Paul Kelly

[fox69]

"Take Your Time"

"Take Your Time"



This thing needs some working on
You just can't push it through
Put a little mind on the matter
I'm counting on you
Take your time

Mama gets sore with the child
Who just wants to eat and then run
She says 'Baby what's your hurry
To get this over and done?'
Take your time
Take your time
Take your time
And show me you love me

There go the bells at midnight
Ringing all out of tune
Here comes the moon arising
Sneaking into our room
So take your time
Take your time
Take your time
And show me you love me

 

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"Taught By Experts"

"Taught By Experts"



You stand there looking so surprised
Sad confusion in your eyes
I know what you're going through
Oh, baby, I've been there too
And it hurts
I was taught by experts

You say I playa cheating game
I never keep the rules the same
I learned a thing or two
What I learned I learned from you
And it works
I was taught by experts

You put the weapon in my hand
You made me what I am

Now everything has turned around
Down is up and up is down
You got your fingers burned
Your little worm has turned
In the dirt
I was taught by experts
Don't it hurt
I was taught by experts

 

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"Teach Me Tonight"

"Teach Me Tonight"



I know I have a lot to learn
I am young, I've got love to burn
So take me by the hand
And show me how to read you right
Won't you teach me tonight?

I can tell by your eyes that you know
More than you ever like to show
Won't you take me to your room
And show me what's never seen the light?
Come on teach me tonight

I am just a boy who hasn't had much schooling
No no no no no no no
But I can learn fast, you won't catch me sleeping
No no no no no no no

Now I'm waiting for the class to begin
And I'm jumping right out of my skin
I'm standing at attention
I'm gonna study you with all my might
Won't you teach me tonight?
Come on teach me tonight

 

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"Tease Me"

"Tease Me"



I know that I look kinda funny
Sometimes I just don't act right
I'm not a teenage dream, I never made the team
Like Frankenstein I give some people a fright
I don't even have to try
They cross the street to pass me by

I like this place it's noisy
I like it when the light's down low
Now Candy sure looks fine and Honey's kinda wild
But you're the one that really steals the show
I swear you looked into my eyes
Oh I'll love you 'til the day you die

C'mon tease me, c'mon tease me, baby
C'mon tease me, I can take it, baby

I'd like to take you somewhere with no one else around
If it was just me and you, imagine what I'd do
Nobody there to ever hear a sound
I could change your pretty face
Oh, my beauty, don't you need the beast

C'mon tease me, c'mon tease me, baby
C'mon tease me, I can take it, baby

It's oh so late, it's too late to care
Time gentlemen please
I'll have one scotch, one bourbon, one beer
Please don't let the music stop
'Cause you know, baby, what it is that you got
You don't even have to try
Oh I'll love you 'til the day you die

C'mon tease me, c'mon tease me, baby
C'mon tease me, I can take it, baby

 

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"The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover"

"The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover"



Queenie was born on the banks of the great Ord River, 1930, maybe
Her mother was black, her daddy white
Daddy was a fine horse breaker, mama sang the songs of the old lawmakers
She used to hide young Queenie in the bush
Rub black charcoal all over her hair and her face
Every time the police came around, looking for any blonde-haired brown-skinned children
To round ‘em all up, take ‘em on down town

Shine on, shine on, immortal one
Shine on, shine on, immortal one

Rover was born in the desert, lived out there ‘til his mother died
Then he moved around a lot from place to place
Bedford Downs, Bow River, Lissadell, Wyndham,
Building fences, working as a stockman
Then he had a series of dreams
Started painting what he’d heard and seen
Rainbow serpent, Krill Krill, Cyclone Tracy, the killing fields,
Everything that lives and breathes

Ride on, ride on, immortal ones
Ride on, ride on, immortal ones

When Rover and Queenie were young they met out on Texas Downs station
She worked as a cook there for a long long time
She said “Hey, Cowboy!” later on she said
“Nice boy, good worker, top rider, lucky one, that one”
One day a mean horse ripped the scalp from his head
She stitched him up with a boiled needle and thread
Good as any doctor, they were friends everafter
She said “I wanna paint”, he said “I’ll teach ya”
They died within months of each other

Ride on, ride on, immortal ones
Shine on, shine on, immortal ones
Your story will always run
Forever run
Forever young

 

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"The Ballroom"

"The Ballroom"




I went down to the Ballroom
She was dancing with her new fool
She said 'Paul, this is Henry'
Well I never know what to say when I meet 'em

I was taken to a party
I was accused of being deliberately downhearted
She said 'Paul, why so gloomy?'
Well I never know what to say when I meet 'em

Your wine tastes fine
Your friends are talking to me
I'd like to hide
Guess I'm all tongue-tied

Henry's gonna meet the family
They're gonna have him over for roast lamb next Sunday
Well good luck and I'm glad it's you
'Cause I never know what to say when I meet 'em

I was going home on Fitzroy
She was walking with her new boy
She said 'Paul, this is Tommy'
Well I never know what to say when I meet 'em

 

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"The Execution"

"The Execution"



The scouts report that you've been seen down the river
They say you sleep with one eye open, one eye dreaming
Did they tell you madness passes? Did they tell you?
There's no such thing as passing madness
The monstrous has become mundane
Routine takes the place of pain
Voici Ie temps des assassins
You're addicted to revolution
Addiction is no revolution
Make sure your knife is sharp and clean
Make sure you're not too late, not too soon
Voici Ie temps des assassins
Voici Ie temps des assassins
Voici Ie temps des assassins

 

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"The Foggy Fields Of France"

"The Foggy Fields Of France"



Green the foggy fields of France today I journey through
Green the singer, Al, who sings the way I feel for you
Green our love so tender yet, a gift each day made new
Green would be the whole wide world if they our secret knew

Blue the little patch of sky peeping through the grey
Blue the colour of your dress the day I went away
Blue the mighty ocean deep keeping us apart
Blue the melody I strum on this old guitar

I carry you with me wrapped up in my heart
We are the wonder that keeps the stars apart
The root of the root and the bud of the bud
The deepest of the deepest
The singing in the blood

Gold the feeling that I get as I come in to land
Gold the sinking western sun making its fiery bands
Gold the colour of your curls as at the gate you stand
Gold the ring I bring for you to slip on your left hand

I carry you with me wrapped up in my heart
This is the wonder that keeps the stars apart
The root of the root and the bud of the bud
The deepest of the deepest
The singing in the blood

 

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"The Lion And The Lamb"

"The Lion And The Lamb"



Some people like watching a lamb in a lion’s den
They want me to bow down my head and give in to the end
They keep on singing the same old song
They got the tune right but the words are all wrong
Imagine their surprise when they see how I shed my skin

I run with the pack but my kicks I get on my own
In the cold-blooded old time the seeds for the blooms were sown
I nursed every sting, every prick – and I know every dirty little trick
From the downtown alley all the way to the hilltop home

Nobody’s gonna touch me now

One of these days the lion will lie down with the lamb
They say milk and honey will flow all through the land
The blood-covered butcher will lay down his knife and take to the streets with the drum and the fife
But between you and me don’t count on it anytime soon

Nobody’s gonna touch me now
Nobody’s gonna touch me now

 

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"The Oldest Story In The Book"

"The Oldest Story In The Book"



Tom and Harry were the best of friends
They called themselves The Dharma Bums
Lit out from their home and kin
With a mandolin and a pair of thumbs
They worked side by side all the summer
Picking those grapes from the vine
Read by one light, took turns to cook
The oldest story in the book

Enter Richard and his sister, June
Just before the season's end
Richard's guitar knows a whole lotta tunes
Harry starts a-picking on the mandolin
Down by the dam in the moonlight
They play 'til their fingers are sore
When June kisses Tom, Harry doesn't know where to look
The oldest story in the book

The band pull into town in the afternoon
They've got a hit song on the radio
Richard calls up his sister, June
And says 'Do you want to come along to the show?'
June scrapes the money together for a babysitter
Tom's working late, she's glad she's on her own
Especially when Harry sings that song about the girl
By the lake and how the moonlight looked
The oldest story in the book