Paul Kelly

[fox69]

"Don't Harm The Messenger"

"Don't Harm The Messenger"



One day you might hear someone knocking loudly at your door
And you know it must be bad news-absolutely sure
You must realise before you strike the very first blow
He's the one who only tells you what you already know

Lay not a finger on him
Beat not, oh bruise not, his skinny skin skin
No don't ever harm the messenger

Understand he came a long way on a lonely road
Multiplying were his trials, heavy was his load
Understand his heart was breaking, never once did he sleep
And no hollow log kept him warm, no counsel did he keep

Give him food, give him a bed
Touch not one single hair on his head
Don't ever harm the messenger

 

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"Don't Stand So Close To The Window"

"Don't Stand So Close To The Window"



Oh Marlene, how we fell
What we've done now we never can tell
Bottle of wine, then another
Suddenly we fell into each other

Don't stand so close to the window
Somebody out there might see

Then the word on the wire
Would be just like Ash Wednesday bushfire
Kiss me quick, kiss me warm
Put your dress on and hurry back home

Don't stand so close to the window
Somebody out there might see
And you're not supposed to be here with me

There's a way, there's a track
One false move and there's no turning back
Turn the page, close the book
Walk out the door now with never a look

And don't stand so close to the window
Somebody out there might see
And you're not supposed to be here with me
The walls have ears and the darkness has eyes don't you see?

 

[fox69]

"Don't Start Me Talking"

"Don't Start Me Talking"



Don't start me talking or I'll tell everything I know
Don't start me talking, I'll spill the beans for sure
Right before your eyes
I'll blow it all open wide
Don't start me talking

Don't start me talking' cause once I get the itch
Don't start me talking, I just have to scratch
First a little slow
Then I start to flow
Don't start me talking

Cheers, all you, cheers
Help me if I fall
Cheers, all you, cheers
God bless you all

Don't start me talking or I'll have it all my way
Don't start me talking 'cause night will turn to day
Stars will run and hide
Strong men weep a tide
So don't start me talking

Cheers, all you, cheers
Help me find a wall
Cheers, all you, cheers
God bless you all

 

[fox69]

"Down On My Speedway"

"Down On My Speedway"



C'mon Suzie let's get ready to go
We'll be out of this town before the sun is low
I got a race track running in my head
The present, past and the future dead
Down on my speedway
Keep your eye on number four
They strap him in and then they weld the door
C'mon and tangle deep down in my wires
There's something smoking must be fire
Down on my speedway
Push your starter, jump your connection
This terraplane needs a fuel injection
I got a race track running in my head
The present, past and the future dead
Down on my speedway

 

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"Down To My Soul"

"Down To My Soul"



We light the dark and lie us down to pray
All night long we keep the dogs at bay
If I had my time over again
You know that I wouldn't change a thing
You touch me down to my soul
Down to my soul

You wake me up speaking dreams at dawn
I reach and touch the fine lines time has drawn
For all the world I wouldn't trade my place
Your mixed up tears falling on my face
You touch me down to my soul
Down to my soul

No other kiss ever felt like this-such tenderness
Oh, give me one more kiss' cause every time we kiss
All heaven breaks loose!
You touch me down to my soul
Down to my soul

 

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"Dumb Things"

"Dumb Things"



Welcome, strangers, to the show
I’m the one who should be lying low
Saw the knives out, turned my back
Heard the train coming, stayed out on the track
In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
I’ve done all the dumb things

Caught the fever, heard the tune
Thought I loved her, hung my heart on the moon
Started howling, made no sense
Thought my friends would rush to my defence
In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
I’ve done all the dumb things

And I get all your good advice
It doesn’t stop me from going through these things twice
I see the knives out, I turn my back
I hear the train coming, I stay right on that track
In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
I’ve done all the dumb things
I melted wax to fix my wings
I’ve done all the dumb things
I threw my hat into the ring
I’ve done all the dumb things
I thought that I just had to sing
I’ve done all the dumb things

 

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"Elly"
(originally by Kev Carmody)

"Elly"
(originally by Kev Carmody)



Elly wrapped her nineteen years
In a coat from ’41
Had the looks that’d make a grown man sigh
From the Diamantina River country
She crossed the dry mid west
From her childhood schemes and sheltered dreams
She broke the ties

The commercial man made blunt demands
As they travelled south by east
Elly turned into a woman over night
He set her down in the heart of town
The millionaires retreat
She gazed up at the tall glass and concrete walls
At Main St. Surfers Paradise

[CHORUS:]
If the decks been marked before the deal
You learn to compromise
Or you get to know the cool hand with the dice
You learn to live off losers, for they make the mistakes twice
You’re living in high society but you’re street wise
Just to survive, just to survive

With those centrefold looks
And bay-blue eyes
Man she stacked them in
All the senators and doctors called her Madam
With her fifteen girls she built a world
A pleasured paradise
On what a man of God would call the wages of sin

[CHORUS]

A wealthy woman
Drinks with diamond rings
Twenty stories high
Gazes out as the sun lifts from the sea
To make it to the top
Elly sacrificed the lot
And found that seven figure sum was far too high a fee

[CHORUS]

 

[fox69]

"Every Fucking City"

"Every Fucking City"



We argued on the channel train to Paris
The vin rouge helped us make it sweet again
But by the time that we got down to Lyon
Everything I said was wrong and you cursed me in the rain
We split up for a while in Barcelona
We met up six days later in Madrid
I was hoping that the break would make things go a little betterfor us
And for a little while it almost did
Now I'm in a bar in Copenhagen
And i'm trying hard to forget your name
And I'm staring at the label on a bottle of cerveza
And every fucking city feels the same

You said to call you when I got to London
A French girl told me that you'd left a note
I said to her "I like your accent" and she thought I soundedfunny
So we ended up drinking in Soho
Foolishly I followed you to Dublin
Like a ghost I walked the streets of Temple Bar
And all the bright young things were throwing up their Guinnessin the gutters
And once I thought I saw you from afar
Now I'm in a nightclub in Helsinki
And they're playing La Vida Loca once again
And I can't believe I'm dancing to this crap but I'm a chancehere
And every fucking city sounds the same

At a cafe in the port of Amsterdam
An E-mail from you said you'd gone to Rome
For a minute I thought maybe but my funds were running low
And anyway it sounded like you weren't alone
So I headed north until I got to Hamburg
A chilly city suits a troubled soul
And on the Reeperbahn I paid a woman far too much
To kick me out before I'd even reached my goal
Now I'm in a restaurant in Stockholm
And the waiter here wants me to know his name
And I can order sandwiches in seven different languages
But every fucking city looks the same
Arriverderci, au revoir, aufwiedersen, hasta la vista baby
Yeah, every fucking city's just the same

 

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"Everybody Loves You Baby"

"Everybody Loves You Baby"



When you roll into town
And start laying it down
Everybody’s lapping it up
Woman, child and man

Tonight you’ve got them all
Right in the palm of your hand
Here comes something I said
And it sounds so familiar
Coming out of your mouth
It’s all distortion and lies

Now you take your bow
As they all go wild
Everybody loves you baby
Everybody loves you baby
Everybody, but not me

(Everybody but not me)
I played my part so well
(Everybody but not me)
But I don’t feel it anymore
(Everybody but not me)
Go find somebody else
To come on out and play
Everybody loves you baby
Everybody loves you baby
Everybody, but not me

 

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"Everybody Wants To Touch Me"

"Everybody Wants To Touch Me"



Everybody wants to touch me
Everybody wants a feel
Everybody wants a piece of something that's real

Everybody wants to touch me
They all love my skin
They all want to take me home
They don't even care where I've been

Everybody wants to touch me
Everybody wants a little pat
They can't wait to tell their friends
How they had themselves a piece of that

Everybody wants to touch me
Everybody wants to touch me
Everybody wants to touch me
Everybody wants to touch me

Everybody's lost their manners
Everybody's in a rush
One starts to push, another starts to shove
Then they all get caught in the crush

Everybody wants to touch me
Everybody wants a slice
Everybody wants to touch me
Want a little magic in their lives