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Soon

by Liz Stringer

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1.
You came into my life just like a roll of thunder You waved at me your picket fence, your car, your silver spoon And when I thought about all the things I had for the first time I remembered that love is for the brave and for the free That's how I want to be And with the thunder came the rain And so I picked myself up and pulled myself in again And when I thought about all the ones I'd hurt for the first time I remembered that love is for the brave and for the free That's how I want to be First the thunder and the rain then came the sun And I stood on the banks and watched the rivers run And there I thought about all the things I have for the first time I remembered that love is for the brave and for the free That's how I want to be
2.
I don't need no-one to say that I'm alright, yeah Take that colour of your money away I've got my feet on the ground Cos I heard you say I'd lost my absolution But, honey, you can't lose nothing that you never found And I don't believe in innocence 'cos I left mine there too young Time on my hands, it's slipping away, but I found you, Darling, found you one more time Well, peace be to you brother And to all the little people that live in your head I've lived a thousand years in this body I don't have the energy left for wishing you were dead Sweet Jesus found me with a pocket full of nothing But that don't mean that I should mean shit to you Why don't you stop hanging around on my corner, boy Go and find someone else to screw And I don't believe in innocence 'cos I left mine there too young Time on my hands, it's slipping away, but I found you, Darling, found you one more time And I don't believe in innocence 'cos I left mine there too young Time on my hands, it's slipping so fast, I don't know where the time's gone Oh you are the anchor and I am the sea, so who's pulling away from who, boy? Oh it ain't up to you no more, I told you I'm leaving and I'll tell you, Darlin, one more time
3.
I don't want to talk about things that you know I just want to sit here for an hour or so And wonder why the hell you have to leave It's obvious that you're not coming back no more And I blame myself 'cos I've smiled and ignored What you mean to me and how I feel I'll know you'll be so happy so I won't get in the way But I'll yell from the rooftops the minute you drive away Do you love me honey? Do you feel the way I feel? Would you crawl over nails every day, every night, just to be with me? Do you dream of adventure and things which are strong and true? Do you love me, honey, cos I think I love you Yeah we've been friends for a while I guess Rolled home laughing in a happy drunken mess Walked for hours content sayin' nothing at all I've been angry at you 'til it hurts my soul And laughed 'til I cried at the stories you've told And felt so safe by your side and stood so tall Oh why is it so hard to put down these risky bets When I know we go together like beer and cigarettes Do you love me honey? Do you feel the way I feel? Would you crawl over nails every day, every night, just to be with me? Do you dream of adventure and things which are strong and true? Do you love me, honey, cos I think I love you Last night was the end to our last fine day Sun over the city sinking away Birds flying home for the night just like you and me The air was warm and the sky was red The atmosphere as thick as a loaf of bread And I danced around the words that I couldn't speak So now I sit here staring at my hands Such a stubborn idiot with one final chance Do you love me honey? Do you feel the way I feel? Would you crawl over nails every day, every night, just to be with me? Do you dream of adventure and things which are strong and true? Do you love me, honey, cos I think I love you
4.
The devil came 'round my house last night With a gift upon his shoulder He said, 'Good things come to those who wait but you know you're getting older. So what are you going to do, my child, wait for the fine things to come? Or are you going to go out hard tonight, fire all your guns?' He said, 'Memory is a powerful thing but it only hurts you if you let it in. You come and ride by my side tonight, I know you'll live again.' Oh what a fool I've been The devil came by disguised as love tonight and I let him in Well he took me walking on the shore where the moonlight hits the ocean And he talked to me with his serpents tongue about his love and devotion The ocean waved at me and said, 'Girl, turn on your heel and run' And then that devil man took me by the hand and said, 'It's time for me to have my fun' He said, 'Memory is a powerful thing but it only hurts you if you let it in. You come and ride by my side tonight, I know you'll live again.' Oh what a fool I've been The devil came by disguised as love tonight and I let him in So many years passed since that day and now I have my daughter She's more beautiful than I ever was that's why my heart grows colder She's angry at her mother, 'cos I won't let her walk upon the shore And I said, 'I don't want that devil man 'round my house no more' I said, 'Memory is a powerful thing, it can save your life if you let it in I went walking with that man that night and I never lived again Oh, I know you're hurting but if that devil man comes by disguised as love tonight I said if that devil man comes by disguised as love tonight I said if that devil man comes by disguised as love tonight Draw your curtain'
5.
I saw you talking to my sister You were telling her how much you missed her But I am a woman now, can't you see Come out of the corner, boy, and make one out of me For life it is an ocean that I've yet to sail And love it is a mountain that I've yet to scale So come with me, my darling Or I guess you'll never know I know you dream of me every night I know you were wishing you could hold me tight I know that you love me, I see it in your face Come on, Darlin, take me now There ain't no better place For life it is an ocean that I've yet to sail And love it is a mountain that I've yet to scale So come with me, my darling Or I guess you'll never know I know you dream of me every night I know you were wishing you could hold me tight I know that you love me, I see it in your face Come on, Darlin, take me now There ain't no better place For life it is an ocean that I've yet to sail And love it is a mountain that I've yet to scale So come with me, my darling Or I guess you'll never know
6.
Hail stones pounding on the roof above A hundred miles from nowhere by the flight of the dove She crouches on the floor, she waits there in the dark Waiting for her love she keeps safe from harm She says, 'It ain't your love gonna tear me apart cos I've got venom flowing straight to my heart You better run just as fast as you can You're a cold-hearted lover for a hot-blooded man' Sugar cane was burning on the night that they met Filling the air with the stench of regret Sweet good loving on the rocks below There's an angry moon rising where the spirits go She says, 'It ain't your love gonna tear me apart cos I've got venom flowing straight to my heart You better run just as fast as you can You're a cold-hearted lover for a hot-blooded man'
7.
I spend a lot of my time walking the streets and thinking of you I watch the Autumn leaves fall from the trees like honey and I kick them with my shoes Go get a drink and when it's time to leave, pick my heart off the bar and put it back on my sleeve And keep searching for some little pieces of you That's all I can do I'm getting drunk too often, I'm not seeing my friends And I've got your name on a loop in my head, oh it never ends I can't run from this, where would I go? Too tired to keep moving and too restless to slow I'll just finish this bottle and I'll decide what to do That's all I can do As the cold comes home and rests itself on my window sill I wait for the dark to come, loyal to me still And when I dream of you tonight we'll fly high together like birds in flight For there's nothing I kept that reminds me of you That's all I can do.
8.
All these years I've known you deep Heard your voice loud in my sleep Smiled at you in my defeat Though my heart is breaking Saw you riding with her near Saw you holding her so dear But I've been laughing through my tears Though my heart is breaking Oh children can't you see I'm sinking like a stone Going further deep, here I will sleep under the foam He be walking fast, fast away and I'll forget his face one day But until then here I will stay Though my heart is breaking The summer sings her memory song Tells me of your moving on But in your shadow I stand strong Though my heart is breaking I've never been in love before Strong as this old oceans' roar He waits not for me on the shore Though my heart is breaking Oh children can't you see I'm sinking like a stone Going further deep, here I will sleep under the foam He be walking fast, fast away and I'll forget his face one day But until then here I will stay Though my heart is breaking The rise and falling of the tide Rages in my head tonight Regretful wrongs I cannot right Though my heart is breaking I'll see him there in front of me Hear his voice loud on the sea And I'll love him where 'er he be Though my heart is breaking Oh children can't you see I'm sinking like a stone Going further deep, here I will sleep under the foam He be walking fast, fast away and I'll forget his face one day But until then here I will stay Though my heart is breaking
9.
Where you going, those eyes so blue Don't you know I'll follow you Step down on that river sand Hold a match soft in my hand Oh, I've been bit by love's young spark I'll wait for the fire to start Carve your name into the willow tree Here where you first kissed me And then I'll carve my name there next to yours A love heart 'round it, that bark so coarse And sit here with a swollen heart And wait for the fire to start You breathed such truth and swallowed blind All the things you left behind And with your body pledged to me To carve my name into the willow tree Oh, my absent sweetheart, never will we part I'll wait for the fire to start And there against this gentle tree Burning high as the eye can see Throwing fire onto the sand Match alight in my hand Explosions scalding the river bed Sweat on my skin lit with red Black sky arching her fierce back Breathing in flames then screaming them back Oh sweet the sound of the willow's dance Wind winding slowly through every branch Gentle willow like my lover's hands Standing tall in the muddy sands Oh, I sit here with a swollen heart And wait for the fire to start
10.
I heard your voice from a mile away It came through the floor into my feet and through my legs And then it curled like a snake around my heart Oh no love ain't no healer I fell to my knees where I stood And put my hands to my mouth cos I know that nothing better ever came from anything good Oh no love ain't no healer I built those bridges and then I watched them burn They lit up the sky line like a firework And there you came with the materials to make them new again Oh no love ain't no healer Save me, Save me Save me Oh no love ain't no healer So I'm sorry if I freaked you out But you see I have nothing good to say if it's love I'm talking about So I'm gonna curl like a snake around your heart And tell you sweet darlin Love ain't no healer

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released January 1, 2006

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Liz Stringer Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne born musician Liz Stringer is one of Australia’s most respected and versatile songwriters and instrumentalists. A lauded guitarist and vocalist, Stringer has released 5 full-length albums since 2006, her powerful and emotive live performances and melodically rich, story-based songs delighting fans and festival-goers throughout Australia and a growing audience in North America + Europe. ... more

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