Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy - Songs From The Real World Vol 2 (Commissioned Songs)

Tristan and Isolde

She's the one in the forest
Riding along on a snow white steed
He's the one just behind her
To find her holy in thought and deed

Come on, I got a kingdom for you
And it's easy to behold
Come on, give 'em a hand
Tristan and Isolde

Oh my dear friend, oh my good knight
Could you fetch my little bride, please, maybe
Oh yes my lord, with my shining sword
Now I stole your baby

Stopped for the night by the ocean
We've got to hide in some enchanted potion
Swept away by my devotion
Now I ain't got the foggiest notion

Come on, I've got a story for you
It don't matter if it's told
Come on, please give it up
For Tristan and Isolde

 

Yuna and Mugi

You gotta admit that we are two cool cats
Chasing after them mice, sometimes after them rats

I see a little birdy in the tree
And I wish he'd fly my way (fly my way)
Sometimes I sleep sleep sleep
And other times I gotta play

Yuna and Mugi
You know where we can be found
Yuna and Mugi
Oh I will be seeing you 'round

People may say that we are spoiled
But what do you reckon
Ah sometimes we just can't be bothered
Except when breakfast beckons

I see a little fish in my dream
I wish he'd swim my way (swim my way)
Sometimes I howl all night
And other times I prowl all day

Yuna and Mugi
You know where we can be found
Yuna and Mugi
Oh I will be seeing you 'round

We'll be coming away
We'll be coming away
We'll be coming away
We'll be coming away
We'll be coming away
We'll be coming away
We'll be coming away

I see a little birdy in the tree
I wish he'd fly my way
I see a little fish in my dream (Yuna and Mugi)
I wish he'd swim my way

I see a little birdy in the tree (Yuna and Mugi)
And I wish he'd fly my way
I see a little fish in my dream (Yuna and Mugi)
I wish he'd swim my way

 

A Song For Fiona

Walking down the road
I met this girl with pink shoes
Sometimes you get chosen
Sometimes you get to choose

Looking for her lowland
Looking high and low and
Ola are [0:24] the strange land
Is it really real

I'm sayin' hey little sister
As we travel alone
With those lovely things shootin'
She should be in my song

I think you're pretty special
I think you're pretty extra
It's measure for measure
And that's a done deal

One man's loss is another man's gain
I couldn't bear to lose you
One man's gain is another man's loss
I have gained everything in you

Well I must be a crack-pot
Have we passed the test
She smiles as she rests
Her tired hand on my chest

Looking for her lowland
Looking high and low and
Ola are [1:18] the strange land
But it was always here

One man's loss is another man's gain
I couldn't bear to lose you
One man's gain is another man's loss
I have gained everything in you

I will be your bodyguard
He will just be me
And if you call me anything
You can call me mystique

 

Tahlia

Tahlia
You are the oldest one
Yeah, you're beautiful
But you are the boldest one
Yeah

I love the way you hate the drugs and cigs and booze
'Cause you've seen what they done
But that don't mean, no, no
You don't know how to have fun

Yeah, so I sing about my Tahlia
Yeah, nothing could make me happier

Does any daughter understand
The love that she can command in her father's heart
Oh when you write 'I miss you dad'
Do you know it blows my heart apart

I hope that you start playing the piano again
But I know that it depends
Anyway I think that you're a much better singer
Than that Phoebe on Friends

Yeah, so I sing about my Tahlia
Yeah, nothing could make me happier

Tahlia
You are the boldest one
Tahlia
You're beautiful

Yeah, so I sing about my Tahlia
Yeah, nothing could make me happier

Yeah, so I sing about my Tahlia
Yeah, nothing could make me happier

 

Ghost (Vocal Version)

The slow tragic move
As I leave for the sun
In the morning
In the morning

The warmest welcome
In all Christendom
And the statues
In the garden

The probable cause
Of all human flaws
In the ceiling
Now I'm dealing

All the real lies/lives [1:16]
Frozen in time
All around you

We underscored lines
And paid traffic fines
Without warning
Without warning

A million knives
In Africa's back
Always calling
Always calling

All the real lies/lives [2:22]
Frozen in time
All around you

All the real lies/lives [2:52]
Frozen in time
All around you

 

Alicia

Look out mister
She is the middle sister
Ah, did you need a lift
She just drove past in her Swift

Everything in her world is so nicely scrubbed
Ah, you must confess
Ah, tell me why her bedroom is such a mess

Alicia, we love ya
We think you're pretty good
Accepting everybody
Like everybody should

Alicia
At least you've got this song
You're doing everything so well
How can you go wrong

Cooking up a storm
The scene of the feast
Ah, your love is so warm
It's never the least

Alicia, we love ya
We think you're pretty good
Accepting everybody
Like everybody should

Alicia
At least you've got this song
You're doing everything so well
How can you go wrong

Alicia
Alicia

 

A Song for Matt

A song about Matt
He's a cool kind of kid
Maybe he will change the world
When he gets big

Right now it's video games, EFL
Did I say he's good at darts
But much much better than that
He's got a real big heart

We all got some tough challenges in front of us
We're gonna overcome all that stuff and we'll thrive
It's good to be alive

We call him Chubby
Well he grew up so fast
And with his Labrador Retriever
I believe their friendship will last

The dog MT Matt called him after
Donkey Kong
He was too young to say it
So the dog is called Monkey Tom

We all got some tough challenges in front of us
We're gonna get through it and survive
It's good to be alive
To be alive

Come on now, don't let it faze ya
Wonder of the north is gonna amaze ya
Come on now, don't let it faze ya
Wonder of the north is gonna amaze ya

It's good to be alive

 

Gina

Never thought I'd be a father
Never thought I'd have such a lovely little daughter
Gina, there you are, my tiny star
You know I'm gonna be just where you are

Gina, I got you baby
We got so much to do
Gina, you got me baby
Got so much love for you

I love you child more than anyone could have known
I need to see this through until you have grown
Gotta be a good father and still make my way in this world
Together we'll get it together my girl

Gina, I got you baby
We got so much to do
Gina, you got me baby
Got so much love for you

(Gina)
And you're always gonna be my girl
(Gina)
Yeah, you're always gonna be my girl
(Gina)
Every night, every day, and everywhere I hear you singin'
(Gina)
Yeah, you're always gonna be my girl
(Gina)
Ah, always gonna be my
(Gina)
(Gina)

 

Amber

Such a beautiful girl with your long dark hair
You got a smile, lights up the sky
In a remote part of this world
Or in a museum, you're asking why

There's love in everything that you do
It's true, we're gonna pull through
Your father will be proud of you
I know you miss him

Hey there, Amber
I guess Sassandra [1:09] says hello
Ain't it hard to watch a dream fade
And ain't it easy to care about someone like you
As the years become decades

There's love in everything that you do
It's true, we're gonna pull through
Your father will be proud of you
I know you miss him

There's love in everything that you do
It's true, we're gonna pull through
Your father will be proud of you
I know you miss him

There's love in everything that you do

 

A Song for Michael

[rev. Oct. 2, 2016]

In a lovely little borough
I grew up in Turramurra
Leafy tree-lined avenues
It's a lovely place

If you're ever feeling down
As you're driving out of town
It's just adjacent to Ku-ring-gai Chase
Aww

On those long summer nights
That don't come to an end
I'm hanging out here with my old school friends
And my girl Corrine

We grew up together
Like singing music forever
Let Sylvie talk of all that might have been
Oh yeah

And I think of my friends
And I realize a lot of the things
That we thought would happen
They ain't gonna happen
But we haven't given up hope yet

A little while ago we formed a little band
And we started to practice, a one night stand
Just for fun, you know
We didn't think we were any good

After a lot of hard work and a lot of self doubt
We had a little gig and our friends came out
We had the best time anybody could, oh yeah

 

Monkey Man

Brain of a monkey, body of a man
Monkey man is what I am
Not fully monkey and not fully man
Not chimpanzee nor Homo sapien

I got an opposable thumb
I speak in words and walk upright
But sometimes when the moon is full
And the stars in the sky call me out to play at night
And they make me sing
They make me sing

Brain of a monkey, ah, body of a man, ah
Born it seems to wonder if this is accident or planned
Wondering in conjunction now
On what man wouldn't take it to the trash bin
Pop another Mother Nature in the can

Brain of a monkey, body of a man
Born it seems to wonder if this is accident or planned
I'm wondering in conjunction now
Among men taken to the trash bin
And pop Mother Nature in the can

I've been around for years
Seen generations go
But those faces still seem pretty much the same
As ten thousand years ago

I've seen empires and religions
Call their costume uniform
Declaring forms of norms
Like thunderclaps and passing storms

I've seen great acts of kindness
I've seen cruelty
Reminding me there is a lizard
In the monkey in me

Brain of a monkey, body of a man
With a little listen nestled at the base of my brain pan
I'm thinking that we must live out
Every action we begin
I'm wondering if when we meet you're Superman
Or Vonnegut's penguin [3:09]
Woo! (laughter)

Brain of a monkey, body of a man
Monkey man is what I am
Not fully monkey and not fully man
Not chimpanzee nor Homo sapien

Brain of a monkey, body of a man
Monkey man is what I am
Not fully monkey and not fully man
Not chimpanzee nor Homo sapien