No Place Like Home

Verse 1 
Dreaming of home where you rest your head,
Dreaming of home to be warm in your bed,
And you hope that the clock will stop it’s ticking,
You’ve been clicking your heels just to find some rest.
And you hope that your dreams will leave you in peace in the emptiness, the emptiness.

Clicking my heels trying to find the right road,
But even then, will my toes
Be in the right direction? 
Is this the right connection?
Is this the right address, should I invest, or should I hold off?
I can’t think straight, I want to wait, 
I can’t think too late.
Or I might be, I might be, I might end up.

On my own, but I don’t want to be on my own.

Chorus
There’s no place like home,
Click your heels,
Take me there,
When you know
Place like home,
When you’ve found me,
There I’ll be, there I’ll be warm.
In your arms, in the dark.
There I’ll be, there I’ll be warm.
And I’ll know,
I’ve found home,
Down the yellow brick road.

Verse 2
You don’t have to tie a knot.
I’m tired of strings, and I’m tired of plots.
And I know I can keep it together,
If it’s for now, and if it’s forever.
I’ll be taking big leaps, baby steps, 
I’ll be swapping between the clefs.
On my own, but I don’t want to be on my own.

Chorus

Bridge
Lions, and tigers, and bears are mice!
Cause when we’re alone, I lose my will to fight.
And we’ll take to our hot air balloon, far away. 
In a sweet, sweet, sweet escape.

Chorus


No Place Like Home

That Time of the Year

Intro
The sound of your voice,
Brings me a kind of joy.
I just can't get my head around it.
I was feeling out of sorts,
So I thought that I would call.
And tell you, and spell you, and say…
I haven't got that far, but I'm sure that it'll be great.

Verse 1
Combining all my Christmases,
And sending you my cheer.
And I'm hoping it'll give you,
A smile from ear to ear.
So you'll pick up the phone and dial,
Your friend in London,
Who's been living there for a while.
And you'll discuss the weather and the Olympics.
And the next time you'll be together.
La, la, la, la, la.

Verse 2
Don't tell me you miss me, don't you dare.
Don't you stop, mid-sentence, to declare.
Don't you tell me you wish you were here.
Don't you tell me that you need me.
Cause the real reason, is cause I just cooked brownies.

Chorus
And it’s that time of the year, where I take your word for it.
Where I take your word for it.
And I've been wishing on a dream.
Wishing I could be.
Wishing I could see.
So let's pick it up where we left off.

Verse 3
I've put my foot in my mouth, too many time's to count.
Please don't leave me with the benefit of the doubt.
Tripping up and down those broken lanes,
Trying to communicate.
For this, (for this), for us, (for us).
For wishing upon a star.

Chorus
Bridge
Scream it out! Wave your flag proud!
Tell me all the jokes you know I promise I'm not slow, 
on the up take. I'm not a downgrade.
Please, please don't go.
Sewing patches on all the things I own.
Making sure, ain't taken for, granted in your score.
It's that time of the year.

Chorus


That Time Of The Year

Songbird

Verse 1
There's a well at the end of my street,
I've made many wishes; they've weighed down my feet.
The wind headed northward, it blew me away.
Save me for market, market day.

Dress them in clothes, patterned in lace, 
Teach them to button their mouths, paint their faces. 
I pray that your fears are dust in the flame.
Dance on your darkest day, peppered with April rains.

Chorus
Songbird, take my weary words.

Verse 2
Love's great devourer has bitten your tongue.
So curl up your fingers, stick out your thumb.
For the north wind has blown you, far from their frowns.
So find a new market, market in town.

Paper's are spinning, much to delay.
Tripping on lip-locked lies, try not to patronise me.

Chorus

Songbird! I know my heart may waver, but triplet the quaver,
Songbird! La, la, la


Songbird

Jack And Jill

Green Tea

Verse 1
I've been drinking green tea, 
and making myself bleed,
Learning how to cry silently.
‘Cause in the silence,
you can hear,
that sweet melody.

Chorus
So, please, please.
Won't you let me in?
I can't cry alone.
And I can feel the sadness,
Creeping into my bones.

Verse 2
Your laughter used to be my heart song.
Now it cuts like a knife.
And I've been dreaming, of those nights.
When I swore I'd make you my wife.
Chorus

Verse 3
You gave me a spine,
When I used up all nine.
Of my lives.
You saw through my veil,
Blew wind in my sails,
Made sure I'd arrive.

Safe, safe and sound.
Both feet firmly on the ground.
Heavy lidded, level headed that's me! 
That's me, that's you.

Remember when you couldn't even go to bed.
Until you told me just how much you loved me, but instead.
We'd end up kissing, oh so sweetly, and you said,
"I'll make sure this never ends."

Were you simply lying? Or is this just a phase?
Will I get to see your pretty face?
Smiling at me, just the way you did, that day?

Chorus


Green Tea

TEMPORARY LOVE

Verse 1

When the people tell me ‘go’, 
All the whispers tell me ‘no’.
Yet I’m stuck here in the mud, with you, and you’re so darn good looking.
Why don’t rain clouds just, group together and it’ll be winter forever?
And you’ll never leave my bed, and oh, We’ll watch 6 seasons of Doctor Who.
And you’ll teach me, how to whistle, and I’ll teach you how to click.
And we’ll fall in love, for now. 
I like the sound of that.

Chorus

‘cause I don’t mind being your temporary love.
I’m like a bubblegum tattoo, wash me off, stick me on when you feel sick of gloom.
I make a mean cup of tea, I can listen to hours of sad CDs.
Puppy dog eyes, masquerade disguise.
Your temporary love.

Verse 2
I’ve kept it simple, I’ve kept it slow.
Just some spaghetti bolognaise.
And you don’t mind, I’ve worn the same t-shirt, three days in a row.
Three whole days!
And you hardly say a thing, yet I can’t help but grin.
And it’s four in the morning and I’m sleeping on your floor.

Chorus

Bridge
Hang me in your cupboard, take me out when night’s grow cold.
Only you have heard the tallest stories that I’ve told.
I’m buckled down for stormy nights, for weeks I hear no word.
The clock ticks by, it’s been a while, it’s really quite absurd.

Chorus


Temporary Love

Two, Three.

Verse 1
I'm tired of waiting on a lullaby, just to fall asleep.
And I've found the best life I'm living, is in my dreams.
And I've come to realise the moon was never shy.
Always told the sun that she loved her.
So why, why, why can't I find,
A reason to stop bleeding over you? (over you)

Chorus
I can count: two, three.
That doesn't mean that you can use me.
To count all the ways you think you're so fine.
I'd rather "A, B, C" than hear you "me, me, me".
I'm falling out of love.

Verse 2
You put me in such a rage.
All I want to do is take the stage,
By storm, and warn them all about you.
Until they learn to, guard their hearts.
Guard their hearts right from the start.

Chorus

Bridge
Don't be afraid to ask the question.
All you need is that confession.
The truth may hurt, 
But I promise you it's your salvation. (your salvation)

Chorus


Two Three

RIP Romance

We break up, more make up.
Your tits are out on bookFace now,
You don’t give a toss!
I cared hard, you ‘shared’ hard,
You made an artistic tweet, 
And told me to “let it all go”.

There’s only so many selfies you can take, 
Before people discover you’re so fake.
You’re wasting my timeline.
You’re wasting my wifi.

You take a million years to decide, yes or no.
But it takes you just a mo’ to find the perfect filter for your nose.

How can you tell me you can’t find a thing to tell me I’m fine?
When you can come up with ten different pseudonyms for online?
Oh, hashtag: bullshit, flashback: full of it!
Memes don’t mean you’re mine.
Oh!
You’re wasting my timeline, you’re wasting my wifi.
You’re wasting my timeline, you’re wasting my wifi.

When I asked for my space, I meant more then rank me at the top of your friend’s list.
I’m not satisfied by just an ‘inbox’.
I can’t take much more of this!

What I wouldn’t give to look at something other than the top of your head!
But sadly, the rights to eye contact, are owned by Apple instead! Oh!

You’re wasting my timeline, you’re wasting my wifi.

Romance must be dead, qwerty keyboard flirting.
I want to go to bed. 
But your smart phone keeps alerting!


RIP Romance

Something Like Lovers (lyrics)

I love you.
More than sunflowers love light
More than jazz music at night, my lovely.
More than puff pastry dreams.
Or finding my keys.
Or babbling babies,
Or midnights with cookies and tea,
My lovely.

And all of the doubts you denied, they will sneak up and find you.
I promise with me, all those fears, you can leave them behind you.

So find me and leave all the others. 
We could be something like lovers.
We could be something like lovers.
Find me, and leave all the others.
We could be something like lovers.
We could be something like lovers.

I love you.
And the tips of our fingers would touch over dinner,
And you’d have grown thinner.
My lovely.
I love you.
And you’d iron his creases
And he would just leave you in pieces.
My lovely.

There’s a note in my hand and a flame in my heart, we’re away now.
The boat’s by the pier, we can fly far from here, it’s okay now.

So find me and leave all the others. 
We could be something like lovers.
We could be something like lovers.
Find me, and leave all the others.
We could be something like lovers.
We could be something like lovers.

It’s no use, dear! 
I can’t ignore one more bruise! 
Tears shouldn’t form rivers.
In truth, dear. 
I’ll replace all the poison and take all those terrors away!
(x2)

Chorus to end.

Something Like Lovers

Professional Dreamer

Verse 1
Evergreen love. 
Summer's delight. 
Sun kissed, adore her. 
Touch her, I might. 

Prechorus 
And I long to live a candle lit life, 
Blanket of stars my chariot: bike. 
I'm a professional dreamer.

Chorus 
Oh! Days long, days warm! 
Where I'm hoping for red lights, kisses at stop signs 
Oh, to be dizzy in love! 
Days long! Days warm! 
With my passion fruit baby, 
Forever? Maybe. 
Oh, to my summer and love!

Verse 2
Pineapple pleasures,
Perfumes of lust. 
Tickles and tussles, 
Desires come dusk. 

Prechorus 
And I can forget the tiresome grind 
All for the hours spent lost in your eyes. 
I’m a professional dreamer.

Chorus

Bridge
Grey days, and dark days, and all in between
Are lost in the salt of a day in the sea!
And I know each freckle tells tales of the days spent, 
Sunlit, my baby and me!

Professional Dreamer - Single

Professional Dreamer

A five piece indie-pop collective based in Perth, Hannah Mae and the Hoodwinks have been spinning original tunes since 2014. Lead by songstress Hannah Mae, their music fuses folk roots with jazz undertones to bring you a retro chic pop vibe. With lyrical tales of the ups and downs of young love and an unapologetic reference to living as a romantic gay individual, Hannah Mae and the Hoodwinks are dynamic and unforgettable.