Rocking Horse Boy

Another Universe

Snake Oil

Broken Heart

The Fall

This song is dedicated to those, who today, struggle with a gambling addiction. In the song, as the addiction takes over every facet of life, the inevitable slow downward spiral begins, all consuming, affecting friends and family. However, it is at these times, when you sink so far down 'to the bottom', to the point of despair, solid ground can sometimes be found to 'push up' again.

Jackpot Holiday (Lyrics)
Brother, brother I don't believe you
Cause the train was on time, but so was the pay you blew
You're lying there down on the tracks
While the devil shovels coal in the back

Shiny, shiny lights pull you nearer
But your moon it doesn't shine, it's only a mirror
Can't go home until you're feeling blessed
Shiny, shiny things for your nest
Gonna lock them all away in your darkest closet
And get back in your Sunday best

Chorus
But you can't lie anymore
Yesterday is gone tomorrow feels so far away
You gotta step right up and play
Going on a Jackpot Holiday
Just step right up and play
You're lying on a beach on a rainy day
You gotta push on the bottom to rise to the top of it yeah

Brother, brother fly, fly away home
Cause your house is on fire and your children are alone
But your dusty wings just take you where
The lights have the brightest glare

Red and black or double or nothing
But you're colour blind now so why aren't you coming
Cause your children they just want you here
Just empty plates of tears
Now Johnny wants his little shoe laces tied
But Black Jack just bought you a beer

Middle
Don't feel there, don't breath there
You always had the time to walk between the rain drops
But one day, someday, you're gonna end up wet (oh yeah)
In a bit of strife now
It's money or your life now, wife now, don't shoot
Just feel the bottom push up - push up now.

Get to the top now, take a breath now.

Jackpot Holiday

For many people I know, last year was tough. For myself, in addition to some personal challenges, relieving as the Principal of a South West Sydney high school (a school I feel extremely fond of and passionate about), was one of the most difficult undertakings of my life. At times, without the support of some very special people around me, I felt I wouldn't make it.

This song, 'The Longest Road', is for those who are walking 'a road less travelled', a more difficult (but possibly more rewarding) path in life. Whether it be a personal challenge, or a worthy social one, "hold on" you "don't walk alone". Griff.

The Longest Road
A ray of light through the cold
Lifts my eyes, sets my soul
Free in awe and free in time
Time is windmilling

I weigh my dreams and treat them well
Ours to hold, ours to tell
Comes a day they'll melt away
Doesn't everything?

And everything we say is tainted by the sins of yesterday
And every now and then we're longing to commit the same mistakes

Chorus
The longest Road
Was never paved with gold
What swept us far from home?
Walk on, my friend
Don't walk alone

A bird in flight turns for home
Here am I, cold as stone
A Heart of clay, that held your name
While you held everything

And everything we do is coloured by the promise of better days
And every stone we throw returns to remind us we were young

Stealing glimpses of another's fate, I turn to salt
You turned away, you were already gone

I can't look back
Toward my pillar of salt
And time was not your fault
Walk on my friend
Don't walk alone

The Longest Road

Dust From Stars - Lyrics

You were so young, you had no choice
You gave me up, they took me away
The rain came down

They laid me down, in a basket of straw
And pushed me out, into the stream
I made no sound
Then I was found
Among the reeds

Chorus
And I cannot see the wind
But I can see the bough as it bends
Hope it won't break
And no one knows all ends
Even the wisest cannot tell
That I am only dust
But I am dust made from the stars

I searched you out, I learnt your name
I looked you up, I wrote you a note
In trembling hands

And on that day, the sun shone down on you
Stood at my door, you looked just like me
The tears came down
And I was found

Chorus
And I cannot see my God
But I can see in a grain of sand
All I need to know
And no one can explain
Even the wisest cannot tell
That I am only dust
But I am dust made from the stars

Even the wisest cannot tell
I am dust made from the stars
I am dust made from the stars


Dust From Stars

Taking short-cuts. Always rushing. Always competing. We skip like stones across the surface and forget to take the time to truly connect - to take the plunge. This song is about taking a breath, slowing down, getting lost and taking the long way home.

You Don't Have To (The Long Way Home) (c) 2012 C. Griffiths

Don't have to run when the cap gun is fired
Don't have to pay when your card has expired
Don't have to keep the appointment you got
Don't have to go when the sun comes up

Take your time girl with me x 2
Take your time with me and we'll
Take the long way home

Don't have to peek through a crack in the door
Don't have to squint when the writing is small
Don't have to wink just to have you some fun
No don't go blind staring at the sun

Close your eyes girl with me x 2
Close your eyes with me and we'll
Take the long way home

And time is skipping like the stones we throw
And I know it's been a while
Since I spent a little time with you
No you don't have to

Don't have to yell at the top of your lungs
Don't have to sing once this song has been sung
Don't have to blow when the fire is out
Don't have to know what this song was about

Take a breath girl with me x 2
Take a breath with me and we'll
Take the long way home

Take your time with me and we'll
Take the long way home

You Don't Have To

In biological terms, 'Homeostasis' refers to the tendency our bodies have in maintaining a constant internal state that is optimal for our wellbeing - like our heart beating or your body temperature - you don't have to think about it.

This song is about a 'homeostatic kind of guy' who was enjoying a life in complete homeostasis - 'a job without the work', 'a God without the fuss', a 'clean without the jerk', having his 'cake and eating it too' . . .

However, before long someone comes along and our hero has his 'chemistry and destiny' changed forever. It seems there is no way around it, Homeostasis doesn't work with relationships - you have to work at it. Enjoy

Grimick

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