Flax Happy Lyrics

SALLY
Oh Sally, my Sally
I wish I knew you
I hold you near
You close your eyes

To clasp your hand Sally
And kiss your brow
That rain so steady
Is broken now

Oh, oh

Oh Sally my Sally
In the blue of your eyes
How frail this body
How little our time

I wish that you knew me Sally
And would say it aloud
That that rain so steady
Is broken now
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HAVEN
Never had his own granddaddy
All he had was a bush of flames
Never knew his father’s family
So he made up cinematic names
Cinematic names

In the fields where cattle wandered
And breached the fences of a former age
He chased the beasts that would seize the underling
And plucked bright wild flowers to adorn his face
To adorn his face

Yellow daffodils fell from his throat
And salty blood drenched his coat
For the horn of the wild boar had pierced him
To sever the vein of earthly hope
Of earthly hope

But never as he lay to sod the soil
Did he marvel for any other

Than this sweet life lost

‘Neath the grey-green forests
Where Poe bird cackle
And dead trunks are the haven
Of bats and moss

The haven of bats and moss

Yellow daffodils fell from his throat
And salty blood flooded his coat
For the horn of the wild boar had pierced him
To sever the vein of earthly hope
Of earthly hope

The haven of bats and moss
Cinematic names
This sweet life lost
Earthly hope
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LONELY BABYLON
You dress it up as fun
But it is a lonely Babylon
Paia Patterson
I see you fall
I wish you were calling
For it is a lonely Babylon

Time waits for none
In this lonely Babylon

I see you crossing the main street
Turning on slender feet
You should be dreaming in your own bed
Not out a’ drinking with your lost friends

For none can count the dead ends
Where time waits for no one
In this lonely Babylon

They say fire burns up sin
But don’t be taken in
For though they dress it up as fun
It is a lonely Babylon

Paia Moana Patterson
Love is within
You should be sleeping in your own home
You know how to run

And none can count the dead ends
Where time waits for no one
In this lonely Babylon

You dress it up as fun
But it is a lonely Babylon
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SAD GIRLS
Sad girl
And you sad girls
You women of sorrow
I love ya so

Only you can know the music
Only you can know the dark heart of a man
In this solemn song
Where you dance alone

Sad girl
And you sad girls
You maudlin and merry
I know your soul

Only you can know the music
Only you can know the black heart of a man
In this darkened bar
Where you dance alone
Sad girls
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CINDERS OF THE SUN
You can’t always be the only one
You can’t always greet the rising dawn
Hey oww

When you wake up darlin’
Perhaps I’ll be gone
You can’t say you love me
Then give none
Hey oww

You can’t touch the cinders of the sun
You can’t kiss the devil just for fun
Hey oww

Where there’s water baby,
There is life
Where there’s blood and fire,
There you die
Hey oww

In the morning baby,
Perhaps I’ll be gone
You can’t say you love me,
Just for fun
Hey oww
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CRUSHED ANTS
He smelled of crushed ants
In his hands
The world is a ball of sorrow
I hope the sun don’t come tomorrow

But I will come back
If you forgive me what I lack
The sun is a burning glory
And the world is sick and hoary

My love is true
My love for you
All the garlands that are given
Are in the garden of the living

Fuck your God of death
Fuck you leaving nothing left
The sun is a burning ball of glory
We live amongst the whores and wars and stories

Up there in your star spangled sky
With your one half shut dying eye
I hope you die a little sooner
Birds feed your guts unto la Luna

My love is true
My love only is for you
I hope the sun come up tomorrow
In this living land of love and sorrow
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DEBORAH

Deborah

Your eyes shine like a clear winter morning
All I have are these words
Storm battered birds
To still/win your heart again
Deborah
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FLAX HAPPY (ANOMIE)
I’m flax happy
I’ve got boob rot
Krauts call it kriegie
Anomie

Flax happy
Musselman
Boob rot
Anomie

Barbed wire fever
Rice brain
Ennui
Zombie
Anomie

For Ahmed Zaoui, his family and Deborah Manning.
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THE PIN OF LOVE (KA PINEA KOE)
Lyrics: trad. P.H. Tomoana / Music: S. Abel

Tai timu, tai pari
E hine, e haere

Wait a while for my tears subside
You are pined to me
With the pin of love
The pin that never rusts

The tide ebbs and floods
Good woman, come to me

Ka pinea koe e ahau
Ki te pine o te aroha
Ki te pine e kore nei
E waikura e, e waikura e
Tai timu, tai pari

E hine, e haere
Ka pinea koe e ahau
Ki te pine o te aroha

You are pined to me
With the pin of love
The pin that never rusts
E waikura e, e waikura e

Ki te pine e kore nei
E waikura e
The pin that never rusts
E waikura e
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GONE
Love is gone
I can feel your love is gone
Gentle as a mist
‘Cross the rollin’ sea
Will you be gone from me

Will you be free
Will you be free from me?
With the ease of a lie
‘Neath the blackening sky
Were you to always be?
Gone…ah

Love is gone
I can feel your love is gone
With the ease of a kiss
‘Neath the summer sun
Will you betray to me
You are gone…ah
Will you be free from me
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HEART OF MISERY (THE BOUGH)
Tonight I’m going
Beneath the moon
Not to steal sweet flowers
For the eyes of you
Nor gaze on a cloud
But to hang myself
From the bough

As I climb this rough old tree
I know life was never meant for me
I climb into the stars
Out of the heart of misery

Where will you go when I go that way?
Where will you go when I go that way?
Will / won’t you sing them a song

And shine light in the heart of misery?

Though pale prevails
To glow in the dew
To know the sweet scent of you
Is in his arms
I must cease this breath yet true

Yet the days of my life were fulfilled
When I did side by your side
And held you still
While tears burned in your eyes
In your heart of misery

Chorus

As I tie this rough old rope
I know the heart was meant to hope
But I’ve done my piece
In peace I need to be

So tonight,
On this beautiful night
I am not come out beneath the moon
To gaze in the eyes of the flower of you
But to climb that tree
And hang myself from the bough
From the bough

Chorus
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FRAIL
Feeling frail
All your soldiers broke my lines
Rows of dusty butterflies
Pinned up like Jesus
An ancient sea beast
Who died alone
For all our efforts
I could give you a reason
To walk beside me
But on a bed of dusty butterflies
Reason falters

Feeling frail
Still this heart
An obsession chamber
May I place this longing
In your window?
Where the light of morning
Might strike it to life
But our infantry clashes
Leaves us broken
Reason falters
Feeling frail
Are you feeling frail?

I could give you a reason
To walk beside me
But on a bed of dusty butterflies
Reason falters
Reason falters
Frail
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