Hong Kong
by The Burley Griffin
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lyrics
Well I was thinking about
How the sun through the clouds
Has a sparkle like a silver screen
Playing all the pictures I don’t wanna see
Everything that’s ever had its way with me
From memory
Like when I was roaming the street
Looking for something to eat
And something that might soothe my soul
Found some drinking buddies and they got me stoned
End up in an alley and I’m on my own
Vomit on my shoes, I lean against the road and pass out cold
Well sometimes we are sleeping and sometimes we are awake
But we won’t reach out for each other, ‘cause that would be a mistake
Hold me underwater or hold me until I break
‘Cause I don’t wanna keep believing in something you wouldn’t say
And on the island that day
When I told you I’d stay
If you would only give your heart to me
Oh we really tried, but it was not to be
Rather keep me as a happy memory
Better for the both of us to just be free
Back on my feet
How the sun through the clouds
Has a sparkle like a silver screen
Playing all the pictures I don’t wanna see
Everything that’s ever had its way with me
From memory
Like when I was roaming the street
Looking for something to eat
And something that might soothe my soul
Found some drinking buddies and they got me stoned
End up in an alley and I’m on my own
Vomit on my shoes, I lean against the road and pass out cold
Well sometimes we are sleeping and sometimes we are awake
But we won’t reach out for each other, ‘cause that would be a mistake
Hold me underwater or hold me until I break
‘Cause I don’t wanna keep believing in something you wouldn’t say
And on the island that day
When I told you I’d stay
If you would only give your heart to me
Oh we really tried, but it was not to be
Rather keep me as a happy memory
Better for the both of us to just be free
Back on my feet
credits
released January 30, 2021
Evan Buckley - vocal and acoustic guitar
Samuel McNair - electric guitar and percussion
Steve Fitzgerald - drums and percussion
Steve Paillas - bass guitar
Also featuring:
Emma Kelly (Happy Axe) - violin
Tate Sheridan - piano
Cathy Diver - vocal
Scout McLaughlin - vocal
Recorded at Infidel and Myall Street Studios by Louis Montgomery
Mastered at 301 Studios by Andrew Edgson
Produced by Louis Montgomery and Evan Buckley
Photo by Ben Hattingh
Evan Buckley - vocal and acoustic guitar
Samuel McNair - electric guitar and percussion
Steve Fitzgerald - drums and percussion
Steve Paillas - bass guitar
Also featuring:
Emma Kelly (Happy Axe) - violin
Tate Sheridan - piano
Cathy Diver - vocal
Scout McLaughlin - vocal
Recorded at Infidel and Myall Street Studios by Louis Montgomery
Mastered at 301 Studios by Andrew Edgson
Produced by Louis Montgomery and Evan Buckley
Photo by Ben Hattingh
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The Burley Griffin Canberra, Australia
Post religious folk hymns born of an isolated childhood and refined on hitch hiking adventures and nationwide tours of the USA.
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Jan 2011
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