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Road Of The Braver Man

by Rory Ellis

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1.
Big Picture 02:48
I SIT AND WONDER DO I FIT IN, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE I COULD HAVE BEEN. MAYBE A POPSTAR A LEGEND ON SCREEN, IF I ONLY HAD A HEAD OF HAIR LIKE JAMES DEAN. THING’S WOULD BE DIFFERENT SURE I’D BE RICHER, BUT WOULD IT FIT IN TO THE BIG PICTURE. IF I HAD ME A FEW MORE CHANCES, I KNOW THIS TREE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE BRANCHES. REACHING OUT OVER MANY PLACES, KEEPING THE SUN OFF SO MANY FACES. THING’S WOULD BE DIFFERENT SURE I’D BE RICHER, BUT WOULD IT FIT IN TO THE BIG PICTURE. WOULD IT FIT IN TO THE BIG PICTURE. I SIT ALONE ON MY DARKENED STREET, THINKING WOULD IT BE BETTER IF I LEFT MY PRESENT STATE. AND I, TRIED TO MAKE IT ON A DIFFERENT PATH, YEAH I KNOW THIS WOULD’NT WORK OUT CAUSE’ I CANNOT KISS YOUR ARSE. BUT, THING’S WOULD BE DIFFERENT SURE ID BE RICHER, BUT WOULD IT FIT IN TO THE BIG PICTURE. WOULD IT FIT IN TO THE BIG PICTURE. I JUST CAN’T SEE IT IN THE BIG PICTURE.
2.
Union Hotel 04:35
ALL THE KIDS ARE GATHERING AROUND, OUT THE FRONT OF THE FLATS WAY DOWN THE STREET. AND ITS SATURDAY NIGHT AGAIN, GONNA BE TROUBLE IN THAT HOTEL AGAIN. HEY JASON, I’M NOT CHASIN’, HEY ALBERT, PUT YOUR GUN DOWN AS WELL. THERE’S A DEAL GOING ON THE BACK TABLE OF THE ROOM, SOMEBODY JUST BOUGHT SOME ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM. WALKED OUT OF THE UNION HOTEL, WITH ONE MIND AND IN ONE PIECE AS WELL, WALKED OUT OF THE UNION HOTEL ALIVE. NOW A FIGHT BROKE OUT ON THE OLD DANCE FLOOR, SO I, WIPED UP THE BLOODSTAINS AND I SHOWED EM' THE DOOR. PLEASE TAKE IT OUTSIDE NOW FELLAS’ AND, FINISH IT THERE, COME BACK NEXT WEEK WHEN YOU HAVE CLEARED THE AIR. ALL THE WHILE THAT OLD MIRROR BALL KEEPS TURNING, ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND. AND ALL THE GIRLS IN THE ROOM ARE SPINNING OUT, WHILE THE BOYS ARE MAKING PLANS AS TO WHO THEY’LL TAKE DOWN. WALKED OUT OF THE UNION HOTEL, WITH ONE MIND IN ONE PIECE AS WELL, WALKED OUT OF THE UNION HOTEL ALIVE. NOW THE COPS CAME DOWN FROM ABOUT HALF A DOZEN STATIONS, LOOKING FOR THAT SOMEONE TO RIDE. YOU KNOW THE NIGHT AIN’T COMPLETE WITHOUT A SOUL IN THE CELLS, YOU KNOW I THINK IT COULD BE ME THIS TIME, YEAH I THINK IT COULD BE ME THIS TIME. WALKED OUT OF THE UNION HOTEL, WITH ONE MIND IN ONE PIECE AS WELL, WALKED OUT OF THE UNION HOTEL ALIVE. WALKED OUT OF THE UNION HOTEL, WITH ONE MIND IN ONE PIECE AS WELL, WALKED OUT OF THE UNION HOTEL ALIVE.
3.
Lambs 04:31
DOGS IN THE BACKYARD, AIN’T GOT NO WATER. STREET KID ON THE HAMMER, MUST BE SOMEONE’S DAUGHTER. THERE’S DEALS GOIN’ DOWN, ON EVERY STREET CORNER. STILL I SIT IN MY LOUNGEROOM, WATCHING THE LAMBS RUN TO THE SLAUGHTER. A POOR MAN KEEPS WALKING, NO PLACE TO REST. AND A YOUNG MAN WITH NO PRIDE, LAYS IN A COLD CELL UNDER ARREST. SUNLIGHT LOVES THE FACES, THE LAST STORM BROUGHT HER. STILL I SIT IN MY LOUNGEROOM, WATCHING THE LAMBS RUN TO THE SLAUGHTER. COPS BEAT THE PALE HEART, BE THEY BLACK OR BE THEY WHITE. BUT WHO DOES THE LONGEST TIME, UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. YEAH THERE’S DEALS GOIN’ DOWN, ON EVERY STREET CORNER. STILL I SIT IN MY LOUNGEROOM, WATCHING THE LAMBS RUN TO THE SLAUGHTER.. AND THE PLAIN CLOTHED PEOPLE, STAND BEHIND THE WIRE. CAME FROM THE SMOKE, WALKED INTO THE FIRE. SUNLIGHT LOVES THE FACES, THE LAST STORM BROUGHT HER. STILL I SIT IN MY LOUNGEROOM, WATCHING THE LAMBS RUN TO THE SLAUGHTER.
4.
HUNG OUT ON THE DANDY’ LINE, WHERE MY TRACKS COULD NOT BE TRACED. FORTY MILES OF STEEL TO THE CITY, AND A YOUNG MAN WHO’D LOST HIS PLACE. LEARNT A BIT ABOUT FEAR AND FRIENDS, IN A TIN SHED WRECKED WITH TIME. FOUND OUT I WAS JUST A KID, AND YOUR ENEMIES CAN SHINE. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE, THERE’S NO SHOW ON THIS STREET. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE, WHEN YOU’RE GONE YOU’RE HISTORY. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE, IN A WEATHERBOARD OLD AND DAMP, WAS A VIOLENT HOUSE OF SHAME. TWO KIDS AND A YOUNG GIRL, WITH NOBODY ELSE TO BLAME. THESE WALLS COULD TALK YOU KNOW, AND THEY SPOKE OF HARDER TIMES. ONE EYED FIGHTERS IN TENT SHOW GIGS, WHIPPING YOUNG MEN TO THEIR PRIME. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE, THERE’S NO SHOW ON THIS STREET. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE, WHEN YOU’RE GONE YOU’RE HISTORY. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE. I’VE FELT THE DAMAGE A HARDENED HAND CAN LAY, SIX TEETH IN THE BACK OF MY THROAT I GOT TWO DAYS OFF NO PAY. AND EVERY NIGHT THERE’S A WAVE OF FEAR LIKE NO OTHER PLACE I KNOW, ON THE PLATFORM IT SURE GETS COLD STILL THERE’S KIDS OUT ON THE GO. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE, HERE’S NO SHOW ON THIS STREET. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE, WHEN YOU’RE GONE YOU’RE HISTORY. DOWN ON RAILWAY PARADE.
5.
Miguelito 05:35
FROM THE POOREST STREETS OF URUGUAY, TO THE SHORES OF THIS GREAT LAND. SMALL MAN WITH A BIG HEART, HAD A FIRE IN HIS HANDS. PENNILESS BUT SMILING, STUCK DOWN ON HAUGHTON RD. OFFERED ME A PLACE TO BE, A FAMILY AND A HOME. MIGUELITO, CHAMPION OF HIS LAND, MIGUELITO, HAD A FIRE IN HIS HANDS. MIGUELITO, I REMEMBER YOU, MIGUELITO, SHOWED THIS YOUNG MAN, A THING OR TWO ABOUT LIFE. NOW YOU CAN WASH YOUR FACE IN SALT WATER, TO TOUGHEN UP YOUR SKIN. BUT IT WON’T HIDE THOSE CUTS DEEP INSIDE, BUT HEY A FIGHTER DON’T GIVE IN. SO HIDE THOSE SCARS BEHIND DARK SUNGLASSES, EVEN WHEN IT HURTS. AND TAKE A BOW AND SMILE MY BOY, IT AIN’T YOUR BLOOD UPON HIS SHIRT. MIGUELITO, CHAMPION OF HIS LAND, MIGUELITO, HAD A FIRE IN HIS HANDS. MIGUELITO, I REMEMBER YOU, MIGUELITO, SHOWED THIS YOUNG MAN, A THING OR TWO ABOUT. WHAT YOU GIVE IS WHAT YOU’RE GETTING. AND ALL THESE BAGS YOU KEEP ARE WORTH FORGETTING. SO I’LL BURY YOU IN THIS BLANKET NOW AND YOU CAN SWEAT IT OUT HERE. STILL YOU’RE TALKIN’ SPANISH, ROUND THIS TABLE OF OLD FRIENDS. HEY MALIKO’, THE BOYS DROVE BY AGAIN. SO FEED ME UP WITH A LEMON NOW, TO KEEP ME MEAN AND THIN. ND WRAP MY HANDS IN THOSE SPECIAL BANDAGES, YOUR MOTHER JUST SENT IN. MIGUELITO, CHAMPION OF HIS LAND, MIGUELITO, HAD A FIRE IN HIS HANDS. MIGUELITO, I REMEMBER YOU, MIGUELITO, SHOWED THIS YOUNG MAN, A THING OR TWO ABOUT LIFE.
6.
YOU CAME ALONG, LIKE A FALLEN STONE FROM HEAVEN. YOU ASKED ME FOR PROTECTION, CAN I LAND ON YOUR DOORSTEP. WILL YOU GUIDE ME AND SHOW ME ALONG, THE ROAD OF A BRAVER MAN. NOW I’VE HAD SOME CHANCES, AND I’VE BLOWN A FEW. BUT MY DARLING I’M HERE TO SHOW YOU, ALL THOSE THING’S YOU NEED TO DO. BUT FOR HAPPINESS ALWAYS, TAKE THE ROAD OF A BRAVER MAN. I’VE LIVED FOR FORTUNE, AND I’VE TOYED WITH FAME. BUT MY DARLIN’ I’M HERE TO TELL YOU, IT’S JUST A PART OF THIS LIVING GAME. BUT FOR HAPPINESS ALWAYS, TAKE THE ROAD OF A BRAVER MAN.
7.
THERES A FOOTPRINT ON YOUR SOUL, NOW THE SHOE DON’T FIT AND THE LEATHERS GROWING OLD. LIKE A SUNDAY CHURCH BELL THAT TONES, RINGING IN THE DISTANCE. YOU CAN WALK AROUND THE WORLD, SEEING THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NEVER SEEN BEFORE, BUT GETTING LOST AND FOUND AT EVERY LITTLE FORK , MEANS YOU’RE DRIFTIN’. IT AIN’T GONNA’ BE SO EASY MY FRIEND, YOU CAN DRAG IT OUT UNTIL THE BITTER END. BUT COMES A TIME WHEN THE DEAD SKIN STARTS TO SMELL, SHE’S GONNA TAKE YOU, TAKE YOU FROM HEAVEN TO HELL. NOW WITH CAUTION YOU WILL CAST, THE VERY FIRST ONE WILL NEVER BE THE LAST. BUT WHEN YOU’RE CRYING IN YOU’RE BED, DON’T LISTEN FOR THAT CHURCH BELL. DON’T LOOK BACK AND TURN TO STONE, IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME BUT WHEN YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN, YOU CAN, FIND THE TRUTH AND WALK AGAIN, FREELY AS THE FIRST TIME. IT AIN’T GONNA’ BE SO EASY MY FRIEND, YOU CAN DRAG IT OUT UNTIL THE BITTER END. BUT COMES A TIME WHEN THE DEAD SKIN STARTS TO SMELL, SHE’S GONNA TAKE YOU, TAKE YOU FROM HEAVEN TO HELL. AND IT AIN'T GONNA BE SO EASY MY FRIEND, WHEN HER NAILS ARE RUNNING DOWN YOUR BACK AND THEN, SHE TURNS AROUND SHE SMILES AND DOES IT ALL AGAIN, SHE’S GONNA TAKE YOU TAKE YOU FROM HEAVEN TO HELL.
8.
Hear Me Now 03:32
HEAR ME NOW, HEAR ME NOW, THERE’S A LOT OF BULLSHIT GOIN’ ON IN THIS TOWN. HEAR ME NOW, HEAR ME NOW. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT, ON THE OTHER SIDE LIGHTS GO ON, AND THERE’S TROUBLE IN THE KITCHEN’S OF THE STRONG. SO WE’LL WAVE OUR FLAG, FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, BUT WHEN THE BOMBS ARE BLOWING THERE’LL STILL BE MOTHERS GIVING BIRTH. HEAR ME NOW, HEAR ME NOW, THERE’S A LOT OF BULLSHIT GOIN’ ON IN THIS TOWN, HEAR ME NOW, HEAR ME NOW. AND WE’LL SAVE YOU ALL FROM THE TYRANNY, OF THIS SMALL MAN AND HIS MESSAGES OF LETS WIN IT ANYWAY. BUT A DAY WILL COME FOR YOU ALL TO SEE, THE POWER OF OUR FORCES AND OUR PLANS FOR YOUR DESTINY. HEAR ME NOW, HEAR ME NOW, THERE’S A LOT OF BULLSHIT GOIN’ ON IN THIS TOWN, HEAR ME NOW, HEAR ME NOW. IN THE HOUSE OF FOOLS THERE’S AN UNDERTONE, HOW COME WE NEVER SEE NO’ FIGHTING IN TWO LANDS WHERE THE ARCHES GLOW. BUT WE’LL JOIN OUR HANDS AND WE’LL SAY OUR PRAYERS, AND WE’LL THANK THE GOD ABOVE BECAUSE HE FORGIVES US ANYWAY. HEAR ME NOW, HEAR ME NOW, THERE’S A LOT OF BULLSHIT GOIN’ ON IN THIS TOWN, HEAR ME NOW, HEAR ME NOW.
9.
FEELS LIKE THE GRAINS OF SAND, ARE SLIPPING THROUGH MY HANDS. DON’T LEAD ME TO THE WATER, IT’S COLD DOWN THERE. LEAVE MY TOMMORROWS CAUSE’, I DON’T WANT TO SHARE. AND IT FEELS LIKE THE ROLLERCOASTER, RAN OFF THE TRACKS TODAY. OLD LUNA PARK KEEPS CALLING, ITS TAKIN’ ME AWAY. FROM THE STREETS I’VE BEEN WORKIN’, WORKIN’ THEM MY WAY. BRAVE SISTERS PLEASE START MARCHING, IN A COUNTED LINE. YOUR DAY IS FAST APPROACHING, THEY’VE GOT OTHER PLANS IN MIND. NOW I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU DYING, BUT THEY DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU AT ALL. AND IT FEELS LIKE THE ROLLERCOASTER, RAN OFF THE TRACKS TODAY. OLD LUNA PARK KEEPS CALLING, IT’S TAKIN’ ME AWAY. FROM THE STREETS I’VE BEEN WORKIN’, WORKIN’ THEM MY WAY.
10.
Good Friends 03:25
IF YOU DON’T MIND LEAVING BEHIND, THE TROUBLE THAT WE’VE BEEN THROUGH. WE’LL START AGAIN JUST LIKE NEW FRIENDS, FINDING OUT THINGS ABOUT YOU. AND SAY IF IT’S GETTING TO YOU CAUSE’, SOMEDAYS YOU’LL BE GLAD THAT YOU DO. CAUSE’ GOOD FRIENDS DON’T GIVE IN, THEY DON’T MIND IF YOU DON’T WIN. GOOD FRIENDS WILL MAKE YOU SMILE, HEY MY FRIEND STICK AROUND A WHILE. IF YOU DON’T MIND TALKIN’ TO ME, AND HEARING WHAT I’VE GOT TO SAY. I’LL DO THE SAME AND HELP EASE YOUR PAIN, I’LL PICK YOU UP WHEN YOU’RE DOWN. AND SAY IF IT’S GETTING TO YOU CAUSE’, SOMEDAYS YOU’LL BE GLAD THAT YOU DO. CAUSE’ GOOD FRIENDS DON'T GIVE IN, THEY DON’T MIND IF YOU DON’T WIN. GOOD FRIENDS WILL MAKE YOU SMILE, HEY MY FRIEND STICK AROUND A WHILE. AND SAY IF IT’S GETTING TO YOU CAUSE’, SOMEDAYS YOU’LL BE GLAD THAT YOU DO. CAUSE’ GOOD FRIENDS DON’T GIVE IN, THEY DON’T MIND IF YOU DON'T WIN. GOOD FRIENDS WILL MAKE YOU SMILE, HEY MY FRIEND STICK AROUND A WHILE.
11.
My Sheet 03:03
WINTER TIME, MEANS ICY FEET, BUT I’M COLD, WHEN THE RAIN HITS MY SHEET. I CAN SURVIVE OUT HERE, ALL I CAN EAT, BUT I’M COLD, WHEN THE RAIN HITS MY SHEET. I’LL LIGHT A FIRE, WARM THIS HARD OLD DREARY STREET. I’LL FIND MY SHELTER, BEFORE THE TWO SHADES MEET. AND THE RAIN HITS MY SHEET. WHERE DOES IT END, WHERE DOES IT END, WHERE DOES IT END, WHERE DOES IT END, WHEN THE RAIN HITS MY SHEET. I’LL WALK THE DARK SIDE, DO THE HOURS ON MY SLATE, BUT I’LL TAKE A TAXI RIDE, WHEN I LEAVE THIS PLACE WHERE THE RAIN HITS MY SHEET, WHERE THE RAIN HITS MY SHEET, WHERE THE RAIN HITS MY SHEET, WHERE THE RAIN HITS MY SHEET.
12.
FELL DOWN ALONE THIS TIME, ON A HARD WOODEN FLOOR. THERE WAS SWEAT IN THE SPLINTERS, FROM THE MANY MANY BEFORE. THAT STOOD HERE AND BLED, FROM ANGER ALONE, FIGHTING WAS MEANT FOR THIS YOUNG MAN. LAID MY HEAD, NEAR EIGHT DROPS OF BLOOD. MADE MY BED, NEAR EIGHT DROPS OF BLOOD ON THE FLOOR. THE HEALING TOOK A LONG TIME, AND THE BLOOD SOON TURNED TO TEARS. BUT FOR NOW I’M GONNA TAKE IT ALL OUT, ON THIS FACE THAT I’VE FOUND ON THE LEATHER. THESE ROPE BURNS ON MY BACK, ARE THERE TO REMIND ME THAT, FIGHTING WAS MEANT FOR THIS YOUNG MAN. LAID MY HEAD, NEAR EIGHT DROPS OF BLOOD. MADE MY BED, NEAR EIGHT DROPS OF BLOOD. LAID MY HEAD, NEAR EIGHT DROPS OF BLOOD ON THE FLOOR.
13.
Let It Go 03:54
WEVE BEEN BORN OF A ROSE AND THORN, LIKE A SPIDERS BITE WE CAN POISON. AND MAKING FUN OUT OF POINTLESS MISERY, WE HOLD ON BITTERLY TO SAVE OUR FACES. LET IT GO, LET IT GO, LET IT GO. CHANGING FACES IS UNDENIABLY, A NERVOUS SIDE TO THE CHAMELEON. BRAVE IN PLACES BUT NEVER SURE OF, THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR ACTIONS. LET IT GO, LET IT GO, LET IT GO. AND ALL IS FORGIVEN, WE’VE GOT RELIGION, PAID FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF PAIN. AND THOSE HEARTLESS EXPRESSIONS, WE SERVE ON OUR FRIENDS, WE KEEP DOING OVER AGAIN. LET IT GO, LET IT GO, LET IT GO. IN PAIN AND TORTURE DO WE FIND STABILITY, IS SPITE THE ENEMY, DID JESUS CALL IT. AND IN THE END WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND, WHEN THE FIGHTING'S DONE AND YOU’RE BLEEDING. LET IT GO, LET IT GO, LET IT GO. LET IT GO, LET IT GO, LET IT GO LET IT GO, LET IT GO, LET IT GO
14.
NINETEEN FIFTEEN, A YOUNG MAN WITH FIRE, LANDED ON A FOREIGN SHORE, ADVENTURE IN HIS EYES. THERE YOU ARE, OLD AND FRAIL, YOUR GOOD FRIENDS BELOW YOU, YOU’RE THE LAST MAN STANDING, LAST MAN STANDING. ARMS AT HAND, ENEMY UNCERTAIN, HERE KIDS WITH NEW TOYS, GOT BLOWN UP WHILST LEARNING. HERE YOU ARE, OLD AND FRAIL, NEED NO REMINDING, YOU’RE THE LAST MAN STANDING. THE LAST MAN STANDING. LAST MAN STANDING. LAST MAN STANDING. THE LAST MAN STANDING. LAST MAN STANDING.
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BABY I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY NOW, I THINK IT’S ALL GONE MAD. ALL THESE LIES AND DECEPTIONS, IT’S MAKING ME SAD. SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL THE KIDS WHEN THEY ASK YOU THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, GOES A LITTLE LIKE THIS. WILL THERE BE A TOMORROW? HEY DAD YOU THINK I’M GONNA BE FAMOUS LIKE YOU ARE WILL I LIVE TIL’ I’M EIGHTY CAN I RIDE TWENTY WHITE HORSES. WILL YOU LET ME RIDE WITH SANTA CLAUS JUST THIS YEAR WAS MY GRANDAD A BLACK MAN WAS HE REALLY A BLACK MAN WHAT CAME FIRST DAD THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG AND WHY DID HE CROSS THE ROAD SO MANY TIMES HEY I DON’T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE. BABY I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, WHEN HER BLUE EYES STARE AT ME. CAUSE’ I DON’T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, AND THERE’S A FEW OF THOSE I AIN’T GONNA REVEAL SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL THE KIDS, WHEN THEY ASK YOU THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION GOES A LITTLE LIKE THIS. IS THERE LIFE ON MARS WILL THE LEADERS FIND OUR PEACE DO ALL THOSE STARVING CHILDREN OUT THERE EVER SMILE WILL I HAVE A BROTHER SOMEDAY CAN I SHAKE THIS TREE WITHOUT IT EVER FALLING ON ME WILL THE STARS COME OUT TONIGHT WHY IS THE NEWS ON THE TELEVISION ALWAYS SO SAD WILL MY THOUGHTS ALWAYS BE MY OWN BABY I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, BABY I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, GUESS I’LL SAY THIS

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Rory Ellis Australia

An underground hero of Americana in Australia.

His path traverses the globe having performed at home and internationally for over 30 years.

Every twist and turn toward his Americana leanings, always had a great story lurking in the background. Always the primary inspiration. Gifted with a soul-wrenching voice praised by media worldwide, he’s experienced every word delivered.
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