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4 Songs

by The Coves

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1.
MAKE MINE A DOUBLE She’s got a fever caught inside From her rosaries to her skirt that rides When the wind blew hard she just shook and fell She drank from the well Hey, I don’t blame her, begrudge her neither You know I’m always just so happy to see her But let it be known, I wouldn’t wanna be ya When she comes around Make mine a double, nothin’s worth all this trouble Never wanted to hear you say, “when it’s my shout, who’ll pay” He’s insipid, he’s not kind The sort of person who’d dig a hole to hide in Don’t take him home, nor bathe or dress his wounds He’ll rob all the moon Hey, I don’t blame ya for wanting to score There’s people dumber in life with so much more But placing Nurse, Mother, and playing a Whore Won’t win you awards Make mine a double, nothin’s worth all this trouble Never wanted to hear you say, “when it’s my shout, who’ll pay” Please forgive me my desert mind I could drain you all a thousand times But you can’t lead the lame or crooked kind To the water blind Make mine a double, nothin’s worth all this trouble Never wanted to hear you say, “when it’s my shout, who’ll pay” When it’s my shout, who’ll pay? When it’s my shout, who’ll pay?
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YOU’RE GONNA MISS THAT MAN Sleep will not come To him who don’t feel at home With his eyes like stone And those teeth that grind to the bone When he finds you, you’re alone You’re gonna miss that man, when you find him gone You’re gonna miss that man when he’s gone And you’re gonna hate that man Tell ‘em he’s no good You’re gonna build your fire And cut him like dead wood Back to the factory, where he’s from You’re gonna miss that man, when you find him gone You’re gonna miss that man, when you find him gone You’re gonna miss that man when he’s gone Don’t get caught between sheets that feel like lead If his voice keeps trailing off, and he sleeps sound in a strange bed Back to the foundries and stinkin’ swamps You’re gonna miss that man, when you find him gone You’re gonna miss that man, when you find him gone You’re gonna miss that man when he’s gone Give no reprieve To them you don’t believe When they say they love you But then they always leave Mud and tire tracks on your lawn You’re gonna miss that man, when you find him gone You’re gonna miss that man, when you find him gone You’re gonna miss that man when you find him gone You’re gonna miss that man when you find him gone
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Home By Now 04:41
HOME BY NOW If I was still sixteen, with my engines drawn And a full head of hair, and my cheap cologne Would you take these words within, hold them to your bones? Or would you keep them in your thoughts, like I’ve always done Bring them out in dead of night, when those silos hum? Thinking “oh, if you were here, I’d be safe from harm” I keep my curtains drawn As night time turns to dawn I drive these familiar streets, rooftops made of tin Golden glow of ember light, keeping warmth within I can’t break a happy home, the wolves must be let in Come on time, deliver me from my youthful tomes Am I the only fool that’s left here who’s still not grown? Baying, oh, I lived here, I’d be home by now Waterholes and gravel roads and friends we used to know Thinking big and making plans and going to a show Now I’m lost without a map, heading right off-road And I should be home by now Together somehow Darling don’t remember me for things I never did I was just a low and lonely self-effacing kid I know how your silent man shakes beneath his lid I’m just your lonely boy I’m like a broken toy, who can’t unwind You ever drive the highways home, see those happy signs? Families ‘round their dinner mats, friends singing Auld Lang Syne Did you ever recognise the sidewalks and the trees Standing in the rain outside, big drops from the leaves Thinking, “hey that could have been mine, Man, that should have been me” Now I have a special place in your ghost history And I should be home by now Together somehow I should be home by now
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Walk With Me 04:34
WALK WITH ME I don’t mind if you’re occupied or vacant You need love like a canvas needs a painter Don’t have to play dead all the time You’ve got needs babe, and I’ve got mine Do you wanna walk with me? Do you wanna walk with me? You packed up all your powders and your incense Threw ‘em out, used your solitude as defence Could you ever live without? I don’t see it, but I see you around Do you wanna walk with me? Do you wanna walk with me? Little bird, sitting high upon your should Sing to me all them pretty words you taught her Never want to let her down (no, I don’t) Wanna mean it, mimic your sound Do you wanna walk with me? Do you wanna walk with me? Do you wanna walk with me? Do you wanna walk with me?

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Words and Music by Peter Azzopardi. Recorded and mixed by Chris Hiotakis, Phat on the Grill Studio, Bellarine, late August 2009. Mastered by Lachlan Carrick at Moose Mastering, Richmond. Artwork by Jen Cabraja.

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released December 1, 2009

The Coves are:
Peter Azzopardi - guitars and vocals
Aidan Windle - bass and vocals
Jarrod Brown - drums

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