Break Your Own Heart

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• 1 The Length of Canada

  The Length Of Canada

  A shiny white ocean from above as the crow flies in

  And from my boat I’ve seen

  Footprints in snowdrifts & blue eyes on Queen St.

   

  And I’ll think of your when I’m cold

  With a warmth you’ll never know.

   

  My green eyes looking south

  Can feel California sending its warmth out

  While continents and sea

  Separate her from me.

   

  And I’ll think of your when I’m cold 

  With a warmth you’ll never know.  

   

  Reading her face like a library book

  An old familiar friend

  That I can’t hold on to

  For long enough to read through till the end

  Wherever I go there’s someone to pine for as I sail around the world

  So I’ll make a home

  In the memory of you

  Girl.

   

  The greatest view I’ve seen

  A snowy complexion with eyes an ocean deep.

   

  And I’ll think of your when I’m cold 

  With a warmth you’ll never know

  And I’ll think of your when I’m cold

  And blue eyes

  You’ll never know.

• 2 Too Many Things In Too Many Places

  I want too many things in too many places

  I want a comfortable home that I’m always away from

  I want the Williamsburg Bridge

  I want the tower of London

  I just want to come home but there’s so much to run from.

   

  And every time I’m hangin’ on the end of your phone line

  I think of all the fun we had and smile.

   

  I wear your love ‘round my neck and your heart on my sleeve

  But I wont take you down with me.

   

  I want people to know me

  I just want to be lonely

  I want to play this guitar ’till the day my heart fails me

  I want the valley I came from

  I want the mountains of Germany

  I want Canadian winter

  I want you there to warm me.

   

  And every time I’m flying into Sydney at night

  I think about your pretty face and smile.

   

  I wear your love ‘round my neck and your heart on my sleeve 

  But I wont take you down with me. 

   

  I want my friends ‘round the world to be happy and healthy

  I want my tambourine heart to stop shaking inside me

  I want a kelpy named “Colin”

  I want a twelve year old whiskey

  And I want you to remember that I’ll love you eternally.

   

  I wear your love ‘round my neck and your heart on my sleeve 

  But I wont take you down with me

  Yeah, your love's ‘round my neck and your heart's on my sleeve 

  But I wont take you down with me

  I wont take you down with me.  

• 3 Everything, Unhappily

  Unwashed hair and a nose-ring staring back at me

  A portrait of the Melbourne indie hipster scene

  I wanna take you home and play you Elliott Smith songs

   

  Annabelle unhappily

   

  You’re dancing as you speak but you don’t realize it

  You told me you just started smokin’ cigarettes

  So I’m like “yeah, I smoke them too” so I can go outside with you

   

  Everything unhappily

   

  The bar light halo’s ‘round your head

  So I tell you “you look holy, like the holes in your cardigan”

   

  You told me ’bout the boy who left and let you down

  I try to think of ways to justify another round

   

  Because I want to work you out and turn your sh*tty luck around

   

  Annabelle unhappily 

  Everything unhappily 

   

  And the best part is you’re dancing as you speak

• 4 Travelling Shoes

  Well I met mother nature’s daughter

  She turned my wine back into water

  And she lived with me in Sydney, NSW

   

  And from our home I started straying

  First from cities into farmland

  And then from Perth up to Toronto on a plane.

   

  Singing all the way.

   

  I do wear travelling shoes

  I’ve worn them all my days

  Though we’re leaving in the morning

  I want you to want me to stay

   

  And when the distance tore to pieces

  All the ribbons that had bound us

  I started drinking like tomorrow wouldn’t come

   

  And she tried her best to reach me

  She cried at me down the phone line

  So I found other girls and smoke to make me numb

   

  Oh what drives me to run?

   

  I do wear travelling shoes I’ve worn them all my days 

  Though we’re leaving in the morning 

  I want you to want me to stay

   

  Ten thousand miles in only twenty four hours

  And a book ‘bout the games that we play

  Back home she’s sleeping

  Weaving herself into some other guys brain.

   

  Well I heard she bought a ticket

  And she’s heading off to Europe

  And I’m still drinking like a mick on paddy’s day

   

  Wishing I had only answered

  When she was calling out to find me

  And I’d walk her to the alter and I’d say.

   

  “I do Mrs. Travelling Shoes”

  “I’ll love you all my days”

  “Though we’re leaving in the morning”

  “Every morning after”

  “We’ll wake up in exactly the same place”

  Because home is where the heart is

  And I want you to want me to stay.

• 5 A Point On A Map

  I drew a point on a map

  You drew a line in the sand

  So I went on down to Darby St

  And I played my guitar with the case open at my feet

   

  I put up a sign, said “I’m tryin’ to get somewhere 

  To do somethin’ I’ve gotta do”

   

  And I bought myself a ticket from point me to point you

   

  You look a lot like before

  You dress a bit brighter and maybe you’re a little bit taller

  I’m not at all like I was

  I feel like I’ve become a rambling pile of dust

   

  And your tears make me muddy

  But at least then I don’t blow away

   

  So I boarded my flight on a cold Monday night and went back from whence I came.

   

  There’s nowhere on earth left to hide

  So I’ll keep on searching for new places inside my mind

  Long are the days and dark are the nights

  I’ve got to stop drinking and do something more with my time

   

  And I told you I’m sorry

  But that don’t mean that you’ll forgive me

   

  So I keep on building that long road from point A to point B

  I keep on building that long road and I hope that you will see

  I keep on building that long road from point A to point B

  I keep on building that long road from point you to point me

• 6 She Loves Me

  She loves me

  And I don’t know what for

  She loves me

  And I don’t deserve it at all

   

  Driving ‘round at night time

  Screaming at the stars

   

  Finding out without you standing close

  I don’t know the first thing about home

  I’m fighting with my hands tied

  My hands tied

  Let me go

   

  Forgive me

  Though I ask for too much dear

  I’m sorry

  And it comes too late again

   

  All the money has run out

  What a lesson learned

   

  Finding out without you standing close 

  I don’t know the first thing about home 

  I’m fighting with my hands tied 

  My hands tied 

  Let me go  

• 7 A Master Of All Things

  When the lamps on your street start to dim

  When the hems of your clothes start to fray

  If you question the values of men

  I’ll be ready and not far away

   

  If it takes nimble fingers to untangle your strings

  Or steady gentle brush strokes to fill your spaces in

  I’ll practice everyday until I’m master of all things

   

  If you’re feeling lost and lonely

  Like the day just cannot be won

  If the sun has set too early

  I’ll build a mighty torch and follow you till dawn

   

  If it takes nimble fingers to untangle your strings 

  Or steady gentle brush strokes to fill your spaces in 

  I’ll practice everyday until I’m master of all things

   

  I don’t think I believe in heaven

  Or a being to pray to and fear

  But we fit like the sea to the shoreline

  So there must be a something somewhere

   

  If it takes nimble fingers to untangle your strings 

  Or steady gentle brush strokes to fill your spaces in 

  I’ll practice everyday until I’m master of all things  

• 8 Waiting, Waiting!

  I met my girl at the end of the world

  But she don’t call me “babe” anymore

  She don’t hold out her hand for me

   

  We spoke on the phone

  I spent my nights alone

  And she got an apartment in town

   

  But I’m not welcome ‘round there no more

   

  Waiting, waiting for the call

  With my suitcase packed and my guitar by the door

  But it looks like she’s moving on

   

  Well, I rolled into town to see who was around

  But everyone’s cooped up at home

  And I don’t even have one

   

  So I called up my friend and we both pretend that I haven’t been gone for too long

  And I’m drinking alone again

   

  Waiting, waiting for the call

  And the spinning starts when my feet hit the floor

  My friends are moving on

  Yeah, well, my friends are moving on

   

  I’m a singer of songs and a right-er of wrongs 

  And I fight for the things that I have

  But I know you don’t see it

   

  And maybe someday things will all go my way 

  And I wont be so broke and so sad

  Oh I wish I believed it

   

  Waiting, waiting for the call

  I’ll be singing my songs till my throat is stripped and raw

  But you wont see me moving on

  Nah, you wont see me moving on 

  This is where I belong.

• 9 Break Your Own Heart

  We are ships

  Sinking

  Lifeboats sent

  To save

   

  You’re more like an iceberg

  Hide beneath the waves

   

  So long...

  You’ve wanted to be alone

   

  I’m a storm cloud overhead

  Pouring constant rain

  Watching your umbrella

  Cross this harsh terrain

   

  So long...

  If you want to be alone

   

  Like a mountain standing

  I won’t count the years

  Break your own heart darling

  And time wont mean a thing

   

  How long

  Do you want to be alone?

• 10 She's Got A Boyfriend

  She’s got a boyfriend

  He’s got a rooftop in the city

  He wears multicoloured singlets

  He’s got a moustache and he’s funny

   

  She’s got a boyfriend

  And he plays in a synth-pop band

  He bought a car with family money

  He’s got a closet full of kaftans

   

  I’ve got a fever that wont let me go

  I’ve got bad habits and a broken radio

  I’ve got a million different things i wanna let you know

   

  She’s got a boyfriend

  He cuts the sleeves off all his T-shirts

  He’s got a bathtub in his bedroom

  And he’s so pretty that it hurts

   

  I’ve got a fever that wont let me be

  I’ve got neurosis and I’ve got anxiety

  I write down every single thought that comes out of me

   

  She’s got a boyfriend

  And he doesn’t need saving

  He doesn’t lie away at night time

  Thinking the sky is gonna cave in

   

  He sleeps up in the belfry

  But he don’t want her as much as me

  I know because I’ve got the scars to show it

   

  I’ve got a ticket I don’t wanna use

  I’ve got a half full double bed and a burnt out fuse

  And I really wanna sleep for a week or two

   

  Because she’s got a boyfriend

• 11 Giveth & Taketh Away

  You picked up your pieces and started moving on

  As I begun to realize the scope of what I’d done

  And I wept all afternoon

  I just wanted to fly home

   

  You’re lying through your teeth and you forget that I can tell

  Believing you is the difference between heaven and hell

  And I still call out your name

  Across canyons coasts and planes

   

  Talk to me of love and liberty

  Give me strength to make it through my day

  Be the one I’m always trying for

  Giveth and taketh away

   

  I used to love this place but now I hate it with a fire

  And every moment here reminds me what I’m pining for

  So I’m disappearing soon

  And you won’t catch me

   

  Talk to me of love and liberty 

  Give me strength to make it through my day 

  Be the one I’m always trying for 

  Giveth and taketh away

   

  I hope that you get happy

  Yeah, I hope that happens soon

  I hope you don’t forget me when you’re new love starts to bloom

  I could never forget you

  Even if i wanted too...

   

  Oh God what have I done?

   

  Talk to me of love and liberty 

  Give me strength to make it through my day

  Be The only one worth dying for

  Giveth and taketh away

• 12 I Hope You'll Come Around

  And so it starts...

  The panic in my heart

  Because you can’t find

  A reason to be mine

   

  And I’ll wait all year

  But I don’t have to like it

   

  You say I’m on your mind

  Yeah, right...

   

  I used to know

  How to have a conversation

  But now I hide

  Avoid other peoples eyes

   

  I’ll wait all year

  While you figure out your feelings

  It’s all my fault after all

  After all...

   

  Falling out

  Falling out

  Falling out

   

  You’ll stay down south

  With your new friends and your brother

  And build your little world

   

  I’ll write my songs

  And hope to find me something

  That’s half as good as we were

   

  And I’ll wait all year

  But I don’t have to like it

  And I hope you’ll come around