In the Sky  

Greg Arnold and The Suburban Daydreamers

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1/ In the Sky (Arnold - Universal, May, Roul - Control)

2/ Songs of Sorrow (Arnold - Universal, May, Roul - Control)

3/ Troubled Skies (Arnold - Universal, Christopherson, May, Roul - Control)

4/ Blown Away (Arnold - Universal, May, Roul - Control)

5/ Tick Tock (Running Down the Clock) (Arnold - Universal, Gaunt, May, Roul, Thompson - Control)

6/ We Don't Live Forever (Arnold - Universal, May, Roul - Control)

7/ Until the Rain (Arnold -Universal, Christopherson - Control)

8/ You Can't Bring Me Down Today (Arnold - Universal, May, Roul - Control)

9/ Coming Round (Arnold - Universal, Christopherson - Control)

10/ Yes, I Know (Arnold - Universal, Christopherson - Control)

 

Produced by Greg Arnold and Toby May

Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Toby May

at Unagi Sound - Geneva, Switzerland

 

The Suburban Daydreamers are:

Greg Arnold: Vocals, Guitars and Keys

Toby May: Bass, Guitars, Keys and Percussion

Stef Roul: Drums and Percussion

 

Cover Photograph © Mimmo Cozzolino 1981

Artwork by Tuan-Anh-Pham at FairyMotion

Management at carusthompson@icloud.com

Label: www.unagisound.com

 

Lyrics:

 

In the Sky

 

She caught bus to make the scene

bought the cool aid they sold in the magazines

On the highway all the billboards screamed

“Come on, live the dream”

 

He met her at the bus 

He had such sad eyes

She hung on every word he said

What could go wrong? 

Why would he lie?

 

In the sky 

All the whispers are swirling

A tempest is building now

In the sky 

The heavens crumble

The drunk gods all stumble 

The old ways are over now

 

Didn’t take her long to feel the doubt

All the city was a casting couch

But she didn’t buckle, she saw it all

She threw her head back 

She shouted out

 

Songs of Sorrow

 

I was young, so entitled

A golden life before me on a platter

I could hear the weeping in the laneways

I turned my back 

I didn’t think it mattered

 

So sing me songs of sorrow won’t you howl out all the pain

I’ll open up my heart so I don’t fall so low again

And in that truthful shimmer face pay the debt that I deserve

And I won’t be alone, and I’ll find my way back home

 

So brothers wander with me through the desert

Let’s feel the burning sun upon our skin

When we realise this crushing thirst is but an inkling

Maybe then the journey might begin

 

So sing me songs of sorrow won’t you howl out all the pain

I’ll open up my heart so I don’t fall so low again

And in that truthful shimmer face pay the debt that I deserve

And we won’t be alone, and we’ll find my way back home

 

Troubled Skies

 

Feel, feel the love in the room

We’re all waiting inside for you

And I know how you struggle to trust

But this time it’s different

 

Hear the words and tunes

They’re all coming straight from me to you

Like a frustrating dream, you just can’t hear the song

While I’m hoping in vain, you might just sing along

 

So I tried to catch your lightning 

Thought I could hold it in my hand

In my palms, just raging fire, and I just don’t understand

How you can’t see beyond the horizon, a stormy mask over your eyes

You only see the only troubled skies

 

Taste, taste the berry wine

Tastes like summer, after a winter of lies

There’s no trick here, there’s no deception this time

Don’t wait for the sting in the tail, it won’t ever arrive

 

Blown Away

 

So you hid behind your righteous might

You always knew, just a fragile lie

You shouted to each other so you’d feel strong

 

Now the voices rise up everywhere

You can’t pretend that there just not there

Stand on the ledge, you’re scared, but it won’t be long

 

Until you’re 

Blown Away by all the change you’ve denied

Blown away 

Blown away and it won’t be that bad, being,

Blown Away

 

You’ll fly above your wasteland then,

You’ll watch it come to life, again

Just fall into the waves, you know it’s time 

 

Tick Tock (Running Down the Clock)

 

When you whispered the giants heard

They sat on the ground transfixed by your words 

Not changing all, but maybe they changed just a little  

But you’re tired now you need some rest

If there were votes you’d be winning the fairest and best.

You left it all on the field, there’s nothing more you can do now

So watch the coastline sweep round where I used to run 

We’ll watch the tea-trees rise towards the setting sun

 

So let’s just jump through that hole in the sky

Swim through the dangerous tides

Roll with the crimes of the dice

Tick tock, running down the clock

 

Like the song, take an 80s chance.

They can all say we’re hiding in France

We’ve got the borrowed car and we still know how to order coffee

And the hills with vines all sway

You’ll fall like ice into that pool of rose

To cheesy euro soundtracks, we’ll be dancing   

With the frisky boules drinking down the wine

It’s like your living teenage dreams of diamond life

 

So let’s just jump through that hole in the sky

Swim through the dangerous tides

Roll with the crimes of the dice

Tick tock, running down the clock

As you fall from incredible heights

Safe from the glare of the lights 

You can lie in my arms and just cry

Tick tock, running down the clock 

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We Don’t Live Forever

 

Well we came alive in the springtime

And we swam in the lakes in the sun

We felt the chill in the red autumn fall

We knew that winter would come

 

We don’t live forever

We don’t live forever

 

And you look across the ocean from the shoreline

And you wonder if I’ll ever return

And you’ll see the sails on the horizon,

But are they the tricks of the skies, the lies of your eyes?

 

We don’t live forever

We don’t live forever

Death taunts the lovers’ hearts

We don’t live forever

 

Until the Rain 

 

She woke up, another rainless dawn

Dream tears still running down her face

She said “Thank God, we haven’t lost anybody yet.

Will the rain ever come again?”

 

The streets near empty, the town was hunkered down

A few faces staunch against the gale

And if we thought the sky would listen

We would have dropped down on our knees to pray

 

I will love you through dusty storm

I’ll be your shelter from the pain

Hold each other ‘til the morning light

Until the rain starts falling down

 

Children still play like they always do,

Everyone happy that they don’t understand

Just remember all the other times

When we were waiting, forever waiting

 

Dusty devils spin

Block your ears don’t make a sound

 

You Can’t Bring Me Down Today 

 

I can still believe

No matter what you say

I can still walk forward

No matter what junk you put in the way

 

I’ve been reading all the clouds

Deciphering the skies

They’re promising feast not famine

Won’t listen to the gloom, tonight

 

I’ve been waiting on the sunshine

I’ve been waiting for a brand-new day

I’ve been biding all of my time

Knowing you can’t bring down no more

You won’t bring me down today

 

You’ve fallen deep asleep

And you’re still waiting for the sleep-walk

A fog without a guiding bell

You’re trusting in all of your sleep-talk

 

I’ve been waiting on the sunshine

I’ve been waiting for a brand-new day

I’ve been biding all of my time

Knowing you can’t bring down no more

You won’t bring me down today

 

Coming Round

 

I was like a country boy coming to the city for the first time

Saw the towers shining, head was spinning, walking in straight lines

Pockets filled with coins to lose 

Voices beckoned calling to those dens of sin

So I put the farm onto the red, negligent and reckless felt the rush begin

I was hooked my ship came in 

 

Coming Round

Coming Round 

I’m falling down again

Coming Round

Coming Round 

I’m falling down again, at your feet at your mercy

 

You know I’d take that leap that only fools choose because you asked

And if the furies cast their wrath towards you, I’d throw myself into their path

And when the winds are whipping up the waves, I’d wear the wild storms as your favourite mask

And if I strayed and find a way out of the chaos you could just raise your arm and shut it, shut it down

 

Fire draws the air around us 

I can’t find the words just silence

So I’m standing on the corner trying do some deal to keep the madness rolling on, Roll On!

 

Yes, I Know

 

I hear, the footsteps approaching

Cold hearts, getting much closer

I could run, I could take this final chance

Yes, I know, Yes, I know, Yes, I know it

 

They came from a vengeful horizon

Searching, years now in hiding

But sometimes, you’re running out of running 

Yes, I know, Yes, I know, Yes, I know it

 

All the little kings I guess they’ll finally cut me down

With pillows cross the barrels no-one will ever hear a sound

When I sink into that water, will I find my freedom now?

Yes, I know, Yes, I know, Yes, I know it

 

Untangled, and I’ll rise like a spirit

Singing, haunting their dreams

Grasping, nothing but smoke left in their hands

Yes, I know, Yes, I know, Yes, I know it

 

All the little kings I guess they’ll finally cut me down

With pillows cross the barrels no-one’s goin’ to hear a sound

When I sink into that water, will I find my freedom now?

Yes, I know, Yes, I know, Yes, I know it