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Belgrave Place
03:41
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14 different houses
Not one of them home
Seems like my spirit
Is destined to roam
Fitting myself into
Different sized spaces
Living out of
Old suitcases
Maybe I’ll find some money and settle down someday
Maybe I’ll find some money and settle down someday
Maybe I’ll find some money and settle down someday
Maybe I’ll find some money and settle down someday
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Valentine Street
04:06
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Red down one end and blue down the other
They’re of the same world but won’t call each other brother
Here they are living by their own laws
Heat to heat
Down Valentine Street
She’ll borrow your things but you’ll never get them back
She was born 10 metres from the right side of the tracks
Every day she makes up for what she lacks
Living week to week
Down Valentine Street
He gets home one night late from work
Tries to rest his weary head
But instead they fight
Hurt upon hurt
And still that Devil’s making the world go ‘round
Heartbeat to heartbeat
Down Valentine Street
It’s a never-ending race to the bottom of the glass
And you can’t quite remember the last time a hit lasted
Now you’re down looking for your next up
Living
Sleep to sleep
Down Valentine Street
Week to week
Down Valentine Street
Heartbeat to heartbeat
Down Valentine Street
Valentine Street, Valentine Street
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Mumma why do you tell me not to go there?
Why must I always hold your hand?
Why do you tell me I must not go there?
I’m sure if I stick to the path
I will come to no harm
No one else I know has ever raised the alarm
Why should I take the long way around?
Why should I take the long way around?
My girl, heed my warning
I don’t want to hang my head in grief
Each time you’re home safe it’s a relief
Girl get used to taking the long way around
Girl get used to taking the long way around
Mumma why do you tell me not to go there
Mumma why do you tell me not to go there
Mumma why do you tell me not to go there
Mumma why do you tell me not to go there
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Red Earth
04:28
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I want to call you by your true name
Don’t let them don’t let them don’t let them cover up your past
Denial is no way to heal
Don’t let them don’t let them don’t let them cover up your past
Little did you expect to be boxed in by whitewashed walls
And earth red from open wounds
I want to call you by your true name
Don’t let them don’t let them don’t let them cover up your past
Denial is no way to heal
Don’t let them don’t let them don’t let them cover up your past
Little did you expect to be boxed in by whitewashed walls
And earth red from open wounds
The mouth of your harbour gagged by a motorway strip
Your forests razed, your veins lined with concrete
I want to call you by your true name
Don’t let them don’t let them don’t let them cover up your past
Ignorance and denial is no way to heal
Don’t let them don’t let them don’t let them cover up your past
I see you for what you were
I see you for what you have lost
I see you for what you can be now
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The Clock Tower
05:20
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There are moments I stumble into you
words tumbling from my lips
There are moments my hands are outstretched
Palms glistening from your tears
How about it, how about it
How about you meet me there
In front of the clock tower
In the middle of the town square?
Let's rewind, let's reset
Let's turn the clock way back
'Cause I'm no good at ending
But it's easy to start
And pretend that no time has passed
How about it, how about it
How about you meet me there
In front of the clock tower
In the middle of the town square?
How about it, how about it?
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Kingseat
04:47
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I’ve seen blood and I’ve seen pain
I relive it in my head again and again
But they tell me they can get rid of what ails me
With a little electricity
I awake in the night
My face wet with tears
Soaked in sweat smelling of fear
But they say they can re-write my memory
With a little electricity
I lost my life and I lost my smile
My light hung around for a little while
But they say they can ignite a spark in me
With a little electricity
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Great South Road
05:10
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Standing on the doorstep of my 13th house
It seemed that all space for me had run out
Turned around but there was nowhere to turn to
I left you there down Great South Road
I left you there down Great South Road
When I was a child you wiped away my tears
I believed you when you told me that monsters weren’t real
But you lied I saw them in your eyes
I left you there down Great South Road
I left you there down Great South Road
I could have done more
I could have stayed by your side
But I ran away
I was only a child
I could have done more
I could have stayed by your side
But I ran away
I was only a child
I’m sorry I left you there down Great South Road
I’m sorry I left you there down Great South Road
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Slippery Creek
02:47
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While we were laughing and the sun shined down below
We didn’t notice the summer start to go
The summer start to go
From warm nights of fire and song
We were singing of sorrow all along
So kiss me once more my love
And I’ll try not to weep
While I wait for you here
Down at Slippery Creek
Now the sunset slowly fades away
Now the cold and dark invades the day
The dark invades the day
I looked to the future but I was so wrong
How was I to know that we wouldn’t have long
So kiss me once more my love
And I’ll try not to weep
While I wait for you here
Down at Slippery Creek
We must live with courage and grace
And stare darkness right in the face
So kiss me once more my love
And I’ll try not to weep
While I wait for you here
Down at Slippery Creek
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I look down Old Wairoa Road
I see your train pulling in to town
I know it’s minutes ‘til I see ya
Man it’s ages since you’ve been around
I never thought you’d leave the city
We can take it nice and slow
Honey believe me when I tell you
By the morning you won’t want to go
Why would you ever want to leave
When you’ve got the best of town and country?
I see you brought some beer
Honey you know my style
Open a drink – We’ve got one night
Let’s make sure we spend it well
I never thought you’d leave the city
We can take it nice and slow
Honey believe me when I tell you
By the morning you won’t want to go
Why would you ever want to leave
When you’ve got the best of town and country?
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Kendall Elise Auckland, New Zealand
Kendall Elise is a kiwi producer, songwriter and performer. She rips her heart from her sleeve and stitches it throughout her songs. She's toured with Bic Runga; Gin Wigmore and supported Larkin Poe. Her album Red Earth debuted at #12 in the NZ Music Album charts and earned Kendall a nomination for RMNZ's Best Country Artist award. He last single is nominated for APRA Best Country Music Song 2021. ... more
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