Ryan Morrison

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The Art of Love
Art of Love
I Like Your Face
Stuff To Make You Go Mmm
Don’t Get Too Close
Devil Woman
Holy Wine
Let Her Dream
You Are More Beautiful
A Little Bit of Blues
Caress Me
Simple Melody
What Consumes Me
Don't Get Too Close
Comfort You
Thursday's My Happy Day
The Birthday Card
Stuff To Make You Go Mmm
Caress Me
Demo 2007
About This Girl
Steal My Sorrow
You and Him

 

 

A Little Bit of Blues

I woke up this morning
Feeling pretty good
I woke up this morning
Feeling much better than I thought I would
I woke up this morning, feeling alright
Cos I only got a little bit of blues, this time

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About this Girl

She won't look in to your eyes
Cos she's afraid she'll fall in love
Even though the gaze from my eyes
Will show her how I care

She was a girl forced to be a woman
With the hurt that churns and burns within her skin
Well I feel for you
But I don't think I feel it all

Her walls are thick and guarded
And her reasons must be justified I'm sure
But be careful
Be careful if you let yourself in

Cos someday she'll rise
Beautiful and free
Maybe she can watch over me

Cos someday she'll rise
And emerge herself a butterfly
With the grace of the royal lioness

And she'll rise

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Art of Love

The first stroke in the art of love
Is find yourself a lover
And take the palette of the moment
And paint her with the colours

I want your soft breath
To weave in and out of mine
Dance upon this open page
Completely intertwined

The second lesson in this art of love
Is how to keep your lover
You take your palette and with each moment
Remind her there’s none other

Tell her: you are the highlights of my life
From the black you carve out the white
Splashing your vibrancy across my canvas
The incomplete masterpiece of life

Oh this art of love

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Caress Me

Brother come play with me
In the sands where time stands still
The water is our toy and the waves our joy
As we swim with the dolphins

Friends gather round come play with me
And build castles made of sand
Our treasures are all rocks
And the shells our crowns
As we play like kings

Caress me
Protect me
Save me from this world

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Comfort You

Is it you?
The one I’ve been looking for?
I really can’t be too sure,
How can I ask for more?
It’s all right,
Cos I don’t mind a little dream,
Even if you do not seem,
To realise what you’re doing to me.

I will comfort you at night,
Wait until the morning light,
Dance you slow and hold you tight,
I will come to comfort you.

Now you see,
All the synchronicity,
That falls between you and me,
You got me fixed on your intrigue,
How can I,
Resist your smile?
You’re beautiful there’s no denial,
Just walk with me a little while more.

I will comfort you at night,
Wait until the morning light,
Dance you slow and hold you tight,
I will come to comfort you.

I’ll be there when your worlds collide,
I’ll fight the titans and your Mr Hyde,
The only thing I’ll ask of you,
Is just sing to me in your lounge room.

I will comfort you at night,
Wait until the morning light,
Dance you slow and hold you tight,
I will come to comfort you.

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Devil Woman

Mate I’ll tell you from the start
The Devil Woman stained my heart
But you’ll be safe during the day
Cos after nightfall is when she plays
And oh how she plays
Don’t give it away
Don’t give it away to her

CHORUS
Like a moth to the flame
She will draw you in to her game
With a spark you’ll catch ablaze
When the Devil Woman wants to dance

Can you see her watch with glee?
Don’t be the fool she thinks you’ll be
Listen to me
Don’t give it away
Don’t give it away to her

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She’s gonna put you in a trance
Make you hop and skip and prance
And buy her a plane ticket to France
Oh when the Devil Woman wants to dance

And as you somehow lose your pants
You realise you had no chance
So under no no circumstance
Never ever watch the Devil Woman dance

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Don’t Get Too Close

Don’t get too close or I’ll fall in love
The fragile moments between us
I saw the spark in your sweet eyes
And the inevitable end, disaster

But the bits in between would be sublime

Would you pass up pleasure to avoid regret?
You know snowflakes fall upon barren soil
Cos I felt something when our skin touched
But you smiled, turned your head and walked away

Mmm not today

How can we sit here and ignore
The fragile moments between us both?
Cos what we both need could make this work
Should we get closer and fall in love?

We can sleep on it if you don’t go home
We can sleep on it if you don’t go home
We’ll sleep on it if you don’t go home

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Holy Wine

Holy wine
Holy wine let us sing
Holy wine let us drink and sing
For what we believe in
The matters of our skin
The matters of our kin

Holy wine
Holy wine let us pray
Holy wine let us pray through the night
Pray for the ghosts
That haunt our coast
Release them back to the sea

Holy wine
Holy wine let us weep
Holy wine let us weep
I weep for the part of me
That once was lost
Upon your coast

Now I’m free

Holy wine
Holy wine let us in
Holy wine let us pray and sing
For what we believe in
The matters of our skin
And what we could have been

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I Like Your Face

I’m telling you it really don’t matter
What kind of clothes you wear
To me, the item of beauty
Is nicely framed by your hair

Yeah hey! I like your face

Come to me in day time
Or come to me at night
Well come to me whenever baby
But don’t forget to turn on the light

Yeah hey! I like your face

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Let Her Dream

Softly she whispers through the dark
Is she dreaming, or is this real?
She calls me to her side
Or so it seems

Through the underwater light of the street
Her figure lightly outlined by sheets
A whisper again draws me near
I feel the warmth of her on my ear

Her eyes are closed, breathing like the breeze
I’ll let her sleep and leave her to dream

Just let her dream

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Simple Melody

Hold my heart while I jump into the sea
To cleanse my soul and regain purity
Look after my heart just don’t fix it for me
Cos I need my woes for this simple melody

Lord I’ve prayed to the gods of the seas
And I’ve asked the wood nymphs and the trees
They seem to care and listen to my pleas
And quietly whisper simple melodies

If I walk your path and let you choose my destiny
If I take those vows and sign the holy treaty
If I lay down my arms and bend down to my knees
Would you bless me with your simple melody?

And as the rain wept down I still waited by the sea
For a sign or the words to come to me
The sun it went home and all the birds went to sleep
And what remained was this simple melody

Well you can take my clothes and hang them at my feet
And cut my skin cos I know I don’t bleed easily
But open your eyes and you’ll see that I’m still free
Yeah I’m free to search for this simple melody

I’ve been in the line for misery
Removed my armour and copped a few hits and debris
So take my hands and hold them delicately
And mend my wounds with your simple melody

There’s this girl with eyes you wouldn’t believe
She’s a soul that I’d truly like to meet
I’d give her it all if she’d only speak to me
With a broken heart and a simple melody

I know you don’t know me intimately
Cos I’m not one who gives my heart out freely
But I’ll lay you down on my clean white linen sheets
And I’ll kiss your lips with my simple melody

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Steal My Sorrow

Lit by night's glow
She slips in to his hands
And she seems like something's on her mind
So she leans to him and whispers

Hey, what would you say if I asked you to
Steal my sorrow

He just sits there
He's slipped in to his slumber
So she dreams of an angel just for her
And it speaks to her softly

Hey, what would you say if I asked you to
Sleep in for me

Angel says,
Come with me now
Leave all that you have been
I won't be here when you wake

So she thinks of what she has been
And she seems like something's still on her mind
So she asks herself quietly

Hey, what would I say if I asked myself to
Not stop dreaming

Angel replies,
Come with me now
Leave all that you have been
Cos I won't be here when you wake

And come with me now
Leave all that you have been
Cos I will strip your sorrow

Still lit by moon's glow she
Slips back in his hands

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Stuff To Make You Go Mmm

I don’t know where to begin she’s got me torn
I try to keep my distance but it’s hard to say no
This may end in tears but I prefer to feel than not
Warm, soft and silky smooth on my ears
With stuff to make me go mmm

She is as soft as the ‘s’ in kiss
Like the addiction that everyone needs
This will end in tears but I’m not afraid anymore
Moments in time go awry
She whispers infatuations

She is the one you want to know
But when you do it just hurts
And I try to forget the things she does
But then you know it gets worse
Yeah she is the one you want to know
But when you do it just hurts
So bad she’s in my dreams

Soft as the ‘s’ in kiss
Whisper infatuations
With stuff to make me go mmm

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The Birthday Card

I wrote you a birthday card,
It had a little face on it,
It’s still sitting on my windowsill,
I can read you what I wrote, it says,
I miss you.

I’m sure that you’ve heard this before,
In the songs of love and loss,
I can’t help this way I feel,
It’s silly I know but still,
I miss you.

There’s more that I have to say,
Still sitting on my windowsill,
Heal your heart and speak honest and true,
And stay away from foolish boys,
And I miss you.

I miss your smile I miss your warmth,
I miss the times we used to talk,
I miss your laughs I miss your hold,
Shield each other from the cold,
I miss the time that you and me,
Looked over all that scenery,
But most of all on the whole,
It just seems that I miss you.

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Thursday's My Happy Day

I want you,
But I know that I can’t have you,
But I still want you,
I want you to know,
I need some of your lovin.

I saw you,
It must have been last Thursday,
Now Thursday’s my happy day yeah,
But now Thursday’s gone,
I can’t wait for your face again.

I can’t wait for your face,
To replace my unhappy day,
But now Thursday’s gone,
Bring me back my happy day.

Thursday’s my happy day,
Thursday’s my happy day,
Thursday’s late night shopping day,
Bring me back my happy day,
And now Thursday, Thursday is gone,
Bring me back my happy day.

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You and Him

You and him are not the same
I know this why doesn't he
He won't reach and take your hand
You could find another man
Atleast that's what I think anyway

But if you take me with your eyes
And look this way for a while
It's hard to forget you
Especially when you make me

Why do you share with me
You got your demons and I've got mine
I can't come to break your spell
Cos you may find a deeper well
That's what I think anyhow

If you take me with your eyes
Look this way for a while
It's hard to forget you
Especially when you make me

You are stronger than he thinks
You've got your vision and he's impaired
Come with me in to the night
Where Lightpoles will guide our next flight
That's my dream anyhow

It's my dream as of now
It's my dream anyway

Well I will reach and take your hand
I could be that other man
Lose your fear and your shame
I will use your favourite name
Don't you worry about my well
Cos I will break both our spells

Thats my plan as of now

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You Are More Beautiful

You are the moon
You are the rose
You are the wine
In which I drown my sorrows

You are the sky
You are the bird
You are the silence
After every word

You are the ocean
You are the tear
You are more beautiful
than my wanting
to be close to you my dear

You are more beautiful

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