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Stay In Tune
05:39
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STAY IN TUNE
We’ve got tabloids writing their own stories
It’s not the truth but the way they want it read
We’ve got politicians painting their own glory
With secret deals just to keep us all misled
And CEOs making obscene amounts of money
Just to increase the value of the shares
Destruction to the planet keeps increasing
But if shares keep rising no one seems to care
Stay in tune stay in tune stay in tune
With what’s happening all around you
Stay in tune
Stay in tune stay in tune stay in tune
Or they’ll make a fool out of you
Stay in tune
Where all working longer hours to make a living
With little time for pleasure in our lives
And jobs keep going offshore
Where wages are cheaper and so is life
People fleeing torture and persecution
But borders are closed for the comfort of those inside
And those who make it here are locked in isolation
So we can’t hear the anguish in their cries
Stay in tune stay in tune stay in tune
With what’s happening all around you
Stay in tune
Stay in tune stay in tune stay in tune
Or they’ll make a fool out of you
Stay in tune
© Leigh Sloggett 2003
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Toxic Waste
05:05
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TOXIC WASTE
I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of the world
Because I’m worried about my little girl
You see I want her to swim in the crystal clear sea
I want her to sit in the shade of old trees
I don’t want her to wheeze from the air that she breaths
Or die from dioxins in the foods that she eats
Last night I saw a documentary on TV
About the suffering caused by Minamata disease
The Chisso factory just did as it pleased
While the fisherman took the fish from the seas
For them it was food for their families
Nobody told them of the toxicity
From the industrial waste full of mercury
Toxic waste oh toxic waste
Tell me where out thou toxic waste
In the seas that I navigate
In the fish I put on my plate
In my child’s twisted face
That’s where you are your creation I hate
© Leigh Sloggett 2003
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3. |
Cupid's Arrow
04:03
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CUPID’S ARROW
When I broke the barbs off cupid’s arrow I found myself again
The poison he puts on its tip did something to my brain
I had my own direction I had my own life plan
But when cupid’s poison hit my heart I became a different man
I lost my need for other friends you can’t tell me that is sane
And when I was not with her everyday I felt such pain
Time apart went so slowly together went by so fast
And anything she wanted she only had to ask
So I broke the barbs off cupid’s arrow and I found myself again
Love may bring happiness but infatuation only brings pain
I tell myself time and time again don’t fall in that way
If you want to keep from burning up cool is how you should stay
But like ice in the midday sun if I make a solid stand
It’s not long before the meltdown comes and I’m a mess again
I thought I had will power I thought I had a strong mind
But when cupid’s poison hit my heart it’s just a matter of time
I broke the barbs off cupid’s arrow and I found myself again
Love may bring happiness but infatuation only brings pain
© Leigh Sloggett 2003
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Black Dog Bark
06:38
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BLACK DOG’S BARK
Everybody has their needs but just a few get met
Everyone a heart that bleeds and a few regrets
Every living thing that breeds all caught in the net
A time to live and a time to die a destiny that sets
I heard that black dog bark
I heard that black dog bark
It howled and howled throughout the night
It cried deep in my heart
I watched the sun go down today the sky it grew so dark
The rain clouds they came rolling in I heard the black dog bark
I felt your hand upon my knee your touch it lit a spark
I thought of life without you here my heart it grew so dark
I heard that black dog bark
I heard that black dog bark
It howled and howled throughout the night
It cried deep in my heart
Now seasons come and seasons go soon all that comes has passed
and only memories live on the stronger ones that last
So let’s take time together now for passion in our lives
For passion’s such a precious flower and he who has it thrives
I heard that black dog bark
I heard that black dog bark
It howled and howled throughout the night
It cried deep in my heart
© Leigh Sloggett 2003
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5. |
Sliding to Your Destiny
04:04
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SLIDING TO YOUR DESTINY
Life’s like hitting oil on the road on a rainy day
You try to pull up fast but the wheels they just won’t stay
So you go sliding to your destiny if you survive it’s only luck
So you grip the wheel and close your eyes and you’re waiting to be struck
You think you’ve got the control of things until you start to slide
But you’re stuck in the driver’s seat and there's nowhere you can hide
So you go sliding to your destiny and you’re waiting to collide
Finally your car stop moving and once again you breath
Well this time you’re lucky as you can clearly see
But your confidence is shaken so you stop and think before you leave
Even a fool could realise it’s only a matter of time
Before you’re driving down the road again and you skid out across the line
And you go sliding to your destiny and you’re waiting to be struck
So you grip the wheel and you close your eyes and hope today that you’re in luck
But your luck will run out one day everyone’s turn comes up
You’ll be driving down the road when your whole world comes unstuck
Those seconds feel like hours as you drift toward the truck
With your whole life before your eyes and you realise your time is up
As you’re sliding to your destiny you realise life’s not long enough
Those years they feel like seconds as your life is being used up
And you watch them slips away like drips from a broken cup
And you’re sliding to your destiny and your life’s not long enough
Yes you’re sliding to your destiny and your life’s not long enough
Not nearly long enough not nearly long enough
© Leigh Sloggett 2002
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6. |
Pushing On
03:30
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7. |
Heart Attack
06:35
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HEART ATTACK
I’ve never felt such pain before
I was on my back down on the floor
At hell’s gate on the way to heaven’s door
Bad habits they grow with time
I was drifting alone thinking all was fine
A little stressed but that’s normal in this job of mine
But suddenly all that’s changed
My life plan was rearranged
I was Able at the hands of Cain
Nothing stops a speeding train
Who can stop the guillotine’s chop
See the crack that makes them fall
Who perceives the creeping rot
Who knows when they’re going to hit the wall
Heart attack it comes on quick
You don’t even know you’re sick
But suddenly you’re lying in a deep dark pit
Goodbye family goodbye friends
On me no more can you depend
Now it’s time to make amends
This is where it all ends
There are things I never said
I want to say before I’m dead
So lend your hand and help me raise my head
My friends I love all of you
You made this journey feel so true
May good fortune always smile on you
Bury me under a tree
On a hill beside the sea
Then my spirit will always be free
There are two ways that you may die
With a smile on your face or a tear in your eye
But if you live life well then all that’s by and by
© Leigh Sloggett 2002
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8. |
Train Ride
05:48
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TRAINRIDE
Everyday I catch this train at seven thirty-five
And I ride it to the city just to keep this job alive
People all around me well they look so sad
But riding this train is really not that bad
I‘ve got books and I’ve got music and I sleep half the way
Oh there couldn’t be a better way to start the day
At five I leave my job another train ride gets me home
In a carriage full of people that I will never know
But that don’t bring me down cos I know that I’m not alone
I’m just resting while these steely tracks take me to my home
I‘ve got books and I’ve got music and I sleep half the way
Oh there couldn’t be a better way to end each day
Well I’m forty-five right now and I’ll retire at sixty-five
That’s another twenty years of this rattling train to ride
Five days a week two hours a day what more can I say
But riding on this train well takes my blues away
I've got books and I’ve got music and I sleep half the way
Oh there couldn’t be a better way to spend the day
Some people think it’s crazy that I like to ride on trains
It’s enough to drive any normal man insane
Those who understand me well their number just a few
But that don’t bother me coz I’ve got better things to do
Well I’m looking at the window and my troubles fade to grey
As landscape keeps changing as this train takes me away
© Leigh Sloggett 2001
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9. |
Muroran
04:30
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MURORAN
This town is so grey
Even on a sunny day
It’s shutting down it’s shutting down
No jobs for the young
To bigger towns they all run
It’s shutting down it’s shutting down
Muroran Muroran
My home town is shutting down
Muroran Muroran Muroran
I still love my family
But there is nothing here for me
It’s shutting down it’s shutting down
All my friends have gone
With their young families they’ve moved on
It’s shutting down it’s shutting down
Muroran Muroran
My home town is shutting down
Muroran Muroran Muroran
Built around this steel mill
But when the price of steel fell
They wound it down they wound it down
The aged are left to carry on
But fewer rise with each new dawn
It’s shutting down it’s shutting down
© Leigh Sloggett 1999
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10. |
Never Overlap
04:47
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NEVER OVERLAP
I fell into the trap I let my moral slip
Now there’s no turning back you gave my heart a kick
I was happy where I stood you came into my life
Now I don’t feel so good I don’t sleep well at night
I fell into the trap now I want my freedom back
Everyone I’ve ever known said never overlap
I fell into the crap when I went behind her back
I should have known better than to ever overlap
When I saw you standing there I knew that I was done
There was no escaping it I knew that you had one
But things aren’t so clear cut now I’m in this rut
My problem lies in goodbye in attachments I must cut
I fell into the trap now I want my freedom back
Everyone I’ve ever known said never overlap
I fell into the crap when I went behind her back
I should have known better than to ever overlap
Two for one is one too many one for one’s just fine
If I was never tempted I would walk a straighter line
But I will die a lonely man guilty of this crime
I will be judged at Heaven’s gates tormented for all time
I fell into the trap now I want my freedom back
Everyone I’ve ever known said never overlap
I fell into the crap when I went behind her back
I should have known better than to ever overlap
© Leigh Sloggett 2001
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11. |
Bad News
08:13
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BAD NEWS WOKE ME THIS MORNING
Bad news woke me this morning while I lay there in my bed
Bad news woke me this morning while I lay there in my bed
I felt so bad strange thoughts ran through my head
Last night she lay there next to me when I woke up she was gone
Last night she lay there next to me when I woke up she was gone
But the thing that really bothers me I don’t know what I’ve done wrong
When I woke I lay there shivering my blanket it was gone
When I woke I lay there shivering my blanket it was gone
When I looked around the room so had everything I owned
Last night we went out drinking down at the local bar
Last night we went out drinking down at the local bar
I was talking with a good friend’s friend when she cursed me she swore
The only thing she left me was this note beside my bed
The only thing she left me was this note beside my bed
When I had a closer look this is how that damn note read
Last night while you lay sleeping I heard you call another name
Last night while you lay sleeping I heard you call another name
Next time when you are sleeping you better watch just what you’re saying
She took my clothes, the clock, the light globes, the dust pan and the broom
She took my clothes, the clock, the light globes, the dust pan and the broom
She took the chickens and the goldfish my favourite cup and my favourite spoon
Well you know I feel so lonely there’s nothing I can do
Well you know I feel so lonely there ain’t nothing I can do
I had to borrow this guitar just to sing this song to you
© Leigh Sloggett 2003
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12. |
I Want to Go Home
04:06
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I WANT TO GO HOME
Logan has shut down JFK has too
I want to leave here quickly but there’s nothing I can do
Everyone is nervous confidence has been cut
Guns around the world are loading talk of war has been struck
I wanna go home I wanna be sleeping in my own bed
I’m sick of hotels and aircons blowing cold air
I wanna go home to all that I know there
I wanna go home I wanna go home home to you
Like Odysseus I now know too
How a strange wind can stop me doing what I want to do
I can only plan my escape from this bad luck
But if the gods are not willing then it’s here that I am stuck
I wanna go home I wanna be sleeping in my own bed
I’m sick of hotels and aircons blowing cold air
I wanna go home to all that I know there
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Home to you
Poverty across the planet while we grow fat on our excess
and oil controls our government it’s the cause of this whole mess
Addiction breeds corruption everybody knows
It’s the seed to our destruction its dark shadows grow and grow
I wanna go home I wanna be sleeping in my own bed
I’m sick of hotels and aircons blowing cold air
I wanna go home to all that I know there
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Home to you
© Leigh Sloggett 2001
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Leigh Sloggett Melbourne, Australia
Leigh Sloggett’s earthy song writing and commanding style extend beyond the diverse foundations of Blues and Folk. Evocative
timbres and a soulful touch are brought together by searing roots guitar and lap slide.
Plans are afoot to release his fourth album titled ‘Wait For the Change’ the second half of 2022.
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