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Hero in Me
03:37
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When I was 4 years old, I ran around the yard
In a red cape, a blue suit, I was Superman at heart
Saving all the dolls from the evil world
They were my Lois, they were my pretty girls
There’s a hero deep inside of me
At 8 years of age, cops and robbers was the game
I ran around the schoolyard putting all the bad boys in the gaol
A soldier, a warrior, could always impress
I was fighting the good fight to find my princess
There’s a hero deep inside of me
Be my lady, and your hero I’ll be
Sweet 16, no it wasn’t so sweet
I realised that the girls were looking at the boys and not me
Romeo, won’t you go, I just want to hold their hands
To keep them safe from harm, but the girls had other plans
There’s a hero deep inside of me
Be my lady, and your hero I’ll be
Suddenly she comes for me; she pulls me to her light
She wraps her arms around me, now she keeps me by her side
She calms my troubled waters; she’s keeping me at bay
Oh how she’s saving me from my every day
There’s my lady saving me
Be my lady, the hero I need
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2. |
Across the Nullarbor
04:47
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You got dressed and you left
Sold your possessions on the web
Cos we don’t need many things
When all the baggage is in our head
And I wondered what you saw
In the girl across the Nullarbor
But she took your heart and your hand
And she stole you across this great wide land
But you know I’m going to reach you there
You know I’m going to find you out
And I’ll pull your heart right out of that town
You know I’m going to reach you there
And I’ll woo your heart
And we’ll dance from shore to shore
Back across the Nullarbor
Seems there’s nothing in between
Just the stretch of the desert and one lonely tree
But in all our history
It’s got us hanging on that one fine string
(Chorus)
So I set upon my way
And I’m tripping over stones and the epiphany it came
When I came across the man amidst the dust
And he said to me, “You know you’ve got to go home”
“You know”... don’t I know... you’ll say no
You know I thought I’d reach you there
I never had a doubt
I thought I’d pull your heart right out of that town
But even if I met you there
I couldn’t win your heart
Got to turn myself around
Back across the Nullarbor
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3. |
Pockets
04:37
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Look at you, look at me, baby ever so cosy
Tucked up inside this pocket, side by side
I can’t breathe here, you can’t see
We can’t move cos it’s a nice tight squeeze
We know we’ll be safe, we’ll be warm if ever we might please
We know we’ll be safe, we’ll be warm if ever we might please
We gotta fight to open up our lives, think of what we’ve been missing
I love what we share, but if we don’t get out of here we ain’t moving
We can hide in this pocket so tight, but this ain’t living
You look at me and you tell me you like what you see
I’m the one you want to stay with in this pocket for eternity
We can dance here, we can sing
We can party till the seams wear thin
But we ain’t got a lot to say if this is all we’ve been doing
No we ain’t got a lot to say if this is all we’ve been doing
(Chorus)
So I’m popping my head on out
I’ll open my eyes and I’m looking around
From the bottom of this bag I’ve been pottering around
Waste no more time waiting to be found
(Chorus)
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4. |
Running out of Lies
03:28
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You took me away, you swept me away
You brought me to the top on the 18th floor
We were looking out, looking down
I was looking below on a world I’ve never seen before
I was holding your hand in my mind
I was savouring the moment in the flickering light
We were teasing the air, breathing the night
I was closing my eyes to stop you reading my mind
Cos you are nothing like anything that I have ever known
And I’m running out of lies to pretend to you that I am not in love
My love so shy, it runs and it hides
In the fields, in the reeds in case you deny it
It fears the cold, it longs to hold you
I was closing my eyes to stop you reading my soul
(Chorus)
My love is strong but shy
You know it runs away, it hides
Won’t you free me from my disguise
I’m burning up inside
(Chorus)
I’ve run out of lies
I’ve got to tell you that I am in love
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5. |
Chasing Stars
04:29
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Sometimes I wish a little too much
You know I’m caught in my dreams, I can never get enough
I know I try to climb a little too high
I won’t let myself stop till I’m touching the sky
If I’m not chasing stars, I’m living in the past
I’ve got to find myself a way to be glad for this fine day
If I’m not chasing stars, I’m wishing my life away
Sometimes I think a little too hard
I love stirring up the pot, churning up my past
And I still see pictures and memories
Oh how they haunt me, it’s no surprise this body don’t sleep
(Chorus)
Some wise words were whispered in my ear
“You won’t be happy there, if you’re not happy here”
We’re in the now
Right now...
(Chorus)
You know I’m wishing my life away....
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6. |
Somebody to Love
04:49
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Everyone around me has got somebody to love
Everyone around me has got somebody to love
But I’m still fighting, I’m fighting on my own
Will I find myself a lover, or spend my days alone?
The neighbours up above, they have themselves a time
Neighbours up above, they have themselves a time
I’ve been listening to their loving each and every night
While they’re showing off their loving, there’s no one by my side
(Chorus)
I’ve been wondering what the hell with me is wrong
I’ve been wondering what the hell with me is wrong
I’ve been flying solo for too long
Is there a sweet little love out there, to which I belong?
(Chorus)
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7. |
Big Bad World
04:10
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TV screens are nipping at your ears
Planting seeds and imagery, telling you what to fear
Cos it’s just around your corner, it’s just around your street
If you don’t shut the gates they’ll be nipping at your feet
So we put up walls and we put up bars
The extra-ordinary ain’t quite so far
Cos it’s just around your corner, it’s just around your street
If you don’t lock the doors they’ll be nipping at your feet
I know that I am skin and bones
And I know my time will come and go
But I don’t believe this big bad world will follow you where you go
But if it’s tapping at your door
Ask it to come back no more
Kids these days can’t go outside to play
There’s too many predators to shake up their day
So we lock ourselves inside while the criminals run free
We’re imprisoned in our minds by what we think we see
(Chorus)
Well it’s a big bad world, a big bad world outside
You don’t want to be, you don’t want to be going outside
Well it’s a big bad world, a big bad world outside
But do you want to be, do you want to be locked inside?
(Chorus)
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8. |
The Finish Line
04:22
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They raise you from your cradle and they point you to the light
They say listen and learn, hold all you can fit inside
Cos you’re up against Mother Nature and all of human kind
The sooner you make the jump you can race to the finish line
No don’t waste your time
You better start the climb
Don’t just stand at the bottom of this mountain
Head straight to the finish line
So I carved my way through the masses, I jumped aboard a hollow train
On my hot pursuit for the end of the game
And in my hands I hold nothing, see I’m on the fly, I’m always on this chase
In my rushed, tenacious drive, coming up behind, heading straight for first place
(Chorus)
Success is a fleeting myth, no, you can’t hold it steady in hand
It’s just like greed we all want more than we can ever have
And you’ll find you’re forever running with no time to be satisfied
All the while we’ll all wind up at that finish line
All the while, we’ll all wind up at the same line
No don’t wait
Don’t hide
Don’t you stand at the bottom of this mountain
Head straight to the finish line
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9. |
A Place in the Sky
04:57
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Dancing circles in the street
Sorry if I tread upon your feet
Would you please excuse me
There’s some place that I would like to be
But this spinning wheel
It’s all racing, I’m not sure I can match your speed
I don’t like the way you lie
I don’t like the way you climb
It’s all pushing and shoving to find your own place in the sky
If I don’t start this pushing, I won’t be finding mine
With their eye on the prey
Making moves in the broad light of day
They’ll sell their souls with smiles, they’re going to take you on a ride
But you’re going to find out this time that you’re much too polite
And their smiles are cold
As they’re chasing rainbows for pots of gold
I don’t like the way they lie
I don’t like the way they climb
It’s all snatching and grabbing to find the gold pot in the sky
If I don’t start this snatching, I won’t be finding mine
All this business, all this rush
It’s an all-consuming, addictive rush
We’ve got to get ourselves out on the top or we’ll drown
In the hell we made above the ground
All this bullshit, all this fuss
I’m lying through my teeth just to toughen me up
You’ve gotta toughen me up
I don’t like the way I lie
I don’t like the way I climb
I started pushing and shoving to find my own place in the sky
But in the sky there’s no nice guys
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10. |
Winter Sun
07:26
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In the winter sun
A cuppa tea to warm my palms
Cos I don’t smoke to kill my lungs
But we all need something to pull us through
Don’t you?
I’ve been thinking about addiction
All the things we feel we need
But what if I gave up my dirty deeds
Would I still know who to be?
Would you still find love for me?
It’s been a long hard year
I’ve been out for a while
Searching for something we just can’t buy
Until I find it, is it so bad that I do
All the things that I do…
If it pulls me through
It seems like such a waste
I’ve given too much time to this dark space
What if I found new ways to escape?
Would I still need something to blame?
Would I still hold on to this piece of pain?
(Chorus)
I found all these little treasures
In pockets I forgot to check
I’ll be sure to hold on to them
But I’m wondering what I’ve been missing
And I’m wondering what is coming
(Chorus)
In the winter sun
Here I’ll wait for what is to come…
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11. |
Sweet Tooth
04:33
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I’m a sweet tooth at heart
With a hunger for your skin
If I use my eyes like knives
It won’t take much for you to let me in
Sweet tooth of mine
On this eve what will we find?
But in the morning light I’m colour blind
And it leaves a lot to be desired
There’s a wall between our souls
To keep the meaning out
But there’s a gap under the door and you want more
You’ll crawl across my floor to know what I’m about
(Chorus)
There’s a trap inside your mind
I’m dancing on the boundary line
As I slip, I fall
Cos I always want more
I always want more…
Sweet tooth of mine
On this eve what will we find?
But in the morning light I’m hollow, I’m blind
And it leaves a lot to be...
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12. |
Hide
05:18
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All this water falling softly from the sky
All this city’s people, going to tuck themselves inside
Warm your hands, warm your hearts, entwine
I think I’ll take the time to talk with my mind
I think I might just hide
All this glory bursting from this city’s seams
All this colour and opportunity right here in my reach
But I think I’ll stay inside, watch this city fly on by
This weary heart has got a lot to learn about chasing dimes
I think I might just hide
There’s no one to mind if I hide
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Jenny Biddle Edinburgh, UK
Now living in sunny Scotland, Aussie indie folk & blues songwriter, seasoned guitarist, poignant pianist, and recovering chocoholic, Jenny Biddle, has just released her EIGHTH independent album, “Hoping for a Hero”. Enjoy her exquisite and eclectic mix of rustic roots, gentle folk, blues grooves, poignant piano ballads, rustic roots, sweet country flavours for the wandering soul. ... more
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