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(W.Gillespie/R.Grosser/G.Catt)
1) Give me bananas and tomatoes too
You don’t know what I like about you
Give me the fever give me bamboo
Give me paprika in my stew
Oh you don’t know, you don’t know what I like
About you...it’s all about you
I look into the mirror and all I see
All I see is you
2) You wear your best but you feel your worst
Hear the pounding of that desert surf
You wear your bear rugs high upon the wall
You’re looking smooth but your, feeling small
I don’t know, I don’t know what I like
About you…it’s all about you
And when you’re upset you know
I get upset like you
Just like you, all I see is you….
3) The water runs down just like ..
The Nile …denial
4) You give me bananas and tomatoes too
Your whipping post and your slave’s tattoo
You give me the jungle you give me the vine
The more we struggle we become entwined.
Now I know now I know what I like
About you…it’s all about you
Your medicine glass a drachm or two
It’s all about you
It’s all about…END
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Methadone
03:41
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METHADONE
(W.Gillespie/R.Grosser)
1) Some say that we should not be together
But I know that we cannot be apart
It’s true that I can’t do without you
It’s been that way right from the start
And sometimes I might dream of escaping
But you’re still the one that I keep coming home to.
You’re in my blood you’re in my bones
Your long acting – you’re my Methadone.
2) I get desires but you stop the craving –
You’re beside me when I fall asleep
You stop me trembling when I get the fever
Your taste is bitter but your touch is sweet
You’re in my blood you’re in my bones
Your long acting – you’re my Methadone
You’re in my blood you’re in my bones
Your long acting – you’re my Methadone
You’re in my blood you’re in my bones
Your long acting – you’re my Methadone
You’re in my blood you’re in my bones
Your long acting – you’re my Methadone
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Slow Down (Wayne Gillespie /Rob Grosser)
1) Hot wire the ignition and give it a rev
He’s the original petrol head
His tyres burn and his girlfriend screams
As her head flies through the window screen
2) Tagging trains on the Hurstville line
He’s got plenty of speed but not much time
He tags his name on a railway car
But he sticks his neck out just a bit too far
Slow Down – Don’t move so fast
Slow Down…..
3) He drives all night with a load of gasoline
And his eyes propped open with Duromine
He takes the corner just a bit too wide
And the flames light up the countryside
4) He’s a Doctor of medicine he’s Mr Right
And his waterfront mansion it glows at night
He’s full of ambition and grandiose schemes
And his veins are full of Pethidine.
Slow Down – (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down – (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down - (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down …..
Bridge: There’s no telling what we’ll do
Wish I could spend more time with you
Always running against the clock
Once you start you just can’t ….
INSTRUMENTAL
5) The air is electricity when she’s around
She plays the oldest game in town
She likes to party, drinks her vodka neat
And she’s a much better actress than Meryl Streep
6) Fiery passion in a hotel room
These first time lovers they’re no bride and groom
“No need to hurry to hurry” she says “ no need to rush”
“Sixty seconds of love it’s never enough”
Slow Down – (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down – (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down - (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down …..
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Confusions (Gillespie/Grosser) Album 2022
1) Confusions and delusions – do they ever get you down?
These things I need to know about you.
Confusions and delusions in your head they spin around
But I never meant to doubt you
2) Confusions and delusions – rich world of fantasy
And this mystery surrounds you.
Diffusions and illusions and a touch of alchemy
And now I just can’t be without you
Bridge: In the heat of the day and in the darkest night
Your face it re-appears it’s such a ghostly sight
And voices talk to me I hear every word they say
“Where ever you go we will find you”
3) Confusions and delusions – they become reality
Don’t let these things confound you
Contusions and occlusions –we bruise so easily
And now there’s danger all about you.
Bridge: And if I ever built a wall around myself
And if I tried to do without somebody else
And if I ever seemed unreasonable
I was only just trying to find a cure for..
Confusion and delusions yeah.. Confusion and delusions yeah
4) “Confusions and delusions – do they ever get you down?
These things we need to know about you”.
Transfusions and infusions – balance up your chemistry
And smooth the edginess about you
Bridge: Gravel paths and freshly scented lawns
Pristine and orderly “Here just sign these forms”
But then you closed the doors and put me out upon the street
Now my home is the shoes upon my feet.
Confusions and delusions yeah
…..Confusions
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PAPA WEMBA (She Dances)
(W.Gillespie/R.Grosser)
1. Papa Wemba, Kando Bonga Man
Weave their magic in the Sudan
Suke Chile, General Defao
Play the rhythm of the deep Congo.
2 In the village of Kikambala
They play the music called the Lingala
Shake the hand of a handsome stranger
Tonight let there be no danger.
She Dances - And She Dances
And She Dances - And She Dances
3. Guns of Gambia and Uganda
The killing fields of Rwanda
Lost her family in the civil war
She gets lost in the Carnaval
4. She goes down to the capital
Across the desert to the Cote D’Ivoire
Hear the music of the festival
Asala maaleykum, Senegal
And She Dances - And She Dances
And She Dances - And She Dances
Bridge:
In Marseilles the Frenchman set their sails
In Dakar the woman wear their veils
Waves crash on the fishing boats
Ndombolo singer takes off his coat
And he dances - And she dances
And she dances - And she Dances
And she dances -She goes down to the festival
And she dances -Across the Desert to the Cote D’Ivoire
And she dances - She’s seen famine, she’s seen war
And she dances -So She gets lost in the Carnaval
And she dances -Papa Wemba, Kando Bonga Man
And she dances -Weave their magic in the Sudan
And she dances - Suke Chule, General Defao
And she dances - Play the rhythm of the deep Congo
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BRICK BY BRICK
04:17
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BRICK BY BRICK - (W.Gillespie/R.Grosser)
1. Let‘s build it up - brick by brick
Let’s put it back - stick by stick
Replace everything that we tore down -bricks and mortar and cement
Replace all that we tore down –oh we could be magnificent
Gotta find away to calm you down
Gotta find a way to sooth you
Gotta find away to calm you down
Without putting out your fire
2. And build it up stone by stone
Turn this graveyard plot into a home
Oh we’ll be stronger than we were before -we’ll learn to do what we forgot
Oh we could build a citadel - on this dusty vacant lot
Gotta find a way to calm you down
Gotta find a way to sooth you
Gotta find a way to calm you down
Without putting out your fire
3. And build it up brick by brick
And put it back, put it back, stick by stick
Replace everything that we tore down –everything that we blew apart
Replace all that we tore down, all you see is my black heart
Gotta find away to calm you down
Gotta find a way to sooth you
Gotta find away to calm you down
Without putting out your fire
Without putting out your fire
Without putting out your...
4... Fire………………………………..brick by brick
And put it back, put it back stick by stick
We tore it down we can build it up -there must be something that we’ve learnt
We tore it down we can put it back - all the tinder that we’ve burnt
Gotta find a way to calm you down
Gotta find a way to sooth you
Gotta find away to calm you down
Without putting out your fire
5. And build it up build it up brick by brick
And put it back put it back stick by stick
And build it up build it up stone by stone
Oh there’s no need for us to be alone
Outro:
We tore it down we can build it up
There must be something that we’ve learnt
We tore it down we can put it back
All the tinder that we’ve burnt
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Chapel Street
06:39
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CHAPEL STREET
(W.Gillespie/R.Grosser)
1.This geography is unfamiliar, I'm lost I'm incomplete
As the cars wait for the trams, to rattle down Chapel Street
I recognised you in an instant, from behind your shades
You smiled and you said politely –“you know you haven't changed".
Thought you and I would never lie...again.
2. We find a coffee table and order chocolate
And though I don't say the words I'm thinking ,that you still look great
You keep your sunglasses on, you say the light it hurts your head
You say you drank too much wine last night, that's why your eyes are red
Thought you and I would never lie.....again.
3. And so in 15 minutes we try to summarize
The last 15 years of our separate lives
Are you married? Do you have kids? We both answered “No”
“Never was the plan, still things could change – I guess you never know”.
You and I could never lie..again
No you and I could never lie...again.
4. You said you moved to Melbourne, about 8 years ago
Me I said "I went to Sydney I'm just down here.. to play the Bert Newton show"
I said "I heard about book, I read a great review”
And you said "I heard your song on the radio - you know something? You still sing out of tune"
No you and I could never lie...again
No you and I could never lie ...again.
5. And so we talked a little ‘bout our past regrets
About the mistakes we made ..and about the rest
We tried to apologise for all those things we did and did not do
You said your new boyfriend plays guitar in a band, “you know something? He’s a bit like you”
No you and I will never lie....again
No you and I will never lie .....again
Yes you and I we used to share the same breath
But you and I ....will never lie again.
6. You got up to go and said "I guess I should be on my way" and
A tiny part of me was hoping , was hoping that you'd stay
And so I walked with you up towards the Yarra
And it felt strange and yet so familiar for us to be together
No you and I will never lie..... again....
No you and I will never lie .....again
Yes you and I we used to share the same bed
But you and I will never lie …again
(…could we try again? )
8. This geography is so familiar ...mmm
This geography is so familiar ..mmm
As the cars wait for the trams... mmm
As cars wait for the trams …on Chapel Street.
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Seconds
03:52
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SECONDS
(W.Gillespie/R.Grosser)
1) How long does it take for a fist to smash a skull?
How long does it take for a bullet to make a whole?
How long does it take to turn Heaven into Hell?
How long does it take to fall into a well?
It takes seconds
It takes seconds.
2) How long does it take to look into your eyes?
How long does it take to dream of Paradise?
How long does it take to turn truth into lies?
How long does it take for your blood to rise?
It takes seconds
It takes seconds.
3) How long does it take to do a stupid thing?
How long does it take for a bird to sing?
How long does it take to run a hundred yards?
How long does it take to deal a losing card?
It takes seconds
(Tick-tock tick-tock)
It takes seconds –
(Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock)
4) How long does it take for a fire to fan?
How long does it take to save a drowning man?
How long does it take to burst a balloon?
How long does it take to fall in love with you?
It takes seconds
It takes seconds
It takes seconds
Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock
Seconds (hear the ticking of the clock)
Seconds (who knows how much time we’ve got)
Seconds
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Jealous Man
07:50
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JEALOUS MAN
(W.Gillespie/R.Grosser)
No he never was a jealous, no he never was a jealous man
He just minded his business, he was just doing the best that he can
1) He wrote greeting card inscriptions, yes that was his job
And he would stare into space until he found a line that he could be proud of
"It's good to find a hard man", that was one of his - and then there was that
Picture of two trapeze artists, flying through the air saying "We can't go on meeting like this!"
But he never was a jealous - No he never was a jealous man
2) Yes he had aspirations, yes he had much bigger plans - he dreamed that
One day he might own his own business, he might work for himself, selling singing telegrams
And he married his sweetheart , when he was in his prime - and the
Best man's speech brought the house down, but it was the groom who’d written all his best lines.
But he never was a jealous -no he never was a jealous man
4) And his best man was ambitious, so he got into advertising –and one day
He asked his friend for a bit of help, and his friend said “What about “Coke is the real thing?”
And his best man got rich, using his friends throwaway pearls
And he drove a red Porsche convertible and he was always surrounded by girls.
But he never was a jealous - no he never was a jealous man
He just minded his business -he was just doing the best that he can (the best that he can)
5) And his wife became discontented, she says “why can't you be more like him?”
He says "I like what I do, I make people laugh, think of all the pleasure I bring!”
But he never was a jealous - No he never was a jealous man
He’s just doing the best that he can, the best that he can
Instrumental guitar /sax
6) And one day his wife she left him, for a man who won the Pulitzer prize She said "the trouble with you dear, is that you could never tell big enough lies"
No he never was a jealous – No he never was a jealous man
7) So he went to the backyard, and cut a length off the garden hose
And then he went to the clothesline and took down a pair of his wife’s pantyhose
And then he went to the garage and he started the car
And he put on his seat belt, took a slug of Smirnoff and lit up a Cuban cigar.
But he never was a jealous – No he never was a jealous man
8) Yes he'd taped up the windows ‘cos he didn't want to waste anything
And then he pulled out a blank get well card and wrote "I’m into recycling"
But he never was a jealous – no he never was a jealous man
No he never was a jealous - no he never was a jealous man, jealous man
....Jealous man
....Jealous man
....Jealous man
....Jealous man
Prologue
9)So on your next birthday, spare a thought for the greeting card king
And take some time to read his lines, and smile, before you throw it into the bin.
No he never was a jealous - he never was a jealous man
He just minded his business - he was just doing the best that he can
Jealous Man
Jealous Man
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Bananas#1 (EP Version)
04:01
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1) Give me bananas, tomatoes too
You don’t know what I like about you
Give me the fever, give me bamboo
Put paprika..... in my stew
You don’t know, you don’t know what I like
about you... its all about you
When I look into the mirror all I see ...all I see is you
2) You wear your best but you feel your worst
Hear the pounding of that desert surf
You wear bear rugs high upon the wall
You’re looking smooth but your feeling small
You don’t know, you don’t know what I like about you
It’s all about you
And When you’re upset you know, I’m upset.... as you
..........................................All I see is you
3) Instrumental
The water runs down just like ….the Nile
Denial.
4) Give me bananas and tomatoes too
I don’t know what I like about you
Give me the jungle, give me bamboo
You give me paprika in my Stew
You don’t know..You don’t know what I like about you
It’s all about you
A medicine glass and I’m wondering why I’m in the room I’M IN
How did I get here? Just how did I get here ?
It’s all about you
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Confusions and Delusions (Gillespie/Grosser) c Songbroker Publishing
1) Confusions and delusions – do they ever get you down?
These things I need to know about you.
Confusions and delusions in your head they spin around
Don’t let these things confound you.
2) Confusions and delusions – do they ever get you down?
These things we need to know about you.
Confusions and delusions -a rich world of fantasy
This mystery surrounds you.
Bridge: In the heat of the day and in the darkest night
Your face it re-appears it’s such a ghostly sight
And voices talk to me I hear every word they say
“These are the things that we find”
3) Confusion and delusions – a rich world of fantasy
Don’t let these things confound you
Confusion and delusions - balance up your chemistry
And this mystery surrounds you.
Bridge: And if I ever built a wall around myself
And if I tried to do without somebody else
And if I ever seemed unreasonable
I was only just trying to find a cure for..
Confusion and delusions
4) “Confusions and delusions – do they ever get you down?
These things I need to know about you”.
Transfusions and infusions – balance up your chemistry
Smooth the edginess about you
Bridge: Gravel paths and freshly scented lawns
Pristine and orderly –here just sign these forms
And close the door and put me out on the street
Now my home is the shoes upon my feet.
Confusions and delusions
Confusions and delusions
Confusions and delusions
Confusions and delusions
END
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Slow Down (Wayne Gillespie /Rob Grosser)
1) Hot wire the ignition and give it a rev
He’s the original petrol head
His tyres burn and his girlfriend screams
As her head flies through the window screen
2) Tagging trains on the Hurstville line
He’s got plenty of speed but not much time
He tags his name on a railway car
But he sticks his neck out just a bit too far
Slow Down – Don’t move so fast
Slow Down…..
3) He drives all night with a load of gasoline
And his eyes propped open with Duromine
He takes the corner just a bit too wide
And the flames light up the countryside
4) He’s a Doctor of medicine he’s Mr Right
And his waterfront mansion it glows at night
He’s full of ambition and grandiose schemes
And his veins are full of Pethidine.
Slow Down – (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down – (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down - (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down …..
Bridge: There’s no telling what we’ll do
Wish I could spend more time with you
Always running against the clock
Once you start you just can’t ….
INSTRUMENTAL
5) The air is electricity when she’s around
She plays the oldest game in town
She likes to party, drinks her vodka neat
And she’s a much better actress than Meryl Streep
6) Fiery passion in a hotel room
These first time lovers they’re no bride and groom
“No need to hurry to hurry” she says “ no need to rush”
“Sixty seconds of love it’s never enough”
Slow Down – (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down – (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down - (don’t move so fast)
Slow Down …..
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Wayne Gillespie has been making quality music in Australasia since 1984, sharing the stage with the likes of; Suzanne Vega, Chris Whitley, Stan Ridgeway, Eleanor McEvoy, Colin Hay, Ed Kuepper & Sir Dave Dobbyn. His latest album FRAZZ is a collaboration with drummer Rob Grosser who has worked with; Jimmy Barnes, Bob Daisley, Tim Gaze, Bob Margolin (Muddy Waters) and Deep Purple ‘s Jon Lord. ... more
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