Flatlining

Six Miles of Water
Written & Produced by Richard Murray
Performed by Tove Holm & Richard Murray

Satellite chain a shining sign
Where the burning stars align
But time and space are deep and wide
Theyll move on in endless night

But take this with you when you go
Buried well down in your soul
Theres no break no sad arrest
We aint beaten we’re surely blessed

CH
Ooh from seven seas
To 6 miles of water

Ive seen rivers cut through stone
Ive seen years cut to the bone
Catch release a falling knife
Its a scar to love for life

Six Miles of Water

Six Miles of Water - Tove Holm & Richard Murray

Under the Street Lights

RAG AND BONE - Richard Murray

Any rag and bone, I'm here alone for you
Any rag and bone, I'm here alone for you
Your worn heart and desire, right down to the wire
I'll take it
Your worn heart and desire, still finer than those on fire
I'll take it

But I know we gotta hustle for you're nearly gone
And I know we got the muscle to carry on

Any rag and bone, where the pretty bird's flown from you
Any rag and bone, I just need some time to atone from you

But I know we gotta hustle for you're nearly gone
And I know we got the muscle to carry on

I dont know how to make it work for you
I dont know but I'll make it work

Any rag and bone, I'm here alone for you
Any rag and bone, I'm here alone for you
Any rag and bone, any rag and bone

Rag and Bone - Jo Ellul / Richard Murray

Dark clouds above my head 
Now match the painted sky 
Try to outrun my demons
But they followed by and by 

Been runnin from the devil 
New York to Tennessee 
Sailed across an ocean  
But he wouldn’t let me be 

Im singing why oh why 
Must I walk this road alone

Met a man he took my hand 
And made me feel brand new
skipped through time and country side
Like lovers often do 
Swore I’d let him have my heart 
Though many others tried
But here I am shovel in my hand 
Buried with my pride 

Singing why oh why 
Must I walk this road alone
Why oh why
Must I do it…
on my own 

They say a woman scorned
 could paint the town to black 
And I’ve tried to hide the hurt inside 
I’ve carried on my back 
Seems I’ll have to wear this hurt 
Wherever I do roam 
Cause nowhere on this earth I’ve found
Can make me feel at home

Singing why oh why 
Must I walk this road alone
Why oh why
Must I do it 

Singin Why oh why 
Must I walk this road alone
Why until the day I die 
Must I do it
On my own 
On my own 
On my own

Why o' Why

Why O' Why

You gotta load up an arrow
Before your bow is drawn
Remove your sombrero
Before you put your t-shirt on
Be the rock in the river
Be the flower on the wall
Dont stand and deliver
Your money and your all
To whoever’s got you crazy
Hold your tongue, hold the line
Don’t let yourself get lazy
Take a knee, take your time
The flags are high and they’re waving
They’re turning green to red
Like the question that is burning
Up inside your head

CH
Just remember that you’re better off alone 
If that pop stand’s blown
And you find yourself out walking in the sun
Then again, if you’re sure of a yes
And you pop that question
You best be sure you have the one 
Cos a change is gonna come


They may be the one to share your story
I won’t die on this hill
Maybe a union bound for glory
Or just something thats instilled
Yeah just something known since childhood
Just part of our DNA
But love and stay together
Cos you can do that anyway
They may fit you like a glove
There may be a shotgun at your back
Nietzsche said that it ain’t love
But friendship that we lack

CH

Yeah but dont be afraid
You’ll have your day in the sun
Your days in the Arcadia 
Before your time is done
And you’re running out the clock
You can’t take it anymore
And you turn around and Moonwalk
Right out your backdoor

The One

I got a hell of a way to go
Hell of a heavy load
But someone cut the breaks and we’re picking up speed
And theres dreams in the mirrors
They’ll get cut off at the river
But through those muddy banks we’ll blow

You got wisdom, you got scars
But reality bites hard
As you handed out them pearls the world it changed
Straight through the middle of nowhere
These hinterlands just don’t care
Some things are as eternal as the stars

CH
I am
The frontiersman
And I roam the roads of the wilder, bleaker land
But them hills rise as we climb
They still change over time
I’m the frontiersman


Lark Sparrows up in the morning
You can still put one over on him
He just does what he does at the break of day
But you can’t change or rearrange him
He’s the same, the world’s changing
And we learn a little less along the way

CH
I am
The frontiersman
And I roam the roads of the wilder, bleaker land
But them hills rise as we climb
They still change over time
I’m the frontiersman
And I roam the roads of the wilder, bleaker land
But them hills rise as we climb
They still change over time
I’m the frontiersman
I’m the frontiersman


Frontiersman

My darlings again I must go
Try not to change try not to grow
I gotta earn and I gotta borrow
Some happiness from tomorrow

Like a moth I'll fly out again
Burn up on bulbs burn up in the flame
I return and you're there but not the same
And I hurt with a phantom pain

ch
But take it slow as fleeting is the dawn
And dominoes will fall on their own
Dont blow past the Rubicon
Take my hand before I turn and
You're gone

And time like this aeroplane flies
It leaves you low but it takes you high
Man don't step in the same river twice
I am shrinking before their very eyes

ch

Dominos

SAIL WITH ME

Before we leave, check the breeze, and feel which way we're headed
There may be bones and bloodshed
Just pull those fists out swinging
We're here for awhile to do and die
We won't be caught in amber
Nobody will remember
Rock the boat, but go down easy

Sail with me into it
Sail with me into it
Every mile and fathom
Until we hit the bottom

Each day I'm around, each day above ground
They’ll clutch their pearls in alarm
They can't keep us down on the farm
Strike at hearts that keep on beating
For all that we are, and we are just stars
Fallen to the Earth
It is our fate from birth
A spark in time in and darkness

Sail with me into it
Sail with me into it
Every mile and fathom
Until we hit the bottom
Sail with me into it

Sail With Me

Wind upon the water at my back, at my back
Wind upon the water at my back
There she is, here she comes
Right on time, right on track
With the wind upon the water and at my back

I loved her like a rock just off the shore
Loved her like a rock just off the shore
She wore it down in waves
Right to the core
Loved her like a rock just off the shore

CH
And back is the one
That can catch you in the sun
And leave you in a night black as thunder


Swift she lifts and skims across the sea
She lifts and skims across the sea
Just pulling on a ‘V’
Of surface gravity
She lifts and skims across the salty sea

CH
And back is the one
That can catch you in the sun
And leave you in a night black as thunder
But while it shines with her charms
And its over the yard arm
We’ll take a glass before she pulls us under

Shes never what they say or how she seems
Never what they say or how she seems
Turns blue skies to grey
In an old recurring dream
Never what they say or how she seems

Now Im falling in fathoms ‘neath the waves, ‘neath the waves
A heart falls in fathoms ‘neath the waves
In the rocks or in the caves
I’ll find it one fine day
Its falling in fathoms ‘neath the waves

CH
And back is the one
That can catch you in the sun
And leave you in a night black as thunder
But while it shines with her charms
And its over the yard arm
We’ll take a glass before she pulls us under
Yeah we’ll take a glass before she pulls us under

Thunderbird pt.3

Thunderbird pt.3 demo version

This track is from the album Desert Wind and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/richardmurray

1931

Midnight Oil

DTs Roadhouse Shake

AROUND ME THEY GROW

CH
Fires and oceans
I could watch them
Forever, but oh
Around me they grow

Im a man for the song of the sirens
Im your man for wandering this island
Land or sea and never tiring
But I stand my ground when the guns are firing

Ive sailed the swells as man and halfling
Ireland's Teardrop to the shores of Rathlin
When the skies tore and storms were forming
Id take no leave of the beauty aborning

CH

I found a wife from the valleys of Virginia
But sometimes you cant change whats within ya
Id just sit and watch her pine for Verona
Till she said Im leaving and I said I dont own ya.

I never learned when to stay still or sober
Friends fell away like leaves of October
Fights would flare in the bars of the harbour
Id think of her from the bars of Arbour

CH

Walked in the evening along the Quay
Ive seen more sunsets than Im gonna see
And Ive been lower then Tennessee
On the strains of Shenandoah

But his voice rung sweet and easy
Like daring seas now fair and lazy
With a wary eye on horizon hazy
Ill hold the days of mercy

CH
CH

Richard Tomas Murray

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