Skink Lyrics
Melbourne Water
When i first moved to the city,
I got a job with my best mate’s daddy
Listening to PBS in the Hilux,
Having travelers as we drove off site.
I didn’t know my arse from my elbow,
I was a flake and a space cadet,
I’ve been adopted by all of the old mates,
They could tell I hadn’t found my father yet
And it made me happy
Waking up before the dawn
And it made me happy
I had something to wake up for
Got my old job for the summer,
Spraying weeds for Melbourne Water
In the Ford Ranger
High vis and respirator
I hear the noisey minor
And the wattlebird calling out
I feel like an eastern rosella
I got something to sing about
And it makes me happy
Waking up before the dawn
And it makes me happy
I got something to wake up for
Led light through the window pane,
In the sleepy suburban homes,
Later I’ll be walking through the water ways
Bush crew in the biome
I hear the growling grassfrog,
Calling out to all its mates
I wanna call ym father,
I didn’t see him on my birthday
Still makes me happy,
Waking up before the dawn,
Still makes me happy,
I got something to wake up for.
These are all my secret landscapes,
You never see them when you’re sleeping in
Last week I stepped on a brownsnake
I could have died but I kept on living!
But you don’t have too much time,
To fuck around when you get home
So you better get your shit together
Make your lunch and wash your clothes
Isn’t It Nice
Isn’t it nice?
You’re in paradise.
You’ve got no reason to whinge and moan
Whinge and moan
Whinge and moan
Whinge and moan..
Thank god i’m stuck in my head
Better than stuck in bed
Thank god i’m stuck in my head
Better than stuck in bed
Thank god i’m stuck in my head
Better than stuck in bed
Thank god i’m stuck in my head
Better than stuck in bed
Skinktro
1 2 3 4 We are Skink Tank!
Aries Season
WOOOH!
I don’t mind going home all alone
If it means I get to spend time with my favourite person,
Which is me!
Yes, it’s me!
I’ve got people hitting up my phone,
But I’m happy in the presence of my ever-favourite person,
Which is me!
You’d best believe
That I’m very independent,
I dont need anybody,
I never feel afraid, or insecure, or lonely, or sad
So don’t try to hold my hand
Cause I don’t need it
And I don’t want it
I don’t need it
And I don’t want it
I don’t mind going home all alone
If it means I get to spend time with my favourite person,
Which is me!
Yes, it’s me!
I’ve got people hitting up my phone,
But I’m happy in the presence of my ever-favourite person,
Which is, you guessed it,
It’s me!
And I’m very independent,
I dont need anybody,
I never feel afraid, or insecure, or lonely, or sad
So don’t try to hold my hand
Cause I don’t need it
And I don’t want it
I don’t need it
And I don’t want it
On The Merri
There’s something sleepy ‘bout the suburbs on a Sunday
Streets stretch out, ending in uncertainty
Up above the calling crow will keep you company,
Just one of many songs the day is offering
Tune in,
Listen
Feel it
And let it go again
The ants march a path across your worries,
The paperbark weaves the breeze with honey
And on the Merri there are families making merry,
The seeds you planted have started all at once to sprout
Tune in,
Listen
Feel it
And let it go again
Teaching Song
There’s no place quite as quiet
As a classroom late afternoon
When the kids have all gone home
And i’m finally on my own
At last i'm on my own
So grateful on my own
Diagonal sunshine on my own
Have you ever had a conversation
Where they say the same things over and over again
And the words take on new meaning
It’s like you're speaking to an old friend
Saying hello over and over again
Warm greetings over and over again
So good to see you over and over again
Over and over and over and over
And over and over and over
In my head
In my head
And i don’t know
If i can leave just let
Body’s getting older
I’m like a kid all over again
And i got no time
For family or friends
And i don’t know if i can leave just yet
When you’ve always got your hands full
There’s no time for the big life questions
You just smile and you try to be helpful
There’s no time for your depression
But after the noise of the school day
Head is heavy with a buried feeling
I keep waking up at night
I got too many possums in my ceiling
And they’re growling
Over and over and over and over
And over and over and over
In my head
In my head
And i don’t know
If i can leave just let
Body’s getting older
I’m like a kid all over again
And i got no time
For family or friends
And i don’t know if i can leave just yet
In the Morning
Ahhhhh, when I wake up in the morning
Ahhhh, I look in to the mirror
Ahhhhhh, and I look like you
Maybe you can’t be the one that I want you to be,
I’m part of a cycle,
I wanna be free
X2
Ahhhhhhh
X4
Maybe you can’t be the one that I want you to be,
I’m part of a cycle,
I wanna be free
X4
Ahhhhh, when I wake up in the morning
Ahhhh, I look in to the mirror
Ahhhhhh, and I look like you
Day After New Years Day
It’s the day after new year’s day
I've made resolutions and I feel the same old way
365 days will pass,
I’m sick of sitting here with my head up my arse, always
I shouldn’t need you to hold my hand,
I shouldn’t need you to guide me through these lands
You made resolutions and you feel the same,
Nothing really changes on the day after new year’s day
Nothing really changes on the day after new year’s day
X2
I moved house to no avail
My letterbox is full of other people’s mail
I’m happy-sad most of the time
It’s an okay way to live your life
Last week was last year,
I was hurting lying down, look at me now flying round
You made resolutions and you feel the same,
Nothing really changes on the day after new year’s day
Nah nah nah
Nothing really changes on the day after new year’s day
X2
But it’s hard
(repeated until end of song)
Like Nothing on This Earth
Lost in our love,
Alone in the universe,
Or alone together,
I don’t know what is worse
It’s like nothing on this earth
We renovated a refuge inside,
Stocked it with curios, old photos, junk and milestones of our lives
The old house built for immigrants,
Rent increases gradually
Can’t afford the bills and I can’t get a loan with all I own,
Eventually sub-divide
So far away by your side
Today we paid the cost,
To learn things about us we knew we already know
Took a trip to places we should no longer go
Told ourselves we are no longer lost,
Until the next time, we are lost.
Terrazzo
I wasn’t made in your good old days
Where they made things better,
Or so you say
I wasn’t built to last
I was built to break
Away, away away
Spray your hose over Terrazzo,
Hear it singing in the sun shine,
I’m breathing the smell of tomatoes
I’m just hanging here on your vine
I wasn’t made in your good old days
Where they made things better,
Or so you say
I wasn’t built to last
I was built to break
Away, away away
I’m feeling great grandfather pain
I wanna dance on Mussolini’s grave
I don’t get back what they’ve taken away, away, away
Spray your hose over Terrazzo,
Hear it singing in the sun shine,
I’m breathing the smell of tomatoes
I’m just hanging here on your vine
Spray your hose over Terrazzo,
Hear it singing in the sun shine,
I’m breathing the smell of tomatoes
I was here, eterno riposo (Italian for “Eternal Rest”)
Eterno riposo (repeated)
