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Rough Landing

by Spike Flynn

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Fate and Freedom 05:12
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FATE and FREEDOM I was traveling and troubled out west all alone Looking for an answer to steal or buy I chanced upon an Inn just outside of town The sign said "The Do or Die" I walked into the bar and / found myself a stool A beat-up old man's sitting by my side He said if you're looking for a place / son that you won't be found Well here is not the place to hide He rolled a cigarette said can I buy you a drink Then he smiled as I asked him for his name He said they call me Fate an' I'm never late son, (you see) I'm the one in charge of the whole game An I'll tell you something son, there's nothing out that door ‘Cept meaninglessness blood, tears and dust You people live your lives thinking you can pick and choose But you all end up just doing what you must We sat there talking smoking, telling jokes and such It seemed that he could read my mind all right Then Death comes up smiling bumming for a cigarette His red hot eyes just burning through that night Despairs sitting at the table, dealing cards, throwing dice I sat in and gave the dice a roll The dice fell wrong, I lost every hand Then he asked me to stake my mortal soul A spotlight hit the stage and Miss Love comes dancing on Looking good and singing up her songs I saw Death's fingers tapping soft upon the table But he showed no inclination to sing along Faith was drinking in the corner, sticking with her friends But then she comes to join in on the show She sang along to every song, she knew Love's every word While Charity gave her golden blues-harp a blow Well Miss Love took a bow, and she sat down by the stage Sent a message that called me to her side She said you're hanging with some losers, there's something you must know Before you get too drunk to decide I can see by your eyes you're a stranger seeking freedom Yet all night you're drinking with that old crew Can't you see Loves the answer / can't you see I'm the door And the key's the sacrifice of gratitude She took a drink said Life / is the real playing ground Death and Fate are just / cards of that game So let those old boys drink / scare children with their tales You can Love but they drink to hide their pain! Then Love she smiled real wide / said "Naked's how you come And my friend-naked's / how you go So if it's freedom that you're seeking/ If it's peace you're searching for Well it's simple man, there's not much you need to know" "A man who walks with a grateful heart, there's no limits there! That's the fruit, you see, and that's the seed The sacrifice of love and the giving of thanks Opens my Heart to give you all you need" I crossed the room to Fate and Death to buy them one last drink Said Love had answered my troubled mind Gave my thanks for their company, expressed my gratitude Then I walked outside to see what I might find
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Small Town Refugee 04:04
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Small Town Refugee Eifel Tower, Paris France Watchin’ those ladies makin’ romance Crazy memories dancin’, on the river Seine Sidewalk cafes, Coffee with milk Reason / Desire, thighs like silk Sunsets of autumn colours in my brain. Ring of Kerry, Rock of Cashel Old man laughing down by the well Celtic magic, visions to free my soul. Ancient melodies flowing through my bones, neither Reason nor desire showing me a way home Young girl singing, as the church bell tolls. She was a small town refugee Escaping daddies lost dreams and mommas bitter memories Kaleidoscopes of loneliness lived She could not take, as much as I could not give. Flinders Range, hot summer wind Finding our lives then hiding them again This world is turning, spinning on the head of a pin Angels balance, watch you don’t fall Reason /Desire, makin’ no sense at all, seems that Losin’ love, is the only sin
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Trying To Get Home Blues 04:29
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Trying to get home blues Preacher’s getting restless, crying in the night Preacher getting restless , crying in the night Preacher’s getting restless, holding his bible tight Trying to get home , trying to get home One shot for the devil, or one shot left for me One shot for the devil, choice don’t mean you’re free Trying to get home , trying to get home Trying to get home, trying to get home All alone We’re all trying to get home / to get home Certainty abandoned, ambiguities on the wind Certainty abandoned, is that how it all begins Trying to get home, trying to get home Must be a rule, that’ll straighten this all out Must be a rule, surely nature has no doubts Trying to get home, trying to get home Diamonds on our fingers, gold in our teeth Diamonds on our fingers, roses for the wreath (not much left to eat) Trying to get home, trying to get home She’s standing by the window, just behind the light She’s standing by the window, almost out of sight Trying to get home, trying to get home
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Frozen Words (Neon lit cafe no. 2) 04:43
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Frozen words The nights roll long in mid-winter As the trucks roll by in their glare Smoke trickles thin from the chimney Like white and blue ribbons of pray The moon rises slow ‘cross the mountains Like a memory of some long gone time The coals glow soft in the fire The colour of burgundy wines The fire whispers it’s comfort But never enough to restore The stolen love from my heart Those frozen words by the door Truth is but a shattered reflection When I walk by that Regent hotel Where he danced me like a princess Where love rose, and I fell But a wide open heart’s a big hole It hurt so, I thought I was dying He left town with her that winter It was summer ‘fore I stopped crying The fire whispers it’s comfort But never enough to restore The stolen love from my heart Those frozen words by the door Nights in this café just go-around The coffee, the jokes, not much more It’s only my boy keeps me stayin’ They say he looks like his daddy for sure Well hope can flame bright with it’s colours And love knows neither distance nor time But heartache has no such freedoms Heartaches a more private crime
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Ragin' Against The Wind 03:26
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Ragin’ against the wind Like a pinpoint of light on a blazin’ sun Still all faith rests on the deeds done Oh just a man with a feather Ragin’ against the wind Loves not easy sometimes it’s a crime Truth always is the thinnest of lines Just a man with a feather, ragin' against the wind You might be broken and full of sorrow Tell you true, that ain’t no sin Just don’t you drop that feather Don’t stop your ragin’ against the wind!! You want the answer, tell you again Forgive your enemies then forgive your friends I’ve been so high, I’ve been so low Ain’t no straight lines, ever which-way you go Only one way to get through this thing Find yourself a song you just have to sing It’s fire and stone and it’s break your heart It’s love at the end, thank God it was love at the start Just a man with a feather ragin' against the wind
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All You Lonesome Hobo's 05:18
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ALL YOU LONESOME HOBO'S In the shadows by the silence Past the idle heat of violence Of memories torn and troubled Past the failure and the fear A lifetime in a tear Dug out slowly from the rubble Tree of death, tree of life We cut it all with perceptions knife We blunt the blade, call it all well defined At every transition point We cut the sameness, we anoint A hungry serpent with the blood of our ceaseless minds All you lonesome hobo's All you scoundrels and you saints All you broken hearted wanderers Bare your hearts without complaint All you strangers by the window's All you seekers of the light Feel the breath within your lungs And let go your blunted knife Ideas and crooked visions Shaped those lands we hid in Knowledge then, hopefully less now Those reckless incense journeys Seeking freedom from all turnkeys Every child must learn to pray somehow Tree of knowledge, good and evil All boundaries set and Regal Days when all the world was wide False freedoms fruit seemed sweet Left me stranded on that darkened street So naked with no place to hide All you lonesome hobo's All you scoundrels and you saints All you broken hearted wanderers Bare your hearts without complaint All you strangers by the window's All you seekers of the light Feel the breath within your lungs And let go your blunted knife An' slowly the boundaries disappear Revealing nothing left to fear Just hobo's howling in the rain No definition to be told Who decides it's lead or gold ? Who judges the pleasure, the pain? So don't you be afraid It's at birth the bill is payed Nothing given nothing taken at all All to be done is already done That's how the rivers run That's how the stars will fall
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Time I Was Leaving 03:06
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Time I was leaving Well it's time time, time time Time I was leaving Time time, time I was gone I've seen your wandering eyes and felt your heart Moving around these lonesome nights I guess nothing's meant, to last forever I'm gonna miss the way you, held me tight The colours of the rainbow so beautiful and high Light torn apart by rain in the sky Love's like a prism, it reveals all the magic But even fools know, rainbow's die The distance between stars is more than the shift of an eye And love's measure is more, than the tears we cry Light years of time disappear with a wink of the eye But words fall in slow motion as I say goodbye ( But it's...) If we should meet somewhere down the road Don't you greet me like a long lost friend You just smile, say you're happy I'll do the same, move on again ('cause it's)
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Uralla Blues 04:15
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Uralla Blues I've seen hungry demons, seen them well fed Seen 'em dancing down the street, all dressed in red Had em in my hand, had em in my mind Sometimes a friend is hard to find Here in Uralla, the winter's are cold So I've been told Ice on the river, ice in my veins Ice coming down on the window panes Words like stalactites hang from my mouth Icy memories blowing north and south These New England hills, in winter Rest like blankets, upon my soul, my soul, oh my soul Oh these New England hills in winter Caress my mind Set me free, set me free, set me free, set me free A thin line, sometimes just a thread Followed as best I could where ever it lead All kind of things left undone There's a lot of loose ends when you're always on the run Knew a man whose head was so thin, He couldn't keep his thinking in He walked in circles all over this town Till the Police came and they took him down
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Don't Let Her Sail Away (into the night) 03:16
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Don’t let her sail away (into the night) She’s gone now, she’s sailed with the tide The bluebird of happiness is crying by my side Love is an ocean, it’s an ocean of dreams She flooded my mind like a shot of morphine If you've got a good woman , hold her tight Don’t let her sail away into the night High tides a rolling, stormy weather’s on the way Hold her tight till sunshine blows your way It’s nothing to do with who’s wrong or right She’s your good loving woman? Well take my advice Don’t let her sail away into the night God loves a gambler but the devil loves him more Way he bets on those waves, rolling to the shore Don’t cry for mercy, no meaning to the word Listen to your heart it’s not just a rumor I've heard If you've got a good woman, hold her tight Don’t let her sail away into the night
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Re-incarnation Train Whistle Blues 03:15
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Reincarnation Train Whistle Blues Now there’s only one thing in this life you can be sure of And that’s that it will end But I was talking to a fellow just the other night down at the hotel He said he was a Buddhist, friends Now that caught my ear, so I inquired further I said “exactly what does that mean?” Well, to make a long story short He said a basic tenant taught You get to come back again! Ah! You get to come back again You get to come back again To make a long story short he said a basic tenant taught You get to come back again Now if that’s true and I feel that it maybe That’s cause for celebration ‘Cause I’m coming back as a big steam train And you’re going to be my destination! I’m going to come back as a train I’m going to come back as a train A great big, huffin’ puffin’ Coal a flyin’, whistle cryin’ Bells a ringin’, children singin’ Fire breathin’, time for leaving No more grievin’, great, big, black Steel steam train! Yes if it’s true and I feel that it may be That’s cause for celebration ‘Cause I’m coming back as a big steel train And you’re going to be my railway station! I’m going to come back as a train I’m going to come back as a train A great big, huffin’ puffin’ Coal a flyin’, whistle cryin’ Bells a ringin’, children singin’ Fire breathin’, time for leavin’ No more grieving, great, big, black Steel steam train!
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Hero's Mask 03:59
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The hero’s mask Time was a rambling stranger Riding so wide and free I’s Tonto and he’s the Lone Ranger Camped under the stars, by the willow tree We’d ride the trail and oh could fight boys By the woodpile, up the yard Right the wrongs of a world so heartless Oh when did it all, get so hard? Oh those dreams of freedom How they burned in his mind They led to all that leaving When there was nothing, to find How could love fail such expectations Sometimes it seems like Jesus died in vain How come the Lone Ranger’s there in that bar-room Doing his tricks for small change Well every hero needs a mask, boys See him shaking by the door His disguise is all torn and ragged Scattered with the trail dust ‘cross those stars
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Trust 03:52
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Trust Trust is something that you do It ain't something that you get Trust is leading with your heart To forgive without regret When the world has hit you When you've been ripped off Broken money, broken dreams Let it go, call the bluff Yes trust is doing, trust is moving, it’s running with the wind Trust is working, trust is playing, it’s crying with a friend Trust is a child reaching, for a mothers loving hands Trust is falling on your face, then getting back up again Could be you’re broken hearted Lost the true love of your life TV’s busted, car is rusted Nothings going’ right Keep your eyes wide open What goes down will come up Take a deep breath, take a step And walk the road of trust This whole world might seem broken Nothing left but doubt and rust Truth’s on trial most every night Lord knows it’s hard to trust You try to put your hand out You get ridiculed But that’s ok it’s been that way Since Plato was at school So don't you be dis-heartened now Walk with your head held high If life is tough well don't give up Just look it in the eye Grab some trust, move along Things will work out ok Neighbors fighting, fish not biting Remember what I say...
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Thank God I'm Straight 03:02
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Thank God I’m Straight Well my books have been drinking They’re blurring all their words An’ my CD's are on something strange They’re the weirdest I've ever heard! My bathroom tiles are melting I believe they may be on LSD But thank god I’m straight Ain't nothing’ wrong with me Well my kitchen’s been smoking And it ain't just toast An’ the washing machine’s looking As white as a ghost The microwave oven, it thinks it’s a TV But thank God I’m straight Ain't nothing’ wrong with me Well my car’s sniffing’ petrol I can tell by all the fumes An’ my TV keeps on disappearing on out to the back room My guitar’s missing breaks, playing c’s for d’s But thank god I’m straight Nothing’ wrong with me Well it’s really all getting, beyond a joke I found the refrigerator snorting' up all the coke Checked in my closet, what did I see? It was old Robert Johnson singing’ “Nearer My God To Thee” Ain't nothing’ wrong with me!

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All original, Australian singer-songwriter in the vein of Townes van Zandt, Guy Clark, Chris Smither. Strongly lyric based songwriting of a philosophical bent with a country and blues foundation.

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released May 21, 2014

Andrew Claremont :Fiddle,Mandolin,Banjo. Tony Green: Electric Guitar and Bass. Ritchie Lockwood: Drums. Spike Flynn:Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica. Donna Amini: Backing vocals. Andrew McCue: Electric Piano: Wendy Griffiths: Double Bass.

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Spike Flynn Sydney, Australia

From a review of Spike's previous CD -
"Just this Side of Here is an album that restores your faith in ‘one man, one guitar’ sets, and shows that the best of them – and this is one of those – still have much to say and much worth hearing."
Jeremy Searle, Americana UK.

Spike grew up in a small country town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia and his songs often reflect this theme . ... more

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