All songs produced and composed by Brendan Gallagher (Universal Music Publishing) except
One Irish Rover written by Van Morrison (Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd)
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9 recorded by Tom Pastro at Q Studio and GPHQ Sydney
Tracks 3, 6, 8, 10, 11 & 12 recorded by Brendo at GPHQ
Mixed by Brendo at GPHQ
Try, Try Again mixed by Tim Whitten
One Hand At A Time mixed by Tom Pastro at Atlantic Sound Studio Brooklyn NY
Art work and layout by Marcelle Lunam
Mastered by Don Bartley at Benchmark Sydney
Musicians – Evan Manell & Hamish Stuart drums, Jonathan Zwartz bass, Amanda Brown violin, Jason Walker pedal steel, Rob Woolf, Steph Cherote & Lucinda Peters BVs, Brendo guitars, voclas, keys, percussion, some drums & bass.
® & © 2009 Brendan Gallagherdistributed in Australia & New Zealand by Inertia
LYRICS
Try, Try Again (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
I can watch the wind blow in and out my window
it’s something that I get alright
but when she looks at me like one and one make three
I know it’s going to take all night
I’m making my three wishes as she does the dishes
thinking about what shoes she’s gonna wear
and I’m joining the dots between the have mores and the have nots
I’m trying to save the world, she’s just trying to save some time
We try, we try, we try,try, try, try again
I’m just a man, that’s all I am
it’s not my job to understand
I get the corn flakes down from the top shelf
I mess up some times, always keep my feelings to myself
Outside there’s a confession, in the front room a rejection
on the table what we’d like and what we need
I just want what’s best, she wants all the rest
well it’s just like mama said, if at first you don’t succeed then
You try, you try, you try, try, try, try again
We try, we try, we try,try, try, try again
Ten Dollar Song (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
Give me a ten dollar song, something that lingers when you’re gone
better than free drinks at the bar, something to sing in the car driving home
Give me something to live for, something to tell all my friends
how it was just like a cathedral, and I prayed it would never end
never end, never end
I’ll give you something to cry about, and I’ll take your money too
but just enough so you can’t live without
my 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 dollar song for you
Give me a ten dollar song, something that lingers when you’re gone
better than free drinks at the bar, something to sing in the car
give me a ten dollar song, give me a discount for waiting
gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
good night, good luck, God bless, it’s all been rather marvelous
It’s just a ten dollar song, it’s just a ten dollar song
it’s just a ten dollar song, it’s just a ten dollar song
One Hand At A Time (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
I couldn’t wait to burn a hole in eternity
I made my break at the turn of the century
One hand at a time watching the clock rewind all of this wasted time
all of this wasted time
Days are shorter than I remember when, it was just wasted time
We all got our window, just a different view, we all watch the world go by
I’m tempting fate today in my melancholy way, I’m sleeping late
no way am I bothering
One hand at a time watching the clock rewind all of this wasted time
all of this wasted time, all of this wasted time
The Wonder Of It All (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
Tooraloo and tender six inch by four
photograph in the backyard when I was just small
it looks down on me, like a bird in a tree
looks down on me
Over and under I’m rolling in the wonder of it all
over and under I’m rolling in the wonder of it all
Tooraloo and tender six inch and four
a poet in the kitchen, a symphony in the hall
steal the wind from the trees, leave enough for a breeze
steal the wind from the trees
Over and under I’m rolling in the wonder of it all
over and under I’m rolling in the wonder of it all
Tooraloo and tender when I’m sixty four
still rockin’ in the free world, knockin’ on heavens door
it gets down on me like the moon over sea
it gets down on me
Over and under I’m rolling in the wonder of it all
over and under I’m rolling in the wonder of it all
over and under I’m rolling in the wonder of it all
over and under I’m rolling in the wonder of it all
Tooraloo, tooraloo, tooraloo-aye-a
Lullaby Of Redfern (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
Where her shoulder met her arm, that cost me the farm
and in the twinkilng of an eye, I watched it pass me by
It’s the little things I know
It’s the little things I know
Between the saddle and the ground, not a sound
but every shape and every shade, to remind me that I was man made
It’s the little things I know
It’s the little things I know
It’s the litlle things I know
It’s the liitle things I know
In the middle of the night, out of sight
I’m out of my mind, out of time
For My Brother Jack (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
No lyrics but a lot of story....
This is an homage to the rolled-gold, grand master Jackie Orszaczky, one of Austrailia’s greatest and un-heralded music geniuses - peerless bass player, arranger, band leader, composer, entertainer. His decade long tuesday night residency in Sydney, originally at The Rose Of Australia Hotel in Erskineville and later at Newtown RSL, is the stuff of legend and once cannily described as “the best free Tuesday night of entertainment anywhere in the world”.
Jackie fostered a couple of generations of musicians in his various ensembles – great drummers, bass players, horns, everything. Jack always, on meeting, would adress me as Brother Brendan, just as he addressed all his contemporaries. He died in February 2008 just short of his 60th birthday.
Old Die Soon, Young Die Anytime (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
I saw many white crosses painted on roadside Angophoras
between Maxville and the border this time around
and persimmons ripe and red all scattered in a riverbed
and everywhere sugarcane green and high
and so many young faces in the malls and public places
staring in to a future that’s not even there
all heading down the coast to see if they can make the most
in the big noise and shimmer of the city
Old die soon, young die anytime
Met my neighbour on the street he had nothing on his feet
he’d come running from his bed just like me
there was a fire in number two, no-one knew quite what to do
so we all stood there watching it burn up into the sky
and my neighbour gets to telling me all about his wide screen TV
and his four wheel drive with all the trimmings
dear listener wouldn’t you know that was five years ago
here in the global village down by the sea
Old die soon, young die anytime
Old die soon
But it gets alright, gets alright
In the middle of the night, it gets alright
Catching Rain Again (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
Madeline I’m gone, there’s a fifity on the table
there’s a crack in my smile where the rain gets in
just more of the same, I’m catching rain, catching rain again
Saturday and I’m in trouble, three fingers in to trouble
there’s no peace in the valley, no melody to carry
just more of the same, I’m catching rain, catching rain again
If I ever get my way, I’m gonna stay dry, I think I’m gonna stay
Who was that man? (who was that man)
What was that scene? (what was that scene)
Breakfast in the afternoon (breakfast in the afternoon)
Red wine and nicotine (red wine and nicotine)
Satellite blue horizon, there’s a hole in the sky where the dreams come in
more of the same, I’m catching rain, catching rain again
Message For Miss Rainbow (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
Message for Miss Rainbow, careful as you go
this world is full of arseholes, and I should know
But there’s some gold sometimes
look for the thread in all you dread
in the things that you don’t know
and take my hand and when you do
chart your course with no remorse
make it all brand new
You been on my mind, God gives us all this time
look what we do, we waste it worrying
Message for Miss Rainbow, ships may come and go
the one true thing will find you and you will know
‘Cause there’s some gold sometimes
look for the thread in all you dread
in the things that you don’t know
and take my hand and when you do
chart your course with no remorse
make it all brand new
Careless Frontier (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
Unwise and in love, you can’t touch me now
I watch it unfold, imperfect not free
come down to the ocean, come down to the sea
feel the wind and the water, ‘cause you can’t touch me
‘Cause I don’t care, I’ve already been there where I got to be
careless frontier, I already been there
unloved and otherwise, oh you can’t touch me now
feel the wind and the water, coming over the bow
still I don’t care, I’ve already been there where I got to be
careless frontier, I already been there
One Irish Rover (Van Morrison) Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing
Tell me the story now, now that its over
wrap it in glory, for one Irish rover
Tell me you’re wiser now, tell me you’re older
wrap it in glory, for one Irish rover
I can tell by the light in your eye, that you’re so far away
like a ship out on the sea, without a sail, you’ve gone astray
Tell me the facts real straight, dont make me over
make it come out alright, and wrap it in glory
For one Irish rover, for one Irish rover
I Caught You Stealing (Gallagher) Universal Publishing
I caught you stealing, you read my mind
you took my feelings, you robbed me blind
But I would not let on, no-one would know
I would just get on and let you go
I watched you leaving, you took your time
yeah you took everything, you robbed me blind, blind
But I would not let on, no-one would know
I would just get on and let you go
