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Under The Sun

by Rory Newman

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1.
Nice Guy 04:03
Hey man, now why’s it got to be this way? Don’t pretend that she’s the one to blame Hey man, it’s a sad and sorry game you play And I know ‘cause I’ve played it much the same You’re always trying to be the gentleman But your designs are on a different end You’re only waiting for to make your move You’ve got something to prove But kindness is not a form of currency You fork out just so everyone can see Hey man, if you’d ditch the negativity Then you’d see you’re barking up an empty tree And you’ll get nowhere baying like a cur Your endless litany of empty slurs The darker corners of your rich inner world Are not impressing her You’re no nice guy You keep on saying that you are But I can see it in your eyes You got two faces And a one track mind Whole lotta nerve But you got no spine Hey man, why you acting like a little boy? Like the world has gotta make it up to you? Hey man, I know it makes you real annoyed But we all have got the right to pick and choose I hope one day you’re gonna get real tired Of playing Pierrot in this pantomime ‘Cause Harlequin got Columbine every single time While that clown watched on and pined You’re no nice guy You keep on saying that you are But I can see it in your eyes You got two faces And a one track mind Whole lotta nerve But you got no spine So why don’t you come clean? A woman’s not some kind of a vending machine Dispensing love at the push of a button She never promised nothing To you You’re no nice guy You keep on saying that you are But I can see it in your eyes You got two faces And a one track mind Whole lotta nerve But you got no spine You’re no nice guy You can repeat it and repeat it But it still remains a lie You got two faces And a dead end road in your mind But you got no spine
2.
Dorothea walks away as if to say You could have it all back Everything you’ve thrown away But now see This is how it’s going to be If you really loved me You would do it on your knees So take this dance Here is your chance To do it over again And don’t you try to tell me That love is that cheap That you can make these promises You know you’ll never keep And don’t you realise man What to me your love has cost? How can you say that innocence Exists just to be lost? How can you be So hard and cruel? How can you break this heart Which once you could have ruled? You still can make amends Make straight that crooked stance And take this dance Here is our chance To try it over again And the tin man says Well I have tried my best To believe in my heart But I still can get no rest From this sensation That there’s nothing in my chest But the cold tick-tock Of a dead man’s clock And the spider’s web And the rat’s nest I do not see It as you do And though their sockets may be rusty Both my eyes are sure and true I love you But now I have to go And I may see you on the road Somewhere in this great expanse Sometime between now and then When all things have been advanced But I cannot take this dance I took my chance I will not take it again
3.
I might never get tired Of watching the earth Roll into the night But gruel from a tube It’s not so grand There’s no substitute For terrestrial fruit It’s weight in your hand And I do love the way That time here runs clear Beyond the night And free of the day But I float awake For days and days straight It’s never quite early And it never gets late And sometimes I’ll wonder what I might have done If I’d have remained there Breathing the dirty air With everyone Under the sun But earth got me irked Acid rain burning Holes in my shirt Motionless turning And inside my head The traffic was dead In dust covered gridlock Lights glowering red So I took the ultralight Got a live in job On this here satellite Sat in fluorescent light Buttons and knobs Not all that fun I’d give all I have For some solid ground A place in space For you to lie down On the green grass The soft warm earth Here there is nothing Nothing of worth Adrift in a void The occasional asteroid A beat up guitar Some books about stars A radio, beer A record by Pink Floyd It’s a good one but Wish You Were Here
4.
Lock the door, turn out the light Close the shutters and close them tight No-one’s getting out alive tonight No-one's getting out alive… Pay no heed to their cries Don’t you look them in the eyes I’m a reasonable man you know Pretty poison pleasantries I’ll say I’m the lord of the flies in a suit and a tie I’m the devil in a blonde toupee The lanes are wide on this highway to hell Where every man is for himself, yeah A beating heart Is a bleeding heart Man of iron don’t feel no pain Man of iron ain’t got no heart Man of iron rust in the rain Man of iron fall apart Full of the holes of their soul’s attrition Cruelty become a competition now A coward barks in the dead of night These cowards bark now but soon they’ll bite Talking reason, but you can’t understand the rhyme The flowers at the scene of the crime Please explain, cause I got no brain Please explain, cause I’ve gone insane, well A beating heart Is a bleeding heart See what we’re doing, see what we’ve done To all god’s creatures under the sun Can’t you find it in yourself to love? Can’t you see that we’re all one? Won’t you look into my eyes? Before you cut me down to size? A beating heart Is a bleeding heart

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released May 31, 2020

Recorded at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, Collingwood, Victoria.
Mixed & Mastered by Myles Mumford.

Vocals, guitars and keys - Rory Newman
Bass and vocals - Sean Connolly
Drums, percussion and vocals - Matt Salisbury

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Rory Newman Melbourne, Australia

Hailing from Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Singer songwriter Rory Newman is now based in Melbourne, Victoria, and is joined by Sean Connolly on bass and Matt Salisbury on drums. Rory’s songs combine thoughtful lyrical storytelling, a unique voice and a musical style that has its roots in the Americana and rock ‘n roll of yesterday, but which nonetheless feels fresh and contemporary. ... more

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