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Taken from Liz's second album, 'Pendulum', released in 2008.

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I was born in Brisbane on a hot spring day
Among my kin a big storm brewing
And when Dad got a job up Port Moresby way
That big old storm it blew in

It scattered us around like autumn leaves
Mum in Melbourne, brother in Manly
I started sowing trouble seeds
My dad’s new missus hated me

My father looked at me sometimes
As cold as a Melbourne outer eastern squall
I went to find my mother when I was nine
And hung with new mates by the station’s wall

By thirteen I was drugging and wagging class
Changed schools ‘bout a thousand times
I’d never really fit in anywhere
Been moving ‘round all of my life

But Lady Luck she comes and goes
And she leaves this gentle warning
For what you have tonight, who knows
If it’ll still be there in the morning
But there’s always a new day dawning

I left school and got an apprenticeship
Sweeping hair from a salon floor
Gave up the drugs when I lost some friends
Couldn’t see what the madness was for
The road was good I was travelling on
For the first time the sun was shining
But when I met that man and thought he was the one
That old road started winding

We moved in ‘cross the train line down Croydon way
‘Cos he told me I was pretty
But his soul, like his fists, got harder every day
It was the needle he adored and not me

But then one night my hibernating pride
Woke just like a black snake
A friend and I we headed north
Drove all night for my life’s sake

But Lady Luck she comes and goes
And she leaves this gentle warning
For what you have tonight, who knows
If it’ll still be there in the morning
But there’s always a new day dawning

And now I’m sitting on the deck of my Buderim house
I’m pulling double shifts and living clean
I think of all those dark angels back in the south
All the places that I’ve been

When I talk to my mother I can hear her smile
Feel her mighty strength and reason
She taught me that though there’ll be storms to come
Life keeps changing faster than the seasons

And that Lady Luck she comes and goes
And she leaves this gentle warning
For what you have tonight, who knows
If it’ll still be there in the morning
But there’s always a new day dawning

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from Live at The Yarra AUDIO DOWNLOAD ONLY, released October 20, 2014

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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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