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Red Beach
03:34
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Headin' out the Bribie Island Road
Ningi’s large white tyres and painted stones
Sunsets on the passage at Pumicestone
Cross the bridge and then you’re almost home
Banksia
Bellara
Bongaree
It’s hard to get good coffee in ‘93
Super Chicken
Squatters a good Chinese
Bluey’s for the great pinball machine
Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
Koolamara stares out to quiet seas
Smiling faces hide behind the trees
Crab Pot Fish and Chips then the kids get stoned
Then rush to catch a wave in a cyclone
At Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
The locals they can tell you where to go
This place that only islanders will know
Nudists love it ‘cause it’s out of reach
You can always find me at Red Beach
At Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
Red Beach
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The splash and the roar
We hear a splash we know the roar
We are oysters underwater
The splash and the roar
The rocks on the shore
We own the rocks upon the shore
A home for oysters sons and daughters
The rocks on the shore
Our sleep makes waves
Oysters can dream
Our sleep makes waves
Oysters can dream
A regular pulse
We feel a beat we make a pulse
We are oysters who are breathing
A regular pulse
The truth and the false
Could it be true or is it false
Are the oysters really dreaming
The truth and the false
Our sleep makes waves
Oysters can dream
Our sleep makes waves
Oysters can dream
Wake all night
Sleep all day
Beware the crashing of a wave
Wake all night
Sleep all day
We know the oysters sleep makes waves
Oysters can dream
Our sleep makes waves
Oysters can dream
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Wild bikinis loose on a beach
Genie bottle appears from the sea
Genie bottle breaks on the rocks
Beach Blanket Bingo then stops
Strange cloud appears on the waves
Ghosts of the sand are afraid
Genie tries to make a retreat
But wild bikinis wish to the sea
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Caught a ferry where the dugongs swim
He sat next to her she sat next to him
Found ourselves on the darker sand
Coochiemudlo is another land
Low waves
Coochiemudlo waves
Low waves
Coochiemudlo waves
The lapping of waves sent us to sleep
The tide was rising above our feet
Coochie Coochie the seabirds screamed
And Islanders entered into my dream
Low waves
Coochiemudlo waves
Low waves
Coochiemudlo waves
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5. |
Finish
04:10
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Finish
What you have begun
Finish
Don’t leave a thing undone
Finish
What you came to do
Finish
‘cause it depends on you
Finish
What you have begun
Finish
Don’t leave a thing undone
Finish
What you came to do
Finish
‘cause it depends on you
Finish what you came to do
Finish what you came to do
Finish what you came to do
Finish what you came to do
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Snapper Rocks
04:19
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The waves that fell at Snapper Heads
Had come to turn my bones to bread
The waves that broke at Snapper Rocks
Fractured time like broken clocks
The storm had spilt the lightning struck
A riders grave at Snapper Rocks
The waitresses all dropped their plates
The meter maids had seen our fate
The ocean has tricks up her sleeve
To bring waves I see I believe
The storm had spilt the lightning struck
Into your grave at Snapper Rocks
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7. |
Spooki Tiki
02:09
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[instrumental]
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8. |
Kev (Rishikesh)
03:41
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I was attached to this friend of mine
Got so many questions
Livin' the dream
Travel overseas
Got so many questions
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh
Cold water
In Rishikesh
Water fresh divine
Far too cold to mention
This is where
The Ganges took this friend of mine
Far too cold to mention
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh
Cold water
Paul had to sleep with the body till the police arrived
Dental checks in Delhi
They messed up
It was someone else alright
Legs all turned to jelly
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh Rishikesh
Rishi-Rishikesh Rishikesh
Cold water
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Qui
03:06
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Qui
Qui sommes nous
Qui etes vous
Qui suis-je
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10. |
Not What You Said
05:26
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It’s what you say
Not what you said
It’s what you say
Let’s put this to bed
It’s what you say
This ghost in my head
It’s what you say
It’s not what you said
You got a lot of nerve there lady
Talking in circles suits you maybe
It’s not what you said
It’s not what you said
You got a lot of nerve there lady
Talking in circles suits you baby
It’s not what you said
It’s what you say
Not what you said
It’s what you say
Let’s put this to bed
It’s what you say
This ghost in my head
It’s what you say
It’s not what you said
You got a lot of nerve there lady
Talking in circles suits you maybe
It’s not what you said
It’s not what you said
You got a lot of nerve there lady
Talking in circles suits you baby
It’s not what you said
What you said
It’s not
What you said
It’s not
What you said
It’s not
What you said
Not what you said
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The Double Happiness Brisbane, Australia
The Double Happiness ride high on their steeds through waves of their self-coined "surfgaze" sound - a compelling mix of surf, spaghetti-western, post-punk and shoegaze. The foursome create sonic earworms about beaches, ping pong, cities, existentialism, miscommunication, oysters and more. ... more
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