Tinpan Orange

You painted yourself, a thousand times, As if you never got it right. You lay awake, with a mirror above your bed. Your body was your cage, loneliness your friend. And they say, life is a lion, love is despair. Your heart never stopped trying, when y

Sometimes I feel small Like the tiniest kind of girl Sometimes I feel tall tall tall Like all of the troubles in the world Don't you cry don't you worry I know a place beyond the grind and the hurry And it's just around the corner It's just around th

The siren is cutting through the air It's a long way home from the country fair If you ask my sister for a reason she'll say Keep your head down and say your prayers Keep your head down and say your prayers There's a dusty neon in this town Sun sets

There's a word, for longing, For someone, or something, That can't be found, in our language. It's a type of anguish, our words don't know. 'Cause love goes, Like a gypsy shawl. Like an arrow, Love is fast, and life is slow. Like a jet plane, Like a

She steps outside, she bows and twirls, She moves like water on a string of pearls. A glance at her watch and she knows it's time, To weave her magic and begin to shine. With a shy little smile she begins to sway, All on her own because she likes it

I know people don't really fix things anymore, But if I ever break you, I swear, I'll put you back together again. I'll prop you up with wire, I'll sit you by the fire. Sew you up with white cotton thread. And if I ever start to wear you down, I swea

There's a boy throwing rocks at my window, Sitting on a bench down below. And he says: "Come and spend some time, With me, beneath the washing line." And, he looks as handsome as the night, Hands in his pockets, his face in daylight. So I let hi

I must say, I must say, That I loved you the most. And when you went away, I remembered your ghost. I keep, I keep, It right in my heart. ?Cause everybody knows, That ghosts like the dark. The TV is on, and the fan swings around, The insects are sing