Paul Kelly

[fox69]

"Clean This House"

"Clean This House"



Its so disturbing, the rumours that I hear
Its been so long since we talked and drank some beer
I'm here to tell you before you fade from view
Where is the man I knew?
You've let things get on top of you

You better clean this house, everybody's talking
Clean this house, they really think its shocking
Clean this house, get that shit off the table
Clean this house, before you get unable
Too much junk on your stairs
Too much junk everywhere
Clean it up, get it out
Do I have to spell it out?

Its disgusting
It's a matter of some concern
You're the last one to know
Always the last one to know

Tell me not to worry, tell me its OK
Tell me you're not dying, tell me to go away
But you better clean this house, everybody's talking
Clean this house, they really think its shocking
Clean this house, this place is really leaking
Clean this house, it looks like one long weekend
Too much junk on your stairs
Too much junk everywhere
Clean it up, get it out
Do I have to spell it out?

Too much junk
Too much junk
Everybody knows it but you
Everybody knows it but you

You better clean this house, everybody's talking
Clean this house, they really think its shocking
Clean this house, this place is overflowing
Clean this house, I think your slip is showing

 

[fox69]

"Cold As Canada"

"Cold As Canada"



Morning comes creeping in
Like a sick and pale child
She leaves him there sleeping in
No good way to say goodbye

She turns her face to the sun
She doesn’t have tears to cry
She wonders at what she’s done
No good way to say goodbye

Out of the eater, something to eat
Out of the strong, something sweet
She’s out of shelter
She’s as cold as Canada

She gives herself a talking to
She keeps the blood in her eye
She knows what she has to do
No good way to say goodbye

She’s cold as Canada
What she needs she cannot buy
Oh, do what you can for her
No good way to say goodbye

She’s cold as Canada
She’s cold as Canada

 

[fox69]

"Coma"

"Coma"



I can hardly stand your touch
I tremble and shiver
It’s been so long since I felt so much
I just came out of a coma

So take it easy, take it slow
Take your time, dear lover
Inch by inch melts the snow
I just came out of a coma

Help me, help me, help me love
Help me, help me, help me love

Sky so blue, walls so white
I’m crying at their colours
Yeah, I know I ain’t talking right
I just came out of a coma

Help me, help me, help me love
Help me, help me, help me love
I just came out of a coma

 

[fox69]

"Crosstown"

"Crosstown"



Crosstown, under the freeway, late at night
Crosstown, over the river shining bright

I reach my destination and I find her arms waiting to hold me
Her love is mine

She lives high on the hillside, ain't no shack
She's got anything she wants, she don't lack
Daddy calls her his precious but he would die
If he knew what his darling daughter did on the sly

And when we can't be together I call my imagination
Takes me over the water
Crosstown is around the world

Now I'm working the night shift every night
And I'm doing the day shift none too bright
But I'm keeping my head down, doing time
'Cause I'm working to make her, working to make her mine

And when we can't be together I call my imagination
Takes me over the water
Crosstown is around the world

 

[fox69]

"Crying Shame"

"Crying Shame"


I like your careless grace
Your sideways talking, too
Let me tell you straight
There's a whole lot I like about you
Your hazel mocking eyes
The broken tales you tell
I haven't known you long
But I'd really like to know you well
Sure would be a crying shame if you put the brake on me
Sure would be a crying shame if you left the ache in me

Now would anybody mind
If we just slipped away
You know, I live close by
If you want to come and see my place
I got some Coopers Ale
Last night's chilli beans
Got some records, too
From way down in New Orleans
Sure would be a crying shame if you put the brake on me
Sure would be a crying shame if you left the ache in me

Maybe you got somewhere
You're supposed to be
Maybe you got someone
With a claim on your company
Let the four winds blow
Let it rain and hail
Tonight if you pay the price
There's a steady rocking man for sale
Sure would be a crying shame if you put the brake on me
Sure would be a crying shame if you left the ache in me

I got a long neck bottle
I got the ways and means
I got the music, too
Let’s dance like they do in New Orleans

 

[fox69]

"Curly Red"

"Curly Red"



Waves of fire upon her head
Above a fine young frame
She melts my bones right there in the bed
When she calls my name
Has anybody seen my Curly Red?
She's up and gone
If you see my Curly Red
Please send her home

She held my head and kissed me
Her hand moved real slow
She held my hips and rocked me
The candle burned down low
Has anybody seen my Curly Red?
She left me a song
If you see my Curly Red
Please tell her I was wrong

Curly Red, my green-eyed one
I know where you come from
And I know the place you like to run to
When the hurt gets strong
I’m gonna get my Curly Red
Hunt her down to her hole
If you've been keeping my Curly Red
God save your soul

 

[fox69]

"Darling It Hurts"

"Darling It Hurts"



I see you standing on the corner with your dress so high
And all the cars slow down as they go driving by
I thought you said you had some place to go
What are you doing up here putting it all on show?
Darling, it hurts to see you down Darlinghurst tonight

Do you remember, baby, how we laughed and cried?
We said we'd be together 'til the day we died
How could something so good turn so bad?
I'd do it all again because you're the best I ever had
Darling, it hurts to see you down Darlinghurst tonight

See that man with the glad hands
I want to kill him but it wouldn't be right
Now here comes another man with the glad bags
I want to break him but it's not my fight
In one hand and out the other
Baby, I don't even know why you bother
Darling, it hurts to see you down Darlinghurst tonight

 

[fox69]

"Deeper Water"

"Deeper Water"



On a crowded beach in a distant time
At the height of summer see a boy of five
At the water's edge so nimble and free
Jumping over the ripples looking way out to sea

Now a man comes up from amongst the throng
Takes the young boy's hand and his hand is strong
And the child feels safe, yeah the child feels brave
As he's carried in those arms up and over the waves

Deeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling them on

Let's move forward now and the child's seventeen
With a girl in the back seat tugging at his jeans
And she knows what she wants, she guides with her hand
As a voice cries inside him - I'm a man, I'm a man!

Deeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling him on
Now the man meets a woman unlike all the rest
He doesn't know it yet but he's out of his depth
And he thinks he can run, it's a matter of pride
But he keeps coming back like a cork on the tide

Well the years hurry by and the woman loves the man
Then one night in the dark she grabs hold of his hand
Says 'There, can you feel it kicking inside!'
And the man gets a shiver right up and down his spine

Deeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling them on

So the clock moves around and the child is a joy
But Death doesn't care just who it destroys
Now the woman gets sick, thins down to the bone
She says 'Where I'm going next, I'm going alone'

On a distant beach lonely and wild
At a later time see a man and a child
And the man takes the child up into his arms
Takes her over the breakers
To where the water is calm

Deeper water, deeper water,
deeper water, calling them on

 

[fox69]

"Desdemona"

"Desdemona"



Once I had a life so rare
Beauty lived inside the lair
Desdemona straight and true
Desdemona gold and blue
Well I lost my Desdemona
With my own hands I destroyed her
Yes I lost my Desdemona
I fell for lies, I fell for lies

Poison in my ear at night
Took away my appetite
I couldn't hold on to the pain
Something broke inside my brain
Well I lost my Desdemona
With my own hands I destroyed her
Yes I lost my Desdemona
I fell for lies, I fell for lies

Never has a man been born
Who can take a woman's scorn
Nor tasted a more bitter wine
Than the brewing of his mind
Yes I lost my Desdemona
With my own hands I destroyed her
Yes I lost my Desdemona
I fell for lies, I fell for lies

 

[fox69]

"Difficult Woman"

"Difficult Woman"




A difficult woman
Sometimes hurts her friends when she don't mean to
A difficult woman
Makes it hard for the ones she loves
It's easy to do
She's had to be tough all of her life
So she's built herself a wall
She doesn't know how to trust herself
So it's hard for her to trust at all
A difficult woman needs a special kind of friend

A difficult woman
Swings between shame and pride
A difficult woman
Has strong, strong stuff deep inside
And getting to her is no easy affair
It's like working in a mine
You'd better prepare to pay the price
If it's treasure you want to find
A difficult woman needs a special kind of friend

And living with her is better and worse
Than living with anyone else
She can be cruel or so kind
Oh you go from heaven to hell
If she got what she wanted
If she got what she needed
She wouldn't be hard to understand
A difficult woman needs a special kind of man