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ELECTRIC SOUP
1. What's My Scene | 2. Bittersweet
| 3. Come Anytime | 4. My Girl | 5.
1000 Miles Away |
6. I Want You Back | 7. Axegrinder |
8. The Generation Gap | 9. Death Defying
| 10. A Place In The Sun |
11. Tojo | 12. In The Middle Of The Land
| 13. Good Times | 14. Castles In The
Air | 15. Leilani |
16. Poison Pen | 17. Another World
| 18. Like Wow-Wipeout | 19. Miss Freelove
'69
Album Credits
What's My Scene
Dave Faulkner
And another thing
I've been wondering lately
Oh, baby,
Tell me where have you been?
Now the stage is set
Where's my Juliet, baby?
Is it maybe
My Midsummer Night's Dream?
What's my scene?
Like a talent scout
I'm always checking out new blood
Oh, I'd do good
If you tell me your game.
Playing Solitaire
Doesn't get me where you would
And, honey, you could
Play by any rules that you care to name.
What's my scene? (I gotta know)
They say, yeah, they say
Making love, you can make it pay.
They say, yeah, they say,
But we know there's a better way
Any day.
And another thing
I've been wondering lately
Am I crazy
To believe in ideals?
I'm a betting man
But it's getting damn lonely.
Oh, honey, it only
I could be sure what I feel.
What's my scene? (I'm dying to know)
I'll never know.
Well, I concede
I've been caught in someone else's scene (but that's not me).
Where, oh where, oh where can my scene be?
Please answer - me
What's my ..?
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Bittersweet
Dave Faulkner
You are my sword.
Your love is its own reward.
My heart, I have found,
Gets carved surely by the pound.
God knows. I tried,
Tried to hold you with all my might
But time has won,
And I could never be that strong.
(Don't cry) I couldn't be that strong,
(Don't cry) That used to be my favourite song.
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
Fill my eyes whenever we meet,
It's always bittersweet.
I cut and I bleed.
You seem to find that so hard to believe!
That's just too, too bad.
You could never touch the love that we had.
(Don't cry) For the love we had,
(Don't cry) Sometimes we try to take it back.
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
Kiss my cheeks whenever we meet.
It's always bittersweet.
(Don't Cry) For a love-gone-wrong
(Don't cry) That used to be my favourite song
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
Kiss my eyes whenever we meet.
Anyway...
We've grown and times change.
When we meet now it feels so strange.
I hold you like a sword
You won't cut me like you did before.
It's always bittersweet.
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Come Anytime
Dave Faulkner
What is it you want from me?
There isn't much I will not do.
If it's only company
You know, I might need that too.
Won't you
Come anytime - I'm a man of leisure,
Come anytime, I await your pleasure.
There's nothing new beneath the sun
We've butchered every sacred cow
Don't tell me about all the things you might have done
Just tell me what are you doing now - right now.
Come anytime, I won't give you pressure
Come anytime - I can wait forever
And if you can't make up your mind
We could make it up together.
Things like this happen every day
Whatever happens, it's O.K.
Why be afraid when we've got it made -
I'll never ask you to explain.
What is it you want from me?
You won't shock me easily.
Maybe it's your heart's desire,
Maybe it's your wildest dream,
Maybe I'm a gun-for-hire but,
Baby, don't we make quite a team, Don't we?
Don't we?
Come anytime (you're so inclined) I won't give you trouble
Come anytime (you're going blind) or you're seeing double
And I have never been the kind who'd want to
Burst your bubble.
Come anytime.
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My Girl
Dave Faulkner
Once a girl took my love until I couldn't give anymore,
Then I tried to pretend no to see what I couldn't ignore.
My girl don't love me at all
Anymore.
I took her to the dance and then I didn't see her all night.
Then a friend said he saw her with some other boy just outside.
When I went out she was alone.
She said, "I would like to go home"
I asked her, "who were you with?"
She said, "no-one."
I could tell that she lied
(And a voice said inside)
My girl don't love me at all
Anymore.
Not at all.
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1000 Miles Away
Dave Faulkner
Estimated time of arrival 9.30 a.m.
Been up before the sun and now I'm tired before I even begin.
(Now you're flying) I got so much work in front of me,
(Really flying) it stretches out far as the eye can see.
I can see.
Spend half my life in airports doing crosswords and attempting to
sleep,
And when the bar is open then you'll often find me warming a seat.
(Now you're flying) I never find a place where I can stay
(Really flying) I'd rather be a thousand miles away.
Thousand miles away.
Working for yourself sometimes ain't all that it's cracked up to be.
It can be as lonely at the top as at the bottom of that corporate tree
(Now you're flying) I'm told I'm going places - who can say ?
(Really flying) I might arrive but I'll be gone the very next day.
I must be on my way
A thousand miles away.
Promised to myself someday I'd take the time and try to make sense
Out of all those opportunities I've lost from trying to sit on the fence
(Now you're flying) But right now I've got no time for yesterday
(Really flying) Yesterday's a thousand miles away.
A thousand miles away.
What was that that you were trying to say ?
I guess I was a thousand miles away.
Sing it again.
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I Want You Back
Dave Faulkner
I can still recall the time
She said she was always mine
Then she left ( as people do ),
And forgets what we've been through
(Does this sound familiar to you ?)
It's not that she's gone away
It's the things I hear she has got to say
About me - and about my friends
When we've got no defence.
That's her: I'll never believe her again.
She might have deceived all my friends
I know they will see in the end
What it all means when she says (yeah!)
I want you back (She says)
But what's worse: she thinks it's true
But that's just her (she always was a little bit confused!),
She's not worth the time I had to lose.
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Axegrinder
Dave Faulkner/Rick Grossman/Mark Kingsmill/Brad Shepherd
My edge is keen and I've honed my skill.
I've got nerves of steel and an iron will.
My skin is bronze, my trim is chrome,
Climb aboard - I'll drive you home.
I'm a silver - tongued devil with a heart of gold,
When I was made they broke the mould.
My blood runs hot, like molten lead,
Pump you full - I'm gonna knock you dead.
I don't mince words, I spit'em out.
I won't leave room for any doubt.
Get to the point, stop splitting hairs
That ain't getting either of us anywhere.
Sometimes it's better to be blunt
But is this some kind of publicity stunt?
So far you've whet my appetite,
Do you wanna grind with me tonight?
Axegrinder. I'm not famous for my tact.
Axegrinder. I've gotta sharpen up my act.
Axegrinder. Try and see things through my eyes.
Everything and everyone gets cut back down to size.
On the brink of who knows what?
We've gotta strike while the iron's hot.
l can hold your hand, try to guide you through
But I can't make your moves for you.
Swing my blade - that's how it's done.
Don't stop me now, I've only just begun.
I was told when I was young
I wouldn't work in an iron lung.
Now I've learned a trick of two.
I'm working up a sweat for you.
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The Generation Gap
Dave Faulkner
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Death Defying
Dave Faulkner
Ever since the world began
Men have sailed to foreign lands
And the fortunes that they've found
Are now buried in the ground.
Some would say the ocean roars
As it stumbles to the shore
But to me it only sings
Of the sorrow that it brings.
All my friends are dead
Or they're dying.
Empty laughter turns into crying.
It's death-defying.
Well, I barely learned to swim,
Just enough to save my skin.
Now I'll never sail alone,
And my harbour is my home.
All our friends are dead
Or they're dying,
And our laughter only turns into crying,
It's death-defying.
If there's one thing that I've learned,
It's the point of no return
And if that's to be our fate
Now's no time to hesitate.
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A Place In The Sun
Dave Faulkner
Hey, girl - it's a new world, let's have a little fun!
Don't stay hidden away, come and join everyone.
Everyone.
Outside l'm ready to ride, we can go anywhere.
Don't wait, procrastinate take a chance if you dare-
I want to take you there.
Find a pace in the sun.
You know you want to go - it's no sacrifice.
I want what you want, in fact I'll even do it twice
At half the price.
Find a place in the sun.
Didn't you hear that the war has been won ?
Good people died to provide you a place in the sun.
I'm here, what's there to fear ? We're not breaking any law.
Someday I know you'll say you wonder
what you waited for
What are you waiting for ?
Find a place in the sun.
Didn't you know any wrong you have done
Cannot deny you the right to a place in the sun ?
Find a place in the sun.
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Tojo
Dave Faulkner
Tracy. Tracy was angry.
A bad mood.
I told her, "it's an ill wind
Blows no good."
(Then she told me:)
"Tojo never made it to Darwin."
I said, "Tracy, won't you listen - this is Christmas!
Don't you go."
She said, "David, I wouldn't miss this for the world but I
Got to blow."
(Then she said again:)
"Tojo never made it to Darwin."
Now she's gone, gone, gone
Just like the wind.
I just sigh,
But I'm dreaming that I'm gleaming
In her eye.
(But I'll always hear:)
"Tojo never made it to Darwin."
That year, Santa never came.
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In The Middle Of The Land
Dave Faulkner
Here I stand in the middle of the land
Take my hand in the middle of the land
You'll see something that's new in the sunshine
You'll be the winter that's turning to springtime
Here I stand in the middle of the land
Take my hand in the middle of the land
Someday someone will try to confuse you.
They'll say things you want to hear and they'll use you.
I thought we'd live and learn
But some folks seem to yearn
For values unsophisticated.
Those days are dead and gone
I won't wish them back upon
A world that's much more complicated.
Here I stand in the middle of my ...
Take my hand, I'm always glad to lend a hand.
They'll try to blind you with T.V. religion.
Don't buy their hand-me-down second - opinions.
Sometimes the biggest lies
Are most easily disguised,
Dressed up like the Road To Glory,
Then somewhere down the line
You'll rub your eyes and find
You're on a path to your own Purgatory.
You'll know something as old as the moonlight,
You'll throw superstition and fear away tonight.
They'll paint us black and white,
They'll paint us wrong and right,
They'll paint us all into a corner.
They'll try to cool us down
But they could never fool us now.
We're steamed-up hotter than a Swedish Sauna!
Here I stand in the middle of the land
Take my, take my hand - your horizons will expand.
Land - in the middle, middle of the land
(Land on me.)
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Good Times
Dave Faulkner
You told me goodbye and I believed you.
Felt like I would die - I didn't need to
'Cos you came back to me
And everything's like it used to be.
All the good times we had we'll have again.
If your love is mine it will stand up
To the test of time. It will stand up.
It looked like we were through,
But in our heart of hearts we knew
The good times we had we'll have again.
And again.
Now I know you'll always be my friend
Til the end.
That means more to me than anything,
It's everything.
Who needs yesterday - that's far behind us
And memories only may serve to remind us
That what felt good before
Today we'll treasure so much more.
All the good times we had we'll have again.
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Castles In The Air
Dave Faulkner
Once I built a castle in the air,
A home for you and I-
In a blue, blue sky.
We'd leave behind the weight of worldly care,
I thought we could fly
We only had to try.
Ah, I had to learn fast, (For your own good)
I had to learn fast
And when I knew at last (You understood)
I knew at last
Hell and heaven can be one and the same,
If you don't know how
You should know by now,
Every pleasure always holds an equal amount of pain
But it all works out,
I have no doubt.
Ah, we had to learn fast, (For our own good)
We had to barn fast.
And when we knew at last (When we understood)
We knew at last
Every kite has got to have a string for it to fly
Up to who knows where ?
Castles in the air.
So there are strings attached to you and I
Though they hold us tight
We can take flight.
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Leilani
Dave Faulkner/J.Baker/K.Rendall/R. Radalj
Somewhere on a South Pacific island
Sits a young man staring at the surf.
His native girlfriend died a death quite violent
A tribal sacrifice made to the earth.
She was brown, her hair was black, her eyes were blue.
A chief's daughter, Leilani was her name.
She and her young man made a handsome two
But lava tore them both apart again.
Leilani, don't go to the volcano (he'd say).
They were saving for a little hut,
She collected sea-shells every day.
Everynight they'd share a cigarette
But The ancient, angry gods got in the way.
Leilani, don't go to the volcano (he'd plead).
(CEREMONY:)
Katoomba, Hey! Macumbah, Ho!
Umgawah! Hey! Ho! Hey-eh! Ah...
Leilani - crula-bula-ulladulla-wok-a-tai
Aba-laba-laba, Hut!
Leilani-nevageta-huta-tera-cota-tile
Aba-laba-laba Hut!
Umgawah!!!
Still the young man sits upon the beach,
He's staring misty-eyed out into space.
He's thinking about his girlfriend (of late, deceased),
At least her death had purpose; now his life is a waste!
Leilani, don't go to the volcano (he'd beg her)
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Poison Pen
Dave Faulkner
"Dear John", so begins a famous old story
"Goodbye / au-revoir / thanks for the memory."
Keep it short and sweet if you really care.
D-l-Vor-C-E can be so hurtful,
It makes public property of things that are so personal.
All the friends and family grab their share.
Ink is black, as black as night,
Black as thoughts that shun the light.
Truth will out and maybe then
You'll put down that poison pen.
Poison pen.
Everyone enjoys sharing a rumour
But when it's aimed at you it loses its humour.
Sometimes words so innocent cut so deep.
Everybody keeps telling me, "talk is cheap"
Sometimes words so innocent - they cut so deep.
Black as night, as black as coal,
Black as thoughts that cast a shadow
Right across my soul.
I thought that you were my friend
Until you picked up that poison pen.
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Another World
Dave Faulkner
God only knows how far you've come
It must be light years from here
Some distant star you call "the sun".
Does someone miss you back there?
Another world is calling you.
Another world is coming through.
You look like me, you talk like me
I could believe you're human!
But, late at night, I catch your eye
And I know what you're thinking:
Another world is calling you.
Another world is coming through.
Calling you to come home.
You can't escape from gravity,
For you, this earth's a prison.
What I would call "human" in me
For you would be "perversion".
Another world is calling you.
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Like Wow-Wipeout
Dave Faulkner
I kiss the ground on which you walk,
I kiss the lips through which you talk,
I kiss the city of New York where I first met you.
You're my doll and don't forget it
'Cos I'm the guy who will regret it.
I love you more than when I said it when I first met you.
I love the way you talk, you walk, you smile, your style,
Like now, Like, wow-wipeout! No doubt
I was gone the moment I laid eyes on you.
You'll never be a beauty queen
Won't feature in no magazine
But you're the best that's ever been.
I'm glad that I met you.
Take every day now as it comes,
You take the cake I'll keep the crumbs.
I only hear the sound of drums in my heart
(that means that I get you.)
I love the way you walk, you talk, you smile, your style,
Your dress, your caress,
Well, yes, yes, yes I am impressed.
I was gone the moment I laid eyes on you.
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Miss Freelove '69
Dave Faulkner
You can't take me anywhere, I'll strip down to my underwear
If you give me half a chance.
Hippy-freelove, outtasight! I'm gonna turn off every light
And hold a private dance.
It started out one afternoon, hot sake in my living room
Among some special friends.
Soon some others dropped around and we all started gaffing down, well,
You know how these things end!
Miss Freelove, Come back sometime-
Miss Freelove of '69.
Torches flashing sweaty passion, each made love in their own fashion-
We had quite a ball!
Do the monkey, feeling funky, I'm just like any disco junkie
And I don't care at all.
Maybe I'm not thinking straight, I only know that it feels great
And I'm glad you do too.
It could be just a passing fad but think about the fun we had
The last time you decided to pass through.
Miss Freelove, come back sometime
Miss Freelove of Œ69.
And everything is gone and far away
And everything is gone and that's o.k.
And everything is groovy, would you say?
Would you say?
Someone called the cops on us. They didn't have the heart to bust
The kinky scene they found.
They checked their badges at the door and joined the action on the floor
(When they laid their nightsticks down!)
Miss Freelove .......
La-la-la-la love
La-la-la-la love, Freelove!
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Album Credits
Electric Soup - Released 1992
Dave Faulkner - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Brad Shepherd - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Rick Grossman - Bass, Backing Vocals
Mark Kingsmill - Drums
Clyde Bramley - Bass (Stoneage Romeos, Mars Needs Guitars, Blow You Cool)
James Baker - Drums (Stoneage Romeos)
Featuring singles :
Leilani - Original single version. Produced by The Hoodoo Gurus
& Martin Fabinyi. Released in 1982 (EMI Music)
Death Defying - Single only version. Produced and remixed by Charles
Fisher. Released in 1986 (Mushroom Music)
The Generation Gap - Single only. Produced by The Hoodoo Gurus.
Released 1987 (Warner Chappel Music)
All compositions published by EMI Music Publishing.
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