Since I met you how can I notice if the sky is blue or grey
But here I am standing outside looking into a cloudy day
This must be the time for reflection, my direction is not quite clear,
Now I feel the air is colder now I feel that winter's here.
(Chorus)
Feel the breeze, we're coming to winter
(Repeat)
I feel the breeze I feel dejected I feel a part of a love that's gone
For in this world to take some chances from your glances I see it's wrong
Winter's here and it's a long one to be alone and in the cold
Brother sun you cast a shadow, now I need my lonely role.
(Chorus)
I Don't Believe You (3:47)
(Graham Russell)
Who are we to say who we must obey to get much better, ooh to get much better,
Who are we to say there's only one way to read the letter,
A decision to make and here I must be sure it will not break me,
Not a friend in the place to say to my face if I'm right or if I'm wrong
Who are we to say what we must throw away it doesn't matter ooh it doesn't matter
This is for me this is for you it's not inspiring it's not the right thing
I can't accept some things irrespective of how long you tell me
You can make me give in but that's because I'm stronger than I should be.
(Chorus)
I don't believe you, I don't believe the things you say
There's another way, I can choose to take
There's another way and it's for me to make
When there's a voice to tell you the choice you will remember ooh you will remember
Know what to take what decisions to make without thinking
I can't accept some things, I never will say yes when I don't mean to
You make me give in but that's because I 'm happy when I'm with you.
(Repeat Chorus)
Empty Pages (3:55)
(Graham Russell)
When you're out in front and your life is unsure
What have you got goin' for you after every road you turn
It's magic when you tell me and run your fingers through my hair
I don't need your persuasion, cos I'm already there
I've just read it through and I said to myself
That's not really you, I'll keep myself to myself
It's magic when you tell me, and write the words I want to see
When I reach the last line, it's just empty for me
I've been learning so long, about the things you do
I've been learning so long about you, about you
(Chorus)
Empty pages I've read you all through
Empty pages filled with spaces I fell in and I fell in
Empty pages I've read you all through
Empty pages filled with spaces I fell in and I fell in.
What A Life (4:16)
(Graham Russell)
Love comes to everyone some are weak some strong
I'm not strong today
They've took her back, brought the curtain down
What can I do now, I'm afraid to think about it.
(Chorus)
What a life, gets better as it goes along
What a life, gets better as it goes along
Been in love, been left standing till I said is that what I want,
Oh no there's got to be another smile on my face
I don't care about the money I make or what it can do
I'm alive and that's what's important to me
I don't need someone to tell me you'll get along, you'll get along
Who to love who to watch over me
(Chorus)
There's an old man been calling me for a long time
I'm never able to get his face off my mind
He always said to me take it easy take it easy
And all the things you want will come easy, will come easy.
What a life, what a life
(Chorus)
He always said to me take it easy take it easy
And all the things you want will come easy, will come easy
What a life, what a life,
(Repeat Chorus)
Secret Agent (3:25)
(Graham Russell)
Well I've got friends in the States
And I've got friends out in space
When information's your game
The whole world knows your name
And so they gave me a code
To work this treacherous road
For all the agents I know
Must work incognito
(Chorus)
I love my trade,
I've got my future made.
I put my life on the line
To save this country of mine
And they reward me with love
And see I have a good time.
So all my moves must be fast
Cos every day is my last
A secret agent that's slow
Almost certain to go.
(Chorus)
I've got friends in the States
I've got friends out in space
When information's your game
The whole world knows your name
And so they gave me a code
To work this treacherous road
For all the agents I know
Must work incognito.
(Chorus)
The Weight Is My Soul (3:15)
(Graham Russell)
In the night when you're lonely and you can't find a word for how you feel
There's a place that you know of where the lights are so low they're hardly real,
In a chair on the front verandah is a weight with a thought to set you free.
The weight is my soul
The weight is my soul, come to me.
I can see through the streetlights where the evening air is turning round
All I hear is the hangin' of the moon and the stars on the sky.
In a chair on the front verandah is a weight with a thought to set you free.
The weight is my soul
The weight is my soul, come to me.
Have you thought of the times when your heart and your mind are free
Have you thought of the times when your heart and your mind are free
In the night when you're lonely and you can't find a word for how you feel,
There's a place that you know of where the lights are so low they're hardly real,
In a chair on the front verandah is a weight with a thought to set you free
The weight is my soul
The weight is my soul, come to me.
Love And Other Bruises (3:30)
(Graham Russell)
As the time slips through your fingers
Till it's almost time to go
And the morning breaks between us
And the ice melts into snow.
I'm alright loving you
I'm alright loving you
(Chorus)
Love and other bruises didn't have to choose us
But it did and I'm alive and I'm trying to survive
Love and other bruises makes us all good losers
I can't help it talking loud it's because I'm on a cloud.
Won't you please take me home
Won't you please please take me home
I'm so mixed up over you
I don't want to be alone.
I'm alright loving you
I'm alright loving you
(Repeat Chorus)
It's Not Easy (4:06)
(Graham Russell)
And the money she gave me, wasn't enough to pay the rent,
But before I get some all my money's long been spent,
It's nice to get away from all the noise back home
It's harmless in a way we don't have that far to go.
And in June we're three,
And it's nice, cos I love you, cos I love you, cos I love you.
With the rain came freedom, never was one more word so true
In the ragged morning then the word came alive in you
And I tried, and I tried for you
It's not easy, cos I love you, cos I love you, cos I love you.
All the food that we could buy wasn't enough to keep just one alive.
But we came through summer letting autumn close your eyes.
And I tried, and I tried for you.
I can take it, cos I love you, cos I love you, cos I love you.
It's not easy, cos I love you, cos I love you, that's all.
We Are All Alone (3:04)
(Graham Russell)
We are all alone that's the way it seems to be
Love is in my sight and I can see it if you can
Where do we come from, I've been waiting for so long
We are all alone, say you will.
The lights have all gone home and are safely tucked away
There's nothing to come between us but the words we've got to say
(Chorus)
Where do we come from I've been waiting for so long
We are all alone.
And now we are both here are we really within reach
Of the things we need to do c'est a ou c'est la vie
(Chorus)
And now we can both spend all the time that's come our way
I'm not going to let you go for another single day
(Chorus)
Strangers In Love (3:27)
(Graham Russell)
Strangers in love must a star fall from the sky
It's stranger than most and stranger when we try
to understand it all, why we fall,
As strangers in love,
Strangers in love.
Straight from the farm and a world apart and ready for-
Someone to take her arm, she's never seen a movie
What an innocent face, what an innocent place.
It's natural, it's an easy thing to do,
Natural, it's an easy thing to do.
Strangers in love and a star fell from the sky
Don't know which way to turn, don't know which boat to burn
Don't know which way to turn, don't know which boat to burn.
Strangers in love
(Repeat).
Ain't It a Shame (2:58)
(Graham Russell)
Hit with the bug to run, you didn't go to college we can use you son
You look like the pride of your home town
But how can you hold out when your luck is down
(Chorus)
Ain't it a shame, ain't it a shame, ain't it a shame, ain't it a shame.
Because I'm too tired to run around
Meeting people from the wrong side of town
Looking for a place to live, I've got no money nothing to give, listen
All you gotta do is look around for something that's new
find a job that's stimulating, that's easy and I'm still waiting
(Chorus)
I've stood in line and done my time
With nothin' to do all day
I've stood in line with all my friends
With nothin' to say all day,
I've stood in line and done my time
With nothin' to do all day
I've stood in line with all my friends
With nothin' to say all day, nothin' to say all day.
Got brains but got no drive
Money's cheap, the roads are wide
All the good positions go too fast
I need a job I know will last
I've got a job for you can you push that shovel can you swing that broom
Keep your head down and don't go slow
But don't forget to stop with the whistle.
(Chorus)