1. To be youngToday the walls are closing in My breath feels thin And this hat just doesn’t fit Love my man, love my children But there are moments When I want to escape them Boxes clutter up the place Other times, a different face Don’t have regrets, want to pare back Unshackled, unpacked Take me back, take me back

Chorus Wanna lash out, just wanna be free Don’t want to be true to anyone but me Know it’s selfish and I won’t go that way It’s selfish but I want to play

Wanna lie in the sun, wanna dance all night Wanna swim in the deep, wanna take a ride With all those strangers I didn’t get to yet To all those places Before I start to forget How good it can feel to be alone, To be walking miles from your home To be walking, with nothing to lose, nowhere to be, and nothing to prove

When the moment’s passed, look outside Garden of new life After the storm, calm again Soothe and settle in Settle in Children laugh as they grow away Like butterflies from Chrysalis Take to the wind, disappear

As it begins As it begins

Chorus There was a time when I was wild and free But now it’s over now that isn’t me It’s over, but it’s not the end It’s over, can time be our friend? As we make way For those coming next We surrender, it’s for the best It’s their turn now to be wild and free Brave and bold and loving to see How good it can feel to be alone To be walking miles from your home to be walking, with nothing to lose, nowhere to be, and nothing to prove

– To be young x 9

Cattle grazing In fields of purple beyond the road My thoughts are drifting Times ahead and times of old And I hear my babies sighing

Chorus We’ve come from such a different place Bright lights and the electric roar Of the human race Where strangers seldom smile and rarely say hello Faces buried in their mobile phones We’ve come from such a different place

When my children wake I tell them stories about when I was young Makes me feel so old, What they’ve yet to overcome On life’s long and lonely highway

Chorus And I wonder who they will love and hold Will they have clean air and water to grow old? Will they sit and think back as I do today On all they’ve lost and won, And what they need to say And I wonder who they will love and hold

When we reach our home There’s a man with open arms

We fall in laughing At his Mulga Country charms Not such a lonely highway After all

5. He’s So BigSome say size doesn’t matter It’s the magic not the wand But he’s a magician And his wand can do no wrong

I’ve sampled the buffet From east to west And when it comes to flavour He’s up there with the best

My honey’s sweeter than syrup He’s the chocolate in my chip The sugar in my bowl The chop fat on my lip

I’ve loved him at the office

In the back of a car A sand hill in the desert Looking up at the stars

Chorus x2 He’s so big And his love just fills me up Sometimes I think That it’s never going to fit But it does and it feels so good

It’s been many years I’ve had him Many years that he’s been mine But time cannot fade What’s heavenly sublime...

2. Break of DayNobody knows another Are you my friend? You used to be my lover

Chorus At the break of day I will walk away At the break of dawn I’ll be gone From here

What’s in your face? What’s behind your eyes? Tell me the truth Or another web of lies

Chorus

Nobody knows... another Are you my friend? You used to be my lover You used to be my lover X 3

3. Who’d wanna be a wife?A mistress has much more fun She doesn’t need to get the washing done Her days are her own She can choose to be alone Or on a bed sweet with desire

Chorus Full of duty, cares and strife Who’d wanna be a wife? Take your beauty and your life Who’d wanna be a wife? Only thankless sacrifice Who’d wanna be a wife?

Young women Enjoy your time in the sun When you don’t need to be the only one If your lover bends his knee With a diamond and a plea It might be time to cut and run From all the… Chorus

The things they don’t tell little girls Prince Charming is a rogue He’ll tie you down Then he’ll knock you up Be late when he’s coming home Then, there’s children to be fed

Make the daily bread Fingers calloused to the bone

You know deep down that the fairy tales aren’t true Bewitched by a ring and all a wedding day can do It’s afterwards that you settle down And sing the blues About the … Chorus

4. Highway HomeMy children are asleepIn the backseat of our car Dreaming as I drive And I wonder where they are, On this long and lonely highway

Chorus

Bridge Oh, how the rain came down The rain came down, the rain came down Oh, how the rain came down The rain came down, the rain came down

Chorus

8. The Love You KnowChorus Oh, my brother, you’d better leave that girl behind Oh, my brother, are you out of your mind? Oh, my brother, she will darken your sweet soul Oh, my brother, a shame... Only love you know

Like darling buds when you first met Sweetness hard to forget Eyes so soft and bright, smiles so wide

Held you up as king and queen A love that few had ever seen A fantasy too good to believe

When the tower came crashing down We all stood by and watched you drown Dreams of love still shining in your eyes

Again, you tried to win it back Ignoring everything it lacked She trampled on your heart As she danced

Chorus

She’s beautiful we know it’s true Has that thing some people do Her dark side is as dark as fair is fair

She’s broken every vow you made Promises held dear as mud Come home when her adventures turned sour

You take her in despite it all Offer shelter from the fall Love is blind, but does she love you?

In many ways your wisdom’s deep

Fortitude when others weak It’s not a love for you to keep

Chorus Oh, my brother, we will all be old some day Oh, my brother, if you keep her you could pay Oh, my brother, who’d you want there by your side? Oh, my brother, in the eve In the evening of your life?

Chorus

It may sound superficial Indiscreet and crass But he’s the only one for me A perfect piece of ass...

Chorus X 2

Bridge He’s asked me once or twice, What I would do if he wasn’t so big Well I’ll tell you I’ll tell you x 3

Chorus Big or small It’s his love that feels me up Sometimes I think I’m the luckiest girl cause it’s love that feels so good

Chorus

6. LullabyI’ll send you the sun Send you the sun As it pours through my window It pours through my window

I’ll show you the moon Show you the moon As we dance in its shadows We dance in its shadows

My darling, my love Darling my love With your head on my shoulder Your head on my shoulder I’d give you the world Give you the world if I could

I’ll send you the sun I’ll show you the moon My darling, my love I’d give you the world Give you the world If I could

7. Blue ChristmasA broken moment in time Christmas all wrapped in twine Unravelling as the day goes by

Feasting on greener grass Laughter that sparkles but won’t last Tensions rise as facades crack

Chorus How could it be? She was swept away In that wide blue moment Wide blue moment

Little boy looks through shattered glass As his mother lays her head in her hands His father’s snores cut through silence

9. Penny or a NickelYou had a whistle in your heart when we met You had a spring in your step You had that thing that made you Impossible to forget But now the weight of your demands On my shoulders is pulling me under And by the look on your face in the morn I can tell you’re no fun, girl

Chorus There’s nothing more to say I’m leaving you today Coz, I am in a pickle A penny or a nickel

I had a whistle in my heart when we met

I had a spring in my step The way you looked at me is something I’ll never forget But now the weight of the world On my shoulders is pulling me under And by the look on your face in the morn I can tell I’m no fun, boy

Chorus But there’s so much more to say Please don’t leave me alone today Coz, I am in a pickle A penny or a nickel

10. Brother MineChorus Brother mine Where have the years gone? It has been so long Since winter rain inside all day Brother mine I see your laugh lines Around marmalade skies And smile as warm and sweet as wine

I put curlers in your hair Lipstick on your face You wore it with such grace My little doll

In my long skirts you would twirl They thought you were a girl You couldn’t have cared less In a dress

Chorus

Since marathon Monopoly

Teenage years I felt your love You said, “Jo don’t get drunk” I said, “Don’t worry babe,” “You’ll do the same.”

Youngest of the four of us First one to find love Married and a dad What times we had

Chorus Since pelted under summer hail

Bridge Now you’re all grown up I see Bumpy roads and all But always standing tall I see you with your lovely girls Apple of their eye Twinkling in their sky And in mine

Chorus X 3 Since pillow heads, bad sandwiches

11. Melancholy GirlThere she stands Bow and arrow in her hands Take aim and fly Through that melancholy sky

Heart so old Story’s been forever told Shell and oyster, and pearl My melancholy girl

Dry your tears Feeling way beyond your years Watch your heart unfurl My melancholy girl

Bridge Let your heart unfurl Like flying in dreams Diving to the deep Shell and oyster, and pearl My melancholy girl x 2

Here I stand Footprints fading in the sand Here now then gone With the melancholy sun

12. Sideways SwipeChorus Fate, your sideways swipe is never very nice Straighten out your fist I know you like to hit When everything is cool and calm From shadows you strike With that sideways swipe

Thought my life was sorted Thought everything was fine My lover asleep beside me Belly full of wine Then I woke up to feel a blow Right between the eyes From your sideways swipe

In the path of the tornado In the eye of the storm

Hit by a lightning strike A fire through your home When you least expect it When complacency sets in That is when…Chorus Fate, your sideways swipe is never very nice Draw your claws back in Scratching is a sin When everything is cool and calm From shadows you pounce With that sideways swipe

There’s no moral to this story There’s no lesson to be learned Bad fate will come and get you Everybody gets a turn The only thing I can suggest As something you can do Live life to the full

Yes, there’s no moral to this story There’s no lesson to be learned You can keep your wits about you

Even then get very burned The only thing I can suggest As something you can do Live life to the full X 3

13. Fool’s FortuneI was a foolhardy one Never looked before I leapt Landed out of my depth A lot of damage done Time and time and time again

I watched the ship of fortune sail away As I climbed aboard the ship of fools Took the long way around Often came aground Crippled with regret Wouldn’t change a thing

I watched the ship of fortune disappear Stormy weather for the ship of fools Could have chosen the light But I was curious about the night Bruised with regret Wouldn’t change a thing

Chorus Ship of fortune Ship of fools

Ship of fortune Ship of fools All roads to our fate Lined with love Fraught with mistakes Won’t regret a thing, wouldn’t change a thing

Watched the ship of fools as it sailed away Climbed aboard good fortune for a day Count my blessings one by one With a new day just begun And I don’t regret a thing Wouldn’t change a thing

Bridge Sail with me Sail with me On the wide and open sea On the wide and open sea Sail with me