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Sailor's Song
04:24
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Living in an oceanic paradise
Makes you look at the world
Through another kind of eye
If you limit yourself to all you think you know
Then you must do away
With the only way to grow
I find it funny sometimes when you knock on wood
Because these boats are temporary
But if we steer them like we should
We could be anything down here
Anything down here
Living for the first time with the land in sight
Puts a smile on my face
And a twinkle in my eye
You can drift for years, floating aimlessly
Until the current picks you up
And puts you up upon the beach
I find it funny sometimes when I think of you
Cos if you were a wiser man
You might come swimming in the blue
And become anything down here
Anything down here
All that you can hear
It all becomes so clear
Now ride the swell lines up and down
Right across the waves till you reach a town
Where the waters whisper simple tunes
That you've spent your whole life humming to
Now sit and be; be rooted like the trees
And you will come to see that you have sailed on your own breeze
And drifted for a reason
For you needed to be seated
Before you could open up and see
That there are many roads to freedom
And you'd better believe that
Love is the highest form of feeling
And even when you bleed you blood is flowing in agreement
And never saying no to the power that you hold
Cos from these sticks and stones
You can construct a sturdy boat
To bear you across the ocean
To a love you've always known
Living for the first time in our lives
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2. |
Drifter
05:59
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The tables look dark
In a slice of the Isle, Amsterdam
A beer before six in the morning
Sets the tone that way
A walk in the park
Is as nice as the company given
It's the friends that you keep
That remind you how to spell your name
Now try as I might
But I can't get warmth in my fingers
Know the fog on the water
Spreads slow like a Liberty Haze
Though it's wet and it's cold
This country still shows me my rhythm
Yeah there's more to travelling round
If your feet touch the ground in this way
Know I'm a drifter
And that's the way I like it
If you stay in one place
For the rest of your days
You'll never grow
So walk on
You gotta leave home
If you wanna move beyond
Come on!
I'm all for a change
But some days it's just so long coming
I ponder in prose until dark
When I find the truth
We're one and the same;
Without love we can find no purpose
But you must stray from your way
To see your path in full clear view
And a birdseye I've found
As I look out my aeroplane window
Perspective and insight abounds
From the sheer altitude
When you forfeit the ground
It's the opportune time to unload
And make room for the realisations
Landing here soon
Yeah I'm a drifter
And that's the way I like it
If you stay in one place
For the rest of your days
You'll never grow
So walk on
You gotta leave home
If you wanna move beyond
Come on!
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Poseidon's Shell Melody
05:19
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Take this shell
Hold it close against your ear
Quiet now
And all the oceans you will hear
In your hands
Through a natural instrument
With which you can
Call Poseidon to attention
Listen close
There is music in the wind
And you know
You can hear it whistling
Out a song
That resonates within the core
We belong
In the melody of major
Give the ocean your affection
And it will offer a reflection
When you clarify an intention
You open up to worldly wisdom
Stand up tall
Face the wind and all it brings
Remind yourself
Songs are carried on its wings
To us all
Joining dots with dotted lines
Of major and minor
All of the time, while all our words unwind
Under the water
See the sounds move in waves
Across the bays of our hearts
Which collect up the swells to embark
So we can start
To be a mirror to the sky
A liquid world for you and I
Amplified by every drop
And change in the tide
Give the ocean your affection
And it will offer a reflection
When you clarify an intention
You open up to worldly wisdom
Take this shell
And put it close against your ear
Quiet now
And all the oceans you will hear
In your hands
Through a natural instrument
With which you can
Call Poseidon to attention
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4. |
Slow
04:28
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Oh so simple
Our lives could be if we'd want to
But we tend to clutter them up
With jobs and chores and boring stuff
Oh no, it's such a drag
You can spend your whole life
Beating you way out of ordinary things
Till the end of your days now
Slow it down, slow it down
Slow it down for me
Cos I'm struggling to keep up, keep up
What would they think
If we gave it up in a moment
If we just did something fun for once
With some love, could we transcend the game?
Oh I would spend all day
Making papier mache and being
And I'd spend all night
Sleeping out in the moonlight
I'd know that I'd got it right
Slow it down, slow it down
Slow it down for me
Cos I'm struggling to keep up, keep up
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5. |
Seaweed Sunset
04:39
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White boat, white boat
On the blue floats
Softly breathing
And needing only one note
A bottle, a bottle
With memories forgotten
Voyages home now
With tidings on the tide
White boat, life boat
Climb up for a real show
Travel over oceans
On to islands and volcanoes in clouds
Now relax and drift into the sound
Of wax on the deck melting out
The port-holes till candles abound on the surface
For sailors to purchase with gold
From a journey that's turning for home
With lanterns that are only for show
But yearn for a real way to glow in the night
And replenish our sight as we row, row, row
Seaweed sunset
Another day you must let
Go now to allow
A greater one to happen
The rudder, the rudder
You feel it shake and shudder
Send love to all your mothers
And set out now to discover the clouds
Now relax and drift into the sound
Of wax on the deck melting out
The portholes till candles abound on the surface
For sailors to purchase with gold
From a journey that's turning for home
With lanterns that are only for show
But yearn for a real way to glow in the night
And replenish our sight as we row, row, row
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6. |
Taylor's Mistake
06:06
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My name is Taylor
I was a captain of a ship
But I lost my wager with the rolling seas
And yes I certainly paid for it
On a stormy September's night
I took the wheel for the last time
For the safety of Sumner
I risked my life
When the morning awoke me
I wasn't who I thought I was
I'd left my body behind me
And saw the mystery of the skin and bones I'd lost
As I lay on the sand that day
I felt my mind begin to change
Yes I guess we all go that way
But I know it wasn't a mistake
You know I'm happier for it
The puzzle solved itself for me
Why did I spend my time with dying on my mind?
The very best years of my life
Were wasted cos I was blind
So rewind; see that you are free
See that you are me
So rewind, be all you can be
Now the grass on the beach
Grows from the very hairs on my head
And every single piece of me
Has found a place amongst the dunes to rest
And the water is by my side
What more could a sailor want in life?
So here I sleep in the bay
Where I left my name
You know I'm happier for it
The puzzle solved itself for me
Why did I spend my time with dying on my mind?
The very best years of my life
Were wasted cos I was blind
So rewind; see that you are free
See that you are me
So rewind, be all you can be
My soul flies into the ocean
Night after night I’m rolling over hoping
That I’m gonna see the real me in every energy
I see me in every energy
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7. |
Tea On The Jetty
06:25
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We sold ourselves to slavery
The day we separated our souls
From our brothers'
You know, we think we're all individual
Now gone's our sense of decency
It's all about me
Nevermind that we're all here together
We've turned into only what we can gather
If you find yourself drinking from the cup
But never having had enough
Then it's a sign for you to find me
Standing on the jetty
With a herbal in my hand
And a day that's void of plans
Won't you join me on my light blue canvas chair
Because I feel change in the air
I know I'm not the only one
Who has begun to see the uni-verse
As one whole song
We all sing out in unison
Well this knot has got to come undone
For identification with a collective global
Sense of freedom
If you find yourself drinking from the cup
But never having had enough
Then it's a sign for you to find me
Standing on the jetty
With a herbal in my hand
And a day that's void of plans
Won't you join me on my light blue canvas outlook
Coupled with a good book
Which reflects all of the choices that it took
To make your life all that it was
And I hope that you can declare to yourself
Above the solid physical realm
That all you did
Was all you'd gone down there to do
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8. |
The Ultimate Image
03:57
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Well it's been a while since I arrived here
And the world has changed in many ways
With each and every day
They say we're moving forward
I say we're on a hell of a ride
That dips and darts and flashes past you
In the relative blink of an eye
But if one is me and you
And if we're all a part of one big family
Living through experiences greater than just our vision
I'd ask just how we're gonna leave
A lasting impression that's true
Now what am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do?
I leave my ripple in the ocean
And I leave my blessings at the altar
I see my reflection in the ultimate image
Now together we can do wonders
And naturally I'd like us to be the best
We can be, always evolving to a higher seated nest
And it's a home for every one of us
And commands respect because we're part of it
We are moving through life
While choosing to find the immortal light
Through which we will be dispossessed
But if one is me and you
And if we're all a part of one big family
Living through experiences greater than just our vision
I'd ask just how we're gonna leave
A lasting impression that's true
Now what am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do?
I leave my ripple in the ocean
And I leave my blessings at the altar
I see my reflection in the ultimate image
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9. |
Kalbarri
05:27
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Run down the steps painted red
Out into the ocean
The stones glitter gold
What a gift to behold now
Whitewash and wool socks
Waves as the coin drops
Humpbacks and Roo tracks
Push for the pilgrimage
Oh Brother, walk and we walk and we walk
Oh Father, talk to me, talk to me, talk
Earth Mother, what can we, what can we do for you
Sing for each other and sail where you want to
Wander in wonder
And sail ever onward now
Feel for the world
For your journey is homeward bound
History is turning, the pages are burning out
And I'm feeling the waves of this change as they ripple around
To the furthest reaches of our collective mind
And I sing for us all because I know it's time
Brother to walk and to walk and to walk
Oh Father, talk to me, talk to me, talk
Earth Mother, what can we, what can we do for you
Sing for each other and sail where you want to
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10. |
Salt Spray
04:08
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Now I feel I’m moving on
Beyond these bad lands
Where the feeling was so shadowed
I recognise that despite of all the wrongs
And rights that I’m learning from
My mind was often narrow
When it could have been open wide
To the other side of living
Where all is love and you feel the trust in humans
Be a part of it and all will start to shift in circles
Back to the beginning
While the salt spray softens my heart
I’m amazed at all the lines I’ve drawn around you
Which represent the truth
I get the feeling that one day
I may look back and see that I've played this game
In the wrong way
But you know that rough transitions
Tend to leave you in a better position
Now I’m going to catch a ride
To another kind of wisdom
Where all is love and you feel the trust in humans
Be a part of it and all will start to shift in circles
Back to the beginning
While the salt spray softens my heart
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11. |
Gardener
03:25
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So I sit and speak to you
With flowers in my hair
With flowers in my hair
You know I’m listening to the clues
That point me on my way
That point me on my way
And we grow
And we grow
And we grow
Hey, it’s not a bad thing to be abused
And all I’ve got to say
Yeah all I’ve got to say is
Thanks and gratitude to you
You held a mirror to my face
And I never will escape
Unless I grow
And I grow
And I grow
And we grow
And we grow
And we grow
Now open up your heart
Yeah open up your heart
And let it all go
And let yourself grow
Say bye, bye, bye to your world
When you leave it behind
It all becomes less difficult
To breathe, breathe, breathe
And come to see with clarity
Our ability to really be
A taller tree inevitably here to grow
And we grow
And we grow
And we grow
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12. |
Bungalow Baby
04:52
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I find myself looking to the future
And all the things that will come to fill it
And I see you and me
In a little wooden shack by the sea
My bungalow baby
We'd soak up the sun in our vegetable garden
And I'd whisper to you that's where my heart is, love
And I see you and me
In a little wooden house in the trees
My bungalow baby
You know I'm not so fond of the streets
Or the rush hour heat
That makes the shirt on your back
Stick to the back of your seat
All we need is a good place to be
So let us both plant the seed
My bungalow baby
Now all of these thoughts have got my temperature rising
No it won't be long before I'm coming to find you
And we could play tambourine
In the yard for the birds, the bees
And our bungalow baby
Now I know you know I'm crazy
And I love to dream
Cos there's no harm in living the life you love
So won't you live it here with me
And if I ever lose my humour
Well I hope that you would push me in the water
And there we'd make it
Underneath the waves of creation
Our bungalow baby
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13. |
Saturn Saw The Seaside
05:14
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You're drifting into gold
Out of shade and into vertigo
To worlds we'll come to know
The process is called letting go
You catapult through space and time
With feeling to reflect the shine
You've grown above the daily grind
To let your forms and fears unwind
You're a ring on my finger
Reflecting the sun I see in me
Your light's a celestial messenger
Singing future dreams into current states of reality
And I'm all for beginning new
Cos in pieces of me
I find peace in you
And that's the truth
There's a storm on the surface
But you'll be sleeping by the seaside soon
Now see what's yet to be
And deliberate with certainty
To emancipate us from slavery
Sing "Let me see, let me see"
You're a ring on my finger
Reflecting the sun I see in me
Your light's a celestial messenger
Singing future dreams into current states of reality
And I'm all for beginning new
Cos in pieces of me
I find peace in you
And that's the truth
There's a storm on the surface
But you'll be sleeping by the seaside soon
It all falls away
Now embrace the change
It all falls away
Here and now you wake
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Blue Child Collective Margaret River, Australia
A Fluid Groove collaboration born from the West Australian coastline, Blue Child Collective's easy-flowing, conscious song craft "evokes the gentle rhythms and roaring freedom of Australia’s seaside" (Happy Mag).
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