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Come Tumblin' Down
03:59
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I dropped a coin in the wishing well
It's been a long time dry
I watched that ol' Greyhound bus kick up dust
As it rolls on by
I asked the man in the station
He said man just take a look around
We haven't had a train through here
Since it all came tumblin' down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’come tumblin’
Come tumblin' down
I'm not a drinkin' man no more
But this one night I got lost
I've never been much of a dancer
But this night I surely was
I made it out to the cottonwoods
Slept with my ear down to the ground
And in my dreams I could hear the screams
As it all came tumblin' down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’come tumblin’
Come tumblin' down
The corridors are all empty
And there's a child sitting on the stairs
She's seen everything there is to see
And somehow she still cares
We took a ride on the ferris wheel
Built from glass and steel and such
Now it's melting in the sun
And it's not worth all that much
Tumblin' down
I raise my hands up to the sky
Tumblin' down
As we climb to higher ground
Tumblin' down
Let's just keep on dancing
Tumblin' down
Until it all comes tumblin' down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’come tumblin’
Come tumblin' down
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2. |
Secret Love
03:57
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I dropped a coin in the wishing well
It's been a long time dry
I watched that ol' Greyhound bus kick up dust
As it rolls on by
I asked the man in the station
He said man just take a look around
We haven't had a train through here
Since it all came tumblin' down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’come tumblin’
Come tumblin' down
I'm not a drinkin' man no more
But this one night I got lost
I've never been much of a dancer
But this night I surely was
I made it out to the cottonwoods
Slept with my ear down to the ground
And in my dreams I could hear the screams
As it all came tumblin' down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’come tumblin’
Come tumblin' down
The corridors are all empty
And there's a child sitting on the stairs
She's seen everything there is to see
And somehow she still cares
We took a ride on the ferris wheel
Built from glass and steel and such
Now it's melting in the sun
And it's not worth all that much
Tumblin' down
I raise my hands up to the sky
Tumblin' down
As we climb to higher ground
Tumblin' down
Let's just keep on dancing
Tumblin' down
Until it all comes tumblin' down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’down
Tumblin' down come tumblin’come tumblin’
Come tumblin' down
Colin Hay – Acoustic guitar, vocals
Michael Georgiades – Acoustic guitar
San Miguel Perez – Acoustic guitar
Fred Kron – Piano
Jeff Babko – Accordion
Garry West – Bass
Alison Brown – Banjo
Audley Freed – Electric guitar
Charlie Paxson – Drums
Max Merritt, Cecilia Noel, Belinda Skinner, Michael Georgiades,
Charissa Nielsen – Background vocals
2. Secret Love
(Colin Hay/Michael Georgiades) Colin Hay Music (APRA/ASCAP)/Old Canyon Music (ASCAP)
As my heart comes beckoning
Towards a day of reckoning
I would give up anything
To not remember everything
About when I saw you
And I knew you were my
Secret love secret love
You pass by almost every day
I struggle to find the words to say
I'm living in my own prison of war
My heart won't be silent anymore
I may not recover
Since I discovered my
Secret love secret love
I can't live without you knowing
What I’ve been keeping inside
My love's overflowing and won't be denied
Can no longer hide
I tried walking away my fear
I tried to make it disappear
It follows and shadows me everywhere
Sometimes I wish I didn't care
But I’m not a pretender
I have to surrender to my
Secret love secret love
I can't live without you knowing
What I’ve been keeping inside
My love's overflowing and won't be denied
Can no longer hide
Who can say and who can tell
This feeling that I know oh so well
You and I we may never be
But my love will last an eternity
And we'll be together
Now and forever in
Secret love secret love
Secret love secret love
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When the sun comes up over Paris
It's like any other day
Except that you're in Paris
What more need I say
I climbed the Eiffel Tower
So I could touch the sky
I took almost an hour
And I can sure see why
And you give me a thousand million reasons why we're not alone
And you give me a thousand million seasons where life goes on and on and on and on
I woke up here in heaven
Floating round the sun
I count down from eleven
All the way to one
And you give me a thousand million reasons why we're not alone
And you give me a thousand million seasons where life goes on and on
And in this world truth be told
We're the lucky ones
And if we find someone to love until we fade away into the rise and fall of each and every night and day
Together we’ll breathe into the wind
And you give me a thousand million reasons why we're not alone
And you give me a thousand million seasons where life goes on and on and on and on
And you give me a thousand million reasons why we're not alone
And you give me a thousand million seasons where life goes on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on……..
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4. |
The Best In Me
03:52
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When the sun comes up over Paris
It's like any other day
Except that you're in Paris
What more need I say
I climbed the Eiffel Tower
So I could touch the sky
I took almost an hour
And I can sure see why
And you give me a thousand million reasons why we're not alone
And you give me a thousand million seasons where life goes on and on and on and on
I woke up here in heaven
Floating round the sun
I count down from eleven
All the way to one
And you give me a thousand million reasons why we're not alone
And you give me a thousand million seasons where life goes on and on
And in this world truth be told
We're the lucky ones
And if we find someone to love until we fade away into the rise and fall of each and every night and day
Together we’ll breathe into the wind
And you give me a thousand million reasons why we're not alone
And you give me a thousand million seasons where life goes on and on and on and on
And you give me a thousand million reasons why we're not alone
And you give me a thousand million seasons where life goes on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on……..
Colin Hay – Vocals
Fred Kron – Piano, keyboard arrangements, string orchestrations
Alan Deremo – Bass
4. The Best in Me
(Colin Hay/Michael Georgiades) Colin Hay Music (APRA/ASCAP)/Old Canyon Music (ASCAP)
At breaking of the light
I see it all so clear
My darkness will disappear
As I push you away from here
And you wait so patiently
To bring out the best in me
Shadows in the night
Danger is all I know
So difficult to let go
If I close my eyes and breathe
Gets easier to believe
And you bring out the best in me
I keep walking out and meet myself walking back in
And time's not on my side
You keep on believing I will finally arrive and I will realize
I can no longer fight
So tenderly as we go
No swimming against the tide
Letting go of my worthless pride
In your reflection I can see
That you bring out the best in me
I keep walking out and meet myself walking back in
And time's not on my side
You keep on believing I will finally arrive and I will realize
So take another ride
And I will hold you near
We cast away all our fear
and I want you to know
That you help set me free
And you bring out the best in me
Yeah you help set me free
And you bring out the best in me
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Frozen Fields of Snow
03:53
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I was born some time ago
In this very room
There's many who have come and gone
There may be one more soon
Seasons come and seasons go
Some talking in between
I'm lookin' through the window now
At all that I have been
Someone is singin' some crazy song
On the paint stained radio
My hands they are wringin' as I gaze upon
These frozen fields of snow
My father was a violent man
He died in '63
My mother broke her silence then
And she looked after me
We dug a deep well for water
She told me water makes you free
She lost her only daughter
Her name was Mary-Lee
They called me up and threw me in
And there I lost my heart
I forget where I have bin
Till I wake up in the dark
I heard a voice saying
You're going home
As my blood began to flow
My mama was calling and beckoning
From the frozen fields of snow
Somethin' out there's goin' to ground
Lying under open skies
Birds of prey come swoopin' down
Pickin' at their eyes
Springtime is comin' and it's none too soon
It's time for me to let it go
I can see color green poking through
Through these frozen fields of snow
My secrets are whispering in this fading light
I have killed and I have loved
Time it will decide
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6. |
The Last to Know
03:42
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Standing alone trying to talk on the phone
I opened my mouth there was no one home
I always knew what I wanted to say
Then I felt the tap on the shoulder
It was fierce mercy
Telling me to take it slow
Or I’ll be the last to know
I remembered the time was around '89
I can still see you and your hand in mine
You broke free you walked away from me
Then I felt the air getting colder
And it was fierce mercy
You're going to have to let me go
Or I’ll be the last to know
Don't blink an eye or look the other way
Mercy comes to visit you should let her stay
It may happen on any given day
Don't be the last to know
I kept my cards close played a winnin' hand
Drove the lost highway through the desert land
Came out of nowhere in a fast sunrise
There it lay before me and I recognized that
It was fierce mercy
Telling me to take it slow
Or I’ll be the last to know
It was fierce mercy
Telling me to take it slow
It was fierce mercy
Telling me to take it slow
Or I’ll be the last
Yeah I’ll be the last
Yeah I’ll be the last
To know
Don't be the last to know
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You tell me you were born today
In the year of '97
What was it like back in my day
As I go swimming in your eyes
Here take this number down
Call me when you wake up
I will come around
And we can spend the day
And I’m going to get you stoned
Like it's 1967
I'm going to get you stoned
When here on earth it felt like heaven
But then the hammer it came down
Nothing changed except the season
They even took away his crown
He took it back and won the day
Turn this ship around
We're taking on way too much water
We're about to run aground
Can't steer the ship without a rudder
So I’m going to get you stoned
Like it's 1967
I'm going to get you stoned
When here on earth it felt like heaven
And I’m still dreaming
So don't wake me up
This life is so fleeting
There's nowhere near enough
We're all doin' time
I can hear it tickin' while I’m talkin'
Not living is the crime
I squeeze it each and every day
Well I must be on my way
I'm still running chasing dollars
It's just a habit now I’d say
It sure beats lying in the sun
I'm going to get you stoned
Like it's 1967
Yeah I’m going to get you stoned
When we could see the doors of heaven
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I'm Walking Here
04:04
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I’m walking here walking here
Don’t mean you no harm
I’m just walking here walking here
Yeah some say we glorify
Nah we tell the facts
Walk a peaceful path but
Still get harassed
Stray rounds
Makes kids wanna duck down
And run when the muffler backs fires
Like a gun sound
Cops crooks capers
Oh my wish I had a cape
To soar above the sky
Not have to worry if my homies gonna die
Neighbors eyes all dry
Y’all no tears left to cry
All I am and all I’ll ever be
You stole my life away from under me
For all time and all eternity
Broken hearts for evermore
Hey I’m walking here I’m walking here
I don’t mean you no harm
I’m just walking here just walking here
I don’t mean you no harm
Souls still linger
From buried bodies that lie in the cemetery
Too many its getting heavy to carry
Minds weary & eyes teary
Please God hear me and steer humanity away from all this insanity
Feels like we’re cursed
And the situations are getting worse
Love is the water
And the people are dying of thirst
Make my heart burst
Numb to the hurt and the pain
There’s a war in the streets
And every city's the same
All I am and all I’ll ever be
You stole my life away from under me
For all time and all eternity
Broken hearts for evermore
Hey I’m walking here walking here
I don’t mean you no harm
I’m just walking here walking here don’t mean you no harm
All i am and all I’ll ever be
You stole my life away from under me
For all time and all eternity
Broken hearts for evermore
Hey I’m walking here walking here
I don’t mean you no harm
I’m just walking here walking here don’t mean you no harm
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Two Friends
04:21
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I had two friends that died last week
Seven days apart
I’ve got twice the memories
Weighing down my heart
Weighing down my heart
Somehow it don’t seem right
That they lost the race
I’m staring out across the canyon
Trying not to feel the space
Trying not to feel the space
Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on
Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on
I had two friends that died last week
They left us all behind
They’ll go on in memory
And we’ll go on in time
Yeah we’ll go on in time
What I feel is emptiness
It’ll fade over time I guess
Sometimes there’s a price to pay for love
And we’ll just carry on
With the promise of a brighter dawn
There is no greater gift than love
Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on
Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on
Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on
Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on………
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She Was The Love Of Mine
03:46
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She was the love of mine and I held her hand in mine
She has the mercy like the rising of the sea
She opened my eyes to wonder
In my wandering eyes I held her
In this moment her soul became a part of me
Mother of mine you are the light that always shines
Into the world you let me see
She was the love of mine and we
We had the best of times
We watched the ships sail at the fading of the day
She wore the color green and she talked of the things she'd seen
Now only love remains when all has come and gone
Mother of mine you are the light that always shines
Into the world you let me see
Mother of mine you are the light that always shines
Now i carry you as you carried me
She was the love of mine and I held her hand in mine
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Sometimes I don't even know my name
Don't ask me why 'cause I can't explain
It's just one of those things
Small gains that I am making
Become such an undertaking
I'm inside outside in
Well everything used to be so clear
But lately things just seem to disappear
Into the atmosphere
One day I’m almost certain
The next day I draw the curtain
I'm inside outside
And when I call no one's listening
I cannot be heard
And if I fall who would miss me
And who can I find to forgive me
And lord knows how much I need it now
Inside outside outside in
Inside outside outside in
I'm in the car I’m driving
But I’m never seen arriving
I'm inside outside in
One love forever's never been my game
Sooner or later it ends up the same
Or so it goes
I never seem to learn
If I get too close I’ll still burn
I'm inside outside in
I'm inside outside in
I'm inside outside in
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Some say time stands still in blue bay moon
Even the tide's too late or comes too soon
I recall what someone told me
That was long before me
Now it's just a distant memory
I walked around this town of mystery
With only loneliness for company
And I wondered in windy silence as I stood upon the dune
The night I saw lights over blue bay moon
No one knows the way to blue bay moon
All the signs came down in the great monsoon
Then came a great occasion
A grand illumination
Shining lights that were brighter than the sun
I tried to talk to my own family
They just rolled their eyes and smiled at me
As I stumbled through the darkness I remembered in the gloom
The night I saw lights over blue bay moon
I tried walking out on blue bay moon
But I cried right thru my dreams I was consumed
And if nobody ever believes me
The lights will never leave me
I will always know I’m the only one
Now I’m walking through my own history
With only loneliness for company
And I wonder in windy silence as I stand upon the dune
The night I saw lights over blue bay moon
The night I saw lights over blue bay moon
The night I saw lights over blue bay moon
Blue bay moon .....
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Well I had the fantasy
As I held you close to me
I could take away your sadness
I thought you were kidding me
Turns out you were leaving me
Saying love don't mean enough
Love don't mean enough
You said you believed in me
That's how it would always be
Then you walked into the darkness
Now I sit by candlelight
Long into the lonely night
Love don't mean enough
Yeah love don't mean enough
Round and round
Here we go again
I'm talking myself down
I heard a sound
A whisper softly saying
Love don't mean enough
Love don't mean enough
When life has no certainty
I stick to the melody
In certain tricky situations
Sometimes it worries me
And sometimes it don't bother me
When love don't mean enough
Love don't mean enough
I find myself thinking of sweet Cinderella
And how she really had it tough
How all the sisters they tried to tell her
That love don't mean enough
That love don't mean enough
Round and round
Here we go again
I'm talking myself down
I heard a sound
A whisper softly saying
Love don't mean enough
Love don't mean enough
Now this old heart of mine
Is beating out of time
Telling me it's time to stop living rough
Now that you've gone away
I think you were wrong to say
That love don't mean enough
Love don't mean enough
Love don't mean enough
Love don't mean enough
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Colin Hay Los Angeles, California
Colin Hay is beloved for his intimate live shows but most widely known for being an influential and celebrated frontman. The range of artists who have chosen to cite him as a muse spans the genre landscape from heavy metal, to Americana, to Cuban rhythms and beyond. His inclusion as a playlist favorite from the likes of Metallica to The Lumineers reflects his continuing relevance and broad appeal. ... more
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