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An Ode To My Future
04:15
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An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Ohh girl I ain't got nothing to lose
Everything I do, I do it for you
I've really been trying to lay off my drinking
Remember last summer, when you put me down
You said I was nothing, but a crack in your crown
But now things have changed, and we're back again
Like a busted engine, that'll never mend
Woohhhhh X2
Desperate, I don't know what to do
My mind is rusted, and I can say the same for you
I'm hopeless
I'm damaged
I'm wounded
I'm broken
I'm broken
I'm broken
I'm broken
Woohhhhh x4
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2. |
Child Snatcher's Curse
03:48
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Ghostly chill frosts the morning mist
Cobbled streets echo a witch’s hiss
Playground rumours slowly turn to truth
Children running frightened wondering what these witches will do
Bonnie wasn’t first, she won’t be last
Child snatchers curse has been riding this town for years
Ha Ha Ha
Ached for the boy pushed down the well
No one heard him scream, no one heard him yell
Just for the sake sake sake sake sake sake sake of it
Billy was a ragdoll, Billy was inanimate
Surely wasn’t first they dragged him by the neck
Child snatchers curse is coming for you next
You ain’t seen no witches around here?
Ahh you better keep your eyes peeled, cause they’re lurking around every corner
You don’t believe me?
Why don’t you just go ask poor young Bonnie McGee?
Ahh you can’t, she’s dead, hanging out by the apple tree blood dripping from her eyeballs
What about poor young Billy? Threw him down the well, broke every fucking bone on the way down
Ha Ha Ha
Ho, Ha
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3. |
Stuck Here
02:52
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I'm a freak of nature, mesmerized by what I see
I'm not one to be stuck here, in your world of make-believe
I'm a fool for your tale tell, at least trying to pretend
Don't bore me with cheap regrets, don't lie to my face again
I'm not stuck here x2
I don't want to be stuck feeling this way
I don't want to lose my mind from inside
I don't want to go on acting this way
But I don't know what to say and I don't know what to do
All the things I say just make me miss you
Victimized by despair, cultivate my broken heart
I'm a human target board, throw your darts and laugh
Put my neck in the guillotine, pull the trigger hard
I'm a fucking psychopath, just watch it all fall apart
I'm not stuck here x2
I don't want to be stuck feeling this way
I don't want to lose my mind from inside
I don't want to go on acting this way
But I don't know what to say and I don't know what to do
All the things I say just make me miss you
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4. |
Small Town Blues
04:31
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The old truck, has broken down
How am I supposed to get out of this town
Looks like Cobden, in 1986
Got more chance of surviving a methamphetamine fix
I hitchhiked in a road-train to Colac
I did my best to get as far away as I could
Always get sucked back, never ending black hole
What’s so good about alcohol and football?
Woooh I got the small town blues
Been living in the town, for 21 years
I know every person and I know their fears
Boredom can kill a man, make him go insane
You gotta stick around here it’s in your culture it’s in your veins
My old man still lives, in this town
He pours himself a drink when he is feeling down
Gotta go work on the farm provide for your family provide for your son
Get up boy, it’s in your heritage, it’s in your veins, it’s in your blood
Woooh I got the small town blues
Woooh I got the small town blues
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5. |
Pressure
03:43
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You keep on hammering this nail into my temple
Applying pressure when I’m already about to explode
Well I got problems of my own, but I guess you’ll never ask about that
What good would it do I’ll just keep it bottled up inside
I can’t stand another half-pissed walk around the block
Just to go back to the same four walls of my retrograde prison cell
We talk about living out the Australian dream, shacking up with a couple of old cattle dogs in the middle of nowhere
How are we supposed to do that in the covid climate?
I can’t even get a god damn job and the pressure’s still building
Our love is like a broken rusted violin
The strings still pull but all the tension is gone
We’re walking on a swing bridge over turbulent waters
The ropes could snap at any time but that’s half the thrill
Well now I lift steel beams for a living
Work with a bunch of shit for brains misogynist alcoholics
This ain’t the life I chose but it’s the life I’m stuck with
No matter what I do, the pressure’s still building
The pressure’s still building x4
How much can one man take?
No matter how hard I try, I’ll never earn your respect
Waahhh I just can’t keep going on
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6. |
We're All Gonna Die
04:36
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I sabotage, my own life
I pressurise, my own mind
I drink too much I don’t care about my health
I think too much ‘till there’s nothing I ain’t thunk
Spiralling down down I’m not doing too well
I victimize, opportunities
I ruin my relationships with ease
Get the dogs the rains coming in fast
I don’t care about my future or my past
The way it’s going we’re all gonna be 6 feet under by tomorrow anyway
We’re all gonna die x8
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Matt Bourke and the Delusional Drunks Melbourne, Australia
Drawing inspiration from artists such as The Drones, Grinderman and many of the old blues greats, Matt Bourke has created his own blend of dirty, blues-driven rock 'n' roll.
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