The Raggedy​-​Ass Recordings

by Slumberwall

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Home recordings 1995-2001

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released 04 July 2004
Produced, Arranged & Performed by Mahalia

Guitar on Land's End by Phagus

Thank you Zoë, Gaia, Gem & Zwee
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Track Name: Return To Oz [2009]
I long to see the sea where you'll be
lay with you on the beach
i could be there all the time
always within reach
you could smuggle me on board,
i'd share your window seat
put some airholes in your bag
& something for me to eat

For everything we felt is still the same
But when your plane threads the clouds alone i won't see you again

Strung through you & stretched so far i'm stretched so far it hurts
think i'd rather be apart i don't know which is worse
think i'd rather be apart i'm stretched so far it hurts
i'd turn my back on my calling if i thought that it would work

but that got tried before & we're still alone
and when they open up your suitcase then they'll send me home

What makes you so happy is what takes you far away
i don't mind but you'll soon find yourself someone who'll play
i'll make do with someone who won't see my feet of clay
too busy thinking of big things to ever holiday

And everything we felt is still the same
But when your plane threads the clouds alone i won't see you again

And i'll be lost
& you'll be taking off
because
because
because
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Track Name: Cinders
Not to be alone
this winter
there's a whole street
of snow
just waiting to be trodden on by someone
is it someone i might know?

Got a deck of cards that tells me christmas
i've a present in the streets
so i'm out there walking but i see no-one
just the pigeons round my feet

I'll wait
I'll wait some more

I'm to be in love
this winter
someone takes my
blackened face
just waiting to be breathed upon like cinders
like cinders
by the fireplace

I'll wait
I'll wait some more
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Track Name: Lady Song
Lady Song
took me along to see Nick Cave
at his place
We got in her car,
drove over there in the day
On the stairs
she said don't be scared
if he's crabby
that's his way
if you don't like it here we don't have to stay

He came to the door
in his shorts
eating something from a tin
Let go of the door on me as he let us in
Looked like he'd been waiting home
looked like he was all alone
looked like he had started on the drink
But he was so glad to see her
we all went out for pizza
he sat across from me
we shared the same cup, he saw
as he looked on

Then he looked away from me
he looked away from me
he looked away from me & Lady Song

*

Lady Song
came back from the ladies
we're waiting
in silence
for her to return
he continued to drink
& look away
I soon ran out of things to say
it looked like he was going to wait his turn
But then he pulled himself up to his feet
he snarled at her & sneered at me
though he knew before he said it she'd be gone

Aren't you coming home with me?
You're coming home with me
Aren't you coming home with me
Lady Song?

*

When we'd gone,
Lady Song said be careful of all that shit
If you own me, how can I stay true?
And I agreed just like before
then i put an arm over the door
as she tried to leave the room

I ran outside to find her
And the parking lot enshrined her
& the moon was full behind her,
big & strong

Aren't you coming home with me?
You're coming home with me
Aren't you coming home with me,
Lady Song?
Lady Song?
Lady Song?
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Track Name: Land's End
Come ashore past all the rocks that mean you harm
Take shelter in my arms
My arms are here to hold you
My arms are here to hold

That boy stole a boat & took it down the Nile
What need have you for all those miles?
When I am here to hold you?
When I am here to hold?

Come ashore past all the rocks that mean you harm
Forget your dreams wrapped in my arms
My arms are here to hold you
My arms are here to hold
And I am here to hold you
And I am here to hold
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Track Name: The Howbe Song
Share your burden, i don't mind
your burden's there to share
All your worries, they're not mine
so why
should i care?

How beautiful your life is to me
perfectly complete
for me
it's enough for you to be
but not enough
for me

You're the one I think about
before I go to sleep
All the warmth I keep for you
I don't reserve for me

How beautiful the sky is to me
So real & free
for me
it's enough for you to be
but not enough
for me
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Track Name: Time Moves Like Slow Beats
something inside me
a blackness like the richest oil
seems i've lost myself
my soul again
i can't see forwards or backwards
your mouth it makes
black black blackness
suffocates me
i'm drowning in
black black fire on the water
all around me
raging thru me

time passes
like slow beats
with no melody
time passes
like slow beats
with no melody

time moves so slowly here alone
time moves so slowly here alone
time moves so slowly here alone
Track Name: Song Of The Manta Ray
I am the Manta Ray
I swim about in the sea all day &
I don't know good or evil
Those words are there for people
Not for me
Not for me

I see them round the place
They all make noise & they all make waves &
They all think they're so deep
They all think they're so free
Don't they know they'll never be
While they believe
Themselves to be
If you're so deep
Then follow me

I am the Manta Ray
I am the Manta Ray
I am the Manta Ray
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Track Name: Sleep
Sleep,
sleep tight
Don't let your demons bite
You've nothing to fear tonight
so sleep, sleep tight
sleep tight

Sleep,
little dreamer
Sleep, go off you wander
i'm watching over
go sleep
sleep tight
sleep tight
sleep tight

i'm watching over you
i'll hold on close to you
& i've nothing i've to do
but sleep
by you

So sleep,
sleep tight
Don't let the bedbugs bite
you,
you're the one i like
so sleep
sleep tight
sleep tight
sleep tight
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