love of being undone it lingers,
oh it clings to me with such ferocity.
I missed my connection, my Lego fell down.
I have no more sandcastles intact on the ground.
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04 Waterproof
03:40
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Waterproof Julie Lamb 2012 ©
A dream that once was made for free
Caught up with you to collect old debt
Just like last time – and as you feel
Deserted dog pain, catches your breathe
Easy choice is to pack and leave,
No one will notice, no one to know
Care catches you by surprise as you flee
& a tear trickles down the bus window
And you take another smile from your face
And you add another mile to take its place
Then you chalk it up to experience
Go and play to a brand new audience
Defeated purpose, sits on your knee
from the very edge of your memory
Your mind feels like a dull edged knife
You'd like to spend sometime not missing your life
Defeated purpose, sits on your knee
from the very edge of your memory
Your mind feels like a dull edged knife
You'd like to spend sometime not missing your life
Once in a dream you called a name
but as a cat laps milk steadily stealthily
You're putting on a waterproof coat of shame
Shed no tears, no more names made of dreams
& Now you feel it, but just for a tick
Nostalgia beats the hell out of you
You protect your mind from the swift, hard kick
& you just move on, that's what you do...
And you take another smile from your face
And you add another mile to take its place
Then you chalk it up to experience
Go and play to a brand new audience
Defeated purpose, sits on your knee
from the very edge of your memory
Your mind feels like a dull edged knife
You'd like to spend sometime not missing your life
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Trippin' The Light Fantastic
© Lyrics Julie Lamb/Music Mike Jamieson
Trippin' the Light Fantastic, Livin' the life I lead
Wondering, if I'm so fantastic, Why I need to have you plead
Who knows, baby who knows
Sitting in my bedroom, Avoiding the crowd
You get in my face like screen zoom, And I hate that you get so loud
I'm raw, baby I'll roar
I'm telling you I've got to be rated – or I'm gone.
I'm telling you I've got to be loved – or I'm gone.
I'm telling you I've got to be wanted – or I'm gone.
Damn you I'll be gone
Sucked in for your love in my life, Now I have it, it's not what I need
Twitchin to share my love in your life, Grippin' on to me
I know, baby I know
Trippin' the Light Fantastic, You're not in my league
Just realising that it feels fantastic,
And I'm damn sure I know where this leads
I'm gone, baby I'm gone
I'm telling you I've got to be rated – so I'm gone.
I'm telling you I've got to be loved – so I'm gone.
I'm telling you I've got to be wanted – so I'm gone.
Damn you I'm gone
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Kill Me With Your Promise
© Lyrics Alan Stuart/Music Julie Lamb
Can't say I wasn't warned
My love came fully formed
Body and soul, the total deal
Made me feel the way I like to feel
Can't say I wasn't glad
To love you good, to love you bad
Body and soul, box and dice
Burn like fire, freeze like ice
Why do you kill me with your promise
Kill me with your smile
Kill me with your presence
Leave me dying all the while
Why do you kill me with your promise
Kill me with your kiss
Kill me with your absence
Leave me dying filled with bliss
Can't say I wasn't crying
My love knew you were lying
Body and soul, books and all
Walk away, walk away when I took the fall
Why do you kill me with your promise
Kill me with your smile
Kill me with your presence
Leave me dying all the while
Why do you kill me with your promise
Kill me with your kiss
Kill me with your absence
Leave me dying filled with bliss
Leave me dying, dying killed with bliss
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08 Cold Rainy Nights
04:15
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Cold Rainy Nights
© Julian Ward
Cold the rain, the wind, the snow
I walk the streets where the lonesome go
Cold rainy nights
I drift through my nights and I’m drunk all my days
I fall about, that’s just my way
Cold rainy nights
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not to blame
Without a drink, I’m just the same
Cold rainy nights
Don’t ask me now if I understand
I got M in my feet and S in my hands
And don’t ask me now if I can explain
I got the M in my legs, got the S on my brain
All my good time friends are nowhere to be found
For the rocking and rolling, and hitting the ground
Cold rainy nights
‘cos I sweat when I’m cold and I’m cold all the time
I’m up to my neck in sludge and slime
Cold rainy nights
But don’t get me wrong, I’m not to blame
Without a drink, I’m just the same
Cold rainy nights
Don’t ask me now if I understand
I got M in my feet and S in my hands
And don’t ask me now if I can explain
I got the M in my legs got the S on my brain
I’m othered and buggered when I’m up, I’m down
It’s harder and harder, just being around
Cold rainy nights
Don’t ask me now, ‘cos I can't explain
I got the M in my legs I got the S on my brain
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09 Mess and Magpie
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Mess and Magpie (Song for Lockie)
© Julie Lamb
When you go away, I sleep across the bed
Uninterrupted, snoring, loud enough to wake the dead
I eat just what I want, not a sign of meat 3 veg
I don't watch documentaries – crime scene drama gets the edge
I miss your “just for me face” and your steady energy
The things that make up for your lost hearing frequency
I still keep telling you things, hug your blanket to my chest
And I wish you'd make me coffee – 'cos you know yours is the best
You're all the cool clear space in the migration that's my life
I'll leave you at age a hundred twenty five
By then my love, we will have soared across the sky
'cos for all your mess and magpie you make me want to fly
At times I'm fascinated, by the different lives we lead,
Not that it's complicated, you're the touchstone that I need,
We give each other something that we're not afraid to take
Even though I'm happy singing, and you prefer a lake
You walked out Monday morning, said “I'll see you Thursday night,
Do you reckon you could cook, Bud?” I say, “Takeaway's alright?”
And you smile your “just for me smile” and saunter out the door
I'm still grinning at your humour for a couple hours or more
I'm all the cool clear space in the migration that's your life
You can leave me at age a hundred seventy five
By then my love, we will have swept across the sky
'cos for all my mess and magpie you know I help you fly
We're the resting place in the migration that's our life
We'll leave each other at age two hundred and five
By then my love, we will have conquered the whole sky
'cos for all our mess and magpie we let each other fly
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Love'd Bayou
04:13
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Love'd Bayou
© Mike Nyland
I wanna get loved by you, hugged by you
Kissed by you, yeah baby I do
On the bayou, bayou bayou bayou bayou bayou
I wanna get dressed by you, have breakfast by you
Set a ketch by you, oh baby I do
On the bayou, bayou bayou bayou bayou bayou
I wanna get scrubbed by you, get rubbed by you
Maybe drugged by you, oh baby I do
On the bayou, bayou bayou bayou bayou bayou
River floods down
We get washed along
Everything we done is so long gone
And when we end up on this shore
Don't gotta worry no more
I wanna drive by you, fly by you
Sometimes cry by you, oh it could be true
On the bayou, bayou bayou bayou bayou bayou
I wanna have bacon by you, leaf rakin' by you
Oh, my hearts achin by you, I'd do the dishes too
On the bayou, bayou bayou bayou bayou bayou
I wanna get stretched by you, flex by you
Have sex by you, oh I certainly do
On the bayou, bayou bayou bayou bayou bayou
River floods down
We get washed along
Everything we done is so long gone
And when we end up on this shore
don't gotta worry no more
River floods down
We get washed along
Everything we done is so long gone
And when we end up on this shore
don't gotta worry no more
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Clever Piece of Life
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Clever Piece of Life
© Julie Lamb
Sir, can you please conduct me to a clever piece of life
Sir, can you please instruct me on a better way of life
Be clever, be better and faster and wiser and more
Work harder, work faster pray more to your God
You're all piss and plaster and you make me bored
Be better, be stronger love all of your faults
And when you have done that get checked for results, Oh
Sir, can you please conduct me to a clever piece of life
Sir, can you please instruct me on a better way of life
Say nothing, see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing more
See nothing, say nothing but laugh at my jokes
Be happy to listen, you'll know how to vote
Hear nothing, do nothing, no healthy debate
And when nothing changes it's not on my plate, Oh
Sir, can I please conduct you to a clever piece of life
Sir, can I please instruct you on a better way of life
Do something, be something, fight something, love someone... or...
Sir, can you please conduct me to a clever piece of life
Sir, can you please instruct me on a better way of life
Say nothing, see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing more
Sir, can I please conduct you to a clever piece of life
Sir, can I please instruct you on a better way of life
Do something, be something, fight something, love someone... or...
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12 Boo Da Bip
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Boo Da Bip
© Julie Lamb
Been a while since I've written in any meaningful way
I sat down at my table to do so today
Thinkin’ ‘bout telling a story
All about love and it’s glory
But in my mind
All I hear is…
Boo da bip boo boo Boo da bip
There’s been a theme in my head for a couple of weeks
I’ve got a message to get across, nothin’ mild or meek
All about life and her lessons
My all night drinking sessions…
But in my mind
All I hear is…
Boo da bip boo boo Boo da bip
You know we all struggling in this world to get by
It’s damn hard to come up with a “get out of life” alibi
So I find comfort words to write
Like bread puddin’ for your life
But in my mind
All I hear is…
Boo da bip boo boo Boo da bip
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Julie Lamb Outfit Wellington, New Zealand
MISCHIEF GROOVE
The Julie Lamb Outfit is an 8 piece Mischief Groove collaborative from Aotearoa. Impressive arrangements. Energising, personality filled music. Awesome harmonies. Groovy stories.
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