Hoodoo Gurus

Head In The Sand

Dave Faulkner/ Rick Grossman

Someone had to tell you,
Might as well it be me.
You've been fooling no-one,
If you only could see.
Do you understand ?
You've got quite a problem,
Lost your job you know why
But you can't admit,
So full of it you might die.
Do you understand ?

Just keep your head in the sand.

Teenage alcoholic
Grew too old to be fun.
Just another loser
Ain't no use to no-one.
You can't understand.
Give yourself excuses,
Just as boozers all do.
Why invent a reason ?
No-one sees it like you
Do you understand?

You've got your head in the sand
(Have another. And another, and another ...)

Everything is hopeless,
Drink to cope - it don't help.
What's it take to make you
Wide awake to yourself ?
Your head's in the - (buried deep below)
Your head's in the - (you don't wanna know)
Your head's in the - (you've got feet of clay)
Your head's in the - (drink your tears away)

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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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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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Something's Coming

Dave Faulkner/ Brad Shepherd

There's a feeling that I just can't shake,
A premonition it's all about to break.
I don't know what to do
To help it come on through.
Send a message, sign it S.O.S.
Hear me crying in the wilderness.
I hope my signal's clear,
Just like Paul Revere.
Something's coming - it could mean life or death.

People tell me to give Œtil it hurts
And everybody gets their just desserts.
All I ask of you
Remember, it takes two
It sure takes two.
Watch your back, my friend, you're gonna lose your shirt.
You can trust me - I never kiss and tell.
Better hurry before you break the spell.
If it's an uphill climb
There's no better time that you will find
Than the present - starting with yourself.

Something's coming - start with yourself.

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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 Œ69.

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 '69.

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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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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Desiree

Brad Shepherd

I felt the radiance of your rising
Sunshine on my skin
Oceans away from the rest of our lives
And still we both fell in.
I was alone - I found you
So far from home - tell me
What else could I do ?

When you walked up to me
My world turned itself all inside out
You were like nobody else I've known
Hey, what are you about ?
Cold and alone - I was there
Ooh, what you've done
Do you know how much I care ?

I thought someday, somewhere, somehow...
But who am I fooling
Desiree will never ever know ... oh, no...
We could have tried something new, girl
But you lied, now I can't believe it's true
You knew I'd never find you

Maybe someday you'll change your mind
About what will ever be
Make it a day when the sun will shine
Again for you and me...
'Cause I can't shake you.
Desiree...maybe some day...

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I Don't Mind

Dave Faulkner

I don't mind the sweet taste of success,
I don't mind making do with less.
Take things as they come -
That's my only rule of thumb.
I don't mind that stage you're going through.
If you must, then do what you must do.
All I have is yours,
I only want you to be sure

I don't mind (ooh)
I don't mind - no, not I.

I don't mind Jesus or His squad.
I'm not afraid, I'll face anybody's god.
Follow your own creed,
If my freedom's guaranteed

I don't mind - no, not I.
I don't mind, why should I ?

Follow any creed,
If my freedom's guaranteed
I don't mind.

I don't mind when my dreams come true.
And what about when they seldom do ?
I don't mind "True Love and Happiness",
Well, that's fine but I'll take second best.
Take life as it comes
That's my only rule
My rule of thumb.

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Brainscan

Brad Shepherd / Dave Faulkner
(As sung by Dave Faulkner and Rob Younger)

(Dave): I go to the beach to catch a little sun.
You see me before I get a chance to run.
You ask me,
(Rob): Dave, where have you been ?
How come I only get your 'phone machine ?
(Dave): The answer should be obvious to anyone.

(Rob) I told you more times than I care to recall
I'd get more reaction talking to a wall.
(Dave): It's no crime to be dumb
Just don't parade it for everyone
And act like you're such a goddamn know-it at
You know-nothing-at-all.

(Rob) Your friends call you "shit-for-brains"
You're full of shit, that might explain
But I think it's even less your head contains.

(Rob) I go to the beach to catch a little sun.
(Dave): You see me before I get a chance to run
(Rob): I only feel contempt for you,
You and your room temperature I.Q.
(Dave): Well look at you - you're just a big black hole of fun

(Rob) You need a brainscan to convince me you're not dead.
(Dave): You need a brainscan and hope they learn to transplant a head.
(Both): Brainscan! Brainscan!
I don't know how - how you survive,
I don't know how - how you survive,
I don't know how you -
You're alive.

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Too Much Fun

Dave Faulkner/Brad Shepherd

Too much fun, hey, I can stand,
(I'm a match for any man)
Too much fun - might be for you
(I could if I wanted too)
Too much fun, now ain't you heard
(Fun ain't a four letter word)
Too much fun, can't be denied
(Drive a man to suicide)

Too much fun. Too Much fun.
Too much fun, honey, I can stand.

Too much fun - baby, not tonight.
(Two wrongs don't make a right)
Too much fun - hey, time is right.
(Too much fun: outta sight !)

How much fun can you stand ?
(Too much, too much fun !)
[BIG FlNISH]

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Dressed In Black

Brad Shepherd

Here you come, you're all dressed in black
Don't you know that I am here for you ?
Times, they are tough, sometimes it gets you down
But I'll help with what you want to do ...
And if you try too hard
You'll only push it too far
We know who you are - a superstar.

You have been hurt, you're sorry for yourself
Well, there is no argument
So you retreat, hiding your love away
Well, that is no testament
... And you could cry yourself a river
I say damn your eyes
You're not such a tragic figure - realise

Here they come, they're all dressed in black
When you've always been your own man
You have a friend, but if you can't look back
Then I'll try to understand ...
'Cause its surely my concern
That your fire still burns
So we each must take our turn to live and learn.
Do it now.

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Album Credits

Kinky - Released 1991

Dave Faulkner - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Brad Shepherd - Guitar, Vocals
Rick Grossman - Bass, Backing Vocals
Mark Kingsmill - Drums and Metals

Produced by The Hoodoo Gurus (especially Dave). Mixed by Ed Stasium. Recorded at Trafalgar Studio, Sydney. Engineered by Alan Thorne, assisted by David Mackie and Robert Hodgson. Mixed at Summa Studio, Los Angeles. Engineered by Paul Mahingson, assisted by Kyle Bess. Mastered by Sterling Sound, New York . Mastered by Greg Calbi.

Guest Vocals on 'Brainscan' - Rob Younger (courtesy Blue Mosque).
Backing Vocals on 'A Place In The Sun' - Stephanie Faulkner.
Backing vocals on '1000 Miles Away' - Vicki Peterson.
Additional percussion on 'Castles In The Air' - Sunil DeSilva.

All compositions published by EMI Music Publishing.

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