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Cambridge Nelson

by Metropolitan Walks

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1.
Drip Feed 03:07
Help me summer I got nothing goin' on Just looked out your window I could only see your sun No loose change for a melancholy mind You're the stimulation for the red grapes on the vine Wo there lady there is no one in this town These shop keepers, there is no one else around A bright eyed pink skinned rascal on a bike Drip feed baby looking for a tree to climb Didn't I make up the most of the day? Was holding a leaf then it blew right away Just like a long river, the beat of a drum Just like a new morning the morning will come Each day walking, I go walking through this town I'm the guy who's walking, he is walking all around All the little shops and the little empty hands Looking for some raw dirt that I could understand Didn't I make up the most of the day? Was holding a leaf then it blew right away Just like a new river, the beat of the drum Just like a new morning the morning will come
2.
We, we toss and turn That's how we learn It's television In a moment's rest We make a mess A great success And when I try to hide I hid right out in the open And when I try to run I run right back to where I been In a place you're known Where you can grow Cherry tomato Be, be rest assured You're over awed Try another door And when I try to hide I hid right out in the open And when I try to run I run right back to where I been And when I try to hide I hid out in open country And when I try to run I'll run right back to where I begin All my horses went down All my horses went down All my horses went down
3.
You were drunk Just drunk enough to come unstuck You wrapped around a big ol' tree just out of town Now your tales they are all cast in stone The stones are falling from the sky All the nuns Strumming guitars and writing songs Songs of praise But in the afternoon they fade And all the theories they're all justified There are no arguments at all In two generations the grandpas at the station With their bags of dislocation will alight It's all we ever had This machine you love to land And all the plans you planned to plan Were all you ever planned Lemon trees Reading books and squeezing fleas Check the time Read the way you read your mind And oh the lady can't be justified You might not be here any more And all the grandpas at the station With their devils of temptation Need a ride, they must alight It's all we ever had This machine you love to land And all the plans you planned to plan Were all you ever planned
4.
I've always known, known a long while Grandfather is a crocodile I can hear him now Stepping through the reeds and grasses It is comforting to know He's keeping an eye on us And if he comes near Don't throw no stones at him If he comes close Say you still love him most Cos it can get lonely Late Wednesday night well I woke up Walked down the hall Felt something wrong In the corner by the hat stand, my grandfather Well he dragged me down the back steps Through the garden Beyond our fence, his little creek In his embrace I went to sleep And I dreamed about the raising of my mother All the things she learned The energy spent on her And if he comes near Don't throw no stones at him If he comes close say you still love him most Cos it can get lonely Me and mine will catch up some other time You and yours are always in our thoughts But it can get lonely
5.
Long forgotten words All those half finished sentences Were thinking of a song Now it don't seem quite so wrong, so wrong If only for a season A chance to make it right A way to change the rules of games The birds flew awful high Truck with a wide load Put us out beside the road But we don't even mind All the stars we had inside are gone But only for the morning By evening there's new light By night there's a good chance we'll have The means to make it right Some days the days we spend More like a life Under the door it came The way a rodent might Winding down the road We will stop in Santiago Swordfish on the wall Paper plates, sad music on and on Been heeding all the warnings By evening there's new light Came drifting down the mountain range The birds flew awful high
6.
One day you'll turn round and say "I wish I'd taken your advice and developed an interest in sailing" But right up until this day I have not turned around and said that I've not even looked like I may You said it while we were floating 'Cross the lake, getting damp on a boat In our shorts sitting adjacent Disconcerted by being removed from our roles That time we moved the book case When we got to the door you said "Put it down, get the measuring tape And just stop and lets think this through" Take a moment to think how we can Get control of the situation It's very hard to even try To make someone do something If they're not inclined It's a very hard thing to do No one wants to do something they don't wanna do Hey hey We spent ten days in Fiji I took a wind surfer out For a moment had an interest in sailing The wind got caught in my sail I didn't know how to turn round I held on tight as I left the bay And out into the azure sea Fijian man in a putt putt boat pulled up by me Dragged me back, my sail furled How to turn one around I've never learned Ha ha ha I've never learned Ha he ha I've never learned Ha ha ha develop an interest in sailing
7.
Enthusiast 03:01
I, I am a man like an unmade bed I was prepared to crawl Crawl my way down the hall Past the books half read Plans half planned But I don't wanna read in darkness See the light catching in your eye I don't wanna be in darkness Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine River to the sun And the prayers at the points of guns Cadaver with the breath right out of him Feels like he just wants to begin But I don't wanna be in darkness See the light, catch it in your eye I don't wanna sit in darkness Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine We, we will go walking To the sun and to the sky We will find all the bees Take 'em back by degrees Off the ledge, off the roof, mountain high Five, five in the morning And I walk to get some light And I told you before Stay away from my door Keep 'em free and walk all night
8.
Post Codes 04:55
Down the river went an old email Now the things in it are not unknown We lost a generation on the phone I like the look of your letterhead How you made it in 1905 And how the summer was so long and dry It feels like we got a long time It feels like we got a long time It feels like we got a long time to learn Cos if I walk just for one more mile I can change how things are turning out It doesn't matter how far you have gone And if I stop at the corner store I can stop economy's collapse And when you return you'll still have a home Still it feels like we got a long time It feels like we got a long time It feels like we got a long time to learn how we turn I'd like to know Well this letter how does it find you? It finds you You say there's a great big system Of post codes around you, behind you I walked through town in my dressing gown Cats and dogs are falling from the sky I've got the morning's rosary in my soul I'm in the pages of a book I got an early night And when I walk I have no regrets at all It feels like we've got a long time It feels like we've got a long time It feels like we've got a long time to learn how to turn I'd like to know Well this letter how does it find you? It finds you You say there's a great big system Of post codes around you and behind you
9.
Other Side 03:32
Well don't I cry I've crossed to the other side Loretta arrived A road that you follow Forever alive In each and every eye Loretta won't mind Full moon to follow Cross to the other See to the other Dream to the other side And if there's another Soon you'll recover We're on your side We will rise Saw you cry In twilight Well don't I mind? I did for a little while Then I changed my mind Some road that you follow The bike that you ride The car of which you drive A river, a life A tree and a hollow Cross to the other Dream to the other See in to the other side And if there's another Soon you'll recover He's on your side We will rise Full moon dies Deep and wide We survived
10.
The Pigeons 02:43
I'm no longer sitting where I have been sat Wherever I go I won't be coming back The pigeons have come and they've made it their new home The pigeons and I do not get along Still I know I've said it one thousand times before But that won't matter once I'm out that door no more La la la The little lizards are welcome upon my floor But I can't protect them any more The ants are busy, I want to do them no harm The ants are all after my heart I know I've said it ten thousand times before But that won't matter once I'm out that door no more La la la
11.
Rusted On 03:26
In the dark when you wake up You can see above you The stars have been a watching all night long The hours passed, you thought a lot You thought there was nothing Nothing that the morning couldn't show I wish I said that I regret I wish that I knew you Rather than the things I claim to know The days are spent in shabbiness This chapter's about you Promises I should have kept more close I'd like to call you friend We'd turn and face the wind I'd like to try again Baker's lights. the world was wide The day was before you Station had some place you want to go And in between the clouds some light The city deserted Wasn't even ready for the show I'd like to try again We'll turn and face the wind And not just dream of it We collide in the world, the world We survived in the world, the world Fall from wires, the world, the world If you think you're alright then you are the world World

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released January 27, 2017

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Metropolitan Walks Sydney, Australia

Metropolitan Walks had a bunch of unadorned pop doodles recorded that he was planning on maybe doing proper later on but one day realised they were already finished and so dropped his debut album.

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